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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2d

When Aaron Fucking Rupar is doing more reporting than CBS News and The NYT

I think this was a plotline on the second season of The Newsroom

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

BREAKING: Hamas releases a list of the 20 living hostages it will release as part of the Israel-Hamas war ceasefire. The list comes as hostages and Palestinians prisoners were expected to be released Monday.

Israel prepares to welcome the last living hostages from Gaza as a ceasefire holds

Hamas has released a list of the 20 living hostages it will release as part of the Israel-Hamas war ceasefire.

bit.ly

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing to see here

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🦄)))🕊️🎗️✡️🐇 #VoteYesOnCAProp50 @melisandra01.bsky.social · 3d

It would really behoove Americans, who live in a vast country of over 300 million people, to remind themselves that Israel is a tiny country the size of New Jersey with a population of less than 10 million.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/w...

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Rabbi Iris Richman @rabbir.bsky.social · 3d

Has anyone considered how the Board of Elections would function if working only in alternate years?

Rabbi Iris Richman @rabbir.bsky.social · 4d

Trump: time to destroy the US - economy again

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump announces new 100 percent tariffs on China

President Donald Trump said he is unhappy about China’s “hostile” move to limit access to rare minerals and may cancel an upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Rabbi Iris Richman @rabbir.bsky.social · 4d

Best bagel order! All the real options at one time

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Rabbi Iris Richman @rabbir.bsky.social · 5d

More on Roman Persecution of Christians

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecu...

Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire - Wikipedia

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Rabbi Iris Richman @rabbir.bsky.social · 5d

Because virtually all Jews today are descended from the Pharisees, the use today of Pharisees from the NT is often perceived as a dog whistle re Jews or someone who has no problem insulting Jews. That’s why it’s always good to learn history!

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Rabbi Iris Richman @rabbir.bsky.social · 5d

There are some parts of the Christian Bible that are actually historically accurate re Jewish practice. I.e. we have learned about synagogue rituals from the description of what Jesus did there. But the money changer story is generally not well understood.

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Rabbi Iris Richman @rabbir.bsky.social · 5d

I’m not a Christian Bible expert (obviously). But understanding the historical context helps to see that stories with a villain that name Pharisees was a much safer route than, for example, naming Rome, which was in fact the only authority that could have killed Jesus.

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Rabbi Iris Richman @rabbir.bsky.social · 5d

The Jews were also sectarian at the time that Jesus lived. Main 3: Sadducees, Essenes and Pharisees. The first two no longer exist. For the last almost 2000 years 99% of Jews are spiritual descendants of the Pharisees.

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Rabbi Iris Richman @rabbir.bsky.social · 5d

Jesus was a Jew. Followers after his death were one of the very numerous sects in Judea and the Near East. They mostly still considered themselves Jewish. That underwent a big change after: Rome cracked down on Jews, Paul & others started recruiting pagans and the NT was compiled to promote this.

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Rabbi Iris Richman @rabbir.bsky.social · 5d

Reminding everyone that the NT wasn’t written down until long after Jesus died. There were agendas then that didn’t exist when Jesus was alive. Lots of history here. But succinctly, between the time that Jesus died and the NT was written, Rome had destroyed the Temple & expelled the Jews from Judea.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Trump is literally allowing the nation, which gave him a $400 million jet that he called a “terrorist supporter” eight years ago, an Air Force Base in Idaho.

Is this “America first“?

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 5d

Now that Trump has lost the peace prize, maybe he can start fulfilling his campaign promises:

• Free IVF
• 100% Tax Free Tips
• Release Epstein files
• Lower Grocery Prices
• 100% Tax Free Overtime
• 100% Tax Free Social Security
• 10% Cap on Credit Card Interest Rates

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Rabbi Iris Richman @rabbir.bsky.social · 5d

Guess Trump’s going to have to fire the Nobel Prize committee and appoint his own

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Rabbi Iris Richman @rabbir.bsky.social · 5d

Guess Trump’s going to have to fire the Nobel Prize committee and appoint his own

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

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

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

Apropos of nothing in particular this morning, I've been told that, in essence, there are two things that physicians can't do at the White House medical unit: MRIs and surgeries. Virtually anything else can be done there if you have to or want to.

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