Fleur Defries
@fdefries.bsky.social
US British citizen navigating this crazy world. Bookworm, cat lover, wife and writer when possible
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The way the Brown University shooting ended — with the gunman walking away and disappearing — is highly unusual, according to Roger Williams University researchers who have studied active shooter events dating back to 1965.
The gunman vanished after the Brown shooting, which is rare, researchers say - The Boston Globe
“I can’t think of a single incident where the shooter was able to walk away and be completely unknown and still be at large four days later,” a Roger Williams University professor said.
trib.al
December 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The way the Brown University shooting ended — with the gunman walking away and disappearing — is highly unusual, according to Roger Williams University researchers who have studied active shooter events dating back to 1965.
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Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
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NEWS: Donald Trump is now begging "Weak Republicans” to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein as a vote to release the files nears, implying that it is affecting his ability to run the country. meidasnews.com/news/donald-...
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NEWS: Donald Trump is now begging "Weak Republicans” to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein as a vote to release the files nears, implying that it is affecting his ability to run the country. meidasnews.com/news/donald-...
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Robert Garcia says House Democrats are likely to release more Epstein-related documents later today and adds, "we want to know why Donald Trump spent the entire campaign saying he would release the files and now that he's in the White House, there's a massive coverup going on."
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Robert Garcia says House Democrats are likely to release more Epstein-related documents later today and adds, "we want to know why Donald Trump spent the entire campaign saying he would release the files and now that he's in the White House, there's a massive coverup going on."
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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If you want to be inspired, I would suggest that you watch Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech. He spoke of New York City that is all inclusive. He is right, we’ve all been holding our breath for so long and now we can finally breathe.
youtu.be/hFH2dYwH3rI?...
youtu.be/hFH2dYwH3rI?...
“Trump, Turn the Volume Up!” — Zohran Mamdani’s Fiery Victory Speech Rocks NYC | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
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November 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
If you want to be inspired, I would suggest that you watch Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech. He spoke of New York City that is all inclusive. He is right, we’ve all been holding our breath for so long and now we can finally breathe.
youtu.be/hFH2dYwH3rI?...
youtu.be/hFH2dYwH3rI?...
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A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
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“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is standing next to a woman in a dress at a party .
ALT: a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is standing next to a woman in a dress at a party .
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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More U.S. military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Donald Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric. Nancy Youssef, Gisela Salim-Peyer, and Jonathan Lemire report on what could happen next in Venezuela:
The U.S. Is Preparing for War in Venezuela
More U.S. military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric.
bit.ly
October 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
More U.S. military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Donald Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric. Nancy Youssef, Gisela Salim-Peyer, and Jonathan Lemire report on what could happen next in Venezuela:
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Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
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POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
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@politico.com
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October 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Nothing like the smell of panic 😞
www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-r...
www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-r...
‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray
Why GOP lawmakers are spreading fear about the upcoming rally.
www.thebulwark.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Nothing like the smell of panic 😞
www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-r...
www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-r...
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We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?
Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?
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"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
October 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
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‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle
‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle
His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings – and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan’s. Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle
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ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy.
A copy of the arrangement with Eswatini that Mother Jones reviewed shows that the US has agreed to pay the monarchy $5.1 million to take in up to 160 ICE detainees.
A copy of the arrangement with Eswatini that Mother Jones reviewed shows that the US has agreed to pay the monarchy $5.1 million to take in up to 160 ICE detainees.
ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy
Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.
www.motherjones.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy.
A copy of the arrangement with Eswatini that Mother Jones reviewed shows that the US has agreed to pay the monarchy $5.1 million to take in up to 160 ICE detainees.
A copy of the arrangement with Eswatini that Mother Jones reviewed shows that the US has agreed to pay the monarchy $5.1 million to take in up to 160 ICE detainees.
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@profgalloway.com on the power of the Manosphere.
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
@profgalloway.com on the power of the Manosphere.
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Trump and Republicans spread lies and scapegoat immigrants to distract you from how they are picking your pockets.
Do not be fooled.
Do not be fooled.
October 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Trump and Republicans spread lies and scapegoat immigrants to distract you from how they are picking your pockets.
Do not be fooled.
Do not be fooled.
How are hedge fund managers like this any different from thieves? And their corrupt politician friends mobsters? US tax payers are their banks and it's so wrong!! 😡
Trump’s Argentina Bailout Enriches One Well-Connected US Billionaire – Mother Jones share.google/Ada8cpwlgOH9...
Trump’s Argentina Bailout Enriches One Well-Connected US Billionaire – Mother Jones share.google/Ada8cpwlgOH9...
Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire
A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
How are hedge fund managers like this any different from thieves? And their corrupt politician friends mobsters? US tax payers are their banks and it's so wrong!! 😡
Trump’s Argentina Bailout Enriches One Well-Connected US Billionaire – Mother Jones share.google/Ada8cpwlgOH9...
Trump’s Argentina Bailout Enriches One Well-Connected US Billionaire – Mother Jones share.google/Ada8cpwlgOH9...
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3 tracks out this week showed Trump dropping and at his lowest point this year:
Econ/YouGov 39%-57% (-18) down 5 pts from last week
Civiqs 41%-55% (-14) down 2 pts from last week
AP-NORC 39%-60%(-21) down 13 pts from last month
This dictator shit ain't play well with voters.
Econ/YouGov 39%-57% (-18) down 5 pts from last week
Civiqs 41%-55% (-14) down 2 pts from last week
AP-NORC 39%-60%(-21) down 13 pts from last month
This dictator shit ain't play well with voters.
AP-NORC poll | 9/11-9/15
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+7)
Approve 39% (-6)
(shift since last poll)
apnorc.org/projects/pes...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+7)
Approve 39% (-6)
(shift since last poll)
apnorc.org/projects/pes...
Pessimism about the direction of the country is growing among Republicans - AP-NORC
Forty-nine percent of Republicans say things in the United States are heading the right direction down from 75% in June.
apnorc.org
September 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
3 tracks out this week showed Trump dropping and at his lowest point this year:
Econ/YouGov 39%-57% (-18) down 5 pts from last week
Civiqs 41%-55% (-14) down 2 pts from last week
AP-NORC 39%-60%(-21) down 13 pts from last month
This dictator shit ain't play well with voters.
Econ/YouGov 39%-57% (-18) down 5 pts from last week
Civiqs 41%-55% (-14) down 2 pts from last week
AP-NORC 39%-60%(-21) down 13 pts from last month
This dictator shit ain't play well with voters.
This asshole could literally save millions of people including children from starving to death but instead he's doing this #fuckelon
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
SpaceX rocket explodes in new setback to Elon Musk’s Mars project
Starship 36 was preparing for 10th test flight from Texas when it underwent ‘catastrophic failure’ while on stand
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This asshole could literally save millions of people including children from starving to death but instead he's doing this #fuckelon
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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If Trump cuts funding to NPR and PBS, rural America will pay a devastating price
If Trump cuts funding to NPR and PBS, rural America will pay a devastating price
Much of the country has little access to local news, with public media filling the void – and serving as a lifeline
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If Trump cuts funding to NPR and PBS, rural America will pay a devastating price
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In 2021 and 2022, Trump loyalists Ken Cuccinelli and Russell Vought privately urged Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to proclaim their states were being invaded.
Ducey never acted on the invasion theory. Abbott was more receptive.
By @mtredden.bsky.social
Ducey never acted on the invasion theory. Abbott was more receptive.
By @mtredden.bsky.social
The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy
The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the…
www.propublica.org
June 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In 2021 and 2022, Trump loyalists Ken Cuccinelli and Russell Vought privately urged Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to proclaim their states were being invaded.
Ducey never acted on the invasion theory. Abbott was more receptive.
By @mtredden.bsky.social
Ducey never acted on the invasion theory. Abbott was more receptive.
By @mtredden.bsky.social