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Shoshana

@abbynorma.bsky.social
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Just here to read interesting ideas, keep aware of the news, and see all the animals. And, fuck authoritarianism, go back in your hole assholes.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Troy Jackson: "As late as 2024, the FBI was circling around Sen. Collins ... then when President Trump came back, his administration dismantled the investigation. Now she votes with Donald Trump 96% of the time. Look, I don't owe Donald Trump nothing."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h
President Donald Trump wants to spend $1.5 trillion on defense next year. Adjusted for inflation, that would be more than the U.S. spent annually on defense during the height of World War II. (Published August)
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The $1 Trillion Black Box
The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe...
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 8h
I bulldozed a 200 year old tree today.
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I bulldozed a 200 year old tree today. To clear the way for the border wall. It gave in like any tree does when you drive a big enough machine into it. The sound it made though. It was like the earth cracking in half. They call it a grandmother tree I guess is what they were saying. People screamed when it fell. That sounded like the earth cracking in half too.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h
(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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NPR @npr.org · 28/05/2026
David Rush, a former senior CIA officer, is accused of theft and making false statements. The trove of gold and cash went missing from his CIA storage space — but it was found in his Virginia home. n.pr/4fOzl6J
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Former senior CIA officer took home gold bars and millions in cash, FBI says
David Rush, a former senior CIA officer, is accused of theft and making false statements. The trove of gold and cash went missing from his CIA storage space — but it was found in his Virginia home.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h
just…wow
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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
The prisoner received two doses of pentobarbital last Wednesday as authorities tried to put her to death
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h
Reminder: Last June, a pastor filmed federal immigration agents detaining someone in her church parking lot. When I asked DHS at the time, they denied it happened. It wasn't until last month — *more than a year later* — that DHS finally acknowledged the incident. religionnews.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Do federal immigration agents make arrests at churches? Depends on what day you ask.
(RNS) — Over the past year, the Trump administration has issued contradictory and, at times, seemingly false statements about whether federal agents have conducted operations at churches.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 13h
Also, the DoD just put Anduril founder Palmer Luckey on "Project Meridian," its commission to determine the future of warfare, which may just involve buying lots of Anduril products, who knows. Luckey has made over 1,000 contributions to Republicans since 2017, 23 of which were for over $100K each.
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Sean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · 16h
Never forget that David Ellison's Skydance Media was originally created so he could be an actor. Skydance's first film was 'Flyboys' starring James Franco and... David Ellison. David and his daddy invested $60m to make Flyboys. It grossed $17m Here's a bit of David's acting:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Trump shouts out Russ Vought and then says, ominously, "we have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country."
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 12h
If you see anyone dressed or claiming to be a federal agent, ICE or otherwise, call the nationwide nonpartisan Election Protection voter hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE, and notify a local election official. We Keep Us Safe!
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 14h
"The defendants union may be the first effort of its kind in the modern history of political protest in the US..." Follow, boost, and support the folks at @nspm7union.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump 2.0 is targeting US protesters with ‘antifa’ charges. Activists started a union to fight back
NSPM-7 Defendants Union plans to offer legal clinics, media training and more to people facing prosecution for protest
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 14h
Q: What did you mean when you said "let them take out Los Angeles and San Diego?" Trump: *ignores, walks away*
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 13h
We are aware of multiple stops conducted today by federal agents in the Madera and Fresno areas. We remind the public to stay calm, to verify information, and to exercise one’s rights, including the right to not answer questions. If detained, do not sign anything without speaking to a lawyer. 1/
We are aware of multiple stops conducted today by federal agents in the Madera and Fresno areas. We remind the public to stay calm, to verify information, and to exercise one’s rights, including the right to not answer questions. If detained, do not sign anything without speaking to a lawyer. All encounters with federal agents should be recorded and documented if it is safe to do so. Witnesses can reach out to us to share what they see or to seek help.

Chaotic, warrantless immigration raids and roving patrols spread fear and disrupt lives and livelihoods. They do not belong here; hard working immigrants do.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Trump tells ranchers to eat shit 👇 Q: Nebraska is no. 1 beef state. It was striking to see universal condemnation for your choice to import 300,000 metric tons of foreign beef. What message do you have? TRUMP: So, I have been better to ranchers and to farmers than any president in history, but...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 13h
NEW: In a major break from past norms, the Trump administration sent criminal prosecutors and an FBI agent to monitor voters in Arizona's primaries earlier this year. The push comes as Trump exerts pressure on state elections as part of an ongoing attempt to find fraud before the midterms.
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DOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona’s primary, documents reveal
The deployments mark a major break from past departmental norms.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 14h
“The task force is a sprawling multiagency operation that includes officers from 31 federal, state, and local agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, Tennessee National Guard, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and Tennessee Highway Patrol,”
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Trump’s Deadly Invasion of Memphis
A Black city tried to rein in abusive policing. Then Trump’s task force arrived.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Pete Hegseth's cringe culture war slop is getting a chilly reception in Maryland 😬
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14h
The Skydance CEOs now acknowledge that layoffs will in fact be coming after the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, per @variety.com.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 14h
Hegseth: The sooner David Ellison takes over CNN, the better
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 16h
Trump and his sons quietly moved 20 billion crypto tokens into an account that lets them cash out. Corruption, plain and simple.
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Is the Trump Family Preparing to Cash Out on Its Own Crypto?
President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 15h
"The Trump administration pushed the FBI to investigate Los Angeles protesters in violation of their constitutional rights and the bureau’s policies, a former FBI supervisor alleges in a new whistleblower complaint." NBC's indefatigable @ryanjreilly.com reports buff.ly/bBe5Xnz
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FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026
There are a lot of news stories the last few days saying Burundi is going to *start* taking third-country nationals soon. All seem to go back to this Reuters story based on a statement from a spokesperson for Burundi's president. But Burundi already started. First group arrived Aug. 27.
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Burundi to take third-country deportees from US
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23h
🪪 NEW HAMPSHIRE: Can you use your student ID to vote in the midterms? Mostly no. A judge refused to block the state’s student ID ban for November. But if you have no other way to prove your identity, election officials can still consider your student ID as evidence: demdock.com/4j6WHWZ
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NPR @npr.org · 23h
Musk's company, SpaceX, and Luckey's company Anduril, could potentially benefit from recommendations made in the study about future autonomous weapon systems. n.pr/4AUVhFG
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Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey's new Pentagon roles raise ethics worries
Musk's company, SpaceX, and Luckey's company Anduril, could potentially benefit from recommendations made in the study about future autonomous weapon systems.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22h
The US Army is averse to capital punishment and has not carried out an execution in decades.
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Fort Hood shooter to be executed by firing squad: All to know
The US Army is averse to capital punishment and has not carried out an execution in decades.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In new court filing, plaintiffs challenging Trump overhaul of Kennedy Center ask court to compel Ken Cen board to produce documents Team Trump is invoking "presidential communications privilege" to mask records "in a case that does not even involve an executive branch entity"
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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I asked Chat GPT why the buildout of AI requires facism, and it gets it…
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump says that he’s going to start paying for those propaganda ads with his super PAC money but no word on whether he’ll reimburse the government for the millions already spent.
Trump: The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I am taking Ads, which I consider to be a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A., and paying for them with U.S.A. money. This is a rather standard thing to do but, rather than doing that, although nothing will make them happy, I have decided to do the Patriotic Ads, among others, and pay for them myself, and with money I raised for MAGA, Inc. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
“THIS IS THE TEXTBOOK DEFINITION ON LOANSHARKING,” wrote one consumer about a tribal loan company. A federal database used to publicly display such complaints, and they’ve helped inform several ProPublica stories. Now the narratives aren’t public.
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The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move
Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped pu...
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 05/10/2026
Illinois is among several states pushing to regulate the booming industry, which strongly resembles traditional gambling.
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Federal judge sides with Kalshi to block new Illinois regulations on prediction markets
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 05/10/2026
Due to the evolving and increasingly complicated nature of ICE's detention purchases, we've made a few changes over at tracker.projectsaltbox.com: 1. A dedicated page just for warehouse purchases 2. A page to track the purchase of private prisons 3. Coming soon, a tab to track new construction
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ICE Detention Purchase Tracker
Data Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jesse Watters compares voting for Ken Paxton and Vivek Ramaswamy despite their flaws to liking Michael Jackson's music despite his "peccadilloes"
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons buff.ly/YJ1mAiP
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ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons
OpenAI's chatbot isn't just imitating the magazine's style. It's also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
this taxpayer-funded agitprop just aired on Newsmax reminder as you watch this that the Trump administration's line is these are "public service announcements," not propaganda
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The president of the United States says that "the New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested" for denying that the arena in which he spoke had empty seats. It's really bad! www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
The Ohio Arena was already full to the brim — And yet these people were still trying to get in. The New York Times said, “There were empty seats” when, in fact, there were none, and thousands of people had to be turned away. The New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested for their dishonesty and disservice to our Country. When Bernie Sanders has 500 to 1,000 people, they make it sound like it’s the biggest event that ever took place. When PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP has 50,000 people, they make it sound like nobody showed up! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity." "ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE took two more people from my local courthouse today. The wife of one of the guys who was taken showed up shortly after. She just had surgery. She was worried about paying rent and feeding her kids. This is happening *every day* in Massachusetts. Lives are being destroyed every single day.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
Q: Do you support Corina Machado going back to Venezuela? TRUMP: She's a very fine woman. She gave me her Nobel Prize because she knew I earned it. It's all gonna work out
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/10/2026
NEW: The Trump DOJ plans to send roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places this November — and hasn't disclosed who they are, where they're going or what they've been told to do. The NAACP is now suing to force DOJ to turn over the records, citing fears of voter intimidation.
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DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 05/10/2026
Nine of the people who died from heat this summer in Cook County did so inside their homes or apartments and many had no working air conditioning, according to a review of records from the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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'All heat-related deaths are preventable' but in the Chicago area 16 died from heat this summer
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NAACP files federal civil lawsuit, asking court to order Justice Dept to turn over records about its "election monitor program" NAACP argues Trump Admin is "searching for evidence related to unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud", rather than "ensuring access for voters"
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump's 2018 "zero tolerance" policy was denounced on both sides of the political aisle as inhumane, and a federal court ruled it illegal. Now the Trump administration is separating families again, only this time more quietly, and away from the border.
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 03/10/2026
Meta has enabled Muse to build extensive and ever-growing profiles on the orbit of people in a user’s life. Based on user input but also “publicly available information.” Whether that means a web search, Facebook’s own extensive data, or buying data broker info…we don’t know? And we can’t opt out.
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Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family
Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reminder: The vast majority of immigrants arrested in Tennessee have had “NO CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS” @GovBillLee has been caught lying about the numbers. (@MarshaBlackburn parrots) tennesseelookout.com/2026/10/05/u...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
After ICE murdered Renee Nicole Good on a Minneapolis street, Karoline Leavitt called her a "deranged, lunatic woman" who committed "domestic terrorism." Good's last words to the ICE agent who killed her were: "I'm not mad at you." The NY Times didn't mention that in its story about Leavitt.
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Karoline Leavitt Takes Shocking Swipe at ICE Shooting Victim
MAGA motormouth Karoline Leavitt joined in the Trump administration’s cacophonous chorus of victim shaming during a Fox News appearance on Monday. The White House press secretary echoed the sentiments...
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