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disabled (autism). unskilled labor living in a robber baron’s world. star trek is my lotr is my star wars is my expanse is my kurosawa is my audrey hepburn. currently heartbroken forever.

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saturnv6 @saturnv6.bsky.social · 17h
i’m just lazy and i like the aesthetic
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Now that is quite a photo. (Credit: Doug Mills / New York Times)
From Doug Mills on X: White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia and Special Assistant to the president Natalie Harp join President Donald Trump in Marine One he arrived in Wasilla, Alaska yesterday.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/10/2026
Ukrainian soldiers in combat have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted
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Ukrainian soldiers in combat have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted
Outage of terminals managed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX comes as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine without any advance warning from US Ukrainian soldiers in combat have suddenly had their access to Starlink satellite internet terminals restricted as the Trump administration has increased pressure on Ukraine to halt long-range strikes on Russia’s oil industry immediately. The terminals, which are distributed and managed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, are a key component of Ukraine’s military operations and the sudden restrictions on the high-speed terminals on Tuesday evening led to the failure of several combat missions, said an adviser on military technology to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading...
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saturnv6 @saturnv6.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
no doubt there are genuinely good uses for pomp and circumstance, but it is often perceived as something it should not be perceived as (eg of exceptionalism) and/or it is intentionally used in ways that seek to deceive and/or manipulate.
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saturnv6 @saturnv6.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
ooh, even more, all that pomp and circumstance is generally used as a cover to hide the humanness or the limits of the power-holders. and often enough, perhaps this is the usual, the pomp and stance is there simply to hide the corruption (sometimes the p&s is the corruption too)!
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TrumpReposter @trumpreposter.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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saturnv6 @saturnv6.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
wikipedia has his name as johan sebastian duran guerrero. and it repeatedly refers to him as “duran guerrero” without the johan sebastian, so jackson makes collins look bad in that clip, but she’s perhaps not wrong in the saying of his name?
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saturnv6 @saturnv6.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
trump and the gop have really helped clarify for me the reality that power and wealth don’t a wise person make (they also don’t indicate it). also, that these positions of power are wholly empty *except when they’re used in service to others. all that pomp and circumstance is nothing.
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Joe Rogan is using his show to peddle misinformation about voter fraud and accuse Democrats of stealing elections — and his episodes that contain election misinformation have greater viewership than those that don't.
mediamatters.org
What is Joe Rogan saying about elections ahead of the midterms?
Heading into the midterm elections, podcaster Joe Rogan has used his podcast to peddle misinformation, baseless claims, and conspiracy theories about elections, claiming Democrats “want to cheat,” tha...
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Chris Tomlinson @cltomlinson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Wall Street Journal reports on a New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Ken Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife. One of the fugitives had donated $190,000 to Paxton. How much more can there be? www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race
Trump backed the scandal-plagued Paxton in one of the riskiest bets of the midterms
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hmmmm, wonder why Katie Miller deleted this tweet?
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 09/10/2026
A basic problem with punditry in this era is that much of it assumes our barrier to greater prosperity and peace is the technological frontier. That is false. Failures in politics, government policy, and economic policy are holding us back, keeping us far short of the technological frontier.
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TrumpReposter @trumpreposter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Dallas, says he supports public execution announced by the Pentagon: www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/a...
dallasnews.com
Robert Jeffress supports public execution announced by Pentagon
Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Dallas, says he supports the Pentagon’s announcement to hold a public execution for the first time in modern American history.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/10/2026
OpenAI has fired three safety researchers for a "breach of trust," defending the decision after the trio accused the company of prioritizing corporate interests over safety.
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OpenAI fires 3 safety researchers in dispute over AI risks
OpenAI has fired three safety researchers for a "breach of trust," defending the decision after the trio accused the company of prioritizing corporate interests over safety.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yeesh. 👀 (Bloomberg) - The most likely long-term outcome of the AI boom will be massive capital destruction in the US, with market share going to cheaper open-source Chinese models, according to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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TrumpReposter @trumpreposter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(1/13) This is the woman who received the Nobel Peace Prize over the Great United States of America, whose Representative, ME, settled eight Wars, and many other things. I know nothing about this woman, and neither does anyone else! In fact, to the best of my knowledge, no one
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: A Russian strike on a passenger bus in Kramatorsk KILLED 33 PEOPLE and wounded 18, according to Donetsk authorities. In response, public transport was suspended in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk as officials urged residents to evacuate. www.kyivpost.com/post/86445
kyivpost.com
Russia Kills 30 in Kramatorsk Bus Strike as 2 Donetsk Cities Halt Public Transport
The attack prompted authorities to suspend public transport in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk as officials warned civilians face growing danger.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What a strange story. California woman finds a man, allegedly drunk, sleeping on her lawn early in the morning & sends her dad out to move him. The man wakes up & allegedly assaults the (elderly) dad, who shoots him Turns out the man is off-duty ICE agent David Gonzalez abc7.com/story/off-du...
abc7.com
Off-duty ICE agent shot after assaulting 72-year-old man and his daughter at Fresno home, police say
Authorities say a woman found the ICE agent sleeping on her front lawn.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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TrumpReposter @trumpreposter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
(1/3) The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back. You have been robbed, and abandoned by your State Government. Your Governor is an incompetent
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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
are you fucking kidding me
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What if OpenAl solves the Jewish problem
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unified field theory / quantum gravity
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Meanwhile, over on X, the Secretary of Homeland Security is posting about "vandalizing the demographics of America," a phrase which is either a chilling suggestion of white nationalism from Mullin or just straight pablum which means nothing but sounds just fash enough to excite the faithful.
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“Vandalize the demographics of America” is either a chilling phrase suggesting that Mullin is a white nationalist or an absurdly meaningless bit of pablum  which ignores 250 years of the constantly shifting demographics of a nation of immigrants.

Underneath is a picture of Mullin with a quote "How do you turn a country from democracy to socialism? You have to change the demographics."
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end
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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 06/10/2026
The former boss of Germany's most important intelligence agency, the BND, has been arrested on suspicion of treason.
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In what looked like an unscripted moment during his speech in Nebraska Trump said it would be a small price to pay if Iran took out Los Angeles or San Diego before promising the crowd he would get gas prices down.
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
***NEW REPORT*** Using a large (23,000 people) national survey collected in 2026 by @kettering.org & @gallup.com, I wrote this expansive report on Christian nationalism and Americans' views of democracy. As we head toward Nov., this report shows us what is at stake. kettering.org/christian-na...
kettering.org
Christian Nationalism and the State of American Democracy in 2026
What do Christian nationalists mean by "democracy"? New Democracy for All Project survey data reveals competing visions of power, citizenship, and democratic values.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
theatlantic.com
A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
talkingpointsmemo.com
Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned
404media.co
How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026
Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee halted the remaining execution for the year. trib.al/vq2ElQr
trib.al
Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection
Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee halted the remaining execution for the year.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: SCOTUS’s Republican appointees will allow Tennessee to kill Christa Pike tonight, vacating a stay of execution entered by the Sixth Circuit this morning. The three Democratic appointees dissent.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 26A428
KENNETH NELSEN, WARDEN v. CHRISTA GAIL PIKE
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY
[September 30, 2026]
The application to vacate stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE KAVANAUGH and by him referred to the Court is granted. The September 30, 2026 order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Cir-cuit, case No. 26-5864, granting a stay of execution is vacated.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
The State of Tennessee is set to execute Christa Pike for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer. Earlier today, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a stay of Pike's execution solely to "adequately address and resolve" the issues presented in Pike's pending application for relief. Order in In re Pike, No. 26-5864, ECF Doc. 10-2, p. 2. Tennessee now asks this Court to vacate that stay and permit it to proceed with Pike's execution today. Stunningly, the Court acquiesces. Because its decision clears the way for the State to execute Pike before her still-pending legal challenges to her conviction can be properly considered, I respectfully dissent.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
People comparing American politics to Roman precedents is as old as the United States, to the point of it being a pop culture cliche. But I wanted to make a somewhat different point with it. 1/
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America Can Pull Back From the Slippery Slope to Rome
The decline of the rule of law and our republic is not inevitable
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saturnv6 @saturnv6.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i definitely mask a lot. might be worth checking my diet too. thanks!
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saturnv6 @saturnv6.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
if i cant make this job work for me, then i have to rethink what my life can be, how much independence i can hold onto, etc. i so much want to be able to have my own life.
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saturnv6 @saturnv6.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the job i have now is the best job i’ve ever had for my autism and i dont think there are many other jobs like the one i have. the one negative is i work nights, but it’s quiet, it’s literally the same routine (almost) every night, i work by myself, the only other staff are co-workers and security…
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saturnv6 @saturnv6.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
but i think i’m probably going to seek an evaluation—even if the govt situation frightens me (i dont want to be institutionalized)—b/c i need support, and right now i could use some significant fmla time. that or i’m gonna end up quitting my job (which is really not ideal).
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saturnv6 @saturnv6.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
for context, anything above 130 “suggests significant traits” and they suggest you(i) seek an evaluation. my paranoid internal monologue: “but maybe you just want to be autistic and that’s why you score higher.” my autism: “🙄😑.”
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saturnv6 @saturnv6.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
—b/c in my mind that would mean my life is entirely my fault, that all my struggling is just me being lazy or stubborn or pathetic or weak or all of the above. but then i finish the assessment and it says, for example, 185 out of 240 on the raads-r (just now).
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saturnv6 @saturnv6.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i haven’t gotten an official diagnosis of autism yet, so i periodically retake online assessments b/c i’m paranoid. and i just took the raads-r test again. everytime i do an assessment i question my answers and get worried that it’s gonna show i’m not autistic (or dont need an evaluation)—
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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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Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
maybe the least unsurprising story, given Lahn's wife has basically said she has no interest in moving to Iowa and their alleged home in-state is in the middle of nowhere.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
❗️Estonia officially blamed Russia for the arson attack against Milrem defense industry company on August 15 The suspects are in Estonian custody. "Based on the information available to KAPO,the modus operandi of the Milrem attack is consistent with other acts of sabotage carried
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saturnv6 @saturnv6.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
yikes
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Pablo Torre @pablo.show · 29/09/2026
Prominent megachurch pastor Craig Groeschel has just cancelled his scheduled appearances at four upcoming Life Surge events, following our investigation with @motherjones.com @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
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