Neylân Gürel
@neyg.bsky.social
Immigrant. Antifascist. PacificNorthWest (US) transplant. Started life in Türkiye. Posts in Eng/Turkish. Looking for ideas, support, knowledge, community on the path ahead. Lit, wit, art when not resisting. Live on Whidbey Island. Love Leros too 🩵
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Neylân Gürel
@neyg.bsky.social
· Nov 17
“….so that some memorial of the injustice and outrage done them might endure; and to state quite simply what we learn in a time of pestilence: that there are more things to admire in men than to despise.”
Albert Camus (1913-1960), The Plague 2/2
Albert Camus (1913-1960), The Plague 2/2
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Statement from Maria Farmer: “This is amazing. Thank you for believing me. I feel redeemed. This is one of the best days of my life. Of course, it's mixed with the fact that I'm devastated about all the other little girls like Virginia who were harmed because the FBI didn't do their job. 1/
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Statement from Maria Farmer: “This is amazing. Thank you for believing me. I feel redeemed. This is one of the best days of my life. Of course, it's mixed with the fact that I'm devastated about all the other little girls like Virginia who were harmed because the FBI didn't do their job. 1/
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Remember in February when AG Pam Bondi told us the Epstein files were sitting on her desk and ready to be released?
So there is no excuse for slow walking this now. Stop stonewalling. Release all the files NOW!
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
So there is no excuse for slow walking this now. Stop stonewalling. Release all the files NOW!
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
DOJ releases Epstein files and the first batch is short on new information
The Justice Department released some of the Epstein files, including many previously public documents, related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's criminal charges and his death by suicide in ...
www.npr.org
December 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Remember in February when AG Pam Bondi told us the Epstein files were sitting on her desk and ready to be released?
So there is no excuse for slow walking this now. Stop stonewalling. Release all the files NOW!
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
So there is no excuse for slow walking this now. Stop stonewalling. Release all the files NOW!
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
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Jack Smith still wants to speak in public:
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
Jack Smith says Americans should 'hear the fact' of Trump probes, wants deposition tapes released
Jack Smith wants the American public to “hear the facts” about his two criminal cases against Trump, asking Trump ally Jim Jordan to release video of his eight-
www.nbcnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Jack Smith still wants to speak in public:
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
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I have just demanded a full refund for remaining tickets at the Kennedy Center. I did not buy anything at the "Trump Kennedy" Center. I encourage you to do the same #refundKennedy
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Jack Smith has requested that Jim Jordan release the entire video of his 8-hour closed-door testimony which he gave this week to the House Judiciary Committee.
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Jack Smith has requested that Jim Jordan release the entire video of his 8-hour closed-door testimony which he gave this week to the House Judiciary Committee.
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
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Free archive link to the NYTimes summary of the Vanity Fair interview with Susie Wiles
archive.ph/QYa00
archive.ph/QYa00
archive.ph
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Free archive link to the NYTimes summary of the Vanity Fair interview with Susie Wiles
archive.ph/QYa00
archive.ph/QYa00
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Today at 11 am ET, we're talking about the scathing interviews Trump's Chief of Staff gave to Vanity Fair, and what she says about Trump himself, the mass shootings at Brown and Bondi Beach, Rob Reiner's legacy, Newsom hiring fired CDC officials, and way more.
youtube.com/live/BjVEd-m...
youtube.com/live/BjVEd-m...
BREAKING: Trump's Chief of Staff TELLS ALL and it's NOT PRETTY
YouTube video by Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Today at 11 am ET, we're talking about the scathing interviews Trump's Chief of Staff gave to Vanity Fair, and what she says about Trump himself, the mass shootings at Brown and Bondi Beach, Rob Reiner's legacy, Newsom hiring fired CDC officials, and way more.
youtube.com/live/BjVEd-m...
youtube.com/live/BjVEd-m...
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Oh.
NEW: President Trump sued the BBC tonight, seeking $5 billion for what he claimed was deceptive editing of his Jan. 6 speech to a crowd that then marched to the Capitol and helped fuel a violent riot.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump sues BBC for $5 billion
The suit centers on edits to Trump's speech on Jan. 6.
www.politico.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Oh.
This might be a good time to remind everyone about this message from #GinniThomas to #MarkMeadows on Nov 14, 2020:
December 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This might be a good time to remind everyone about this message from #GinniThomas to #MarkMeadows on Nov 14, 2020:
Exactly! This is why it’s a war against all Americans, citizen or noncitizen alike. It isn’t hard to comprehend 🤨
Native-born American citizens don't have "immigration documents". And there's no requirement for naturalized citizens to carry their paperwork, either. And only about half of US citizens have a passport.
This is just fascism.
This is just fascism.
December 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Exactly! This is why it’s a war against all Americans, citizen or noncitizen alike. It isn’t hard to comprehend 🤨
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A big part of the immigrant influx in Europe arose from the US destabilizing the Middle East.
Now Trump plans to exacerbate instability in Latin America?
Now Trump plans to exacerbate instability in Latin America?
December 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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A lovely reading of “The Lovedong of J. Alfred Prufrock” 👇🏼
When you get a chance, listen (watching not necessary) to this reading of The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr4qaW6T/
‘THE LOVESONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK’ by TS Eliot #thelovesongofjalfredprufrock #tseliot #poetry #literature #poetrylovers
TikTok video by Christopher Tester
www.tiktok.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A lovely reading of “The Lovedong of J. Alfred Prufrock” 👇🏼
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg won’t back off his planned contempt hearings next week and says the crime-fraud exception would overcome potential privileges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Trump Administration Live Updates: National Trust Sues President Over Ballroom www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: National Trust Sues President Over Ballroom
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Today, we’re talking about the new Epstein Estate photos and who’s in them (hint: it’s POTUS), Indiana votes down redistricting for Trump, DOJ goes 0 for 3 on indicting Tish James, Trump tries to pardon Tina Peters, & way more.
Join us live or on the replay right here.
youtube.com/live/tWp6GZ7...
Join us live or on the replay right here.
youtube.com/live/tWp6GZ7...
BREAKING: EPSTEIN PHOTOS DROP, and TRUMP IS IN THEM!
YouTube video by Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Today, we’re talking about the new Epstein Estate photos and who’s in them (hint: it’s POTUS), Indiana votes down redistricting for Trump, DOJ goes 0 for 3 on indicting Tish James, Trump tries to pardon Tina Peters, & way more.
Join us live or on the replay right here.
youtube.com/live/tWp6GZ7...
Join us live or on the replay right here.
youtube.com/live/tWp6GZ7...
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
NEW: A federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. and sent to El Salvador without due process by the Trump administration — to be released from an ICE detention center, ruling his detention unlawful.
Judge Orders Abrego Garcia's Immediate Release from Immigration Custody
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia is finally out of immigration detention, his attorney's office says. | AP
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is finally out of immigration detention, his attorney's office says. | AP
Well said, dear Sir 🥰
It is frigging raining bad news on DOJ. And that’s really good news.
December 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Well said, dear Sir 🥰
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Resign already.
Scoop: TPM obtained a letter Sen. Fetterman wrote to Israel President Herzog lobbying for a pardon for Netanyahu. In an interview today, he told me the trial is a "pointless distraction.""I fully support it and I stand on the letter," he said. From me & @joshkovensky.bsky.social ⬇️
December 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Resign already.
RESIGN.
Significant statement from Jeffries and House Democratic leaders saying they will vote “present” on the motion to table Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Trump. They say they’re “laser-focused on fighting to lower the high cost of living” plus on health care and corruption.
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Heather Cox Richardson offers the most lucid explanation(s) of the way Trump and his cronies are taking a hammer to our beautiful America. Get her daily letter wherever you get your podcasts.
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Heather Cox Richardson offers the most lucid explanation(s) of the way Trump and his cronies are taking a hammer to our beautiful America. Get her daily letter wherever you get your podcasts.
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Judge Paula Xinis on the government’s conduct in the Abrego Garcia litigation:
“Respondents did not just stonewall. They affirmatively misled the tribunal.”
“Respondents did not just stonewall. They affirmatively misled the tribunal.”
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Judge Paula Xinis on the government’s conduct in the Abrego Garcia litigation:
“Respondents did not just stonewall. They affirmatively misled the tribunal.”
“Respondents did not just stonewall. They affirmatively misled the tribunal.”
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Judge Breyer blocks Trump from deploying the CA National Guard, returning control to Gavin Newsom. He also quotes Marty Lederman in his determination that "regular forces" means the military. The Supreme Court will rule on that definition soon. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/judge-dism...
Judge Dismantles Trump's Legal Argument for Deploying the National Guard
The government says 10 U.S.C. § 12406 gives the president the unreviewable, plenary power to deploy the National Guard. Judge Breyer says no. The Supreme Court will soon decide the same question.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Judge Breyer blocks Trump from deploying the CA National Guard, returning control to Gavin Newsom. He also quotes Marty Lederman in his determination that "regular forces" means the military. The Supreme Court will rule on that definition soon. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/judge-dism...