@boles.bsky.social
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I stand with Mark Kelly. I support the immediate removal from office of Pete Hegseth.
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I stand with Mark Kelly. I support the immediate removal from office of Pete Hegseth.
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So Trump doesn’t know who he’s pardoning? Sounds like this ought to be a major congressional investigation.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
So Trump doesn’t know who he’s pardoning? Sounds like this ought to be a major congressional investigation.
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The last time a month was below the 1850-1900 average is now 589 months ago! October 1976 was -0.14°C
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The last time a month was below the 1850-1900 average is now 589 months ago! October 1976 was -0.14°C
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Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday. n.pr/47bWFH8
Jack DeJohnette, dynamic and instantly recognizable jazz drummer, dies at 83
Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday. n.pr/47bWFH8
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“If you consider how seriously the establishment of both political parties takes issues like terrorism, I think a four-month prison sentence is comically inadequate.”
Trump Is Rewriting History to Justify His Sketchy Pardon of a Crypto King
Trump claimed that the Binance founder was “persecuted” by Biden’s Justice Department as part of what the White House called a “war on cryptocurrency.”
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October 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“If you consider how seriously the establishment of both political parties takes issues like terrorism, I think a four-month prison sentence is comically inadequate.”
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US spy agencies obtained intelligence in 2022 that the United Arab Emirates gave Huawei technology that they believe China used to extend the range of air-to-air missiles, giving its fighter jets an advantage over American warplanes.
www.ft.com/content/a188...
www.ft.com/content/a188...
China upgraded missiles using UAE technology, Biden spies said
Intelligence sparked intense debate in Washington about its relationship with Gulf state
www.ft.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
US spy agencies obtained intelligence in 2022 that the United Arab Emirates gave Huawei technology that they believe China used to extend the range of air-to-air missiles, giving its fighter jets an advantage over American warplanes.
www.ft.com/content/a188...
www.ft.com/content/a188...
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Instead of feasting on apocalyptic scenes of chaos and civil disorder, MAGA was left to nibble on the political tapas plates of minor incidents, like that of a protester in Denver stealing a Trump supporter’s glasses.
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-media...
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-media...
MAGA Media Keeps Thirsting for Left-Wing Violence
. . . even if that means they have to invent it.
www.thebulwark.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Instead of feasting on apocalyptic scenes of chaos and civil disorder, MAGA was left to nibble on the political tapas plates of minor incidents, like that of a protester in Denver stealing a Trump supporter’s glasses.
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-media...
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-media...
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Eduard Glezin, a Russian dissident who fled to the US in 2014 after he was arrested for protesting against Vladimir Putin faces being deported to Moscow and near certain death. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
I fled Putin’s brutal regime, now Trump is deporting me back to Russia
Russian dissident fears ‘deadly threat’ upon his return after US rejects his asylum application
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Eduard Glezin, a Russian dissident who fled to the US in 2014 after he was arrested for protesting against Vladimir Putin faces being deported to Moscow and near certain death. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
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Details from the Trump and Vought at Mar-a-Lago narrative account
October 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Details from the Trump and Vought at Mar-a-Lago narrative account
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Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com
By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
October 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com
By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com
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Remarkable how British and European papers have no difficulty whatsoever professionally covering the No Kings rallies and drawing conclusions from them. US papers, led by NYT, are scared to death of even touching the subject. And that shows that the "successful intimidation of media" stage is met.
Massive crowds gather across US for ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump
Republicans decry demonstrations as ‘anti-American’ as people voice opposition to administration’s hardline policies
www.ft.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Remarkable how British and European papers have no difficulty whatsoever professionally covering the No Kings rallies and drawing conclusions from them. US papers, led by NYT, are scared to death of even touching the subject. And that shows that the "successful intimidation of media" stage is met.
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The United States now has an immigration enforcement apparatus that, if it were its own national military, would be the thirteenth-most-heavily funded military in the world. And the president of the U.S. wants to turn that heavily funded, extramilitary against you. trib.al/iQPunfE
The Case for the Forever Shutdown
Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.
trib.al
October 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The United States now has an immigration enforcement apparatus that, if it were its own national military, would be the thirteenth-most-heavily funded military in the world. And the president of the U.S. wants to turn that heavily funded, extramilitary against you. trib.al/iQPunfE
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🧵 This reporting confirms my suspicion on why, based on reporting last week, the CIA's Deputy Director, Michael Ellis, installed himself as the agency's general counsel. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🧵 This reporting confirms my suspicion on why, based on reporting last week, the CIA's Deputy Director, Michael Ellis, installed himself as the agency's general counsel. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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As usual, Mark Zuckerberg lies about Facebook's standards and practices. His posture towards Trump is best described as supine dictator coddling.
October 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
As usual, Mark Zuckerberg lies about Facebook's standards and practices. His posture towards Trump is best described as supine dictator coddling.
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These are flat-out murders, as George Conway says. But you won't see a US newspaper report them that way. That's because they're afraid of the truth.
October 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
These are flat-out murders, as George Conway says. But you won't see a US newspaper report them that way. That's because they're afraid of the truth.
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
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An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.
The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
www.propublica.org
October 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.
The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
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Personally, I’m wondering what it will take for lawmakers to realize this.
October 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Personally, I’m wondering what it will take for lawmakers to realize this.
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Trump's coiffure and face makeup turn him into a natural Marie Antoinette
October 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Trump's coiffure and face makeup turn him into a natural Marie Antoinette
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“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
September 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
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Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They've been a roadmap for the billionaire ever since. www.wired.com/story/the-re...
The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel's Antichrist Obsession
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They've been a roadmap for the billionaire ever since.
www.wired.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They've been a roadmap for the billionaire ever since. www.wired.com/story/the-re...
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Huge majorities of Americans want to see an end to Trump's deployment of troops to big cities, and to his immigration shenanigans as well. They're also not amused by his scheme to invade Venezuela. www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-data-gur...
CNN Data Guru Drops Ratings Bomb on Trump’s Insane National Guard Target
The president thinks sending troops into American cities is a winning strategy even as the numbers show it’s decidedly not.
www.thedailybeast.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Huge majorities of Americans want to see an end to Trump's deployment of troops to big cities, and to his immigration shenanigans as well. They're also not amused by his scheme to invade Venezuela. www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-data-gur...
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What Trump's secret police was up to today: holding a 5 yo autistic girl as bait to catch her father, who's lived in the US for twenty yrs and has an active asylum application. The agents went to his home and kidnapped his daughter. trib.al/VFuC1v3
ICE Agents Held 5-Year-Old Autistic Girl as Bait to Arrest Her Dad
Federal immigration agents are turning to increasingly sick tactics to meet the Trump administration’s arrest quota.
trib.al
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
What Trump's secret police was up to today: holding a 5 yo autistic girl as bait to catch her father, who's lived in the US for twenty yrs and has an active asylum application. The agents went to his home and kidnapped his daughter. trib.al/VFuC1v3
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@timmiller.bsky.social breaks down how you're paying for the dumbest bailout ever!
September 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
@timmiller.bsky.social breaks down how you're paying for the dumbest bailout ever!