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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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50501 Supporters @50501supporters.bsky.social · 1d

JD Vance being cancelled live by George Stephanopoulos

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 1d

George Stephanopoulos cuts off JD Vance mid sentence 🤣🔥….this is the way!

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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 15h

George Stephanopolous did what every anchor and host should have been doing since Bush 2000: Rejecting the bullshit, gaslighting, and rude, evasive filibustering the GOP has perfected to hide their lies.

NO MORE BULLSHIT.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 18h

UKIP have been taken over by the COO of the UK branch of St Charlie's Turning Point

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📕Nurse Tawny📕 @nursetawny.bsky.social · 14h

Musk is a poison pill for democracy

youtu.be/iX3vMJOADlE

youtu.be/NjWl_RNDMSA?...

TESLA = TRUMP

YouTube video by Led By Donkeys

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16h

Elon Musk (the X-owner and advocate of pre-emptive political violence) is funding the legal fees of his ally Tommy Robinson (the activist who last month platformed Musk's call for civil war in Britain)

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Grumpy @grumpybb.bsky.social · 4h

Foreign interference anyone?? 🤷‍♂️

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16h

Elon Musk (the X-owner and advocate of pre-emptive political violence) is funding the legal fees of his ally Tommy Robinson (the activist who last month platformed Musk's call for civil war in Britain)

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social · 3h

Sir Gavin said it was frustrating that he wasn't able to use a department underspend of £168m to purchase more laptops and indicated that as secretary of state there were constraints on what could be done.

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John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social · 5h

Sir Gavin says he does not accept Sir Jon Coles evidence last week that the DfE showed an “extraordinary dereliction of duty” in not planning for school closures by. However he accepts that many mistakes were made in those early stages of the pandemic across govt. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

DfE not planning for school closures ‘was a dereliction of duty’

Leader of the biggest MAT tells the UK Covid inquiry that while his trust was making preparations for closures in March 2020, he was not aware of the DfE issuing directives to local authorities

www.tes.com

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John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social · 5h

Former education secretary Sir Gavin Williamson is giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry today. Will be posting updates here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y12M...

UK Covid-19 Inquiry Live Stream

YouTube video by UK Covid-19 Inquiry

www.youtube.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18d

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

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Autism @autismtalk.bsky.social · 14d

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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 5d

Nine in 10 of parents of children with SEND in a survey say lack of support is an issue, with less than 4% feeling the government provides sufficient levels of provision for their child. www.cypnow.co.uk/content/new...

Nine out of 10 parents of children with SEND raise concerns over lack of support - CYP Now

A significant majority of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being put at a disadvantage due to a lack of support, according to a poll.

www.cypnow.co.uk

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 2d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 4h

#transparencyoncovid

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Cory Allen Heidelberger @coralhei.bsky.social · 16h

South Dakota is, surprisingly, doing just a little better at protecting professors' First Amendment rights: dakotafreepress.com/2025/10/05/u...

USD Abandons Push to Fire Professor Hook for Free Speech, with No Apology for Violating First Amendment

On Friday, University of South Dakota professor of fine arts Dr. Michael Hook received notice from USD President Sheila K. Gestring that the university will no longer press its losing case to fire …

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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 17h

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 4h

Uni administrators and trustees: We need viewpoint diversity.

Professor, outside of class: Working class should organize to overthrow capitalism

Uni administrators and trustees: No, not THAT kind of viewpoint diversity

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 17h

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

spectrumlocalnews.com