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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 4h

He's a buttoned-up magistrate with no use for love.
She's a woman living on the edge of the law who can't resist unbuttoning him...
/jb

Amazon: www.amazon.com/Unrav...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...

The book cover for Unraveled, in which a white woman with reddish hair wearing a red gown is being embraced by a man. Text: "A truly fabulous ending to a really remarkable series from a very obviously talented historical writer. - Rogues under the Covers"

Collage of covers for The Turner Series books by Courtney Milan: Unveiled, Unlocked, Unclaimed, and Unraveled.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3h

Hundreds of thousands dead in the name of young republicans who joke about dead slaves on telegram

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4h

‼️ this is one of the reasons why the Musk shutdown of USAID broke me, like

Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives'

a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not'

so the funding disappeared??

and people are dying??

Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 7h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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🎃 Elizawitch 🎃 @shinylion.bsky.social · 4h

“Grandma loves you.” 💙😭

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 5d

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 7h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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AK @aimzkritty.bsky.social · 5h

And, guts, guts, too. Get you some.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 9h

Values… get you some

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10h

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

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 8h

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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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 8h

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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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 5h

Also: I know this is going to be nearly impossible for some people due to how fucked up things are, and if that’s you, I’m so sorry. It’s additional injury on top of everything else.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 5h

There’s a lot to be upset about, and I don’t advise putting your head in the sand, but it is really bad for your brain to be mad all the time on a purely physiological level.

If you possibly can, take time to put down the mad.

It will help you think more clearly and remember why you’re doing this.

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🎃 Elizawitch 🎃 @shinylion.bsky.social · 5h

darth, I bet someone has that evidence and they have a chance to do the funniest thing.

🎃 Elizawitch 🎃 @shinylion.bsky.social · 5h

Jerry.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8h

4 months apart

Official ICE government account
June 6, 2025:
"To call us 'Nazis' - to compare us to one of the worst groups in history - is disgusting and just outright wrong.
"What the men and women of ICE are doing in Massachusetts and all over this country is making communities safer."
—ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

started / going

DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8h

Subject of Investigation: Are some Congressional Republicans Nazis
Means of Investigation: look at them
Conclusion of Investigation: yeop

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 9h

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 10h

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/news/2025/10...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8h

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Meanwhile, Justice Gorsuch is nodding along to oral arguments at the Supreme Court about how there’s no racism in politics anymore

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 9h

This guy was a clerk for Justice Gorsuch. Anyone want to argue this is not a racist (and damn stupid) taunt?

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 9h

It’s time to abandon the idea of chasing after “swing voters.”

We gotta start targeting the angry. Those who have been failed by the system. Those who are being screwed every day despite giving it their all.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 8h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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🎃 Elizawitch 🎃 @shinylion.bsky.social · 5h

They are all cowards.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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🎃 Elizawitch 🎃 @shinylion.bsky.social · 5h

I’m sure it was just a friendly little menace between friends…

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🎃 Elizawitch 🎃 @shinylion.bsky.social · 5h

Fizgig is precious and purrfect. She must be protected.

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Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social · 11h

"Epstein not only didn’t hide what was happening, he took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care."

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Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social · 11h

"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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