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Roseann Wentworth

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News. Politics. Biz. Law. Marketing. Comms. IR. Fighting for democracy. News junkie. Sadly, Florida. 🌊 💙

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Greg Bluestein @bluestein.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club.” Jon Ossoff puts Mike Collins on ‘trial’ in fiery U.S. Senate debate #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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Jon Ossoff puts Mike Collins on ‘trial’ in fiery U.S. Senate debate
Ossoff, the Democratic incumbent, is leading in the polls and has a big fundraising advantage. But he acted as if he were the underdog on Thursday.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mortgage rates up to 7.5% www.cnbc.com/2026/10/07/m... That's pretty MAGA!
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Mortgage rates sit at nearly 3-year high, and demand continues to shrink
Mortgage rates rose to the highest level in nearly three years, causing demand for both refinancing and homebuying to decline even further.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 07/10/2026
Google has been ordered to halt work on two data centers it’s developing in Finland, a month after the tech giant committed to investing $15 billion in AI infrastructure in the country Read more: cnb.cx/4znxRHq
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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 07/10/2026
Florida’s experience with dengue fever will be an example for places at higher latitudes in the near future
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Florida’s Dengue Fever Outbreak Is a National Warning
For a state whose government officially doesn’t believe climate change is real, Florida remains our nation’s busiest climate-change laboratory.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Donald Trump told us that the trade deficit is the result of stupid policies by stupid presidents deanbaker22.substack.com/p/under-trum...
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Under Trump, Foreigners are Ripping Us Off More Than Ever: Trade Deficit Jumps in August
By Trump’s own measure, the economy looks really bad
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
‘But I got road salt exempted from Trump’s tariffs’ is really the perfect way to sum up Susan Collins during the Trump era. While he does hundreds of things to hurt Mainers, she brags about one small thing she did to help her reelection, while doing nothing on the big things.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 05/10/2026
If House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base. trib.al/R0rSJ30
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The Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Take the House
If House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Much of this is really great. @normornstein.bsky.social brings long history to this. But...
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Status @status.news · 05/10/2026
Weeks after gutting local newsrooms, McClatchy leadership has offered staffers virtually no explanation of what comes next, Status has learned, as the company builds out its controversial A.I. operation. The details in @status.news www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
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McClatchy Goes Mute
Weeks after gutting local newsrooms, McClatchy leadership has offered staffers virtually no explanation of what comes next, Status has learned, as the company builds out its controversial A.I. operati...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
People MUST stop outsourcing democracy to Dem leaders, ESPECIALLY the DNC.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Brazil's version of the 2024 election.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Trump keeps saying that a 1929-style Great Depression is likely during the second half of his term. Quite the midterm message.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 05/10/2026
Trump tells South Korea to sign on to Alaska LNG deal or 'I'll just charge them more'
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Trump tells South Korea to sign on to Alaska LNG deal or 'I'll just charge them more'
Trump is ramping up pressure on South Korea over Alaska LNG as Seoul remains cautious over investment projects announced by the U.S. president.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump now says "If I weren't president, Saudi Arabia wouldn't be here right now ... They'd be wiped off the face of the planet." 🙃
Yes, there were reports after the Houthi attacks that Saudi Arabia wasn't pleased that the U.S. didn't come to its defense. What's your relationship like with the Saudis right now?

Good, good. I've done a lot for Saudi Arabia. I protect Saudi Arabia. If I weren't president, Saudi Arabia wouldn't be here right now. Neither would Israel. They'd be wiped off the face of the planet. I do a lot for Saudi Arabia. My relationship with them is very good. I like the crown prince. My relationship is very good. But remember, if I weren't here, there wouldn't be a Saudi Arabia. There wouldn't be an Israel. There wouldn't be various other countries also.
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let’s not forget this happened because the Supreme Court decreed it should happen the day before. A country run by a cabal of wild-eyed reactionaries who want it to be the 1920s again www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections
Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A mystery buyer spent $311 million on four SW #Florida beachfront properties. While most of the properties had homes on them, they're being torn down to make way for a new compound. www.news-press.com/story/money/...
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Relaxing Beach Chairs by the Ocean
ALT: Relaxing Beach Chairs by the Ocean
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Three years ago, the Free Beacon ironically named me man of the year on their website. "Don’t give up Ben, you have a whole lot of nothing to look forward to," they wrote. This year, I was on a TIME100 list. I would take this moment to tell them how they can suck me: from the back. Thank you.
We don’t know about Ben’s family or personal finances, but we certainly can’t disagree about his lack of skills. But for someone with absolutely no ability, Ben has found the perfect gig.

Don’t give up Ben, you have a whole lot of nothing to look forward to. Only now, when you do nothing, you'll do it as a Free Beacon Man of the Year.I win.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.
washingtonsun.com
White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers
The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As dengue fever cases skyrocket, one #Florida city fights back by releasing the mosquitofish www.tampabay.com/news/clearwa... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social
tampabay.com
As dengue cases rise, Clearwater releases mosquitofish in local lakes
Pinellas County on Thursday declared a local state of emergency over the tropical disease.
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
$SPY -0.5% $QQQ -0.8% $RSP -0.1% $IWM -0.7% $EEM -1.5% $GLD -3.5% $SLV -5.1% $GDX -5.2% $USO +3.8% $TLT -0.7% @finviz_com
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brent > $108 WTI near $96 RBOB gasoline $3.44 Diesel +19 cents 10yr yield +7bps to 5.235% Precious metals annihilated
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yields marching higher again... 5.535% on the 30yr $TLT
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
Yep. I wrote about this back in the Tulsi Gabbard days. bsky.app/profile/muel...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 28/09/2026
A warming Earth is accelerating the melting of the planet's two major ice sheets, with five-sixths of the melt not coming from hotter air, but from warmer waters eating away at the ice sheets from below and the sides, according to a study in the journal Scientific Data. to.pbs.org/3UN86kP
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Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica in 47 years, satellites show
A major report has found that 12.5 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979. The massive glacier melt is mainly attributed to warmer waters eroding the ice sheets from...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Deleted the initial post--it is AI. But the question remains: I find it noteworthy that Andreessen was not listed as an attendee.
An AI photo of the state dinner with all the oligarchs in tuxes. I used it to ask why Andreessen was not there.

I've markred it as AI.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
YOU NEED TO SEE THIS Rob Bonta (California AG): “We think it’s limitless what he (Trump) will try and what he is capable of. So, if you can imagine it, we have thought of it and we have a plan.” Every attorney general should be planning for this.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 28/09/2026
UK police 'investigate Iran link' to alleged bomb threat against base hosting U.S. Air Force
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UK police 'investigate Iran link' to alleged bomb threat against base hosting U.S. Air Force
U.K. counter-terrorism police are understood to be investigating a potential link with Iran after an alleged bomb threat against an air base hosting U.S. forces
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 28/09/2026
U.S., China to lower tariffs on $60 billion of goods. Here's what qualifies
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U.S., China to lower tariffs on $60 billion of goods. Here's what qualifies
The lists included U.S. imports of toys, sports equipment and Christmas decorations, while U.S. farm products appeared on the list of Chinese imports.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026
A Delta flight from Barcelona to Boston makes an emergency landing in Portugal, with three passengers taken to hospital for treatment, a spokesperson for Portugal’s emergency and civil protection authority says.
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Boston-bound Delta flight makes emergency landing in Portugal due to smoke in cabin
Three passengers were taken to hospital for treatment, ​a spokesperson ​for ⁠Portugal’s emergency and civil protection authority said.
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 28/09/2026
Why record diesel prices have further to go
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Why record diesel prices have further to go
The price of diesel has hit a record UK high, with experts warning of a toxic cocktail of pressures set to drive the cost into uncharted territory.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Passive voice is bad writing and disguises respnsiblitity for absolute incompetence: "The Moves That Backfired on Trump and Drove Interest Rates and Inflation Higher".. NO! "Trump screwed up, drove up interest rates and inflation" www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
wsj.com
The Moves That Backfired on Trump and Drove Interest Rates and Inflation Higher
The president’s own agenda has helped undermine promises to fix the economy and get the deficit under control.
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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Punctuation saved grandma.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 27/09/2026
A new book makes the case that “the history of punctuation is the history of humanity.” Is that going too far? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Curious Power of Punctuation
Commas, dashes, semicolons, and spaces have shaped how we read for centuries. What happens when machines start crafting the sentences?
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
!!!
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 25/09/2026
The former CEO of U.S.-based credit union Family First is no longer with the company, days after she posted an allegedly AI-edited family photo of her family with “Lake America” sweatshirts. Read more: cnb.cx/3VP1BOE
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
1/That didn’t take long: Judge Kelly enters a 14-day temp injunction based only on due process. CNN, MSNOW & Politico get their hard passes back while briefing for a prelim injunc happens. No stay of the order b/c it’s likely not appealable the Judge says. joycevance.substack.com/p/king-trump...
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King Trump: Privileges, Not Rights
It’s all about whether the press can criticize the president
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
2/The Judge’s order is here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Order on Motion for TRO AND Set/Reset Deadlines – #24 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
Temporary Restraining Order. See Order for details. Signed by Judge Timothy J. Kelly on 9/24/26. (lctjk2) (Entered: 09/24/2026)
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Jill Wine-Banks @jillwine-banks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Worth reading. 1st A means something and so does due process.
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Roseann Wentworth @rwentworth1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TWO DECADES. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US Treasury Five-Year Yields Breach 5% for First Time Since 2007
The yield on five-year US Treasuries rose above 5% for the first time in almost two decades as strong US economic data pushed investors to prepare for a series of Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes t...
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Roseann Wentworth @rwentworth1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Most Florida universities fell in national rankings, per U.S. News & World Report floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/22/m...
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Most Florida universities fell in national rankings, per U.S. News & World Report • Florida Phoenix
Of the eight Florida universities recognized nationally, five dropped in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual national rankings. Two universities climbed and one stayed steady.  Florida’s two top-25 ...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One of the people who bribed Trump w/a bunker-ballroom bribe, Konstantin Sokolov, got permission to do business with VTB. www.icij.org/news/2026/09...
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Trump administration gave firm with ties to ballroom donor the green light to do business with a sanctioned Russian bank - ICIJ
Private equity investor Konstantin Sokolov was also appointed to run a government enterprise fund.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Senator John Curtis asks Chuck Grassley to investigate familial influence peddling, generally, invoking Hunter to suggest Grassley subpoena both Hunter and Don Jr. Curtis is on Foreign Relations, not SJC, but he didn't ask Jim Risch to do this investigation. punchbowl.news/09-21-2026-c...
The country should not have to accept one standard for the family of a Republican president and
another for the family of a Democratic president. Nor should congressional oversight begin and
end when control of the White House changes hands.
I therefore respectfully request that the Senate Judiciary Committee launch an investigation into
the use of presidential family relationships for private financial benefit, preferential treatment, or
access by domestic and foreign interests. As part of that investigation, I urge the Committee to
subpoena Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden to testify regarding their past business dealings,
relationships with foreign individuals and entities, gifts, or other benefits they have received, and
any instances in which their relationship to the President was invoked or understood to provide
value.
The purpose of such an inquiry should be straightforward: establish the facts, determine whether
existing ethics, disclosure, or anti-corruption laws apply, and identify reforms necessary to
prevent the presidency from becoming a vehicle for private enrichment by those closest to it.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Right after I published this, the district court issued a permanent injunction. If anything, that makes #SCOTUS's job even easier, because now there's an obvious ruling to "stay," versus the awkwardness of preemptively telling a district court to *not* do something.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trying to figure out what the Eighth Circuit actually *did* tonight in the Missouri redistricting case (try to put HB 1 back into effect), whether it's allowed to do it (not really), and what happens next (another stay from #SCOTUS)? "One First" has it covered: www.stevevladeck.com/p/252-the-ei...
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252. The Eighth Circuit’s Missouri Redistricting Mishegas
The Eighth Circuit’s attempt to put Missouri’s 2025 congressional map back into effect will fail. It’s also yet another example of the mischief the Supreme Court’s shadow docket behavior can beget.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Entering hour two of TrumpTV the audience has dropped to 3300. They are showing footage from the 250th Anniversary celebration. It's an air show of sorts that wasn't photographed well. It's hard to tell what's happening on the screen.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/09/2026
ICE is erasing immigrants with final deportation orders from a searchable online database, leaving families and attorneys in the dark. “It is truly a forced disappearance,” said Atenas Burrola Estrada of the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights.
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Immigrants with final deportation orders disappear from ICE detainee locator
The change will make it harder for many families and attorneys to determine where an immigrant is being held after being taken into ICE custody.
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Jeff Currie: "extremely high risk" of $5 gasoline by the midterms
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11/09/2026
BREAKING: Diesel hits a record $6 per gallon, an ominous mark of the Iran war that will drive prices higher for groceries and other essentials.
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Diesel’s new high of $6 per gallon will make ‘just about everything’ more expensive
“We are endangering one of the strongest economic pillars that we have in this country,” said fourth-generation Iowa farmer Mark Mueller.
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CNN @cnn.com · 11/09/2026
Extreme heat brings many problems for a country not built for it: Schools close, train tracks buckle – and, it turns out, houses sink. As heat waves dry out the soil in this city, the ground is shifting and shrinking, pulling buildings down with it: cnn.it/4ioyFGO
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The NYT fanfic on JD Vance suffers from some of the same temporal issues as their original one, which I wrote about here. emptywheel.net/2026/04/08/t...
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The Maggie and Swan JD Vance Fan-Fic - emptywheel
A NYT story that purports to tell the story of the start of the Iran War adopts Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner's debunked claims about Iran's peace offer, then wildly oversells the heroism of JD Vanc...
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