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Terisa

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Flaming liberal smartass, fiber artisan, #crochet #refashion #figureskating. 757 Woke Mob. 🍷☕️🔪🏡⛸️🧶
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Terisa @terisa1.bsky.social · Sep 21

The Project 2025 tracker is still up...

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Project 2025 tracker

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🌬CasuallyLucid🌀🌊

@casuallylucid.bsky.social

"A user wagered $32,000 that Maduro would be toppled by the end of January hours before Trump ordered the operation."

The user joined just weeks before making the trade.

Insider trading? 🤔

With crypto we won't know.

And with Don Jr. on these advisory boards... there won't be oversight.

#Pinks

A $400,000 profit on Maduro's capture raises insider trading questions on Polymarket

Online sleuths have tried to uncover who placed a winning bet on the Venezuelan leader's arrest to no avail. Still, prediction market watchers say the bet appears suspicious.

www.npr.org

January 6, 2026 at 1:40 AM

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Shipwreck

@shipwreck75.bsky.social

Heavy gunfire around the Presidential palace in Venezuela's capital Caracas.- Bloomberg

January 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM

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Nute Year, Nute You

@nutedawn.bsky.social

It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason

January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM

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Lisa Reyna Loe

@lisaloe.bsky.social

The respect and admiration I have for #TimWalz is unwavering.
Please read his entire statement.
I encourage both R and D lawmakers to focus on this line:
“After all, I didn't run for this job so I could have this job. I ran for this job so I could do this job.”

Thank you, and your family, Gov Walz.

Statement from Gov Tim Walz:
"Good morning, and Happy New Year.
"Like many Minnesotans, I was glad to turn the page on
2025. It was an extraordinarily difficult year for our state.
And it ended on a particularly sour note.
"For the last several years, an organized group of criminals have sought to take advantage of our state's generosity.
And even as we make progress in the fight against the fraudsters, we now see an organized group of political actors seeking to take advantage of the crisis.
"I won't mince words here. Donald Trump and his allies - in Washington, in St. Paul, and online - want to make our state a colder, meaner place. They want to poison our people against each other by attacking our neighbors. And, ultimately, they want to take away much of what makes Minnesota the best place in America to raise a family.
They've already begun by taking our tax dollars that were meant to help families afford child care. And they have no intention of stopping there.
"Make no mistake: We should be concerned about fraud in our state government. We cannot effectively deliver programs and services if we can't earn the public's trust.
That's why, over the past few years, we've made systemic changes to the way we do business.
"We've gone to the legislature time and again to get more tools to combat fraud. We've fired people who weren't doing their jobs. We've seen people go to jail for stealing from our state. We've cut off whole streams of funding, in partnership with the federal government, where we saw widespread criminal activity. We've put new locks on the doors of our remaining programs, and we've hired a new head of program integrity to make sure those locks can't be broken.”

"All across the state, Minnesotans are hard at work on this problem. Advocates, administrators, investigators are on the front lines defending the integrity of our state's programs, and I want to thank them for their efforts.
"There's more to do. A single taxpayer dollar wasted on fraud is a dollar too much to tolerate. And while there's a role to play for everyone - from the legislature to prosecutors to insurance companies to local and county government - the buck stops with me. My administration is taking fast, decisive action to solve this crisis. And we will win the fight against the fraudsters.
"But the political gamesmanship we're seeing from Republicans is only making that fight harder to win.
"We've got Republicans here in the legislature playing hide-and-seek with whistleblowers.
"We've got conspiracy theorist right-wing YouTubers breaking into daycare centers and demanding access to our children.
"We've got the President of the United States demonizing our Somali neighbors and wrongly confiscating childcare funding that Minnesotans rely on.
"It is disgusting. And it is dangerous.
"Republicans are playing politics with the future of our state. And it's shameful. I've said it before, and l'll say it again: We welcome ideas from anyone, in any party, who wants to help us continue to stay ahead of the criminals.
"And we welcome the involvement of the federal government. I'm grateful to the career professionals at the U.S. Attorney's office and the FBI who are helping us win this fight.”

"But I cannot abide the actions of the political leadership in Washington - these opportunists who are willing to hurt our people to score a few cheap points. They and their allies have no intention of helping us solve the problem - and every intention of profiting off of it.
"Which brings me to this: 2026 is an election year. And election years have a way of ramping up the politics at a time when we simply can't afford more politics.
"In September, I announced that I would run for a historic third term as Minnesota's Governor. And I have every confidence that, if I gave it my all, I would succeed in that effort.
"But as I reflected on this moment with my family and my team over the holidays, I came to the conclusion that I can't give a political campaign my all. Every minute I spend defending my own political interests would be a minute l can't spend defending the people of Minnesota against the criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who prey on our differences.
"So I've decided to step out of the race and let others worry about the election while I focus on the work.
"I know this news may come as a surprise. But I'm passing on the race with zero sadness and zero regret. After all, I didn't run for this job so I could have this job. I ran for this job so I could do this job. Minnesota faces an enormous challenge this year. And I refuse to spend even one minute of 2026 doing anything other than rising to meet the moment. Minnesota has to come first - always.”

"That's what I believe servant leadership demands of me.
And as an optimist, I will hold out some hope that my friends on the other side of the aisle will consider what servant leadership demands of them in this moment. We can work together to combat the criminals, rebuild the public's trust, and make our state stronger. But make no mistake: If Republicans continue down this path of abusing power, smearing entire communities, and running their own fraudulent game at the expense of Minnesotans - we will fight back every step of the way.
"I'm confident that a DFLer will hold this seat come
November. I'm confident that I will find ways to contribute to the state | love even after I've left office next January.
But there will be time to worry about all that later.
"Today, I'm proud of the work we've done to make
Minnesota America's best place to live and raise kids - from our new paid leave policy to our child tax credit to our free lunch program.
"And I'm doubly proud of the incredible team we've put together to make that vision a reality. Thank you to every member of my staff, and every state employee, who's part of this fight. We need you on the job to tackle the important work ahead.
"Most of all, I want Minnesotans to know that I'm on the job, 24/7, focused on making sure we stay America's best place to live and raise kids. No one will take that away from us. Not the fraudsters. And not the President. Not on my watch"

January 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM

Terisa

@terisa1.bsky.social

Which is probably the most they can do to harm him without giving him a fair hearing. Petty small minded little brats running the show rn.

Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 20h

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Sen. Mark Kelly will face administrative action

January 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM

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Brandon Friedman

@brandonfriedman.bsky.social

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?

Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM

Terisa

@terisa1.bsky.social

Where we go with AI will be determined by WHO we allow to control it. Here's a demonstration of that concept IRL: futurism.com/future-socie...

Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women

People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.

futurism.com

January 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

💯

January 5, 2026 at 5:11 AM

Terisa

@terisa1.bsky.social

January 5, 2026 at 1:42 AM

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festive jorbo 🎄

@bookenj.bsky.social

elon musk doesn’t think female presenting people deserve to be on the internet, so he built a harrassment power tool. simple as that. continuing to use his harrassment machine is an endorsement if his views on women

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.

January 5, 2026 at 1:25 AM

Terisa

@terisa1.bsky.social

Women and girls: take down any and all photos of yourself from the internet. Especially if you want to speak your mind in that cesspool that TWITTER has become. (And yes, I'm deadnaming it on purpose.)

Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is “altering images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.”

futurism.com/future-socie...

In addition to the sexual imagery of underage girls, the women depicted in Grok-generated nonconsensual porn range from some who appear to be private citizens to a slew of celebrities, from famous actresses to the First Lady of the United States. And somehow, that was only the tip of the iceberg.

January 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM

Terisa

@terisa1.bsky.social

There's always a Xeet...

January 4, 2026 at 10:16 AM

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glykosymoritis

@glyko.bsky.social

How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on Russia: When Western realists promise stability through concessions, they are not advancing the cause of peace, they are gifting Moscow time to rearm and repeat — all but inviting a bigger war. thehill.com/opinion/inte... @andrewchak.bsky.social

Three scholars walk into a bar and watch a country being invaded on TV. The constructivist says: "We must help." The pragmatist says: "We should calculate costs and benefits." The realist says:
"Actually, this is NATO's fault."
It's a joke, except that it isn't. Every time Russia wages war, a familiar chorus rushes in to explain why the aggressor isn't to blame and why restraint should be demanded of the victim or those who dare support the victim.
Traditional realism emphasizes national interest, balance of power and hard constraints. Realism, properly applied, demands we see the world as it is rather than as we'd like it to be. But the realistm of scholars like John Mearsheimer, Samuel Charap and Stephen Walt operates with a shameless double standard, explaining Moscow's aggression as an understandable defensive reaction to NATO
"expansion" or Western "encirclement." It gives credence to threats that exist primarily in the Kremlin's imagination.
Sequencing matters. NATO didn't expand - countries formerly occupied by Russia stampeded toward it the moment they could. If America sought to menace Moscow, why has Ukraine spent a decade begging for membership while Washington hemmed and hawed?
In fact, NATO threatens the Kremlin only as a deadbolt threatens a criminal.

January 4, 2026 at 8:41 AM

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Just Jack

@just-jack-1.bsky.social

Given our incredible track record of regime changes e.g. Iran (wtf to fubar), Iraq (Saddam to ISIS), Afghanistan (Taliban to Taliban), I’m sure Venezuelans feel pretty good about their prospects.

January 4, 2026 at 8:07 AM

Terisa

@terisa1.bsky.social

You only get to evade justice in the US if you pay Donald Trump. Or if you ARE Donald Trump.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

January 3, 2026 at 11:27 PM

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Ariana Gic

@arianagic.bsky.social

Recall that Putin's Wagner group was a part of Maduro's personal security. The fact that Maduro was captured so rapidly raises questions about whether he was sold out by Putin in exchange for Ukraine.

x.com/i/status/200...

January 3, 2026 at 9:06 PM

Terisa

@terisa1.bsky.social

Now we know what this was about: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump

President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump ...

www.reuters.com

January 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM

Terisa

@terisa1.bsky.social

Caine just very carefully said we did a great job FOLLOWING ORDERS.

January 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM

Terisa

@terisa1.bsky.social

🤮🤮 Real North Korea level propaganda going out now...

January 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM

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Jacqueline Sweet

@jsweetli.bsky.social

NEW: The anonymous "researcher" in Nick Shirley's viral "fraud" video--treated as a concerned citizen on Fox News and elsewhere--is actually a Minnesota state lobbyist and political activist who worked with a GOP House staffer to provide Shirley info/

theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...

Unnamed Source in Viral Minnesota Somali Fraud Video Is Right-Wing Lobbyist Who Called Muslims “Demons”

David Hoch, who goes by his first name in Nick Shirley’s video allegedly exposing Somali fraud, referred to “demon Muslims” on social media.

theintercept.com

January 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Trump on Democrats: "They should say 'great job.' They shouldn't say, 'Oh gee, maybe it's not constitutional.' You know, the same old stuff that we've been hearing for years and years and years."

January 3, 2026 at 2:48 PM

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Jon Cooper

@joncooper-us.bsky.social

“This is about plunder and power.”

January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM

Terisa

@terisa1.bsky.social

All the BEST people....

enuffsaysv.bsky.social @enuffsaysv.bsky.social · 3d

Former ICE officer pleads guilty to abusing detainee at processing center
A former detention officer, David Courvelle, 56, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a Nicaraguan woman detainee at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center.
Read in The Independent: apple.news/A9655hktJSQy...
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