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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13m

Release the Epstein Files, Pam Bondi and the GOP!

Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social · 4h

"Virginia Giuffre died by suicide on 25 April 2025."

"I’d show up, perform whatever sex acts Epstein wanted, then hang out beside his vast swimming pool while he got some work done. If Maxwell was there, I was often told to attend to her sexually as well."

- She was 16

‘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...

www.theguardian.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

Just a deep, dark cesspool of corruption like we’ve never seen before in US history at every single agency and level of government. Republicans in Congress continue to ignore all of it and if people still care about having a Republic they will vote them out as soon as they can.

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 3d

It checks all the boxes

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1h

Powerful protest signage. Always speak truth to power. Always.

Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 3d

It checks all the boxes

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1h

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: 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...

www.theguardian.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 1h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 1h

What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“.. Journalists from the undersigned defense trade publications will not sign this new policy.”

Military Times
Defense News
Aviation Week
Breaking Defense
Defense Daily
Defense One
Inside Defense
USNI News.

@militarytimes.bsky.social
www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h

Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet. Trump gave them a military facility on US soil.

The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.

Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.

If this isn't corruption, what is?

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 1h

How many Republicans have to out themselves as nazis before you believe them?

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2h

Breaking: Capitol Police have been called after a Republican congressional office was just caught displaying a swastika.

This comes one day after group chat messages were leaked of young GOP officials saying “I love Hitler” and calling to put Democrats in “gas chambers.”

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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davemc5192.bsky.social @davemc5192.bsky.social · 2h

“Somebody said!”

Who said? When? What’s their interest?

It’s all bullsh*t!

Nobody said anything. He’s just making it up (as usual) for a pretext to elbow himself into yet another news cycle…

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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 2h

Trump does not have the power to move World Cup games per FIFA.

“It’s FIFA’s tournament, FIFA’s jurisdiction, FIFA makes those decisions,” the soccer body’s vice president Victor Montagliani said earlier this month.

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Trump threatened to move World Cup games away from Boston, but it's up to FIFA to pick sites

“We could take them away,” President Donald Trump said of the World Cup games. “I love the people of Boston and I know the games are sold out. But your mayor is not good.”

www.pbs.org

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lisac1.bsky.social @lisac1.bsky.social · 2h

The Olympic committee awards the games to cities, not you.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2h

Calling for gas chambers. Expressing love for Hitler. Endorsing rape. Using racist slurs.

I'm demanding Rep. James Comer open a House Oversight Committee investigation into these shocking, deeply offensive messages that were exchanged by Young Republican leaders from across the country.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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.

www.politico.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

Trump has frozen or canceled $28B in funding for infrastructure projects in Democratic congressional districts.

Meanwhile, representatives of those districts are fighting to extend ACA subsidies — more than half of which go to people in GOP-held districts.

Remember this.

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

“A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plans to lay off thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown, siding with unions, which have argued that the dismissals were illegal.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3h

They’re going to have to fire nearly everyone, you know.

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 3h

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco said the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought.

Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated.”

apnews.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3h

I can't stress enough how young staffers working for Republicans are basically all groyper Nazis now. The leaked texts yesterday saying "I love Hitler" and now swastikas on congressional offices.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h

This line didn’t make sense the first time he said it, and it doesn’t make sense now.

The fact that they continue to demonize millions of patriotic Americans engaging in peaceful protest tells you everything you need to know about them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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