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Snooty von B

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Blue through and through. 💙Human and pet parent. Lover of books and British humour. Politics junkie. Neuroscience geek. Coffee lover ☕️ No DMs please. How hard is this to understand? 😫 #KeepTheVulgariansShortFingersFromTheNuclearCodes

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Snooty von B @snootyvonb.bsky.social · Dec 24

I guess they don’t want headlines that read, “Incoming US President Continues to Demonstrate Disturbing Signs of Severe Mental Decline.”

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 23h

@nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com are you going to write about the president of the United States posting a clip of himself literally dumping shit on Americans, or is it nbd?

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Snooty von B @snootyvonb.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks for the heads up!

Snooty von B @snootyvonb.bsky.social · 3h

They’re gorgeous!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

cc: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 1d

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇

Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.

Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

Rolling Stone excerpt about Montana’s ballot initiative to combat Citizens United

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Snooty von B @snootyvonb.bsky.social · 4h

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 10h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress nearly a month ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in. Why the delay? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

While people continue to struggle to get FEMA aid approved after their lives were destroyed by natural disasters.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine being the largest newspaper in Washington, DC with the motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and thinking to publish this today.

You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

This is a blatant attempt to silence and isolate us. He’s stopping the trains, closing the freeways and firing live rounds into California. We will not be intimidated. We will not be silenced. #NoKings