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davidrlurie

@davidrlurie.com

The fact that Trump does not realize this is an admission that doctors are concerned about his diminishing mental fitness demonstrates his .... diminishing mental fitness.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 8d

What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam

January 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM

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Seth Abramson

@sethabramson.bsky.social

NEW: The Guardian says a 2023 DOJ dump included an MCC-guard email confirming “It appeared [Epstein] mailed [a note] out [to Nassar] and it was returned back to him. I am not sure if I should open it or should we hand it over to anyone?” DOJ hasn’t explained how this was “faked.”

December 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM

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The Politics Bar

@thepoliticsbar.bsky.social

Further proving @cbsnews.com is no longer legitimate.
They're Fox lite. Shun them as you would any other reich-wing propaganda outlet.
- - -
www.axios.com/2025/12/23/b...

Bari Weiss plans overhaul of CBS News and "60 Minutes" standards and procedures

The changes follow a controversy that saw her pulling a story about Trump administration deportations of Venezuelan immigrants to an El Salvador prison.

www.axios.com

December 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM

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Senator Ron Wyden

@wyden.senate.gov

The DOJ identified at least 10 co-conspirators who worked with Epstein and Maxwell. It’s obvious to anyone with two eyes that Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in organized crime, yet NO ONE ELSE involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges. Why?

December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM

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Mueller, She Wrote

@muellershewrote.com

Russel Brand has been charged with rape and sexual assault. I'm super surprised. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault after 2 more women come forward

Police in London said the charges against the actor and podcaster relate to "two further women" and are in addition to charges filed in April.

www.nbcnews.com

December 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM

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Katie Phang

@katiephang.bsky.social

The Trump DOJ is running scared and so they're putting out this kind of dreck on social media:

December 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM

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Anonymous

@opdeatheaters.bsky.social

Epstein record EFTA00020517 features an FBI intake report dated 10/27/2020. An unidentified individual had reported that Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein had raped an unidentified woman when she was a child. #OpDeathEaters

Details:
On 10/27/2020, at 3:20 p.m. Eastern. Time, , date of birth
cellular telephone number called the FBI
National Threat Operations Center (NTOC) Unit, to report potential
information related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
III provided the following information:
III reported around 1997, he made contact with
birth whom he had known from 6 or 7 years prior as they
had a son together. III and ended up dating, as explained
she was having money issues and problems with her daughters. III noted
they were friends from before. During the contact in 1997, asked
III how to spell "Ghislaine" numerous times, as noted she had
taken her daughters up to see one of the "supposed father's" who lived in
Niagara Falls, NY recently.
date of
reported she had met a lady who invited her daughters
, date of birth-, and , date of birthto a fancy hotel and met Donald Trump and some of his friends in 1997.
continued asking III how to spell "Ghislaine" implying
Ghislaine had given her money and would give her additional money if
needed.
On Christmas Eve of 1999, or the day prix:, III was over visiting his
son, who he had with years prior. III began talking to , as
she seemed to be acting strange and III if he needed a ride home.

III about his time driving a limousine for two years in the
Dallas/Ft. Worth area. During time as a driver, he had met Donald
Trump. III noted he picked the President up in 1995 and took him to the
DFW Airport. III reported some of things President Trump had spoken about
during the ride while on his cell phone were very concerning. III
reported he was "a few seconds from pulling the limousine over on the
median and within a few seconds of pulling him out of the car and hurting
him due to some of things he was saying" as caller choose not to. III
noted Trump continuously stated the name "Jeffrey" while on the phone,
and made references to "abusing some girl." III was unsure who he was
talking to nor who he was referencing. As III talked about his time
…

December 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM

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Anonymous

@opdeatheaters.bsky.social

Epstein record EFTA00025010 is an FBI intake report dated 08/03/2020, an unidentified woman / victim reports Epstein trafficked her at age 13 and that she was raped by Trump, who later witnessed her newborn daughter be murdered and be disposed of from a yacht. #OpDeathEaters

Re: 50D-NY-3027571, 08/03/2020
Age: dec
DOB:
Additional Info: I am just wanting to reconnect with the original detective that called me and I offered information about this.
How is Contact Known: He was orchestrating a deal, along with my uncle where different men, and a few women and girls,
would come to a variety of boats and yachts and pay money to force me to
with them when I was 13 and pregnant.
Type: Other
Address:
City:
Zip:
Witness Information
First Name: Donald
Middle Name:
Last Name: Trump
Age: 70
DOB:
Additional Info: Again, just trying to find out the NYPD detective on the FBI sex trafficking task force that called me a couple of weeks ago and spoke to me about some of these issues.
How is Contact Known: He participated regularly in paying money to force me to
with him and he was present when my uncle murdered
my newborn child and disposed of the body in lake Michigan.
Type: Business
Address:
City: Washington DC
State: District of Columbia
Zip: 20500
Country: United States
Remote IP:
Remote Host: api.fbi.gov
Http Referrer: https://tips.fbi.gov/reported
User Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_5)

December 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM

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Mueller, She Wrote

@muellershewrote.com

This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.

❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 18d

jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation

. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].

December 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM

April

@awkwardpartyguest.bsky.social

Wow.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 18d

TW: This is an allegation of a conspiracy to murder a Trump rape victim & cover it up.

In the Epstein files, a former DFW Limo driver relays info about his experiences driving Trump, who was speaking about “Jeffrey” & “abusing some girl,” & him telling a Trump/Epstein victim to report their abuse.

December 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM

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Kevin Elliott

@kjephd.bsky.social

He is promising, on camera, to break his oath to the Constitution by illegally and unconstitutionally usurping the exclusive authority of Congress. Sprinkle in a little 'blowing up the Union' to boot

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."

December 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM

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Marc Elias

@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: Missourians filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a court to stop the state from using its new congressional map until voters have the chance to approve or reject the measure in a referendum. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Missouri Voters Sue to Block GOP Gerrymander Until Referendum Vote

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

December 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM

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God

@thegodpodcast.com

Nicki Minaj called Donold 'handsome'. Does she need a pardon for something nobody knows about?

December 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM

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Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

Crockett: As he stood up today in front of the American people, he sounded like a used car salesman. Like, let me just shout it out. Buy what I'm selling. Yes. This is a lemon. Yes. He is selling nothing but lemons

December 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM

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MeidasTouch

@meidastouch.com

A rare moment of bipartisanship

December 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM

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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸💙🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@cidbarret85.bsky.social

So Hard To Lie, When We Always Bring In The Receipts...

December 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM

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🌎Mar-rick🌐🇺🇸

@marrickg.bsky.social

Anyone notice that Speaker Johnson subtly dismissed Congress today so that they won't be in session on Friday?

Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?

December 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM

April

@awkwardpartyguest.bsky.social

I made myself watch Trump's speech last night and holy shit! He should be embarrassed. It was literally this:

old man yells at cloud is written on a newspaper

ALT: old man yells at cloud is written on a newspaper

media.tenor.com

December 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?

CARR: I think th---

L: Yes or no

C: There's a test for this in the la---

L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question

C: The FCC is not

L: So is your website lying?

C: Possibly