Kristina Makansi | Marie K. Savage
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NOW, MORE THAN EVER..
…we must remember that all art is political. What we create. What we read. What we watch.
In our legends, our myths, our movies, and our books we all love the heroes and heroines who rise up to fight for justice. Now it’s our turn to JOIN THE RESISTANCE.
#booksky 📚
…we must remember that all art is political. What we create. What we read. What we watch.
In our legends, our myths, our movies, and our books we all love the heroes and heroines who rise up to fight for justice. Now it’s our turn to JOIN THE RESISTANCE.
#booksky 📚
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Following Russian strikes on Odesa’s port infrastructure, sunflower oil spilled into the sea, triggering an ecological disaster and causing mass bird deaths.
December 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Following Russian strikes on Odesa’s port infrastructure, sunflower oil spilled into the sea, triggering an ecological disaster and causing mass bird deaths.
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This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
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].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
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In case you're unclear on what JD Vance is trying to do here maybe it will help to recall Italian writer Ignazio Silone's 1938 description of what fascism is:
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In case you're unclear on what JD Vance is trying to do here maybe it will help to recall Italian writer Ignazio Silone's 1938 description of what fascism is:
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
Out shopping for gifts this weekend? Books are the best gifts in the history of gifts, and our family press, Layla Dog Press, has several just for you.
❤️ romance
🌶 spice
🧗 adventure
🧙♀️ magic, alchemy, and gods
💀 reincarnation
🧡 found family
🏛 political intrigue
❤️ romance
🌶 spice
🧗 adventure
🧙♀️ magic, alchemy, and gods
💀 reincarnation
🧡 found family
🏛 political intrigue
December 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Out shopping for gifts this weekend? Books are the best gifts in the history of gifts, and our family press, Layla Dog Press, has several just for you.
❤️ romance
🌶 spice
🧗 adventure
🧙♀️ magic, alchemy, and gods
💀 reincarnation
🧡 found family
🏛 political intrigue
❤️ romance
🌶 spice
🧗 adventure
🧙♀️ magic, alchemy, and gods
💀 reincarnation
🧡 found family
🏛 political intrigue
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
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WTF! The Trump administration plans to review (with the intent to remove or eliminate) some of the nation’s wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries. Agency director Brian Nesvik ordered officials to identify refuges/hatcheries whose purpose the administration claims “no longer aligns with the mission.”
Requirements and Expectations – Review of the National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatchery System | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Sec. 1 What is the background and purpose of this Order? a. The National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) and National Fish Hatchery System (NFHS) are national treasures providing wildlife habitat for th...
www.fws.gov
December 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
WTF! The Trump administration plans to review (with the intent to remove or eliminate) some of the nation’s wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries. Agency director Brian Nesvik ordered officials to identify refuges/hatcheries whose purpose the administration claims “no longer aligns with the mission.”
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🚨This is an immigration attorney asking for journalists/media coverage to help her with a client who is a US citizen wrongfully detained. Court ordered that she not be moved and she was sent to Louisiana. Please help this woman’s client. 🚨We are the media now.🚨1/2
December 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
🚨This is an immigration attorney asking for journalists/media coverage to help her with a client who is a US citizen wrongfully detained. Court ordered that she not be moved and she was sent to Louisiana. Please help this woman’s client. 🚨We are the media now.🚨1/2
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Maria Farmer on the report's release:
"This is amazing. Thank you for believing me. I feel redeemed. This is one of the best days of my life. Of course, it's mixed with the fact that I'm devastated about all the other little girls like Virginia who were harmed because the FBI didn't do their job.
"This is amazing. Thank you for believing me. I feel redeemed. This is one of the best days of my life. Of course, it's mixed with the fact that I'm devastated about all the other little girls like Virginia who were harmed because the FBI didn't do their job.
In the Epstein files: Maria Farmer reported Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's activities to the FBI in 1996.
Read the FBI report:
Read the FBI report:
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Maria Farmer on the report's release:
"This is amazing. Thank you for believing me. I feel redeemed. This is one of the best days of my life. Of course, it's mixed with the fact that I'm devastated about all the other little girls like Virginia who were harmed because the FBI didn't do their job.
"This is amazing. Thank you for believing me. I feel redeemed. This is one of the best days of my life. Of course, it's mixed with the fact that I'm devastated about all the other little girls like Virginia who were harmed because the FBI didn't do their job.
Didn’t watch the speech tonight. Won’t watch another speech by this sick, delusional, imbecilic, cruel old man until he resigns. So, I guess no more Trump speeches for me. 🤷🏻♀️ I am thankful for the independent journalists who can tell me how horribly pathetic it was, though.
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Didn’t watch the speech tonight. Won’t watch another speech by this sick, delusional, imbecilic, cruel old man until he resigns. So, I guess no more Trump speeches for me. 🤷🏻♀️ I am thankful for the independent journalists who can tell me how horribly pathetic it was, though.
Holiday gift giving at our house means holiday book giving. Here's a suggestion for your gift giving. #romancereads
💋 romance
🌶 spice
🏇 adventure
🧞♂️ magic & alchemy
👻 reincarnation
and more!
💋 romance
🌶 spice
🏇 adventure
🧞♂️ magic & alchemy
👻 reincarnation
and more!
December 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Holiday gift giving at our house means holiday book giving. Here's a suggestion for your gift giving. #romancereads
💋 romance
🌶 spice
🏇 adventure
🧞♂️ magic & alchemy
👻 reincarnation
and more!
💋 romance
🌶 spice
🏇 adventure
🧞♂️ magic & alchemy
👻 reincarnation
and more!
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Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Looks like Trump’s Epstein War is gearing up. I wonder how much more innocent blood will be spilled because a madman sits in the Oval Office.
December 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Looks like Trump’s Epstein War is gearing up. I wonder how much more innocent blood will be spilled because a madman sits in the Oval Office.
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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This is wild!
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This is wild!
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
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We don’t have a complete account of Donald Trump and his family’s finances. But a clear picture has emerged: enrichment of the First Family on a scale that is unprecedented in American history.
The Year in Trump Cashing In
In 2025, the President’s family has been making bank in myriad ways, many of which involve crypto and foreign money.
www.newyorker.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
We don’t have a complete account of Donald Trump and his family’s finances. But a clear picture has emerged: enrichment of the First Family on a scale that is unprecedented in American history.
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how do women not die of rage aneurysms every single day
December 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
how do women not die of rage aneurysms every single day
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“The guy who bedazzled this room in gold thinks your child has too many pencils.” - Jimmy Kimmel
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“The guy who bedazzled this room in gold thinks your child has too many pencils.” - Jimmy Kimmel
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it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
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Remember: Trump's fundamental issue with the Affordable Care Act is that Barack Obama is Black.
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Remember: Trump's fundamental issue with the Affordable Care Act is that Barack Obama is Black.
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An additional 500 National Guard members have arrived in Washington, D.C., bringing the total deployment to 2,750 troops, according to the National Guard and bringing the cost to taxpayers to roughly $1.6 million per day.
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
An additional 500 National Guard members have arrived in Washington, D.C., bringing the total deployment to 2,750 troops, according to the National Guard and bringing the cost to taxpayers to roughly $1.6 million per day.
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If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court to Hear Trump's Bid To Eliminate Birthright Citizenship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.
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Agree with this thread. Worth reading in full.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Agree with this thread. Worth reading in full.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
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Being an indie author / publisher is challenging. But yesterday, I checked in on my sales numbers for THE ALCHEMIST OF ALEPPO and was thrilled to realize it’s crossed the 1000 units sold milestone!
🎉 WOOOOOT!!! 🎉
Thank you, readers! I appreciate you. 😍
🎉 WOOOOOT!!! 🎉
Thank you, readers! I appreciate you. 😍
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Being an indie author / publisher is challenging. But yesterday, I checked in on my sales numbers for THE ALCHEMIST OF ALEPPO and was thrilled to realize it’s crossed the 1000 units sold milestone!
🎉 WOOOOOT!!! 🎉
Thank you, readers! I appreciate you. 😍
🎉 WOOOOOT!!! 🎉
Thank you, readers! I appreciate you. 😍