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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 24m

Is there a way to contribute to exiling her again?

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Bear Wilner-Nugent @saltlick.bsky.social · 39m

I love seeing a Democratic congressmember calling this right out.

Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 3h

This is disgusting. And I can GUARANTEE you that lots of dumps are going to come out about lots of Republican electeds who are way too close to the people in these texts. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 45m

Lattice, which is supposedly their core Software of Everything for The Future Of Defense, is a buggy kludge that everyone will privately say doesn't work, and the only reason they keep getting contracts is DoD has been captured (not just a Trump thing) into shoveling money their way

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 45m

the only company in this group that is worth a shit is palantir (and even then just barely), much like how Thiel and that rapist Lonsdale are outright fascists with a lot of $ but are also still gigantic dorks

Open secret in the industry is none of Anduril's shit works

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 5h

recurring gripe of mine: stop talking about these people like they’re fucking supervillains, Palmer Luckey is grifter bullshit artist who is going to steal a lot of public money in exchange for buggy vaporware, he’s not Lex Luthor. they get off when breathlessl hyperventilating about them like this.

Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Merchant of Death, billionaire Palmer Luckey, rebranded the DOD the Department of War.

Peter Thiel/Palantir gave his company, Andruil, a billion dollars in January.

This is Palmer “I love killer robots” Luckey.

Origin story on rename below, as well as him hanging out with the worst people.

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scrambled egg globalist @matthewraskob.bsky.social · 1h

hard to imagine a less necessary book.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 33m

Lay your exciting new hobby on us…

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 46m

The only acceptable deal for Democrats needs to result in Vought in jail and penniless if he does impoundment again

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1h

Three senior Republican appropriators agree it doesn't make any sense for Democrats to agree to a government funding deal unless Trump actually adheres to the deal.

The Democratic alternative CR has language that would begin to address this, but Trump and Vought are completely opposed.

"If you're a Democrat - even just like a mainstream Democrat - your predisposition might be to help negotiate with Republicans on a funding mechanism," said Rep. Steve Womack, a senior GOP appropriator. "Why would you do that if you know that whatever you negotiate is going to be subject to the knife pulled out by Russ Vought?"

"I don't think the Democrats want to shut down either," Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), a senior appropriator, told Bloomberg Government. "Their concern right now, and it's a legitimate concern, is that, how can we agree to any deal when our OMB director will just impound the funds and say we're not going to spend them there?"

Julie Tsirkin @news_jul •1h
MURKOWSKI blames Russ Vought for making it harder to negotiate shutdown end:
"The appropriations process is being run over, and that, to me, is absolutely unacceptable."
She understands why Democrats don't trust them given Vought's rescissions and layoffs.
"Why would you?"

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 36m

I hate this for all of us. We needed real journalists who’d help alert the country that RFK, Jr. was a menace, and from her perch at a high profile magazine, she went the other direction— committing acts that should’ve been career ending.

Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 1h

The consequences of what she did are a year off to write a book (which will be published) and then landing a high prestige job immediately

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 1h

The consequences of what she did are a year off to write a book (which will be published) and then landing a high prestige job immediately

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 49m

This is like if a doctor lost his job for killing patients on purpose and then a year later got his license back for no good reason and then wrote a memoir called First, Do Harm.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 48m

Get fucking lost, you fucking creep.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 1h

A lot of infrastructure is exactly like this! For obvious reasons (more expensive to do it in less dense areas).

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 1h

The linear passage of time and placing events on it is a challenge for these guys.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 2h

Who (me) has been saying I’d be willing to bet, based on the few I’ve eyeballed, most EJ grants were going to rural areas. More evidence of this:

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

nyti.ms

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

curious to know what text chats our vice president is in

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 2h

See

Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 2h

Gavin Wax, the Trump admin official who came up through the ranks at Charlie Kirk's racist TPUSA and gave Politico the chat logs showing that a bunch of his young Republican rivals are Nazis, is also a Nazi. Which has been public knowledge for over 5 years. www.adl.org/resources/ar...

www.adl.org

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 2h

He’s not the only Nazi there, either.
Darren Beattie, e.g., shares the same afflictions.

Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 2h

Wax is currently employed by Trump in the public affairs wing of the State Department. No fooling.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 2h

Gavin Wax, the Trump admin official who came up through the ranks at Charlie Kirk's racist TPUSA and gave Politico the chat logs showing that a bunch of his young Republican rivals are Nazis, is also a Nazi. Which has been public knowledge for over 5 years. www.adl.org/resources/ar...

www.adl.org

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 2h

Lol, fired for being dumb enough to put it in print

Staten Island Republican fires chief of staff over alleged text comments, including ‘I love Hitler’

The alleged texts exchanged via Telegram chats among young Republican leaders was obtained by Politico over a seven month period.

www.silive.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Waldo Jaquith, but Spooky @waldo.net · 2h

It turns out that what Todd Gilbert meant by "that escalated quickly" is that he was unwilling to support a grand jury investigation into the origins of the Trump/Russia case. I'm surprised and impressed that Gilbert took this stand. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 2h

(Loud clank)
I need a flashlight and the magnet thingy

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 4h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 2h

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 3h

This person ran interference for the Silicon Valley branch of these guys for 30 years.

Don’t let her be like “not surprising,” make her explain why she didn’t tell is sooner.

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