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· Nov 15
Abandoning Twitter,
but not all hope for the future
of these United States.
but not all hope for the future
of these United States.
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The news, again, from student journalists at an independent college paper. (This came out last night.)
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The news, again, from student journalists at an independent college paper. (This came out last night.)
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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OMFG-ex DOJ official (& now federal judge) Emil Bove was involved in the administration's plots to murder individuals via lethal strikes
"At a DOJ conference ... Bove told drug prosecutors the ... administration wasn't interested in interdicting ... Instead... the U.S. should "just sink the boats."
"At a DOJ conference ... Bove told drug prosecutors the ... administration wasn't interested in interdicting ... Instead... the U.S. should "just sink the boats."
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
OMFG-ex DOJ official (& now federal judge) Emil Bove was involved in the administration's plots to murder individuals via lethal strikes
"At a DOJ conference ... Bove told drug prosecutors the ... administration wasn't interested in interdicting ... Instead... the U.S. should "just sink the boats."
"At a DOJ conference ... Bove told drug prosecutors the ... administration wasn't interested in interdicting ... Instead... the U.S. should "just sink the boats."
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Agreed 👍
If anyone in your life is justifying this coverup by saying 15 year olds are legal. Do. Not. Let. Them. Around. Your. Children. 🗣️
If anyone in your life is justifying this coverup by saying 15 year olds are legal. Do. Not. Let. Them. Around. Your. Children. 🗣️
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Agreed 👍
If anyone in your life is justifying this coverup by saying 15 year olds are legal. Do. Not. Let. Them. Around. Your. Children. 🗣️
If anyone in your life is justifying this coverup by saying 15 year olds are legal. Do. Not. Let. Them. Around. Your. Children. 🗣️
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What Ronnie says 👇
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
What Ronnie says 👇
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“Not one of the US TV networks have sent cameras or reporters to Belem to cover COP30,” notes CCNow’s Mark Herstgaard. “It’s a tragic abdication of our civic responsibility to inform the public and hold power to account.” By @jonathan-watts.bsky.social for @theguardian.com
US TV networks absent at Cop30
“a tragic abdication of civic responsibility”
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“Not one of the US TV networks have sent cameras or reporters to Belem to cover COP30,” notes CCNow’s Mark Herstgaard. “It’s a tragic abdication of our civic responsibility to inform the public and hold power to account.” By @jonathan-watts.bsky.social for @theguardian.com
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Good morning ppl! As I sit here and catch up on what went down this weekend, please note, that with the US and now Canada losing théir Measles free designation, travel with children to other countries just got a whole lot harder!
a stewardess says no fly for you in front of a screen
Alt: a stewardess says no fly for you in front of a screen
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Good morning ppl! As I sit here and catch up on what went down this weekend, please note, that with the US and now Canada losing théir Measles free designation, travel with children to other countries just got a whole lot harder!
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I still can’t believe this motherfucker tore down the East Wing.
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I still can’t believe this motherfucker tore down the East Wing.
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Weird how many racists like to self-identify themselves as racists.
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Weird how many racists like to self-identify themselves as racists.
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some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
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I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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THIS. Teenage victims have a completely different set of prejudices to deal with. Trust me, I know. Grooming is probably the least understood aspect of child abuse.
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
THIS. Teenage victims have a completely different set of prejudices to deal with. Trust me, I know. Grooming is probably the least understood aspect of child abuse.
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Thinking out loud: There's a lot of really heroic indy media documenting how inhumane Stephen Miller's dragnet is.
We need a campaign noting that if you want to fix the housing market you need to fire Stephen Miller.
www.nahb.org/advocacy/ind...
We need a campaign noting that if you want to fix the housing market you need to fire Stephen Miller.
www.nahb.org/advocacy/ind...
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Thinking out loud: There's a lot of really heroic indy media documenting how inhumane Stephen Miller's dragnet is.
We need a campaign noting that if you want to fix the housing market you need to fire Stephen Miller.
www.nahb.org/advocacy/ind...
We need a campaign noting that if you want to fix the housing market you need to fire Stephen Miller.
www.nahb.org/advocacy/ind...
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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Isn’t nostalgia for the old New York the first thing you think of??
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Isn’t nostalgia for the old New York the first thing you think of??
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5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
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Last thing on this: remember when Pope Leo made headlines for criticizing the Trump admin for not letting immigrant detainees have access to religious rites?
That was a big part of this protest: it began w/clergy asking police to let them into the facility to offer pastoral care.
They were denied.
That was a big part of this protest: it began w/clergy asking police to let them into the facility to offer pastoral care.
They were denied.
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Last thing on this: remember when Pope Leo made headlines for criticizing the Trump admin for not letting immigrant detainees have access to religious rites?
That was a big part of this protest: it began w/clergy asking police to let them into the facility to offer pastoral care.
They were denied.
That was a big part of this protest: it began w/clergy asking police to let them into the facility to offer pastoral care.
They were denied.
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The Epstein scandal won’t be the thing that changes MAGA minds.
They are in this for the long term now. Cognitive dissonance will say “It’s all a hoax.”
They would have to do the adult thing of realising that they’d been had for ten years.
That’s not happening.
They are in this for the long term now. Cognitive dissonance will say “It’s all a hoax.”
They would have to do the adult thing of realising that they’d been had for ten years.
That’s not happening.
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Epstein scandal won’t be the thing that changes MAGA minds.
They are in this for the long term now. Cognitive dissonance will say “It’s all a hoax.”
They would have to do the adult thing of realising that they’d been had for ten years.
That’s not happening.
They are in this for the long term now. Cognitive dissonance will say “It’s all a hoax.”
They would have to do the adult thing of realising that they’d been had for ten years.
That’s not happening.
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The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
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Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
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"The best drama ever made about the movies because it sees through the illusions, even if Norma doesn’t" re #RogerEbert.
Today (Sat) at 12pm + tomorrow (Sun) at 11:40am, the new 75th anniversary restoration of Billy Wilder's 1950 SUNSET BOULEVARD > bit.ly/Restoration-Roundup-Nov-Dec-2025
Today (Sat) at 12pm + tomorrow (Sun) at 11:40am, the new 75th anniversary restoration of Billy Wilder's 1950 SUNSET BOULEVARD > bit.ly/Restoration-Roundup-Nov-Dec-2025
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"The best drama ever made about the movies because it sees through the illusions, even if Norma doesn’t" re #RogerEbert.
Today (Sat) at 12pm + tomorrow (Sun) at 11:40am, the new 75th anniversary restoration of Billy Wilder's 1950 SUNSET BOULEVARD > bit.ly/Restoration-Roundup-Nov-Dec-2025
Today (Sat) at 12pm + tomorrow (Sun) at 11:40am, the new 75th anniversary restoration of Billy Wilder's 1950 SUNSET BOULEVARD > bit.ly/Restoration-Roundup-Nov-Dec-2025
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The North Philly Resource Hub is accepting donations to help keep our community warm this winter.
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The North Philly Resource Hub is accepting donations to help keep our community warm this winter.
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This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
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