Ariel
@sycoraxpine.bsky.social
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Ken Starr, immediately after being fired for his role in the coverup of sexual abuse at Baylor: I should reach out to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Ken Starr, immediately after being fired for his role in the coverup of sexual abuse at Baylor: I should reach out to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
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RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
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Women don’t want AI at work. They want harassment-free workplaces with equal pay and benefits
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Women don't want AI at work. They want harassment-free workplaces with equal pay and benefits - Halifax Examiner
When the AI bubble bursts, I wonder who will be the ones to clean up the mess?
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Women don’t want AI at work. They want harassment-free workplaces with equal pay and benefits
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
The category known as “economic migrants” includes a huge number of people leaving places that are no longer safe for them, and xenophobic immigration policies and politics are morally complicit in making them unsafe. Something to think about in Canada.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The category known as “economic migrants” includes a huge number of people leaving places that are no longer safe for them, and xenophobic immigration policies and politics are morally complicit in making them unsafe. Something to think about in Canada.
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NEWS: White House held Epstein crisis meetings in the building’s most secure facility — the Situation Room.
Trump says there’s “nothing to hide.”
But I’ll tell you from experience… the only reason you hold SitRoom meetings IS when there’s something to hide.
defiance.substack.com/p/must-read-...
Trump says there’s “nothing to hide.”
But I’ll tell you from experience… the only reason you hold SitRoom meetings IS when there’s something to hide.
defiance.substack.com/p/must-read-...
MUST READ: White House "emergency" Epstein meetings held in secret facility
Why is the President's team using the most secure room on Earth to talk about a pedophile?
defiance.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
NEWS: White House held Epstein crisis meetings in the building’s most secure facility — the Situation Room.
Trump says there’s “nothing to hide.”
But I’ll tell you from experience… the only reason you hold SitRoom meetings IS when there’s something to hide.
defiance.substack.com/p/must-read-...
Trump says there’s “nothing to hide.”
But I’ll tell you from experience… the only reason you hold SitRoom meetings IS when there’s something to hide.
defiance.substack.com/p/must-read-...
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Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor @joshshapiropa.bsky.social signed their state's budget into law.
That leaves North Carolina as the only state in the entire nation without an operating budget.
Our Republican legislature, unable to decide amongst themselves, just quit and went home.
That leaves North Carolina as the only state in the entire nation without an operating budget.
Our Republican legislature, unable to decide amongst themselves, just quit and went home.
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor @joshshapiropa.bsky.social signed their state's budget into law.
That leaves North Carolina as the only state in the entire nation without an operating budget.
Our Republican legislature, unable to decide amongst themselves, just quit and went home.
That leaves North Carolina as the only state in the entire nation without an operating budget.
Our Republican legislature, unable to decide amongst themselves, just quit and went home.
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“A felon whose sentence President Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Monday after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Mr. Trump freed him.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
Felon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
“A felon whose sentence President Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Monday after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Mr. Trump freed him.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
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Condemning antisemitism while staying silent about Trump is like fretting about secondhand smoke while chomping on a cigar
Right-Wing Critics of Antisemitism Keep Weirdly Mum About Trump
But this fish rots from the head.
www.thebulwark.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Condemning antisemitism while staying silent about Trump is like fretting about secondhand smoke while chomping on a cigar
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This is neither here nor there, but this is how the Crown in the Assoun case discredited an iron-clad alibi witness — they said her medications caused false memories.
It is apparently a long-used legal tactic to discredit witnesses.
It is apparently a long-used legal tactic to discredit witnesses.
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This is neither here nor there, but this is how the Crown in the Assoun case discredited an iron-clad alibi witness — they said her medications caused false memories.
It is apparently a long-used legal tactic to discredit witnesses.
It is apparently a long-used legal tactic to discredit witnesses.
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Beautiful.
“At a ceremony in Madrid, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said of the new citizens: “It will be an honour to call them compatriots. We call for the defence of the same democracy as they did at a time when it is under threat around the world.”
“At a ceremony in Madrid, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said of the new citizens: “It will be an honour to call them compatriots. We call for the defence of the same democracy as they did at a time when it is under threat around the world.”
Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades
About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship, including 2,500 men and women from Britain and Ireland
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Beautiful.
“At a ceremony in Madrid, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said of the new citizens: “It will be an honour to call them compatriots. We call for the defence of the same democracy as they did at a time when it is under threat around the world.”
“At a ceremony in Madrid, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said of the new citizens: “It will be an honour to call them compatriots. We call for the defence of the same democracy as they did at a time when it is under threat around the world.”
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The UK just has incredible attention to detail when it comes to making sure the people who pay all the taxes can’t have nice things. Child benefit? No. Free Child car? No. Cut price bike to cycle to work? No.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Rachel Reeves is setting the Cycle to Work scheme on fire as part of the war on salary sacrifice policies! on.ft.com/4oKXNrC
Rachel Reeves to curb bike purchases through salary sacrifice in Budget
Introduction of new cap comes after retailers warned some higher-rate taxpayers were exploiting the perk
on.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The UK just has incredible attention to detail when it comes to making sure the people who pay all the taxes can’t have nice things. Child benefit? No. Free Child car? No. Cut price bike to cycle to work? No.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
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Protesters lay outside the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil covered in white sheets, to call attention to the deaths of activists and journalists killed while "defending land, territories and natural resources."
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Protesters lay outside the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil covered in white sheets, to call attention to the deaths of activists and journalists killed while "defending land, territories and natural resources."
I mean, we already know that the best case is that he is using his office to protect the criminal predators behind a pedophile ring. See Maxwell’s new “concierge” prison.
Best case: The President of the United States knew about a pedophilia ring and did nothing to stop it.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I mean, we already know that the best case is that he is using his office to protect the criminal predators behind a pedophile ring. See Maxwell’s new “concierge” prison.
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“But her emails” was just another confession disguised as an accusation, it’s so incredibly obvious now.
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“But her emails” was just another confession disguised as an accusation, it’s so incredibly obvious now.
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Protest comes as Brazil's leader Lula says COP30 participants should be 'inspired' by Indigenous peoples.
Indigenous activists storm COP30 climate summit in Brazil, demanding action
Protest comes as Brazil's leader Lula says COP30 participants should be 'inspired' by Indigenous peoples.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Protest comes as Brazil's leader Lula says COP30 participants should be 'inspired' by Indigenous peoples.
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This Veterans Day, Americans may like to know a wide coalition of Dutch political parties in Limburg are fighting back against the removal of 2 panels commemorating black veterans at Margraten US WOII cemetery ↘️ www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/call...
Calls for permanent memorial in Limburg to black US liberators - DutchNews.nl
Provincial councillors in Limburg have called for a permanent memorial to black American servicemen to be erected next to the US war cemetery in Margraten after it emerged that panels commemorating th...
www.dutchnews.nl
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This Veterans Day, Americans may like to know a wide coalition of Dutch political parties in Limburg are fighting back against the removal of 2 panels commemorating black veterans at Margraten US WOII cemetery ↘️ www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/call...
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This article is utterly damning for the New York Times and also for Vanity Fair and ABC, whose editorial teams were apparently intimidated into silence by a mix of legal and violent threats. Virginia Giuffre did not stand a chance against all this.
This story by @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social about Landon Thomas, former NYT reporter now appearing in the latest email tranche, soliciting a $30k contribution from Jeffrey Epstein?
Yes, you can read it here
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
Yes, you can read it here
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This article is utterly damning for the New York Times and also for Vanity Fair and ABC, whose editorial teams were apparently intimidated into silence by a mix of legal and violent threats. Virginia Giuffre did not stand a chance against all this.
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
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Since this administration loves to charge people with making false statements (see, e.g., Comey, James), I assume they will be charging Maxwell for lying to Blanche and the FBI agents who interviewed her, right?
Ghislaine Maxwell lied about Trump never going to Epstein's house (directly contradicted by her email correspondence with Epstein), and she was rewarded for that lie with a transfer to a cushier prison. The coverup is happening in plain sight.
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Since this administration loves to charge people with making false statements (see, e.g., Comey, James), I assume they will be charging Maxwell for lying to Blanche and the FBI agents who interviewed her, right?
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NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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It's driving me batty that nobody except Heather Cox Richardson, the Washington Monthly, and myself is covering Trump's race to sell off (for likely demolition) "the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal," w/ murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, etc. I've furnish links below to help reporters get started.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's driving me batty that nobody except Heather Cox Richardson, the Washington Monthly, and myself is covering Trump's race to sell off (for likely demolition) "the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal," w/ murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, etc. I've furnish links below to help reporters get started.
This is damning not only for Trump, but also for anyone who is willing to support this open sexual predator (held liable for that predation by the courts, no less, and bragging about it on recordings). Also, the emails in which Michael Wolff connives with Epstein should make him too a social pariah.
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is damning not only for Trump, but also for anyone who is willing to support this open sexual predator (held liable for that predation by the courts, no less, and bragging about it on recordings). Also, the emails in which Michael Wolff connives with Epstein should make him too a social pariah.
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New: Hurricane Melissa has underscored the financial and practical challenges of adapting to more frequent and destructive climate-driven Caribbean storms that strike randomly and increasingly flood islands’ mountainous interiors as they stall over land. Free link.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Melissa Shows How Quickly Climate Change Is Outstripping Defenses
As COP30 kicks off, the hurricane’s rampage spotlights the contentious issue of how much rich countries should pay for adaptation and loss and damage in vulnerable nations.
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
New: Hurricane Melissa has underscored the financial and practical challenges of adapting to more frequent and destructive climate-driven Caribbean storms that strike randomly and increasingly flood islands’ mountainous interiors as they stall over land. Free link.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Yay!
Study of >11,000 children with atopic dermatitis (eczema) shows that COVID vaccination has additional benefits including:
✅ Fewer COVID infections
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✅ Fewer other infections (pneumonia, ear, skin)
✅ Less allergic reactions (asthma, food anaphylaxis)
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November 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Yay!