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Rachel Stone

@rapstone.bsky.social
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Irish, in Ireland. Probably not worth following, as I'm unlikely to join a conversation. Feeling brave enough to repost here, though, which is more than I can say for The Bad Place.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Must read from @jamellebouie.net this morning.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Manosphere grifters have figured out that some men are easily manipulated by making them feel insecure about their masculinity. The GOP has turned this sales pitch into both an ideology and a campaign strategy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Any man who goes online today is apt to come across content telling him that he will never find a partner who will earn him the respect of other men if he lacks money and connections, if he is not bodybuilder-fit with a full head of hair, if he is not more than six feet tall. Online influencers who push this narrative have products to sell. They want you to buy their workout apps, their advice sessions, their investment plans. That’s just how a lot of advertising works: It makes you insecure so you’ll pay for a product in hopes of temporarily silencing your gnawing sense of inadequacy.Just as the manosphere and its galaxy of hucksters want you to fork over your cash so you can feel better about yourself as a man, Republicans want to make you feel insecure about your masculinity so that you vote Republican. Masculinity, in this sense, is a lifestyle product: one that comes with a set of political beliefs predicated on the subjugation of women, minority groups, and anyone else who men are told are their inferiors.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.
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Craig's Late Night Douche Bag Patrol🦘🦘🦘 @vincentsworkisdone.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
So in today/tonight's FIFA World Cup final. FIFA are breaking they're own rules by holding a half hour long half time show just to apease the Americans. The United States should be barred from holding any more World Cup finals.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What a graphic. @cnn.com $NVDA $TSLA $AEO
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/07/2026
I wasn’t ready for this. ☠️ 😭 Low T Pete will never live this down.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
It’s absolutely crazy they can void an election with no consequences.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 31/05/2026
“I’ve been eating BBQ since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment” is a great joke. I’d love to see Talarico swap out the punchline each time he tells it. “…since before Ken Paxton cheated on his wife” “…since before Ken Paxton was impeached by his own party” There are hundreds of options.
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
As horrifying as this campaign of premeditated murder is, what might be even more disturbing is the utter indifference of Congress, the public and our allies to such a shocking and unapologetic obliteration of the many laws and norms against targeting civilians. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/w...
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The U.S. Boat Strike Campaign Has Now Killed Over 200 People
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia: I don’t want it to be lost how courageous Kilmar has been and how he’s made some very hard decisions in the course of this litigation. He didn’t have to go down this path of fighting and exposing the administration for what they’re doing.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 30/05/2026
No snark, I genuinely don’t get it. Trump is one of the least masculine, most juvenile public figures out there. He’s needy, whiny, defensive, terrified of strong women, and visibly intimidated by powerful men. How does his base spin this into the ultimate “strongman” image?
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Jackson O'Lantern-Brien @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
People will be closely studying how Hungary's opposition pulled off their win in such a pro-incumbent system. Important to note that the theme was corruption. Democrats need to get much better at calling out Trump's corruption.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
JD Vance is America’s Liz Truss. She killed the Queen. He killed the Pope and now, metaphorically, Viktor Orbán.
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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I’ve managed to string together my thoughts through the rage this week, please read & share 💭✍🏼 #Spéirghorm #IrishPolitics #Fascism 🔗 tinyurl.com/wak45j7d
Article Link: The Blockade Is the Message, How a fuel price spike became a fascist audition
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 08/02/2026
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks. He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger. Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’ 1/
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Andy Lettuce @andy.hopepunk.club · 07/02/2026
My goal as a parent was always to raise better men than me I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/01/2026
rare to get such a clear glimpse into the mind of someone whose response to problems in his personal life was to blame black people
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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Selene @selene226.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
GIFT ARTICLE: Outstanding analysis and good read by Adam Serwer in The Atlantic of how Minnesota's strong & inclusive "neighborism" culture is defeating ICE's terrorism 👇 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Protesters, including Walter Masterson, confront Congressman Tom Suozzi, a key Democrat whose vote helped secure passage of the Department of Homeland Security’s $64.4 billion funding bill. @waltermasterson.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2026
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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The Jack of Kingfield @thejackofkingfield.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Mood in minneapolis right now
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/01/2026
Trump: "We're very honored by what's happened to our country. In addition, we have $18 trillion coming in, building plants, building auto factories, building AI factories like no other country in the world."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/01/2026
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
CNN airs compilation of federal agents acting with extreme aggression towards peaceful observers.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.
A screenshot from the Graham Linehan Facebook page, dated January 26, 2017. 

"Here's something to watch for: sub-par entertainers/hacks etc smelling that sweet right wing sucker money and making their move."
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/01/2026
"behind the violence in Minneapolis—captured in so many chilling photographs in recent weeks—is a different reality: a meticulous urban choreography of civic protest." from Robert worth, @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know. This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
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Guillotine Hunger Force @handle.invalid · 22/01/2026
this is not a tiktok it is a documentary
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
“.. These two pictures are not the same. One posted by White House. The other posted by the Homeland Security Secretary.” - @macfarlanenews.bsky.social
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond reasonable doubt that Trump engaged in criminal conduct". Tony Ornato knew that but was a Trump loyalist who would lie and die for Trump. He was Secret Service and was corrupted like other SS who deleted their texts from Jan 6.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2026
hi @uaw.org, do you confirm or deny that Shawn Fain called Lutnick and glazed Trump?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2026
Chris Wright: "Today, that oil is coming out, it's all marketed by the US government, we're getting market prices for it, quickly putting that money into accounts in the name of PDVSA, and funneling cash to Venezuela ... it benefits the US tremendously."
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
NEW: Carney nails it. We have to stop pretending. Read this to understand the deep & dark hinterland behind the speech & why Vaclav Havel’s concept of ‘living in truth’ is the guide we need right now 1/
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Folks, this is an article in Foreign Affairs. "Anarchy" here is in contrast to "order," as in the international "rules-based order" we've had post-WWII. "Trumpism is fascism, not anarchy" is a different discussion. This is international relations. Waffles and pancakes.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/01/2026
Trump has no decency. He’s worried about Renée Good’s father still being a “tremendous Trump fan.” No kind words about her life. To each his own. But if I were her father, I’d place the blame squarely at Trump’s feet. He could call off ICE’s cruelty and abuse with a single Truth Social post.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 21/01/2026
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material. You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system. It’s a feature. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
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The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou on Donald Trump: “Ghislaine Maxwell did introduce me to him and she introduced me to him with a clear message of my being with him in the same way that she had trafficked me and brought me to Jeffrey Epstein”
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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Read Jeffrey Epstein Emails Released on Wednesday Congress released thousands of documents turned over by Epstein’s estate. Here are a few of them. FREE WSJ GIFT ARTICLE 🎁 www.wsj.com/us-news/read...
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Read Jeffrey Epstein Emails Released on Wednesday
Congress released thousands of documents turned over by Epstein’s estate. Here are a few of them.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Michael Wolff told me and others that Epstein showed him photos of young girls, smiling, all pointing to a stain on Trump's crotch. Apparently those aren't even the worst photos.
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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
In my opinion, one of the biggest revelations from the Epstein-Trump emails is that Michael Wolff -- who calls himself a journalist -- acted as a publicist and PR crisis manager for the most notorious sexual predator in recent memory. And he did this for YEARS!
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Landon Thomas Jr of the New York Times got told by Jeffrey Epstein that Trump walked into a glass door bc he was so busy staring at girls in Epstein's house and didn't print it. wild that the Times didn't consider that newsworthy.
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