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Laura Bassett

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Writer, editor. Politics and feminist analysis. Former EIC of Jezebel. Brooklyn via South Louisiana 🐊

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · Aug 21

My latest reporting in Conde Nast Traveler on how USAID cuts are throttling vital ecotourism, anti-deforestation and wildlife conservation efforts in the Colombian Amazon and around the globe: www.cntraveler.com/story/withou...

Without USAID, Conservation and Tourism Projects Have Ground to a Halt

From the Colombian Amazon to Malawi's Liwonde National Park, grants from the US government have been ended leaving local development projects in the lurch.

www.cntraveler.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Vance: Young Republicans must be allowed to praise Hitler in private, nothing bad will come of it

Trump: Finally, we're making Stephen Miller's white nationalist fantasies from his college days come true!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 1h

Uhhhhhhhh

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1h

Trump: “I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far.”

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 5h

i have to be honest, gang, i have some questions about this republican strategy of telling everyone to tune in and pay attention to what’s likely to be one of the largest days of political protest in american history directed at the republican party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 2h

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 2h

Soon after, I got a note that it was being remade, so something bad happened to that food

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 2h

Maybe a baddie puked up my food

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 2h

How am I supposed to respond to this, DoorDash

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 3h

WHAT THE FUCK FENTANYL IS NOT EVEN COMING FROM VENEZUELA

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Eric Trump: "Now every single time a boat goes out of Venezuela it's getting blown up into a million pieces. That's exactly what's happening every single day. I personally have 4 friends who have lost children to fentanyl."

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 4h

“Kids”

Giunta was referring to an upcoming vote on whether he should become chair of the Young Republican National Federation, the GOP's 15,000-member political organization for Republicans between 18 and 40 years old.
"Im going to create some of the greatest physiological torture methods known to man.
We only want true believers," he continued.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 6h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5h

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Young Republicans say they love Hitler. But what does that tell us about their politics?

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 5h

We need to talk about the aggression of the duo lingo owl

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 5h

Cleaning off my glasses and reading this again

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 7h

these people have the self-reflection of a vampire

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

A judge has granted the reigning Miss United States and FL GOP committee member a restraining order against her ex, FL Congressman Cory Mills.

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and bared the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 23h

Trump is saying the quiet part out loud: he sent a $20B taxpayer-financed bailout to help his far-right buddy Milei cling to power.

Meanwhile our government is shut down, public servants aren't getting paid & we're barreling toward a Trump-made health care crisis. Sounds like Argentina First to me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 20h

Had an affair with her source and all she got was a book deal, a cushy Vanity Fair editing gig and a year off. Real tough to be “exiled” these days

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 20h

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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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 21h

Probably best to chase it indefinitely

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 22h

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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@StateDept
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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 21h

Lmao

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 22h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 23h

Fetterman voted with Republicans to greenlight this

Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 1d

Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1d

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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