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[email protected]: "One thing that we found really interesting was these flight logs from Epstein's private jet, which were part of that investigation into Ghislaine Maxwell. And they really tell you a story of how close these guys are."
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youtu.be/tR2HfyCmVKA?si=AjvK0vSe5tXS8yi0
August 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
[email protected]: "One thing that we found really interesting was these flight logs from Epstein's private jet, which were part of that investigation into Ghislaine Maxwell. And they really tell you a story of how close these guys are."
youtu.be/tR2HfyCmVKA?si=AjvK0vSe5tXS8yi0
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Reposted by Amy Barone
Trump’s Epstein scandal is getting worse by the minute and I’m here for it. I love this for Trump. He deserves all of it, everything.
July 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Trump’s Epstein scandal is getting worse by the minute and I’m here for it. I love this for Trump. He deserves all of it, everything.
Reposted by Amy Barone
You can talk about being family friendly, and offer money for people to have more kids, but you can't really build a thriving and attractive society via authoritarianism. People who know better, who value freedom, with options - they will leave.
💥Viktor Orbán’s demographic strategy is a disaster. Over the past decade, 37.8% of Hungary’s population decline was due to emigration to other EU countries. Hungary is losing the competition to retain its own citizens while birth rates tank. Read Direkt36's in-depth article on @vsquare.bsky.social👇
Inside Viktor Orbán’s Failure to Achieve His Demographic Goal - VSquare.org
The Prime Minister has long said that he would like to grow the population of Hungary without bringing in immigrants. Recently, births have fallen, but the number of people leaving the country has als...
vsquare.org
July 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
You can talk about being family friendly, and offer money for people to have more kids, but you can't really build a thriving and attractive society via authoritarianism. People who know better, who value freedom, with options - they will leave.
Reposted by Amy Barone
WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
July 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Reposted by Amy Barone
A reminder that after years of speaking out against Epstein and giving other survivors the courage to come forward, Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41.
Let's not forget that there are real human tragedies behind everything we're discussing.
Let's not forget that there are real human tragedies behind everything we're discussing.
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide
Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.
www.nbcnews.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A reminder that after years of speaking out against Epstein and giving other survivors the courage to come forward, Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41.
Let's not forget that there are real human tragedies behind everything we're discussing.
Let's not forget that there are real human tragedies behind everything we're discussing.
Reposted by Amy Barone
I've been saying to friends for a few months that the more I study authoritarianism in other countries, the more concerned I become that the CBS story is the sleeping giant here. The process has been a simmer (people inside the network have spoken out in real-time) but don't mistake slow for safe.
One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert
July 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I've been saying to friends for a few months that the more I study authoritarianism in other countries, the more concerned I become that the CBS story is the sleeping giant here. The process has been a simmer (people inside the network have spoken out in real-time) but don't mistake slow for safe.
Reposted by Amy Barone
July 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Reposted by Amy Barone
Mystified as to why DOJ’s withholding of the Epstein files so upsets Trump’s base?
It’s simple.
👉 A third of MAGA Republicans are QAnon.
👉 QAnon teaches that government, media, and financial elites are Satanic sex-trafficking pedophiles.
prri.org/spotlight/th...
It’s simple.
👉 A third of MAGA Republicans are QAnon.
👉 QAnon teaches that government, media, and financial elites are Satanic sex-trafficking pedophiles.
prri.org/spotlight/th...
July 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Mystified as to why DOJ’s withholding of the Epstein files so upsets Trump’s base?
It’s simple.
👉 A third of MAGA Republicans are QAnon.
👉 QAnon teaches that government, media, and financial elites are Satanic sex-trafficking pedophiles.
prri.org/spotlight/th...
It’s simple.
👉 A third of MAGA Republicans are QAnon.
👉 QAnon teaches that government, media, and financial elites are Satanic sex-trafficking pedophiles.
prri.org/spotlight/th...
Reposted by Amy Barone
Guys, I’m starting to think all of Trump’s talk about protecting young women was insincere.
July 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Guys, I’m starting to think all of Trump’s talk about protecting young women was insincere.
Reposted by Amy Barone
The Trump administration declined to release nearly $7 billion in school funding that helps pay for after-school programs and other services. https://trib.al/CIBxpaX
Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation
The money, which was allocated by Congress, helps pay for after-school programs, support for students learning English and other services.
trib.al
July 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Trump administration declined to release nearly $7 billion in school funding that helps pay for after-school programs and other services. https://trib.al/CIBxpaX
Reposted by Amy Barone
Especially if you're on the fence about it, protest today. Fascism is isolating and lonely. Its very goal is to make you feel like you're the only person unwilling to accept a cult of personality. On days like today you fully realize there are more of us than there are them. You will feel better.
June 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Especially if you're on the fence about it, protest today. Fascism is isolating and lonely. Its very goal is to make you feel like you're the only person unwilling to accept a cult of personality. On days like today you fully realize there are more of us than there are them. You will feel better.
Reposted by Amy Barone
Let's all take a moment to read the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. It's only one sentence.
June 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Let's all take a moment to read the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. It's only one sentence.
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Stand back.
Rescind this illegal, and immoral order. The absurdity of threatening the people of the United States with their own military—
Act like the Commander-in-Chief.
If you want to be president, at least try to play the part.
Fake it, if nothing else.
Stand back—
We’ll clean up your mess.
Rescind this illegal, and immoral order. The absurdity of threatening the people of the United States with their own military—
Act like the Commander-in-Chief.
If you want to be president, at least try to play the part.
Fake it, if nothing else.
Stand back—
We’ll clean up your mess.
June 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Stand back.
Rescind this illegal, and immoral order. The absurdity of threatening the people of the United States with their own military—
Act like the Commander-in-Chief.
If you want to be president, at least try to play the part.
Fake it, if nothing else.
Stand back—
We’ll clean up your mess.
Rescind this illegal, and immoral order. The absurdity of threatening the people of the United States with their own military—
Act like the Commander-in-Chief.
If you want to be president, at least try to play the part.
Fake it, if nothing else.
Stand back—
We’ll clean up your mess.
Reposted by Amy Barone
Republicans snuck an amendment into this bill to ban Affordable Care Act insurance plans from covering abortion care.
This is part of their play for a national abortion ban, in the middle of the night, and ripping healthcare away from millions.
This is part of their play for a national abortion ban, in the middle of the night, and ripping healthcare away from millions.
May 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Republicans snuck an amendment into this bill to ban Affordable Care Act insurance plans from covering abortion care.
This is part of their play for a national abortion ban, in the middle of the night, and ripping healthcare away from millions.
This is part of their play for a national abortion ban, in the middle of the night, and ripping healthcare away from millions.
Reposted by Amy Barone
This feels like a perfect time to remind people at Georgia fired its entire maternal mortality review committee after details of two deaths were uncovered.
We know maternal and infant death rates rise in States with abortion bans.
But they don’t WANT us to know:
We know maternal and infant death rates rise in States with abortion bans.
But they don’t WANT us to know:
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
May 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This feels like a perfect time to remind people at Georgia fired its entire maternal mortality review committee after details of two deaths were uncovered.
We know maternal and infant death rates rise in States with abortion bans.
But they don’t WANT us to know:
We know maternal and infant death rates rise in States with abortion bans.
But they don’t WANT us to know:
Reposted by Amy Barone
AOC: Donald Trump is a criminal. He was found guilty of 34 felony counts of fraud, found liable for sexual abuse. If he wants to find the rapists and criminals in this country, he should look in the mirror
April 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
AOC: Donald Trump is a criminal. He was found guilty of 34 felony counts of fraud, found liable for sexual abuse. If he wants to find the rapists and criminals in this country, he should look in the mirror
Reposted by Amy Barone
This Could Be The End Of America As We Know It
I spoke to a host of legal experts and they warned of the very real chaos that could ensue if the Supreme Court rolls over for the Trump administration.
I hope you will read and share:
www.huffpost.com/entry/this-c...
I spoke to a host of legal experts and they warned of the very real chaos that could ensue if the Supreme Court rolls over for the Trump administration.
I hope you will read and share:
www.huffpost.com/entry/this-c...
This Could Be The End Of America As We Know It
Legal experts warn of the very real chaos that could ensue if the Supreme Court rolls over for the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This Could Be The End Of America As We Know It
I spoke to a host of legal experts and they warned of the very real chaos that could ensue if the Supreme Court rolls over for the Trump administration.
I hope you will read and share:
www.huffpost.com/entry/this-c...
I spoke to a host of legal experts and they warned of the very real chaos that could ensue if the Supreme Court rolls over for the Trump administration.
I hope you will read and share:
www.huffpost.com/entry/this-c...
Reposted by Amy Barone
"Culture wars" or teaching kids to read?
May 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"Culture wars" or teaching kids to read?
Reposted by Amy Barone
Pediatricians say that childhood vaccines are safe. A heroin-addled nepo baby with a brain worm says they may not be. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.
May 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Pediatricians say that childhood vaccines are safe. A heroin-addled nepo baby with a brain worm says they may not be. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.
Reposted by Amy Barone
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
May 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
Reposted by Amy Barone
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Elon Musk may be stepping back from the federal government, Julia Angwin writes, “but his legacy there is already secured. DOGE is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system for the Trump administration — the likes of which we have never seen in the U.S.”
Elon Musk may be stepping back from the federal government, Julia Angwin writes, “but his legacy there is already secured. DOGE is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system for the Trump administration — the likes of which we have never seen in the U.S.”
Opinion | ‘This Is What We Were Always Scared of’: DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State
DOGE is rapidly assembling a sprawling monitoring system, the foundation of many authoritarian regimes.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Elon Musk may be stepping back from the federal government, Julia Angwin writes, “but his legacy there is already secured. DOGE is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system for the Trump administration — the likes of which we have never seen in the U.S.”
Elon Musk may be stepping back from the federal government, Julia Angwin writes, “but his legacy there is already secured. DOGE is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system for the Trump administration — the likes of which we have never seen in the U.S.”
Reposted by Amy Barone
The Trump administration is considering eliminating the 988 Suicide Prevention and Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth as a way to cut back on funding for next year’s discretionary budget for mental health, according to an internal document reviewed by CNN
988 suicide prevention service for LGBTQ+ youth would be eliminated under leaked budget proposal | CNN
The Trump administration is considering eliminating the 988 Suicide Prevention and Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth as a way to cut back on funding for next year’s discretionary...
www.cnn.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The Trump administration is considering eliminating the 988 Suicide Prevention and Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth as a way to cut back on funding for next year’s discretionary budget for mental health, according to an internal document reviewed by CNN
Reposted by Amy Barone
Millions of dollars are being thrown at loneliness. But many of these start-ups aren’t even targeting the right problem, Faith Hill writes:
You’ve Probably Already Met Your Next Best Friend
The loneliness industry is trying to solve the wrong problem.
bit.ly
April 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Millions of dollars are being thrown at loneliness. But many of these start-ups aren’t even targeting the right problem, Faith Hill writes:
Reposted by Amy Barone
The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
Reposted by Amy Barone
We spent nearly 8 minutes this morning trying to set the record straight on a number of health matters.
I’d expect the Surgeon General or NIH Director to do this, but since they’re not, here it is in 4 clips.
#medsky
I’d expect the Surgeon General or NIH Director to do this, but since they’re not, here it is in 4 clips.
#medsky
March 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We spent nearly 8 minutes this morning trying to set the record straight on a number of health matters.
I’d expect the Surgeon General or NIH Director to do this, but since they’re not, here it is in 4 clips.
#medsky
I’d expect the Surgeon General or NIH Director to do this, but since they’re not, here it is in 4 clips.
#medsky