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Peter Cherbi

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Journalist 📰 Investigations & news: Judiciary, Courts, Justice & Law 🧑‍⚖️⚖️ Wildlife 🐘🐋🐺🐝 Nature 🌳🦉 & otters 🦦 along for the ride Email: scottishlawreporters@gmail.com Website : petercherbi.blogspot.com

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces end of triple-lock on the state pension from 2030. It will be replaced by double-lock, slower growth in state pension. Full state pension is already less than 50%of the minimum wage. Poverty awaits future retirees. £500bn of taxes not collected by HMRC since 2010.
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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The Verge @theverge.com · 29/09/2026
Every single one of 21 tested vehicles sent data to a third-party domain over Wi-Fi. Over half contacted domains specializing in advertising, tracking, or analytics. These companies gather details about your vehicle or driving behavior to sell to insurance companies or target you with ads.
theverge.com
Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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SCOTUSblog @scotusblog.com · 28/09/2026
The Supreme Court on Monday announced that Justice Samuel Alito will not continue to participate in Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, a significant dispute that will be argued in just one week.
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Justice Alito will no longer participate in climate change dispute
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nearly two weeks into hunting season and Yellowstone wolf 1273M has been killed just outside the park. Wolves don’t know where park boundaries end, yet crossing one can put them at risk of becoming a target. How many more wolves will be killed for the sake of a trophy? 🔗 ow.ly/AwRs50ZSo9R
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Houses can be built on floodplains despite failing safety test, says UK high court. Profitable for developers, misery for buyers/residents. Problems with insurance, reselling, quality of life. Too many defective homes built. Get a private survey before buying a new home. Must change laws.
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Houses can be built on floodplains despite failing safety test, says high court
Decision to allow 190 controversial new homes in north Somerset sparks campaign for change in the law
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Eric Segall @espinsegall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Until the American public sees the Court in a fundamentally different way, not because of disagreement with decisions, but as an institution defective in original design, the chances of [major SCOTUS reform] are slim.” www.dorfonlaw.org/2026/09/if-y...
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If You Come at the the King, You Best not Miss: The Uphill Battle for Supreme Court Reform
Critiques of judicial supremacy and proposals limiting the Supreme Court's power are common on the left side of the legal academy these days...
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There’s something very weird about this RAF terror case. I’ve reported on terrorism for 35 years and I’m struggling to recall a single case of a terror suspect being released on bail
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BBC interview with kids in 1966 predicting the year 2000. Quite accurate is it? Also do you observe the fluency of the children? Nowdays they would speak with ah, oh, okay, whateva.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Think, think, think. Why would you want to make Bailey a witness to the search? Or Gabbard? Terrible procedure; really weird. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Andrew Bailey, No. 2 at FBI, resigns in latest shake-up at bureau
Bailey, the former Missouri attorney general, was hired for the leadership role about a year ago.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
New @jamestalarico.bsky.social ad just dropped.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
45 million acres of roadless national forest. Trump wants bulldozers and logging trucks on all of it. Once a road goes in, the wild is gone for good. Tell Congress to stop him: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests
Contact Congress today!
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tonight's full moon begs the question... Do wolves howl at the moon? 🌕🐺 It turns out scientists have found no correlation between wolves and the full moon, except perhaps an increase in overall activity on brighter nights. So, what exactly do wolves howl at? Learn more: ow.ly/EMAx50ZRzfO
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 27/09/2026
The Scottish Government's years-long support of Ming Yang is under renewed scrutiny after we unearthed a court judgement from a 2015 corruption trial in China.
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Boss of SNP-backed wind firm named in bribery scandal
The Scottish Government has continued to back Ming Yang’s proposed investment at Ardersier despite national security concerns. It’s now being accused of a “staggering” failure of due diligence on the firm.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
London investment bankers, lawyers, accountants make £1.2bn from takeover frenzy. Everything for sale in slicing/dicing, asset stripping bazaars. Anyone focused on the long term? UK has been at/near the bottom of the OECD league for investment in productive assets for 30 yrs.
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London’s investment bankers and lawyers make more than £1bn in takeover frenzy
Bumper fees paid in the year’s mergers and acquisitions spark anger over high City pay during cost of living crisis
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I talked this week about the mental health crisis afflicting young people, in particular the isolation and loneliness caused by the neoliberal smashing of society. Everyone needs community. Everyone needs belonging. We cannot survive without them.
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Peter Cherbi @petercherbi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A steady stream of UK & Scots politicians cosy up & do biz incl private biz with UAE states & biz interests 🤝 Wealthy, influential Scots & UK judges sell justice in the UAE & do exactly the same private biz too 🤝 archive link archive.ph/opWc8 www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-worl...
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Scottish judges slammed for being on payroll of oppressive regimes abroad
The most senior judge is Lord David Hope of Craighead — Scotland’s former lord president and an ex-­deputy president of the UK Supreme Court.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
There’s a deliberate scheme to raise your energy costs. Who’s responsible? Trump and Big Oil.
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SCOTUSblog @scotusblog.com · 25/09/2026
For the third time in less than a month, the Supreme Court on Friday declined to allow Missouri to use a new congressional map, intended to benefit Republicans, in the November 2026 elections.
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For the third time, Supreme Court declines to allow Missouri to use congressional map expected to aid Republicans
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tomminogue.bsky.social @tomminogue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The hit the poor and cut corporation tax (CT) brigade are out in force. UK headline CT rate is 25%. Companies pay about 10% less as govts give them numerous reliefs which reduces taxable profits. Companies also dodge tax by shifting profits to tax havens. obr.uk/box/corporat...
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It seems the epidemic of financial wrongdoing and probable fraud at Manchester City started soon after Sheikh Mansour, deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, paid £200m for the club in September 2008.
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Manchester City found guilty of breaching Premier League rules
Independent panel finds club guilty on 114 out of 115 charges after a lengthy investigation into financial rule breaches
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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
9/26/2026- SCOTUS www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/se...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Soccerwise @soccerwisehq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
$30,000 in Cash? 🤑💰 When Randy Waldrum was working with the Trinidad and Tobago U17s, Trinidad President and FIFA Executive Jack Warner paid him $30,000 in cash on the final day he was there. 👀😳 Warner told Waldrum that if he was stopped at immigration, the money did not come from me.
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Peter Cherbi @petercherbi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Print version of this article is very good, includes ref to register of judges' interests - which the SNP under First Minister Nicola Sturgeon promised to create in 2021 manifesto & Scotgov work schedule, only to be cancelled this year by First Minister John Swinney .. very sinister, First Minister.
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Peter Cherbi @petercherbi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A steady stream of UK & Scots politicians cosy up & do biz incl private biz with UAE states & biz interests 🤝 Wealthy, influential Scots & UK judges sell justice in the UAE & do exactly the same private biz too 🤝 archive link archive.ph/opWc8 www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-worl...
dailyrecord.co.uk
Scottish judges slammed for being on payroll of oppressive regimes abroad
The most senior judge is Lord David Hope of Craighead — Scotland’s former lord president and an ex-­deputy president of the UK Supreme Court.
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Michael C. Dorf @dorfonlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Greenland deal does not substantially alter the status quo. That's good but saying too loudly that Trump backed down jeopardizes the agreement. Trump's fragile ego and his limited exposure to negative information thus present a variation on what Robert Putnam called a two-level game. Details 👇
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Playing the Two-Level Game With Trump: Greenland Edition
To the relief of Greenlanders, Danes, and everyone who counts on NATO's continued existence, on Tuesday President Trump, Danish Prime Minist...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics. Like Blair, Cameron, Clegg, Mandelson, hired to open govt networks to companies and corporate capture of the state. They sell political capital built with public money. What do we get in return?
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Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
More breeding success for Hen Harriers on RSPB reserves - this time in Wales. Still waiting for the 2026 breeding figures from England's grouse moors.... #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/09/25/m...
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More breeding success for Hen Harriers on RSPB reserves – this time in Wales
Further to reports of this year’s Hen Harrier breeding success on RSPB-managed moorland in Bowland, Lancashire (here) and on Geltsdale, Cumbria (here), there’s now confirmation of furth…
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference – again. A Trumpian policy started by Keir Starmer. Burnham can't make a fresh start without getting rid of the previous advisers. Democracy means accepting scrutiny, even when it is uncomfortable.
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Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference - again
Labour MPs have condemned the ‘Trump-like’ decision, saying party is ‘bang out of order’
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special redistricting election after pursuing debunked claims of a massive ballot discrepancy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to return seized ballots, affirms state’s power over local law enforcement
The twin rulings stand to make it significantly harder for local law enforcement to create election chaos and use unsubstantiated fraud claims to seize ballots outside California’s established electio...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Following on from Wednesday's Autumn Equinox, today is Autumn Equilux with day and night being equal. A balanceof light and dark at dawn here in Glastonbury this morning as the sun rose behind St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Will Newsom sign the bill? Lawmakers are joining immigrant rights groups in urging Governor Newsom to sign a bill that, if implemented, would ban California police, sheriffs and other law enforcement from taking on second jobs that involve “arresting, detaining, transporting, or deporting” people.
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No moonlighting for ICE
CA bill could bar police from working for the feds
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Datacentre are being foisted on people living in low/medium income areas, not in wealthy areas. Resulting in excessive use of water, energy; pollution and environmental damage. Very few long-term jobs are generated. Watch the Minister's reply.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 24/09/2026
Law firm Paul Weiss urged a federal judge in Minnesota on Wednesday to reject a bid from Mondelēz and other major food manufacturers to disqualify the firm from defending Domino Sugar and its owner ASR Group in a group of lawsuits over alleged price-fixing in the sugar industry.
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Paul Weiss calls bid to disqualify law firm in sugar antitrust case ‘gamesmanship’
Law firm Paul Weiss urged a federal judge in Minnesota on Wednesday to reject a bid from Mondelēz and other major food manufacturers to disqualify the ​firm from defending Domino Sugar and its owner ASR Group in a group of ‌lawsuits over alleged price-fixing in the sugar industry.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Judge grants TRO for CNN, MSNBC NOW, Politico: “the Court is skeptical—at least on this record—that Defendants’ interest in safeguarding national security is the actual motivation for, or is even advanced by, the revocation of Plaintiffs’ hard passes.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tory leader Badenoch registers gift of £8,177 for Murdoch meeting in Greece. Travelling abroad to beg favours from Murdoch. What has she promised him? I wonder how far she has travelled specifically to meet victims of Tory austerity, real wage cuts and people queuing at hospitals and food banks.
bbc.co.uk
Badenoch registers gift of £8,177 for Murdoch meeting
The Murdochs' News Corp company paid for flights and accommodation for the Conservative leader and her husband to travel to Greece.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Around 40% of the world's dirty money, proceeds of corruption and crime, is laundered through the UK, its Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories. Successive govts promise new laws and enforcement but they make little impact. Why do govts continue to fail? Watch the Minister's reply.
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Meta glasses are being used for covert harassment and group stalking. Women and girls are being secretly filmed in streets, schools, restaurants and on dates, then uploaded for millions of strangers. Police inquiries now span worldwide. #OpDeathEaters
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Meta glasses used to film women and girls without consent from Seoul to Barcelona as police cases mount worldwide
Police and prosecutors across France, Spain, South Korea, Japan and the U.S. have opened cases against men accused of secretly filming women and girls with Meta glasses. The only warning victims have ...
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Really stupid and inflammatory use of the word discrimination. Almost like it's to prick up the ears and win votes from the English uglies who 'want their country back' and think they're a minority now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham brands ban on football fans drinking alcohol in stands as 'discrimination'
The prime minister opposes the law - in place since 1985 - and believes there is a case to remove it.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/09/2026
You might be surprised to hear me say this, but I think Zohran Mamdani is the future of the Democratic Party. Just not for the reasons you probably think. He has a sharp strategic mind and the credibility to say uncomfortable truths to his own people and be heard rather than exiled.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was told by a guy on Truth Social who wears orange makeup that leaking to the press was treason and people should be prosecuted for it.
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