Quelex
@ccfquelex.bsky.social
He/him. Path of Exile diehard that doomscrolls politics. Birds are pretty neat. Hoping for a free Palestine in our lifetime.
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NEW EPISODE: Let's look at the disastrous presidency of George W. Bush, an eight-year period filled with so many failures that we need two episodes to cover everything. Part Two coming next week!
youtu.be/IvYAqC0_HXI
youtu.be/IvYAqC0_HXI
George W. Bush Was A Bad President And Guy - SOME MORE NEWS
YouTube video by Some More News
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December 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
NEW EPISODE: Let's look at the disastrous presidency of George W. Bush, an eight-year period filled with so many failures that we need two episodes to cover everything. Part Two coming next week!
youtu.be/IvYAqC0_HXI
youtu.be/IvYAqC0_HXI
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I literally only know this guy because of how he acted to Ta’Nehisi Coates.
So...Bari Weiss deposes yet another journalist of color - Maurice DuBois - to install CBS Mornings anchor Tony Dokoupil as lead anchor of the CBS Evening News. I guess DEI is okay if it works in certain directions? https://loom.ly/fNDlGDE
Paramount Press Express | TONY DOKOUPIL NAMED ANCHOR OF THE CBS EVENING NEWS
Dokoupil Will Assume the Role on Jan. 5 Tony Dokoupil – an Emmy Award-winning journalist known for his fairness, curiosity and doggedness – has been n
www.paramountpressexpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I literally only know this guy because of how he acted to Ta’Nehisi Coates.
Remember that super valuable promise that Dems got for a vote on healthcare subsidies? Well Republicans are going to let it die as we all knew was coming, including those Dems. They caved on behalf of their donors, stop pretending otherwise.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
GOP moves to let Obamacare subsidies expire as Trump promises ‘money to the people’
As the president rails against insurance companies, other Republicans say allowing a subsidy lapse is “not acceptable.”
www.politico.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Remember that super valuable promise that Dems got for a vote on healthcare subsidies? Well Republicans are going to let it die as we all knew was coming, including those Dems. They caved on behalf of their donors, stop pretending otherwise.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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The fact that there isn’t a press conference right now, with a line of congressional Democrats putting this racist on blast
That’s why people think both parties are the same
That’s why people think both parties are the same
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The fact that there isn’t a press conference right now, with a line of congressional Democrats putting this racist on blast
That’s why people think both parties are the same
That’s why people think both parties are the same
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An asylee I know has asked me to share that they are looking to get a job at Starbucks with their work permit. they want to learn to be a barista, and one day open their own shop. Does anyone on here know much about job apps / openings there?
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
An asylee I know has asked me to share that they are looking to get a job at Starbucks with their work permit. they want to learn to be a barista, and one day open their own shop. Does anyone on here know much about job apps / openings there?
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There's a media blackout on the FBI's new enemies list and cash fund for snitching on people harboring things like "anti-Americanism."
What little coverage its gotten has been laughably bad:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-ene...
What little coverage its gotten has been laughably bad:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-ene...
Trump’s Enemies List Meets Media Blackout
Why the NSPM-7 fueled FBI blacklist isn’t considered news
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
There's a media blackout on the FBI's new enemies list and cash fund for snitching on people harboring things like "anti-Americanism."
What little coverage its gotten has been laughably bad:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-ene...
What little coverage its gotten has been laughably bad:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-ene...
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You'd never know it from these headlines that she lost all her claims on the actual substance of the case, claiming that trans people must be banned from bathrooms.
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
You'd never know it from these headlines that she lost all her claims on the actual substance of the case, claiming that trans people must be banned from bathrooms.
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Freed Israeli captive says treatment in Gaza worsened after Ben-Gvir circulated videos of Palestinians being brutalized in Israeli torture camps
Video: B.M. via X (@ireallyhateyou)
Video: B.M. via X (@ireallyhateyou)
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Freed Israeli captive says treatment in Gaza worsened after Ben-Gvir circulated videos of Palestinians being brutalized in Israeli torture camps
Video: B.M. via X (@ireallyhateyou)
Video: B.M. via X (@ireallyhateyou)
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I wrote about the LAPD getting the OK from city council to remain militarized this year. A motion to limit tear gas and 40 mm rubber bullets failed after a contenious back and forth with LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell.
www.joeyscott.xyz/lapd-gets-th...
www.joeyscott.xyz/lapd-gets-th...
LAPD gets the OK from city council to remain a militarized police department for another year.
A motion to limit the department's deployment of tear gas and 40 mm rubber bullets failed to pass.
www.joeyscott.xyz
December 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I wrote about the LAPD getting the OK from city council to remain militarized this year. A motion to limit tear gas and 40 mm rubber bullets failed after a contenious back and forth with LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell.
www.joeyscott.xyz/lapd-gets-th...
www.joeyscott.xyz/lapd-gets-th...
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🩸Israeli Finance Min. Bezalel Smotrich & Foreign Min. Gideon Sa’ar agreed to allocate 2.35B shekels, about $750M, for global hasbara campaigns under Israel’s 2026 budget.
The funding is set to bankroll int'l media operations, social-media campaigns & outreach to foreign politicians & influencers...
The funding is set to bankroll int'l media operations, social-media campaigns & outreach to foreign politicians & influencers...
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
🩸Israeli Finance Min. Bezalel Smotrich & Foreign Min. Gideon Sa’ar agreed to allocate 2.35B shekels, about $750M, for global hasbara campaigns under Israel’s 2026 budget.
The funding is set to bankroll int'l media operations, social-media campaigns & outreach to foreign politicians & influencers...
The funding is set to bankroll int'l media operations, social-media campaigns & outreach to foreign politicians & influencers...
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Last Saturday, 50,000 people attempted to block the founding convention for the new youth organization of the far-right AfD party on Nov. 29 in Germany. Wide-ranging actions-including 19 blockades around the small city-prevented a majority of participants from attending. Police beat the blockaders.
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Last Saturday, 50,000 people attempted to block the founding convention for the new youth organization of the far-right AfD party on Nov. 29 in Germany. Wide-ranging actions-including 19 blockades around the small city-prevented a majority of participants from attending. Police beat the blockaders.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to "compile a list of groups or entities engaging in acts that may constitute domestic terrorism," according to a Justice Department memo, reports Ken Klippenstein. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/lea...
FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Attorney General Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to "compile a list of groups or entities engaging in acts that may constitute domestic terrorism," according to a Justice Department memo, reports Ken Klippenstein. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/lea...
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EXCLUSIVE:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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careful what you wish for, Joe
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
careful what you wish for, Joe
For next week's #PathOfExile2 druid update, I'm planning on starting werewolf and hoping that Spiritual Aid (increases to minion damage also apply to you) is in the game so that I can fight alongside my wolf pack. Otherwise, I'll just be doing cold attacks because the cross slash looks sick. 🧵
December 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
For next week's #PathOfExile2 druid update, I'm planning on starting werewolf and hoping that Spiritual Aid (increases to minion damage also apply to you) is in the game so that I can fight alongside my wolf pack. Otherwise, I'll just be doing cold attacks because the cross slash looks sick. 🧵
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This is bonkers, these people have all passed a series of interviews and checks. Pulling people from the citizenship ceremony is really just cruel.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is bonkers, these people have all passed a series of interviews and checks. Pulling people from the citizenship ceremony is really just cruel.
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my book drops 1/26 @akpress.org , help me outsell Nuzzi. www.akpress.org/against-the-...
December 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
my book drops 1/26 @akpress.org , help me outsell Nuzzi. www.akpress.org/against-the-...
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Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
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I know a lot of people had wondered what happened to the people we heard from in Bajo Chiquito last year. I hope they’ll take the time to listen to this series.
In the first of a four part series, @jamesstout.bsky.social catches up with Primrose and her daughter Kim, who he met in the Darien Gap. We hear about the journey from Panama to the USA’s southern border, and the challenges migrants face along the way.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I know a lot of people had wondered what happened to the people we heard from in Bajo Chiquito last year. I hope they’ll take the time to listen to this series.
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Genuinely hilarious. Please send it to China.
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Genuinely hilarious. Please send it to China.
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As we continue to get through the holiday season, please keep in mind these warmlines that do not call the police if you, or someone you love, are in need of support
inclusivetherapists.com/crisis
inclusivetherapists.com/crisis
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
As we continue to get through the holiday season, please keep in mind these warmlines that do not call the police if you, or someone you love, are in need of support
inclusivetherapists.com/crisis
inclusivetherapists.com/crisis
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Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
The NYT definitely made a choice not to add “without evidence” to this headline.
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
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A 16 year old American citizen has spent the last 9 months in an Israel prison.
Tonight he’s finally free.
Mohammed Ibrahim is a Palestinian-American from Florida.
He was arrested during an Israeli raid of his family’s home in the West Bank.
He had double digit weight loss & developed scabies
Tonight he’s finally free.
Mohammed Ibrahim is a Palestinian-American from Florida.
He was arrested during an Israeli raid of his family’s home in the West Bank.
He had double digit weight loss & developed scabies
Palestinian-American teenager held in Israeli prison freed after nine months
Israeli soldiers had taken Mohammed Ibrahim from his home in a night raid when he was only 15 years old
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
A 16 year old American citizen has spent the last 9 months in an Israel prison.
Tonight he’s finally free.
Mohammed Ibrahim is a Palestinian-American from Florida.
He was arrested during an Israeli raid of his family’s home in the West Bank.
He had double digit weight loss & developed scabies
Tonight he’s finally free.
Mohammed Ibrahim is a Palestinian-American from Florida.
He was arrested during an Israeli raid of his family’s home in the West Bank.
He had double digit weight loss & developed scabies