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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
He was supposed to serve 10 years and pay $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors. Never served a day. Not Somali.
December 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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simplyskye.bsky.social
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later

Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
A USPS mailbox in New York City
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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ethannichtern.com
Every single white person on North American soil is an immigrant, and if you've tied your brain into a stale enough pretzel to convince yourself otherwise, you're part of one of the greatest ongoing cons in human history.
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d
Simply incredible. Stephen Miller is so far down the ideological rabbit hole that he doesn't even realize this badly undermines his case against immigrants.
December 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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lawfaremedia.org
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.

Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.
Tracking Domestic Deployments of the U.S. Military
The upcoming main navigation can be gotten through utilizing the tab key. Any buttons that open a sub navigation can be triggered by the space or enter key.
www.lawfaremedia.org
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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justinbaragona.bsky.social
Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Russell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault
The alleged offences took place in 2009, the Crown Protection Service said
www.independent.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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muellershewrote.com
Don’t forget. Biden’s DoJ was investigating uncharged third parties in the Epstein files up until the last minute. Trump shut down the investigation, sent the files to DC, & fired the prosecutors. They went through them, redacted Trump’s name, then elected not to release them and closed the matter.
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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rexhuppke.bsky.social
Well, the masks weren’t on very tight to begin with, but they’re fully off now. Weak, pathetic, hateful, insecure weirdos.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Jack Smith wants to testify in public - Republicans refuse.

He wants his depo tape made public - no again.

The second strike boat video? - nope.

Epstein files law complied with? - not today.

Vote on ACA? - maybe next year.

Republicans: Hide, obstruct, lie, delay, deny.
December 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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atrupar.com
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you

LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times

F: Not a 600% cut

L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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craigcalcaterra.bsky.social
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.

Holy. Shit.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor? I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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parkermolloy.com
They updated the website today to remove the word "independent"

Before (left), after (right)
The FCC's Mission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. An independent U.S. government agency overseen by Congress, the Commission is the federal agency responsible for implementing and enforcing America’s communications law and regulations. The FCC's Mission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. A U.S. government agency overseen by Congress, the Commission is the federal agency responsible for implementing and enforcing America’s communications law and regulations.
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's Attempted Baby-Splitting Leads to Exploding Diaper

www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/17/c...
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's Attempted Baby-Splitting Leads to Exploding Diaper - emptywheel
Jim Comey and Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly have a history of producing problematic Fourth Amendment precedent. And that seems to be happening again with Kollar-Kotelly's attempt to craft a neat soluti...
www.emptywheel.net
December 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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stealthgirl21.bsky.social
Round up them all up!
December 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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atrupar.com
Sen. Jack Reed: "I must remind everyone that we follow the law of war, and because of that, we expect other countries. So that when our service members are in distress, they're not shot up in the water or if they're wounded, left to die. If we don't do it, then we can't expect other countries."
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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tribelaw.bsky.social
Bonkers to the nth power
pbump.com Philip Bump @pbump.com · 22d
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I’ve stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an “aura” around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks — Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to “ace” this Examination and, in fact, most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am “slowing up,” am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am “slowing up,” but it’s not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean “THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.” They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful “source” of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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nancylevinestearns.bsky.social
U.S. Southern Command X account for Latin America/Caribbean pictures a Jerusalem Cross - but no American flag - on this image.

The Trump administration is following Project 2025 blueprint for Christian nationalist regime change, unchecked by the two other branches of government.
U.S. Military X account features Jersulem Cross, but no American flag
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.

“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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hcrichardson.bsky.social
Trainwreck? In October 2024, The Economist called Biden's economy "the envy of the world."
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24d
BARTIROMO: What are you expecting the president's economic message to be?

SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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votebiue.bsky.social
BREAKING: WELL, WELL, WELL! Newly unearthed footage shows Pete Hegseth saying EXACTLY what the six Democrats said in their video that prompted Trump and Hegseth to hysterically smear them as traitors!
You must refuse illegal orders.
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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socialmedialab.ca
"Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing."

But the Trump administration cut the money (granted to pursue the research), claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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rtodkelly.bsky.social
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.

And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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cwebbonline.com
Remember when he mocked everyone else for being “low energy”? Look at him now.

Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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gobuxgal.bsky.social
Yes it is.
“As we were about to land, Maxwell made a call on her cellphone-still a relatively rare consumer commodity in those days—and Trump joined in on the conversation by shouting from the front of the plane. They were speaking with a mutual friend named Jeffrey-no surname-in a tone that came across as knowing and intimate in an inside-jokey way, but opaque. Repeatedly, Trump addressed Jeffrey by name, and Maxwell, the interlocutor, whose default mode struck me as preprogrammed conviviality, seemed amused by all of it. She and Trump plainly shared something, but it was strictly between them and Jeffrey. By then, I'd spent enough time observing and reporting about Trump to conclude that he had no true friends, the sine qua non for a lasting, loving relationship being the ability to subordinate one's needs to another's. I once asked Trump whether he considered himself ideal company and got back, "You really want to know what I consider ideal company? A total piece of ass." Why did "Jeffrey" take root in my memory long after other details of the weekend had faded? Even if I'd heard the name "Epstein," it would've meant nothing to me. It was because I'd had a glimpse into something that seemed suggestive and worth knowing”
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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newrepublic.com
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM