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Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 8h

The Old Testament. Goes on quite a bit about managing, selling, and maintaining slaves. Including a person's daughters, if they're getting a bit unmanageable.

Just makes me wonder why "it's in the Bible" somehow is being equated to "it's not evil". There's lots of evil in the Bible.

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Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 8h

Is this the same funding source?
bsky.app/profile/senc...

Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 12h

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 11h

I remember when Obama put up some art, and the Fox News crowd went batshit insane accusing him of "desecrating the sanctity of the White House."

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Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 1d

Better living through hypoxia.

Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 1d

Particularly arriving, what, 3 days after his AI-created video of himself shitting on America? He certainly still knows how to tell a story.

(that story being "I hate you all, feel free to GFY")

Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 1d

Thankfully, all of this is much less suspicious in this administration because they (usually Trump himself) regularly confess to the illegal actions on social media. Usually with exclamation! points!

Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 1d

Strong headline game at NPR today

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Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 1d

Has she been seen in Paris lately? Near the Louvre, perhaps?

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

While we spectate on The East Wing being torn down, it isn’t just another hallway, it’s where Eleanor Roosevelt built the modern Office of the First Lady, where WWII bunkers were hidden, and where the public enters the People’s House. Erasing it is rewriting history.

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Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 1d

I think most reasonable observers got over her shenanigans years ago. Sad to see the Times still duped (or helping).

Very much of a piece with them reporting the latest No Kings protests as having "thousands" of protestors across the country.

Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 1d

How many of them do you suppose are felons, or people with domestic violence convictions, who are legally not allowed to carry firearms?

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Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 1d

Does she go with "I set it to delete messages but I forgot people can write things down" or maybe just "I was drunk and now that I'm sober I regret what I said"?

Or maybe just "In my orientation to this job they said I can ignore the law and just demand people Do What I Say!"

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Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 1d

I would say his AI-generated video of himself in a King Trump plane, wearing a crown, shitting on Americans is also pretty clear.

But, yeah, the fraud using the People's money to destroy the People's House might move even more regular folks to anger.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Over 500,000 views before the Community Note fact check.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

The Woke Left Has Stolen Merit And Freedom Just Like A Jewel From The Louvre, Today At CBS News help me they make me do this now she’s a monster oh god she’s coming she’s c

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Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 1d

The easiest and most-obvious follow-up question never asked. Are there no actual journalists left at Congressional events? Or none left in America?

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Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 1d

"OpenAI burns $11,000 of electricity to successfully execute... 10 Google searches in a row!"

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

The president of the United States is destroying constitutional government and literally calling himself a king and the pathetic journalistic and political class of this country is busy winding itself into circular meta-debates over the correct way to perform their reaction or nonreaction to it.

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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 2d

"Person impeached for insurrection sends billions to Argentina during US gov't shutdown" and "Felon convicted of fraud pardons felon convicted of fraud" and "Long-time Epstein associate posts video depicting himself as a king dumping diarrhea on Americans from a fighter jet" are factual statements

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Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 2d

I think this is profoundly correct. And it's just as true in the US as it was at Auschwitz.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 3d

I've said this before but the United States is literally just the slogan above the gate to Auschwitz - Arbeit Macht Frei - in country form.

And we call that freedom.

Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 3d

Is that "moment" just before these people start speaking?

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 3d

Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.

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Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 3d

To the extent anyone is "demanding they apologize", I suspect it's much closer to "...for boys being fascist scum" rather than for being boys.