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“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H. L. Mencken

“Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.” — FDR

Anti-DEI=Resegregation GOP=Confederacy
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
In a UN vote, the usual troika stake out an aggressive stand in favor of torture: the US, Argentina and Israel. The balance of the planet is against.
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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markwitton.bsky.social
Strong review of Spinosaur Tales from The Inquisitive Biologist: "Spinosaur Tales is a thoughtful and accessible book about these enigmatic dinosaurs... presenting a nuanced overview of what we know, what we can reasonably infer, and what is spin."

inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/11/26/b...
Book review – Spinosaur Tales: The Biology and Ecology of the Spinosaurs
Spinosaur Tales brings together two of the finest popular palaeontology writers for a nuanced and detailed overview of this challenging group of dinosaurs.
inquisitivebiologist.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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maxkennerly.bsky.social
Democrats should ask: when residential natural gas prices are at their highest ever, why are we exporting a record amount? Why not use it to make energy more affordable here?

The GOP has no answer for this; it contradicts everything they claim they're doing.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US liquefied natural gas exports are set to hit a record high this month, helping to tame prices in Asia and Europe as winter begins. The US is expected to ship 10.7 million tons in November, according to predictive ship-tracking data from Kpler. That’s up roughly 40% from the same month last year, the data showed. EIA, U.S. price of natural gas, residential
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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katz.theracket.news
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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marcelias.bsky.social
Donald Trump hates me, and the feeling is mutual.

I believe he is a criminal and an authoritarian who is trying to destroy our democracy and the rule of law. I spend a considerable amount of my time fighting against him and his enablers in court and in public discourse.
Trump Sued Me. I Fought and Won.
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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brasidas.bsky.social
Third, two weeks before Snowden began mass downloads ofclassified documents, he was reprimanded after engaging in a workplace spat with NSA managers. Snowden was repeatedly counseled by his managers regarding his behavior at work. For example, in June 2012, Snowden becanle involved in a fiery e-mail argument With a Supervisor about how computer updates should be managed. Snowden added an NSA senior executive several levels above the supervisor to the e-mail thread, an action that eamed him a swift reprimand from his contracting offlcer for failing to fiollow the proper protocol fior raising grievances through the chain ofcommand. Two weeks later, Snowden began his mass do\unloads ofclassified information from NSA networks. Despite Snowden's later claim that the March 2013 congressional testimony ofDirector ofNational Intelligence James Clapper was a 66breaking point" fior him, these mass do\unloadspredrfed Director Clapper's testimony by eight months. Fourth, Snowden was, and remains) a serial exaggerator and fabricator. A close review of Snowden's official employment records and SubmiSSiOnS reveals a Pattem Of intentional lying. He claimed to have left A-y basic training because ofbroken legs when in fact he washed out because ofshin splints. He claimed to have obtained a high school degree equivalent when in fact he never did. He claim,ed to have worked fior the CIA as a c6senior advisor," which was a gross exaggeration ofhis entry-level duties as a computer technician. He also doctored his performance evaluations and obtained new positions at NSA by exaggerating his r6sum6 and stealing the answers to an employment test. In May 2013, Snowden informed his supervisor that he would be out ofthe offlCe tO receive treatment for worsening epilepsy. In reality, he was on his way to Hong Kong with stolen secrets.
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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crookedfootball.bsky.social
Separating parents from children, even in the middle of a natural disaster. Shabana Mahmood's Home Office is the same as Suella Braverman's Home Office, is the same as the one that gave us the Windrush scandal
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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asrivkin.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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zacheverson.com
Update—

💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.

💥 COO also ousted.

💥 Director quit.

💥 Special committee disbanded.

All per new SEC filing:

www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
zacheverson.com Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 6d
New: Alt5 Sigma, one of Trump's key business partners, told the SEC that it suspended its CEO in mid-October.

An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.

me, for @forbes.com

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Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma May Have Violated SEC Rules With Filing On CEO
One of Trump's key business partners told the SEC it suspended its CEO in mid-October. Internal records suggest he was on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
Left: Luke Johnson, Chairman of Gail's Bakery, who was pro-Brexit, criticises Labour for not understanding the private sector and how wealth is created

Right: The thing he voted for, Brexit, costs the UK £90 billion in lost tax revenue every year #BBCQT
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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mcbridetd.bsky.social
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump
Details in the files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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taylorgiorno.bsky.social
Banning members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks is one of the few issues many Republicans and Democrats agree on.

But passing a stock-ban bill into law won’t be so simple. www.notus.org/money/congre...
‘This Is a Fist Fight’: Lawmakers Pursue Stock-Ban Bill as Pressure on Leadership Grows
A prohibition on federal lawmakers owning individual stocks got a boost Wednesday, but not everyone is on board.
www.notus.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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mcbridetd.bsky.social
Wait what? So now the war criminal Putin is defending Witkoff?
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Putin Defends Witkoff Against Accusations of Pro-Russia Bias www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
Putin Defends Witkoff Against Accusations of Pro-Russia Bias
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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thetypist.bsky.social
Two Defendants Sentenced for Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy with Russian-American Organized Crime Enterprise Operating International Sportsbook That Laundered More Than $100 Million - one of them was Witkoff's pal Golubchik. (FBI archive)
Two Defendants Sentenced for Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy with Russian-American Organized Crime Enterprise Operating International Sportsbook That Laundered More Than $100 Million — FBI
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANATOLY GOLUBCHIK was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to five years in prison, and VADIM ...
www.fbi.gov
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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thetypist.bsky.social
According to news portal T-Online, Witkoff had a connections to 🇷🇺 mobster Anatoly Golubchik who played a central role in a gambling ring based in New York's Trump Tower. The case also involved money laundering totaling approximately $100 M. Golubchik was sentenced to five years in prison in 2014.
philippsarasin.bsky.social Philipp Sarasin @philippsarasin.bsky.social · 4h
Man hätte es sich ja denken können. Der New Yorker Immobilienhändler mit russischen Großeltern und besten Oligarchenkontakten seit den 1980ern (und Trump-Freund, versteht sich), plaudert gern mal fünf (!) Stunden lang mit Putin, über dies und das. 🤦🏻👇🏼
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
Trump-Gesandter Witkoff soll Verbindungen zur russischen Mafia haben
Steve Witkoff ist Donald Trumps Mann für Russland. Das ist wohl kein Zufall. Witkoff hat enge geschäftliche Beziehungen mit Russen – und wohl auch mit der russischen Mafia.
www.t-online.de
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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mcbridetd.bsky.social
What Americans Die from?

And what the media reports on...

Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
October 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
Come on folks! With a bit more effort, you could end up with more factions than MPs.
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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mcbridetd.bsky.social
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Another senior Reform Party leader is caught taking money from the Kremlin. "Speaking outside his château in France, Coburn, a leader in Nigel Farage's Reform Party, answered 'no' when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners."
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Darrin Bell, Washington Post Writers Group
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Bruce McKinnon, Halifax Chronicle Herald
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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phoenixwomanmn.bsky.social
The guy applied for asylum in December 2024, after Trump won the election. Trump gave it to him in April 2025.

6abc.com/post/washing...
What to know about suspected gunman in Washington, DC shooting of 2 National Guard members
CIA Director Ratcliffe said Lakanwal worked with CIA and the US government in Afghanistan before coming to the U.S., according to the Associated Press.
6abc.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
I like how you move past the fact that the shooter was granted asylum under *this* administration as quickly as possible in order to maintain the Trump fiction that this is somehow Biden's fault.

Sulzberger does it again.
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM