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So, skeptical of a screen shot from Twitter, I went through and translated his actual speech myself and it goes WAY HARDER THAN THE SCREEN SHOT SUGGESTS

he mixes in the history of Colombia into the drug cartels and Bernie Moreno into Jeffrey Epstein, it's wild, wild stuff
One hundred years of solitude. The sad story of a lonely country that seems to be killing itself when he is in the midst of life's exuberance, when it erupts like a volcano, both in the Glimpses of vitality, both in nature and in human beings. And that's why we dance the way we do and why we can admire this greenery that surrounds us like perhaps no one else in humanity. So much exuberance that in the midst of solitude we kill each other. In our loneliness, we kill each other. And it has been this way since the beginning. I was 25 on November 7, 1985 and I had been tortured and was being tortured in prison and they ask me to apologize. Why? Because I wanted a different country and thought differently from those who governed Colombia. That is why I am president of the Republic. But why was the Patriotic Union killed? Why were the magistrates killed? Ah, because Pablo Escobar put up the money to take over the palace. Carlos Leder, third or fourth in Pablo Escobar's cartel, confessed that they had nothing to do with it. He's not the doorman or driver of the drug trade, he's one of the kingpins. I shouldn't talk about this, they say. But if it wasn't drug trafficking, why were the judges killed? Because they destroyed everything. Couldn't they speak? Was anyone even trying to speak? What was the reason? And the reason, in my opinion-I could be wrong, of course, in interpreting Colombian history-was simply that the Colombian oligarchy didn't want to distribute wealth to the population. Didn't want to escape that immense social inequality. Losing even a single penny of their wealth seemed terrible to them. And I said, why hadn't the Conservative Party apologized? Because today we are facing the same events. You only have to look at today's newspaper pages to see what's on display. A magazine published a cover featuring me in an orange jumpsuit, which they claim is the same one worn by prisoners in the United States. In other words, we emerged from a peace process that created a constituent assembly. They wiped out an entire Left-wing party, the Patriotic Union, along the way, and those of us who survived won the elections, and now they're telling us again that they're going to kill us. I'm not saying they're going to kill us, but it's the same thing. They want to eliminate this popular alternative and prevent it from winning the 2026 elections again, and they want to do it with violence once more. And so I ask the Conservative Party, is that why it hasn't apologized? Because it wants to repeat and repeat and repeat the sad history of the physical and violent elimination of difference in Colombia, which is not a minority, but a popular majority. And it has always been a popular majority because Gaitdn was a majority, because Rafael Uribe Uribe was a majority, because La Napo was Because we are the majority, they always kill the majority to continue governing as a minority. It's called oligarchy. Is it possible to try to imprison the democratically elected president in the United States, a foreign country? It's not the worst kind of violence, because it's preferable to die fighting on a street corner than to be taken prisoner to a foreign country that has nothing to do with what one believes, but it does have a lot to do with Colombia's history since the beginning of violence. And why am I talking about the Conservative Party? Conservative? Because those who are doing this—and excuse me for not yet properly entering the event, but I have to say it because they are conservative militants who are influencing a gentleman named Bernie Moreno. Moreno. He's the one who says in the magazine that he's giving Trump the way to imprison Petro. Petro is in jail. Do you know why he's doing it? For personal revenge. A vendetta like the mafia. As García Márquez said, "We are killing each other in circles of revenge. We kill each other out of pride, he says in his book. My first debates in Congress were against Mr. Bernardo Alberto Moreno, who robbed the Banco del Pacífico and later he was president of it. And my first debates in Congress were against money laundering. They went against the money laundering that was established by turning the property, the use of the land in the Bogotá savanna, from rural use that belonged to the peasants to to urban use, where they speculated with such harsh real estate interests that they even turned a $300,000 property into the San Simón Hacienda. A 3 billion settlement with a single signature from the minister of Environment, Mr. Andrés Pastrana Juan Me, a paramilitary member, said he collaborated with the paramilitaries. The business belonged to a man named Ángel Gaitán Maecha de Chí, founder of paramilitarism in Colombia and emerald mining. And who was the political leader? Andrés Pastrana, president who also enriched himself with some lots in San Simón. And on what list does Mr. Andrés appear? On the list. No, no, I'm not saying he appears on the list, he appears as a friend of Epstein on the list and now he's sealing the deal. A clan of pedophiles wants to end democracy in Colombia. It's tough, yes, but that's the reality. And to prevent the list from being published, they send battleships to kill fishermen in this city. And they threaten our neighbor, asking whether he's a dictator or not, how can the people of Colombia applaud the invasion of their brother, who isn't the president, but the people of Venezuela? When would we ever be so treacherous and sellouts that we betray our own blood? Are the people of Ecuador, Panama, or Venezuela not our own people? And then they want the president to do what Duque, the coward, wanted to do: lend Colombian lands so that a brother country with the same history as us could be invaded from there, because Bolívar was born there and came to die here in this city. No, President of Colombia, you cannot do that, President cursed by future generations, because you will never be forgotten as... And I do not belong to those who wanted to kill Bolívar. The Venezuelan government has made many criticisms, I'm critical, but I'm not making fun of the people of Venezuela, nor did I build a trap for the people of Venezuela to fall into. an invasion that is only after their oil, what they want is more greed and violence to make this beautiful corner of the South American continent a Syria, an Iraq, a Libya full of slaves, selling black slaves again, right? list of Epstein's friends that he doesn't want to appear in the United States. They want to use us here with the violence so that the people of the United States do not think about their own government, but rather xenophobia, racism, and the ideas of the superior race and other false ideas, and they use us to avoid discussing their own problems The president of Colombia has denounced drug traffickers for decades. And the drug traffickers he has denounced were always in political power. They were always in political power in Colombia, in the state. And now they accuse us of being drug traffickers. Hypocrites. any of the Colombian senators and Colombian politicians who went to Miami to try to build the road by which they could forcibly remove the elected president of Colombia It is popularly known as being full of relatives and businesses of drug traffickers. Drug traffickers' business. And Marco Rubio doesn't want to believe it, well, believe it. even though he also has a relative who is a drug trafficker. They're all coated in it at their core. I believe, and I hope I'm not wrong, to that insult that conservatives of Andrés Pastrana, a friend of Epstein, its business partners, through the brother, Senator Bernie Moreno, in the United States And how do we Colombians respond to such a massive anti-democratic insult? Such treason against the homeland by those who already sold Panama for 13 million dollars and they stole the money. How do you respond to that? And I can't say more while remaining coherent. And I ask the people who are here, who are listening to me and beyond, because we have to go from village to village, from municipality to municipality, that not only are there elections coming in which I cannot participate, but there is a defense of dignity, of national sovereignty, that when they come here to threaten us, I do not accept threats, we are going to rise up by the millions because the prophecy is true. And we are jaguars, males and females, we are jaguars. We will be jaguars dancing for the dignity of Colombia. We will be jaguars dancing to revive Bolívar, who is still anchored there, in that fascist monument they erected in his honor at the Quinta de Bolívar. We will be jaguars to end the 100 years of solitude. Millions will rise up here, unarmed. against the threat of those linked to the list of pedophiles we will not allow to operate. We will build democracy, we will build dignity. And I'm not talking about Trump, who shouldn't be mistaken, I'm talking about Andrés Pastrana, who orchestrated this slander against the President of Colombia through his friend Bernie Moreno and his brothers, who are the thieves who were in his government, involved in the Banco del Pacífico scandal and the land grabs in the Bogotá Savannah, denounced by the current President of the Republic. I ask for forgiveness on behalf of the State so that they may revive their dead through it. It is a way of reviving. All of it. It's a way to revive. We all know it. We don't die; the energy continues. The second law of thermodynamics in physics states: Nothing is created or destroyed, it is transformed. And the energy of these thousands of people who, as members of the Patriotic Union and having dreams from 1982 to 2000, that energy is here again, multiplied thousands of times over. Now we are millions. Now they can't kill us. Now we are the heart, the hope of We are the heart, the hope of the people of Colombia. Now we are a flag raised high and we will not let them insult it. We will not allow them to spit on her in blood. We will rise up in dignity with the the hands of millions and millions will stop the pedophiles. Thank you very much for listening to me.
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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walkerbragman.bsky.social
This is extremely dangerous.

If you’re a journalist, politician, artist, or public figure, or anyone with a platform, you need to stop using X.

You’re not helping by remaining on the platform. You can say you’re fighting where the people are, but you won’t beat the algorithm.

Lead people off X.
mantzarlis.com Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 1d
NEW on @indicator.media: A first *full-scale* comparison of Grokipedia v Wikipedia.

Last week the awesome @harold.bsky.social rocked up to my desk bearing gifts.

Hal had collected almost all 900K Grokipedia entries and compared them to their Wikipedia equivalents for text and citation similarity.
Grokipedia cites a Nazi forum and fringe conspiracy websites
A site-wide comparison with Wikipedia sheds light on what Elon Musk is trying to do
indicator.media
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/phil...
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15h
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
A photo of Texas A&M University’s logo
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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rawstory.com
'Beyond horrific': Observers aghast as teen at center of Gaetz sex scandal comes forward
'Beyond horrific': Observers aghast as teen at center of Gaetz sex scandal comes forward
Reactions mounted Thursday after a woman sharing her story for the first time said that then-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) sexually abused her when she was just 17, while she was living in a homeless shelter and trying to save money to buy braces to fix her teeth. Laura B. Wolf, an attorney for the then-te...
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
New York Times social media guidelines prohibit expression suggesting partiality on things like ICE, execution of foreigners in fishing boats, or whether law is a thing.

However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
From: Thomas Jr., Landon Sent: 9/27/2017 2:47:47 PM To: Subject: Got another call from Connelly.. Importance: High Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com] He is digging around again -- not clear if its another book/or expanded paperback version. Was asking me all sorts of questions about why you hired Ken Starr. I told him I had no idea - I think he is doing some Trump-related digging too. Anyway, for what its worth... Landon Thomas, Jr. Financial Reporter New York Times http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon_ir thomas/index.h tml
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Good for Massie but, come on, the GOP was blowing our budget, starting wars overseas and, yes, even protecting pedophiles (Hastert) two decades ago
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
REPUBLICAN REP. MASSIE: “I vote with my party 91% of the time… But when they're protecting pedophiles, blowing our budget, starting wars overseas — I'm sorry, I can't go along with that.”
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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davidjroth.bsky.social
One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
March 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.

New piece laying this out:

newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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colinsmith.bsky.social
William Golding from his 1962 essay “Fables” on the intended meaning of his “Lord Of The Flies”.
No
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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theatlantic.com
Wikipedia is widely used to train AI—that’s also why conservatives are trying to dethrone it, Renée DiResta argues.
The Right-Wing Attack on Wikipedia
The free internet encyclopedia is widely used to train AI. That’s why conservatives are trying to dethrone it.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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propublica.org
NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.

The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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theguardian.com
Trump repeats request to Israeli president for Netanyahu pardon
Trump repeats request to Israeli president for Netanyahu pardon
Isaac Herzog can pardon convicted criminals in some circumstances, but cases against Israeli PM are still ongoing Donald Trump has repeated a request to Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, for a pardon for Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial in three separate corruption cases. The Israeli prime minister has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in the ongoing court cases. No rulings have been delivered, and his supporters have dismissed the trials as politically motivated. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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handle.invalid
I'm genuinely not sure these folks truly understand what's coming. Some are just predatory sociopaths selling the country for scrap off the back loading dock, but a lot of them really do believe they're building a Utopia.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
BESSENT: The American people are gonna start feeling better. But look, this has been a tough period ... I think 2026 will be a blockbuster year

KILMEADE: So for now, be patient
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Raskin: If this were to pass, this astounding provision would give eight Republican senators a personal payday of at least a million dollars each, paid for by the U.S. Taxpayers at a time when we are throwing millions of people off of their health care…
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
List is growing.
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d
UPDATE — Here are the at least 11 congressional Democrats, 11 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 6 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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gilduran.com
AOC's former chief of staff is running for Pelosi's seat.

But he sided with tech zillionaires to oust a Bernie Sanders-endorsed supervisor in SF. The local left doesn't trust him.

His fans call him the next Mamdani. But reality is complicated for Saikat Chakrabarti. sf.gazetteer.co/what-makes-s...
What makes Saikat run?
In his race to beat Nancy Pelosi in 2026, Saikat Chakrabarti’s friends and allies are calling him San Francisco’s Zohran Mamdani. Progressives are a bit more moderate on him
sf.gazetteer.co
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
ryanmarino.bsky.social Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2d
A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free
Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Disgusting. You engaged in political gamesmanship using them as pawns knowing they would get harmed and now you question *their* patriotism because some of them aren't wealthy like you and didn't want to work a high stress job for no pay?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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themorrancave.bsky.social
Is this good? It doesn't seem good.

"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
Walgreens Cuts Pay for Hourly Store Workers After $10 Billion Buyout
Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners.
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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walkerbragman.bsky.social
You have to understand what pieces like this from the NYT are and are not.

They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.

They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
NYT opinion: OPINION BINYAMIN APPELBAUM Mamdani Isn’t the Future of the Democrats. This Guy Is The picture is of PA Gov Josh Shapiro
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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truthout.org
“Private equity is using its newfound control over utilities to socialize costs for the expansion of data centers,” said one critic.
Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In.
The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers — and the planet.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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natashabertrand.bsky.social
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
How Elon Musk’s Changes to X Made Our Discourse Far Stupider by Dave Weigel talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/how-e... talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/how-e...
How Elon Musk’s Changes to X Made Our Discourse Far Stupider
We don’t know the minute when X started throttling links to news,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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paulwaldman.bsky.social
Let a single person feed their family with food stamps when they don't "deserve" the benefit and Republicans will be filled with such rage that they'll take away those benefits from millions of others.

Meanwhile the administration is doing this:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies and wealthiest investors. The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service, through a series of new notices and proposed regulations, are giving breaks to giant private equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real estate investors, insurance providers and a variety of multinational corporations.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM