Kate Briquelet
@kbriquelet.bsky.social
Journalist. Formerly @thedailybeast.bsky.social & NY Post.
To absolutely no one's surprise... Ghislaine Maxwell told DOJ Trump never did anything concerning around her: Sources - ABC News
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Ghislaine Maxwell told DOJ Trump never did anything concerning around her: Sources
During her interview with the DOJ last month, former Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell said nothing that would be harmful to President Trump, sources say.
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August 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
To absolutely no one's surprise... Ghislaine Maxwell told DOJ Trump never did anything concerning around her: Sources - ABC News
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I'm so sorry to Virginia, her family, and other survivors of predator Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
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Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
She accused Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, of recruiting her to join their sex-trafficking ring and sued Prince Andrew for sexual assault.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I'm so sorry to Virginia, her family, and other survivors of predator Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
I've lost count of how many times I've had to verify "This is not the Onion."
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AI Video of Trump Kissing Elon's Bare Feet Plays Throughout HUD Office
An AI-generated video of Donald Trump kissing Elon Musk’s bare feet played on monitors the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
www.rollingstone.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I've lost count of how many times I've had to verify "This is not the Onion."
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If you wanna read a thing that just published that might make your piss boil, this new @rollingstone.com item from @andrewperez.bsky.social with an assist from me, might do the trick sadly:
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www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
FAA Employees Say Trump and Musk's Purge Is a 'Threat' to Air Safety
Donald Trump and Elon Musk fired hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees. The administration argues it won’t affect air safety.
www.rollingstone.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If you wanna read a thing that just published that might make your piss boil, this new @rollingstone.com item from @andrewperez.bsky.social with an assist from me, might do the trick sadly:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Apparently we’re going to have an “explosive disclosure event” in four weeks where we meet literal extraterrestrials, according to a UFO lobbyist quoted secondhand at the new age conference. Everyone set your calendars for aliens
February 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Apparently we’re going to have an “explosive disclosure event” in four weeks where we meet literal extraterrestrials, according to a UFO lobbyist quoted secondhand at the new age conference. Everyone set your calendars for aliens
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The ironic thing is, the charges against Eric Adams were only meant to be preliminary -- the first of many.
And the stronger case, many believed, concerned the illegal donations coming from China-connected organizations.
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And the stronger case, many believed, concerned the illegal donations coming from China-connected organizations.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Eric Adams Has a Foreign Corruption Problem. New York's Is Way Bigger
New York City mayor's indictment on bribery, fraud charges is just the latest federal investigation into foreign influence there
www.rollingstone.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The ironic thing is, the charges against Eric Adams were only meant to be preliminary -- the first of many.
And the stronger case, many believed, concerned the illegal donations coming from China-connected organizations.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
And the stronger case, many believed, concerned the illegal donations coming from China-connected organizations.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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How it started:
How it’s going:
How it’s going:
February 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
How it started:
How it’s going:
How it’s going:
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Updated just now with a new lawsuit just filed focused on CFPB disbandment.
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Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Executive Orders
We put them all in one place.
www.courtwatch.news
February 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Updated just now with a new lawsuit just filed focused on CFPB disbandment.
www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-r...
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Free speech baby
1. EXCLUSIVE
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.
The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.
The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
The NSA's "Big Delete"
Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "...
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February 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Free speech baby
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I voted for Trump. But when he said he was going to wreck the economy, I didn’t know that he really meant that he was going to wreck the economy.
February 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I voted for Trump. But when he said he was going to wreck the economy, I didn’t know that he really meant that he was going to wreck the economy.
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Email sent to all CFPB staff this morning: "Please do not perform any work tasks."
February 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Email sent to all CFPB staff this morning: "Please do not perform any work tasks."
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1. EXCLUSIVE
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.
The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.
The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
The NSA's "Big Delete"
Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "...
popular.info
February 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
1. EXCLUSIVE
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.
The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.
The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
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I just want to go back to the time when every single song on the radio was by the goo goo dolls
February 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I just want to go back to the time when every single song on the radio was by the goo goo dolls
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I don't think people realize how complicated the federal government is and how much institutional knowledge matters and how it's currently being run by people who are just like "Fuck it, that sounds fun"
February 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I don't think people realize how complicated the federal government is and how much institutional knowledge matters and how it's currently being run by people who are just like "Fuck it, that sounds fun"
Russell Vought—an architect of Project 2025 & new OMB director—is now also the acting leader of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
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Russell Vought takes the helm at CFPB as Musk's DOGE accesses key systems
Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as Elon Musk's representatives gained access to the bureau's systems and accounts, including sensitive data.
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February 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Russell Vought—an architect of Project 2025 & new OMB director—is now also the acting leader of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
www.npr.org/2025/02/08/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/08/n...
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The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem
February 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem
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With immigrants and labor under attack, I created this starter pack of labor & immigration reporters.
Give them all a follow
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Give them all a follow
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February 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
With immigrants and labor under attack, I created this starter pack of labor & immigration reporters.
Give them all a follow
go.bsky.app/4JJcYdi
Give them all a follow
go.bsky.app/4JJcYdi
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She has been saying this for a while now in defense of RFK, and it never stops getting more ridiculous -- that you can just scarf down pounds of magical European pasta and never gain weight because they don't use the same pesticides we do.
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January 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
She has been saying this for a while now in defense of RFK, and it never stops getting more ridiculous -- that you can just scarf down pounds of magical European pasta and never gain weight because they don't use the same pesticides we do.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Bernie Sanders grilling RFK Jr for selling anti-vaccination onesies is the energy I needed today.
January 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Bernie Sanders grilling RFK Jr for selling anti-vaccination onesies is the energy I needed today.
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Elon’s attempt to flex his gamer skills ended in a fiery crash of credibility. Gamers are calling it “truly pathetic” and “embarrassing.” Who was all this for?
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Elon Musk Admitted to Cheating at Video Games. Gamers Are ‘Aghast.’ Why Did He Do It? - The Barbed Wire
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has the president on speed dial. He could buy and sell you and me like action figures at a yard sale. He’s also obsessed with trying to impress gamers — and it just backfired spectacularly. This drama has been simmering for a while but hit full steam earlier this […]
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January 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Elon’s attempt to flex his gamer skills ended in a fiery crash of credibility. Gamers are calling it “truly pathetic” and “embarrassing.” Who was all this for?
thebarbedwire.com/2025/01/28/e...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/01/28/e...
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Trump’s plan bears a striking resemblance to one sent by Elon Musk sent to Twitter (X) employees in 2023, before laying off around 80 percent of the company’s workforce. The two memos even have the same title — “Fork in the Road.”
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Trump Buyouts Mirror Elon Musk's Twitter Purge
Trump's sweeping orders reek of Musk's management philosophy
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January 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Trump’s plan bears a striking resemblance to one sent by Elon Musk sent to Twitter (X) employees in 2023, before laying off around 80 percent of the company’s workforce. The two memos even have the same title — “Fork in the Road.”
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-buyo...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-buyo...
These people would love to do away with child labor laws.
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Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonald’s instead
Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia said the freeze on federal aid would allow the government to review all programs, including ones that provide free school lunches to low-income children.
www.nbcnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
These people would love to do away with child labor laws.
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As a seasoned DC journalist, I only plan to capitulate to Trump until he provides quotes for my next book, due in Spring of 2027.
January 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
As a seasoned DC journalist, I only plan to capitulate to Trump until he provides quotes for my next book, due in Spring of 2027.
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Anyone feeling whiplash?
This is the second time — in six days — that a Trump policy hits a brick wall with a federal judge.
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This is the second time — in six days — that a Trump policy hits a brick wall with a federal judge.
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Judge Temporarily Halts Trump Admin’s Federal Aid Freeze
The Office of Management and Budget’s directive on federal grants and loans is on hold until Feb. 3, a Washington, D.C., federal judge orders.
www.notus.org
January 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Anyone feeling whiplash?
This is the second time — in six days — that a Trump policy hits a brick wall with a federal judge.
www.notus.org/courts/judge...
This is the second time — in six days — that a Trump policy hits a brick wall with a federal judge.
www.notus.org/courts/judge...