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Patrick Rizzo
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Peabody Award-winning journalist NBC, Reuters, AP | Writer | Ex-Environmental Science PhD student | Dad, hubby, surfer, cat butler
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Asshat. Stealing funds meant to help people recover from a disaster.

US Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida indicted on charges of stealing $5M in disaster funds

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US Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida indicted on charges of stealing $5M in disaster funds
U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing federal disaster funds and using the money to aid her 2021 campaign, the Justice Department said W...
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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meidastouch.com
NEWS: A stunning courtroom admission may have just blown up the Trump DOJ's case against James Comey. Prosecutors just admitted the full grand jury NEVER reviewed the final indictment, only the foreperson did, after Lindsey Halligan brought an altered version straight to the magistrate. 1/
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
The American people are just an ATM to the oligarchs at this point.

Withdrawals only.
justinhendrix.bsky.social Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 23h
"The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant has been awarded a $1 billion federal loan guarantee that will enable it to shift onto taxpayers some of the risk of its plan to restart the Pennsylvania facility and sell the electricity to Microsoft for its data centers."
Trump officials give $1 billion loan to restart Three Mile Island
The plan to reopen Three Mile Island to supply Microsoft with power wins a federal loan guarantee, shifting some of the risk onto taxpayers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
prizscisurf.bsky.social
Vaffanculo, Homan.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
Trump’s Border Czar Threatens More Immigrant Arrests in New York City
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
prizscisurf.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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nothoodlum.bsky.social
Clay Higgins: “Call me Bubba.”
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
CNN: Epstein survivors presser
BBC: Epstein survivors presser
MSNBC (yes we’re still calling it that): Epstein survivors presser

FOX: “Progressives vs. Schumer”🙃
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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strandjunker.com
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince MBS on how to “weather the storm” after his hit squad slaughtered American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics. To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 Map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map. Here’s why. Earlier this year, President Trump began urging Texas to redraw its U.S. House map to create five additional Republican seats. Lawmakers reportedly met that request to redistrict on purely partisan grounds with apprehension. When the Governor announced his intent to call a special legislative session, he didn’t even place redistricting on the legislative agenda. But when the Trump Administration reframed its request as a demand to redistrict congressional seats based on their racial makeup, Texas lawmakers immediately jumped on board. On July 7, Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), sent a letter (“the DOJ Letter”) to the Governor and Attorney General of Texas making the legally incorrect assertion that four congressional districts in Texas were “unconstitutional” because they were “coalition districts”—majority-non-White districts in which no single racial group constituted a 50% majority. In the letter, DOJ threatened legal action if Texas didn’t immediately dismantle and redraw these districts—a threat based entirely on their racial makeup. Notably, the DOJ Letter targeted only majority-non-White districts. Any mention of majorityWhite Democrat districts—which DOJ presumably would have also targeted if its aims were partisan rather than racial—was conspicuously absent.
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
prizscisurf.bsky.social
Vile vile vile.
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Live updates: Trump gives Saudi crown prince a warm embrace during White House visit
President Donald Trump will fête Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia. Trump announced a deal to sell the kingdom F-35 fighter jets.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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www.borowitzreport.com/p/she-says-t...
She Says Trump Raped Her When She Was a Child
The Andy Borowitz Show
www.borowitzreport.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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thebulwark.com
Massie: “It may be tempting for [Senators] to get cute and to do things that will limit the release of these documents. They are afraid that people will be embarrassed. That's the whole point here. They need to be brought to justice, and embarrassment is no reason to stop it.”
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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muellershewrote.com
NEW: OMG. Halligan shit the bed in her grand jury presentation in the Comey case. She violated the constitution 9 ways to Sunday. Adam Klasfeld and I will discuss LIVE on substack in about 25 minutes. Muellershewrote.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
prizscisurf.bsky.social
If there's "nothing to hide" why have y'all been working so hard to keep it hidden? I'm wondering if you've now decided your base will excuse you as long as it takes down Democrats. #Trump #Epstein
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Highlights: President, in Reversal, Urges House to Approve Releasing Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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tomdavidson92.bsky.social
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
prizscisurf.bsky.social
Something is rotten in ... Denmark. #Trump #Epstein
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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sunflowermum.bsky.social
Redactions completed I guess...
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
prizscisurf.bsky.social
Something is fishy about this... #Trump #Epstein
In reversal, Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files

apnews.com/article/epst...
In reversal, Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files
President Donald Trump says House Republicans should vote to release files involving the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal.
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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jesbird.bsky.social
Families would face $10,000–$20,000 higher premiums, and millions—especially older and sicker people—would lose coverage.

This isn’t “choice.” It’s shifting the cost back onto families.
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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jesbird.bsky.social
Cassidy’s idea sounds simple, but it’s a disaster.
The ACA subsidies cost about $40 billion a year to keep premiums affordable for 15–20 million Americans. Replacing them with a $26 billion pot and a small check won’t come close.
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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prchovanec.bsky.social
Zero understanding of how risk pooling and insurance works.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...”

www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
People gather in uptown to protest Border Patrol arrests in Charlotte
Community leaders and immigrant families protested federal agents’ presence in Charlotte as agents drove around the city taking people.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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casuallylucid.bsky.social
“They have not knowingly had contact with anyone who had measles, which means their infection is the result of transmission somewhere out in the community.”

This is going to happen more and more, and in different places.

Our food is less safe, we are less healthy...

Anyone feeling great yet?
First confirmed measles case in Salt Lake County points to community spread
Salt Lake County says its first confirmed case of measles this year is worrying because it suggests the virus is spreading in the community. “This case is especially concerning because the source of t...
www.heraldextra.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM