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kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 16h

Bondi is lying but it’s worse than that: she’s blurring the line between fact and fiction for the GOP base. If nothing is true, no one can be held accountable. Keep speaking the truth.

The Nine Principles of Propaganda
1. LIE BIG Big lies work better than small because the masses won't believe that anyone would lie "about that."
2. FOCUS Don't make it complicated, ignore history, keep it simple for simple minds.
3. REPEAT People cannot tell the difference between facts and
familiarity. If they hear the same words repeated enough, they become true in their minds.
4. BLAME Never credit the other side, always blame, debase, defame, and dehumanize.
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5. PROVOKE Outrage, fear, and resentment are more powertul than reason, logic, or facts.
6. CRISIS Issues must be lite or death, good vs evil, love vs hate, us vs them.
Urgency defeats objection.
7. EMOTION A person might question facts, but they will never question their own feelings. Go emotional.
8. PANDER Ignore reasonable arguments, demonize all who disagree as having bad intentions.
9. NO LIMITS Morality is for losers. The victor's morality will not be questioned. No limits.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 15h

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/... #ProudBlue. Busted. After lying for months about the racially repugnant Texas GOP Redistricting Maps author and origin, a court is finally getting to the truth. It is obvious Republicans drew the maps to deny minorities fair representation. That is illegal.

New Details Emerge in Federal Court About Texas’ Secretive Redistricting Map

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15h

Administration officials pile lie upon lie upon lie. When a president and his aides are doing that, it’s no longer America.

When masked government thugs take potshots at a priest, it’s no longer America.

State-sponsored mayhem starts at the top. trib.al/wacZVvn

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

trib.al

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Laurie Kuhnke @lauriekuhnke.bsky.social · 15h

I am not an expert, but I think Congress can make a law to end lifetime appointment. Limited terms of service, mandatory retirement.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Oeishik @oeishik.bsky.social · 5d

He's trying to sell this to an audience of one. Stephen doesn't believe Donald is sufficiently on-board Stephen's police state ambitions. If Stephen were POTUS right now, states would be littered with federal troops.

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Laurie Kuhnke @lauriekuhnke.bsky.social · 15h

1) Whose armed forces should they bring?
2) This is *exactly* what Trump wants - violence as an excuse to declare martial law. He and his co-president Miller are literally trying to goad the country into violence.

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KG @kathygilbertnet.bsky.social · 16h

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 16h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Repugs R Stinky @artfulscribe.bsky.social · 1d

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 18h

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) weighed in on the Maine US Senate race this week & slammed the state’s Dem governor for throwing her hat into the primary.

Sanders has endorsed Graham Platner in the race. He is a Marine Corps veteran who aligns with the Democratic Party’s more progressive wing.

Mediaite @mediaite.com · 18h

Bernie Sanders Comes Out Against Establishment Dem Challenging Progressive In Senate Primary

Sanders has long been critical of his fellow Democrats pushing candidates out of primaries and fumed during his presidential runs against the establishment The post Bernie Sanders Comes Out Against Establishment Dem Challenging Progressive In Senate Primary first appeared on Mediaite.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 15h

this man's name is written in the book of life

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 18h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Laurie Kuhnke @lauriekuhnke.bsky.social · 21h

Good theory, I’d say. Trump’s not above making $$$ any way that comes past his nose, no matter how illegal, unethical, immoral.

Victory L. [🇨🇦🇵🇱🇺🇦🇦🇹🇪🇬] @victoryrenfrew.bsky.social · 15d

Theory:
Trump, Epstein, Maxwell, Paolo Zampoli, Casablanca, etc
were trafficking children not only for Putin from Europe but for N. Korea, and several cults such as Moonies, PB, 7 Mountain Dominionists, etc.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2016...

"We All Knew About the Trafficking"-The Untold Story of Trump Model Management (Part 1)

Authors Note-The Wade Turnbull I attributed to the Twitter posts was incorrectly identified as an individual with the same name. The Wade Turnbull quoted-who I did not speak with prior to this publica...

www.dailykos.com

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Victory L. [🇨🇦🇵🇱🇺🇦🇦🇹🇪🇬] @victoryrenfrew.bsky.social · 15d

Theory:
Trump, Epstein, Maxwell, Paolo Zampoli, Casablanca, etc
were trafficking children not only for Putin from Europe but for N. Korea, and several cults such as Moonies, PB, 7 Mountain Dominionists, etc.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2016...

"We All Knew About the Trafficking"-The Untold Story of Trump Model Management (Part 1)

Authors Note-The Wade Turnbull I attributed to the Twitter posts was incorrectly identified as an individual with the same name. The Wade Turnbull quoted-who I did not speak with prior to this publica...

www.dailykos.com

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Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion @nateturner.bsky.social · 21d

Meet the First Tart’s pimp, Paolo Zampoli.

www.politico.com/newsletters/...

POLITICO Playbook: Models and bottles: When Melania’s pal Paolo blew through D.C.

And Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin continue to hold up the reconciliation package.

www.politico.com

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Victory L. [🇨🇦🇵🇱🇺🇦🇦🇹🇪🇬] @victoryrenfrew.bsky.social · Aug 19

Odd that nobody considers
she probably trafficked and raped children with Epstein and Maxwell.
Her husband did.
They were also close friends with Diddy. So is Musk.

Her "agent" Paolo Zampoli has been working in the WH at her insistence since 2016.

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Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion @nateturner.bsky.social · 18d

Paolo Zampoli was the First Tart’s pimp.

Z @zoepuck100d.bsky.social · Aug 28

Who was Melania's modeling agent? Who obtained models for Epstein and partners? Who obtained models for Trump's modeling agencies? Who obtained Melania's Einstein Visa? Who introduced Melania to Donald Trump? All done around same time period? Paolo Zampoli.
claritylwest.substack.com/p/modeling-w...

Modeling Was the Machine. Epstein Was Just the Middleman (+ 4)

John Casablancas, Jean-Luc Brunel, Paolo Zampolli, Donald Trump.

claritylwest.substack.com

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 1d

Why does the American government “have such a monopoly over the investigation of what was a transnational criminal network…Why has the U.S. President been allowed to exercise so much control over a transnational criminal investigation in which he is implicated”

tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-transnat...

The transnational dimension of the Epstein case—a hybrid warfare against the West

The Epstein case is not an issue about Trump and the US but rather about all the Trumps of the Western world with ties to Russia

tomorrowsaffairs.com

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radiobill @radiobill.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, but he'll always be the only winner of the fictional Michigan Man of the Year Award www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

Trump Really Wants You to Believe He Won Michigan’s “Man of the Year” Award. He Never Did

The former president, who has endlessly repeated the claim, recently cited a local newspaper article as evidence. The editor of that newspaper then thoroughly debunked it.

www.vanityfair.com

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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 1d

Trump did not get the Nobel Peace Prize.
Prepare for rage and issuing orders that result in violence and death. He and Stephen Miller desperately want this.

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 1d

The ability of the most powerful man in the world to constantly act like a victim is astonishing.

Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 1d

Trump did not get the Nobel Peace Prize.
Prepare for rage and issuing orders that result in violence and death. He and Stephen Miller desperately want this.

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Alan Farago @alanfarago.bsky.social · 1d

Why is inflation so high?

Why is gold above $4,000/oz?

Why is Trump bailing out Argentina?

Why are rich US farmers getting socialist handouts?

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Feelingantsy 🇬🇧🇩🇪. Maker of Puns @feelingantsy.bsky.social · 22h

www.bbc.com/news/world-e...

Jean-Luc Brunel: Epstein associate found dead in Paris prison cell - BBC News

Model agent Jean-Luc Brunel was being investigated for rape and supplying girls to Jeffrey Epstein.

www.bbc.com

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