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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h

Just now at the WH:

Trump was asked if he was proposed by China to give up support for Taiwan in return for trade deals, he says he will not be answering this question.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15m

“.. despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing building.”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1h

Prince Andrew tried to hire ‘internet trolls’ to hassle Virginia Giuffre, book claims www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew tried to hire ‘internet trolls’ to hassle Virginia Giuffre, book claims

Andrew hid behind Balmoral’s ‘guarded gates’ to escape court papers, accuser says in memoir Nobody’s Girl

www.theguardian.com

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 1h

Tariffs are ruining everything — including the Texas State Fair.

$14 for fried oreos.
$15 for a funnel cake chicken sandwich.
$25 for a turkey leg.

DC politicians are pricing Texans out of our own state fair.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 29m

so that was money well spent then, hey? america firrrrst!

"The Argentine peso has fallen below the level it reached before the US Treasury began purchases this month, in a sign that the Trump administration’s financial support is failing to halt the currency’s slide..."

www.ft.com/content/815e...

Argentine peso weakens to fresh low despite US interventions

Currency gains sparked by estimated $400mn of US purchases melt away ahead of election for president Javier Milei

www.ft.com

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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 2h

NEW: Zachary Evetts, one of the two men indicted last week on allegations of terrorism as part of an antifa "cell," pleads NOT GUILTY.

The other defendant, Cameron Arnold, pleaded NOT GUILTY on Friday, 10/17.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 41m

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2h

The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 3h

Someone went there:

"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"

via @futurism.com

futurism.com/future-socie...

It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It

He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.

futurism.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 3h

Someone went there:

"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"

via @futurism.com

futurism.com/future-socie...

It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It

He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.

futurism.com

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 27m

LOOK HOW THEY MASSACRED MY BOY.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 20h

Watch @andykroll.bsky.social on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social. 'It's pretty clear what Russell Vought wants': ProPublica reports on 'The Shadow President'

'It's pretty clear what Russell Vought wants': ProPublica reports on 'The Shadow President'

ProPublica's Andy Kroll joins Morning Joe to discuss his new piece on OMB Director Russell Vought.

www.msnbc.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h

JUST IN: The White House has begun DEMOLISHING portions of the East Wing of the White House to build Trump’s $250 million ballroom — despite earlier claiming it wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing White House structure. (Washington Post)

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1h

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

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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.

www.msnbc.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

KENNY LOGGINS, on the Feces Fighter Jet:

“.. I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us. Too many people are trying to tear us apart .. We’re all Americans ..”

kennyloggins.com/response-to-...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

"Supremacy is an all-consuming logic on the MAGA right today. Christian supremacy, white supremacy, male supremacy, almost every corner of MAGA is marked by...supremacist logic and a desire to subjugate some other group."

@aselrod.bsky.social theorizes MAGA:
www.liberalcurrents.com/sex-is-gay-r...

Sex Is Gay, Rape Is Epic, No Fatties: Young Right-Wing Men Are Obsessed With Male Power and Male Bodies

The group chat leak reveals what over a decade of incel messaging and Bronze Age Pervert have done to Young Republicans.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

The “No Kings” protests had one specific and concrete aim: breaking the mirage of Donald Trump’s supposed mass popular mandate. And that it achieved. www.thebulwark.com/p/long-live-...

Long Live ‘No Kings’

Saturday’s protests showed that a resistance can be large and organized. But can it be sustained?

www.thebulwark.com

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 3h

Weijia Jiang: "Were any innocent civilians killed in the Caribbean?"
Trump: "Not you."

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1h

www.kgw.com/article/news...

Blind man handcuffed, dragged by federal agents at ICE facility, he says

Quinn Haberl, a blind protester, says federal agents at Portland's ICE facility dragged and handcuffed him twice. Both incidents were on video.

www.kgw.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1d

'Nigel Farage always stands on the side of the rich and powerful – just like he has done with his opposition to stronger workers’ rights', TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak writes about Labour's energy
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'Nigel Farage wants to kill good union jobs'

'Nigel Farage always stands on the side of the rich and powerful – just like he has done with his opposition to stronger workers’ rights', TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak writes about Labour's energy

www.mirror.co.uk

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

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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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1h

Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico: Anyone who knows the Russians understands that when they are on their knees, it’s only because they’re tying their shoelaces.

"The strategy was that this war would provide an opportunity to bring the Russian Federation to its knees.

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🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 20h

Mental illness on display
Ceasing to be entertaining

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Don’t Risk Evil Andrew for Mayor @dreamfornyc.bsky.social · 2h

On the other site, Bill Ackman is in the bargaining stage of the five stages of grief.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

(slaps bar counter) “Alright, Chip, let’s have those car keys”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."

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