Emily Lyon
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Emily Lyon
@carolynsbuddy.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Please stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein. You're making Donald Trump mad. | Opinion
President Donald Trump has had it with people mentioning Jeffrey Epstein. So let's stop mentioning Jeffrey Epstein. No more Jeffrey Epstein, people.
www.usatoday.com
“Undoubtedly, the president wants us to tone down the references to Jeffrey Epstein and focus on other matters. And that’s exactly what I plan to do, because Jeffrey Epstein references at this point seem like intentional jabs at the president’s hope to change the subject away from Jeffrey Epstein.”
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The rare Racism Straight Flush
NEWS: Illinois investigating allegation that South Shore apartment owner and management tipped federal officials about the presence of Venezuelan immigrants in the building in order to intimidate and coerce the building’s Black and Hispanic tenants into leaving.
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 AM
The rare Racism Straight Flush
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Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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Scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "3 SUVs ICE officers driving down 21st to 42nd street. The ice officer rolled down his window and took a photo of me and said 'I got you motherfucker'. I am just a home owner going outside to see what was going on."
January 21, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "3 SUVs ICE officers driving down 21st to 42nd street. The ice officer rolled down his window and took a photo of me and said 'I got you motherfucker'. I am just a home owner going outside to see what was going on."
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I'm podcasting from a hospital bed. Is that a podcast first?
January 21, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I'm podcasting from a hospital bed. Is that a podcast first?
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Sunday's 60 Minutes -- which included the "Inside CECOT" segment that got little promotion and ran head-to-head against the NFL playoffs -- drew only 4.911 million viewers, down 41% from the last new airing on 1/4.
They also coded it "60 Minutes Presents" so it wouldn't impact the show's average.
They also coded it "60 Minutes Presents" so it wouldn't impact the show's average.
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Sunday's 60 Minutes -- which included the "Inside CECOT" segment that got little promotion and ran head-to-head against the NFL playoffs -- drew only 4.911 million viewers, down 41% from the last new airing on 1/4.
They also coded it "60 Minutes Presents" so it wouldn't impact the show's average.
They also coded it "60 Minutes Presents" so it wouldn't impact the show's average.
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People have seen the videos. Probably multiple times.
They clearly influence the public's thinking.
It's why it so important for people to record ICE encounters. And shootings if it gets to that.
They clearly influence the public's thinking.
It's why it so important for people to record ICE encounters. And shootings if it gets to that.
A string of recent polls found most believe the ICE shooting of a woman in Minneapolis was unjustified.
Trump Demands Deportees Be Publicly Identified To Reverse Negative ICE Views
A string of recent polls found most believe the ICE shooting of a woman in Minneapolis was unjustified.
www.forbes.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM
People have seen the videos. Probably multiple times.
They clearly influence the public's thinking.
It's why it so important for people to record ICE encounters. And shootings if it gets to that.
They clearly influence the public's thinking.
It's why it so important for people to record ICE encounters. And shootings if it gets to that.
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Lots of businesses in Minneapolis are shutting down on Friday in support of the economic blackout. Way to go!
January 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Lots of businesses in Minneapolis are shutting down on Friday in support of the economic blackout. Way to go!
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NEW: DOJ's defense of Trump's Fed firing effort falls flat at SCOTUS.
Fed Governor Lisa Cook looks safe in her job for now. No justice was eager to back Solicitor General John Sauer's arguments for Trump on Wednesday.
Today, at Law Dork:
Fed Governor Lisa Cook looks safe in her job for now. No justice was eager to back Solicitor General John Sauer's arguments for Trump on Wednesday.
Today, at Law Dork:
DOJ's defense of Trump's Fed firing effort falls flat at SCOTUS
Fed Governor Lisa Cook looks safe in her job for now. No justice was eager to back Solicitor General John Sauer's arguments for Trump on Wednesday.
www.lawdork.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:46 PM
NEW: DOJ's defense of Trump's Fed firing effort falls flat at SCOTUS.
Fed Governor Lisa Cook looks safe in her job for now. No justice was eager to back Solicitor General John Sauer's arguments for Trump on Wednesday.
Today, at Law Dork:
Fed Governor Lisa Cook looks safe in her job for now. No justice was eager to back Solicitor General John Sauer's arguments for Trump on Wednesday.
Today, at Law Dork:
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Trump, who turns 80 this year, repeatedly mixes up Greenland and Iceland in Davos speech even as he argues that one of them should be part of the United States. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Trump Confuses Iceland and Greenland in Davos Remarks
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Trump, who turns 80 this year, repeatedly mixes up Greenland and Iceland in Davos speech even as he argues that one of them should be part of the United States. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
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January 20, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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January 20, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Trump: Sometimes you need a dictator
January 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Trump: Sometimes you need a dictator
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COMER: Bondi has complied. She's turned over Epstein documents
ANSARI: 1% is not compliance
COMER: They're trying to get this
ANSARI: The subpoena from this committee was issued in July
COMER: Nobody on our side is defending Pam Bondi. They are turning documents over
ANSARI: 1% is not compliance
COMER: They're trying to get this
ANSARI: The subpoena from this committee was issued in July
COMER: Nobody on our side is defending Pam Bondi. They are turning documents over
January 21, 2026 at 5:03 PM
COMER: Bondi has complied. She's turned over Epstein documents
ANSARI: 1% is not compliance
COMER: They're trying to get this
ANSARI: The subpoena from this committee was issued in July
COMER: Nobody on our side is defending Pam Bondi. They are turning documents over
ANSARI: 1% is not compliance
COMER: They're trying to get this
ANSARI: The subpoena from this committee was issued in July
COMER: Nobody on our side is defending Pam Bondi. They are turning documents over
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Gutter racism on the international stage.
Trump: "Somalia -- they turned out to be higher IQ than we thought. I always say, 'These are low IQ people.' How did they go into Minnesota and steal all that money?"
January 21, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Gutter racism on the international stage.
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Of course he hasn't
Surprise! Mike Johnson says he hasn't seen any of Trump's (bonkers) speech in Davos
January 21, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Of course he hasn't
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It’s notable that the president can go on TV and be a total gutter racist, and somehow this isn’t news in the slightest. Says a lot about the sickness of American society right now.
Trump: "They're paid agitators and insurrectionists. Nobody talks about the fact that $19 billion at a minimum is missing in Minnesota, given to a large degree by Somalians. They've taken it. Somalians. A lot of very low IQ people."
January 20, 2026 at 11:50 PM
It’s notable that the president can go on TV and be a total gutter racist, and somehow this isn’t news in the slightest. Says a lot about the sickness of American society right now.
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He's the Acting Field Office Director! His name is a matter of public record!
VAN SUSTEREN: The church -- that's a particularly troubling issue because you got a pastor, I purposely didn't name it, he's reportedly associated with ICE
NOEM: Thank you for not naming him. People don't realize that when you keep naming someone over and over, you increase the threats against them
NOEM: Thank you for not naming him. People don't realize that when you keep naming someone over and over, you increase the threats against them
January 20, 2026 at 11:43 PM
He's the Acting Field Office Director! His name is a matter of public record!
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A year ago today, victims of Jan. 6 rioters began receiving automatic notifications that the people who assaulted them were being freed from prison.
January 20, 2026 at 9:36 PM
A year ago today, victims of Jan. 6 rioters began receiving automatic notifications that the people who assaulted them were being freed from prison.
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I appreciate you all, my dear Minnesotans. And I’m thinking about you.
January 20, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I appreciate you all, my dear Minnesotans. And I’m thinking about you.
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We have an entire class of Democratic "leadership" that has been told that it's dangerous and extreme to say this, and that does not understand that what Democrats want is for their leaders to articulate what they believe and why they believe it. That should not be as big an ask as it apparently is.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
We have an entire class of Democratic "leadership" that has been told that it's dangerous and extreme to say this, and that does not understand that what Democrats want is for their leaders to articulate what they believe and why they believe it. That should not be as big an ask as it apparently is.
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IT HAS TO STOP!
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
IT HAS TO STOP!
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He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
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I agree.
Cong Dems cannot make this happen. But they should be calling for it.
-The world's most important alliance is being destroyed by one mentally disturbed man.
-That man outright says there is *no* limit on his power except his own "morality"[sic]. Including to make war
Which side are we on?
Cong Dems cannot make this happen. But they should be calling for it.
-The world's most important alliance is being destroyed by one mentally disturbed man.
-That man outright says there is *no* limit on his power except his own "morality"[sic]. Including to make war
Which side are we on?
The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it.
Invoke the 25th Amendment.
January 19, 2026 at 11:08 PM
I agree.
Cong Dems cannot make this happen. But they should be calling for it.
-The world's most important alliance is being destroyed by one mentally disturbed man.
-That man outright says there is *no* limit on his power except his own "morality"[sic]. Including to make war
Which side are we on?
Cong Dems cannot make this happen. But they should be calling for it.
-The world's most important alliance is being destroyed by one mentally disturbed man.
-That man outright says there is *no* limit on his power except his own "morality"[sic]. Including to make war
Which side are we on?