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Andrew Perez

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Editing politics at Zeteo. Contributing writer at Rolling Stone. Living in Maine. aperez.03 on signal.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6h
New: Jasmine Crockett was offering government relations & lobbying services on a campaign-funded website. It was taken down after Zeteo reached out. Experts say they’d never seen something like this before. Rules bar members from lobbying and from using campaign funds for non-campaign purposes.
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Jasmine Crockett Offered Lobbying Services on Her Campaign-Funded Website – While in Office
The offering was removed after Zeteo contacted the Texas Democratic congresswoman’s office.
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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 7h
Jasmine Crockett was offering lobbying and consulting services on her campaign-funded website until @zeteo.com asked about it. New from @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/jasmine-cr...
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Jasmine Crockett Offered Lobbying Services on Her Campaign-Funded Website – While in Office
The offering was removed after Zeteo contacted the Texas Democratic congresswoman’s office.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 18h
It’s not just anonymous sources (tho we are in the business of citing people who know what they’re talking about); one of Trump’s top pollsters is on the record throwing cold water on the GOP-wide 2026 anti- Hasan piker electoral strategy which is still going strong at the NRSC, etc. He then…
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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
America's TV networks don't have to run this shit
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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First Draft: 📺 Trump’s White House Agrees His ‘Midterm Ads’ Are Illegal. They’re Doing It Anyway
Donald Trump is demanding the propagandistic TV ads, even as some of his aides fret they ‘obviously’ break federal law. Missouri MAGA Senator Eric Schmitt, meanwhile, makes a fool of himself.
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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump's White House hates Americans so much they put their "paid for by the U.S. government" disclaimers right over images of Trump in the corrupt and illegal political ads they made with taxpayer money
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 30/09/2026
Donald Trump is demanding the propagandistic TV ads, even as some of his aides fret they ‘obviously’ break federal law. Missouri MAGA Senator Eric Schmitt, meanwhile, makes a fool of himself. Read today's 'First Draft' by @andrewperez.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/trumps-whi...
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 26/09/2026
Here’s the ‘Pathetic’ Reason Trump Is Running His Corrupt ‘Love Me’ Ads In private, the president keeps whining about Republicans trying to ditch him. So his team made him a taxpayer-funded propaganda campaign. Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-love...
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Here’s the ‘Pathetic’ Reason Trump Is Running His Corrupt ‘Love Me’ Ads
In private, the president keeps whining about Republicans trying to ditch him. So his team made him a taxpayer-funded propaganda campaign.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 24/09/2026
“The world’s first trillionaire is running super PAC ads attacking Democrats for wanting to give every American healthcare.” Elon Musk wants to deny Americans healthcare amid his intense ideological shift to the far-right, writes @andrewperez.bsky.social. Read: zeteo.com/p/elon-musk-...
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 24/09/2026
Musk once acknowledged the government ‘should take care of’ healthcare. Now, the world’s first trillionaire is running super PAC ads attacking Democrats for wanting to give every American healthcare. Read @andrewperez.bsky.social's piece: zeteo.com/p/elon-musk-...
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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
News: Elon Musk endorsed 'socialist' healthcare before he became the world's richest man. Now, he's running super PAC ads attacking Democrats for wanting to give every American healthcare. @zeteo.com zeteo.com/p/elon-musk-...
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Elon Musk Endorsed Socialist Healthcare Before Campaigning Against It
Musk once acknowledged the government ‘should take care of’ healthcare. Now, the world’s first trillionaire is running super PAC ads attacking Democrats for wanting to give every American healthcare.
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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Last year, the Kennedy Center lost $30M in pledges and grants, and $16M in program revenue, and wrote off $48 million in “bad debt” amid Trump’s takeover — all by Sept. 30, 2025, before Trump put his name on the building.  New at @zeteo.com zeteo.com/p/the-kenned...
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The Kennedy Center Lost $30 Million in Pledges and Wrote Off $48 Million in ‘Bad Debt’ Amid Trump’s Takeover
Tax records obtained by Zeteo show the Washington cultural landmark writing off lots of debt as Trump struck. Up by the White House, a senior House Republican sounds a midterms alarm.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This topic came up on the trumpapalooza night life circuit lol My final dispatch from Dallas, written with @zeteo.com editor @andrewperez.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/trump-iran...
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Trump Partied in Texas as Iran and Its Allies Began a ‘Tet Offensive’ on the World Economy
‘It looks bad, I am willing to admit it,’ a Trump adviser told Zeteo late Thursday.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This story from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me was one of the most fun I’ve had reporting out in recent years. I can say with extreme confidence that we fully stand by our reporting in it, making the denials in the story much funnier to me
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New: Troy Jackson campaign ad hits Susan Collins for voting 96% with Trump (and notes how Collins herself 30 years ago hit her opponent for voting 93% on the party line). Also dings her for voting against releasing Epstein files & to confirm Kavanaugh + Gorsuch, who then helped overturn Roe v Wade.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
President Trump and his allies “test out their strategies here because they think people elsewhere aren’t watching,” says Katie Kersh, a Dayton-based immigration lawyer with Haitian clients. “They will bring them to your state eventually. People really need to care about this more.”
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"SCOOP: Trump’s Iran War Has Burned Through Well Over 90% of Key Long-Range Missiles" Sources tell Zeteo the percentage of critical long-range missiles that the Trump administration has depleted in its failing war is in ‘at least the high nineties.’ Reporting from @swin24.bsky.social for Zeteo:
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SCOOP: Trump’s Iran War Has Burned Through Well Over 90% of Key Long-Range Missiles
Sources tell Zeteo the percentage of critical long-range missiles that the Trump administration has depleted in its failing war is in ‘at least the high nineties.’
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 24/07/2026
AIPAC’s Michigan Senate primary ads sound strikingly similar to centrist, pro-Israel candidate Haley Stevens’ campaign memos. Coincidence? Not at all. Mehdi breaks it down. Subscribe to zeteo.com so you never miss Mehdi’s coverage youtu.be/3_pMnsHFgAA
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AIPAC Spent $30m On Michigan Senate Candidate Haley Stevens
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
NEWS: Taylor Farms gave *$2 million* to Trump & Republicans as they postponed a rule that could've limited the spread of outbreaks like the ongoing Cyclospora epidemic. And, years ago, the industry *also* successfully lobbied to cut a program that handled ~80% of federal produce pathogen testing.
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‘Explosive Diarrhea’: Company Tied to Outbreak Donated to Trump as He Delayed Food Safety Rule
Taylor Farms contributed $2 million to Trump and Republicans as they postponed a rule to help the government limit the spread of foodborne illnesses.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 17/07/2026
Zeteo's Politics Editor @andrewperez.bsky.social went to Biddeford, Maine, where ICE killed Joan Sebastián Guerrero and left his blood in the street, to speak to residents and protesters about the latest state-sponsored violence. Read his account: zeteo.com/p/ice-killin...
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‘My Neighbor Was Murdered by White Supremacists’: Zeteo Reports From Maine on Yet Another ICE Killing
Andrew Perez went to Biddeford, Maine, where ICE killed Joan Sebastián Guerrero and left his blood in the street, to speak to residents and protesters about the latest state-sponsored violence.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Powerful coverage here from @andrewperez.bsky.social, one of the very best editors I’ve ever worked with
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 03/07/2026
We went to Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair for the U.S.’s 250th anniversary. But the 16-day celebration is proving to be less than successful. Watch @premthakker.bsky.social explore the disastrous fair. Subscribe to zeteo.com for more!
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
In case you were wondering! zeteo.com/p/trump-clas...
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‘This One!’: Trump Is Already Planning To Steal Classified Docs Again
Time is a flat circle… especially when it comes to Donald Trump’s lawlessness and pettiness.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
NEW from @premthakker.bsky.social and me for @zeteo.com : zeteo.com/p/trump-rage...
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Trump Privately Rages That Israel Is Trying to Drag Him Back Into His Iran War
A Trump official says the U.S. president is, right now, ‘madder at the Israelis than the Iranians.’
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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This from Susan Collins and her lobbyist husband is more corrupt than the typical corruption we see in Washington. Aren't they extremely rich? Why do this?
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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
NEWS: Susan Collins’ husband appears to have worked last year for the lobbyist running her super PAC. Her husband, Tom Daffron, lobbied years ago for Chesapeake Enterprises, and consulted for the firm again in 2025. Chesapeake chair Scott Reed leads Pine Chair Results PAC zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...
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Susan Collins’s Husband Worked for the Lobbyist Running Her Super PAC
The Maine senator's husband apparently consulted last year for the lobbyist leading Pine Tree Results PAC, documents show.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
when we did a Rolling Stone print piece on Musk in the trump admin, @andrewperez.bsky.social crunched the numbers to give readers an idea of what the Gargantuan sum Elon spent on 2024 meant to him. Sure, richest man alive but that number was MASSIVE, wasn’t it? For your average american fam…
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 06/06/2026
“I’ll try to be less of an idiot next week!” Newly released records show Obama rebuffing calls to more aggressively pursue a public health insurance plan, report @andrewperez.bsky.social and @davidsirota.com Read the full letter and more: zeteo.com/p/ill-try-to...
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 27/05/2026
Did Trump’s Pentagon bury bad news about Iran? Pentagon officials pressured staff to soften or rewrite internal assessments to make Trump’s Iran war look more successful before reports reached the White House, @swin24.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social report. Read zeteo.com/p/trump-iran...
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
New by @andrewperez.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/trump-cryp...
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This Bipartisan Crypto Bill Could Make Trump Family ‘Vanderbilt-Level Rich’
The U.S. Congress is working on a dangerous gift for Trump and the crypto billionaires buying elections.
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Brendan Fischer @brendanfischer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
What’s really striking is that this amounts to an anti-Trump politician helping pro-Trump billionaires and crypto corporations sanitize their message to elect candidates that the crypto industry believes will benefit their bottom line. 🧵
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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Congress is prepping a new gift for the crypto industry that could turbocharge Trump's crypto corruption and help "make the Trump family Vanderbilt-level rich." The legislation keeps advancing as the crypto industry keeps buysing seats in Congress zeteo.com/p/trump-cryp...
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This Bipartisan Crypto Bill Could Make Trump Family ‘Vanderbilt-Level Rich’
The U.S. Congress is working on a dangerous gift for Trump and the crypto billionaires buying elections.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 23/05/2026
Yes, Trump Was ‘Very Involved’ in His $1.8 Billion Slush Fund Deal Read here, by @andrewperez.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/trump-invo...
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 22/05/2026
“I’m supposed to work out a settlement with myself.” Watch what President Donald Trump said about his $1.8 billion settlement with the IRS. He claimed the money would go to charities, when it’s more likely to go to Jan. 6 rioters. Subscibe to zeteo.com
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
- @tessastuart.bsky.social, @andrewperez.bsky.social and I were given til Jan 2025 to conduct interviews and write an “autopsy” report on why the Dems lost, is the problem that the dnc just refused to give their author a hard deadline, or www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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How the Democrats Blew It
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaign insiders talk about the 2024 campaign, voter outreach, social media, and that Las Vegas Sphere ad.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
NEW at @zeteo.com today. Please give it a read on Farewell, Colbert Day: zeteo.com/p/trump-war-...
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Inside Trump’s War on Late-Night Comedy – and Why It Matters
Tonight, Stephen Colbert’s show will end. Trump’s deeply corrupt and autocratic efforts to harass and censor late-night TV hosts who mock or criticize him... will not.
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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Retiring Blue Dog Rep. Jared Golden cast the deciding vote today to kill the Iran war powers resolution he *cosponsored*
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 14/05/2026
Preparations for an imminent new phase of Trump’s Iran war have accelerated, Trump administration sources tell Zeteo. Read ‘Trump’s War Fever Is Back’ – and His Iran War Could Escalate Again Very Soon from @swin24.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/trump-iran...
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‘Trump’s War Fever Is Back’ – and His Iran War Could Escalate Again Very Soon
Preparations for an imminent new phase of Trump’s Iran war have accelerated, Trump administration sources tell Zeteo.
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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation.” Here’s what else Trump has said about gas prices since he launched his Iran war: “They’re not very high.” “I thought the oil prices would go up much more.” “Even if it went to $200, it would have been worth it.” zeteo.com/p/higher-gas...
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First Draft: Higher Gas Prices? Trump Doesn’t Care
The president keeps saying he’s fine with higher gas prices as a result of his war. Plus, a US judge blocks Trump’s sanctions against the UN's Francesca Albanese for investigating Israel’s war crimes.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 14/05/2026
First Draft: Higher Gas Prices? Trump Doesn’t Care The president keeps saying he’s fine with higher gas prices as a result of his war. Read today's 'First Draft' by @andrewperez.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/higher-gas...
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First Draft: Higher Gas Prices? Trump Doesn’t Care
The president keeps saying he’s fine with higher gas prices as a result of his war. Plus, a US judge blocks Trump’s sanctions against the UN's Francesca Albanese for investigating Israel’s war crimes.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I’m now told this witness’s appeal was dismissed in recent days and he was finally ordered removed.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 13/05/2026
Donald Trump’s war on the press and leakers is on track to get much worse – and fast. Read the latest on Trump's fury against the press from @andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/more-paran...
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‘More Paranoid’ Trump Pushes Officials to Raid Reporters’ Homes
Donald Trump’s war on the press and leakers is on track to get much worse – and fast.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 11/05/2026
Top Susan Collins Donor Rakes in Millions From Maine Workers “Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman gave $2 million to Susan Collins’s super PAC. Since 2011, his firm has received an estimated $49 million in fees from Maine’s public employees.” By @andrewperez.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Updating here/ zeteo.com/p/trump-evac...
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BREAKING: Trump Evacuated From WH Correspondents Dinner After Shots Fired
Secret Service reportedly apprehended a gunman at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday evening.
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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
This video from @fox29philly.bsky.social has loud bangs, shows scene as Trump is rushed out of the White House Correspondents' Dinner
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Just as a raw politics level, Janet Mills' veto of the data center moratorium in Maine suggests that she ultimately has no interest in running for office anymore
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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I don’t mean to smack the anti-Platner, genocide-apologist hornets nest here but fyi
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 08/04/2026
I Watched Right-Wing Journalists Try to Shame Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker @minnahfarshad.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/abdul-el-s...
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I Watched Right-Wing Journalists Try to Shame Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker
As the Senate candidate and Twitch streamer drew huge crowds in Michigan, the national media was focused on tearing them down.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
“ 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 US Supreme Leader Threatens Death To Iran” zeteo.com/p/trump-thre...
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First Draft: 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 US Supreme Leader Threatens Death to Iran
‘We're blowing up the whole country,’ Trump says, if Iran doesn’t roll over and stop choking off the flow of oil, and Graham Platner's Dem rival Janet Mills is busy during Maine’s first Senate debate.
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
JOURNALIST (wearing a subtle but defiant pin on his suit): Good evening, Mr. President TRUMP (visibly decaying): whhat th hell did that little waiter just say to me
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