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Gail Lane

@gaillane.bsky.social
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Reformed Republican, grandma, animal advocate, and community volunteer with lots to say. A keeper of the flame.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/10/2026
Musk throws Trump under the bus
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."
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Gail Lane @gaillane.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Finally owning up to his allegiance with Russia.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel from Putin just weeks before the midterms funnels money directly into Russia’s war machine. Trump is now facing calls for Congress to block the deal and impeach him. Meanwhile, energy analysts say it’s unlikely to even make a dent in fuel prices.
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Trump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of Midterms
Trump campaigned against foreign oil.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
This is as treasonous as it gets
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump’s attack on ICC is aimed at protecting the US, Israel and Russia from legal accountability. Meanwhile, US, Israeli and Russian disinformation and influence networks are undermining democracy & justice globally, from South America to Europe, Mexico, Canada, and beyond.
A political collage juxtaposing portrait photos of three prominent world leaders with scenes of war devastation and mass graves.
The top half of the image features headshots of three political figures, each wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and red tie:
• Vladimir Putin (President of Russia) on the left, looking slightly away from the camera.
• Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister of Israel) in the center, looking directly forward with a slight smirk.
• Donald Trump (President of the United States) on the right, smiling with an American flag in the background.
Flanking and separating these portraits are small, narrow photos depicting the toll of armed conflict, including heavily bombed buildings, concrete rubble, and distressed civilians holding children.
The bottom half of the image consists of three larger, high-angle and aerial photographs showing the aftermath of casualties:
• On the left, an aerial view of an open field filled with numerous uniform rows of blue or grey tarps or objects.
• In the center, a sandy ground where a group of people stands over a row of bodies wrapped in white burial shrouds.
• On the right, an aerial view of a massive, densely arranged trench or cemetery packed with long rows of graves and crowds of people gathered at the site.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
"Next month, Trump is hosting the 'most exclusive dinner in the world' at his golf club in Virginia — & you’re invited! Well, only if you can pony up millions to buy his scammy meme coin. It’s just another breathtaking bit of corruption that, by now, is depressingly routine." — @snipy.bsky.social
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Trump’s meme coin grift hits a new low
Buyers have lost almost everything. He keeps pumping them anyway.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Renee Good’s family is suing the officials who sent the ICE agent who killed her, using a law Congress wrote to stop the Klan. Their real goal may be discovery, and the Trump regime will fight hard to deny it. My write-up in the link in the comments.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.
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GOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His Face
Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over supposed evidence placing him at an Atlanta Hawks game. There was just one problem: It was the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Link: buff.ly/WzOy1EX
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/09/2026
Hakeem Jeffries on the Iran war: “The path out of this was already shown to us by President Obama. It's aggressive diplomacy that brings the world together…The problem…is not ending the war…it’s that we don't have a president who has the ability to pursue that type of diplomacy.”
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/09/2026
Hakeem Jeffries: “Pete Hegseth is a disgrace. He should be fired…That's the reason why they pulled the resolution, because there were Republicans who can't even defend Pete Hegseth at this point. And it’s part of the reason why they ran out of town.”
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
After nearly two years of economic failure and broken promises, JD Vance’s midterm pitch these closing weeks is “give us another chance.” The American people cannot afford another round of this - and the good news is we don’t have to.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
September 7, 2026
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September 7, 2026
Since yesterday, President Donald J.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If the American people don’t overwhelmingly reject and repudiate what is happening with this govt, Republican Congress, and Supreme Court this November, then this Republic is doomed. We can survive a criminal regime for a short term, but we can’t survive an ignorant populace.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I thought this was The Onion… Story: buff.ly/szG2kO5
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Every Republican in Congress owns what Trump has done, is doing and is going to do. The vast majority of it would not have been possible without their collective acquiescence and enabling. He’s emboldened by the fact that Congress refuses to function as a separate branch of govt.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
He might be a corrupt useless slug, but he tried to help me steal the 2020 election so you probably should vote for him.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It’s no wonder the GOP trails in the generic congressional ballot polls. How can you lead when you’re not even showing up to work?
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Whether it's a trade war with Canada or an actual war with Iran, the pattern is the same: Americans are paying the price for the President's choices.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
What in the new fresh hell. Shock gloves?! buff.ly/ZNjNkjm
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/08/2026
"If the people in charge are using up sailors as carelessly and recklessly as they are using up their munitions, it’s because they don’t care enough to do otherwise." Our troops deserve better. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
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The Troops Deserve Better than Hegseth
The president, the secretary of defense, and the top Navy officials are blithely ignoring the suffering of the sailors at sea.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Trump's Treasury permanently ended beneficial ownership reporting for U.S. companies, eliminating records investigators use to trace hidden money and organized crime networks, including Epstein-style trafficking networks and Russian money laundering.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump are so incompetent they not only have no plan to win their war, they have no plan to feed their sailors. What an amateurish disgrace they both are.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Let’s get this clear in everyone’s heads.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Why this isn’t bigger news is both baffling and shameful.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is zero for 20 in its lawsuits seeking to obtain state voter rolls, after a federal judge dismissed its case against Colorado Monday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump DOJ now 0 for 20 after judge dismisses Colorado voter roll lawsuit ‘with prejudice’
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is zero for 20 in its lawsuits seeking to obtain state voter rolls, after a federal judge dismissed its case against Colorado Monday.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Hours after meeting Zelenskyy and then Netanyahu, Trump betrayed Ukraine again, ordering $400 million in congressionally approved military aid to be delayed until 2029. Since Trump took office, the US has provided little to no actual aid to Ukraine.
Ukraine delegation meeting with the US
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/07/2026
Dina Doll on the judge ordering Trump hand over a staggering amount of financial information in his BBC defamation lawsuit: "This was a man who was not even willing to hand over one tax return ... this is exactly how people should be defending each and every lawsuit that Trump brings against them."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/07/2026
Katie Phang on Trump’s tax immunity deal: Why not agree to narrow language limiting immunity to conduct before the settlement? Because Trump wants to keep criming. And his refusal to relent tells me there’s smoke, fire, kerosene, wildfires. There’s something there Trump doesn’t want exposure for.
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Gail Lane @gaillane.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
@katiephang.bsky.social truly is a badass.
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Trump DOJ Hands Judge Unredacted Epstein Records After Katie Phang's Court Win
The Justice Department now says it delivered the records directly to the judge after Katie Phang successfully challenged the government’s Epstein-file redactions.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is so cruel and unnecessary. I am so ashamed of our country.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is crucially important.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I’m pretty sure the White House has not thought through the full consequences of its hateful policies. Story: buff.ly/ecADNDp
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/07/2026
NEWS: A Florida judge has ordered Donald Trump to turn over financial records sought by the BBC in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit. The judge granted the BBC's motion to compel records from Trump's revocable trust, handing the broadcaster a MAJOR early win in discovery.
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Gail Lane @gaillane.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Don't look away. We cannot accept this as normal behavior by law enforcement.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Witnesses to Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s killing dispute DHS’s claim that his van rammed an ICE vehicle. They say the ICE agent opened fire immediately after exiting his vehicle and that Araujo never steered toward him. Surveillance footage prior to the killing shows ICE ramming Araujo’s van.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/10/migrants-who-saw-man-killed-by-ice-houston-say-he-did-not-ram-officers/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
1/3 - Per ABC News: According to the complaint filed in Washington, D.C., many Iranian asylum seekers are pro-democracy protesters, members of religious minorities, or members of the LGBTQ community who seek refuge in the U.S. "because of the grave dangers they face in Iran."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/07/2026
Another "Freedom Fuel" victory lap, another Google Street View receipt. The White House touted $3.47/gallon at a Philly station as proof Trump's lowering gas prices, but the same station was selling gas for $3.05 back in April 2025. They're celebrating a price hike.
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Google Street View Undercuts Another White House Freedom Fuel Victory Lap
The station highlighted by the administration showed lower posted prices during Trump’s current term.
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Gail Lane @gaillane.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Listening to the ramblings of the old man in office this morning - thanks to @atrupar.com and @thebulwark.com **sigh** It is so discouraging to know that we haven't been able to stop this madman in his tracks.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Once you kill a child, or your policies and actions lead to the death of children, whatever the case may be, it doesn't matter how many satellites you put into space, what anyone says you are or aren't, or how much wealth you amass. At the end of the day, you are a child killer.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/07/2026
Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure reveals the staggering amount of money he’s made as president. trib.al/b4w47iK
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Trump Brags After Revealing How He Turned Presidency Into Cash Grab
Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure reveals the staggering amount of money he’s made as president.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
BREAKING: SCOTUS blesses Mississippi law accepting ballots received up to 5 days after Election Day. Nothing in federal law requires ballots to be received by Election Day. 5-4 decision. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Maybe Vance doesn't know this part of history because it's in one of the books his administration has banned. The difference between the Watergate era and now is that back then, Republicans actually did something about a law-breaking president. Today, they only roll over for their cult leader.
New York Times story: Vance Downplays Watergate and Compares Himself to Nixon
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Gail Lane @gaillane.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This moment in history is certainly not our most shining. It is hard to believe that human rights in the US have reached the stage of investigative oversight by world organizations. I am glad the rest of the world is watching and will help hold this regime accountable for its atrocities.
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Deaths in US immigration custody must be investigated: UN rights chief
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday called for stronger independent oversight of the United States immigration detention system and investigations into all deaths in US Immigra...
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
And yet a plurality of the voters decided, “Whatevs, let’s give him another go!”
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
“Let’s be honest about what this is. Donald Trump hired a company that was not qualified, they did a shoddy job, and because he has such a fragile ego, now Donald Trump has to play make believe that, in fact, this was the work of elusive vandals... this is all just bad community theater."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/06/2026
BREAKING: Qatar and Pakistan have released a joint statement announcing the conclusion of the Lake Lucerne Summit and the first High-Level Committee meeting involving the United States and Iran.
Joint Statement by the State of Qatar and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Regarding The Conclusion of Lake Lucerne Summit, First High-Level Committee Meeting with Participation of the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran

The first session of high level talks under the framework of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding have concluded in Burgenstock, Switzerland, with the participation of representatives from the Islamic Republic of Iran, the United States of America, and the two mediating parties, the State of Qatar and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

The Lake Lucerne Summit was conducted in a positive and constructive atmosphere. Encouraging progress has been made including the creation of a mechanism for further technical talks.

Building on the MoU, the parties have agreed to the establishment of a High Level Committee, which will provide political oversight on the mediation. Chief negotiators will report regularly to the High Level Committee and lead working groups focused on nuclear, sanctions, and a monitoring and dispute resolution group to ensure the effective implementation of the MoU, and on other matters.

The High Level Committee has agreed upon a roadmap towards reaching a final deal within 60 days, laying the foundation for the immediate commencement of further technical talks. In addition, a communication line between the parties has been formed for the period mentioned in paragraph 5 of the MoU to avoid incidents and miscommunication with the aim of safe passage for commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

Moreover, the parties agreed on the creation of a de-confliction cell, between the parties, the Lebanese Republic and facilitated by the Mediators, to ensure the adherence of the termination of military operations in Lebanon as per the MoU. Technical talks will continue for the remainder of the week at the Burgenstock resort on all issues.

The mediating parties will continue to do their utmost to ensure that t…
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Gail Lane @gaillane.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Giorgia Meloni ... an iconic woman of power
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