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Shablo Pleye

@shablopligh.bsky.social
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Interested in life, justice and sustainable society for humanity. Permaculture, ecology, regenerative agriculture. Mostly plants. Non-violent except self-defense. Human rights > upper class/corps. Posting news, info + insults to fascism. they/them.

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Shablo Pleye @shablopligh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
2/3 of American support Medicare for all. This is the vast majority of Democrats, about 2/3 of independents, and half of Republicans. It’s a winning campaign issue, but Republicans and corporate establishment Aipac Democrats have blocked in committee for 20 years, denying it a floor vote.
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Costs of the 20-year war on terror: $8 trillion and 900,000 deaths
A report from the Costs of War project at Brown University revealed that 20 years of post-9/11 wars have cost the U.S. an estimated $8 trillion and have killed more than 900,000 people.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 5h
Trump with a powerful closing rallying cry: “Everyone thinks the prices are high because of me, but they’re not.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/b...
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Trump Says Economy Has ‘Public Relations’ Problem Amid High Prices and Slow Hiring
The president, who had hoped to tout a growing economy on the campaign trail, has found it hard to break through as workers’ wages fail to keep up.
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Shablo Pleye @shablopligh.bsky.social · 5m
I’m being trolled in this thread by anti-M4A account/s claiming to be democrats who want universal healthcare, whose claims are contradicted by numerous polls and economic studies, as well as the sources they cite — if any.
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404 Media @404media.co · 18m
Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out. www.404media.co/cops-can-byp...
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Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims
Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 6h
As usual, the brilliant @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social nails it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We live in a rape-prone society. The horrific Cornell case reveals what that looks like | Rebecca Solnit
Public outcry to punish the alleged perpetrators in the Cornell case misses the point – the only solution is political, legal and cultural equality of women
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 6h
We're a decade into this and still getting fed "raises new questions" about very obvious and blatant corruption, self-dealing, and authoritarian capture. This isn't journalism. It's an institutional denial superstructure.
Headline: U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies - President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump's envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest
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White House Watchdog @whitehousewatchdog.bsky.social · 6h
Trump urges Arkansas residents to pressure Sen. Cotton by posting his cellphone number, pushing for the Sunshine Protection Act to advance.
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GOP senator bombarded with calls after Trump posts phone number publicly
Trump urges Arkansas residents to pressure Sen. Cotton by posting his cellphone number, pushing for the Sunshine Protection Act to advance.
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Shablo Pleye @shablopligh.bsky.social · 6h
“The layoffs — occurring just three days before … Trump’s rally … — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area. And they are one reason why Bos, 30, plans to spend the final weeks before the November election canvassing votes for Democrats.”
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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h
Bill Pulte, Trump's director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, moved this week to slash the inspector general's office that scrutinizes his actions — prompting calls from Dems for his resignation. It's the second time Trump officials have moved to limit scrutiny of the agency run by Pulte.
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Housing Official, Who Targeted Trump Foes, Cuts Watchdog Office
Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, moved to slash his agency’s inspector general’s office. Democrats called for his resignation.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 7h
Here's a little chart that our graphics team did to help you keep track of the various players.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 11h
This Lukoil pending deal has a tie-in to the billionaire Syrian-born Qatari brothers that I wrote about earlier this year-- who have teamed up with Ivanka and Jared on a real estate project in Albania. Yes, it's an intricate web. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...
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Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name. (Gift Article)
The attempt by the Khayyats to influence foreign policy while discussions are underway about potential Trump family deals is an increasingly common feature of the president’s second term.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 12h
Witkoff and Kushner discussed the deal last month during a meeting at the Kremlin with Putin. Here is a shorter overview of our investigation. With my NYT Washington Bureau colleague Anton Troianovski www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Trump, Putin, Ukraine and an Oil Deal: 5 Takeaways (Gift Article)
A proposal to bolster relations with the Kremlin through the purchase of Russian energy assets is striking even for an administration that regularly mixes personal business interests with foreign poli...
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 12h
The pending oil deal involves Russian Lukoil international assets (now sanctioned by the US) that would be acquired at a big discount by a Trump campaign donor, a UAE-based investor in Trump/Witkoff family crypto company, and Kushner/Ivanka's Qatari-based real estate partners.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 12h
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h
Really innovative. Normally with a government grift, you do the ostensibly public service work and get a bribe payment off-stage. These guys are disrupting peace deals by making the grift part of it.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 8h
"María" is harvesting sweet potatoes. "I work 8 hours a day and earn CA minimum wage of $16.90/hr. The hardest part for me is having to get up at 2:00am to pack my lunch, wait for my ride and drive to the site. My shift runs from 4am. to 12:30 pm." #WeFeedYou
Freshly harvested sweet potatoes
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 8h
“A Globe and Mail investigation has found that Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada…” Can we stop both siding this yet? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 9h
Thanks Gavin Newsom!!!
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 9h
This is everything that David and Larry Ellison now own
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 9h
The first move for Skydance after the merger announcement: fire the studio executives who brought in One Battle After Another and Sinners.
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Michael De Luca, Pamela Abdy Out at Warner Bros.
The news comes as Paramount Skydance is readying to finalize its deal for the legacy studio.
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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 8h
Through tears, some students shared stories of assaults they had experienced, while others spoke out to criticize administrators and demand improved training on consent.
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Cornell students call for change at fiery public meeting
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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 9h
The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses...
The graph shows the cumulative number of awards made by month across this fiscal year, as compared to the last 6 fiscal years. The line for this year is total flat until June, but then finally gets up to 91 by October. In prior years the increase starts building earlier and ends on average in the 700-800 range (with variability, last year was only between 400-500).
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Shablo Pleye @shablopligh.bsky.social · 7h
Impeach and disbar Judge Todd Lang: “I loved that AI, thank you for that … I heard the forgiveness … I feel that that was genuine." Appeals Court: “… the AI video presents a depiction of the victim and his thoughts created from the imaginings of the victim's sister”
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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 8h
An Arizona man that fatally shot another male in a road-rage incident will be resentenced after an AI-generated video of the victim forgiving him was improperly used during sentencing. The initial judge said he felt that the AI-generated depiction of the victim portrayed “genuine forgiveness.”
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 9h
You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn.
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 19h
man if they think they've gotta bribe the boomers to vote republican...
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 20h
Country singer Zach Bryan wore a “Free Palestine” shirt at his Gillette Stadium show in Massachusetts.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/11/2025
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) actually told the press that Democrats would be the ones hurt most by losing SNAP. To be fair, since he lives in Florida instead of the state he represents, maybe he doesn’t realize 752,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP—14.6% of the state’s population.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 20h
AI has (incorrectly) identified me as the author of a smut book called “My Grumpy Billionaire Secret” and offered to replace my AI audiobooks with new AI audio the future is now
Hi Molly,  My Grumpy Billionaire Secret is on Audible with a virtual voice edition, and that flat read is the first thing a listener hears.  We'd remake it and get it onto 20+ audiobook platforms. Still a synthetic voice, but directed, with pacing and music, so it actually holds attention.  Want the first chapter done free so you can hear it?  Alek
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 20h
Surprised more people aren’t alarmed about the financial condition of Oracle. Revenue flat for 15 years adjusted for inflation, only real growth engine is unprofitable AI data centers, future entirely tied to OpenAI and the most ambitious infra projects in history. It’s dying!
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
But I also said this: “It says a lot about MDPI that they published it in the first place, and it says even more about the quality of the paper that MDPI eventually retracted it.”
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Shablo Pleye @shablopligh.bsky.social · 19h
“The paper, published in … 2023 in the MDPI journal Atmosphere, was written by Stuart Harris, a former geography professor. It has 26,000 views and was mentioned 869 times on the social media platform X, according to Altmetric … The article was cited four times, [per] Clarivate’s Web of Science.”
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23h
A plague case has been linked to a lab worker’s death in Siberia. Nearly 200 people are now under observation after the lab worker died from plague. Because apparently “deadly plague at a Russian lab” wasn’t ominous enough. www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/n...
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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The Geek Rulz ⭐️⭐️ - Antifa Leader Oceania division @geeksrulz.bsky.social · 19h
He also feels bad for Ghislaine Maxwell. Nothing about their victims. Nothing.
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Dani Welch 🎃 @daniwelch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I do hope my child doesn't choose to go to Cornell. They have a very twisted view of what conduct deserves punishment.
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Cornell to Pro-Palestine Students Targeted by ICE: Come Back to the U.S. or Lose Funding
Two graduate students were finishing their degrees abroad because of the Trump administration's targeting. Cornell is ordering them back to campus.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19h
was blocked. oh well. here’s what i was quoting:
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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 19h
How the hell did I miss this story about the plague making a comeback in Cali
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The plague reappeared in California. Here's how dangerous it is
Your morning catch-up: The Black Death bacterium reappears in California, a mysterious "ghost ship" lurks, and more big stories.
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Shablo Pleye @shablopligh.bsky.social · 22h
“The Medicare for All PAC survey found that not only do 94 percent of Democratic voters support a universal public health insurance program, but so do a majority of moderate and independent voters. It also found that Medicare for All is a winning issue in battleground states.” Centrist = minority.
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‘Stunning’ Level of Support for Universal Health Care: Jayapal - The American Prospect
Even more people want Medicare for All than did last December, a new poll shows.
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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This too…
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This one hits hard.
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Shablo Pleye @shablopligh.bsky.social · 20h
“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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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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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026
NEW: A new survey reveals Americans across the political spectrum support early in-person voting options, more poll workers and making Election Day a federal holiday — all reforms that increase voting access. Even more? Nine in 10 respondents oppose the restrictive measures being pushed by the GOP.
democracydocket.com
Americans overwhelmingly support pro-voting policies, national survey finds
While just over a third of respondents said they’re more concerned about ineligible people voting, more respondents (56%) said eligible voters not voting is a bigger problem. The latter concern, as a ...
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Democracy Defenders Action @democracydefendersaction.org · 02/10/2026
If an administration can bend rules, intimidate opponents, or meddle with elections, the answer cannot be to sit out. Voter registration deadlines are approaching in states across the country. Check your registration. Register if you need to. Be ready to make your voice heard. #LetsGetVoteReady
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Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"[Anduril CEO Palmer Luckey] once bragged about being 'sick,' describing himself as someone who doesn't 'lose any sleep making tools of violence' ... He also called for a 'warrior class that is enthused and excited about enacting violence on others[.]'"
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 21h
Tomorrow they’re holding a funeral in Springfield for the Haitian college kid Pierre Damas Bel who killed himself. On the same day in nearby Dayton Ohio suburb President trump will be there holding a fun little rally, not far from the body of the student his policies appear to have, you know, killed
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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A federal district court just held that police use of Flock cameras without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
constitutionally collect this information about one car-and its driver-by
following that vehicle on public roadways over a month. But this leaves the
question of why is it the government's business where everyone goes all the
time? The government cannot go snooping through our personal lives and
business without an adequate basis to do so. That is what the Supreme Court
has said since its decision in Katz through its decision in Chatrie this year,
nearly sixty years later. It is not too much to draw the line at indiscriminate
mass surveillance.
No doubt, ALPR technology comes with remarkable benefits that the
Court cannot ignore. But the Fourth Amendment requires courts to draw a line when the cost is too great. Alaniz's search in just the ALPR system
provided him with more than 50 individual records of Kyle's whereabouts
across the country for an entire month. The Court finds that because the
ALPR systems Alaniz used to search Kyle's historical location information
intruded on her reasonable expectation of privacy in the whole of her physical
movements, it was a search under the Fourth Amendment. Based on the
information in the record, the only reason Alaniz conducted that search was
because he saw her license plate was from California. That search was not
supported by probable cause, and it was done without a warrant in violation
of Kyle's Fourth Amendment rights. That search also has a nexus to the
remainder of the traffic stop because Alaniz began following Kyle's car while
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23h
Experts believe Tennessee is unnecessarily placing kids incarcerated for minor offenses into its highest-security prisons, which they say are more punitive than rehabilitative. “These institutions are not humane places,” said an advocate. with @wpln.bsky.social
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Across the Country, Youth Prisons Are Closing. This State Is Building More.
Tennessee officials say they need more high-security facilities for kids who commit crimes. Experts say this approach flies in the face of crime data and research that shows youth prisons are not reha...
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 22h
Alito also thinks it takes courage to fly insurrectionist flags and drink a lot of beer.
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Alito: Overturning Roe v. Wade took ‘courage’ from Supreme Court justices
Justice Samuel Alito said his vote to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022 alongside the Supreme Court’s six conservative justices took “courage.” In a preview for his interview with CBS News, Alito was as…
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Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 23h
Exactly one month out from an election that will decide who controls the U.S. Senate -- the chamber every judicial nominee needs to clear -- Justice Alito confirms in a television interview that he is considering retirement from the high court. 1/
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Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Shablo Pleye @shablopligh.bsky.social · 21h
If you’re a selfish antisocial dishonest con POS, it would be surprising if you have any friends who aren’t same.
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