@shellymas.bsky.social
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Just so we're clear: this piece details how teens were routinely sent from Mar-a-Lago to Jeffrey Epstein's private home for "massages."
That right there is sex trafficking through the President's own residence.
www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
That right there is sex trafficking through the President's own residence.
www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
Exclusive | The Incident That Prompted Trump to Ban Epstein From Mar-a-Lago’s Spa
Mar-a-Lago sent an 18-year-old spa worker on a house call to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. She complained to her bosses that Epstein pressured her for sex.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just so we're clear: this piece details how teens were routinely sent from Mar-a-Lago to Jeffrey Epstein's private home for "massages."
That right there is sex trafficking through the President's own residence.
www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
That right there is sex trafficking through the President's own residence.
www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
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Reminder that you can still get this incredibly cool 2026 activists calendar from my bud Harun Zankel.
Got mine in the mail today!
Got mine in the mail today!
If you're looking for a cool gift this season, my friend Harun Zankel has made this activist's calendar, aka The People's Calendar for 2026.
Each month has action steps you can take to build power in your own community and across the nation toward justice.
shop.harunletters.com/product/peop...
Each month has action steps you can take to build power in your own community and across the nation toward justice.
shop.harunletters.com/product/peop...
The People's Calendar 2026: A Weekly Action Guide
Every day, the headlines bring endless noise and division. I was just feeling powerless, not knowing where to put my efforts. And I know I wasn’t...
shop.harunletters.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Reminder that you can still get this incredibly cool 2026 activists calendar from my bud Harun Zankel.
Got mine in the mail today!
Got mine in the mail today!
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Please read this & speak out.
Understand how relatively modest US investments in health systems and commodities can stem an unspeakable burden of suffering.
Understand how relatively modest US investments in health systems and commodities can stem an unspeakable burden of suffering.
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Please read this & speak out.
Understand how relatively modest US investments in health systems and commodities can stem an unspeakable burden of suffering.
Understand how relatively modest US investments in health systems and commodities can stem an unspeakable burden of suffering.
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North Jersey, these plans are not final and everyone's got to get in on fighting this. The mayor of Roxbury hasn't even heard from ICE about this and it can be stopped.
patch.com/new-jersey/m...
patch.com/new-jersey/m...
New ICE Facility Proposed In Morris County Sparks Backlash
The facility would hold around 1,500 people, according to one report.
patch.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
North Jersey, these plans are not final and everyone's got to get in on fighting this. The mayor of Roxbury hasn't even heard from ICE about this and it can be stopped.
patch.com/new-jersey/m...
patch.com/new-jersey/m...
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As things at the Kennedy Center continue to devolve, I'm thinking of Guster's protest while performing there earlier this year as a bright spot for resistance.
EXCLUSIVE: After Kennedy Center cancels LGBTQ+ musical, Guster brings cast on stage in protest
Finn's run at the storied DC venue was axed after Trump took over.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
As things at the Kennedy Center continue to devolve, I'm thinking of Guster's protest while performing there earlier this year as a bright spot for resistance.
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This is so fucked. The Epstein files revealed something chilling: DOJ collected the private airline booking records of a journalist who covered the Epstein case and attached them to 2019 subpoenas.
She did NOTHING WRONG. Yet her movements were tracked and stored by the government.
She did NOTHING WRONG. Yet her movements were tracked and stored by the government.
December 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is so fucked. The Epstein files revealed something chilling: DOJ collected the private airline booking records of a journalist who covered the Epstein case and attached them to 2019 subpoenas.
She did NOTHING WRONG. Yet her movements were tracked and stored by the government.
She did NOTHING WRONG. Yet her movements were tracked and stored by the government.
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If you're going to drop into every post and reply "So what? Who's going to do something about it?", the answer is YOU. YOU are going to do something about it. YOU are the consequences. Stop waiting for someone else to save you.
December 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If you're going to drop into every post and reply "So what? Who's going to do something about it?", the answer is YOU. YOU are going to do something about it. YOU are the consequences. Stop waiting for someone else to save you.
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Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
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Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
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A.N.I.M.A.L.S...............
December 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A.N.I.M.A.L.S...............
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Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal- he was expected to take the stand on Mon, Sandberg on Wed. The trial was scheduled to run through the end of next week. Other testimony was expected from Peter Thiel and Reed Hastings. www.france24.com/en/americas/...
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former Meta executives agreed on Thursday to settle a $8 billion shareholder lawsuit alleging the company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and...
www.france24.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal- he was expected to take the stand on Mon, Sandberg on Wed. The trial was scheduled to run through the end of next week. Other testimony was expected from Peter Thiel and Reed Hastings. www.france24.com/en/americas/...
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Please do pay attention to the numbers. If you want 10s of millions of people in the streets, when has that happened EVER in the history of this country? What would it take to actually make that possible? [You do not need to answer this question here]
If 7-9 million participate in a single-day mobilization in a country of almost 350 million people (260 million over 18 years old) and this was probably the largest mobilization in the US, then you begin to understand what we're confronting.
December 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Please do pay attention to the numbers. If you want 10s of millions of people in the streets, when has that happened EVER in the history of this country? What would it take to actually make that possible? [You do not need to answer this question here]
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Perhaps 2026 will be the year when everyone who thinks they can do something better than what's on offer will just go ahead and do it themselves.
December 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Perhaps 2026 will be the year when everyone who thinks they can do something better than what's on offer will just go ahead and do it themselves.
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Blood found on Justine Paul’s clothing helped secure his indictment after his girlfriend was killed.
DNA tests soon concluded that the blood was not the victim’s.
Still, Paul was held in jail for 2,600 days.
With @adn.com
DNA tests soon concluded that the blood was not the victim’s.
Still, Paul was held in jail for 2,600 days.
With @adn.com
Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.
Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.
www.propublica.org
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Blood found on Justine Paul’s clothing helped secure his indictment after his girlfriend was killed.
DNA tests soon concluded that the blood was not the victim’s.
Still, Paul was held in jail for 2,600 days.
With @adn.com
DNA tests soon concluded that the blood was not the victim’s.
Still, Paul was held in jail for 2,600 days.
With @adn.com
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MAGA doesn’t follow Trump because they think he’s a brilliant businessman or a tough guy. They follow him because he’s convinced mediocre, insecure people that their ignorance and stupidity are actually strengths, and that absolutely nothing is their fault. He gives them permission to be hateful.
December 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
MAGA doesn’t follow Trump because they think he’s a brilliant businessman or a tough guy. They follow him because he’s convinced mediocre, insecure people that their ignorance and stupidity are actually strengths, and that absolutely nothing is their fault. He gives them permission to be hateful.
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Epic director. Great mom.
In less than a week, I will be sworn in as the next mayor of New York City. It was only possible because of the more than 100,000 people who volunteered on our campaign. Here’s a story about one of them, my mother.
December 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Epic director. Great mom.
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I still think about this piece basically daily. It lays out in no uncertain terms what we’re up against, and also why it’s so important that we don’t give up.
This is what @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social were writing about in the Guardian a few months ago: the world's levers of power have been hijacked by a bizarre coalition of people who reject life and humanity, and want to hasten the world's end.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I still think about this piece basically daily. It lays out in no uncertain terms what we’re up against, and also why it’s so important that we don’t give up.
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“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” - Ray Goforth
December 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” - Ray Goforth
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Billionaires have set up this game where they have everything, while workers compete for the scraps.
But what if we stopped competing. What if we worked as a team and changed the game so everyone has what they need.
But what if we stopped competing. What if we worked as a team and changed the game so everyone has what they need.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Billionaires have set up this game where they have everything, while workers compete for the scraps.
But what if we stopped competing. What if we worked as a team and changed the game so everyone has what they need.
But what if we stopped competing. What if we worked as a team and changed the game so everyone has what they need.
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Strongly recommend a subscription to / gift of @prisonjournalism.bsky.social
Nearly 2 million human beings are incarcerated in the US.
They have stories and insights for everyone.
Nearly 2 million human beings are incarcerated in the US.
They have stories and insights for everyone.
🐈 One of the most loved stories we’ve ever published
When Kittens Came to My Prison
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day.
mailchi.mp
December 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Strongly recommend a subscription to / gift of @prisonjournalism.bsky.social
Nearly 2 million human beings are incarcerated in the US.
They have stories and insights for everyone.
Nearly 2 million human beings are incarcerated in the US.
They have stories and insights for everyone.
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If the Epstein files have proven anything, it’s that the justice system isn’t broken; it’s working exactly as it was built to do: to shield the rich and powerful from accountability while victims are buried, ignored, or silenced.
December 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
If the Epstein files have proven anything, it’s that the justice system isn’t broken; it’s working exactly as it was built to do: to shield the rich and powerful from accountability while victims are buried, ignored, or silenced.
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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No one who has met a teenage girl whose family can’t afford menstrual products would ever, ever call this a bad idea, in any circumstances.
It’s a totally insane level of privilege to claim this is bad politics on the part of @katmabu.bsky.social. It’s actually political strategy and it works.
It’s a totally insane level of privilege to claim this is bad politics on the part of @katmabu.bsky.social. It’s actually political strategy and it works.
at a deep instinctive level they can't recognise popular ideas or take them seriously
December 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
No one who has met a teenage girl whose family can’t afford menstrual products would ever, ever call this a bad idea, in any circumstances.
It’s a totally insane level of privilege to claim this is bad politics on the part of @katmabu.bsky.social. It’s actually political strategy and it works.
It’s a totally insane level of privilege to claim this is bad politics on the part of @katmabu.bsky.social. It’s actually political strategy and it works.
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#maga , your cult is too evil for even Satan at this point.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#maga , your cult is too evil for even Satan at this point.