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John Button

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Generalist with a technical bent ...retired on the beaches of Carriacou

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h
A simple, factual, and effective message.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h
Katie Phang: "Todd Blanche wants to continue to hide the Epstein files from the American people. He wants to allow the existing redactions and withholdings to stand as a matter of law. He's saying what he has done is legally sufficient. And I am here to say, hell no, it is not."
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 20h
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h
Russia says there was no lab accident and the situation is stable. Maybe. But when someone working at a plague research facility suddenly dies from mysterious pneumonia, possibly plague, and hospitals start locking down, “trust us, bro” isn’t going to cut it.
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eddietg51-42.bsky.social @eddietg51-42.bsky.social · 15h
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23h
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict over a 2017 Senate race ad funded by a Democratic-aligned super PAC. apnews.com/article/roy-...
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Supreme Court rejects Roy Moore's push to restore $8.2M defamation verdict
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict awarded to him over a 2017 Senate ad.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h
Trump's people are using blue curtains to hide empty seats at this evening's rally in Grand Island, Nebraska. Those accurate reports of poor turnout in Ohio and Alabama *really* got under his skin.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17h
Blanche wants @katiephang.bsky.social Epstein suit tossed as a "generalized grievance" Too many Americans want the files, so nobody gets them? Katie's job is to share things with the public, that's the opposite of a generalized grievance Release the files!
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Katie Phang: "Todd Blanche wants to continue to hide the Epstein files from the American people. He wants to allow the e
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George @retiredsurgassist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Think about the BILLIONS of dollars wasted on election ads. Usually, non-informative attacks ads whose sole purpose use lies to scare you into voting for them. J6 didn't happen in a vacuum.
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🇷🇺An approved Communist Party rally in central Moscow did not go as planned. Protesters chanted “Fair elections,” “We want freedom,” “Freedom for political prisoners” and “Down with the Tsar” — referring to Putin. Police detained around 60 people.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Two things: A) It's the biggest blessing from party elders that Abdul El-Sayed can get to have Barack Obama campaign with him). B) You bring in Barack Obama when you need the closer. This is bringing on Jordan with the Flu. This is Ben Wallace in Game 5 against the Lakers.
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 05/10/2026
If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 22h
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Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27
The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h
🚨BREAKING: The NAACP sued the Trump administration, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies… ex British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide…Simon Andriesz was previously a managing director at Wall St firm where Lutnick was CEO…” www.thebanker.com/content/0228...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What will the Court do to us this term? It’s already taken away Roe v. Wade, given Trump a pass from prosecution for January 6, and permitted partisan gerrymanders. How much worse can it get? This term, there are some distinctly unpleasant possibilities. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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The Week Ahead
October 4, 2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Funny. I cannot recall any "diplomat" seeing their net worth rise by roughly 📈 $100 million to $200 million since taking the position. Yet Jared Kushner has. So, spare me any BS about his job description. It has nothing to do with diplomacy.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Jeff Sunbury @jsunbury.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Happy Birthday, Buster Keaton! (b.Oct. 4, 1895) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCu...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rodriguez: It was at least 20 times more expensive than the average detention center. $1.4 billion paid for by Floridians to help the contributors of my opponent. He did the whole thing to get a pat on the head from the president. He got it and left us with the mess.
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chefmichael @cheftsonton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One of these people is telling the truth...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Absofreakinlutely They Should......
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catdunne.bsky.social @catdunne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
EPSTEIN FILES please!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 04/10/2026
4 men in plain clothes kidnap a woman—they claim to be ICE. Woman's name is Angel Zhao. She lives in Huntington Beach, California—originally Shanghai, China.
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OligarchyOfTheWest @resistancematters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Is he dead yet? I'm going to post this every day till the comments tell me I can stop. #DidItHappenYet #IsHeDeadYet #epsteinfiles #epstein #PedoTrump #Iran #warcriminal
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Maximillian Potter @maxpotter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Former British banker and whistleblower Simon Andriesz, who outed Howard Lutnick’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has died by suicide.” This would be something like the 7th (!) suicide tied to Epstein Files. Including Epstein. www.thebanker.com/content/0228...
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Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies
The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In her last hours as DHS Secy, Noem's agency bought 5 planes from a donor at markups. In all, DHS gave $900M in contracts to that donor’s companies during her term. One plane had electronic bidets, 2 bedrooms, bar, wine chiller, a manta-ray skin table. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“The fact that MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezo’s ex-wife & one of the single biggest donors in history, has given over $26 BILLION to charity and NOT run out of money really puts into perspective how the arguments against a billionaire wealth tax are just bullshit." (@afghanmounatingoat) TAX THE WEALTHY!
A color photo of MacKenzie Scott.
“The fact that MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezo’s ex-wife and one of the single biggest donors in history, has given over $26 BILLION to charity and NOT run out of money really puts into perspective how the arguments against a billionaire wealth tax are just bullshit."
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 03/10/2026
She will not put up with his shenanigans, but she is urging Texans to put up with this man for at least the next 6 years. That's a heck of a lot of hutzpah. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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As She Divorces Ken Paxton, His Wife Urges Texans to Vote for Him
In a new ad, Angela Paxton tells voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A few years ago, I said greedy egg producers like Cal-Maine were using their market power to deliberately drive up egg prices. My right-wing critics fried me for saying this — but now they all have egg on their face.
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Fox News Mocked Me For Being Right
When I said three years ago that egg companies were using the avian flu as cover to price-gouge, Fox News called me craz
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Data centers on the gubernatorial ballot in Ohio. Acton against, Ramaswamy for (and personally invested in). www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
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Ramaswamy is in bed with data center owners. He'll get richer at your expense | Amy Acton
Amy Acton: Vivek Ramaswamy is bought and paid for by data center owners. He'll never get everyday Ohioans like I do.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We're one month out from Election Day. Listen to Willie. Vote for change this year.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A civil lawsuit. A renewed criminal investigation. And a very complicated area of the law. I’ve tried to give you the information you’ll need to understand the unfolding investigation into an alleged gang rape at a Cornell fraternity. joycevance.substack.com/p/jane-doe?r...
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Jane Doe
Jane Doe is the name by which we know the young woman who has come forward to say she was gang raped in a room at the Chi Phi fraternity house while she was a student at Cornell in 2024.
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#BOTD 1895. Remembering actor, comedian, and filmmaker Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton. (d.1966) #FilmSky
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Simply caring about victims can change everything.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 03/10/2026
Okay, Dems. Let’s not get cocky.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“So many people came out to see me in Alabama last night. The Fire Marshall threatened to shut the rally down because we were so bigly over capacity. And I was told that there were over 300,000 outside, crying because they couldn’t get in to hear me. We could hear them all crying from inside. Sad.”
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This week, #SistersInLaw discuss government-funded political ads, third-country removal of immigrants, and the upcoming SCOTUS term. And as always we answer your questions. Email us at sistersinlaw@politicon.com You can listen here👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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💙Matthew U.💙 @match74.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I did in factput a nice tip in his jar and he was very happy to have people dancing while he sang.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 03/10/2026
Tennessee prison chief who oversaw Christina Pike's failed execution resigns
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Tennessee prison chief who oversaw Christina Pike's failed execution resigns
Pike, 50, survived two injections of the normally lethal substance pentobarbital.
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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brilliant. (This treads on a serious issue that can unite all Texans behind @jamestalarico.bsky.social!)
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
OK then 👍💥
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is an Iowa miracle possible? joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...
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Five Questions with Iowa’s Democratic Senate Candidate, Josh Turek
Two recent polls show him in the lead
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inthelou.bsky.social @inthelou.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Show us the Epstein files now!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“He’s gotta resign. … We have to let our own people and everybody else know why it had to be done—because of what’s on the tape, because he lied.” — White House speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig, August 2, 1974
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