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Jack @jackb3.bsky.social · 2h

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Adam Driver set to star as Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman

Chapman, who was killed in Afghanistan during 2002’s deadly Battle at Takur Ghar, had his Air Force Cross upgraded to the Medal of Honor in 2018.

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Lori 🇺🇦💜💙 @coalsmom.bsky.social · 22h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

THESE PAGAN LIBTARD WAR DANCES CAN ONLY PRESAGE CALAMITY!!

MEIN LEADER PRÄSIDENT TRUMP, HERR REICHSCOUCHVUCKER VON VANCE, HERR VERRÜCKTPSYCHO STEPHANMÜLLER, DER VOLK DEMAND YOU DEPLOY DIE PANZERBRIGADEN NOW!!!

Vielen Damk für your attention to this matter

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and I start with this clip of me from 2024 on Jimmy Kimmel Live and we talk about how Trump told us for years what he was going to do to the country now.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"Part of what frustrates me is how much people just didn't listen to the things that he said he was going to do."

"He was telling us he would do these things....he's a sick man."

ICYMI, @gtconway.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social in the latest episode of George Conway Explains It All:

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Jules @julessky.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe they could search for who paid off Kavanaugh’s debts, Epstein’s bank transfers and why Justice Kennedy had to retire unexpectedly.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

One of Trump's biggest financial supporters, Timothy Mellon, is obsessed with Earhart .... hence this.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 9h

Russia took less than 1% of Ukraine since Nov 2023. Only cost them at least half a million soldiers.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 13h

Trump to get routine yearly checkup on Friday, White House says reut.rs/4q1zaI3

Trump to get routine yearly checkup on Friday, White House says

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday and undergo his routine yearly check up, the White House said on Wednesday.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 6h

Authoritarianism is notoriously bad for a healthy economy.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

“Milei wants to avoid a peso devaluation because it would fuel inflation just ahead of midterm elections on Oct. 26, in which half of the seats in Congress are up for grabs.”

Argentine Rates Soar Above 80% as Peso Crisis Sparks Cash Crunch

Argentine short-term interest rates soared on Wednesday as the government stepped up efforts to defend the peso, deepening a cash crunch that’s throttling an already fragile economy.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 6h

It's unacceptable to teach kids about racism.

“And so the work that I do is trying to come up with creative policy ideas to stop that, to turn back the tide, to figure out ways that conservatives can protect these institutions or build new institutions.”

They want to take us backwards.

Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 8h

To understand the Trump administration’s vision for American education, @megomatz.bsky.social and I studied dozens of hours of political appointees’ speeches and podcasts and essays. What emerged is a desire to dismantle the nation’s system of public schools.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 6h

"But Weiss didn’t test well with audiences, who didn’t understand her centrist-right contrarian politics. In fact, her focus group scores were so low that she wasn’t invited back to guest host, according to insiders."

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 7h

“She plays to an audience of 200 people,” one Hollywood executive with ties to Weiss told Variety. “It just happens to be that audience is made up of people like Jeff Bezos and Bill Ackman." www.rawstory.com/bari-weiss-2...

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," acco...

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 6h

Interesting. Byrne chooses to default rather than be interviewed or go through discovery.

Two tweets:

Karen Piper
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This story is nuts. Patrick Byrne has been on the run from Hunter Biden since 2023. “Defendant is a billionaire who ignores court orders while concealing his assets overseas or in cryptocurrencies specifically created to evade governmental authority."

Josh Gerstein
@joshgerstein
JUST IN: Overstock founder Patrick Byrne formally defaulted by court in libel suit Hunter Biden brought against him. Biden lawyers to propose size of default judgment in coming weeks. Earlier:

Hunter Biden seeks arrest of former Overstock CEO in defamation case.

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Jack @jackb3.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks for the mention

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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 19h

You live in Russia.

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Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty' to warn about Trump

Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."

www.msnbc.com

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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 20h

Imagine if Obama or Biden had just fired prosecutors who refused to bring cases that didn’t have evidence.

You already live in Russia.

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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 6h

Watching @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social with Jen Psaki right now & continue to think he messages everything really well & is on the right side of issues. I know I’ll hear back on here about Mamdani & I hear his endorsement is coming, but what else you really got that’s not more about Schumer?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

“Have you given any more thought to suspending habeas corpus?”

TRUMP: “Suspending who?” 🤷🏼

Aaand scene.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Indiana GOP’s seat-stealing push is stalling… while @gavinnewsom.bsky.social’s California Clapback is gaining steam.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

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Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

Wow — Harvard Crimson student newspaper busts Hegseth for having written a long policy brief touting diversity before he joined Trump’s war on DEI.

With receipts. Bravo, Crimson.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...