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Pam Spaulding

@pamspaulding.bsky.social
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Former natl political blogger, Pam's House Blend (2004-2013) during OG citizen journo era. Dipping back into pol discourse here. Spinal fusion vet (3x). DM only if I know IRL. Durham, NC native, now in Central Valley CA. PHB history: is.gd/7GbAv2

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 2h
🔥 Jackson torched Collins. She, like many Rs love to take credit for things they veto, or peacock around and want applause for being the fireman arsonist. 📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 2h
This exchange is brutal. BOOM! 💥 📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 2h
🔥 If you want to catch the debate between Collins and Jackson here it is... 📺 youtu.be/1u58uiW8IeM?... The NYT wrap on it: 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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FULL: Maine Sen. Susan Collins and Troy Jackson face off in U.S. Senate debate ahead of Election Day
YouTube video by CBS 13 News
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 5h
👀 Hmmm... 🦋 bsky.app/profile/bern...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 5h
🤢 Honest to God, I didn't think there was a bottom for the "manosphere" influencers, the depraved Tate brothers, but here we are. Think dear friend Barron Trump will put in a good word for them? 🧐 👉You know even worse depravity goes on among his Daddy's #EpsteinClass friends. 🧾 t2m.co/D1OXnVP
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Wild Andrew Tate claims include ‘extreme porn,’ bestiality pics with horse and eel as disturbing full allegations revealed
Andrew Tate kept “extreme” bestiality porn, including images that showed a person having sex with a horse and an eel, according to documents released by prosecutors in the UK.
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 12h
It's true. Every word: “She thinks we’re stupid. I mean, that’s really what it comes down to. She thinks that we don’t understand the process, that she didn’t know what he was going to do. And everyone in the country knew exactly what she was going to do. It’s not us that were stupid. It’s her.”
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 14h
Trump and his sons quietly moved 20 billion crypto tokens into an account that lets them cash out. Corruption, plain and simple.
washingtonsun.com
Is the Trump Family Preparing to Cash Out on Its Own Crypto?
President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 9h
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social describes how, as Rs are in trouble in red states w/voters souring on Trump’s economy & his war in Iran, Donald Trump is the only person “stupid enough to say: ‘It's the golden age of America. Our nation is doing better now than ever before.’" 📺 youtu.be/xrqV94eeekI?...
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Lawrence: Trump thinks he's a cult leader who can order followers to vote for Republicans they hate
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 13h
His wife Tammy Faye (pro-LGBT in a hostile evangelical environment) eclipsed Jim in celebrity status, particularly after his disgrace — an affair w/21 yo Jessica Hahn — & prison sentence for defrauding the public. Jim, as per the usual pious GOP sexual hypocrite, also batted for both teams.
The Bakkers were at the peak of their popularity in March 1987, when the Charlotte Observer — in a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into PTL ministry finances — revealed that Mr. Bakker had a brief sexual encounter in 1980 with Jessica Hahn, a 21-year-old church secretary from New York. The newspaper showed that PTL officials had authorized $265,000 in payments to Hahn to keep the dalliance secret.

Mr. Bakker stepped down from his show and related PTL interests “for the good of my family, the church and of all of our related ministries.” He claimed he had been “wickedly manipulated by treacherous former friends and then colleagues,” as his downfall — and Tammy Faye’s tears — became a never-ending source of jokes for late-night comedians.In 1988, a year after his fall from grace, Mr. Bakker was indicted by a federal grand jury on 24 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the public. The 158,000 “partnerships” sold at $1,000 each could not possibly be redeemed at Heritage USA, prosecutors charged, because the facility did not have enough hotel rooms. When PTL was reorganized under Chapter 11 bankruptcy provisions, its debts were reportedly as high as $70 million.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 13h
The classic GOP sexual hypocrites are dropping like flies. Jim Bakker, of PTL broadcast & Heritage theme park fame was a shameless prosperity Gospel huckster. “God wants his people to go first class...We preach abundant life. Christ wished above all things that we prosper.” ... 🎁 wapo.st/4zg7naz
wapo.st
Jim Bakker, disgraced televangelist who went to prison, dies at 86
With his wife, Tammy Faye, he presided over the multimillion-dollar PTL empire before his fall in the 1980s after sex and fraud scandals.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 13h
Trump says of his NatSec risk, Truth Social editor & home health diaper aide: “She reminds me of, like, The Price is Right. ‘Thank you, Natalie! Come on!’ This perfect person comes up, hands it, walks up—we should go on television with this show, right?” 🧾 newrepublic.com/post/216263/...
newrepublic.com
Trump Brings Natalie Harp Onstage at Rally Just to Drool Over Her
Donald Trump also suggested making a reality TV show with his favorite aide.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 14h
Never mind CA is a state that has elected Rs before & has many current R electeds. So if Trump punished Ds, hurts his MAGA R base. 👉 Those *5.8M registered Rs* in the state of CA can't be happy they're collateral damage. 🌐 elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/154day-p... 🌐 usafacts.org/articles/how...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 14h
Trump thinks it's A-OK if Iran blows away two cities in California. A state that: - is 4th largest economy in the world ($4.5T) - in 2024 contributed $805.7B in total gross fed taxes to the U.S. Treasury (15.8% of all fed taxes collected)... 👉 Btw, there are 5.8M Rs in CA... 🧾 t2m.co/bfd4t23
huffpost.com
Newsom Says State Will Monitor Threats After Trump Says Iran Can Target Democrat-Led Cities
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 14h
fElon won't be able to resist the salute...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 14h
At @atrupar.com's Public Notice by @paulwaldman.bsky.social: 🧾 “Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire: Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar...& are given the keys to the DoD. t2m.co/0w8GU7B 🤔 Why does the table of dangerous clowns of Project Meridian remind me of this?
Dr. Strangelove’s incredible War Room, one of cinema’s greatest film sets, was the brilliant work of production designer Ken Adams.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 15h
Lolz. Is Grandpa Chaos radioactive in your district, Lawler? ☢️⚠️ 📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 15h
❗ Tillis also claimed *with certainty* that the 1.776B January 6th slush fund "is dead." Because TODD BLANCHE told him so. 🧐 Then Thom better let these J6 seditious conspiracy jackholes looking for a taxpayer-funded payday know... 🦋 bsky.app/profile/macf...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 15h
The problem, Thom, is Trump told us all who he relies on for advice long ago. 👉 3/16/16: "I'm speaking w/myself...I have a very good brain and I've said a lot of things...my primary consultant is myself and I have a good instinct for this stuff." (youtu.be/W7CBp8lQ6ro?...) 📺 t2m.co/MWrEk72
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 15h
The first Spy 40th anniversary pop-up feature... 🧾 spymagazine.substack.com/p/the-ten-mo...
spymagazine.substack.com
Guess Who’s One of the 10 Most Embarrassing New Yorkers?
Spy’s first cover story, in October 1986, was “The Ten Most Embarrassing New Yorkers.” On the list: Yankees owner and former felon George Steinbrenner, hotel owner and future felon Leona Helmsley, and...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 15h
I was a big fan of Spy Magazine (1986-1998) back in the day. (I still have mint classic Trump issues tucked away...😂) 👉 It's back...to celebrate its 40th anniversary w/a pop-up edition for about a month! It features vintage Trump articles. 🌐 spymagazine.substack.com 🎁 NYT on it: t2m.co/KjuQGD8
nytimes.com
Do You Miss Spy Magazine? For One Month, It’s Back. (Gift Article)
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first issue, the long-defunct satirical monthly is resurfacing vintage articles about Trump on Substack.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Roughly 10% of San Diego county is active duty or retired military. About 355,000, Plus another 120,000 immediate family members. Respect the troops tho, amirite?
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
👀 ICYMI: The House Judiciary Committee Ds produced a report that "reveals sprawling network of Trump insiders & influence brokers that have helped wealthy criminals secure pardons escaping $1.7B owed to victims, taxpayers." ⚖️ democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center... 📺 bsky.app/profile/over...
democrats-judiciary.house.gov
New Judiciary Democrats Report Exposes MAGA’s Cash-for-Clemency Racket Which Gives Unrepentant Criminals a New Lease on Life and Leaves Victims in the Dust
Washington, D.C. (August 21, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released a new Committee staff report, “Pardons, Inc.: How Trump and His Clemency-for-Cash...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🤡 Desperate Team Trump couldn't figure out how to somehow invoke the magical words "natl security" to non-cooperate regarding the Kennedy Center filings, and instead asserted bogus "presidential communications privilege" to prevent producing requested documents and communications.

asserted privilege appears in the footnote below.3
Defendants' assertion of privilege has completely squelched critical lines of inquiry. For example, Defendants refuse to provide any information in the Kennedy Center's possession responsive to RFP 6, seeking information about communications staff had with the Chairman regarding the pertinent issues in this case. Defendants likewise asserted presidential communications privilege with respect to, and refused to provide any documents responsive to, RFP 15, which seeks documents and communications "reflecting any analysis, performed in connection with either of the Board Decisions, of the effect of the Closure on programming, performers, staffing, audiences, donors, finances, the Kennedy Center's memorial function, or the Kennedy Center's reputation." Id. at 22. It bears repeating: At this juncture, Plaintiff is simply asking for information in the Kennedy Center's possession, not for anything in possession of the executive branch.
When Plaintiff served written discovery Plaintiffs counsel noted "that the Court's
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As Rachel mentions, other R members of the GA election board said James Mills went rogue, asking DOJ to order major changes to the state’s voting equipment right before the midterms. 🧾 GA election board director sent Trump admin demands 2 board members say they never approved t2m.co/L3rs46N
While the letters have been widely understood as an outgrowth of a Sept. 28 resolution authorizing Executive Director James Mills to seek federal assistance over concerns about Georgia’s voting system, Chair John Fervier told Votebeat that Mills drafted and sent the letters on his own and that they went well beyond what the board had approved in a 3-2 vote two days earlier.

“We have no control over our executive director, and he does whatever the hell he wants to,” Fervier said.

Asked whether that was an ongoing problem, Fervier said, “You have no idea.”
https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/10/04/georgia-election-board-mills-federal-letters-dhs-doj-board-approval/
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@maddow.bsky.social as Rs watch election prospects in GA slip away, "the executive director of the GA State Election Board, a MAGA election denier, has written a letter without consulting the rest of the election board asking for federal intervention in GA's voting." 📺 youtu.be/ByC8NuhkZBQ?...
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MAGA official points to 'Plan B' as Republicans lose faith in Georgia victory
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In Nebraska, "as he spoke to crowds of supporters the US leader boasted: "By the way, we're kicking Iran's ass, you do know that, right?" He then appeared to goad Iran to 'take out' major cities, declaring that would be a 'small price to pay'." 🧾 www.aol.co.uk/articles/don...
aol.co.uk
Donald Trump goads Iran to 'take out' Los Angeles or San Diego in bizarre war rant - AOL
The US President has claimed the US is "kicking Iran's ass" as he goads them to "take out" some major US cities as they would be a "small price to pay"
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
‼️ WTF?! Rs, come get your traitor, as Trump offers up destruction of American cities for his war. "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe. They can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles or San Diego. This is a very small price to pay." 📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And the impact of Jim Jordan and his egregious behavior still have fallout today... 🧾 www.wosu.org/news/2026-10...
wosu.org
Ohio State University may be on the hook for more payouts to earlier Strauss sex abuse plaintiffs
A master agreement in a lawsuit against former OSU team physician Richard Strauss says a mediator can decide if plaintiffs who settled in an earlier case are owed more.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's easy to see the GOP culture parallels of protecting pedo predator fmr Speaker Dennis Hastert & Jim Jordan lying & denying knowledge of young wrestlers repeatedly sexually violated by the OH State team doctor. *They came to Jordan for help.* From the 2025 doco: 📺 youtu.be/iSP3PUHmCvc?...
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Surviving Ohio State | Official Trailer | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"When President Trump decided in his first term to host the annual Group of 7 summit of world leaders at his own private golf club in Miami, the act of self-dealing was so astonishing that it incited an uproar among fellow Rs, forcing him to scrap the idea." No prob in 2026! 🧾 t2m.co/U7aJTiw
nytimes.com
How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits (Gift Article)
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JD was a little late getting the internal memo. Besides, one of the ads was literally a recycled Trump campaign ad. 📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Despite criticism from both sides of the aisle, Trump, as usual, tries to blame the "radical left" for his reversal. Any way you cut it, he backed down & took an L. Because his own party has told him he's a wrecking ball for the midterms.
The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I am taking Ads, which I consider to be a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A., and paying for them with U.S.A. money. This is a rather standard thing to do but, rather than doing that, although nothing will make them happy, I have decided to do the Patriotic Ads, among others, and pay for them myself, and with money I raised for MAGA, Inc. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117390649505706640
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump knew it was wrong, otherwise he wouldn't reverse course. So can we have that money back? "Trump’s super PAC, MAGA Inc., did not immediately respond to an inquiry about whether Trump and it would reimburse the govt for the ads that have already aired." 🧾 www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
nbcnews.com
After bipartisan criticism, Trump says taxpayers’ dollars will no longer be used for TV ads promoting him
The president said the ads, which the White House has defended, will be funded by him and his super PAC, MAGA Inc.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bonus #2— How low can it go? 😂 Here's what the AI models think Trump's IQ is, based on analysis of transcripts of Grandpa Chaos's recent interviews. (Google's Gemini: We need to stockpile canned goods if Trump says he's a "High IQ" prez. 😂😳) @iaskaishow.bsky.social: 📺 youtu.be/ND0R-AZ4L_4?...
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I Let 7 AIs Estimate Trump's IQ. And It's Exactly What You'd Expect
YouTube video by I Ask AI
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🤣 BONUS! AI agents are asked to pick the most incompetent, the flat-out worst of the Trump 🤡 Car. (@iaskaishow.bsky.social didn't consult the new govt AI chatbot, America.gov 🤣) 📺 youtu.be/zTOWxT8kI1s?...
youtu.be
I Asked 7 AIs to Name the WORST Person in Trump's Administration
YouTube video by I Ask AI
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
😂 The 7 big AI models were fed oodles of Trump's Truth Social posts & weighed in on whether Decomposing Dictator is mentally okay. 🧠🫠 On deck: fElon's Grok Altman's ChatGPT Anthropic's Claude China's DeepSeek Zuck's Meta AI France's Mistral Trump's AI on Truth Social 📺 youtu.be/Qk96-PjcblI?...
youtu.be
I Fed 33,397 Trump Posts Into 7 AIs and Asked About His Mental Health
YouTube video by I Ask AI
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
😆 Poor fElon. He actually said "he will lose his job over this" about Delta CEO Ed Bastian. "The trigger for the billionaire’s pique: Delta, the most profitable airline in the U.S., rejected Musk’s Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi service, choosing Amazon’s offering instead." 🎁 www.wsj.com/business/air...
wsj.com
Delta Is the Only Big Four Airline That Won’t Use Starlink—and Elon Musk Is Furious
The billionaire has been railing against Delta CEO Ed Bastian because the airline went with Amazon’s in-flight internet service.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
His fragile ego is in full meltdown. Grandpa Chaos lies & cries his rallies are sold out, filled to capacity. Hard to gaslight when anyone w/a camera can show the empty seats. 😆 He knows the rallies are pointless w/o media coverage, so he tries to bully outlets into submission. 🧾 bit.ly/3VoLCa5
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Newsweek has an interactive timeline of the disgrace of Dennis Hastert... First image of the timeline below. www.newsweek.com/dennis-haste...

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Denis Hastert
Explained
After leaving office in 2
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Hastert served 13 months
In prison after admitting he sexually abused former students
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some time in consulting and lobbying, by close he stepped down the day a federal indictment against him was unsealed.
Dennis Hastert
Timeline of Controversies & Conviction
1965-1981
Alleged abuse occurs
Prosecutors later alleged that Hastert sexually abused at least four boys while working as a teacher and wrestling coach at Yorkville High School in Illinois.
2012-2014
Large cash withdrawals raise alarms
Federal investigators became suspicious after Hastert made large cash withdrawals from bank accounts while attempting to make payments under the agreement.
2010
Hush-money agreement begins Hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million to one former student identified in court records as
"Individual A" to compensate him and keep the allegations private.
May 28, 2015
Federal indictment
Hastert is indicted on charges of structuring cash withdrawals to evade federal banking reporting requirements and making false statements to the FBI.
June 2015
Abuse allegations emerge publicly
News reports begin linking the federal investigation to
allegations of sexual misconduct
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Chef's kiss to Newsweek 🤌: "Newsweek reached out to the Republican National Committee for comment Monday morning." Newsweek will probably have a wait for comment on pedophile Dennis Hastert's legacy...why? 👉 They may ask why the RNC & Rs support pedophile-enabler KEN PAXTON. 🧾 t2m.co/nw9jZrN
newsweek.com
Dennis Hastert dies at 84: Full timeline of scandals, criminal conviction
Hastert died at his home in Plano, Illinois, on October 3 while under hospice care, the Kendall County Coroner confirmed Monday.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
At least the NYT placed Dennis Hastert's role in history front and center — his sexual abuse of minor boys, and the hush money that got him into trouble. The Guardians of Pedophiles party is just as alive and well today. The #BeltwayClass & the #EpsteinClass are alive & kicking. 🎁 t2m.co/fmf4W2C
t2m.co
Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That's why, in a sane world, Ds should be leading by 20 pts everywhere.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
1. This is in Russia 2. We know Putin lies 3. Trump is his lapdog. Folks would feel more at ease if we didn't live through Trump lying continuously about COVID. I recall in horror at Trump not wanting that 1st cruise ship to dock bc then "the numbers would go up." I knew then we were f*cked. 😱
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"We are headed in a direction where what comes after Trump...It’s going to be even nastier, it’s going to be even more corrupt, it’s going to be even more hateful. You can lose people by behaving this way. And Texas GOP is showing that." — Alan Elrod, political theorist 🧾 t2m.co/RvmBhCY
newrepublic.com
Transcript: Fox Drops Brutal Poll on Trump as GOP Panics: “Wake Up!”
As the Trump-GOP position worsens, a political theorist explains why Trump-MAGA’s corrupt and depraved misrule has created space for a values-based Democratic politics to emerge.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“I don’t think it’s cause for alarm, but it is cause for focus and a cause to just keep an eye on it.” — Secretary of State Marco Rubio Do you have full confidence in the above statement? With this regime? 🧾 www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/e...
cnn.com
Dozens quarantined after researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection | CNN
Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There are so many pedo skeletons in the GOP closet, and most of them they all know who they are. It's sickening that the Beltway Class protects just as much as the Epstein Class does.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kudos! Your work keeps me sane.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No shock. Protection of the party of pedophiles under Bari Weiss. The depth of Dennis Hastert's depravity — his sexual abuse as a high school coach of young wrestlers and football players — is not front and center. It's foremost a story about "breaking banking laws?!" 🦋 bsky.app/profile/robe...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's like an Iron Man Match in the ring every day for @atrupar.com. Tireless commitment to distill history in the making into a video feed for us all, & ALSO puts out Public Notice, a place for long-form commentary & analysis of what we are living through on Earth 2. Happy 5th Bday, PN! 🥳
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