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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 9h

"Another Reform MP has been accused of being in breach of Parliamentary rules, after its deputy leader Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality he received from Lubov Chernukhin – wife of a former Russian deputy finance minister"
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Reform’s Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

'Tice and Oakeshott stayed at the Chernukhins’ “turreted villa” with “a stunning view of the Mediterranean” and had supper with them at a Michelin-starred restaurant'

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 4h

$40 Billion to Argentina. Don’t tell me we can’t have healthcare.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

It should be a litmus test for Democratic presidential primary candidates whether they will restore the White House and DC public properties to exactly the way they were before the Palm Beach lounge lizard decided to turn it into Mar-a-Lago meets 1936 Nuremberg.

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 1d

We don't need or want these assholes anywhere near Chicago...Go arrest and harass KKKrumpf and the MAGAts at the Capitol and in the cabinet!! www.nbcchicago.com/investigatio...

Tear gas released on Chicago crowd as Border Patrol describes pursuit, crash and arrests

Days after a judge issued an order aimed at reining in federal immigration agents' use of chemicals on protesters, tear gas was used by agents.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h

Apropos of nothing, once the President of the United States confirms covert CIA operations in a country… say, Venezuela, those operations are no longer covert.

And it puts CIA officers at significantly more risk.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h

This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.

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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 @vero1986.bsky.social · 7h

America’s national debt is spiraling higher by the second.the debt sits at over $37.8 trillion, and there are $1.2 trillion in interest payments to service the borrowing. JPMorgan CEO Jaimie Dimon and Fed chairman Jerome Powell have both expressed concerns about it.
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America is ‘going broke slowly’ says J.P. Morgan, as national debt balloons and tariff revenue looks shaky

The risk is “that we move from going broke slowly to going broke quickly,” Kelly says.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 13h

The speaker of the house doesn’t think one of his members assaulting and threatening women is a serious issue.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Chef Finney @cheffinney.bsky.social · 4h

www.vox.com/politics/464...

It sure looks like the Voting Rights Act is doomed

The Republican justices hunt for a reason to gut America’s most successful civil rights law.

www.vox.com

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Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 5h

No King's Day!
Here we go!! 🗽⚖️🇺🇸

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Chef Finney @cheffinney.bsky.social · 4h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 5h

Author’s note: This went out to paid subscribers about two hours ago. After I published it, I went outside to finish a chore I had started earlier. The thought, “You need to send this one out to everyone,” was persistent. That’s why I’m sharing it now with all subscribers.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 8h

A devastating flood tore through Kipnuk; five months earlier, federal funding meant to help the village withstand disasters was abruptly cut. Lee Zeldin revoked the grant, citing a new push to eliminate what he called “wasteful DEI grants.”

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 1d

You know what today marks? 3 WEEKS since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her election to represent #AZ07 in Congress.

That is 3 weeks more that 700k Arizonans have gone without representation in the House because Speaker Mike Johnson won’t swear her in. Stop delaying and do your job.

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NPR @npr.org · 5h

Conspiracy theories about health fill a vacuum created by the lack of doctors in many rural communities. Meanwhile, doctors in these areas say patients have become increasingly distrustful and sometimes hostile. n.pr/4nRqsdT

In rural America, scarce doctors battle misinformation as they practice medicine

Conspiracy theories about health fill a vacuum created by the lack of doctors in many rural communities. Meanwhile, doctors in these areas say patients have become increasingly distrustful and sometimes hostile.

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Headlines McMuffin @headlinesmc.bsky.social · 4h

If Sean Duffy can run NASA and the FAA, then Trump can run the US and Israel.

Banner news headline - Trump is the first president to run two countries, running the US as well as Israel, ready to tell them when to fight.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 5h

They've been arguing in court repeatedly that there are no plans for a shutdown and that they will honor all statutory obligations.
Not sure what a legal system does with a government that simply isn't credible.

Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 4h

If you’ve recently awoken from a coma, the Speaker of the House is stalling the swearing in of a newly elected member from Arizona because she would be the deciding vote in the discharge petition to release the Epstein files, which would be trouble for his boss.

You’re caught up.

Ps: Welcome back.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

"Why doesn't Chicago want us to zip-tie more naked children in the middle of the night and shove them, screaming, into vans? So ungrateful for refusing our kind, helpful offer to help!"

Pamela Jo Bondi

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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

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Dick Taylor @dicktaylor.bsky.social · 4h

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Chef Finney @cheffinney.bsky.social · 4h

www.al.com/life/2025/10...

Country music singer dedicates song to Charlie Kirk: ‘Assassinated for believing how I believe’

"Make Heaven Crowded" is a song inspired by the death of Charlie Kirk.

www.al.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 11h

They arrested a giraffe.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

Another $20 billion. That is the face you make when you heist the US taxpayers for $40 billion two weeks before your midterm elections from the most corrupt America Last regime in history.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

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