@bertalinii.bsky.social
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The scale at which the President is profiting from his post is staggering. Perhaps past presidents and their self-dealing snuck out with a million or so — a briefcase full of cash. This time, it's billions, which you should visualize as a fleet of school buses filled with Benjamin Franklins.
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The scale at which the President is profiting from his post is staggering. Perhaps past presidents and their self-dealing snuck out with a million or so — a briefcase full of cash. This time, it's billions, which you should visualize as a fleet of school buses filled with Benjamin Franklins.
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The State Department is required to publish “a thorough, accurate, and reliable” history of U.S. foreign policy within 30 years of the events.
But it deleted documents about the risk of inadvertent nuclear war. https://wapo.st/49TiRY4
But it deleted documents about the risk of inadvertent nuclear war. https://wapo.st/49TiRY4
November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The State Department is required to publish “a thorough, accurate, and reliable” history of U.S. foreign policy within 30 years of the events.
But it deleted documents about the risk of inadvertent nuclear war. https://wapo.st/49TiRY4
But it deleted documents about the risk of inadvertent nuclear war. https://wapo.st/49TiRY4
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ICE abducted a 57 year old US Citizen and Veteran along with 11 others, outside of the Portland ICE Detention Center.
11/11/25
11/11/25
November 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Donald Trump commuted the sentence of a Ponzi schemer named Eliyahu Weinstein, WHO WAS JUST SENTENCED AGAIN TO 37 YEARS IN PRISON FOR STEALING $40 MILLION FROM HIS CLIENTS.
The corruption is unbelievable.
The corruption is unbelievable.
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Donald Trump commuted the sentence of a Ponzi schemer named Eliyahu Weinstein, WHO WAS JUST SENTENCED AGAIN TO 37 YEARS IN PRISON FOR STEALING $40 MILLION FROM HIS CLIENTS.
The corruption is unbelievable.
The corruption is unbelievable.
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Emolumental: The Trump Organization is in talks that could bring a Trump-branded property to one of Saudi Arabia’s largest government-owned real estate developments.
Trump is set to host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, next week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
Trump is set to host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, next week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Emolumental: The Trump Organization is in talks that could bring a Trump-branded property to one of Saudi Arabia’s largest government-owned real estate developments.
Trump is set to host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, next week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
Trump is set to host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, next week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
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Fueling the Trump administration’s anti-voting effort are election deniers in key roles. Once-fringe figures are now serving in prominent positions in the Trump administration, emboldened to continue peddling election conspiracies and, more troublingly, to undermine the fairness of future contests.
Trump’s Administration Is Full of Election Deniers — They’re Already Working to Rig the Vote
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fueling the Trump administration’s anti-voting effort are election deniers in key roles. Once-fringe figures are now serving in prominent positions in the Trump administration, emboldened to continue peddling election conspiracies and, more troublingly, to undermine the fairness of future contests.
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When you literally underperform Fartcoin. 💩
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
When you literally underperform Fartcoin. 💩
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As so often happens in fascist regimes
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Judge orders release of over 300 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ detainees
The Chicago-area federal judge also made clear he wants detailed reports about more than 600 people being held.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
As so often happens in fascist regimes
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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FYI: tons of replies here telling me why Trump is doing this, which I just want to point out I already know. bsky.app/profile/muel...
Trump is opening an "investigation" because that precludes DOJ from being allowed to release the files.
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
FYI: tons of replies here telling me why Trump is doing this, which I just want to point out I already know. bsky.app/profile/muel...
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Why do whales and elephants have much lower rates of cancer than expected?
"Species with a lower cancer prevalence and mortality
risk are those with a higher presence of cooperative and caring habits, while the opposite is found....:"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Species with a lower cancer prevalence and mortality
risk are those with a higher presence of cooperative and caring habits, while the opposite is found....:"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Coevolution of cooperative lifestyles and reduced cancer prevalence in mammals
While cooperative mammals evolve reducing cancer prevalence, oncogenes can be maintained by selection in competitive species.
www.science.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Why do whales and elephants have much lower rates of cancer than expected?
"Species with a lower cancer prevalence and mortality
risk are those with a higher presence of cooperative and caring habits, while the opposite is found....:"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Species with a lower cancer prevalence and mortality
risk are those with a higher presence of cooperative and caring habits, while the opposite is found....:"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
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In Northfield, Minnesota, masked ICE GOONS violently abducted a father. The Goons smashed a car window, beat and dragged the man at gunpoint, while his teenage son filmed the incident and begged them to stop. The father has not been seen since. (November 11, 2025)
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In Northfield, Minnesota, masked ICE GOONS violently abducted a father. The Goons smashed a car window, beat and dragged the man at gunpoint, while his teenage son filmed the incident and begged them to stop. The father has not been seen since. (November 11, 2025)
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A mother&her 14-yr-old son jumped out of a window to escape a Russian strike
Inna Vysotska&her son were trapped -after the explosion,the stairwell was already on fire,making it impossible to get out through the door.They jumped from a second-floor window to survive.Inna was injured during the fall
Inna Vysotska&her son were trapped -after the explosion,the stairwell was already on fire,making it impossible to get out through the door.They jumped from a second-floor window to survive.Inna was injured during the fall
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A mother&her 14-yr-old son jumped out of a window to escape a Russian strike
Inna Vysotska&her son were trapped -after the explosion,the stairwell was already on fire,making it impossible to get out through the door.They jumped from a second-floor window to survive.Inna was injured during the fall
Inna Vysotska&her son were trapped -after the explosion,the stairwell was already on fire,making it impossible to get out through the door.They jumped from a second-floor window to survive.Inna was injured during the fall
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New right-leaning poll in NC has Cooper up 8, 47-39, and the state swinging towards the Ds:
"Momentum for Democrats is also showing up in races for the state legislature. In a generic ballot test, Democrats went from a 1.6-point deficit in September to a 4.1-point lead this month"
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"Momentum for Democrats is also showing up in races for the state legislature. In a generic ballot test, Democrats went from a 1.6-point deficit in September to a 4.1-point lead this month"
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Trump's terrible Presidency has lost the consent of the governed and the legitimacy to lead.
Is it time for him to go?
My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/is-it-time...
Is it time for him to go?
My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/is-it-time...
Is It Time For Trump To Go?
Republicans are starting to come to terms with what a disaster Trump is and what a liability he has become
www.hopiumchronicles.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New right-leaning poll in NC has Cooper up 8, 47-39, and the state swinging towards the Ds:
"Momentum for Democrats is also showing up in races for the state legislature. In a generic ballot test, Democrats went from a 1.6-point deficit in September to a 4.1-point lead this month"
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"Momentum for Democrats is also showing up in races for the state legislature. In a generic ballot test, Democrats went from a 1.6-point deficit in September to a 4.1-point lead this month"
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It's too easy to be distracted by the economic story of the day. The more important story is of our system fraying: The rule of law is decaying, Bribery spreading, crony capitalism normalized. It won’t show up in next quarter’s data, but when our kids try to build their lives.
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It's too easy to be distracted by the economic story of the day. The more important story is of our system fraying: The rule of law is decaying, Bribery spreading, crony capitalism normalized. It won’t show up in next quarter’s data, but when our kids try to build their lives.
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Sweetheart, bless your heart.
You were fine with Trump going after innocent election workers, families of judges, rallying a mob that killed police officers.
But now that Daddy is upset with his girl, you are a victim.
Sorry, @RepMTG. We knew you before you were a virgin
x.com/RepMTG/statu...
You were fine with Trump going after innocent election workers, families of judges, rallying a mob that killed police officers.
But now that Daddy is upset with his girl, you are a victim.
Sorry, @RepMTG. We knew you before you were a virgin
x.com/RepMTG/statu...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 on X: "I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. The man I supported and helped get elected. Aggressive rhetoric attacking me has historically" / X
I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. The man I supported and helped get elected. Aggressive rhetoric attacking me has historically
x.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Sweetheart, bless your heart.
You were fine with Trump going after innocent election workers, families of judges, rallying a mob that killed police officers.
But now that Daddy is upset with his girl, you are a victim.
Sorry, @RepMTG. We knew you before you were a virgin
x.com/RepMTG/statu...
You were fine with Trump going after innocent election workers, families of judges, rallying a mob that killed police officers.
But now that Daddy is upset with his girl, you are a victim.
Sorry, @RepMTG. We knew you before you were a virgin
x.com/RepMTG/statu...
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Another Trump appointee tied to Epstein: Bill Pulte. His dad bid against Trump & Epstein on a mansion that Trump sold to a Russian oligarch. Ruined Trump’s friendship with Epstein. Pulte’s dad later developed a mansion on that property, which sold for $122M in 2022
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Another Trump appointee tied to Epstein: Bill Pulte. His dad bid against Trump & Epstein on a mansion that Trump sold to a Russian oligarch. Ruined Trump’s friendship with Epstein. Pulte’s dad later developed a mansion on that property, which sold for $122M in 2022
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A 13-year-old girl,her pregnant dog &her uncle were rescued from the frontline town of Rodynske in Donetsk Oblast,the Center for Countering Disinformation reported
They walked 11 kilometers under shelling to safety zone.
The girl's parents are missing.First her mother disappeared,then her father.
They walked 11 kilometers under shelling to safety zone.
The girl's parents are missing.First her mother disappeared,then her father.
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A 13-year-old girl,her pregnant dog &her uncle were rescued from the frontline town of Rodynske in Donetsk Oblast,the Center for Countering Disinformation reported
They walked 11 kilometers under shelling to safety zone.
The girl's parents are missing.First her mother disappeared,then her father.
They walked 11 kilometers under shelling to safety zone.
The girl's parents are missing.First her mother disappeared,then her father.
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Trump is rewarding his brownshirts.
NEWS: President Trump has issued a *second* pardon for Jan. 6 defendant Dan Wilson.
Wilson, a militia member, remained in prison on a firearms conviction unrelated to the Capitol attack. But Trump's new pardon explicitly covers the gun charges. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Wilson, a militia member, remained in prison on a firearms conviction unrelated to the Capitol attack. But Trump's new pardon explicitly covers the gun charges. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trump is rewarding his brownshirts.
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What if the entire government shutdown was actually about concealing the Epstein Files? Now that we see it, we are left to ask: What other ways have these Files been driving the president’s actions? youtu.be/iVJ21BDzJJs?...
Did Trump's Epstein Fears Trigger HISTORIC Shutdown?
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What if the entire government shutdown was actually about concealing the Epstein Files? Now that we see it, we are left to ask: What other ways have these Files been driving the president’s actions? youtu.be/iVJ21BDzJJs?...
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How do you make a documentary about a subject that predates the invention of photography? @kenlburns.bsky.social, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on what it took to film “The American Revolution”:
How Do You Film the Revolution?
What we learned making a documentary about a war so distant in time
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
How do you make a documentary about a subject that predates the invention of photography? @kenlburns.bsky.social, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on what it took to film “The American Revolution”:
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
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This entire administration is a national security risk
As the FBI’s deputy director, Dan Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This entire administration is a national security risk