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Wtf? @velshi.com at the @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social get it together. How do you spell Ms Wilkerson’s name wrong on your lower third?! Your graphics person failed at their job tonight. And didn’t fix for the entire interview. Like I said — wtf? 🤬🤬

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social made a great show and tell about Trump’s corruption. This is what it looks like when at least theres a bandaid.

Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.

Barbara Gomes Marques is documentary filmmaker who risks imminent deportation to Brazil. Loud voices in the film community could be especially helpful right now.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Horrifying— Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.

“Can you put two and two together about what’s going on here??” @saikatforcongress.bsky.social connects the dots for the panel

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

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BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop

Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.

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Brian Fitzpatrick of @vanderbilt.edu should really take his lips of the ass of this Roberts' corrupt SCOTUS, I get he was Scalia's boi, but this SCOTUS is corrupt, racist, and anti-American, no amount of slow talking like u're a moron is going to change that. Fitzy is what's wrong, turn a blind eye—

The Cruelty and the Corruption is MOST DEFINITELY THE POINT!!!! ThIS SCOTUS needs to be expanded, and remove Roberts as Chief Justice. archive.ph/otepj

We’re in 2026, right?

My friend Katherine, whom I went all the way through primary and high school with, passed away from complications related to sickle cell disease — this makes my soul cry with joy.

Nefarious Means@nefariousmeans.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Never did I think I would see a cure for sickle cell in my lifetime. A friend of mine in fifth grade died from this disease. My parents kept me home from the funeral because they thought I was too young to handle it. Modern science is a miracle. www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/n...

Oh Shit... Valdez (58.0%) wins by 25% against Reynoso (33%) Espaillat (46.7%) CD-13 is down by almost 3% against Chevalier (48.4). Not me doing the dance and hoping Chevalier pulls out a win, and Mamdani slapping d'estabmnt, showing you can govern with the ppl's best interest at the forefront.

Apollo Grey 🏳️‍🌈@theapollogrey.bsky.social · 3mo ago

incumbent Goldman (37.0%) loses to Lander (62.8%) for CD-10 by almost 50%. Valdez CD-7 (53.5%) is ahead of Reynoso (38.2%) who is endorsed by estabmnt Espaillat (47.7%) CD-13 is holding on by the skin of his teeth so far with .4% against Chevalier (47.3) Mamdani seems to have the juice

@velshi.com I love your vest tonight, where can I find it to buy?

I think Julie Won is going to Really Lose in NY CD-7

The West Wing: Josh Lyman Asks 'Too Soon?'

ALT: The West Wing: Josh Lyman Asks 'Too Soon?'

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incumbent Goldman (37.0%) loses to Lander (62.8%) for CD-10 by almost 50%. Valdez CD-7 (53.5%) is ahead of Reynoso (38.2%) who is endorsed by estabmnt Espaillat (47.7%) CD-13 is holding on by the skin of his teeth so far with .4% against Chevalier (47.3) Mamdani seems to have the juice

BREAKING: Iran Rushes to Woo Asia's Largest Oil Importers After US Waiver Iran is racing to court some of Asia's largest oil buyers as a 60-day US sanctions waiver takes effect, a temporary lifeline that should allow Tehran to resume exports and begin clearing a backlog of cargoes…

If Americans aren't ashamed by the desecration of the White House, then NO, you're not a PATRIOT. This is a day to hang our heads in shame.

The Trump Administration has made America vulnerable.

What a muthaf****n' read! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/m...

Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files

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I pray there are NUREMBERG trials for every f***** in ISRAEL from Bibi Netanyahu, to Gal Gadot, to Noa Tishby, Trump, Hegseth, et al.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4mo ago

Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil died after being trapped in a building hit by Israeli airstrikes. A Post reconstruction of Khalil’s final hours found that Israel denied rescuers access to her during a key period when she was still alive. https://wapo.st/43omgty

And this c********r will become the first trillionaire. I hate Earth One. I want to go to Earth Two, where Hillary was the first female president, then Kamala, and there was never a Trump, and Elon was deported to hell when it was discovered he lied on his immigration paperwork.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 4mo ago

Elon has been stoking this all day on Twitter. bsky.app/profile/esqu...

Trump has truly returned America to a golden age, when we had measles epidemics and screwworm problems and who knows what else?

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The US will almost certainly lose its measles-elimination status this year or next www.wired.com/story/anguis...

While I am NOT A FAN of SUSAN COLLINS... I have this wierd feeling that, Graham Platner is another Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, John Fetterman... I hope he proves me wrong, but I've been right 3 times so far, so from this post to God's timeline, please let him not fuck us if he wins.

Trump went to the Knicks game, and they lost. Bwahahahaha and he was booed during the national anthem. Dude is bad luck charm.