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Susan Harper

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 6h
What are the odds JD Vance will be asked if he’s still on board with Yarvin?
Yarvin has profoundly influenced American politics, counting among his readers Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, and Vice-President J.D.
Vance. In January, he attended Trump's inaugural gala as "an informal guest of honor" due to his "outsize|d] influence over the Trumpian right."
"There's this guy, Curtis Yarvin. Who's written about some of these things.../ think that what Trump should do, like if I was giving him one piece of advice, fire every single mid-level bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people." - J.D. Vance
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 6h
I checked to see if it’s real. It’s real.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h
World must change way it produces food to avoid biodiversity collapse, says WWF
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World must change way it produces food to avoid biodiversity collapse, says WWF
Recovery of tigers, tuna and green sea turtles show nature loss can be reversed when action taken, charity says Conservation comebacks for wild tigers, tuna and green​ sea turtles prove that global nature loss can be reversed, ​scientists have said. ​But a report warns food production must be the next ​“positive tipping point​” if the world is to avert biodiversity collapse. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) analysed nearly 36,000 animal populations and more than 5,000 species, producing the largest ever database of vertebrate wildlife. Scientists found populations had declined by an average of 73% since 1970, showing that “nature continues to be degraded at an alarming scale”, with “no sign of losses slowing”. Continue reading...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
NEW: Trump’s DOJ put a convicted election hacker on poll duty. Yes, really.
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Trump’s DOJ Put Convicted Election Hacker on Poll Duty
As Harmeet Dhillon rebuilds the Civil Rights Division after roughly 300 career employees left, Justice Department records place David Michael Levin in the federal election-monitoring operation.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 8h
i wonder if that remaining 17% would change if pollsters claimed it was president obama
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 9h
did they... groom this kid? instead of getting him help much earlier?
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h
Guillfoyle was pretty clearly trading on her connection with Trump to solicit payments in order to help a Republican donor get the IRS to quash a tax dispute. Massively corrupt! We used to take this sort of shit seriously!
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 12h
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10h
Fuck this. I don’t know what else to say. Prison kills. mississippitoday.org/2026/10/07/c...
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Wrongly imprisoned Curtis Flowers dies
After Flowers was convicted in a sixth trial, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it and a state judge dismissed capital murder charges against him.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Ken Paxton says Trump is the greatest president of his lifetime (privately he's been blaming Trump for the struggles of his campaign)
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 14h
It is ominous, but also remember that big promises of special things that are about to happen have been a cornerstone of the decade-long prosperity scam Trump has been running. It's how QAnon works. You promise big, deliver nothing, and keep the marks on the hook for the next promise.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
wow -- Fox Business is now treating Trump's completely made up economic boasts as though they are factual. Note the citation here -- "The White House" Reminder that the entire US economy is about $32t. If we really had $21t flowing in, you'd notice it Fox thinks their viewers are really dumb
Fox Biz screencap that says: "$21 TRILLION INVESTMENTS POURING INTO THE US"
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h
Why didn't the FBI follow up? All the stories connect to the single, bigger story, folks. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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British billionaire warned Epstein was a ‘sexual deviant’ decades before FBI closed in on the abuser
Sir James Goldsmith’s links to Hilton Head, South Carolina, add to mystery of Jane Doe 4, who claimed she was abused by Epstein in the 1980s
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h
They are so shameless and gifted in their grift. Mashallah. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 13h
This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 14h
oh my GOD
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 13h
In case you were wondering, they STILL haven't managed to fix the Reflecting Pool, six months after work began
Livestream image taken from the Washington Monument, showing the Reflecting Pool still empty
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Reuters @reuters.com · 13h
Trump administration plans to charge international students $70,000 for work authorization reut.rs/471B7vX
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Trump administration plans to charge international students $70,000 for work authorization
The US Department of Homeland Security has proposed that international students pay ‌at least $70,000 in training fees if they want to work in the country, according to a government notice posted online on Wednesday, part of the Trump administration's wider crackdown on foreign visa holders.
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 13h
Another blow for unaccompanied immigrant minors. Now the Trump administration is taking over their legal representation. Yes, the same administration that is trying to deport them will also be the ones in charge of their defense. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids
Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 13h
BBC: Eight US sailors assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln attempted suicide, Navy says
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 13h
Justice John Roberts grinning
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Gail Helt @gailhelt.bsky.social · 13h
The Mango Mussolini isn’t going to be happy until he ruins us all. Autarky fails every time. Ask Mussolini. Ask Italians who lived under Mussolini.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
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Rick Claypool @rickclaypool.bsky.social · 20h
Since Trump took office, @publiccitizen.bsky.social has tracked the admin's retreat from enforcement against corporate lawbreaking. Today, our new report documents the admin's cancellation of investigations, lawsuits, & penalties against more than *200* corporations. www.citizen.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s Cascade of Canceled Corporate Enforcement Against Over 200 Corporations - Public Citizen
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 15h
Corporate profits and tax revenues grew together until the Trump tax cuts. Now corporate profits are at an all-time high while tax receipts are at their lowest since 2021.
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 15h
Al Gore made a fundraising call from inside the White House and Republicans threw a fit for months and months. The media genuinely believed they were sincerely offended by this breach of protocol.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 15h
Every single one of these claims better be shut down. Todd Blanche promised Congress the January 6 slush fund was dead. January 6 defendants are suing taxpayers for payouts anyway.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14h
‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch research contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus * Apparent exodus of super-rich suggests UK is no longer billionaires’ playground When the Sunday Times broke the news that David Reuben, one of the richest men in the UK, had apparently fled to the tax haven of Monaco, there was much pearl-clutching. Reuben had moved from his Holland Park house in London to live full-time in the principality. Labour’s tax regime was blamed, with fears that there would be a cascading effect across the economy with wealth draining from the UK. It was reported across the world that he had probably left because of potential taxes on wealth in the upcoming budget. Continue reading...
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 14h
media assets now owned by david ellison: cbs cnn hbo paramount+ tnt mtv tcm showtime adult swim dc studios nickelodeon comedy central cartoon network (and don’t forget his dad bought tiktok too)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Trump's face is drooping HARD as he struggles to stay awake
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 18h
Team Trump is effectively saying it misappropriated $11.5 million in taxpayer money, but they're promising not to misuse any *additional* funds. That’s nice, but there’s still the matter of the money that the White House already (and illegally) took from us. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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White House rejects calls for reimbursements on publicly funded campaign ads
Democrats Team Trump’s gambit as the “theft of public resources,” which comes with the expectations that the money must be paid back.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19h
This is not the kind of thing you worry about if you're leaving office and accept the other party might win an election in a couple of years.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18h
BREAKING: ICE over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote. The internal documents, obtained by the Democracy Forward, showed that ICE's investigative arm also contemplated sending undercover agents to investigate the organizations.
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ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
*adds to the impeachment proceedings list*
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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A former FBI agent has come forward with a claim that when U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove was at the U.S. Department of Justice, he directed the Los Angeles field office to illegally investigate protesters. www.law360.com/artic...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If we have some kind of financial crisis, we’re going to be in deep shit www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
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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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
we are totally going to find out kash patel made him a honorary fbi agent at some point and has been back pedaling ever since
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Here's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Yeah, sorry your kid died or whatever. What do you think about my chandeliers?"
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/10/2026
It's the largest state to greenlight plug-in solar panels that help reduce home energy bills.
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California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants
It's the largest state to greenlight plug-in solar panels that help reduce home energy bills.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lafayette Square isn't "a historic protest site." It's a fucking park. And it's packed on nice days. Calling it a protest site is White House framing. They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.
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Inside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)
The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.
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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Every one of these leaks is a violation of the securities laws, just as SpaceX's leaks were before, and we'll call this de-regulation by non-enforcement. www.reuters.com/technology/a...
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EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic's Amodei made $18 million last year, middle of the tech CEO pack
Dario Amodei made $18 million last year as CEO of Claude AI developer Anthropic, the company's IPO filing shows, putting him in the middle ranks of top ​executives at major technology firms in terms o...
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And while I'm at it: The 21 US states, with a total of 42 senators, whose population *all together* is the same as Calif's, with its two Senators. Big GOP skew among those 42 Senators: 26 R vs 16 Dem/Indep.
Map of the 21 states whose populations all together add up to California's.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump says 'Let them take out Los Angeles.' Recall this map: The *entire states* with population smaller than LA County. Among them they have 80+ US Senators. LA is about 1/3 of Calif's population, which has 2.
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Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It appears I have an idiosyncratic reading of this statement making the rounds. Some people are saying this was a call for the cities to be taken out, and others are saying he’s being mischaracterized and was describing what could happen if he wasn’t waging the war. But it’s kind of both.
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