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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 1h

go orwell!

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 9h

Most feel the way he does. The Pam Bondi DOJ has a management consultant: Don Corleone.

Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 10h

I have never liked Chris Christie. But here he tells it like it is. And he should know. He is a former prosecutor.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 1d

The release of the 20 remaining Israelis held by Hamas and the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinians held by Israel is extremely positive news for those held and their loved ones. 1/3

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 1d

Good.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 1d

violence is the intent.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

“That’s not what you train for,” one retired Marine officer told me. (“I’m not a liberal,” he made clear.) “You’re hearing, ‘Blood makes the grass grow! Kill, kill, kill!’ in bayonet training, and then you send them to a U.S. city?” puck.news/what-the-tro...

Portlandia

As Trump masses troops outside blue cities in the name of protecting federal properties, current and former members of the military grapple with the question of which orders are legal—and resent being...

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 1d

yeah!

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Keys for Liberty @demskeys.bsky.social · 1d

The so-called peace President has doubled the government expenditure for pepperballs and non-lethal rounds to be used against Americans exercising their First Amendment Rights.

#NoKings

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 1d

I believe that there is a rollout. Please contact Neon.

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 2d

So honored to be in this group!

Museum of Political Corruption @corruptmuseum.bsky.social · 3d

Recalling our previous Nellie Bly Award winners and looking ahead to honoring Glenn Kessler. Join us on 10/16 as we discuss fact-checking, truth, lies, and political accountability!

@susannecraignyt.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-nelli...

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 3d

“stayin alive!” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My!

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 4d

So proud to be a part of this film.

IFC Center @ifccenter.bsky.social · 4d

Artfully combining modern and archival footage, dramatic readings from George Orwell’s diary, and interviews, Raoul Peck’s ORWELL: 2+2=5 is “a vital film,” raves The Hollywood Reporter

A fulsome and eerie portrait of modern literature’s greatest oracle. Now playing!
ifccenter.com/films/orwell...

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 4d

Go Leo!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

A quarter of all FBI agents have been reassigned to chase restaurant water boys and cherry pickers, FBI counterintelligence work targeting Russia and China has been shut down. Americans should ask why this is happening and whether foreign espionage or wait service in restaurants is a greater threat.

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 4d

Reign of Terror!

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 5d

I was working on the story and he just came out and said it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 6d

War zone!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

#WarRavagedPortland

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 6d

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 6d

Love this!

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 7d

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 6d

I would agree. A gun is pointed at first amendment rights.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 7d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 6d

Definitive.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7d

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 7d

Read “Enshittification,” by Cory Doctorow.