Lara
@kle138.bsky.social
Mom, Seattleite, engaged citizen. Pro-housing, pro-growth. Hopeful. New around here.
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The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
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I don't think you can un-pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in the public mind, that's just not going to happen
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I don't think you can un-pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in the public mind, that's just not going to happen
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We're now at the RE-PARDONS stage of this presidency www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We're now at the RE-PARDONS stage of this presidency www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
"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 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 5:16 PM
“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
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I feel like we’ve memory-holed that until the last 15 years or so, mainstream culture was largely fine with the idea of sexualizing teen girls (remember tabloid countdowns of the Olsen twins turning 18?) so I guess I’m not too shocked that some people want to go back to the era where perving is ok.
Holy shit. They're really doing it. They're doing "actually pedophilia is good now." The debasement of the American Right is complete.
MEGYN KELLY IS RIGHT ABOUT EPSTEIN - Catholic League
Bill Donohue
www.catholicleague.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I feel like we’ve memory-holed that until the last 15 years or so, mainstream culture was largely fine with the idea of sexualizing teen girls (remember tabloid countdowns of the Olsen twins turning 18?) so I guess I’m not too shocked that some people want to go back to the era where perving is ok.
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Amazing how racist goon squads can wake people up to danger, but it's unfortunate that everyone had to touch the hot stove to find out it was hot
In the recent New Jersey governor’s race, the Democratic Party clawed back much of the ground it had lost with Hispanic voters in the 2024 presidential race, according to a township-level analysis of results by The New York Times. See the maps.
Maps Show How Latinos Who Shifted Right in 2024 Snapped Back Left in 2025
The New Jersey governor’s race was the first significant sign that President Trump’s success with Hispanic voters in 2024 may have been only a temporary shift.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Amazing how racist goon squads can wake people up to danger, but it's unfortunate that everyone had to touch the hot stove to find out it was hot
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Yeah, I think this is an important point to keep in mind with the right wingers who are all in on Epstein - they’re in because they think it’s proof that Jewish pedophiles run the world, and you absolutely do not gotta hand it to them for that
There are 2 things happening with MTG:
1) She's an HR nightmare. Her schoolyard bullying antics mean no one, regardless of politics, wants her in their workplace.
2) She's a full believer in antisemitic conspiracy theories, and from that point of view Trump looks like part of the conspiracy.
1) She's an HR nightmare. Her schoolyard bullying antics mean no one, regardless of politics, wants her in their workplace.
2) She's a full believer in antisemitic conspiracy theories, and from that point of view Trump looks like part of the conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Yeah, I think this is an important point to keep in mind with the right wingers who are all in on Epstein - they’re in because they think it’s proof that Jewish pedophiles run the world, and you absolutely do not gotta hand it to them for that
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Donald Trump’s name appears in 1,628 of the recently released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate.
No wonder he’s trying to stop us from releasing the files. It’s time to release every last one.
No wonder he’s trying to stop us from releasing the files. It’s time to release every last one.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Donald Trump’s name appears in 1,628 of the recently released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate.
No wonder he’s trying to stop us from releasing the files. It’s time to release every last one.
No wonder he’s trying to stop us from releasing the files. It’s time to release every last one.
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Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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By turning it into a cultural issue rather than a material one with only one cogent side
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
By turning it into a cultural issue rather than a material one with only one cogent side
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Screaming at green grass turns brown
Trump lashing out in fear at GOP lawmakers will not end well for him.
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Screaming at green grass turns brown
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Puzzling that the centrist pundits who are arguing for a "big tent" Democratic Party are the same people who spend all their time on social media attacking the left. The Venn diagram of these two groups is practically a circle.
Meanwhile, if you take Dems and subtract the left, you get 2000 and 2024
Meanwhile, if you take Dems and subtract the left, you get 2000 and 2024
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Puzzling that the centrist pundits who are arguing for a "big tent" Democratic Party are the same people who spend all their time on social media attacking the left. The Venn diagram of these two groups is practically a circle.
Meanwhile, if you take Dems and subtract the left, you get 2000 and 2024
Meanwhile, if you take Dems and subtract the left, you get 2000 and 2024
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I would go so far as to say that NIMBYism is axiomatically incompatible with liberalism, and that holding NIMBY views is a signal that the person in question has misunderstood the entire project of pluralism.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I would go so far as to say that NIMBYism is axiomatically incompatible with liberalism, and that holding NIMBY views is a signal that the person in question has misunderstood the entire project of pluralism.
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under any other administration this alone would have been a massive news-cycle-swallowing scandal, now the AG is just like "yes, the president weaponized us, to distract from all the news implicating him with the pedophile rape gang he participated in with his best friend"
Acceding to President Donald Trump's demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Trump political foes. n.pr/4i25hnd
At Trump's urging, Bondi says U.S. will investigate Epstein's ties to political foes
Acceding to President Donald Trump's demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Trump political foes.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
under any other administration this alone would have been a massive news-cycle-swallowing scandal, now the AG is just like "yes, the president weaponized us, to distract from all the news implicating him with the pedophile rape gang he participated in with his best friend"
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There is no right wing civil war. The groypers are just winning. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Nick Fuentes Spiral
The reckoning with the white-nationalist influencer’s rise is only getting messier.
www.theatlantic.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
There is no right wing civil war. The groypers are just winning. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Genuinely hilarious that the only way we’re going to get actual functional YIMBY housing policy in our large cities is through Red Plenty Socialists and not the Abundance guys lol
at this point, Los Angeles is the most NIMBY city in the country.
I am not a socialist myself, but give me a socialist YIMBY like Zohran or Katie Wilson over a liberal NIMBY like Karen Bass any day of the week.
I am not a socialist myself, but give me a socialist YIMBY like Zohran or Katie Wilson over a liberal NIMBY like Karen Bass any day of the week.
After failing to stop a major state housing bill from becoming law, Los Angeles leaders are turning to plan B: Delaying Senate Bill 79's implementation and pushing for unspecified legislative changes next year. My dispatch for @politico.com Pro subscribers subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Genuinely hilarious that the only way we’re going to get actual functional YIMBY housing policy in our large cities is through Red Plenty Socialists and not the Abundance guys lol
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Breaking from us:
As the Trump administration searches for more space to detain immigrants, it is approaching Washington tribes to see if they will participate.
Nisqually Indian Tribe is saying no.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
As the Trump administration searches for more space to detain immigrants, it is approaching Washington tribes to see if they will participate.
Nisqually Indian Tribe is saying no.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
ICE looks to WA tribes to house detained immigrants
The Nisqually Indian Tribe says it is turning down a request from ICE to house detained immigrants on tribal land.
www.seattletimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Breaking from us:
As the Trump administration searches for more space to detain immigrants, it is approaching Washington tribes to see if they will participate.
Nisqually Indian Tribe is saying no.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
As the Trump administration searches for more space to detain immigrants, it is approaching Washington tribes to see if they will participate.
Nisqually Indian Tribe is saying no.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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boy, the epstein stuff really triggers him, huh
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
boy, the epstein stuff really triggers him, huh
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Every email excerpt I’ve read is Epstein going, “look I’m a child predator but this donald guy is fucking gross”
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Every email excerpt I’ve read is Epstein going, “look I’m a child predator but this donald guy is fucking gross”
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Trump manages to look, in every way possible, like the guiltiest man who ever lived.
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Trump manages to look, in every way possible, like the guiltiest man who ever lived.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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Trump un-endorses Marjorie Taylor Greene
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Trump un-endorses Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
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Instead of just releasing the Epstein files, Trump ordered the DOJ to investigate Democrats and AG Pam Bondi is complying.
Are they setting up a pretext to block the release by arguing the files are now part of an active investigation? I’m not saying that would work, but he’s desperate to block.
Are they setting up a pretext to block the release by arguing the files are now part of an active investigation? I’m not saying that would work, but he’s desperate to block.
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Instead of just releasing the Epstein files, Trump ordered the DOJ to investigate Democrats and AG Pam Bondi is complying.
Are they setting up a pretext to block the release by arguing the files are now part of an active investigation? I’m not saying that would work, but he’s desperate to block.
Are they setting up a pretext to block the release by arguing the files are now part of an active investigation? I’m not saying that would work, but he’s desperate to block.