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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson are radicalizing ordinary Americans against Jews in a startling effective way. Not against Israel — but against Jews. Normie moms and homeschool moms who would never have cared about American Jewry are invested now thanks to Candace and Tucker who is aiding her.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Nobel Peace Prize Winner María Corina Machado’s escape from Venezuela was particularly risky because her team had to inform the US military that she was escaping so they wouldn’t mistake her boat for an alleged narco boat and bomb it. Full Story: bit.ly/3XJXIsh
Photo of María Corina Machado on a balcony in Oslo, Norway after escaping Venezuela. 

She had almost completed an escape that had been in the works for about two months and was carried out by a Venezuelan network that has helped other people to flee the country, the person close to the operation said.
The group said it made an important call to the U.S. military before they set out to sea, warning American forces in the region of the vessel's occupants to avoid the kind of airstrike that has hit more than 20 other similar vessels in the past three months, killing more than 80 people.
"We coordinated that she was going to leave by a specific area so that they would not blow up the boat," said the person close to the operation.
The Trump administration was aware of the operation, said people familiar with the matter, but the extent of its involvement was unclear.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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merkinstein.bsky.social @merkinstein.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
@mkusler.bsky.social - yet another reason why we fight
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 31/05/2025
BREAKING: The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied the Trump administration's request to overturn a lower court order that blocks the reorganization of the federal government. This latest win is the most significant challenge to President Trump's authority.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Japan’s Prime Minister says the financial situation of his country is worse than Greece. Assuming he means the situation in Greece from 2009-2015.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Breaking: Pakistan shot down two Indian aircraft during the strikes, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif, spokesman for the Pakistani military, tells me on the air just now. He called the Indian attack “a blatant act of war.”
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merkinstein.bsky.social @merkinstein.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
NYT: "In conversations with The New York Times over the weekend, bankers, executives and traders said they felt flashbacks to the 2007-8 global financial crisis, one that took down a number of Wall Street’s giants." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
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Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge
The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.
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GIFFORDS @giffords.org · 04/04/2025
Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist who spreads vulgar lies that school shootings are political plots, has President Trump’s ear in the Oval Office. Can’t say we’re surprised.
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After Meeting With Laura Loomer, Trump Fires National Security Council Officials
During the 30-minute meeting, the far-right activist excoriated National Security Council officials in front of the president and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Here, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social has exactly the right word: Stalinesque. So much of what comes out in these WH edicts sounds like it was written in the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
"After the state banned abortion, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women died in Texas hospitals than had in pre-pandemic years... As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, ProPublica found, it rose substantially in Texas." www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I feel like I’m going a little crazy, everyone’s acting like things are normal. None of this is normal, presidents aren’t supposed to ignore the law. I’m not a lawyer but this is pretty basic stuff
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 21/03/2025
Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans: 1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk. 2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
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Barry McCaffrey @brma64.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
We accelerate into a lawless abyss.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
ICYMI: “Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
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Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This is the most important donor and man working for Trump….. Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...
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Elon Musk Shared, Then Deleted X Post Absolving Hitler, Stalin and Mao of Genocide
The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.
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merkinstein.bsky.social @merkinstein.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
BREAKING Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson just issued an order preventing the Trump administration from: 1. Deleting CFPB data 2. Firing CFPB employees 3. Transferring money from CFPB's reserve fund Right after the order was issued, nearly all CFPB employees were placed on administrative leave
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
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merkinstein.bsky.social @merkinstein.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Guess it’s up to us
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The New York City Comptroller says Elon Musk and the DOGE team raided New York City’s bank accounts and illegally clawed back $80 million in federal funding.
New York, NY - New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released the following statement:
"This morning, my financial team shockingly uncovered that President Trump and his crony Elon Musk illegally executed a revocation of $80 million in congressionally-appropriated FEMA funding from New York City's bank accounts late yesterday afternoon. This is money that the federal government previously disbursed for shelter and services and is now missing. This highway robbery of our funds directly out of our bank account is a betrayal of everyone who calls New York City home.
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merkinstein.bsky.social @merkinstein.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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merkinstein.bsky.social @merkinstein.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Let’s gooooooo
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
The world's richest man, not elected to anything, is seizing dictatorial powers in defiance of the law, congress, courts, the president, and the American people. Madness. Unless you want to live under dictatorship, call every member of Congress to demand they stop this immediately: (202) 224-3121.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Yeah, we did Nazi that coming! #ResistTrump
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
True.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
It occurred to me that an American who was five or six years old in 2009 and is now 21-years-old doesn’t even know what it’s like to have a commercial aircraft crash in the United States and lead to total loss of life. Growing up, I remember we’d have two or more per year.
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merkinstein.bsky.social @merkinstein.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Yes, the defunding of public education is intentional. www.propublica.org/article/scho...
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The Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools
Private letters reveal the strategy behind the decadeslong quest — successful in 12 states and counting — by politicians, church officials and activists to make taxpayer-funded school vouchers availab...
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane. We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
So long, and thanks for all the fish. Final NYT column is up. News about future plans probably tomorrow morning www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
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Opinion | My Last Column: Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment
Where have all the good vibes gone?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Well played. And frighteningly accurate.
Time magazine cover overlaying the towers of the Kremlin rising over the White House.
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CNN @cnn.com · 14/11/2024
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to invoke a little-known, 226-year-old law when he returns to power
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A 1798 law was used to justify some internments during World War II. Trump says he’ll invoke it again | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to invoke a little-known, 226-year-old law to deport some immigrants from the US. But legal experts say attempts to invoke the law could face an uphill battle...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14/11/2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to strip processed food out of school lunch and limit food dye marks a shift in how President-elect Donald Trump plans to regulate the nation’s food.
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RFK Jr. faces battles in quest to change America’s food
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to strip processed food out of school lunch and limit food dye marks a shift in how Trump is planning to regulate the nation’s food.
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