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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I think people are mistaking (or simplifying) what happened in yesterday's cabinet meeting. Yes, Bondi's on the spot for blowing the Epstein stuff. But--however briefly--Trump lost the ability to direct attention. www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/08/a...

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"Are You Still Talking about Jeffrey Epstein?" - emptywheel

More than perhaps any moment of his ten year career, Trump just lost his cool -- about a Jeffrey Epstein question -- because he is helpless to dictate the focus of attention.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

“ICE will have twice as many agents as the FBI and will have its own huge and growing prison system (which it operates independently) as its masked and un-uniformed officers continue to snatch people off of the streets and mete out violence as they see fit.” www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...

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The American Police State Is Here

ICE is about to eclipse the FBI as America's most important law enforcement agency. That's bad. Super-duper bad.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

What could possibly go wrong here?

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

why is this mfer browner than me

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

pepperidge farm (and this bitch) remembers

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Clem H. Fandango @sferroni.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Everyone, if possible, stop buying anything except what you need. The Orange Douche and his puppet Snot Bissent are bragging they hauled 800M in tarrifs so far. They are stealing from us. I know it's hard to cut back, especially with kids. But he is ripping all of us off. It's a way to fight back

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Nightbird @nightbird39.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

For those who think that cutting SNAP & School Lunch programs only affect children & working poor, it also hurts farmers who made $$ by providing those vegetables, milk, fruit & meat This has a beneficial influence on the economy & employment #EvilBigBill #RepublicansDidThis #VoteOutAllRepublican

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Thank you 🙏

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

as a longtime former twitter employee, seeing what it's become is like watching your favorite child become a skinhead

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Ossoff: There is no constituency for this. There is no voting bloc in Georgia that's crying out for more expensive health care…

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Gunther failed to follow the plan.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

It took NYT 5 hours longer to report on lawsuits accusing Mayor Adams of corruption than it took NYP. They didn't manage to get Adams' name in the headline, and AFAIK it never made the front of the digital page. During that time they did Joe Biden Old and race. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/n...

A story on lawsuits targeting Eric Adams.

Mayor and Police Chiefs Let Corruption Fester at N.Y.P.D., Suits Charge
The lawsuits, by four former police officers, claim that a culture of cronyism ruled the department. James Essig, who was chief of detectives, said that promotions were sold for $15,000.

Maria Cramer
By Maria Cramer

July 8, 2025
Four former high-ranking police officers are suing Mayor Eric Adams of New York, accusing him of enabling corruption in the Police Department, an agency where they said anyone who spoke out faced retaliation and humiliation.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The Epstein files is white people’s Willie Lynch letter

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

If this Epstein controversy goes on much longer some Houthis are definitely getting bombed.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Bass: We have to stop this mess. The idea of having troops go through the park and disrupt a children’s summer camp, or drive through the streets and just pick people off… So our city attorney is leading the way. We are filing a lawsuit and calling for an injunction to stop this.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Interestingly enough, I know the group he’s talking about because I was their guest speaker last year He’s talking about the descendants of the last group of people human traffickers brought to America

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

This makes me so mad! They should respect and (in my opinion) celebrate the national birthday of the country that bombed them last week!!

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Live in San Francisco right now.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/07/2025

At least six people were killed and frantic searches were underway for the missing after heavy rain in Central Texas set off deadly flooding along the Guadalupe River on Friday, authorities said. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/07/2025

The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

'In a stunning moment, Republican Senator James Lankford admits that President Biden’s border bill would have been far more successful than anything Trump has done on the border.' via @democraticwins.bsky.social substack.com/@demwinsmedi...

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Democratic Wins Media on Substack

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Republican Senator James Lankford admits that President Biden’s border bill would have been far more successful than anything Trump has done on the border. Even Republi...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

When experts warned for months that the NWS “is being destroyed” by Trump’s personnel cuts, Howard Lutnick assured Congress that forecasting won’t be affected. Now TX officials are blaming a faulty forecast by NWS for the deadly impact of a storm. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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Texas Officials Blame Agency Gutted by Trump for Results of Deadly Storm

Experts warned for months about cuts to NWS and NOAA

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I have “access” to a Rolls-Royce Phantom Scintilla, that doesn’t mean I can afford it. And if I lived in a rural area it would be a long journey to even see one.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This is not normal

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2025

the interesting thing about the Diddy verdict is that House Republicans are about to vote to take away healthcare from tens of millions of Americas

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 02/07/2025

This isn't super important, but it *is* fascinating that, for years, conservatives have decried middle-of-the-road Democrats as socialists — which they are not. But now that Democrats DO include prominent democratic socialists, those candidates are decried as *communists* — which they are not.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

FROST: Yeah, see, they say they're pro-life because they want the baby to be born and get shot FOXX: *slams gavel* You are not going to come into this room and impugn our integrity! You will not!

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

CBS, Redstone, Ellison, Jeff Shell et al are now all complicit in Trump's conspiracy against America And, the credibility of @CBSNews (including the 60 Minutes stars who thought a stern letter would suffice) has been re-set to 0

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/07/2025

The GOP just collectively voted to add $4 Trillion to the deficit.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Exactly. Few know Collins’ MO better.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/06/2025

absolutely horrifying: "Minnesota state senator John Hoffman in Champlin and Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park were reportedly shot in their homes by a gunman impersonating a police officer."

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Sources say two Minnesota lawmakers have been shot

Sources have told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS' Tom Hauser that two Minnesota Lawmakers have been shot.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The people getting the heebie-jeebies over ICE protests are the same ones who demonized Martin Luther King Jr. when he was alive. But miraculously, they've become experts on racial justice, protest & "what MLK believed" That whitewashed version of MLK is as historically accurate as Santa Claus

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Sorry, But Martin Luther King Jr. Didn't Believe in 'Peaceful Protests'

In America, the idea of peace and protests are as believable as liberty and justice for all.

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KingBritt @kingbritt1211.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I’m a little disappointed in CBS. I usually watch CBS weekend morning shows. Multiple times today they have promoted coverage of the military parade. I will not watch a second of it. It’s sad for the military people that should be honored but in this manner associated with Trump makes it unwatchable

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

DISTURBING: ICE in Las Vegas threw teenagers against a wall, handcuffed them, scraped up their faces, bruised their arms — just for looking “illegal” while they were on their way home from a birthday party. This is what cowardice looks like with a badge.

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Butter Pecan Ice Cream Connoisseur @moniselseward.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Silence from #PETA on the use of dogs and horses to attack humans? Tuh.

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J.E. Skeets @jeskeets.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Good mornin', sweet world! The NBA Finals are tied 2-2 Let's talk about it ➡️ bit.ly/4410GLs

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

BREAKING: Marines — soldiers trained to kill — roll up on a Black man in LA for the high crime of minding his own business. Alone. Unarmed. Quiet. They think you’re the real threat. Our military is turning its weapons inward.

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Tee Vixen Sutton @vixenbite.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

This is how it’s done!!!

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

<thread> On the left: June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians. On the right: June 13: See for yourself. Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.