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Leslie @foursister7.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Elizabeth Bisbee @bisbee4148.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I can’t listen. He’s a piece of shit. Absolute trash. American people shouldnt have to suffer this degradation. Ukrainian victims of Russian aggression & brutality deserve so much better than this betrayal. Fuck him. Fuck everyone around him who greenlit this. Fuck everyone who voted for him.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Ripping out these protected bike lanes against the will of Toronto city council is a colossal waste of $48 million. The province’s own experts know it will not ease traffic congestion, it will put people’s lives at risk…” One of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen any politician do to any city.
cbc.ca
Ontario will officially begin removing Toronto bike lanes on Tuesday | CBC News
Ontario will begin removing bike lanes from a stretch on Bloor Street W. in Etobicoke on Tuesday, the Ministry of Transportation says.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
VERY important point from my colleague Sam Bagenstos - the 2026 Senate races will determine the future of the Supreme Court and federal courts more broadly. Which means the 2026 Senate race in MICHIGAN could determine the future of the Supreme Court
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Art of the Deal, folks. Donald is such an idiot.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The US governement is planning to publically execute someone, something that only Saudia Arabia and Afghanistan do. And they plan to livestream it so anyone, including CHILDREN, can watch.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Let me see if I understand this . . . 1. The U.S. is at war with Iran. 2. Russia is helping Iran in that war. 3. The U.S. is now giving Russia money that it can use to help Iran destroy U.S. bases and kill U.S. troops. Donald is smart & patriotic like that.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line. The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor.
Trump wearing a blue suit on stage. He is flashing his jacket open, such that you can see the interior labels. One label says Jos. A. Bank. A product shot from Jos. A. Bank's website. This is from the Traveler line. It appears to match the label in Trump's suit. A photo from the product page touts that the suit is made from a new "fabric technology" that has "ultimate stretch performance" and "anti-microbial/ reduce moisture and odor" qualities. There is a photo of a man wearing the suit. From the product page: "Product Details & Care
Stay comfortable and confident with this Traveler® Collection suit separates jacket, powered by innovative 37.5 © technology. Designed to maintain your body's ideal microclimate, the fabric removes moisture at the vapor stage to keep you dry before sweat even forms. Plus, 37.5 helps absorb and trap odor molecules, keeping you fresh and ready for every occasion. Offering maximum mobility with built-in stretch, this jacket moves effortlessly with you throughout your day. As part of the suit separates collection, it allows you to customize your fit by selecting jacket, vest, and pant sizes individually, ensuring a tailored look that's perfect for you.
Traditional Fit
Two button
Natural stretch fabric
Water- and stain-resistant
Performance stretch lining
66% wool, 30% 37.5 polyester, 4% spandex
Dry clean only
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Shop worry-free knowing returns are free on every purchase. Return within 90 days from original date of purchase at any Jos. A. Bank store or by mail at no cost. See our Return Policy for more details."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think in reality what socialism actually means in the American context is that trillionaire Elon Musk got $38 billion from the U.S. government and you got rejected trying to buy a $1 soda on SNAP benefits.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump regime wants to dismantle the International Criminal Court because it plans to continue committing war crimes. The Trump regime is refusing to allow international election monitors because it plans to continue committing election fraud. They are not being subtle.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The wealth of the richest 0.1 percent of Americans has more than doubled since 2019. If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will. Watch.
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How to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)
Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Justice Department (DOJ) filed a law suit against the state of Maryland over its new law barring federal law enforcement officers including, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), from wearing masks and requiring them to identify themsel... TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
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Justice Department sues Maryland over federal agent mask ban
The Justice Department sued Maryland on Thursday over a new law barring federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks and requiring them to identify themselves while working in the Old Line S…
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just a Friendly Reminder…..
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Since taking office, Ken Paxton has spent $1.9 million in taxpayer funds on luxury travel, including to: — China — Israel — India — Italy — Malta — Taiwan — Albania — Greece — Palm Beach — South Africa — Dominican Republic — 25 trips to California — The 2024 Kentucky Derby
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White Plains Rich @whiteplainsrich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
She can't tolerate living with this lying philanderer, but wants you to spend the next six years with him.  If that isn't the essential essence of the GOP, I don't know what is. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
nytimes.com
As She Divorces Ken Paxton, His Wife Urges Texans to Vote for Him
In a new ad, Angela Paxton tells voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.”
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illumi @yallchemist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
lol one of our website designers used our organization's entire monthly claude credits yesterday and now half the company doesn't know how to do their jobs. it's october 2nd.
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NPR @npr.org · 03/10/2026
Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it. n.pr/4y2SrM3
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Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down
Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it.
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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The problem with focusing on Trump’s current incoherence is that it implies that his supporters were previously drawn to his razor-sharp insight, his subject-matter expertise and his canny political wisdom. Those of us with long memories know that none of that is fucking true.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Eight years since the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, ordered the brutal torture and murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and no one in the Saudi government has been held accountable. (We may even help them with a nuclear program.)
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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
President Zelenskyy: "From intelligence reports and individuals within Putin's inner circle, we know that in early September Putin declared: 'From now on, there are no rules.' The Russians failed to occupy us, so now they are resorting to massive strikes and mass killings.
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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
After reading this story about independent truckers getting crushed by high diesel prices, I am genuinely baffled by the question: why haven’t the prices they can charge risen to take this into account? I see that independent truckers have very little bargaining power.
nytimes.com
Truckers Are ‘Just Trying to Hang On’ When a Fill-Up Tops $1,000
Truckers are among the hardest hit by the soaring cost of diesel fuel. High prices are forcing some to stay on the road for months and others to park their rigs.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just going to remind everyone that in addition to all the horrifying things Palmer Luckey has done, his sister is also the wife of Matt Gaetz, and married him AFTER the allegations of raping underage prostitutes came to light.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You don’t want an honest answer to this so in tired of seeing it Racism and Classism Combined with the constant readjustment of the timeline for yall to write columns over doing deep work And working harder to yell at women to “focus” than to do deep work
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The objective of Republicans has always been trolling liberals, not achieving any helpful goals. The simpleton Ronald Reagan is a good example. He blathered on about how much he was in favor of smaller government. Well, guess what? The federal government was *larger* when he left office.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
youtube.com
Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here's a graphic that does a better job of conveying the point than my original post: even by the (insane) standards of the first Trump administration, #SCOTUS is receiving—and granting—a truly unprecedented number of applications for emergency relief from the federal government:
A chart that shows the number of emergency applications filed and granted by the Supreme Court during each presidency dating back to George W. Bush, with the data annualized to show the far-higher frequencies since 2017, but especially during the Trump I and Trump II administrations.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/09/2026
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was warned of an impending Hamas attack in 2023 by the UAE. The information wasn't passed on to Israeli security officials.
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Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7
The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials said.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Possibly the best example of American democracy and governance in the era of Trump.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 24/09/2026
Heidi Overton just started her opening statement at her confirmation hearing by thanking her lord and savior Jesus Christ
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Don't download the Trump app. Everything he does is underhanded and dishonest.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026
I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The United States, which once freed prisoners from Germany's concentration camps, is now siding with the war criminals—and obstructing those who would hold them into account. Shameful—if this administration had any shame.
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US prepares to sanction the ICC, that indicted Russia's Putin and Israel's Netanyahu for war crimes
Trump is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court itself, potentially cutting it off from U.S. banking, technology and services. The US has already sanctioned 13 ICC officials and ...
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
CNN PANIC is setting in now that David Ellison will control the network in a matter of weeks: "People are anxious and worried... Unlike other mergers ... that we've been through, we have the preview of CBS, so it's not like people don't have a sense of what's coming." www.status.news/p/david-elli...
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Ellison’s Bonta Blowout
David Ellison worked the phones over the weekend to secure a settlement for his Warners takeover—but the deal’s supposed safeguard for CNN is already drawing skepticism from inside the network as staf...
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It gets worse: Dem FCC member: “The FCC just let some of the most repressive governments in the world indirectly control nearly all of a combined Paramount-Warner Bros.” An investment of this size “doesn’t just buy equity, it secures influence over what gets said & made.” apnews.com/article/para...
apnews.com
FCC grants Paramount's indirect ownership request for Gulf funds in Warner Bros. Discovery buyout
As Paramount looks to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, it’s racked up billions of dollars in financial backing from three Gulf countries.
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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social just put out a great statement on AI. Refreshing to see a major politician on the left nail this. "Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves." 🎯
Charles,

Last weekend, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, one of the largest Al companies in the world, publicly asked his industry to slow down Al development.

Shortly after, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAl, followed suit. Then Elon Musk.

This all came days after an Anthropic researcher quit, citing his belief that this technology could wipe out humanity and that Al companies are "gambling with our lives."

For years, people have warned that generative Al could slip out of our direct control.

Those safety concerns must be taken seriously.

And this is why I have advocated for strict safety standards on how Al is built and deployed, public oversight over this technology, and using existing laws to hold these companies accountable when they cause harm.

But I want to draw your attention to another reality: Right now, the U.S. economy and our financial futures are riding on Silicon Valley's bet that Al will soon be immensely profitable and pay off. And that bet isn't looking good.

The formula for a profitable business isn't complicated: make more money than you spend. But the biggest Al companies aren't doing that. They are spending hundreds of billions per year on data centers, chips, and other costs while their ability to make revenues that exceed their already-immense sunk costs are unclear. Experts estimate that these Al companies will require another $600 billion of debt just to financethemselves in 2026 alone. That is more than the entire budgets of the U.S. Departments of Justice, Transportation, & Education combined.
Meanwhile, despite almost every single one of these companies not turning a profit & having sunk billions of investor dollars in development of data centers & other infrastructure, Al companies are also on a spending spree of hundreds of millions of dollars in lobbying & dark money in our elections.
It would be one thing if we were discussing a few private companies with a poor business model. But last year, virtually all stock market gains - 80% - rested entirely on just a handful of Al companies.
That tells us two things:
1. Nearly the entire U.S. economy outside the Al industry is relatively stagnating and faring poorly & the gains from these few companies are disguising it; &
2. Millions of people's retirements - including their pensions, 401ks, & investments - are potentially exposed to this risk.
That's why these Al companies' dubious financial positions matter to working people.
These companies argue that debt is necessary. They'll tell you that building transformative technologies requires upfront capital, & that massive borrowing today will pay off in generating unprecedented prosperity tomorrow.
But this is not the typical debt that startups take on while they build out a company. We are talking about billions going on trillions of dollars leveraged with no indication that these companies will be able to recoup these funds profitably. And they are increasingly looking to the government as their source of cash.
In an effort to hide their debt, tech companies have been relying on "circular financing" where tech giants like Google, Amazon, & Microsoft give billions to Al startups like OpenAl & Anthropic, only for those startups to hand that money right back to buy Al processing power.
In other words, these Al companies are luring in new investors by making it look like their financials are healthier than they really are.What's even worse is that retirement & pension funds are key to supporting this illusion.
When the Al companies issue bonds to raise more money, your pension funds & retirement accounts are some of the biggest buyers. When Musk's Al business went public, it became part of index funds where millions of Americans invest our savings. Many Americans don't even know that their retirement investments are tied up in these companies at all.
From Big Tech's perspective, that's a feature, not a bug. By tying our futures to their reckless gambling, Al billionaires are trying to make themselves too big to fail. They think they can take such dangerous risks because we will bail them out if things go wrong.
Sound familiar? This scene is dangerously reminiscent of the rampant speculation, corruption, & broken incentives leading up to the 2008 financial crisis that plunged millions of working class Americans into financial chaos that we never fully recovered from.
It is no accident that these warnings from Altman & Amodei come months-if not weeks-before these companies were meant to go public.
When companies go public, they have to be more transparent about how they are doing financially. And after a waiting period, they typically have to let private investors-like their own employees-sell their shares.
The New York Times recently confirmed that OpenAl has postponed going public for this very reason. They are in no rush for the truth about their finances to come out.
But the moment these oligarchs began to seek our public tax dollars & public contracts while exposing their companies to public pension funds & investments, they opened themselves to public accountability & scrutiny.
Silicon Valley billionaires have rigged the game & are attempting to shift their financial risk to working people: If they're right about Al's potential, they reap the profits. If they're wrong & the bubble bursts, they are setting up the American people to pick up the tab.
Heads, they win; tails, we lose.We can stop this, and we shouldn't play their game. Together we can address both the economic and safety threats of unrestricted Al development and prevent financial chaos and stabilize market risk.

We must make it clear now that should the Al bubble pop, Congress should not bail out Big Tech.

And across our federal agencies, we have the authorities and tools to hold Al companies and their leaders accountable for releasing dangerous, unvetted, and defective products. We must not wait.

Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity.

But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves.

It's time we hold them accountable.

Thank you for reading.

In solidarity,

Alexandria
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This was a talking point that went out to all the paid social media trolls the same day
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He's so stupid *and* fascist that he thinks "repressive" is a compliment.
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Christine Elise @christineelise.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Please keep Michael Berryman and his family in your thoughts. On his way home from a convention, his house caught fire. Michael and his wife, Patty lost everything. We're working with his agent on this GoFundMe to lessen the burden Michael and Patty now face.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The US secretly flew an American diplomat out of the UK after he was found with child abuse images during a dawn raid, reportedly without notifying British police beforehand. mol.im/a/16127415
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US flew diplomat out of UK after he was found with child abuse images
The ex US serviceman, who was working at the American Embassy in Nine Elms, south London, was allegedly taken from his flat in Putney on August 25.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Shut up, Jeff Bezos, and your propaganda rag, the current Washington Post. The Kennedy Center is only in trouble because the lowbrow idiot Donald Trump and his stupid, uncultured minions interfered with it, driving away audiences. Adding his vulgar name will *guarantee* bankruptcy, not avoid it.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thank you, Mr. Trump! —A Grateful China
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ted Cruz interrupted during ESPN appearance by fired-up crowd chanting, "TED, YOU SUCK!"
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026
THIS COULD SEND OIL PRICES THROUGH THE ROOF Hormuz is already crippled. Saudi Arabia just shut a major pipeline after drone strikes. Now the Houthis are threatening Bab el-Mandeb, the other major oil chokepoint. If that strait gets choked off too, $100 oil is the bottom, not the ceiling.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/09/2026
Here's what I think about when I think back on 9/11. The attack happened on the watch of a Republican president who had been warned, repeatedly & explicitly, that an attack was coming. He dismissed those warnings.
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