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Mark David Johansen

@dem0n1.bsky.social
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Roots for the underdog, watches Underdog. Wants a ring filled with an Underdog Super-Energy Pill (or several). Sleeps till noon, yet manages to score all picnic the baskets in the park.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 9h
617 days into his 2nd term, Trump's Department of Transportation has *still* not approved a single new transit project for full funding. The problems I highlighted in March—how this lack of funding only makes projects cost more & delays completion—have only worsened www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...
There have been no approvals for new transit projects in the entire 2nd Trump Administration. This graph, produced in March 2026, remains accurate now, in September 2026.
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RappCatsAdopt @rappcats.bsky.social · 4h
🎉Exciting news!🎉Mira allowed a few head pets as prep for her VISITOR! Someone's driving 3 hours tomorrow (Thursday) to meet her & her bonded pal Micah. These 2 have been with us 2 whole years, way too long & are still very shy. Send pawsitive vibes for the visit!🐾🙏🤞
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 4h
US Transportation Security Administration officers will no longer be able to sit while checking IDs at US airport checkpoints, the agency and a major union said Tuesday.
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TSA officers will not be allowed to sit during ID checks at US airports
US Transportation Security Administration officers will no longer be able to sit while checking IDs at US airport checkpoints, the ​agency and a major union said Tuesday.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 4h
US forces exit Iraq, emboldening Iran's proxies and Islamic State reut.rs/46MQsjT
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US forces exit Iraq, emboldening Iran's proxies and Islamic State
US forces withdraw from their remaining bases in Iraq on Wednesday, raising fears they will leave behind ​a security vacuum, further embolden Iranian-backed militias and give the resurgent Islamic State group an opening to regroup.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 12h
I was skeptical of this take but making up some bullshit to accuse someone of a crime in defense of Trump only for it to completely fall apart, then acting outraged and refusing to apologize for any of it really does sound like Vance VP material.
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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 21h
Everyone please tell your Congressmember to invoke Rule IX and force a vote on these Articles of Impeachment. If no one in the House of Reps is willing to do that, they'll stay in a drawer 'till the end of the 119th Congress when they move straight to the trash bin.
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Mark Gurman @markgurman.bsky.social · 13h
NEW: Apple’s new CEO John Ternus is moving to overhaul the company to run faster, leaner, launch products more frequently and squeeze more revenue out of existing products and services. A look at the plans — www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Apple’s New CEO Moves to Overhaul Company to Run Faster and Leaner
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Ternus, just weeks into the role, is moving to overhaul the iPhone maker in an effort to accelerate product development, broaden its range of devices and create...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h
Trump’s new AI website believes he is the “former” president and acknowledges his criminal indictments
Screenshot of America.gov answering, “Has a president ever been criminally indicted? If so, who?” The response says former President Donald J. Trump has been criminally indicted and that no sitting president is shown in the cited sources as having been indicted. It cites Trump’s August 1, 2023 federal indictment on four counts related to conduct after the 2020 election, as well as Congressional Research Service information noting additional New York and Florida indictments.
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 13h
This one. So much. I've talked a lot about showing up at Dartmouth and meeting guys my age who didn't think of women as human peers foremost, but some sort of mysterious "other". My HS sports were theater (yes, we had Shakespeare meets) and academic decathlon. So this was new and unpleasant.
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#Nov2026 🌊🌊 Vote for Democracy 🗳️ - ICE❌ @kdjs-1.bsky.social · 12h
App is full of tracking www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...
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White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers
The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026
Somehow "the guy who buys struggling publications and fills them with fake journalists that publish thousands of articles of AI slop to overwhelm google? turns out he goes way back with Ghislaine Maxwell, the collaborator of Jeffrey Epstein" feels like the ultimate and most exhausting 2026 sentence
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
… btw a substantial subgroup of the outraged responses also claim that unemployed young white men are only unable to get jobs because of H1-B visas giving all the jobs foreigners (sometimes specified as Indians, sometimes not)
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 13h
Adam Kidan went to federal prison with Jack Abramoff and was ordered to repay $21.7 million. Trump pardoned him in July. His money turned up in eight Republican Senate campaigns. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-pard...
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South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 12h
Hope Florida says it empowers disabled people by linking them with essential resources. But people in the disability community believe politics have been prioritized over their critical needs.
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Hope Florida led disabled people to dead ends as state misused $10M
Hope Florida says it empowers disabled people by linking them with essential resources. But people in the disability community believe politics have been prioritized over their critical needs.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/09/2026
anti-homeless sweeps of encampments, tent cities, and individual squats result in the systematic theft of everything the targeted people hold dear. don't fucking call the cops on your neighbors. www.tumblr.com/westernsunri...
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/09/2026
12,500 sqft fallout shelter, Las Vegas, 1970s www.tumblr.com/thetriumphof...
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14h
It was Katie Wells, a Groundwork fellow, who co-authored the report describing how the apps nurses use to get shiftwork collude with data-brokers to find out how much money nurses owe on their credit cards, so they can pay the most desperate nurses lower wages: pluralistic.net/2024/12/18/l...
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Pluralistic: Nurses whose shitty boss is a shitty app (17 Dec 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h
Kash Patel’s phony manufactured stats that he uses to cover up his gross incompetence.
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Julie Hotard Ph.D., writer, effects of disinfo on social systems @upine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Most of the consultants for Dem leaders seem to agree with Emanuel too, unfortunately. upine.medium.com/democratic-p...?
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Democratic Politicians Get Terrible Advice
Democrats — the only party strong enough to fight off fascism in the U.S. — are receiving disastrous advice. It’s no wonder the U.S. is at…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 12h
Trump’s new TV ads, paid for by taxpayers, are blatant violations of the law—and likely to backfire. New from @chrislehmann.bsky.social:
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Trump Is Using Your Taxpayer Money to Pay for Illegal Election Propaganda
But as brazen and authoritarian as the provenance of these ad spots are, they seem likely to backfire.
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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 12h
We have an ask! Can you email the Panel on Educational Policy and ask them to vote against the evil Oracle contract and to push back on high school pilots? Can you do it today? Can you tell your friends? We have a toolkit here with all you need! 🔥 @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social @comixaction.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
🤡 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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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 12h
President Donald Trump’s extreme unpopularity has the Republican Party seemingly on course for a midterm elections drubbing. For Fox News, that means it's migrant caravan time. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 12h
Trump pardoned Adam Kidan on July 3. On July 4, Mike Rogers' campaign refunded a donor $1,500. The $7,000 it took in from Kidan wasn't on the refund list. We asked Rogers if he'll give it back. No answer. Everyone should ask him. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-pard...
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 12h
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
run this as an ad right now
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 23h
WATCH: @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social examines Donald Trump's "long day" of golf as his war in Iran enters its seventh month and after he rejected a proposed ceasefire. #LastWord
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 23h
Google Earth updated the images of Gaza. It's devastating.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 23h
Trump says war on Iran prevented Israel from being 'wiped out' - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Trump says war on Iran prevented Israel from being 'wiped out'
<article data-history-node-id="448488" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-says-war-iran-prevented-israel-being-wiped-out" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-says-war-iran-prevented-israel-being-wiped-out" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Trump says war on Iran prevented Israel from being 'wiped out'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>US President Donald Trump on Monday defended the war on Iran, claiming it stopped Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and also prevented Israel from being "wiped out".</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">“I went to war to stop the, one of, it could be one of the worst things that could ever happen to the world, to us, but to the world.<br> <br> Israel would be wiped out right now.<br> <br> There would be no Israel.” <a href="https://t.co/VSZPyQWzdP">pic.twitter.com/VSZPyQWzdP</a></p> — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) <a href="https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2104792713547677730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Called out Byron Donalds for his blatant insider trading.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28/09/2026
The mysterious art collective responsible for more than a dozen installations mocking President Trump and his administration over the past two years struck again on the National Mall in D.C., this time with an international twist.
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Secretive group’s latest anti-Trump artwork placed in D.C. — and Greenland
The playable video game consoles mock the administration’s approach to the autonomous territory.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 28/09/2026
A federal judge in Boston ruled on Monday that Trader Joe's did not violate the federal law regulating employee benefits by using forfeited worker contributions to offset its own payments to an employee retirement plan.
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Trader Joe's didn't mismanage forfeited funds in retirement plan, US judge rules
A federal judge in Boston ruled on Monday that Trader Joe's did not violate the ​federal law regulating employee benefits by using ‌forfeited worker contributions to offset its own payments to an employee retirement plan.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 28/09/2026
Ohioans: Make sure you’re registered to vote, and let’s send pro-worker candidates like @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social to the Senate and create an economy that works for all of us! ✊
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The entire higher education system in this country should indeed be dismantled, and every administrator put out on their ass, because they are all rightwing wealth hoarders and real estate concerns now, not because they are on the left, which is a fucking joke.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/09/2026
“The clearest example of that is George Santos." David Flippo was required to file a financial disclosure in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Instead, the Nevada Republican has turned in nothing while running for Congress.
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The mysterious millions powering a Nevada Republican’s bid for Congress
David Flippo, who has reported funneling nearly $2.5 million to his campaigns, has repeatedly failed to file financial disclosure forms since 2023.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/09/2026
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What is ICE Air?
Learn more about ICE’s massive, secretive and cruel air operation, which companies are profiting off of it, and what you can do to stop it.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/09/2026
I laid it all out in a @motherjones.com in late January. Thank you, @h-lev.bsky.social for taking this story on, and thank you to the person (who asked to remain anonymous but who I know is on here) who got me the list of the PE firm's investors. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler
A private equity–owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New: FBI in internal memo says it believes ShinyHunters may have stolen private data on all employees. Fears of longterm consequences of breach magnify as hackers threaten to leak everything online by end of Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees (Gift Article)
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/09/2026
Watch the full episode of MAGA Mondays with @willsommer.bsky.social and Sam Stein:
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MAGA Mondays: Trump Admin Party Video Sparks MAGA Backlash
A recording from The Bulwark's live video
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m beyond livid about tax dollars funding Trump propaganda. I do not see “two sides“ to this situation. Join me in mocking news organizations whose coverage was pathetic by extrapolating how they’d cover Trump shooting someone on Fifth Avenue... presswatchers.org/2026/09/the-...
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The political equivalent of Trump shooting someone on Fifth Avenue | Press Watch
Trump using tax dollars for a campaign commercial should trigger every thinking American, even White House political reporters
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please help if you can! Queen City Cat Lounge is an adoption center I visit frequently here in Vermont and their window was vandalized last night. Fortunately they had double glass for the cats' safety, but the broken outer window needs to be fixed ASAP. www.gofundme.com/f/repair-and...
Poster with a black and white screenshot of security footage showing a man peering into the front window of a cat adoption center. Text says "please help Queen City cat lounge recover. last night someone broke the window at Queen City cat lounge - an adoption center that has placed hundreds of cats in loving homes. the cats are all safe but the window needs to be replaced quickly!"
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Lawyers, Guns and Money @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Unionbusting is About Power, Not Money
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Unionbusting is About Power, Not Money - Lawyers, Guns & Money
For the cost of what employers pay their unionbusting firms, they could just use that money to pay their workers: Amazon alone spent $26 million dollars on this, with the hospital companies holding much of the rest of the top 10. These reports represent only a fraction of the total money spent on anti-union campaign [&hellip;]
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It remains a world historical error that Barack Obama openly embraced the household analogy & oversaw fiscal austerity that not only caused a Lost Decade & helped bring authoritarians to power, but also didn't finance all the things when real interest rates were negative: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026
well this article is much more alarming than I was expecting lol
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the two big ai stories to kick off the week are - meta ai giving your address to strangers on fb marketplace - stole a scientific breakthrough and presented it as its own work this is what we get instead of healthcare or third spaces or public transportation or pick literally anything else
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Waschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm screaming at the fact that he's actually running this as an ad
Impressions: 25K - 30K
Dr. Roger Marshall
Sponsored • Paid for by KANSANS FOR MARSHALL
HAMILTON AD A LIE: "Documents from the case in Barton County which show that the debt the patient owed was $3,596.49, not $50 - and it notes that a judge ordered that she appear before court because she had failed to appear in court 16 times in a three year period.
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mentions in the campaign ad, she had been called to ...
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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And there it is.
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Networks to resume TV pool coverage of Trump despite White House block of CNN
Major television networks plan to continue to provide pool coverage of President Trump’s daily activities this week despite the White House’s ongoing efforts to block CNN from covering …
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Right-wing influencer Clavicular has been charged with raping a 17-year-old girl. He is associated with Nick Fuentes, Tate brothers, Sneako and Myron Gaines while building an audience around "looksmaxxing", misogyny and racist rhetoric. #OpDeathEaters www.yacnews.com/right-wing-u...
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Right-wing US influencer Clavicular charged with rape and drugging teenager
Right-wing streamer Clavicular has been charged with raping a 17-year-old girl. He has associated with Nick Fuentes, the Tate brothers, Sneako and Myron Gaines, and appeared on Michael Knowles’ Daily ...
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