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CAKE

@thebandcake.bsky.social

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

October 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM

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Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.

December 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM

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Craig Calcaterra

@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.

Holy. Shit.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor?
I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”

December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM

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Rachel Maddow

@maddow.bsky.social

texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room.

www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...

Enforcement of Texas’ bathroom bill draws challenges

In its first week, one group’s test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women’s restrooms at the Capitol while the Austin City Council moved to circumvent the law's intent.

www.texastribune.org

December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM

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Blue Dot... Red State

@pmatsey.bsky.social

This is the best interview I have seen in regard to a shooting, thank you @velshi.com and Jack DiPrimio

Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 6d

“As a person, I'm shocked. As an American, I'm not,” said Jack DiPrimio, a 23-year-old graduate student at Brown University. He was on campus when a gunman opened fire, killing 2 people & injuring 9 others. #Velshi