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Edward Branley

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Author, Historian, Storage Area Network expert,streetcars/transit, Arsenal, Washington Spirit, DC United, bookworm, Democrat. Not a social media expert. Have real job. pronouns: he/him

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Edward Branley @yatpundit.com · Dec 2

your #whiteprivilege may lead you to believe you are entitled to a conversation. You would be wrong. #checkyourprivilege

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YatCats @yatcats.bsky.social · 3m

laid back hump day #Arwen 286/365

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Edward Branley @yatpundit.com · 12m

good night!

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NOLA Six Word Writing Challenge @nolasixwords.bsky.social · 2h

In six words or less, write a story about this image:
(infrogmation) photo)
#neworleans
#nola
#nolasky
#writing
#writingsky
#writingchallenge
#sixwords
#nolasixwords
#writingprompts
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Hey Spirits! @heyspirits.bsky.social · 3h

She's being helped up and off the field, keeping one leg off the ground. We DO NOT like this.

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Hey Spirits! @heyspirits.bsky.social · 3h

Brittany Ratcliffe will be coming in for Rodman. She is still keeping weight off of her right leg. Not looking good.

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Expected Own Goals @xowngoals.com · 3h

Catch up with our "Anatomy of" season 1 supercut and follow us on Instagram, too!

#NWSL | #USWNT

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Hey Spirits! @heyspirits.bsky.social · 3h

27' Rayadas GK saved a tough shot from the top of the box by Leicy Santos. Gift Monday followed up and knocked it into the goal, but the ref rules the goalkeeper had possession.

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Hey Spirits! @heyspirits.bsky.social · 3h

6' Goalllllllll Croix! She gets a rebound and scoots the ball in past Rayadas GK

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Edward Branley @yatpundit.com · 4h

#FloridaMan

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Washington Spirit @washingtonspirit.com · 4h

YOUR STARTING XI 🖤

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19thnews @19thnews.org · 4h

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva and allies are accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of intentionally delaying her swearing-in in an attempt to delay the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

“Speaker Johnson is protecting pedophiles. That’s what this is all about.”

Why hasn't Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva been sworn in yet? Democrats cry foul over delays.

The Arizona Democrat and allies say it’s related to an attempt to delay the release of files related to the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Edward Branley @yatpundit.com · 6h

incel gonna incel

Edward Branley @yatpundit.com · 7h

_Faced with Epstein’s bare backside, I looked to Maxwell for guidance. I had never had a massage before, let alone given one._

she was SIXTEEN. #EpsteinFiles

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‘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...

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Citizen Jane @rivergoat.bsky.social · 9h

TIME to show our strength in numbers. #USDemocracy #Pinks #NoKings OCT 18
#ReleaseEpsteinFiles

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Cindy 📎🇨🇦⚢🏳️‍🌈 @bilbow.bsky.social · 9h

"I can still remember walking onto the manicured grounds of Mar-a-Lago for the first time. It was early morning—my dad’s shift began at 7:00 a.m., and I’d caught a ride to work with him. Already the air was heavy and moist, and the club’s twenty acres of...
#Pinks

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Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s Memoir Reveals How Ghislaine Maxwell Found the Teen at Mar-a-Lago and Sent Her to Jeffrey Epstein

Before she died by suicide earlier this year, Virginia Roberts Giuffre wrote Nobody’s Girl, a devastating memoir of her abuse, including at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein. This excerpt is her account of...

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Washington Spirit @washingtonspirit.com · 9h

Tara McKeown and Trinity Rodman have been called up to the @uswnt.ussoccer.com October Roster

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19thnews @19thnews.org · 10h

Women veterans in Congress and nearly 100 House Democrats are decrying the secretary’s comments about women in the military.

‘Deeply alarmed’: House Democrats send a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

Women veterans in Congress and nearly 100 House Democrats are decrying the secretary’s comments about women in the military.

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Washington Spirit @washingtonspirit.com · 11h

IT’S MATCHDAY 🖤

🆚 Rayadas
🏟️ Audi Field
⏰ 6:15pm ET
📺 Paramount Plus and ESPN Deportes

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

A Bronx family lived without utilities for over 6 weeks after they were shut off without explanation.

The landlord, despite receiving severe violation notices, didn't fix the problem.

HPD couldn’t turn the utilities back on, so it issued the family a vacate order.

These Bronx Tenants Lived Six Weeks Without Water and Power. The City’s Fix? A Vacate Order

The plight of the Ramos family reveals the weaknesses in the City's system to protect tenants from unlivable conditions—and from being put out on the street.

hellgatenyc.com

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andré @838carlisle.bsky.social · 11h

one thing i will say is that it is very unfortunate that angel city remained such a mess that they ruined the end for two homegrown stars at opposite ends of their career. everyone in that front office should go on lots of lengthy, quiet, soul-searching walks.

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19thnews @19thnews.org · 12h

A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.

From @capitalb.bsky.social:

No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in.

A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.

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Edward Branley @yatpundit.com · 12h

Hi, Jaye! thanks! happy humps! 🧡

Edward Branley @yatpundit.com · 13h

happy Wednesday, Brenda!
#BreakfastCrew #BlueCrew

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