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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 17h

For anyone curious about what was in the book

Michael Wolff: "A new book was published yesterday called Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York. It contains a passage in which Epstein is quoted where he says that he had sex with Melania a full year before Donald Trump commenced his relationship with Melania."

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James van B®️egt @causticcorner.bsky.social · 1d

By contrast, the Trump chapter in Catherine Belton's excellent "Putin's People", also published by Murdoch's Harper Collins, remains available unexpurgated. Notably, unlike various oligarchs, the litigious Trump didn't sue, because there are receipts.

harpercollins.co.uk/products/put...

Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took on the West

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘An outstanding exposé of Putin and his criminal pals’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Her much-awaited book is the best and most important on modern Russia’ THE TIMES A chilling and revelat...

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JK @miniver.bsky.social · 2d

I just realized that the Portland Antifascist Frog has singlehandedly reclaimed amphibians from the “alt right”. Yet another way he is a Great American.

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 2d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Cannonball Adderall @leupp.bsky.social · 2d

Has anyone made a gif of him thrusting his hips at the ICE goons yet?

The Portland Protest Frog standing up to a group of weak fascist jackboots

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 2d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 5h

Poorly-executed ripoffs of fine watches are so on-brand for the guy who has for years been giving fake "diamond and platinum" cufflinks as gifts to his pals.
nypost.com/2016/06/21/t...

Trump has been giving out fake diamond cuff links for years

Donald Trump has been doling out diamond cuff links to unsuspecting pals as presents — but they’re actually fabulous fakes, sources say. At least three recipients later learned that the glittery gi…

nypost.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5h

These watches appear to be ripoffs of famous designs. Likely from some factory that normally produces "homage" watches and they just swapped out the branding.

Comparison of Trump watches to similar looking models from Patek Philippe

Comparison of Trump watches to similar looking models from Rolex

Comparison of Trump watches to similar looking models from Rolex and Hublot

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 6h

Part 2

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 6h

DAILY MEMO: Another ICE Detention Death and A Woman is Saved From ICE By Police 🧵 2 parts

If you appreciate reporting like this, please consider becoming a member of L.A. TACO, buying some merch, or dropping a dime in our fundraiser so we can continue to bring you this news.
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That Photo Guy @thatphotoguy.bsky.social · 6h

Good morning #bluesky.

The Crown engine houses at Botallack in Cornwall.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 6h

With receipts!

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

www.theguardian.com

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Vintage Glass @tubetone.bsky.social · 16h

In answer I'll suggest over the last 50 years what we have become is a cruel, punitive, ignorant, malevolent, toxic gun worshiping culture. It was always present, lying dormant, and we failed utterly to confront it so now it's metastasized. It incubated in depraved gun culture and arrogant empire.

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 1d

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 8h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 7h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 8h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 5h

Ozzy Osbourne's posthumous memoir 'Last Rites' will shock even hardcore fans, with tales of a drug addiction relapse, infidelity, and health challenges.

Here are 14 things we learned from the book ↓

Ozzy Osbourne's 'Last Rites' Memoir Is Haunting, Revelatory, and Often Deeply Sad

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sonokoworld.bsky.social @sonokoworld.bsky.social · 7h

Staten Island is the Alabama of the tri state area

Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 8h

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ✊

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 7h

This is ten times worse than anything Ilhan Omar has ever done or said, and yet she’s constantly accused of antisemitism. Wonder what the difference is

Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 7h

A Democrat shares a video by one of America’s most notorious antisemites. He misses the very obvious antisemitic trope in the video. He then defends the share after people point this out to him.

Incredible stuff.

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This was a documentary made by Tommy G who interviewed me. I did not speak to or meet lan Carrol. I stand by my words and should be judged by them.

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The Grandmaster of Gryffindor @eternalyouth.bsky.social · May 30

I went to law school with this guy. He did not graduate near the top of the class or anywhere close to that. He failed the bar exam multiple times yet held himself out as an actual lawyer. He was weird in law school. He has no qualifications. He has ties to white supremacists and Andrew Tate.

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emilysoleia.bsky.social @emilysoleia.bsky.social · May 29

That’s something that always strikes me — how absolutely mediocre these right wing people are. At this point the right wing ecosystem is just a shortcut for the terminally lazy and unqualified.

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LA @laamaramay.bsky.social · May 29

When they claim they want merit based hiring & not DEI, they keep making it clear they really want to be able to hire unqualified white guys. This is Paul’s work experience below. Looks like he forgot to actually ever practice as a lawyer.

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · May 29

LINK to our article from last year:
www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/p...

White House point man at Homeland Security shared ‘martial law option’ post to keep Trump in office | CNN Politics

Paul Ingrassia, the Trump administration’s liaison to DHS, co-hosted a right-wing podcast and echoed extreme election denial rhetoric.

www.cnn.com

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · May 29

This guy.
“White House Attorney Paul Ingrassia Wasn’t Admitted to the Bar Until a Year After His Firm Said He Was Representing Andrew Tate”

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7h

In the end, this entire episode is a good reminder that as the president goes about turning the justice department into his own personal law firm, what may be his undoing is his inability to stop stepping on rakes. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-good-f...

The Good Fences Trump’s Destroying

Plus: Can a president bombing boats in the Caribbean—boats a fellow world leader says had random citizens aboard—really win the Nobel Peace Prize?

www.thebulwark.com

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