Fava Bean
@fava.bsky.social
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
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This is a shocking corruption that is part of the budget bill. Really, read how crazy this is.
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This is a shocking corruption that is part of the budget bill. Really, read how crazy this is.
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You look for cracks everywhere to exploit against fascists. Period. I think some people seem confused about the state of things in this country.
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
You look for cracks everywhere to exploit against fascists. Period. I think some people seem confused about the state of things in this country.
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Childhood sexual abuse is almost always something that involves family members or close family friends. Elaborate trafficking operations like Epstein's are much rarer, but they are kin to the more common kind, and many of his victims had already suffered abuse at the hands of people close to them.
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Childhood sexual abuse is almost always something that involves family members or close family friends. Elaborate trafficking operations like Epstein's are much rarer, but they are kin to the more common kind, and many of his victims had already suffered abuse at the hands of people close to them.
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Moral neutrality is a tool of the status quo
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Moral neutrality is a tool of the status quo
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I am more mad at Merrick Garland today than my usual simmering anger.
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I am more mad at Merrick Garland today than my usual simmering anger.
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Yes there's a lot of denial, but I've seen it: when it snaps, it snaps hard.
"Powerful men covered up child sex abuse" isn't outlandish when you've seen that happen in church, boy scouts, school athletics, and every other social pillar of your conservative middle-class life in the past few decades.
"Powerful men covered up child sex abuse" isn't outlandish when you've seen that happen in church, boy scouts, school athletics, and every other social pillar of your conservative middle-class life in the past few decades.
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yes there's a lot of denial, but I've seen it: when it snaps, it snaps hard.
"Powerful men covered up child sex abuse" isn't outlandish when you've seen that happen in church, boy scouts, school athletics, and every other social pillar of your conservative middle-class life in the past few decades.
"Powerful men covered up child sex abuse" isn't outlandish when you've seen that happen in church, boy scouts, school athletics, and every other social pillar of your conservative middle-class life in the past few decades.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
I'm so glad that KBJ delayed this ruling by extending the same pause on her own several days ago. As the pundits told us, it was a masterful strategy - one that guaranteed her Republican colleagues weren't the only ones to blame for starving poor Americans.
U.S. SUPREME COURT EXTENDS PAUSE ON JUDGE'S ORDER THAT REQUIRED TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO FULLY FUND FOOD AID FOR 42 MILLION AMERICANS THIS MONTH AMID FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I'm so glad that KBJ delayed this ruling by extending the same pause on her own several days ago. As the pundits told us, it was a masterful strategy - one that guaranteed her Republican colleagues weren't the only ones to blame for starving poor Americans.
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you cannot actually*know*a Republican in the Senate caucus by meeting them offline-just like a lot of women who end up in relationships with reactionary men don't really meet them on dates, because their real lives are on 8chan or whatever. You have to understand that online comes first to know them
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
you cannot actually*know*a Republican in the Senate caucus by meeting them offline-just like a lot of women who end up in relationships with reactionary men don't really meet them on dates, because their real lives are on 8chan or whatever. You have to understand that online comes first to know them
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In Chicago, the courage of good, everyday folks getting in the face of ICE/BP and fighting back is restoring my faith in America
In DC, the cowardice of Senate Democrats has undermined it, again
America needs a government as good as its people. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
In DC, the cowardice of Senate Democrats has undermined it, again
America needs a government as good as its people. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
A nation of heroes, a Senate of cowards | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Cheney didn’t save us from Trump. He created him.
www.inquirer.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In Chicago, the courage of good, everyday folks getting in the face of ICE/BP and fighting back is restoring my faith in America
In DC, the cowardice of Senate Democrats has undermined it, again
America needs a government as good as its people. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
In DC, the cowardice of Senate Democrats has undermined it, again
America needs a government as good as its people. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It's cheaper to hire a lawyer, hire movers, and get a visa to move to a country with a civilized healthcare system.
@anamariecox.bsky.social mine is going from $826 to $1,430 and it’s really crappy coverage. I have no pre existing conditions. Criminal.
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's cheaper to hire a lawyer, hire movers, and get a visa to move to a country with a civilized healthcare system.
Assault. Plain as day.
We need to prosecute the criminal thugs working for Trump's DHS.
We need to prosecute the criminal thugs working for Trump's DHS.
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Assault. Plain as day.
We need to prosecute the criminal thugs working for Trump's DHS.
We need to prosecute the criminal thugs working for Trump's DHS.
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like, it's just in the nature of things that it's very difficult to fully fix everything all at once. Even when you implement good policies, they can take a while to take effect.
if we can't talk about things getting better when they get better, how do we keep moving towards better?
if we can't talk about things getting better when they get better, how do we keep moving towards better?
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
like, it's just in the nature of things that it's very difficult to fully fix everything all at once. Even when you implement good policies, they can take a while to take effect.
if we can't talk about things getting better when they get better, how do we keep moving towards better?
if we can't talk about things getting better when they get better, how do we keep moving towards better?
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so, today I got the surgery center where I got my deviated septum fixed to send me an itemized bill so I could submit to my FSA for reimbursement
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
so, today I got the surgery center where I got my deviated septum fixed to send me an itemized bill so I could submit to my FSA for reimbursement
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
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Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
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There is nothing to RETVRN to. There is no great America in the past for us to reclaim. The America we lived in only a year ago was the best of all of the Americas there have ever been
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
There is nothing to RETVRN to. There is no great America in the past for us to reclaim. The America we lived in only a year ago was the best of all of the Americas there have ever been
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end
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Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.
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It’s such a bad idea, when one of his crimes was calling forth an insurrection, that he’s actually forbidden from holding the office by a constitutional provision, which a unanimous Supreme Court invented a way to turn off.
To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It’s such a bad idea, when one of his crimes was calling forth an insurrection, that he’s actually forbidden from holding the office by a constitutional provision, which a unanimous Supreme Court invented a way to turn off.
Many Holocaust survivors never learned where or how their family was killed. All they know is that the Nazis rounded them up and they disappeared forever, murdered by the Nazis in an unknown place by unknown means.
Most of Trump’s deportation campaign is inaccessible because after arrests are made, it is moving quickly, far from public view. For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about @caitlindickerson.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Many Holocaust survivors never learned where or how their family was killed. All they know is that the Nazis rounded them up and they disappeared forever, murdered by the Nazis in an unknown place by unknown means.
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Whatever else is in the deal, agreeing to merely have a vote on ACA is a fig leaf. Even if it passes the Senate, it won't in the House, which also makes it an easy yes vote for the Senate Rs who might want to, defusing it as an attack on them.
It is a stupid ask even on Team Schumer's own terms.
It is a stupid ask even on Team Schumer's own terms.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Whatever else is in the deal, agreeing to merely have a vote on ACA is a fig leaf. Even if it passes the Senate, it won't in the House, which also makes it an easy yes vote for the Senate Rs who might want to, defusing it as an attack on them.
It is a stupid ask even on Team Schumer's own terms.
It is a stupid ask even on Team Schumer's own terms.