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Morgan Fairchild

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August 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM

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emptywheel

@emptywheel.bsky.social

@gregcasar.bsky.social gets far too little attention from people.

Greg Casar @gregcasar.bsky.social · Aug 4

Imagine in another country a corrupt president was trying to change the election laws.

Then that president's political ally threatened to remove all the legislators of the other party to get it done.

That's what's happening in Texas right now.

August 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM

mvario

@mvario.bsky.social

Trump's Mar-a-Lago Spa Was Tailor-Made for Epstein

The Trump Spa sought "young, attractive" college students to wear mini-skirts and "skin-tight" tops

jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/trumps-mar...

Trump's Mar-a-Lago Spa Was Tailor-Made for Epstein

The Trump Spa sought "young, attractive" college students to wear mini-skirts and "skin-tight" tops

jonathanlarsen.substack.com

August 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM

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News Eye

@newseye.bsky.social

New, amazing footage of 90,000 people on Sydney Harbour Bridge, marching to end the genocide in Gaza.

A protest the city and New South Wales authorities did NOT want to happen.

(🎥 ABC News)

August 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM

mvario

@mvario.bsky.social

President Trump courageously plans nuclear war to prevent release of Trump-Epstein files

www.normalisland.co.uk/p/president-...

President Trump courageously plans nuclear war to prevent release of Trump-Epstein files

The most rational and well-balanced US president ever, Donaald Trump, is making exciting plans to start nuclear war with Russia to prevent the release of the Epstein files.

www.normalisland.co.uk

August 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM

mvario

@mvario.bsky.social

FBI Thwarted an Investigation into How Russians Injected Disinformation in the Steele Dossier - emptywheel

www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/02/f...

FBI Thwarted an Investigation into How Russians Injected Disinformation in the Steele Dossier - emptywheel

The same analyst who introduced John Durham to the SVR collection also discovered that Christopher Steele's network had been compromised before Steele delivered his first dossier report.

www.emptywheel.net

August 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM

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Jenny Cohn

@jennycohn.bsky.social

Tech investor Marc Andreessen’s VC firm, a16z, backs the “Solano Foundry” project in CA. Andreessen also backs the “Network State” movement, which seeks to build new cities w/ the goal of helping them amass enough power that they can become countries. How do we know they won’t try that here? 1/

August 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM

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Denise Wheeler

@denisedwheeler.bsky.social

Once Trump appoints a new obedient Fed chair to turn on the printing presses, the dollar will further crash.

Think 1920s-style Weimar Republic hyperinflation.

Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman warns US faces Venezuela-style collapse under Trump

Nobel Prize-winning economist turned political commentator Paul Krugman tore into President Donald Trump on MSNBC for firing the nation's chief labor statistics analyst for reporting weak jobs numbers...

www.rawstory.com

August 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM

mvario

@mvario.bsky.social

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after US funding cut

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after US funding cut

Closure of public broadcasting group follows House Republicans’ decision to strip $1.1bn in funding over two years

www.theguardian.com

August 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM

mvario

@mvario.bsky.social

Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested outside AIPAC Tool Schumer’s office in New York City

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#IsraeliWarCrimes #PalestineAction #EndAidToIsrael #NetanyahuWarCriminal #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide #BDS #SettlersOut #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists

Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Chuck Schumer’s office in New York City

Demonstrators were banging pots and pans at one of several gatherings that took place across major US cities

www.theguardian.com

August 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸

@patriottakes.bsky.social

Elon Musk Mocks Trump’s White House Epstein Files Cover-Up

Musk previously stated that Trump is in the Epstein files

meidasnews.com/news/elon-mu...

Elon Musk Mocks Trump’s White House Epstein Files Cover-Up

Musk previously stated that Trump is in the Epstein files

meidasnews.com

August 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM

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Kyle Cheney

@kyledcheney.bsky.social

NEW: A federal judge has blocked ICE from rapid-fire deportations of immigrants previously paroled into the country — shielding hundreds of thousands of people that ICE had targeted for quick removal and courthouse arrests.

w @joshgerstein @MyahWard

www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

August 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM

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The Guardian

@theguardian.com

Abstract verbs in, long descriptors out: How do you name a political party?

600,000 people have signed up for updates on Corbyn and Sultana’s leftwing party. What is it called? You name it

www.theguardian.com

August 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM

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WIRED

@wired.com

Long before ChatGPT, a group of AI luminaries gathered on an island to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Their funder ultimately cast a shadow on all who attended. www.wired.com/story/epstei...

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Forgotten AI Summit

Long before ChatGPT, a group of AI luminaries gathered on an island to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Their funder ultimately cast a shadow on all who attended.

www.wired.com

August 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM

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The Editorial Board

@editorialboard.bsky.social

The deep state is real and it works for Donald Trump. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell quietly moved out of Florida federal prison

The move, not announced by the Justice Department or Bureau of Prisons, comes as Maxwell seeks a pardon from President Donald Trump.

www.usatoday.com

August 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM

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Solomon

@solomonmissouri.bsky.social

That demon tried to leap out of him

July 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM

mvario

@mvario.bsky.social

How John Durham and Chuck Grassley Covered Up Getting Ass-Handed by Russia - emptywheel

www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/01/h...

How John Durham and Chuck Grassley Covered Up Getting Ass-Handed by Russia - emptywheel

John Durham (with Chuck Grassley's help) tried to obscure that on the same day as the Russian spy report that drove his entire investigation, Russian spooks discussed seeding conspiracies about "dark ...

www.emptywheel.net

August 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

We are very far over the cliff here folks

August 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM

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Kyle Cheney

@kyledcheney.bsky.social

JUST IN: A federal judge has blocked Secrretary Noem's move to terminate temporary status for Nicaragua, Honduran and Nepaii immigrants, finding the cancelation was likely rooted in "racial animus." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

August 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil

@gwensnyder.bsky.social

Ok so hear me out: robot guillotine

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Aug 1

Man worth $370 billion says the way to solve poverty is “AI and robotics”

August 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

OLIVER: “It’s understandable why Trump is struggling to get even his own base to take his word for it that there’s nothing to see here - because to do so you’d have to believe everything we’ve learned about Trump over the years is either irrelevant, or sheer coincidence.”

August 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM

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MeidasTouch

@meidastouch.com

Meiselas: You had Lawrence Taylor, a registered sex offender who r*ped a 16-year-old, featured by Trump at the WH as he announced his initiative for kids...He's not hiding that he's ok hanging w sexual predators that target underage girls. How is what I just said not leading every freaking newscast?