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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 9h

"Kristi Noem was already a controversial figure. Then her agency spent $174 million to buy two private jets for her, at taxpayer expense..."

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Democrats have some questions about DHS buying private jets to be used by Kristi Noem

The homeland security secretary was already a controversial figure. Then her agency bought two private jets for her and other DHS officials.

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 8h

That is the "People's House," not one of his fucking properties. This pisses me off beyond words. It shouldn't be allowed. After promising that the fat fuck's little ballroom wouldn't hurt the structure of the Whitehouse, those idjits have begun demolishing part of the East wing...😡

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 9h

A picture is worth 1,000 words.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 9h

People in ICE detention face extreme heat risks in conditions with poor ventilation — this will only worsen as the Trump administration works to nearly double its detention capacity.

The hottest 10% of ICE facilities see an average of 93 days of dangerous heat per year. This is unconscionable.

Column | ICE detainees face greater risk from extreme heat than most prisoners

A Washington Post analysis found that ICE detention centers experience an average of 29 days of dangerous heat per year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Annastasia @annastasia77.bsky.social · 8h

A ballroom for 250 million dollars that none of us will ever use!
While Americans lose their healthcare, for others premiums will double, groceries and everyday items are skyrocketing!

America first, right MAGA??

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

This is a desecration and an abomination. First he posts an AI video of himself wearing a crown dumping shit on the heads of Americans, then he starts tearing down part of the White House for his Mar-a-Lago style ballroom.

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 8h

Your daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH.

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 8h

The little orange bollix!

He doesn't want Ukraine to defeat Russia because it upsets his plans for a Trump Tower in Moscow.

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 9h

Journalist: “You said Ukraine can win the war and reclaim territory.”

Trump: “They still can win. I said they can win anything. War is a very strange thing. I don’t think they will win.”

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 9h

www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

Richard Murphy: What will it mean for Scotland when the Trump bubble bursts?

DONALD Trump’s bubble is going to burst. I am not just referring to issues in the financial markets, although they are dangerously inflated and…

www.thenational.scot

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Rebecca Gellman 🩷💛💙 - Dignity & Respect stolen by UK Government. @starfleet-net.co.uk · 12h

BREAKING: Case against Graham Linehan for calling for violence against trans women has been dropped by the Met Police.

This now sets a dangerous precedent that anyone can call for violence against trans people with impunity.

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Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 9h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11h

Over the weekend Trump betrayed two major US' allies, Colombia and Ukraine.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11h

The international boycott on the US under Trump continues. We call on our international allies to continue boycotting the United States. Canada alone has reduced alcohol purchases by 85%.

The US is welcome to join us by launching a general strike. #3E #BoycottUSA

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11h

Donald Trump invited Zelenskyy over the weekend to once again try to extort him on behalf of Putin. Zelenskyy didn't back down and stood up for his country. No Trump and MAGA are not isolationists, that's a myth, they are in an open alliance with Russia and Israel.

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WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?!!!! @the13thpanther.bsky.social · 9h

GIVES YOU THE NUMBER OF VOTES YOU NEED!

JennїeJonzen🫥🌟🖖LLAP🤟😈🍀🍀⭐️🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻💙💛☘️✴️✳️✡️🧿유 @astartiel.substack.com · 9h

Elon really knows those vote counting computers...

youtu.be/g6iW3oi3Eik?...

Electronic Voting Machine Hacked by Computer Scientists (AccuVote-TS)

YouTube video by SMART Elections

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JennїeJonzen🫥🌟🖖LLAP🤟😈🍀🍀⭐️🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻💙💛☘️✴️✳️✡️🧿유 @astartiel.substack.com · 9h

Elon really knows those vote counting computers...

youtu.be/g6iW3oi3Eik?...

Electronic Voting Machine Hacked by Computer Scientists (AccuVote-TS)

YouTube video by SMART Elections

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martindvz.bsky.social @martindvz.bsky.social · 9h

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Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

Amazon cloud outage: online services hit, recovery uneven reut.rs/4hh09v4

Amazon cloud outage: online services hit, recovery uneven

An outage at Amazon's cloud computing unit was gradually easing on Monday, after disrupting many online services offered by banks, social media companies and businesses.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

“It looked like a nuclear bomb went off.”
“So, was it a genocide?”
“No.”

HIGHLIGHTS — Kushner & Witkoff on 60 Minutes downplaying Bibi’s crimes and pretending the Witkoff/Trump families aren’t about to make mountains of money profiting from a Gaza rebuild.

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 10h

Holy Moly. They say they want to fight MS-13, but: "in [terminating] informant arrangements, ... Rubio threatened to undercut years of work by U.S. law enforcement to apprehend and secure the cooperation of high-ranking members of one of the world’s most deadly gangs."

Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 1d

This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 10h

They don't get it, do they?

No one's interested in Andrew "being stripped of his dukedom", we want the sexual predator to be tried in a court of law and, if found guilty, to be jailed.

For a very long time.

Fuck losing his titles, he should be losing his liberty.

#C4News @itvnews.bsky.social

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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 13h

🚨 New evidence suggests Jeffrey Epstein channelled millions of dollars through Russian-linked banks. Byline Times reveals fresh details of the Kremlin-connected tech figures at the heart of his circle.
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bylinetimes.com/2025/10/20/i...

Screenshot of Byline Times.
Inside Epstein’s Russian Tech Web: How Oligarch Cash and Three Women Connected Moscow to Silicon Valley
Leaked records obtained by Byline Times reveal how Kremlin-linked investors used Epstein’s network to channel oligarch money into Silicon Valley

Matt Bernardini
20 October 2025
Photo from bottom left: Masha Drokova (Bucher) on the cover of Authority Magazine, Masha and Victoria Drokova in Putin’s Kiss (2011), Lana Pozhidaeva with Jeffrey Epstein in 2013, . Photo: Elder Ordonez

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

DOJ WHISTLEBLOWER: “I wouldn’t be abiding by my oath if I stayed silent right now.” 🇺🇸

He says Trump’s DOJ wanted him to lie (about Kilmar being a gang member & terrorist, etc…) — and fired him when he wouldn’t.

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🇺🇲📎Gigi Alexander 🇺🇦 Democracy Defender! 🌊 ❤️America.🌈 @gigialexander123.bsky.social · 11h

No Surprise here. Trump, Epstein, Putin and Deutsch Bank hmmmm, what do they have in common? Espionage, Money Laundering, Child Trafficking RAPE.. HELLO? RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES ( The real ones, where DJTs name isn't erased). America has caught on to the facts. FACT: Donald Trump is a Child-Rapist

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 7d

ICE drags US citizen out of her car and arrests her because ICE hit HER car

Chicago PD: you can see the license plate of the ICE vehicle. Let's see vehicular assault and kidnapping charges against the Gestapo who did this

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Mark Lemley

ICE drags US citizen out of her car and arrests her because ICE hit HER car Chicago PD: you can see the license plate of the ICE vehicle. Let's see vehicular assault and kidnapping charges against...

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martindvz.bsky.social @martindvz.bsky.social · 10h

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 10h

2/As of now, the Russian Federation wants to continue the war in order to seize more territories of Ukraine.

He adds that real negotiations on ending the war are possible next year, but this depends on the results of the work of Ukrainian politicians.

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