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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 3h

Have really got to love ostensibly liberal politicians like Clinton and Blinken validating the far right takeover of CBS for no real reason (none of them will ever run for office again) other than sheer love of the game

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 6h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 5h

Johnny Cash, what a dork

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 9h

wtaf are you talking about

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 5h

I endorse Casius Pealer. We've had the same tax assessor for 15 years. Enough.

Casius for Nola @casiusfornola.bsky.social · 6h

I had a great time chatting with the folks at @wwltv about how we can make property assessments fairer and clearer for everyone. Catch the full interview at the link in bio!

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 6h

all else aside it seems weird that you'd get a lower interest rate on a second home than you would on a rental property

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 6h

Here's the feds' "evidence" that state AG Letitia James committed bank fraud: She allegedly got a 3% mortgage rate on a Virginia house that she said she'd use as a second home, but she rented it out instead – so she should have paid a 3.185% rate, a difference of about $19,000.

Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia

State Attorney General Letitia James has reportedly been indicted for alleged mortgage fraud.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 5h

Worth your time!

The Onion @theonion.com · 5h

Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person.

Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile today at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.

Only at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU.

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 5h

Self snitching?

NOLA.com @nolanews.bsky.social · 5h

She says she did nothing wrong and has hired an ethics attorney, Gray Sexton, to review her campaign finances.

Rep. Delisha Boyd says New Orleans campaign cash went to promoting her real estate business

She says she did nothing wrong and has hired an ethics attorney, Gray Sexton, to review her campaign finances.

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 9h

You're not labeled anymore! Good news!

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 9h

Sad news. She was so talented.

Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 9h

ICYMI from Marc Berman at @Forbes: Kimberly Hébert Gregory Dies: The ‘Vice Principals’ Actress Was 52

Kimberly Hébert Gregory Dies: The ‘Vice Principals’ Actress Was 52

Kimberly Hébert Gregory, who portrayed Dr. Belinda Brown in HBO’s dark comedy "Vice Principals," died on October 3 at the age of 52.

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STEAMLORD @exoplanetdinosaur.bsky.social · 10h

And that’s all it was ever about

Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

US grants license to Shell, Trinidad to develop Venezuelan gas field, official says reut.rs/4h4ouV4

US grants license to Shell, Trinidad to develop Venezuelan gas field, official says

The U.S. government has granted an authorization to energy major Shell and Trinidad and Tobago to develop an offshore gas field in Venezuela close to the maritime border, Trinidad's attorney general said on Thursday.

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The Handsome Hobo🇨🇦 @thehobo.bsky.social · 9h

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Mybuddysully @mybuddysully.bsky.social · 9h

Today in History: October 9, Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

1963: Vajont Dam mega-tsunami 1967: Che Guevara executed in Bolivia 2012: Jerry Sandusky sentenced

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Infrogmation @infrogmation.bsky.social · 9h

9 October 1945 - French Nazi collaborator and Vichy Prime Minister Pierre Laval found guilty of treason. He was sentenced to death and his property was ordered seized.

(Keystone-France photo of Laval speaking at trial)

#TodayInHistory #history #France #Antifa #collaboration #Nazis

Black & white photo. Pierre Laval, a man with a moustache wearing a suit, stands at center in a large room. His mouth open speaking, his hands above his head in dramatic gesture. Behind him rows of people sit watching. Above their heads are elaborate glass and metal chandeliers; the wallpaper in the background has a pattern of fleur-de-lis.

Keystone-France photo of Laval speaking at his trial in the Palais de justice de Paris.

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 9h

I also remember the first time I saw a nude man—on stage, in a play called "Eustace Chisholm and the Works." I was 7 or 8, but my mom was in the play (as an abortionist, but I didn't understand that). The man was an actor I'd known all my life, so it didn't faze me.

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 9h

An issue of Penthouse that my dad hid under my bed.

MonsterKing @cerromerussell.blacksky.app · 11h

Do yall remember the the first titties yall ever saw? Please for the love of Baby Jesus don't include your mama!

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11h

It’s probably Stevie Wonder

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 4d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 11h

The thing about the budget negotiations is that reinstating the ACA subsidies would help the GOP and would not help the dems.

That's not a negotiation!

That's just sacrificing their leverage!

A negotiation would involve the GOP accepting something that would be bad for them in order to get votes.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 13h

When I see this, I wonder if people realize that Jim Crow racism in the American south was a type home-grown fascism. It was not (just) a superficially genteel system of social deference. Refusing to defer was often met with incredible violence designed to terrorize the entire Black community.

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 13h

They didn't find him; someone talked.

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 13h

NYT, don't let the fact that you can't "belong to" antifa stop you.

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 13h

Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 14h

It’s SHAMEFUL to watch US Senators vote NO on the War Powers resolution & give this administration a blank check to bomb whoever the hell they want. The current conduct in the Caribbean is unconstitutional and unacceptable!

Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 15h

Since time immemorial, picking and choosing and manipulating the verses to fully support and reinforce whatever myopic, hateful views they possess.

No need to worry about that red text, amirite.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 17h

A White Christian nationalist pastor argued recently on a right-wing podcast that the Bible--specifically Deuteronomy 21, about how a father must bring his rebellious son to the town square to be stoned--justifies state violence against Black boys and young men.

www.theroot.com/why-this-whi...

Article from "The Root" by Asheea Smith. Published October 8, 2025

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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 15h

It’s a girl for Naserian! As has become tradition among our ex-orphans, the proud mum returned ‘home’ this weekend to introduce her brand new daughter to the people who raised her. The special name we have chosen for Naserian's little girl: Nyika, which means bush/wilderness in Swahili.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 15h

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 15h

The charge of “felony murder” allows defendants to be charged with the death of an accomplice, even when the killing was committed by someone else. Between 2009 and 2017, 83 percent of people charged with felony murder in Alabama were Black.

A Friend’s Death to Mourn, and to Serve Time for

An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. His case highlights a particularly harsh doctrine in American criminal punishment: felony murder.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 20h

Hard-hitting stuff at the Bezos post

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