The Olive Gal
@theolivegal.bsky.social
City Commissioner. Cybersecurity journalist. 9/11 survivor fighting terminal lung cancer. Election Truth Alliance volunteer. (All opinions my own) Former professional dancer. Walking conundrum. Memoir perpetually in progress.
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The Olive Gal
@theolivegal.bsky.social
· Dec 12
The ugly truth about cancer is people expect you to either beat it or die of it. When you’re in advanced stages, a third condition called chronic cancer means you’re in a constant state of battle, and people don’t like that sort of mess. So you fight on while they slink away. Don’t be that friend.
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Watch PART 2 of the interview with ETA's Nathan Taylor and Alison Greene from It's Up To Us on their investigations in FLORIDA: youtu.be/lATwTbXChpo
#Florida #ItsUpToUs #Interview #Investigation #VerifyTheVote #electionintegrity #TrustbutVerify #Accountability #Transparency #proofisinthepaper
#Florida #ItsUpToUs #Interview #Investigation #VerifyTheVote #electionintegrity #TrustbutVerify #Accountability #Transparency #proofisinthepaper
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Watch PART 2 of the interview with ETA's Nathan Taylor and Alison Greene from It's Up To Us on their investigations in FLORIDA: youtu.be/lATwTbXChpo
#Florida #ItsUpToUs #Interview #Investigation #VerifyTheVote #electionintegrity #TrustbutVerify #Accountability #Transparency #proofisinthepaper
#Florida #ItsUpToUs #Interview #Investigation #VerifyTheVote #electionintegrity #TrustbutVerify #Accountability #Transparency #proofisinthepaper
Despite many appearances to the contrary, there are still thousands of journalists with the kind of integrity and bravery we haven’t seen in our own government since before Nixon. Press on, piggies. Press on.
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Despite many appearances to the contrary, there are still thousands of journalists with the kind of integrity and bravery we haven’t seen in our own government since before Nixon. Press on, piggies. Press on.
And this is why I don’t trust the Epstein files to be released without major doctoring by the DOJ. They haven’t functioned as an independent agency under Trump and they’ll never disobey his orders.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) quietly shared state voter-registration data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite earlier assurances to state election officials that the information would only be used for routine voter-list maintenance. Beginning in May 2025, DOJ
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
And this is why I don’t trust the Epstein files to be released without major doctoring by the DOJ. They haven’t functioned as an independent agency under Trump and they’ll never disobey his orders.
Well then, what do you know. Guess it helps to have your people vote on the subject vs. cramming it down their throats.
Federal Court Blocks Texas’ Republican-Friendly Congressional Map
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Well then, what do you know. Guess it helps to have your people vote on the subject vs. cramming it down their throats.
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In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
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So after a full year of his administration having access to the Epstein files, and after pressure mounts for Congress to finally release them, Trump then assigns a prosecutor to “look into” Democratic ties to Epstein? Know what that means? They’re not already in the files, like he always claimed.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Bondi Assigns Prosecutor to Look Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
So after a full year of his administration having access to the Epstein files, and after pressure mounts for Congress to finally release them, Trump then assigns a prosecutor to “look into” Democratic ties to Epstein? Know what that means? They’re not already in the files, like he always claimed.
Considering the software for those machines was breached by data firms hired by Trump’s lawyers in 2021 (reported by WaPost, NYTimes, AP, so it’s not misinformation), this is long overdue. None of our election systems should have partisan ownership. Or commercial IMO.
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Considering the software for those machines was breached by data firms hired by Trump’s lawyers in 2021 (reported by WaPost, NYTimes, AP, so it’s not misinformation), this is long overdue. None of our election systems should have partisan ownership. Or commercial IMO.
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As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
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Fact-check: true 😕
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Fact-check: true 😕
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So proud of my friend and fellow Welsh Pembroke Corgi owner @andrewfeinberg.com for asking this question:
“What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
“What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
So proud of my friend and fellow Welsh Pembroke Corgi owner @andrewfeinberg.com for asking this question:
“What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
“What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
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The mental gymnastics happening on Fox today are otherworldly. “Epstein only had sex with teenagers, not 8 year olds, so it’s not THAT bad.” (Yes it is.) All to detract from the fact Trump was still chummy with a known pedo while he was president and more than a decade after he said he cut him off.
Thanksgiving is the time to share your blessings with your family and your closest, most enigmatic friends.
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The mental gymnastics happening on Fox today are otherworldly. “Epstein only had sex with teenagers, not 8 year olds, so it’s not THAT bad.” (Yes it is.) All to detract from the fact Trump was still chummy with a known pedo while he was president and more than a decade after he said he cut him off.
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"That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files" -- Rep. Grijalva
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files" -- Rep. Grijalva
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If the Supreme Court even considers taking this on, they’ll be spitting in the faces of all survivors of sexual assault, all of Epstein’s victims, all the women who’ve been brave enough to step forward and demand justice. Don’t take this away from them. Don’t let him get away with another crime.
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Case
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If the Supreme Court even considers taking this on, they’ll be spitting in the faces of all survivors of sexual assault, all of Epstein’s victims, all the women who’ve been brave enough to step forward and demand justice. Don’t take this away from them. Don’t let him get away with another crime.
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Until we have replicators, we will need wealth redistribution.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Until we have replicators, we will need wealth redistribution.
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Looks like the Repubs scammed the Demos for the 1000th time
The senators in the Gang of Eight are either in on the deal w/Repubs or just f#cking stupid
#DickDurbin #JohnFetterman #TimKaine #AngusKing #CatherineCortezMasto #MaggieHassan #JeanneShaheen #JackyRosen
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The senators in the Gang of Eight are either in on the deal w/Repubs or just f#cking stupid
#DickDurbin #JohnFetterman #TimKaine #AngusKing #CatherineCortezMasto #MaggieHassan #JeanneShaheen #JackyRosen
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Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies
abcnews.go.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Looks like the Repubs scammed the Demos for the 1000th time
The senators in the Gang of Eight are either in on the deal w/Repubs or just f#cking stupid
#DickDurbin #JohnFetterman #TimKaine #AngusKing #CatherineCortezMasto #MaggieHassan #JeanneShaheen #JackyRosen
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
The senators in the Gang of Eight are either in on the deal w/Repubs or just f#cking stupid
#DickDurbin #JohnFetterman #TimKaine #AngusKing #CatherineCortezMasto #MaggieHassan #JeanneShaheen #JackyRosen
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
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There’s real irony in this: lawmakers can’t get back to DC to vote to reopen the government because flights are canceled, thanks to the same shutdown they caused.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
There’s real irony in this: lawmakers can’t get back to DC to vote to reopen the government because flights are canceled, thanks to the same shutdown they caused.
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it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability
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Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
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🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.