WPB Charlie
@wpbcharlie.bsky.social
Reader, walker, rather curious… Music, Literature, Art... these are the blood in my veins. Time spent outdoors is the air in my lungs.
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WPB Charlie
@wpbcharlie.bsky.social
· Nov 28
My hopes for this new Bluesky place is the best of my experiences at old Twitter and Tumblr combined. Lots of friends, lots of music, lots of art, and lots of ideas and discussion.
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$47 million fraud case dropped by Trump after Wiederhorn made huge donations to his campaign and inaugural fund. Not Somali.
December 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
$47 million fraud case dropped by Trump after Wiederhorn made huge donations to his campaign and inaugural fund. Not Somali.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted more than $35 MILLION in taxpayer dollars to defeat two ballot initiatives last year.
I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds.
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds.
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
🚨Desantis CAUGHT FUNNELING $35 MILLION away from Floridians?!?
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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December 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted more than $35 MILLION in taxpayer dollars to defeat two ballot initiatives last year.
I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds.
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds.
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
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Read "Trump Claimed Multiple Properties As His Primary Residence In Mortgages – Same Activity He Called ‘A Crime’ When Done By Democrats" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6QMVkYAU/w...
Trump Claimed Multiple Properties As His Primary Residence In Mortgages – Same Activity He Called ‘A Crime’ When Done By Democrats (uPolitics - Feed)
President Donald Trump used the same kinds of mortgage gimmicks that his administration has charged his Democratic opponents with “fraud” for employing.
Acco...
l.smartnews.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Read "Trump Claimed Multiple Properties As His Primary Residence In Mortgages – Same Activity He Called ‘A Crime’ When Done By Democrats" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6QMVkYAU/w...
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Bari’s complaint was “there’s nothing new here” and while that’s untrue it’s also irrelevant
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
December 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Bari’s complaint was “there’s nothing new here” and while that’s untrue it’s also irrelevant
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
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Another home run by Charlotte -
"It's 2025, and we're sharing bootlegs of “60 Minutes” segment broadcast in other countries because our own nation is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers"
"It's 2025, and we're sharing bootlegs of “60 Minutes” segment broadcast in other countries because our own nation is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers"
"She took a high dive into a pool that she drained herself. Were he alive today, Mr. Murrow would not believe what his network has become."
Bari Weiss Jumps Into a Drained Pool
That she drained herself.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Another home run by Charlotte -
"It's 2025, and we're sharing bootlegs of “60 Minutes” segment broadcast in other countries because our own nation is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers"
"It's 2025, and we're sharing bootlegs of “60 Minutes” segment broadcast in other countries because our own nation is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers"
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Discover a broad range of this year's most compelling classical recordings, including symphonic booty-shakers, mystic violin, pipe organ prog and a guided tour of 18th century German chart-toppers.
The 10 Best Classical Albums of 2025
Discover a broad range of this year's most compelling classical recordings, including symphonic booty-shakers, mystic violin, pipe organ prog and a guided tour of 18th century German chart-toppers.
n.pr
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Discover a broad range of this year's most compelling classical recordings, including symphonic booty-shakers, mystic violin, pipe organ prog and a guided tour of 18th century German chart-toppers.
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NEW: A judge ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the Trump admin’s custody, concluding he's been illegally held by ICE for months.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from ICE custody
The judge's order represents an immediate affront to senior Trump administration officials, who once vowed Abrego would “never walk America’s streets again.”
www.politico.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NEW: A judge ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the Trump admin’s custody, concluding he's been illegally held by ICE for months.
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Christiane Amanpour - Journalism in the Fight Against Authoritarianism | The Daily Show
youtu.be/A0qdQto1T9k?...
youtu.be/A0qdQto1T9k?...
Christiane Amanpour - Journalism in the Fight Against Authoritarianism | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Christiane Amanpour - Journalism in the Fight Against Authoritarianism | The Daily Show
youtu.be/A0qdQto1T9k?...
youtu.be/A0qdQto1T9k?...
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My best friend has started doing book rebinds and dabbling with sprayed edges and I told her she MUST do some for Desiccate when it comes out next year.
What do you guys think? I told her she needs to start an insta and here I am goading her more 🤣🤣🤣
Aren't they gorg? 😍
#booksky #writesky 📚🪐💙
What do you guys think? I told her she needs to start an insta and here I am goading her more 🤣🤣🤣
Aren't they gorg? 😍
#booksky #writesky 📚🪐💙
November 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Great piece that touches on readers' expectations, challenges writers face as readers. Also wonderful comments on what helped people find their way back from being broken readers. Reading different genres can help for sure.
#booksky #writersky #writingcommunity
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...
#booksky #writersky #writingcommunity
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...
Opinion | I Was Once a Broken Reader. I Found My Way Back to Books.
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Great piece that touches on readers' expectations, challenges writers face as readers. Also wonderful comments on what helped people find their way back from being broken readers. Reading different genres can help for sure.
#booksky #writersky #writingcommunity
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...
#booksky #writersky #writingcommunity
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...
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5 surprising ways to protect your family legacy — now and for generations
www.pbig.ml.com/articles/way...
www.pbig.ml.com/articles/way...
Benefits of a Trust: Protecting Your Family and Assets
Trusts provide powerful financial benefits, including protecting your family and assets during uncertain times. Learn more about what a trust can do.
www.pbig.ml.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
5 surprising ways to protect your family legacy — now and for generations
www.pbig.ml.com/articles/way...
www.pbig.ml.com/articles/way...
November 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Still fishing simply. Just a spinning rod, 10 lb. mono and a couple little white jigs in my pocket. #fishing #peacockbass
November 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Still fishing simply. Just a spinning rod, 10 lb. mono and a couple little white jigs in my pocket. #fishing #peacockbass
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I have given my love to what is worthy of love. Is that not the kingdom and the unperishing spring?
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I have given my love to what is worthy of love. Is that not the kingdom and the unperishing spring?
We were safer with President Biden.
September 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
We were safer with President Biden.
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“Our civil rights unit is going to take yours away.”
September 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
“Our civil rights unit is going to take yours away.”
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Happy Sex Worker Pride Day
Sex worker has allowed me to live a life that feels worth living. Sex workers have granted me more grace, love, resources, knowledge, and kindness than I could ever express.
I wish for all sex workers to be safe, housed, paid, and protected.
Sex worker has allowed me to live a life that feels worth living. Sex workers have granted me more grace, love, resources, knowledge, and kindness than I could ever express.
I wish for all sex workers to be safe, housed, paid, and protected.
September 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Happy Sex Worker Pride Day
Sex worker has allowed me to live a life that feels worth living. Sex workers have granted me more grace, love, resources, knowledge, and kindness than I could ever express.
I wish for all sex workers to be safe, housed, paid, and protected.
Sex worker has allowed me to live a life that feels worth living. Sex workers have granted me more grace, love, resources, knowledge, and kindness than I could ever express.
I wish for all sex workers to be safe, housed, paid, and protected.
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I and many others who professionally researched and wrote about the first term of Donald Trump have said that his plan is to provoke a second Kent State as a pretext for martial law and the cancellation of the midterms.
Now we find Trump *dramatically* expanding bases for cops to shoot protesters.
Now we find Trump *dramatically* expanding bases for cops to shoot protesters.
Skateboards and Livestreams: DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
www.wired.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I and many others who professionally researched and wrote about the first term of Donald Trump have said that his plan is to provoke a second Kent State as a pretext for martial law and the cancellation of the midterms.
Now we find Trump *dramatically* expanding bases for cops to shoot protesters.
Now we find Trump *dramatically* expanding bases for cops to shoot protesters.
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Don’t ever fucking tell me Jews don’t care about immigrants and refugees. Cause I know for a fact most of you have forgotten the largest massacre of Jews on American soil happened just seven years ago and was *specifically* because of the Jewish mandate to help immigrants and refugees.
July 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Don’t ever fucking tell me Jews don’t care about immigrants and refugees. Cause I know for a fact most of you have forgotten the largest massacre of Jews on American soil happened just seven years ago and was *specifically* because of the Jewish mandate to help immigrants and refugees.
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In fact, HIAS is doing so much good work that their existence sparked a white supremacist to massacre Jews at the Tree of Life synagogue because he believed the right-wing rhetoric that Jews were bringing criminal immigrants into the country.
July 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In fact, HIAS is doing so much good work that their existence sparked a white supremacist to massacre Jews at the Tree of Life synagogue because he believed the right-wing rhetoric that Jews were bringing criminal immigrants into the country.
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The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid
June 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid
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The Ecosystems Mission Area helps researchers track everything from birds and bees to floods and fires. Trump wants to cut it by about 90%, gutting a key federal ecological program.
This federal program helps track America's ecosystems. Trump's budget would gut it
The Ecosystems Mission Area helps researchers track everything from birds and bees to floods and fires. Trump wants to cut it by about 90%, gutting a key federal ecological program.
n.pr
June 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Ecosystems Mission Area helps researchers track everything from birds and bees to floods and fires. Trump wants to cut it by about 90%, gutting a key federal ecological program.