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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 12h

Everyone knows at least one person (normally, but not exclusively, a guy) whose gone properly mental due to net rabbit holes.

We see public figures regularly go mad and destroy themselves.

And we have, at a policy level, just decided to put our fingers in our ears and go nahnahnah

Alastair Meeks @alastairmeeks.bsky.social · 13h

Last night I heard of another friend of a friend who has been lost to a rabbit hole of online propaganda. We need to start treating this as a serious public health concern.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 8h

Trump: “I don’t think there’s anything going to get me in heaven. I think I’m not maybe heaven bound.

“I’m not sure I’ll make heaven, but I’ve made life a lot better for a lot of people.”

He’s been ruminating on his mortality a lot recently. Never used to. Knows something we don’t maybe.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 11h

A BBC reporter ends his piece about the China spy trial collapse with the words "this story won't go away"
In contrast, the BBC newshounds have lost their sense of smell about Nathan Gill accepting Russian bribes.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 10h

Trouble in paradise 🍿

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 11h

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 9h

Gove’s admission, reported here, that in their rush to make trade deals Conservative Ministers did not consider the long term and impact on British farming would disbar all of them from any further role in public life, in a sensible country.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 15h

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 9h

When regional chairmen of Deform UK Ltd resign, they do it with feeling.

Sent to Fartrage by Patrick Sargent
Former Chairman, Middlesbrough & Thornaby East Branch
Former Parliamentary Candidate (2024) for Middlesbrough & Thornaby East
Former Interim Regional Director (North East)

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 10h

Former Presidents consistently talk about the difficulty of getting good information as President, how everyone has an agenda, is telling them what they want to hear, etc.

Most Presidents make some effort to mitigate that well-known problem, but Trump's like "moar bubble, I want only bubble."

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 11h

For my piece today at @zeteo.com i wanted to truly underscore how punishingly stupid american fascism is now. Like, my original proposed headline for this was:

Our Democracy Is Imperiled Because One Old Man Won’t Stop ‘Yelling’ At His TV. zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...

Trump’s Addiction to Watching Fox Is Killing American Democracy

Our country is falling apart because one old man, Trump advisers and former administration officials say, won’t stop ‘yelling’ at his TV.

zeteo.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11h

I thought this must be a spoof but it's true...

Angele @angeledehart.bsky.social · 15h

Another maga loser will gladly spend their hard earned $75 plus shipping for this horrible piece of trash. I hope it’s ends up like the trump watches missing the T.

Picture of cheap trump pink watch made in China missing the letter T which shows “Rump.” Statement reads: Customers upset with Missing ‘T’ in trump-branded watch that cost $640.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 10h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Tollytb🇮🇪🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇧 @tollytb.bsky.social · 21h

"Do you still get paid in Roubles Ted?"
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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 10h

Guess you don't really need a secondary if your defensive line is going to play like that. #seahawks

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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 12h

The Faroe Islands—population just 55,000—beat the Czech Republic 🤯

An astonishing result. The territory's population is smaller than the capacity of six Premier League stadiums, yet they've just won a third straight international game 🇫🇴

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 15h

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12h

It is going to be hard for the Washington Post to ever recover its reputation after the Bezos era…

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12h

“I’m a cop. I am not supposed to feel dread. He’s a brown person. HE’S supposed to feel dread!”

Bari nods sympathetically.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

STEPHANOPOULOS: Did Tom Homan give the $50,000 back?

VANCE: He did not take a bribe. It's a ridiculous smear

STEPHANOPOULOS: You didn't answer the question

VANCE: Did he accept $50,000? I'm sure that in the course of Homan's life, he's been paid more than $50k for services.

(So, no, he didn't)

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 14h

Injuries in one of our strongest units damaging our progress this year.

Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 14h

Gonna be another tough game for the Seahawks without Spoon, Love, and Woolen.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 16h

Things being as they are, and the near impossibility of predicting a General Election result this far out, I do find it vaguely amusing seeing certain people arguing that no matter what heinous thing Labour does people have to vote for them to beat Reform as "we live in a two party system". 1/