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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 13m

Buckle up: Investors worried Trump's TACO trade is becoming 'riskier' www.alternet.org/trump-taco-t...

Buckle up: Investors worried Trump's TACO trade is becoming 'riskier'

Wall Street's reliance on the trade move that they have deemed "Trump Always Chickens Out" aka TACO is starting to make investors worried as the move, according to Axios, is becoming riskier.Although ...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 54m

The hostages are home now. Did the MAGA Jewish peeps leave all their outrage in Israel?

Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 19h

'Sickening': Leaked chats reveal racist, antisemitic, misogynistic texts among Young Republicans www.alternet.org/young-republ...

'Sickening': Leaked chats reveal 'insensitive and inexcusable' texts among Young Republicans

In an exclusive story, Politico got access to thousands of private messages revealing young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers and slavery, among other "insensitive and inexcusable" topics.The chat...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1h

Under Trump, the future of the GOP is Nazism www.advocate.com/voices/young...

We now have solid proof that after Trump and Project 2025, the future of the GOP is Nazism

Opinion: Project 2025 is laying the groundwork for Nazism that is bubbling up in the next generation of Republican leaders, and texts revealed by Politico prove it, writes John Casey.

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1h

HOPELESS: Tallahassee grand jury meets on DeSantii Hope Florida Foundation scandal www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l... via @tdonline

Tallahassee grand jury meets on Hope Florida Foundation case

A grand jury convened in Tallahassee at the Leon County Courthouse Oct. 14 to consider the Hope Florida Foundation controversy.

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1h

'Do you like kids?' Epstein victim recounts Trump Mar-a-Lago meeting in new bombshell book www.alternet.org/trump-mar-a-...

'Do you like kids?' Epstein victim recounts Trump Mar-a-Lago meeting in new bombshell book

Vanity Fair magazine has published an exclusive excerpt of the forthcoming memoir of the late Virginia Giuffre, a victim of late Jeffrey Epstein, whom she met while working at President Donald Trump's...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 2h

Trump's 'oversold' Middle East victory lap is a 'false' one: analysis www.alternet.org/trump-victor...

Trump's 'oversold' Middle East victory lap is a 'false' one: analysis

President Donald Trump's victory lap in the Middle East was a short one, and his declaration of a "new dawn" there may be a false one, according to a Washington Post column by Ishaan Tharoor. "The jo...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 2h

Another fine Florida Republican: Restraining Order Issued Against Florida GOP Congressman For ‘Harassing Communications’ Sent to Ex-Girlfriend www.mediaite.com/crime/restra...

Restraining Order Issued Against Florida GOP Congressman For ‘Harassing Communications’ Sent to Ex-Girlfriend

A Florida judge slapped Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) with a restraining order Tuesday requiring him to stay away from his ex-girlfriend, telling the congressman he found his testimony to not be believable.

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 19h

'Sickening': Leaked chats reveal racist, antisemitic, misogynistic texts among Young Republicans www.alternet.org/young-republ...

'Sickening': Leaked chats reveal 'insensitive and inexcusable' texts among Young Republicans

In an exclusive story, Politico got access to thousands of private messages revealing young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers and slavery, among other "insensitive and inexcusable" topics.The chat...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 19h

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 19h

Why Trump’s 'chaotic' strategy to 'flood the zone' will 'blow up' in his face: expert www.alternet.org/trump-chaos-...

Why Trump’s 'chaotic' strategy to 'flood the zone' will 'blow up' in his face: expert

President Donald Trump's "flood the zone" strategy — a push to do everything at once to overwhelm — "involves a lot of mopping up," writes Bloomberg's Wes Kosova. Noting that Trump signed 205 executi...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 20h

Israel accuses Hamas of violating ceasefire already www.newsweek.com/israel-accus...

Israel accuses Hamas of violating Trump ceasefire already

Israel accuses Hamas of violating a days-old ceasefire agreement with the slow release of the remains of dead hostages.

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 20h

When Israel's government went full MAGA: Two main headlines came from Trump's speech, which fluctuated between vision and depth, to an embarrassing uncle's attempt at stand-up comedy during a holiday meal with the family. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Trump in Jerusalem: When Israel's Knesset went full MAGA

Netanyahu and His Ministers Still Believe Trump Will Lose Interest and Allow Israel to Resume the War in Gaza. This Is Wishful Thinking, as Dozens of World Leaders Committed to Trump's Peace Plan on M...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 21h

White House shuts down MAHA doc's 'idiotic' cure for Trump's 'dementia' and 'cankles' www.alternet.org/idiotic-hot-...

White House shuts down MAHA doc's 'idiotic' cure for Trump's 'dementia' and 'cankles'

A fringe British cardiologist who advises U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims to know why Preisdent Donald Trump has allegedly been suffering from "dementia" and s...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 21h

'Unapologetic nepotism': Ivanka took a victory lap for something she 'had nothing to do with' www.alternet.org/ivanka-israel/

'Unapologetic nepotism': Ivanka took a victory lap for something she 'had nothing to do with'

President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka was in Israel Monday for no reason other than "unapologetic nepotism," reports Holly Baxter in the British newspaper the Independent. Trump and her husband Jar...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 22h

'No proof': CNN host shuts down MAGA defense of Trump vengeance tour www.alternet.org/trump-vengea...

'No proof': CNN host shuts down MAGA defense of Trump vengeance tour

On Monday's edition of "CNN NewsNight," anchor Abby Phillip shut down defenders of President Donald Trump's weaponization of the Department of Justice against his perceived political enemies, Mediaite...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1d

'At a crossroads': Former bloodthirsty extremist says there's 'no redemption' in vengeance www.alternet.org/violence-doe...

'At a crossroads': Former bloodthirsty extremist says there's 'no redemption' in vengeance

A former member of "the most radical wing" of the Ku Klux Klan says in an editorial in the Clarion Ledger that while he used to think violence was the answer and that he was "serving some greater cau...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1d

'Tip of the iceberg': Journalist who ended Prince Andrew's career says Epstein will ruin more www.alternet.org/prince-andre...

'Tip of the iceberg': Journalist who ended Prince Andrew's career says Epstein will ruin more

BBC journalist Emily Maitlis, whose interview ended Prince Andrew's royal career, says that the scandal surrounding late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is only just beginning and that more names will ...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1d

Fighting flares in Gaza as Donald Trump says “The war is over” www.economist.com/middle-east-...

Fighting flares in Gaza as Donald Trump says “The war is over”

Clashes between Hamas and armed gangs threaten his peace plan

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1d

Still 'at risk': Experts say post-Trump America looks both 'hopeful and disturbing' www.alternet.org/america-afte...

Still 'at risk': Experts say post-Trump America looks both 'hopeful and disturbing'

Despite America's move toward authoritarianism under President Donald Trump, Vox writer Zach Beauchamp says that in analyzing two different researcher's approaches to the question, the "implications f...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1d

Trump may be the man of the moment abroad but domestic issues continue to plague his administration and his country www.euronews.com/2025/10/14/t...

Trump: Feted as man of the moment abroad but facing issues at home

The ovations and gushing words of praise he received in Jerusalem is something he seldom seems to receive at home as his administration grapples with a string of domestic problems.

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1d

Joe Biden and Netanyahu were offered Gaza deal a year ago but the Israelis had no intention of striking any agreement before a change of administration in Washington. www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

Joe Biden and Netanyahu were offered Gaza deal a year ago, says negotiator

Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1d

It's time for Speaker Johnson to quit stalling and swear in Democrat Adelita Grijalva to secure the final vote on releasing the Epstein files.

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1d

'Planting manila folders': Eric Trump launches 'tin foil hat' theory against Jack Smith
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'Planting manila folders': Eric Trump launches 'tin foil hat' theory against Jack Smith

An "angry" Eric Trump launched a new conspiracy against former special counsel Jack Smith, one of his father's perceived enemies, according to The Daily Beast.President Donald Trump's second son appea...

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1d

Convicted felon and adjudicated rapist Donald J(effrey Epstein) Trump solved ALL the wars! Including ones we haven't had yet. Vietnam, too. The Peloponnesian too! And don't forget the Bowling Green Massacre. But then there's the war of furries in Portland. Only time will tell....

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1d

'Confused' and 'befuddled' Trump told to sit back down because it wasn’t his turn to speak www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...

'Confused' and 'befuddled' Trump told to sit back down because it wasn’t his turn to speak

President Donald Trump seemed confused at the Israeli parliament Monday, where he was slated to give a speech celebrating the release of the 20 surviving hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023, re...

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