Rob Fardon
@robfardon.bsky.social
It isn't Trump. It's those who think he's fit
Thread: Some of the instructions given to FBI personnel tasked with redacting the Epstein Files. Thanks once again to FOIA journalist Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social
🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Thread: Some of the instructions given to FBI personnel tasked with redacting the Epstein Files. Thanks once again to FOIA journalist Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social
Now adding an asterisk to organizations corrupted by Trump:
DOJ*
FBI*
DOD*
HHS*
CDC*
...
etc.
It only costs a single character and reminds the reader that the organization has a different function now
DOJ*
FBI*
DOD*
HHS*
CDC*
...
etc.
It only costs a single character and reminds the reader that the organization has a different function now
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Now adding an asterisk to organizations corrupted by Trump:
DOJ*
FBI*
DOD*
HHS*
CDC*
...
etc.
It only costs a single character and reminds the reader that the organization has a different function now
DOJ*
FBI*
DOD*
HHS*
CDC*
...
etc.
It only costs a single character and reminds the reader that the organization has a different function now
Dear SCOTUS Bluesky: What happens when SCOTUS rulings are based on inaccurate filings?
Just outstanding reporting here exposing the falsehoods presented to SCOTUS by the Trump administration:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Just outstanding reporting here exposing the falsehoods presented to SCOTUS by the Trump administration:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Dear SCOTUS Bluesky: What happens when SCOTUS rulings are based on inaccurate filings?
Just outstanding reporting here exposing the falsehoods presented to SCOTUS by the Trump administration:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Just outstanding reporting here exposing the falsehoods presented to SCOTUS by the Trump administration:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
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West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
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So, a senior Justice Department official — along with several members of Congress — used the authority of their offices to boost an obviously dubious conspiracy theory accusing a federal employee of a horrific crime.
And now it’s clear the allegation was baseless.
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
And now it’s clear the allegation was baseless.
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
How an innocent woman's name was tied to the Jan. 6 pipe bombs
The FBI has ruled the woman out as a suspect in the 2021 plot, sources said, but only after her name circulated on social platforms and a conservative news site.
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
So, a senior Justice Department official — along with several members of Congress — used the authority of their offices to boost an obviously dubious conspiracy theory accusing a federal employee of a horrific crime.
And now it’s clear the allegation was baseless.
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
And now it’s clear the allegation was baseless.
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
Good appearance on NPR right now with Sen. Mark Kelly. He points out that Hegseth is a Twitter troll, not a serious person, and that neither Trump nor Hegseth understand neither the Constitution nor the Code of Military Justice
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Good appearance on NPR right now with Sen. Mark Kelly. He points out that Hegseth is a Twitter troll, not a serious person, and that neither Trump nor Hegseth understand neither the Constitution nor the Code of Military Justice
I'm out running errands and 12-yr old tried to do an end run around mom 😂
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm out running errands and 12-yr old tried to do an end run around mom 😂
The BBC removed a line about Trump being the most openly corrupt president in American history...from a lecture about the cowardice of today's elites.
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The BBC removed a line about Trump being the most openly corrupt president in American history...from a lecture about the cowardice of today's elites.
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
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Former slaves Anderson and Minerva Edwards, 92 and 87 years old, respectively, on the porch of their home in Marshall, 1937. They were interviewed about their lives by the WPA and you can find that interview online.
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Former slaves Anderson and Minerva Edwards, 92 and 87 years old, respectively, on the porch of their home in Marshall, 1937. They were interviewed about their lives by the WPA and you can find that interview online.
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These many great legal scholars had tears in their eyes, called Donald "Sir," and disappeared as the sun rose over the White House.
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
These many great legal scholars had tears in their eyes, called Donald "Sir," and disappeared as the sun rose over the White House.
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Appealing the dismissal instead of re-indicting is a way to kick the can down the road and avoid a lot of short-term humiliation over the other flaws in the case.
Leavitt: “We believe the attorney in this case, Lindsey Halligan, is not only extremely qualified…but she was in fact legally appointed. And I know the DOJ will be appealing this in very short order.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Appealing the dismissal instead of re-indicting is a way to kick the can down the road and avoid a lot of short-term humiliation over the other flaws in the case.
So legal that you're fighting the release of the OLC Memo that purports to find the boat strikes legal
Leavitt: "Not a single order this president or administration has given to our military has ever been illegal, nor will it ever be. This administration respects and abides by the law."
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
So legal that you're fighting the release of the OLC Memo that purports to find the boat strikes legal
Because Trump is the weakest U.S. president in history
One thing that is not getting enough attention is that Trump has normalized the idea of the United States supporting the transfer of territory and millions of people from a democracy to a dictatorship.
The ending of freedom for millions is now the official US position.
The ending of freedom for millions is now the official US position.
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Because Trump is the weakest U.S. president in history
This was the lead story on the BBC at 3 pm
NEW: Judge Currie finds that Lindsay Halligan was UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED and dismisses the James Comey and Letitia James indictments without prejudice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This was the lead story on the BBC at 3 pm
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The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
Oof
Insurers AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots and to retreat from coverage of AI risk as multibillion-dollar claims mount
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Oof
If only Twitter had a verification mechanism
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If only Twitter had a verification mechanism
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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This is the pattern: ICE/CBP initiate violence toward observers and protestors, then they claim they were assaulted in order to use the threat of prison to silence dissent.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is the pattern: ICE/CBP initiate violence toward observers and protestors, then they claim they were assaulted in order to use the threat of prison to silence dissent.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
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They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Just a few of my fav all-American MAGA fans
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Just a few of my fav all-American MAGA fans
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we appear to be on to version six of this story
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
we appear to be on to version six of this story
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Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?