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Richard Young

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 15h
The President of the United States, in front of a crowd of his supporters, during a televised rally, admits to a Quid Pro Quo pardon, which is a felony and impeachable offence. And absolutely nothing will happen, because his party, which controls congress, are fascist collaborators and sycophants.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h
the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The function of modern media is laundering and reformatting this insane man's statements for the public so they don't have to confront reality. The fact that *this person* holds the world's most powerful office and we allow it to continue raises so many hard questions we just choose to ignore it
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
what an asshole
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
1. She's president's human binky & controls his social media 2. Foreign govts use her a conduit for Trump 3. She's lied about much of her background 4. She wouldn't or couldn't get security clearance (see 3) 5. She has an obsession w/ Trump giving their relationship a vaguely inappropriate dynamic
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What a lie. Some of these people are being imprisoned indefinitely in squalid condition in African prisons. Others report being beaten and arbitrarily deported in violation of international law back to their home countries, where they face persecution or torture.
The indefinite nature of their confinement has taken a severe toll. In October 2025, a Cuban man who was on the July flight went on a hunger strike for a month-until he started showing signs of organ failure —to protest the conditions of his detention, including his ongoing confinement and lack of access to legal counsel.
Terrified of being imprisoned in Eswatini forever, another man repeatedly told his attorney that the prison there never lets people go. One man told his attorney that he feels like a caged animal with no end in sight. The prison does not have air conditioning, making the hot, humid summer months especially uncomfortable for the men.
Food is insufficient, medication is scarce, and requests often go unmet or are belatedly met.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. —George Orwell, "1984"
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
my god
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Susanne democratic socialist @momoftwo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is why independent journalists like Aaron Rupar and Public Notice are so vital. Subscribe.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist
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Richard Young @cuz77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These people are clowns.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why does he look like a racist marionette
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Matt Royer 🤘🏼 @mattroyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump’s Midterm Message: - We have the best murder (?) - We have the best poverty (?) - North Korea can have nukes - He’s done a shitty job as President Will this resonate with voters???
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Trump: "We have the best murder"Headquarters C @HQNewsNow
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Trump: We have the best poverty in the history of our countryAcyn
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Q: You said that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons. Why not? North Korea can have nuclear weapons.
Trump: Ahh because you had a different president.
Kim Jong un. He's a friend of mine. He likes Trump.
I like him. As long as I'm around, he's going to be fine. You know why? He respects me.Headquarters {
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Trump: I've done a shitty job as president
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do we seriously have to do Maoist newspeak every single time an 80 year old posts his idiotic ideas on the internet. It has been AI since before I was even born. Can literally anyone have a shred of dignity.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Whether it’s Benjamin Netanyahu empowering Hamas, presiding over a massive intelligence failure that let them kill 1,200 Israelis on October 7th, and then killing 74,000 Palestinians in response or Zohran Mamdani pointing out that he did this, both men have fueled their bitter feud.
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There's never an ask for Russia. Ukraine are going after the refineries to bring their economy and war economy to a halt so that they stop killing Ukranians and leave Ukraine.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
yeah i am reasonably sure that i have a better chance of winning the democratic primary for president than rahm emmanuel
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Obviously none of this is true, but incidentally: It is wild to talk about tax revenue as “profits.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“I’ve heard people dismiss Trump’s mendacity with a shrugging “they all lie,” but we are witnessing a rare, very possibly once-in-a-lifetime political liar.”
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
President Trump-Rubio are reportedly preparing to unleash sweeping sanctions to cripple International Criminal Court. One potential consequence: The release of some of the world's worst criminals held by the Court. Case 1: Philippines' Duterte held for crimes against humanity
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Proposed U.S. Sanctions Against the ICC Could Lead to Detainees’ Release
A list of individuals currently in ICC custody awaiting trial or judgment, who could be released if U.S. sanctions dismantle the Court.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 25/09/2026
More than 83 tons of meat are being recalled across the country because the products were not properly inspected by federal authorities and were shipped out with false inspection stickers.
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More than 160,000 pounds of meat bearing false USDA inspection labels recalled
More than 83 tons of meat are being recalled across the country because the products were not properly inspected by federal authorities and were shipped out with false inspection stickers.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/09/2026
interesting
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 24/09/2026
An investigation has found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing uninformed plans to increase detention capacity, and the total will likely rise due to ongoing mismanagement.
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ICE is wasting tens of millions of dollars on 'uninformed' detention projects, report finds
An investigation has found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing uninformed plans to increase detention capacity, and the total will likely rise due to ongoing mismanagement.
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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 25/09/2026
If the ballroom construction is such a sensitive national security matter, why is Trump inviting the Chinese delegation on a tour???
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thank god Rs don’t literally control every branch of govt and that laws and rules don’t apply to them. Otherwise their 40 year record of refusing to take responsibility for a single thing might really come back to bite them. Especially with all the wars they’ve started. Ah, well, nevertheless.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026
The call was coming from inside the couch
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 23/09/2026
There have been lots of malevolent Supreme Court justices, but there's not really a precedent for a Supreme Court justice who is as *dumb* as Brett Kavanaugh. A complete rube. Shows his ass every time he tries to write down more than two sentences of original thought.
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Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day
The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Aside from the naked imperialism here, and cash grab, he admits it’s a war. A war without UN or congressional approval. A war which Rubio denied was a war and claimed was a law enforcement action. Trump as ever undermines his own people’s claims. It was a war. An illegal imperial one.
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Hague doesn’t even need an investigation team, they just need to plug @atrupar.com ‘s timeline straight into the evidence folder.🤷🏻‍♀️
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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
this might be the single worst thing ever uttered at a UN General Assembly certainly the worst thing said by the leader of a purported democracy
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My county got slammed by Helene and they insisted on our local government getting rid of DEI programs before they would consider giving us the relief money that was authorized.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky describes the isolation she experienced and the realization that came from finally seeing the scope of the case: “It’s weirdly vindicating to sit here and see in the files like, ‘Oh no, I’m not crazy. This really happened and it happened to so many people.’”
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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
nice of him to give away the game. so, they want americans to "be healthy" enough to... work more. notice how they don't talk at all about happiness or well being. they only want to extract the maximum value out of you until they dispose of you
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It appears that Trump’s claim last week that he negotiated a deal between Putin and Zelenskyy to stop bombing energy infrastructure was just another lie to manipulate markets. Every hour of every day, Trump lies about everything.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just like with the ballroom, another scam by Trump to turn this into a “military complex” to prevent the courts from intervening by using “national security” as his excuse for vanity projects.
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John Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also notable here: Scalise is using Trump's appearance at the White House Correspondents Dinner as evidence to claim that Trump is a fan of the press. The people who organized the dinner are being used exactly as predicted.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 19/09/2026
I mean, he’s not wrong, it is almost unmatched in history for how little it’s gotten done oh, he meant “top three or four of all time (laudatory)” not “top three or four all time (derogatory)”?
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
1. This is a naked attack on press freedom by a president who hates it. 2. There are limits to the president's ability to carry out this threat thanks to the First Amendment. 3. It's also a threat to the "Other Fake News Media Outlets" who can face similar punishment based on their reporting.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch has obtained new images showing severe destruction at a U.S. base in Kuwait following an Iranian attack. See the images and our full report:
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EXCLUSIVE: Images Show Severe Destruction at US Base in Kuwait
MeidasTouch has obtained exclusive images this afternoon showing the aftermath of an Iranian attack on a US base in Kuwait, and based on what we've reviewed,
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
At the end of the day, beyond the hatefulness, he's really just a spectacularly dumb guy. Like I'm not sure he's achieved object permanence yet. He has to be reminded which hole the food goes in. His internal monologue is the sound of one hand clapping. He calls electrical sockets "finger zappers."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He's so stupid *and* fascist that he thinks "repressive" is a compliment.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m sure farmers paying $7 per gallon for diesel during harvest time will be delighted to know their tax dollars will be used to pay the lawyers who will try and fail to defend this in court.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
Mike Johnson tried to claim this was one of the most productive Congresses ever. Then a brutal fact check appeared right beneath his post for all to see.
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Community Note Slaps Down Mike Johnson’s ‘Delivered’ Claim
Fact check: “The 119th congress was the least productive in history.”
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If we had a functioning political press in this country, they’d be investigating Kash Patel’s bizarre obsession with bestiality.
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