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(mastodon) She/Her or They/Them My fuking choice.
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Jonathan Cohn
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Facebook knows that it is committing fraud and does not care.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/
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ArtButMakeItSports
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Pierrot, by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718-19, đž by @andyharnik
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Reuters
about 4 hours ago
EUROPE The AI dip may not be done
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EUROPE The AI dip may not be done
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook
https://reut.rs/491dm9r
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Omar Wasow
about 4 hours ago
âThe jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as *âpoint-blank rangeâ* was not an attempt to cause bodily injury, preventing a conviction.â Gift link:
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Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/trump-sandwich-guy-verdict.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8.zaKq.CdggoFk6OxFH&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Humanizing Through Story
about 5 hours ago
A distraught man came to Broadview searching for his wife of five years after she was taken by ICE at her court hearing. He wasnât told anything, tracked her by her phone, and was left weeping in the parking lot.
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Kevin Rothrock
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(â âŻâ °â âĄâ °â ïŒâ âŻâ ïž”â  â â»â ââ â»
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Jenn Burrill
about 6 hours ago
If Congress won't release the Epstein files, we will do our own investigation ... 2
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lawmakers outlined their "truth commission" proposal to investigate what took place at Epstein's ranch in Santa Fe County & the failure to hold people involved accountable By
@thenewmexican.bsky.social
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New Mexico lawmakers propose 'truth commission' on Epstein, alleged sex abuse at his former Santa Fe County ranch
But what unfolded at Zorro Ranch has not been thoroughly investigated, said Democratic state Reps. Andrea Romero and Marianna Anaya.
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/new-mexico-lawmakers-propose-truth-commission-on-epstein-alleged-sex-abuse-at-his-former-santa/article_9c95db74-7319-4569-b729-5de013c6762b.html
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Tyler King
about 6 hours ago
The blacklist is back just as Hollywood is contracting and right-wing billionaires are capturing every broadcaster and studio. At this rate, mainstream entertainment as weâve known it will be exclusively state media before these four years are up.
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Tyler King
about 6 hours ago
Original reporting:
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Inside David Ellisonâs Dramatic First 100 Days at Paramount: Courting Tom Cruise Blockbusters, Forging Ties With Trump and Daring Anyone Else to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery
David Ellison is the ultimate Hollywood disruptor. This week's Variety cover story goes deep on the Paramount-Skydance boss' industry takeover.
https://variety.com/2025/film/features/david-ellison-hollywood-takeover-paramount-warner-bros-1236569136/
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JJ in DC
about 6 hours ago
Q: Are ICE flights affected by the shutdownâ A: Let's take a look đ
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Alejandra Caraballo
about 6 hours ago
As if the SCOTUS decision wasn't bad enough, the 6th circuit said "hold my beer" and explicitly created a constitutional right to bully trans kids who are already at tremendous risk of self harm and suicide. These judges want dead trans kids.
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Jenny Cohn
about 6 hours ago
53/ Sound on.
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George Pearkes
about 10 hours ago
What a queen
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Eric Reinhart
about 7 hours ago
A large proportion of Americans support MAHA. Itâs killing them.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Opinion | How MAHA Is Helping Poison Americans While Claiming to Save Them
The Trump administrationâs deregulatory regime is undermining MAHAâs health aims.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/02/rfk-jr-s-maha-movement-has-a-fatal-flaw-00263926
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Eric Reinhart
about 7 hours ago
Imagine a country in which Mamdani was considered a rather boring politician with policy commitments like any other.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdaniâs supposedly radical policies as ânormalâ
Critics of New York Cityâs mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe itâs a given
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/europe-zohran-mamdani-policies-normal
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Governor Wes Moore
about 8 hours ago
The Trump Administration doesnât give a damn about our public servants.
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Danielle Froom đłïžâđ
about 11 hours ago
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Harms Committed
about 8 hours ago
"[S]uing the Trump administration to force the release of records detailing whether federal immigration agencies are using sophisticated Israeli spyware to track, monitor, and target immigrants and activists."
#USA
#Israel
#Technology
#Surveillance
#Deportation
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Legal groups sue Trump administration over use of Israeli spyware on immigrants
Civil rights attorneys are seeking documents disclosing details on the extent of ICE's use of invasive Israeli spyware to target immigrants
https://prismreports.org/2025/11/06/ice-cbp-israeli-spyware-immigrants/
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Dr. RawheaD
about 8 hours ago
Can we talk more about the list of "covered events" in the Tesla/Musk $1T pay package, which is basically a reverse force majeure clause that gives the board an excuse "to pay out" money even if Musk doesn't meet milestones? WTAF??
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/t...
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John Skiles Skinner
about 8 hours ago
"international, federal, state and local law, regulations or other governmental action or inaction" is an all-purpose escape hatch. For example, just manufacture super dangerous products that are illegal to sell. Then you can claim that "governmental action" kept you from selling them.
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Mother Jones
about 8 hours ago
Jason Stanley isnât afraid to use the F-word when talking about President Donald Trump. The author of How Fascism Works and Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future is clear: He believes the US is currently under an authoritarian regime led by a fascist leader.
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I study fascism. Iâve already fled America.
On this weekâs âMore To The Story,â former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administrationâs takeover of the US government a âcoup.â
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/jason-stanley-fascism-trump-history/
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Olga Lautman đșđŠ
about 10 hours ago
Iâm excited to launch my new series on Russia and the far-right. Iâve worked on this for so long, and over the coming months will share my research and documented info in one place so everyone can see how Russia has weaponized the far-right to subvert democracy in the U.S. and across Europe.
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Chapter 1: Russiaâs Fascist Foundations
Welcome to my new series, Inside the Kremlinâs Global Far-Right Operations.
https://open.substack.com/pub/olgalautman/p/chapter-1-russias-fascist-foundations?r=k8nwv&utm_medium=ios
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Joel S.
about 8 hours ago
As of this week, Yad Vashem has identified the names of five million out of six million Jewish Holocaust victims.
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
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Names of 5 million Holocaust victims identified, Israel's Yad Vashem says
Israelâs Holocaust memorial says it has now identified 5 million of the 6 million Jewish victims killed by the Nazis â a milestone made possible through decades of research.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/israel/yad-vashem-holocaust-survivors-identified-rcna241179
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Ashton Pittman
about 8 hours ago
Trump just gave $40 billion in taxpayer dollars to Argentina to bail out its libertarian president.
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NewJukeboxCafe đšđŠ đ
about 8 hours ago
Senate GOP Kills Bill That Would Block Trump Boat Bombings and War on Venezuela âShame on the Republicans who continue to shirk their duty and deny their constituents a voice,â said one retired US Army general. Brett Wilkins Nov 06, 2025
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Senate GOP Kills Bill That Would Block Trump Boat Bombings and War on Venezuela | Common Dreams
"Shame on the Republicans who continue to shirk their duty and deny their constituents a voice," said one retired US Army general.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/senate-gop-kills-bill-that-would-block-trump-boat-bombings-and-war-on-venezuela
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Kelly Barnhill
about 8 hours ago
Two words: Wealth. Tax.
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Seth Stern
about 8 hours ago
A Trump-appointed judge in Delaware has declined to appoint the presidentâs interim US attorney to head the office in the state on an ongoing basis.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Judge Declines to Appoint His Pick as Delaware US Attorney
A Trump-appointed judge in Delaware has declined to appoint the presidentâs interim US attorney to head the office in the state on an ongoing basis.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-judge-declines-to-appoint-his-pick-as-delaware-us-attorney
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Carolyn Fiddler
about 8 hours ago
Pretty sure 42 million starving Americans counts as a catastrophe
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Anne đ©”đ©·đ€ [Ś ŚąŚŚ ŚŚąŚ]
about 8 hours ago
What a stupid fucking culture
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Senator Chris Van Hollen
about 8 hours ago
Lies and abuses of power have become the norm at Trumpâs DHS â and today a judge restricted use of force from federal agents in Chicago who used lies to âjustifyâ their horrific abuses. The lawlessness must end and those abusing their power must be held accountable.
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Federal judge says border patrol chief admitted he lied, in ruling limiting federal agentsâ use of force in Chicago | CNN
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction restricting the use of force by federal agents in Chicago, finding the Trump administrationâs version of recent events involving agents was not credible...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/us/gregory-bovino-deposition-chicago-immigration
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Al Jazeera English
about 8 hours ago
Abby Zwerner, 28, was shot in 2023 as she sat in a first-grade classroom and sustained life-threatening injuries.
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US school teacher shot by six-year-old student awarded $10m
Abby Zwerner, 28, was shot in 2023 as she sat in a first-grade classroom and sustained life-threatening injuries.
https://bit.ly/4nIp0d6
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Jenny Cohn
about 9 hours ago
Heritage president Kevin Roberts is on the board of a nonprofit (SLI) led by Nate Fischer who separately launched a venture in 2023 w/ Raw Egg Nationalist who âhas a history of posting swastikas & other Nazi imagery,â which Fischer has called âironic trollingâ rather than âgenuine Nazi beliefâ 1/
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Taniel
about 8 hours ago
Maine rejected a ballot measure thatâd have restricted mail voting and imposed voter ID. By a large margin, 64/36. The no got 90% in the city of Portland. (!)
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Five Ways Tuesdayâs Results Will Affect Voting Rules and Democracy - Bolts
From felony disenfranchisement and mail-voting to mid-decade gerrymanders, Tuesday delivered verdicts on election law across these five states.
https://boltsmag.org/five-ways-2025-elections-affect-voting-rules-and-democracy/
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gamera obscura
about 8 hours ago
thatâs six ounces per american, or 1,378 calories maha, i guess
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Grudgie the Whale
about 8 hours ago
40 billion to Argentina. 40 billion.
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Sherrilyn Ifill
about 10 hours ago
No itâs important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker âif she winsâ I am definitely going to prison. So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
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The War Monitor
about 9 hours ago
So Vance is basically saying Americans need to suffer because they wonât give up things like healthcare... or even food, for that matter.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders
about 9 hours ago
The nationâs top diplomat: âMarco Rubio, the secretary of state, personally called officials in several countries to threaten financial penalties and other punishments if they continued to support the agreement to cut ship pollution.â
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
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Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/climate/trump-climate-international-bullying.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8.10nf.de_unkHEZbZz&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Aaron Rupar
about 9 hours ago
Let them eat ballroom
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Tyler, from the Internet
about 9 hours ago
one day soon, all of the Republicans who manage not to flame out from this will be pretending the problem was always just trump, that they only went wrong because the voters let a fox into the henhouse, or some other narrative bullshit equivalent. They'll pretend they were always against him, and
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DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump
Details in the files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicatedâand it was already bad.
https://newrepublic.com/post/202813/department-justice-admits-republicans-epstein-files-worse-donald-trump
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Veena Dubal
1 day ago
The President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is one of the most coveted & prestigious positions for UC graduates. It gives a hiring incentive to campuses who hire recipients for a tenure track position. What a DAMN travesty. This is capitulation to Trump's demand letter & anti-diversity agenda.
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Sharon
about 9 hours ago
read the entire thing
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT âgoadedâ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/us/openai-chatgpt-suicide-lawsuit-invs-vis
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Eric Feigl-Ding
about 9 hours ago
RFK Jr had slashed the CDCâs program to monitor and track food-borne outbreaks back in August. Fast forward to now⊠deadly listeria outbreak across the U.S. has now caused 25 hospitalizations and 6 deaths across 18 states, one of the largest outbreaks. These events are linked.
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Rude Law Dog
about 16 hours ago
Dr Oz talking about obesity, diabetes and dementia while Trump is slumped over like a man minutes from death is supremely funny content
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Greg Folkers
about 10 hours ago
MedPage Today: Disband CDC Vaccine Panel, Updated Lawsuit Says New appointees lack the credentials and experience to serve on ACIP, groups argue by Kristina Fiore đ
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@medpagetoday.com
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Atul Gawande
about 21 hours ago
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary âRovinaâs Choiceâ online. It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. đ„ 1/
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary âRovinaâs Choiceâ tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/the-shutdown-of-usaid-has-already-killed-hundreds-of-thousands
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John Rogers
about 10 hours ago
âIf I donât look at the suffering, itâs not happeningâ in one perfect photo.
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Micah
about 10 hours ago
making Jacob the stereotypical Bluesky user is the rudest and truest attack anyone has ever made on us
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Mistress Matisse
about 10 hours ago
âconservative feminismâ is an oxymoron, these are two female misogynists blathering about âthe harms of the feminization of societyâ
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JJ in DC
about 10 hours ago
Totally normal & sane
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