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djrothkopf.bsky.social
The Epstein case, like many of the excesses of Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Thiel and the rest...and like the Trump Era as a whole, will be seen as defining a moment of gross national dysfunction. It will lead either to reform or to chaos. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We've Got the Epstein Story All Wrong
In the midst of our national Epstein-mania are we missing what's really important?
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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steviebennett.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
calicokat.bsky.social
Source: ABC News “South African man who attended Neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament has visa cancelled”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Time to go home': Visa of man who attended Neo-Nazi protest revoked
The federal government has revoked the visa of a man who attended the far-right National Socialist Network protest at NSW's parliament house.
www.abc.net.au
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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bluegeorgia.bsky.social
John Oliver calls out MAGA, especially Megyn Kelly, for shielding Trump from the Epstein scandal: "When even the guy running the Pervert Express to Crime Island thinks you're a dick."
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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charleskeener.bsky.social
progressive.org/op-eds/abort...
Abortion Restrictions on Young People Cause Trauma
A new report finds young people in states that require parental consent are being forced to remain pregnant or involve unsupportive parents.
progressive.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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thebulwark.com
ICYMI, @willsommer.bsky.social on how The Blaze's pipe-bomb "bombshell" blew up in their faces (sorry): www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-...
The Blaze’s Pipe-Bomb Bombshell Appears to Bomb
The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.
www.thebulwark.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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markkersten.bsky.social
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk was detained by 🇨🇦 customs agents and, for four hours, was asked a series of questions about his participation in the conference, his involvement in the Israel-Palestine conflict, and his position on Israel. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Border officers detain well-known legal scholar travelling to conference on Palestine | CBC News
A prominent academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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jefftiedrich.bsky.social
it's Saturday, and it's time for "this week in stupid: November 15 edition" — Jon Voight panics, Donny gets manic, and so much more...
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this week in stupid: November 15 edition
John Voight panics, Donny gets manic, and so much more...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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dennycarter.bsky.social
Jamelle was cooking.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
If they win, Democrats will have to use their newfound authority to rethink, even dismantle, agencies like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. They may need to walk back the Bush-era decision to consolidate those agencies and others under a single department, given the wild abuses perpetrated under this administration and its predecessors. It will need to give serious thought to major political and social reform, including D.C. statehood, a federal ban on partisan gerrymandering, a new voting rights act and federal protections for reproductive rights and bodily autonomy, including the rights of gender and sexual minorities. Democrats will also need to embrace the legislature’s constitutional authority to structure the executive branch and the judiciary, up to and including Supreme Court reform. If they win next year, Democrats will need to treat the next Congress not as a return to the status quo ante but as the beginning of a new era in which the principal task is to roll back the president’s effort to create and consolidate a personalist dictatorship. They’ll need to fortify the American political system against future attempts to play dictator and lay out a project of genuine democratic renewal. None of this is possible without a willingness to use power rather than just hold it. What we’ve seen this week is that there are still too many Democrats whose instinct is to retreat to normalcy rather than face the conflict at hand.
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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boldpolitics.bsky.social
"This energy!!!" 👏👏👏👏

Zack Polanski joins Rizzle Kicks out on stage in Bristol
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
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November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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medusaswink.bsky.social
While our feckless leaders discuss how young is too young, we continue to prove Circe correct.
Two paneled image: First panel shows Pedro Pascal as Oberyn Martel in Game of Thrones, saying, “We don’t hurt little girls in Dorne.” Second panel shows Lena Heady as Circe Lannister in GoT, replying, “Everywhere in the world, they hurt little girls.”
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
calicokat.bsky.social
Source: therealnews.com “The real reason Donald Trump can’t escape the Epstein scandal” Donald Trump’s usual tactics to deflect blame are failing as victims of Jeffrey Epstein expose the deep inequalities that protected the predator, and now implicate Trump himself.
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Our experts highlight the events shaping tomorrow.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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djrothkopf.bsky.social
For the GOP to survive as a party, they need to dump Trump. He knows it too. That's why he's so obsessed with naming buildings after himself. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/its-about-ti...
It’s About Time For Republicans to Dump Donald Trump
For the GOP, Trump is not the future. He is also a past which they are going to actively have to distance themselves from.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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thethinblackduke.bsky.social
It’s monsters all the way down.
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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amyremeikis.bsky.social
Whinge and win is exhausting, but can be ignored

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
'Whinge and win': We mustn't mistake loudest voices for a majority
Whinge and win is how the bullies, the incompetent and the just plain annoying seem to always get their way.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
calicokat.bsky.social
Source: The Guardian “…refugee’s deportation rattles deeply conservative town: ‘What Trump has done is not Christlike’ Binod Shah, Bhutanese refugee went to church, got married and started an auto shop in Idaho. But an arrest record got him caught in ICE dragnet” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A refugee’s deportation rattles a deeply conservative town: ‘What Trump has done is not Christlike’
Binod Shah, a refugee from Bhutan, went to church, got married and started an auto shop in Twin Falls, Idaho. But an arrest record got him caught in the ICE dragnet
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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jkbjournalist.bsky.social
BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
New Epstein emails claim Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
Democrats on the House Oversight say the emails provide evidence of a cover-up by the White House
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
calicokat.bsky.social
New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | Abortion Has Remained Mostly Accessible. That May Soon Change.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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bradtakei.bsky.social
Olympic-level bootlicking is going on in this room.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Absolutely pathetic.
Photos Of Trump 'Working Through The Weekend' Dragged After People Notice Bonkers Detail
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November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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slate.com
Conservatives have a new argument against birth control. It's about "protecting" men. slate.trib.al/vxJBwok
The New Argument Against Birth Control That Could Appeal Directly to RFK Jr.
For decades, abortion opponents swore that they had created a single-issue movement and had no interest in changing access to birth control.
slate.trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Every personal attack.

Every attempt to distract or to divide.

It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.

Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM