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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8h

How do I block all the AI slop? Also so far ai so just made my life 1000000 times more annoying.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 8h

New plot wrinkle!

Daily Mail headline reads: “EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth wages war on his wrinkles with BOTOX injections after blasting ‘fat troops’ and unveiling new fitness standards.”
Below the headline is a photo of Pete Hegseth wearing a blue jacket, speaking to another man.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h

This Is Fascism

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 8h

The man who bribed Gill - Oleh Voloshyn - is part of a much wider network of pro-Russian actors.

He worked with this guy, an FSB agent, who I've been fascinated by for years,

My investigation for @thenerve.news shows how Gill was a pawn in a Kremlin operation that spanned both Europe & US
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 21h

It’s no wonder that Trump has such a twisted view of war and sacrifice. And the utility of bribes.

Donald was seven years old, and his father was brought before a U.S. Senate committee investigating abuses in a housing program for war veterans and middle class families. President Eisenhower had been outraged to learn of the bribes that developers paid to bureaucrats and of the alleged profiteering practiced by Trump and others. Ike called them "sons of bitches."
As federal investigators had discovered, the elder Trump had collected an extra $1.7 million in rent-equivalent to $15 million today-before beginning to pay back his low-cost government loan. He was able to do this because a bureaucrat named Clyde Powell approved the paperwork.
Powell, who had never been paid more than a modest government salary, had mysteriously amassed a small fortune. (While it was clear Powell accepted bribes, the sources were never officially identified.) In addition to collecting the extra rent, Trump paid himself a substantial architect's fee. And he charged inflated rents based on an estimate of construction costs that was far greater than what he actually spent. All of this was legal, even if it did victimize taxpayers, veterans, and other renters.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22h

ICE IS DISAPPEARING PEOPLE TO WORK CAMPS

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 17h

repeating non-falsifiable claims undermines the entire premise of journalism

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Call me Krazi @krazikrone.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know Nixon never served a day in prison because he was pardoned?
But his Attorney General did.
His Chief of Staff did.
His Domestic Affairs Adviser did.
His Special Counsel did.
His campaign chairman did.
Even members of his re-election committee did time.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

ICYMI — Trump lied that Chicago had “4000” murders, when it’s projected to have 380 this year (way down from last year)

If it’s so bad there why does he have to keep lying about it?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 18h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Carrie, Quite Contrary @carriequite.bsky.social · 16h

Miller is a current, nightmare version of Goebbels. He's a slimy sort who revels in others misery and embarrasses his ancestors. 💙✊

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21h

Huge mistake by Trump to let the 4'10 freak Stephen Miller take center stage during his Presidency. The more people hear and see from Mini Himmler the more they are repulsed. Plus the ICE raids are horrific and inhumane.

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Jarica Davis @jaricadavis.bsky.social · 16h

25.2% of current term spent golfing.
$93 million cost.
didtrumpgolftoday.com

Do his golf shoes have lifts? 🧐

Did Trump Golf Today?

Track Donald Trump's golf outings and the cost to taxpayers.

didtrumpgolftoday.com

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Dexter Morgan 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🐾🪴 @weyolfson.bsky.social · 17h

Costing taxpayers millions!

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Kimsugong @worlpeaceforever.bsky.social · 16h

Personally, I wish the press would just stop following him and photographing him. He craves attention - stop giving it to him!

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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 16h

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Jewels @bluebluejules.bsky.social · 19h

If you're disgusted by what they do in the open, it's unthinkable what ICE thugs do to detainees when no one is looking.

Hundreds of immigrants have reported sexual abuse at ICE facilities. Most cases aren't investigated

Records obtained by Futuro Investigates reveal a systemic pattern of abuse by detention officers, contractual guards, and ICE employees, accused of sexually assaulting people in their care.

www.pbs.org

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jkdanthonyian10.bsky.social @jkdanthonyian10.bsky.social · 2d

Here we see the Nazis declaring that anyone who doesn't submit to Nazi tyranny is a "terrorist" or "hates America" or is pro-Hamas. And they're going to send the military in to mow down those protesters or disappear them.

Now can we call them Nazis? BTW, notice the zero pushback from the media?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder that this baseless indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James is part of Donald Trump’s corrupt weaponization of the criminal justice system against anyone who has sought to hold him accountable.

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