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anthonymkreis.bsky.social
‘We’re showing up’: Fani Willis will testify before Senate committee www.ajc.com/news/2025/12...
‘We’re showing up’: Fani Willis will testify before Senate committee
Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis will appear before state legislators next week about her conduct, including the prosecution of President Donald Trump, her lawyer says.
www.ajc.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
“I Factchecked Trump’s Big Politico Interview – Because Politico Didn’t!”

15 lies listed and debunked. Read my critique of the Trump interview:
I Factchecked Trump’s Big Politico Interview – Because Politico Didn’t!
Interviewer Dasha Burns allowed the president to tell lie after lie, and also failed to push back on his racism. So here is a rebuttal from Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Also participating in the deal is Affinity Partners, the private equity firm run by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Kushner’s involvement in the deal highlights the ongoing legal and ethical problems with his dual role.
Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
popular.info
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
CINCINNATI: “ICE agent arrested on domestic violence charges for for alleged assault, strangulation”

www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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lucifermuses.bsky.social
Fantastic read by @milesklee.bsky.social
So be aware, and remember:

51% Of all internet traffic is now bots. Of that 51%, 37% of that is bad bots.

"If I can move the fan base for Taylor Swift — an icon who is this political figure, in a way — does that mean I can do it in other places?’
"What Swift’s defenders didn’t realize, however, was that they were pushing back against a false narrative that had been seeded and amplified by a small network of inauthentic social accounts. Worse, they were helping to disseminate those bad-faith allegations by earnestly engaging with them. That’s according to new research from GUDEA, a behavioral intelligence startup that tracks how such reputation-damaging claims emerge and go viral on the internet. In a white paper examining more than 24,000 posts and 18,000 accounts across 14 digital platforms between Oct. 4 (the day after The Life of a Showgirl came out) and Oct. 18, shared first with Rolling Stone, the firm concluded that just 3.77 percent of accounts drove 28 percent of the conversation around Swift and the album during that period. This cluster of evidently coordinated accounts pushed the most inflammatory Swift content, including conspiracy theories about her supposed Nazi allusions, callouts for her theoretical MAGA ties, and posts that framed her relationship with fiancé Travis Kelce as inherently conservative or “trad,” with all of this framed as leftist critique." “I’m a pop-culture girl,” says Georgia Paul, GUDEA’s head of customer success, who suggested the company look at the conversation around Swift after she had a “gut feeling” that the ideologically charged remarks about The Life of a Showgirl she was seeing might trace back to manipulative actors. Paul and her colleagues confirmed that suspicion, identifying two distinct spikes in misleading activity related to Swift. The first came on Oct. 6 and 7, with approximately 35 percent of the posts in GUDEA’s data set for that time frame generated by accounts behaving more like bots than human users. The second took place over Oct. 13 and 14, after Swift released a merch collection that included the lightning bolt necklace (commemorating the song “Opalite”), with about 40 percent of posts shared by inauthentic accounts and conspiracist content accounting for 73.9 percent of the total volume of conversation. " “The internet is fake,” says Keith Presley, GUDEA’s founder and CEO, only half-jokingly. He notes that some 50 percent of the web is now made up of bots. “This is something that we’ve seen escalate on our corporate side — this type of espionage, or working to damage someone’s reputation.” While Presley and his team don’t know the identity of the individual or group behind this attack, they did discover “a significant user overlap between accounts pushing the Swift ‘Nazi’ narrative and those active in a separate astroturf campaign attacking Blake Lively,” according to the paper. The actress has claimed in an ongoing sexual harassment lawsuit that actor and director Justin Baldoni organized a chorus of smears against her on social media as the two waged a bitter legal and PR war over the troubled production of their 2024 film It Ends With Us. Their data, GUDEA researchers wrote in their report, “reveals a cross-event amplification network, one that disproportionately influences multiple celebrity-driven controversies and injects misinformation into otherwise organic conversations.” "“When we put our doomsday hat on, I think we can see that reality,” Paul says of the test-run scenario. It could be, she speculates, “that there might be other nefarious actors, not U.S.-based, who have reasons to see, ‘If I can move the fan base for Taylor Swift — an icon who is this political figure, in a way — does that mean I can do it in other places?’” While the true intent of the person or persons behind the account cluster remains a mystery, the mechanics of their deception are relatively transparent: convincing authentic users to mock or refute outlandish claims simply enhances their reach in a given digital ecosystem. “That’s part of the goal for these types of narratives, for whoever is pushing them,” Presley says. “Especially with these inflammatory ones — that’s going to get rewarded by the algorithm. You’ll see the influencers jump on first, because it’s going to get them clicks.” Downstream of these well-known figures, anonymous followers will start churning out their own takes."
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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wentrogue.bsky.social
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”

Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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suzette.bsky.social
ICCooler
‪@iccooler.bsky.social‬

Reagan was the hero for the old guard of GOP. Today’s Tpublicans don’t like that he made 3M undocumented immigrants citizens even though many of them and their families now vote republican
suzette.bsky.social suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 11h
You’re right. Many immigrants are Republicans because they are religious conservatives, very traditional, anti gay, afraid of anything labeled “socialism,” & patriarchal. You’d think Republicans would be excited about them being here. Plus, frequently employed at low wages by REPUBLICANS. 🤷🏻‍♀️
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Trump's best friends in the world are Saudi Arabia and Russia -- the nation where most of the 9/11 terrorists came from and the nation that wants to replicate that act of terrorism against the United States.

Meanwhile, he's angrily attacking NATO, an alliance that came to our aid after 9/11/
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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jonathancohn.bsky.social
11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:

Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
SUSAN RODRIGUEZ Susan Courtwright Rodriguez, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, is a longtime conservative lawyer whose career reflects deep partisan ties, loyalty to corporate interests, and a record of rulings that hurt workers, employees, and consumers and puts profits over people. She held multiple roles in the George W. Bush administration, including as a political appointee for the then-newly formed Department of Homeland Security, as well as with the White House counsel’s office. After a second stint at the DHS, Rodriguez spent 12 years at McGuireWoods, where she co-led the Financial Institutions Industry Team and defended banks, payday lenders, and fintech companies against lawsuits and government investigations. She now serves as a magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. CORPORATE DEFENSE & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS At McGuire Woods, Rodriguez devoted her practice to defending large financial institutions and high-cost lenders. She co-authored industry-facing publications framing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s regulatory oversight as part of a “name-and-shame playbook,” and dismissed CFPB efforts to hold corporations accountable for consumer abuses. She defended Sprint against allegations brought by CFPB and the Federal Communications Commission related to unauthorized third-party charges and represented banks accused of violating anti–money laundering laws (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Sprint Corp.). In one case, Rodriguez defended Truist Bank against claims brought by a whistleblower executive who alleged the bank failed to report suspicious wire transfers and allowed accounts linked to criminal activity to remain open (Denise WHITING, Plaintiff, v. TRUIST BANK f/k/a Branch Banking and Trust Company, Defendant). Rather than addressing systemic fraud, the bank allegedly retaliated against the executive, demoting and ultimately firing her. Rodr… Rodriguez’s leadership role on the board of Mira Via underscores her alignment with organizations that oppose reproductive rights. Mira Via explicitly affirms life “from the moment of conception,” situating Rodriguez firmly within the anti- abortion movement. Her long membership in the Federalist Society and Republican National Lawyers Association further underscores her alignment with conservative legal networks committed to rolling back reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ rights, and other substantive constitutional protections. STAUNCH CONSERVATIVE ADVOCACY Since joining the bench, Rodriguez has issued rulings that repeatedly favor corporations, law enforcement, and institutions over individuals seeking relief. In Rodriguez v. Wipro Ltd., she ruled against a whistleblower who raised concerns about corporate conflicts of interest and later suffered retaliation that exacerbated serious health conditions, dismissing the case for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. In Puranda v. City of Charlotte, she dismissed a civil rights case brought by an 18-year-old subjected to an aggressive traffic stop, where officers allegedly drew weapons, forcibly removed him from his car, and detained him without cause. In Robey v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, she rejected claims brought by parents whose child had repeatedly disclosed self-harm to a school counselor who failed to notify them, ultimately leading to a hospitalization. In each of these cases, Rodriguez prioritized institutional protection over the workers, children, and their families who simply wanted justice when they were hurt.
December 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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mpbreen21.bsky.social
Can’t believe he’s going to demean the Inaugural FIFA Peace Prize like this…
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h
It gets worse. Trump also says straight out that an invasion of Venezuela "on land" is coming and says he'd expand all this to Mexico and Colombia. Incredibly, no one even bothers pointing out anymore that he is claiming authority to do all of this without Congress:

newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🧑‍🌾FARMER: “Trump’s tariffs put farmers in the shape we’re in. Foreclosures up. Bankruptcies up. Suicides up.”
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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samjownes.bsky.social
Let’s GO!!!
Raskin Launches Investigation Into Trump’s Edited Interview, Habba Resigns In Disgrace, Virginia Could Deliver Dem House Gains, and LA Unmasks ICE
The resistance won’t back down
www.dworkinsubstack.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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deanobeidallah.bsky.social
Trump said he will personally be involved in reviewing the proposals to buy Warner brothers. But that is a clear conflict of interest given Jared kushner and his daughter are involved in funding the Ellison’s efforts to buy Warner brothers.
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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kafkablue.bsky.social
I’m a TX activist.

Crockett has been fighting w us on the ground against redistricting! Got many fans fm that.

Nov Newsom came to Houston. Great lineup of TX speakers to warm up. Last of them Jasmine Crockett.

Room exploded! That was the high point! Never seen anything like it! She can do it!
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov
THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN!
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
A society banning scholarship and creating government-mandated youth organizations
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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deanobeidallah.bsky.social
Trump keeps talking fraud case in Minnesota as way to smear Somali Americans when in reality THE architect of the fraud was Aimee Bock-a white woman convicted in March of "masterminding a brazen scheme that reaped more than $240 million in pandemic relief funds" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Important detail on Paramount's hostile takeover bid to buy WBD:

Paramount's financing partners include Jared Kushner's private equity firm, plus Saudi Arabia's, Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds.

Kushner's involvement was NOT publicized by Paramount.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.
The move comes days after Paramount was bested by Netflix in a competitive bidding process to buy Warner Bros.
www.axios.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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suzette.bsky.social
Oh, “great.” Would religious people just keep it to yourselves??
If you want someone else to live YOUR religion, you’re supposed to CONVERT them, first. Good luck with that. 🙄
jennycohn.bsky.social Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d
“Since 2016,” Harvard Law Professor Adrian Vermeule has “emerged as a proponent of integralism, the idea that society and government should be based on Catholic principles. He has also become a staunch critic of liberalism, which he views as inherently reactionary and unstable.” 10/4/25 … 1/
The Theory, Born at Harvard, That Could Remake Right-Wing Jurisprudence | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson
Over the past five years, common good constitutionalism has taken tenuous root in elite legal academia. It’s now beginning to find its way into courtrooms. But scholars remain divided on its potential...
www.thecrimson.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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bennnyc.bsky.social
www.forever-wars.com/torture-tech...
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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joshsternberg.com
And yet an actual narcotics boat off of Miami -- to the tune $28 million in cocaine -- didn't get blown out of the water.

Weird, that.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
December 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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denisewu.bsky.social
Hypocrisy alert 🚨

Anti-socialist farmers getting government socialism handouts.
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Tomorrow at 3:00 House and Senate Democrats will be holding a "shadow hearing" on the detention of U.S. citizens. I'll be there testifying about the broader policy changes which led us to this moment.

/my name isn't in this press release but I'll be there! www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
Blumenthal & Robert Garcia to Hold Forum to Receive Testimony from Five U.S. Citizens Assaulted, Illegally Detained by DHS | U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut
[WASHINGTON, DC] – On Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 3 PM ET in 216 Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal...
www.blumenthal.senate.gov
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
One of the most disturbing things about the U.S. government getting themselves into the anti-vaccine game is that it is a time-release poison pill.

It will take a few years before the worst of the harm is visible to enough people that they will truly understand what has been done to them.
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Trump's DOT just forgave $11M in fines against Southwest Airlines for its 2022 holiday meltdown.

This follows the agency scrapping a Biden-era rule requiring airlines to compensate and rebook passengers for lengthy delays or cancellations.

Trump is making flying suck even more.
December 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM