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NY Times Pitchbot

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

I have never been a supporter of Donald Trump, but if Democratic politicians are unable to stop themselves from using curse words, I will have no choice but to hold my nose and vote for him for the fourth time in 2028.

January 12, 2026 at 2:46 AM

Laura Hilton

@laurahilton.bsky.social

Resist

Staci D. Kramer @sdkstl.bsky.social · 1d

Watch or listen as soon as you can.

Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 1d

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

January 12, 2026 at 12:52 AM

Laura Hilton

@laurahilton.bsky.social

Garlic Parmesan White Beans. Tomatoes, parsley and lemon juice added and Crusty bread currently warming up to go with.

January 12, 2026 at 12:21 AM

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Phil Lewis

@phillewis.bsky.social

Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:

My father and mother, Mark Hortman and Melissa Hortman, and their dog Gilbert, were killed by a man who believed conspiracy theories and fake news. Words matter. Sharing fake news is dangerous.
One part of my grief journey has been understanding the last conversation with my mother. She loved her job. People respected her job and what she did at her job.
When I called her after the legislative session ended, I asked why she voted for the bill mentioned in the video shared by President Trump, and she wept. That bill and her vote had nothing to do with fraud. She voted for that bill because it was the only way to avoid a government shutdown. She had seen the impact of shutdowns: people lose their health care, their jobs, and in some cases, from a story she told me, have taken their own lives.
She was in a very tough position on that vote. She had never really voted against her conscience like that. It was emotional and extremely difficult. Her struggle with that vote makes this conspiracy all the more painful for me.
I am asking President Trump to remove the video that he shared and apologize to me and my family for posting this misinformation and for using my mother's own words to dishonor her memory.

My sister Sophia Hortman (Sophie) asked me to share this on her behalf, she is off social media: "The video shared by President Donald Trump on Truth Social is a painful, false twisting of my mother's final vote.
The vote she made was incredibly difficult for my mother; it was not a vote made lightly or with malice in her heart. She made the decision to prevent a government shutdown because she believed our great state protects and helps Minnesotans.
We must create a society in which we do not harbor hatred and violence toward our political opponents, and this video promotes a false narrative which fuels the flames of political division. The video being shared by the president is another hurdle our family must overcome in grieving the loss of my parents, Mark and Melissa, and their beloved Gilbert. I ask President Trump to please consider the pain and sadness we have faced, and to honor the spirit of the holidays we have just spent without our parents by taking down the post on Truth Social."
Please share our message and help us ask the President to take this down.

January 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM

Laura Hilton

@laurahilton.bsky.social

In about an hour this will be Kirmizi Mercimek Corbasi. Or as we call it in Valley Park, Turkish Red Lentil Soup

Ingredients for Turkish Red Lentil Soup.

January 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM

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shauna

@goldengateblond.bsky.social

this holiday trump took time away from his wife, 5 kids, and 11 grandkids to post a tsunami of text about a dead pedophile that he is definitely not at all concerned about

the creepy pedo who duped a buncha dopes into putting him in charge again took time away from his 5 kids, 11 grandkids, and a bored wife who loathes him to blurp:

Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, and thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to "drop him like a dog" when things got too HOT, falsely claimed they had nothing to do with him, didn't know him, said he was a disgusting person, and then blame, of course, President Donald J. Trump, who was actually the only one who did drop Epstein, and long before it became fashionable to do so. When their names get brought out in the ongoing Radical Left Witch Hunt (plus one lowlife
"Republican," Massie!), and it is revealed that they are Democrats all, there will be a lot of explaining to do, much like there was when it was made public that the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax was a fictitious story - a total Scam - and had nothing to do with "TRUMP." The Failing New York Times, among many others, was forced to apologize for their bad and faulty Election "Reporting," even to the point of losing many subscribers due to their highly inaccurate (FAKE!)
coverage. Now the same losers are at it again, only this time so many of their friends, mostly innocent, will be badly hurt and reputationally tarnished. But sadly, that's the way it is in the World of Corrupt Democrat Politics!!! Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas! President Donald J. Trump
Dec 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM

December 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM

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TrumpsTaxes

@trumpstaxes.com

‘It’s not a part time job.’

Oof.

Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi absolutely leveled Bari Weiss at an emergency 60 Minutes staff meeting today.

December 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM

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Roey Hadar

@roey.bsky.social

Excellent thread here by Bill of all the times Bari Weiss didn't care when stories she published had additional comment.

This exec, Jennifer Sey, has become an anti-trans activist, currently offering a bounty for any pro women's soccer player to join her and accuse female competitors of being men.

X post by Jennifer Sey: "The going rate is now $35k. A nice person just added to the pot. $35k to the next NWSL player who takes a stand to protect women's sports. @ClayTravis." Quoting a tweet by Outsports saying: "The going rate for sports transphobia? $30k."

December 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM

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Jamal Greene

@jamalgreene.bsky.social

NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.

So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.

December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM

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Jason Kander

@jasonkander.bsky.social

If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.

This isn’t controversial.

A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.

November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM

Laura Hilton

@laurahilton.bsky.social

My next protest sign will read as follows:

“Fear is contagious, but so is courage.

Don’t give up the ship!”

🇺🇸

November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM

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Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

Watch the full video here:

www.youtube.com/live/tsHIrrC...

LIVE: Michael Popok & Katie Phang LIVE in MIAMI

YouTube video by Legal AF

www.youtube.com

November 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM

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Marc Elias

@marcelias.bsky.social

Missouri voters have the power to veto the state’s new GOP congressional gerrymander at the ballot box – but national Republicans are ramping up their efforts to stop them from having the final word. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Republicans in ‘Bare-Knuckle Brawl’ to Stop Missourians From Voting on Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

November 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM

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Donie O’Sullivan

@donie.bsky.social

We spoke to Errol Musk, Elon's Musk's dad, for MisinfoNation: White Genocide

Sunday 8p ET on CNN
cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2025/11/10/d...

November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM

Laura Hilton

@laurahilton.bsky.social

Good!

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · Nov 10

Bullies gain power when their misconduct succeeds in causing righteous people to yield in the face of wrongdoing. That’s why voting for Trump's continuing resolution - without any protection against his health care cuts or his growing illegality - is a mistake.

I voted NO.

November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM

Laura Hilton

@laurahilton.bsky.social

They asked me to resist and to fight back and I did.

Now they’ve caved. I hate them. I hate them all.

November 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM

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Eric Michael Garcia

@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

Ahhh, I've seen this film before. Josh Hawley puts out an op-ed staking out a position in The New York Times, then he folds and falls in line with the rest of the GOP. Remember when he did this with Medicaid?

A headline from The New York Times opinion page Guest Essays saying "Josh Hawley: No American Should Go to Bed Hungry."

October 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM

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Joe Stieb

@joestieb.bsky.social

Obama and his dog in the East Colonnade, now destroyed.

October 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM

Laura Hilton

@laurahilton.bsky.social

This

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · Oct 22

There is a hole the size of the Lincoln Tunnel waiting for a Democrat to go out to the Ellipse and start yelling about bulldozers.

October 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM

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Jeff Tiedrich

@jefftiedrich.bsky.social

congratulations to the exactly zero Republicans standing up to denounce the desecration of the White House East Wing. take a victory lap, you gutless fucking cowards

October 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM