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Hafiz 🇵🇸 Rashid @hafizr.bsky.social · Jan 25
Listen in to yours truly:
shrinkingtrump.bsky.social Shrinking Trump @shrinkingtrump.bsky.social · Jan 24
Shrinking Trump livestreams at 3pm EST today. Pass it on. We discuss “Day One” of the new regime and the blitzkrieg of executive orders with New Republic reporter Hafiz Rashid.

www.youtube.com/live/Kfu0mwU...
Trump’s First Day will Live in Infamy | Shrinking Trump
YouTube video by Really American
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hafizr.bsky.social
lolololol
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
Things like this will become increasingly common as billionaires increasingly treat low earth orbit like their personal playground and garbage dump
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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newrepublic.com
DHS is spreading propaganda via social media, arguing that "America is not a nation of immigrants." trib.al/X7ldAwA

And this isn't the first shitpost seemingly sent out to excite far-right internet trolls... trib.al/P93RoF9
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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dropsitenews.com
In a two and a half hour debate with Dave Smith (X: @ComicDaveSmith), podcaster Konstantin Kisin (X: @KonstantinKisin) returns 3–4 times to claims of rape and mass rapes on October 7 as a justification for Israel’s response.

Today the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls at...
In a two and a half hour debate with @ComicDaveSmith , podcaster @KonstantinKisin returns 3–4 times to claims of rape and mass rapes on October 7 as a justification for Israel’s response. Today the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Reem Alsalem, stated that “no independent investigation has found that rape took place on October 7.” There is no independent forensic evidence and no verified documentation from any neutral inquiry confirming the allegations of rape. Any existing claims rely entirely on evidence Israel has not allowed outside investigators to verify. Furthermore, in January 2025, Moran Gez, the Israeli prosecutor tasked with investigating crimes that occurred on October 7, admitted that despite many alleged sexual-offenses in the media tied to that day, her office has “no complainants.” So, to be clear: there is a prosecutorial admission that no victims have been identified of sexual assault from October 7. Post See new posts Conversation TRIGGERnometry @triggerpod . @KonstantinKisin and @ComicDaveSmith debate who is responsible for the suffering in Gaza.
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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jonathancohn.bsky.social
Reminder:

Calling a genocide a genocide: not inherently antisemitic

Defending the platforming of Nazis: inherently antisemitic

apnews.com/article/dona...
Trump defends Tucker Carlson after interview with activist known for his antisemitic views
President Donald Trump is brushing aside concerns about conservative commentator Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with a far-right activist known for his antisemitic views.
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Larry Summers (Nov. 10): The trustees need to investigate the Harvard Crimson!

Harvard Crimson (Nov. 16): Mr. Summers, while we have your attention...

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers I found this article by a former Harvard Crimson President very disturbing. The moral bankruptcy that led the Crimson to endorse BDS some time ago, without subsequent withdrawal, appears to have spread to the news pages. (I have shared Stoll's article to several at the Crimson without substantive response and this tracks with the things I have observed.) Many of the students I have engaged with at the Crimson have high integrity and smarts but I do hope alumni trustees will investigate and take any necessary steps lest a problematic situation deteriorate further. News Opinion Arts Blog Magazine Metro Multimedia Sports Newsletter Office Hours Editor's Pick Tips Donate Career Guide Please disable your ad blocker for The Crimson. As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein.
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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joshchafetz.bsky.social
This is some horrifying predatory shit.
November 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social
@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
mulchy.bsky.social shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4d
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.

he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.

situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
This is a straightforward Republican attack line, what the fuck is he doing
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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joolia.bsky.social
gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The Harvard Crimson Throughout the seven months of correspondence reviewed by The Crimson, Summers and Epstein referred to the woman Summers was pursuing in some messages by the code name "peril" but never used her name in messages directly describing the relationship. On at least two occasions, the two men discussed Jin's emails to Summers, which he forwarded to Epstein. In later messages, the two men appeared to joke about the probability that Summers would have sex with the woman, apparently Jin.
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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diplomatofnight.com
Benjamin Netanyahu's de facto propagandist and spokesman, Amit Segal, has written a long and meandering blog post arguing that Turkey is the new Iran and that Israel must prepare for existential measures against the NATO member-state.
Israel Needs to Act More Forcefully Against the Turkish Threat - Amit Segal
The threat Turkey poses to Israel is no less dangerous and complex than Iran—but it’s much harder to handle.
www.amitsegal.net
November 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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jeetheer.bsky.social
It was a different time, a more civilized and gracious era, a epoch where elites could put aside petty differences and gather for leisurely dinner parties with their favorite pedophile ... wait, what the fuck.
November 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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cmewing.bsky.social
Important to remember: If the worst of the Epstein stuff had already been released, there would be no reason for Trump to keep fighting it. If he’s trying to stop it, there’s a reason why.
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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lexialex.bsky.social
religionnews.com/2025/11/11/i...
'I was not the right kind of Jew,' says US Jewish teen deported from Israel
(RNS) — Since its founding in 1948, Israel has welcomed American Jews and encouraged their immigration. Now certain Jews supporting Palestinians, like Leila Stillman-Utterback, are deported.
religionnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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mulchy.bsky.social
broadview mayor katrina thompson blames today’s brutality on “out-of-town protesters” who’ve “chosen their fists” over their voices.

does this look like cops “protecting [protesters’] free speech”?
Facebook post from Broadview mayor Katrina Thompson: The violence by out-of-town protesters that has led to two Village of Broadview police officers, one Illinois State police officer, and a Cook County Sheriff's deputy being injured this morning, with the two Broadview officers and the sheriff's deputy being transported to Loyola hospital, is unacceptable and outrageous. I have repeatedly pleaded to protesters to raise their voices, not their fists. They have chosen their fists. These out-of-towners have chosen to brutalize police officers who have been protecting their free speech and protecting them against assaults by ICE agents.
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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diplomatofnight.com
Very few people remember this but the Arab League and PLO presented the Biden admin with a peace process proposal that had a two year timeline for Palestinian statehood and a UNSCR mandated international peacekeeping force for Gaza and the WB. They proposed it in spring 2024 and Blinken said no.
diplomatofnight.com Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3d
In February-May 2024 this was the biggest problem for the Biden administration, McGurk and Blinken wanted MBS and MBZ to finance reconstruction and disarm Hamas in exchange for nothing and they said no. Now Trump wants it in exchange for nothing and they say no.
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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zacheverson.com
New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”

Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.

me, for @forbes.com

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Trump-Licensed Presidential Seal Beer Pong Set Could Violate Federal Law
A site affiliated with Lee Greenwood sells merchandise with the seal—such as a $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls”—and pays licensing fees to a Trump LLC.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.
bubbaprog.xyz Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 3d
normal things happening
November 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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jackjenkins.me
Also in here: DHS responded to the faith-led protest yesterday, calling participants “violent rioters” and “imbecilic morons” who need to “get a job.”

Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
The Department of Homeland Security did not reply immediately to a request for comment, but on Friday a post on the department’s X feed seemed to mock the protest participants, saying, “Womp womp, cry all you want. These criminal illegal aliens aren’t getting released,” the post read. The post called the demonstrators “violent rioters” and “imbecilic morons” who need to “get a job.” Asked about the DHS statement, Woolf said he and other protesters were “demanding constitutional and due process rights” for detainees, adding, “I believe that justice will come in this life or the next.” “I know which side I choose. I choose the gospel,” he added. “This is our job,” said the Rev. Kristina Sinks, a United Methodist pastor who helped organize a worship service, in reply to the DHS post. Sinks also rejected the suggestion that demonstrators were violent. She later explained via text message that she believes it is the job of clergy to “advocate for the oppressed, the vulnerable, and those dehumanized by any forces of evil and oppression.” Sinks added: “Why does DHS feel threatened by clergy praying? What are they hiding?”
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social
“During the hour-and-a-half programme, she declared that there are no ‘peaceful residents’ in Gaza, Israel has the right to ‘cleanse Gaza and turn it into a parking lot,’ and that Palestinians need to be ‘dissolved in hydrochloric acid’.”
Why Russia’s liberal opposition is so anti-Palestinian
Many Russian dissidents claim to embrace liberal values while fully subscribing to a racist view of the world.
www.aljazeera.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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mims.bsky.social
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.

How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.

www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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diplomatofnight.com
A great microcosm of what I was discussing a few days ago. It's all well and good that AIPAC has increasingly become persona non grata to the Democratic primary base, but what does that mean in translating anything into concrete politics? Many candidates will simply lie, or obscure their ties.
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Laura Fine says that her campaign is not seeking an AIPAC endorsement and does not take AIPAC money— even as AIPAC sends out fundraising emails on her behalf and a planned fundraiser event is still likely to occur.
Fine denies AIPAC support despite planned fundraiser with group’s president - Evanston Now
Congressional candidate told columnist that she "whole heartedly disagree[s]" with group's fundraising emails.
evanstonnow.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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tusk81.bsky.social
“In some sense, the cheerfulness was not surprising. The day after President Donald Trump was elected to his second term, shares for GEO Group and CoreCivic jumped by double digits. Trump had repeatedly promised mass deportations on the campaign trail …”
tusk81.bsky.social Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3d
Private prison companies are profiting enormously off this human misery—and they couldn’t be more thrilled:

prismreports.org/2025/10/23/p...
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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whstancil.bsky.social
All my random politically unaware friends are making Trump/Epstein jokes. You know what they haven’t said? “I heard Hakeem Jeffries promise to lower the cost of groceries”
brianbeutler.bsky.social Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 4d
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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premthakker.bsky.social
NEW — Rashida Tlaib and 20 other members of Congress have introduced a resolution to officially recognize Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.

It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 876 Recognizing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 13, 2025 Ms. TLAIB (for herself, Ms. BALINT, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASAR, Ms. DEXTER, Mr. FROST, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. SIMON, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM