Marie Franks
@riegf.bsky.social
British native and ally 🌈 living in Southern California and loving life!
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🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court through an unexplained order Monday allowed Donald Trump to, for now, remove the last Democratic commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission in a decision that represents a grave threat to the independence of federal agencies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire FTC Commissioner
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court through an unexplained order Monday allowed Donald Trump to, for now, remove the last Democratic commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission in a decision that represents a grave threat to the independence of federal agencies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California will HOLD THE LINE! We lined PCH in protest before and we will do it again this time making a 30 mile unbreakable human chain from Long Beach to Dana Point. Saturday September 27th from 10AM-12. Sign up here www.mobilize.us/dpoc/event/8...
September 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
California will HOLD THE LINE! We lined PCH in protest before and we will do it again this time making a 30 mile unbreakable human chain from Long Beach to Dana Point. Saturday September 27th from 10AM-12. Sign up here www.mobilize.us/dpoc/event/8...
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Oooof
JUST NOW: Donald Trump is booed by the crowd as he arrives at Arthur Ashe Stadium for the US Open men’s final
September 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Oooof
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FUN FACT:
If Kamala was POTUS right now,
NONE of our trade or diplomatic relations would be up in smoke.
NONE of our farms and agribusiness would be going belly up.
NONE of the soft power we used to get great trade opportunities would have dried up.
All of this was avoidable.
If Kamala was POTUS right now,
NONE of our trade or diplomatic relations would be up in smoke.
NONE of our farms and agribusiness would be going belly up.
NONE of the soft power we used to get great trade opportunities would have dried up.
All of this was avoidable.
September 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
FUN FACT:
If Kamala was POTUS right now,
NONE of our trade or diplomatic relations would be up in smoke.
NONE of our farms and agribusiness would be going belly up.
NONE of the soft power we used to get great trade opportunities would have dried up.
All of this was avoidable.
If Kamala was POTUS right now,
NONE of our trade or diplomatic relations would be up in smoke.
NONE of our farms and agribusiness would be going belly up.
NONE of the soft power we used to get great trade opportunities would have dried up.
All of this was avoidable.
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Massie: "I don't know if the Speaker misspoke when he said Donald Trump was an informant ... the Speaker needs to clarify that. And if it's a hoax, why was Donald Trump an informant to a hoax?"
September 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Massie: "I don't know if the Speaker misspoke when he said Donald Trump was an informant ... the Speaker needs to clarify that. And if it's a hoax, why was Donald Trump an informant to a hoax?"
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Damn.
This was only 40 *days* ago…. 🥺
This was only 40 *days* ago…. 🥺
September 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Damn.
This was only 40 *days* ago…. 🥺
This was only 40 *days* ago…. 🥺
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Lord Peter Mandelson asked Jeffrey Epstein to assist with a background check on an Israeli political consultant.
This is despite having always denied “any kind of professional or business relationship with Epstein in any form”.
This is despite having always denied “any kind of professional or business relationship with Epstein in any form”.
Revealed: Peter Mandelson asked Jeffrey Epstein for Israel advice
Britain’s ambassador to the US asked the convicted paedophile to help vet an Israeli consultant in London.
www.declassifieduk.org
September 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Lord Peter Mandelson asked Jeffrey Epstein to assist with a background check on an Israeli political consultant.
This is despite having always denied “any kind of professional or business relationship with Epstein in any form”.
This is despite having always denied “any kind of professional or business relationship with Epstein in any form”.
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Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
September 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
The level of incompetence is astounding
TAPPER: Hepatitis A, whooping cough, & chickenpox cases are rising in Florida. Before you made this decision to lift vaccine mandates, did your dept do any analysis of how many new cases there will be?
LADAPO: Absolutely not
T: You didn't even do a projection?
L: It's an issue of right & wrong
LADAPO: Absolutely not
T: You didn't even do a projection?
L: It's an issue of right & wrong
September 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The level of incompetence is astounding
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Shocking that a judicial nominee couldn’t answer a basic question: Does the President have the right to do whatever he wants?
September 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Shocking that a judicial nominee couldn’t answer a basic question: Does the President have the right to do whatever he wants?
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The streets of Chicago are full with tens of thousands of people standing up to ICE and Trump.
Join us.
Join us.
September 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The streets of Chicago are full with tens of thousands of people standing up to ICE and Trump.
Join us.
Join us.
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Israel destroys second Gaza high-rise as military kills another 56 Palestinians, including aid-seekers
Israel destroys second Gaza high-rise as military kills another 56 Palestinians, including aid-seekers
Residents say military gave them 20 minutes to evacuate 15-storey building before attacking, with casualties unclear
An Israeli strike has destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City – the second in as many days – as the military demanded residents move to a so-called humanitarian zone in the south of the territory and slaughtered at least another 56 Palestinians, including aid-seekers.
Israel on Saturday issued evacuation warnings for two high-rises in Gaza City and surrounding tents. Avichay Adraee, a military spokesperson, claimed without providing evidence that the buildings were targets because Hamas had infrastructure inside or near them. Soon after, Adraee said that the military had struck one of the buildings. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Israel destroys second Gaza high-rise as military kills another 56 Palestinians, including aid-seekers
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Umm … it’s pretty stupid.
September 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Umm … it’s pretty stupid.
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The Jeffrey Epstein cover-up is an affront to US democracy | Rebecca Solnit
The Jeffrey Epstein cover-up is an affront to US democracy | Rebecca Solnit
Democracy means a society and system in which everyone’s rights matter. Rapists count on this being untrue – and Trump is proving them right
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The Jeffrey Epstein cover-up is an affront to US democracy | Rebecca Solnit
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It's being called Farage's 'Talk Britain Down' tour.
Comparing the UK to North Korea.
Describing Great Britain as 'awful'.
Calling the UK an 'authoritarian' regime.
Instead he got called a 'Putin-loving free-speech imposter.' 😆
Comparing the UK to North Korea.
Describing Great Britain as 'awful'.
Calling the UK an 'authoritarian' regime.
Instead he got called a 'Putin-loving free-speech imposter.' 😆
September 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It's being called Farage's 'Talk Britain Down' tour.
Comparing the UK to North Korea.
Describing Great Britain as 'awful'.
Calling the UK an 'authoritarian' regime.
Instead he got called a 'Putin-loving free-speech imposter.' 😆
Comparing the UK to North Korea.
Describing Great Britain as 'awful'.
Calling the UK an 'authoritarian' regime.
Instead he got called a 'Putin-loving free-speech imposter.' 😆
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BRUTAL JOBS REPORT: Just 22,000 jobs added in August. Unemployment rises to 4.3%. Broader jobless rate jumps to 8.1%. Slowest 4-month growth since 2020. Plus, downward revisions for June and July of -21,000. Yikes.
September 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
BRUTAL JOBS REPORT: Just 22,000 jobs added in August. Unemployment rises to 4.3%. Broader jobless rate jumps to 8.1%. Slowest 4-month growth since 2020. Plus, downward revisions for June and July of -21,000. Yikes.
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One of the biggest corporate donors to the Reform UK treason party, H.R. Smith Group sold weapons to Russia for their war against Ukraine back in March.
September 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
One of the biggest corporate donors to the Reform UK treason party, H.R. Smith Group sold weapons to Russia for their war against Ukraine back in March.
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U.S. veterans dragged out of Senate hearing for calling out genocide.
September 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
U.S. veterans dragged out of Senate hearing for calling out genocide.
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Ossoff: Absolutely RFK JR should resign. He should have never been confirmed to begin with. He is utterly unqualified. This is someone who has embraced every piece of quackery and pseudoscience that he’s come across.
September 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Ossoff: Absolutely RFK JR should resign. He should have never been confirmed to begin with. He is utterly unqualified. This is someone who has embraced every piece of quackery and pseudoscience that he’s come across.
The light had finally come on
Rand Paul: "It might be ironic if in the end the protectionist flavor of the day - the tariffs we're putting on - brought together our enemies & ultimately led to the collapse of the reserve currency of the world... if you put a 50% tariff on Indian goods, India will become closer to China & Russia"
September 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The light had finally come on
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Rand Paul: "The reason we have trials & we don't automatically assume guilt is what if we make a mistake and they happen to be people fleeing the Venezuelan dictator? ... off our coast it isn't our policy just to blow people up ... even the worst people in our country, they still get a trial."
September 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Rand Paul: "The reason we have trials & we don't automatically assume guilt is what if we make a mistake and they happen to be people fleeing the Venezuelan dictator? ... off our coast it isn't our policy just to blow people up ... even the worst people in our country, they still get a trial."
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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If it’s true, Probably. Look at the DOJ.
Jeffrey Epstein survivors say they haven't had any contact with the DOJ
September 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If it’s true, Probably. Look at the DOJ.