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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 41m

The GOP spent years screaming about a manufactured Biden bribe but says nothing about this. Tells you all you need to know.

Tweet by Melanie D’Arrigo stating: “The UAE bought $2B of Trump’s crypto — and gets computer chips. Saudi Arabia gave Kushner $2B for a new Trump Tower — and gets weapons. Qatar gives Trump a private jet and a $5.5B real estate deal — and gets US military protection. This is how bribes work.” Below is an image of Donald Trump sitting across from the Emir of Qatar in a formal meeting room. Text overlay: “Quid Pro Presidency.”

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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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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 28m

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Old North Shore @oldnorthshore.bsky.social · 26m

I think in his case, though, it is underage males.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 4h

Hey Mike Johnson – the more you facilitate a cover-up and do everything in your power to prevent the release of the Epstein files – the more your constituents, the American public, and the whole world are going to believe you are guilty of the exact same types of crimes as Jeffrey Epstein.

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Old North Shore @oldnorthshore.bsky.social · 26m

Not least because of his predilection for underage girls

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 4h

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 11h

OTOH if anybody is an authority on pearl clutching it's JD Vance

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

One of my gravest concerns about putting a man like Donald Trump at the head of the party was the example it set for young people. Mission accomplished, it appears.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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

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Old North Shore @oldnorthshore.bsky.social · 9h

Real police have badges with names and ID numbers.

ICE are goons like the Klan to cover their faces.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 20h

I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.

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Old North Shore @oldnorthshore.bsky.social · 9h

Christians will support this insanity. God doesn't save people, the Trumps save God. Got it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

Old North Shore @oldnorthshore.bsky.social · 10h

Russians are war criminals.

Fuck Russia.

🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 11h

Russians themselves proudly published a video of a drone attack on a UN humanitarian convoy in the Kherson region — openly boasting about their “achievements” and celebrating another war crimes.

Old North Shore @oldnorthshore.bsky.social · 10h

Russia helped Assad slaughter Syrians and they turn around and seek Russia's support.

Unbelievable.

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 11h

What do you think? 🤔

🇸🇾 Syrian President al-Sharaa to Putin:

Today we are in a new Syria, rebuilding ties with all nations, especially the Russian Federation.

We respect all past agreements and this great history. We aim to strengthen relations based on Syrian sovereignty, unity, and stability.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Old North Shore @oldnorthshore.bsky.social · 1d

He’s evil.

Clownish dipshit is accurate but only half story.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532

Old North Shore @oldnorthshore.bsky.social · 1d

He’s a total fraud.

A middle class kid from Middletown Ohio, not some prophet of real Appalachia.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1d

📌To be clear: I don't hate America. I hate the grotesque party in "leadership" that is assaulting it.

See you at the No Kings rally this weekend.

-Earl

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 2d

Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Old North Shore @oldnorthshore.bsky.social · 1d

Some Republicabs are so stupid they think that just because they say something, that makes it true.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Steve Scalise just called the upcoming No Kings rally, where millions of Americans will protest peacefully against the corrupt and authoritarian Trump regime, a “hate America rally.”

They’re scared

Old North Shore @oldnorthshore.bsky.social · 1d

Russians are barbarians and war criminals.

Forget Tolstoy, their culture is rotten to the core.

Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 1d

Russia hit Ukraine’s power grid and bombed a hospital overnight.

In Kharkiv, 6 were injured and 100+ patients had to be evacuated. Drones also knocked out electricity in Kirovohrad Oblast.

62 civilians were hurt in Kharkiv Oblast over past 24 hrs. euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/14/r...

Russia bombs hospital housing over 100 patients, keeps targeting power grid in Kirovohrad Oblast and Kharkiv

The guided bomb explosion injured six people and caused serious damage inside a Kharkiv hospital. Suburban trains were also disrupted in Kirovohrad Oblast due to infrastructure damage.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Old North Shore @oldnorthshore.bsky.social · 1d

His defense to evrything is he knows nothing, hasn't seen it. He's lying of course, but thinks ignorance is a defense.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

This was a big honking red flag when it happened. But it also wasn't a terribly surprising move after the Senate confirmed a guy who defended war criminals to be Secretary of Defense.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 8d

“[M]ilitary lawyers & legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army & Navy's top judge advocates…sets an alarming precedent for a crucial job in the military, all as…Trump has mused about using the military in unorthodox & potentially illegal ways.” 2/25/25…1/

'People Are Very Scared': Trump Administration Purge of JAG Officers Raises Legal, Ethical Fears

Military lawyers and legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army and Navy's top judge advocates general politicizes and sets an alarming precedent for a crucial...

www.military.com

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