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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 1d

AFTER THE AIR CRAP ONE VIDEO can we finally get Trump committed to a psychiatric facility now?

Media ignores his madness, his perfect imagery (I, TRUMP, ONLY WANT TO DUMP ON AMERICA) and the 7 million of No Kings

GET THE NEW MONDAY COUNTDOWN PODCAST HERE tinyurl.com/4ct2dx7n

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 9h

Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Sep 19

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Karla DeVito @karladevito.bsky.social · Sep 20

Thank you Michael Eisner!!!

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 19

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Neil Hillhouse (The Haunting Of) @nstenhouse.bsky.social · Sep 11

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · Sep 11

EXCLUSIVE/BOMBSHELL: @bloomberg.com has obtained **18K** previously unreported emails from Jeffery Epstein's personal Yahoo account. The emails are disturbing & revelatory & reveal new details about Ghilaine Maxwell's role

FREE to read

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

“Question,” Epstein wrote to Maxwell on May 23, 2008. “Which one do you prefer,,, lewd and lscivious conduct ,, or procuring minors for prostituion.”

At the time, he and his star-studded team of defense lawyers were closing in on a generous plea deal with federal and state officials in Florida, and Epstein was trying to negotiate the state charges to which he’d plead guilty. Maxwell’s response was matter-of-fact:

From: gmax <gmax[REDACTED]>
To: J. Epstein <jeeproject@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, May 23 2008 3:22 PM
Subject: Re:
I suppose Lewd and lecivious conduct..I would prefer lewd and lescivious conduct w/a prositute if possible

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Jodi Cohen @jodiscohen.bsky.social · Sep 10

BREAKING: Trump’s Education Dept. cancels grants that help students who are both deaf and blind.

“How low can you go?” said one person who works with DeafBlind students and their families.

W/ @jsmithrichards.bsky.social for @propublica.org

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push

Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 11

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · Sep 10

No elected official Democratic party will be as cruel about Kirk's death as Mike Lee was about the death of Melissa Hortman.

wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...

Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah took down X posts Tuesday making an apparent connection between Gov. Tim Walz and the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, and blaming “Marxists” for the murders. The change comes after blowback from Sen. Tina Smith and her staffers as well as Minnesota Democratic and Republican lawmakers.

One X post said “Nightmare on Waltz Street,” with pictures of Boelter, who is accused of killing Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and shooting Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, in the early morning hours of June 14. Boelter also went to the homes of two other state lawmakers that night; one house was empty, and at the other, a police officer pulled up to the house shortly after Boelter arrived, so Boelter left.

Another Lee post read, “This is what happens When Marxists don’t get their way,” with a picture of Boelter.

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Nell Scovell @nellscovell.bsky.social · Sep 10

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'

Friends and colleagues remembered her as grounded, kind and compassionate.

www.pbs.org

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Nell Scovell @nellscovell.bsky.social · Sep 10

Part of the statement from the children of Mark and Melissa Hortman who were gunned down in their home by a right wing political assassin. Their children asked people to "Love their neighbors" and "Treat people with kindness and respect." Beautiful thoughts.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Sep 11

Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.

A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story

A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid

www.theatlantic.com

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Karla DeVito @karladevito.bsky.social · Sep 2

Maria has always been an idiot.

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · Aug 19

The country is really against this president, by large and increasing numbers.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Aug 18

In a summit meeting with the countries that are still nominally US allies, discussing the largest war in the world in 20 years, the largest in Europe in 80, between the largest and the second-largest country in Europe, with geopolitical consequences that will last at least decades:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 18

Trump: "If you [end] mail in voting, you're not gonna have many Democrats get elected. That's bigger than anything having to do with redistricting. And the Republicans have to get smart."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 18

REPORTER: You previously said Hochul is 'fundamentally ineffective as governor.' What's changed?

TORRES: I'll be honest -- there might have been moments when I underestimated the governor. And my message to Donald Trump is you underestimate Gov. Hochul as your own peril.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 19

"Newsom is showing not just that resistance is plausible, but that especially when it's backed up with a plan it pays major political dividends — which hopefully will lead other Democrats to resist too."

Gavin Newsom's moment

Democrats have found their fight. Newsom is leading the charge.

www.publicnotice.co

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · Aug 19

Would it kill national democrats to do some solidarity on issues and moments like this? Think outside the box, for once.

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · Aug 19

“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Texas Democratic legislator to stay in state capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave

State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth on Monday said she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes on Wednesday morning.

www.nbcnews.com

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Karla DeVito @karladevito.bsky.social · Aug 12

Tim Burchett's constituents need to fire him & get someone brave enough to cross the street without holding his daddy's hand.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 12

NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.

Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.

The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.

ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...

www.propublica.org

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 6

To my critics who say that my position urging Democratic governors to redrawing maps is simply a race to the bottom, I say this:

The only thing Donald Trump understand is overwhelming force. We shouldn't bring knives to a gun fight, we should be missiles. Unilateral disarmament is not an option.

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Karla DeVito @karladevito.bsky.social · Aug 4

I Have Faith In You by robby benson (ALT)

YouTube video by Robby Benson

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Karla DeVito @karladevito.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thanks, doll!

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Karla DeVito @karladevito.bsky.social · Jul 11

Kauai July 1982 🩷

Honeymoon photo of Robby Benson & Karla DeVito Kauai 1982

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