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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18/03/2026
Two shipments of Russian oil and gas head to Cuba in defiance of US ft.trib.al/TOTsw0g
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Two shipments of Russian oil and gas head to Cuba in defiance of US
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Oil prices are at multi-year highs. Your home electric bill is through the roof. The Strait of Hormuz is jammed up. And the Trump administration wants to ... pay $1 billion to stop renewable energy projects. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/c...
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Trump Officials Weigh New $1 Billion Deal to Stop Offshore Wind Farms
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/03/2026
Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports
Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Good speech. Most US press got bamboozled by Bill Barr's scheme. Trump's collusion with Russia was always real, continues to be. www.youtube.com/live/ylvTFvJ...
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Sen. Whitehouse to uncover connections between Trump, Russia, and Epstein.
YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
9/ Valar Atomics investor Masha Bucher previously worked for Serg Bell at Acronis, which was barred from sensitive govt contracts last year. Bell “told WaPo that he never worked for Epstein, & that he advised others against doing business with him; he has also disavowed his Russian connections.”
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Valar Atomics investor Masha Bucher introduced Epstein to her former boss, Serg Bell, who was “tracked by the US govt for allegedly attempting to export US tech…to Russia. The govt did not find evidence of a security breach,” but it barred Bell’s company (Acronis) from sensitive govt contracts. 8/
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
“The Trump Administration’s Favorite Nuclear Startup [Valar Atomics] Has Ties to Russia and Epstein … Also, Christian nationalism.” By @kieraevebutler.bsky.social, 2/26/26 … 1/
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The Trump administration’s favorite nuclear startup has ties to Russia and Epstein
Also, Christian nationalism.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Me with a scoop/exclusive Five days after Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest, federal authorities “directed” NY law enforcement authorities to “stand down” their investigations related to Epstein, new documents released by the Department of Justice show. Part of new Timeline on NY and Epstein.
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FBI’s “Stand Down” Directive to NYPD on Jeffrey Epstein Investigations, and More
The most comprehensive timeline to date of the publicly available record on New York law enforcement authorities’ action and inaction with regard to Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and other potential co-c...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
It’s insane how they vacillate between lies depending on what they want to do, and crazier that people just believe them. Want to look strong? WE COMPLETELY OBLITERATED IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM! 💪💥 Want to bomb Iran? Iran is a week away from bomb-grade material!! 😱
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Why do they so blatantly lie? Because they can. Because no one is stopping them. Trump's DoJ now considers anyone who is anti-Trump to be a domestic terrorist. Folks, those warehouses are not just for migrants he's deporting. They are for Americans who RESIST Trump's fascism
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
About $1.7 billion flowed from two accounts at Binance, whose founder was pardoned by Trump, to Iranian entities with links to terrorist groups, a possible violation of global sanctions, investigators discovered. David Yaffe-Bellany @pekingmikenyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/t...
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Binance Employees Find $1.7 Billion in Crypto Was Sent to Iranian Entities
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Thiel ally Jeff Giesea & Mike Cernovich built MAGA3X & hosted the Deploraball attended by Thiel, Michael Flynn Jr. & Jack Posobiec who helped Trump by spreading BS about Dems & pedophilia, while an actual pedophile (Epstein) had invested $40M in Thiel’s VC firm. Charles Flynn now works w/ Thiel.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Russia's GRU is using former Wagnerites to recruit "disposable"agents in Europe for sabotage attacks,FT reported,citing Western intelligence officials Agents have been asked with varying tasks:from arson attacks against warehouses containing aid for Ukraine to posing as Nazi propagandists
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 16/02/2026
Jeffrey Epstein expressed sympathy for Brett Kavanaugh as he faced sexual assault allegations during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings, according to newly released files.
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Epstein sympathized with Brett Kavanaugh over rape allegations: 'I've been through many'
Jeffrey Epstein expressed sympathy for Brett Kavanaugh as he faced sexual assault allegations during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings, according to newly released files.The Justice Department released emails and text messages sent by the late sex offender during Kavanaugh's contentious 2018 c...
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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The Epstein files are not just about documents — it’s a final exam for democracy.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Your utility bill went up because Trump and Republicans have sabotaged the clean energy industry. They’ve made it harder to build clean energy infrastructure, even though it’s cheaper for consumers…leaving you and our planet paying the price.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The Epstein Class is the by-product of an economy that emerged over the last two decades, from which this new elite has siphoned off vast amounts of wealth. Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/the-squa…
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This is important. The head of CBP says here that his agency did NOT provide the assessment that led DHS to label Alex Pretti a terrorist looking to inflict mass casualties. That appears to contradict Stephen Miller's claim that the initial assessment was based on CBP reports:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/01/2026
in Hungary do they have masked agents of the state gunning down civilians in the street? I feel like we need to dial up our authoritarian regime comparisons quite a bit from where they were a year ago
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Last year, Republicans gave ICE $75 BILLION – more than most militaries across the globe – while refusing to fund your health care. I fought it then and I’m fighting it now. I’m voting NO on DHS funding.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 10/12/2025
Homes in the West and South, with “greater climate risks, saw the most widespread losses over the past year.” The Great Climate Insurance Collapse.
axios.com
Where homes are losing value most
Most homeowners still "have plenty to feel good about," Zillow says.
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Dan Weiner @danw329.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
In NRSC v. FEC argument Marc Elias warns of a nationalized fundraising “arms race” if the Court strikes down party coordinated spending limits, one that will weaken many state parties as grassroots organizations. Interesting prediction from someone who has repped one of the major parties for decades
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This interview confirms again that Trump is just catastrophically unfit to be making any of these decisions. Dems should use this to hound Republicans to the ends of the earth if they don't agree to get to the bottom of all of it. Some questions to pursue here: newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
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Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The number of parents who I have met that do not understand that their kids are autonomous beings is truly horrifying. And people wonder why so many adult children of emotionally wretched parents don't want to talk to their folks.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
FWIW, there are very real reasons to worry that Jocelyn Ballantine was assigned to this case, tho the right wingers don't realize it may be to limit the (ahem) blast radius of the arrest. Ballantine did some awfully corrupt things for Bill Barr in 2020, IMO.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, just introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship. The bill says that to “preserve the integrity of national citizenship, allegiance to the United States must be undivided.” It’s called the Exclusive Citizenship Act.
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I named my fists Milli and Vanilli because they've not had a hit since the 80s.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 30/11/2025
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism. Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
If the US can do whatever it wants to whomever it wants with no regard for human rights, the Geneva Convention, US law, the UCMJ, or international law, then we are no different than Vladimir Putin and Russia, who I suppose was the role model for Trump foreign policy doctrine.
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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The truth will come out.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Trump’s $300 million East Wing demolition hides a deeper mission—modernizing the secret wartime bunker that has protected presidents since Roosevelt. open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The CDC Just Appointed an Anti-Vaxxer to the Agency’s Second-Highest Position
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The CDC Just Appointed an Anti-Vaxxer to the Agency’s Second-Highest Position
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
A REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT Trump’s campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government. By PETER EISLER, NED PARKER, LINDA SO and JOSEPH TANFANI
collage of elected officials and others. A few: James Comey; Tish James, Kilmar, NPR, etc.

A REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT

Trump's campaign of retribution:
At least 470 targets and counting

Reuters documented at least 470 targets of
retribution under Trump's leadership - from federal
employees and prosecutors to universities and
media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping
effort by the president and his administration to
punish dissent and reshape the government.

By PETER EISLER, NED PARKER, LINDA SO and JOSEPH TANFANI

Filed Nov. 26, 2025, 11 a.m. GMT
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
To anyone who thinks it’s an “exaggeration” that the rule of law is in danger… U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes. We’ve fallen far.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Bullies, oligarchs, and White supremacists often inveigh against loss of “civility” or “manners” when those protesting injustice disturb their “polite society” and cocoon of denial. That transparent but effective trap seeks to keep “those people” in their “place.” open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Words & Phrases We Can Do Without
‘Mr. President’? Not for this brute.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
2. For more exclusive reporting about the world's wealthiest and most powerful people, subscribe to Oligarch Watch. It's free to sign up. oligarchwatch.substack.com/subscribe
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
1. EXCLUSIVE Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage The use of Chinese components was previously unreported Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
oligarchwatch.substack.com
Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
It's easy to argue that the Freedom Caucus is hypocritical and a traitor to the Constitution, because they are! But they've also scored the worst right-wing agenda since the New Deal, gutting Medicaid and SNAP, starving 600,000+, & decimating the government. It's the "moderates" who are the cowards.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
'Kids are watching': Trump scolded by GOP senator for firing off death threats
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'Kids are watching': Trump scolded by GOP senator for firing off death threats
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Trump Endorses Hanging Democratic Members of Congress
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Trump endorses hanging Democratic members of Congress
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Michael Fletcher @mefletcher54.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The USSS "inadvertently" deleting text messages they knew to be evidence related to 1/6 was also a completely innocent action by innocent people. Or: "I'll take conspiracy to destroy incriminating evidence and obstruct justice for $500, Alex."
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God @thegodshow.com · 14/11/2025
Damn these people for downplaying child sex trafficking!
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Damn These MAGA Shills For Downplaying Epstein's Crimes
Oh yeah, they're all going to Hell.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
one of the underlying factors in all the Epstein stuff is that his correspondents - even the ones who likely did not participate in abuse themselves - are completely incapable of imagining his victims as people. he is real to them, the girls aren't.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
YELLEN: “.. businesses feel paralyzed by the uncertainty about policies that represent the strong but really personal whims of a single individual.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
GOP sneaks $500K bonus for senators probed by Jack Smith into shutdown-busting budget bill
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GOP sneaks $500K bonus for senators probed by Jack Smith into shutdown-busting budget bill
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Note should say subpoenas plural - there are multiple subpoena's to many of the entities listed separately as well as to banks etc bsky.app/profile/wend...
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