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Katie S.
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Jeff Bezos just fired 1/3 of the journalists at the Washington Post. Come To greener grass, my loves.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
"I'd like to share a story from a local paper in Coldwater, Michigan dated to the 9th of April, 1945. It tells how the US Army, under General Patton--the US 3rd Army--came onto what you might call a detention center just outside the village of Ohrdruf, Germany. The US Army brought the leading citizens of Ohrdruf to tour the facility, which turned out to be part of the Buchenwald network of concentration camps. A US Army colonel told the German civilians who viewed the scenes, without muttering a word, that they were to blame. One of the Germans replied that what happened in the camp was (quote) 'done by a few people, and you cannot blame us all.' And the American, who could have been any one of our grandfathers, said, 'this was done by those that the German people chose to lead them, and all are responsible.' The morning after the tour, the Mayor of Ohrdruf killed himself. And maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don't know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse. But we know enough. I ask you to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf might have thought before he died. Maybe he felt like a victim. He might have thought, 'how is this my fault? I have no jurisdiction over this.' Maybe he would have said, 'this site was not subject to local zoning, what could I do?' But I think, when he reflected on the suffering that occurred at this camp, just outside of town, that those words would have sounded hollow even to him. Because in his heart he knew--as we do--that we are all responsible for what happens in our community. I urge the council to take action to stop, or stall, or at the barest minimum to think creatively about how to exercise oversight over this proposed ICE facility. Thank you."
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell stuns MAGA world by hitting back hard after Trump's corrupt prosecutors launched a sham investigation into him—exposing the invented "pretexts" used to target him.
The usually stoic Powell is done holding back...
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January 15, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Ellie Leonard (@redpencilscript)
“Barrack [sic] and the boys in pb*. wild wild.” - Epstein email to Tom Pritzker *Palm Beach https://ellieleonard.substack.com/p/a-well-known-prime-minister
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November 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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gift link...

sober and practical. and very much where we are.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump’s Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar
Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán’s playbook.
www.theatlantic.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Schumer should step down.
March 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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@schiff.senate.gov Please vote NO on the House CR tomorrow!
March 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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@whitehouse.senate.gov Vote NO on the House CR tomorrow!
March 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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@booker.senate.gov Vote NO on the House CR tomorrow
March 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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@sanders.senate.gov Vote NO on the House CR tomorrow!
March 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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@democrats.senate.gov Please do NOT vote in favor of this CR. It is unbelievable that you were consider casting any other vote than NO.
March 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
spainky1.bsky.social
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com Lawrence, great reporting on the process Hochul must follow if she goes after Adams. The Hochul segment was some of the best “come on down” to Trump thus far. She was hot and rightly so.
February 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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@thecaitlinclark.bsky.social Happy 23rd Birthday!🎂
January 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM