Noël James Debien
@noeldebien.bsky.social
Australian media specialist, muso & supporter of Leos XIII and XIV. Gardener for sanity preservation. All views my own. USA Democrats seem a bit lame though. May the USA prosper.
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A cache of 18,000 emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s inbox obtained by Bloomberg News offers a raw look into the world of the disgraced financier and sex offender — and reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s secrets
Read our Big Take from September 11:
Read our Big Take from September 11:
Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
bloom.bg
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A cache of 18,000 emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s inbox obtained by Bloomberg News offers a raw look into the world of the disgraced financier and sex offender — and reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s secrets
Read our Big Take from September 11:
Read our Big Take from September 11:
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Blanche didn’t ask Maxwell a single question about any of these emails. Then he moved her to Club Fed where she is served individual meals and has a puppy and numerous other special privileges while she prepares her clemency petition. WHY?
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Blanche didn’t ask Maxwell a single question about any of these emails. Then he moved her to Club Fed where she is served individual meals and has a puppy and numerous other special privileges while she prepares her clemency petition. WHY?
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🚨BREAKING: At long last, Mike Johnson will swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday at 4 pm ET.
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
🚨BREAKING: At long last, Mike Johnson will swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday at 4 pm ET.
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Paul Keating speaking in parliament on the condolence motion on John Kerr. (completely ad-libbed)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hx8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hx8...
Paul Keating on the Sir John Kerr condolence motion
YouTube video by AusQuestionTime
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Paul Keating speaking in parliament on the condolence motion on John Kerr. (completely ad-libbed)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hx8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hx8...
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A group of Jewish faculty and staff at my college wrote an open letter, about what it means to be torn between one side that thinks acknowledging antisemitism on campus means shutting down academic freedom, and another that responds by denying it exists: sarahlawrencephoenix.com/features-arc...
Open Letter from Faculty and Staff — The Phoenix
The Editorial Board of The Phoenix received this open letter from a group of Sarah Lawrence professors and faculty, signed below, with the request that we publish it on their behalf.
sarahlawrencephoenix.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A group of Jewish faculty and staff at my college wrote an open letter, about what it means to be torn between one side that thinks acknowledging antisemitism on campus means shutting down academic freedom, and another that responds by denying it exists: sarahlawrencephoenix.com/features-arc...
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A lot of people when talking about Gough's economic record seriously underplay how beyond comprehension the 1973 Oil Crisis was.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A lot of people when talking about Gough's economic record seriously underplay how beyond comprehension the 1973 Oil Crisis was.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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All of this
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
All of this
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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Our soldiers stationed overseas shouldn't be getting guidance from our government to look to local food banks for support.
I wonder how the German government would feel about paying for our forces to eat? 🤔
Not to mention, and more importantly, local people need that food.
I wonder how the German government would feel about paying for our forces to eat? 🤔
Not to mention, and more importantly, local people need that food.
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Our soldiers stationed overseas shouldn't be getting guidance from our government to look to local food banks for support.
I wonder how the German government would feel about paying for our forces to eat? 🤔
Not to mention, and more importantly, local people need that food.
I wonder how the German government would feel about paying for our forces to eat? 🤔
Not to mention, and more importantly, local people need that food.
I can't for the life of me see how this might ever be politically helpful to President Trump.
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I can't for the life of me see how this might ever be politically helpful to President Trump.
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This is amazing and a total game changer for our tanking economy but release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is amazing and a total game changer for our tanking economy but release the Epstein files.
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Trump is fighting as hard as he can to starve kids for negotiating leverage.
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Trump is fighting as hard as he can to starve kids for negotiating leverage.
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Trump says we are preparing to invade Nigeria. Apparently that’s what voters said they wanted in the exit polls. Trump: “We’re going to do things to Nigeria that Nigeria’s not gonna be happy about. Guns-a-blazin!”
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Trump says we are preparing to invade Nigeria. Apparently that’s what voters said they wanted in the exit polls. Trump: “We’re going to do things to Nigeria that Nigeria’s not gonna be happy about. Guns-a-blazin!”
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"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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BREAKING: PROP 50 HAS PASSED IN CALIFORNIA
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
BREAKING: PROP 50 HAS PASSED IN CALIFORNIA
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First Cuomo got Trump's endorsement, now he's got the endorsement of the richest man in the world.
It's clearer than ever that there's only one candidate for NYC Mayor who will actually stand up to the oligarchs: Zohran Mamdani.
It's clearer than ever that there's only one candidate for NYC Mayor who will actually stand up to the oligarchs: Zohran Mamdani.
Elon Musk backs Cuomo against Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race
Musk encouraged NYC voters to back former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani the day before the city's mayoral electi
www.businessinsider.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
First Cuomo got Trump's endorsement, now he's got the endorsement of the richest man in the world.
It's clearer than ever that there's only one candidate for NYC Mayor who will actually stand up to the oligarchs: Zohran Mamdani.
It's clearer than ever that there's only one candidate for NYC Mayor who will actually stand up to the oligarchs: Zohran Mamdani.
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Um, excuse me, wtf www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...
ABC executive who sacked Antoinette Lattouf paid $836,000 for eight-month employment, annual report shows
Chris Oliver-Taylor’s remuneration exceeded by former managing director David Anderson’s $1.2m package, broadcaster says
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Um, excuse me, wtf www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...
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Trump: “…BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD “CRAZY,” THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE “NUCLEAR OPTION,” GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Trump: “…BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD “CRAZY,” THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE “NUCLEAR OPTION,” GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
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What do Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Comcast, Meta, and HP have in common?
They all once pledged to stop donations to anyone who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And now they're all donors to Trump's White House ballroom. https://popular.info/p/these-corporations-stopped-worrying
They all once pledged to stop donations to anyone who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And now they're all donors to Trump's White House ballroom. https://popular.info/p/these-corporations-stopped-worrying
These Corporations Stopped Worrying About Democracy and Bought Trump a Ballroom
It has been nearly five years since the 2020 presidential election, but President Trump continues to baselessly insist i
popular.info
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What do Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Comcast, Meta, and HP have in common?
They all once pledged to stop donations to anyone who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And now they're all donors to Trump's White House ballroom. https://popular.info/p/these-corporations-stopped-worrying
They all once pledged to stop donations to anyone who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And now they're all donors to Trump's White House ballroom. https://popular.info/p/these-corporations-stopped-worrying
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🚨 House Speaker Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, saying she’ll get the oath only after the government reopens.
Speaker Johnson continues to resist swearing in Democratic Rep.-elect Grijalva
Johnson has maintained that he is "following the Pelosi precedent."
abcnews.go.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🚨 House Speaker Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, saying she’ll get the oath only after the government reopens.
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Adelita Grijalva: "There is so much that cannot be done until I'm sworn in. So every moment that passes that I'm not able to provide constituent services or be a voice for Arizona, I cannot bring the issues forward that they send me here to do."
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Adelita Grijalva: "There is so much that cannot be done until I'm sworn in. So every moment that passes that I'm not able to provide constituent services or be a voice for Arizona, I cannot bring the issues forward that they send me here to do."
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October 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.
The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing
Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction
Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.
www.wsj.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.