Elmira Bayrasli
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CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Interruptrr, a weekly newsletter.
https://interruptrr.substack.com
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Lina Srivastava
about 13 hours ago
Yanar Mohammed's "assassination is therefore not an isolated act of violence, but, as MADRE points out in a remembrance, a stark reminder of how human rights defenders, particularly feminist leaders, remain vulnerable to violence." May she rest in power.
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Remembering Yanar Mohammed—because mainstream media has failed to. She was a human and women's rights defender, gunned down in Baghdad. She deserves to be honored. And we deserve a media with a wider lens.
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Remembering Yanar Mohammed
The Iraqi feminist and human rights activist was gunned down in Baghdad
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about 14 hours ago
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The Strike on Iran 🇮🇷
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The Strike on Iran 🇮🇷
My hot take on the US and Israeli strikes on Iran
https://open.substack.com/pub/interruptrr/p/the-strike-on-iran?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Stacey Vanek Smith
5 days ago
Prediction Markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are now worth more than $100 billion. They can be great for the little guy and even better for the inside trader. And everyone from sports leagues to the stock markets are on the take. Latest issue of Businessweek
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#polymarket
#economy
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The Other Showdown: The Pentagon v. Anthropic
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The Other Showdown: The Pentagon v. Anthropic
Iran isn't the only emerging crisis at DoD; Hegseth has given the AI company Anthropic and ultimatum to either comply with its request to drop guardrails or else....
https://open.substack.com/pub/interruptrr/p/the-other-showdown-the-pentagon-v?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
5 days ago
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Nina Jankowicz
7 days ago
In January, we launched
TrumpCensorship.com
, where we track the 200+ instances of Trump administration censorship. Academic research has been particularly hard hit, as I'll discuss w/
@defendresearch.bsky.social
in a webinar next week. Register here:
www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...
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Webinar Series
Since releasing the "Declaration to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship" in mid-February, the #DefendResearch team has engaged with scholars and experts around the world who view the cu...
https://www.defendresearch.org/events/webinar-series
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Why can't the US & Iran reach an agreement? Neda Bolourchi explains it has to do with differing approaches in
@wpr.bsky.social
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/us-iran-deal...
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Why Iran Isn’t Blinking as U.S. Pressure Mounts
Trump aims to squeeze concessions out of Iran through threats of military force, but that strategy misunderstands the nature of the Iranian regime.
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/us-iran-deal-brinksmanship/
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Lina Srivastava
8 days ago
We lost my mom in 2022. The invasion of Ukraine is one of the last political political topics she engaged with. She used to shake her head at the reports, saying, "why do people do this to children?" I think about this every time this anniversary comes around.
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Ukraine: Still Standing
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Ukraine: Still Standing
Years after Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s endurance is the story
https://open.substack.com/pub/interruptrr/p/ukraine-still-standing?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
8 days ago
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Trump is doubling down on
#tariffs
, even though
#SCOTUS
struck them down. What does all of this mean for consumers and small biz?
@svaneksmith.bsky.social
is on it
@bloomberg.com
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Emergency Episode: Everything and Nothing Has Changed For Trump's Tariffs
Podcast Episode · Everybody's Business · February 20 · 16m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emergency-episode-everything-and-nothing-has-changed/id1812469316?i=1000750714241
9 days ago
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A special shout out to NYC bus drivers and postal workers, who don’t get a snow day. ❄️ thank you 🙏🏼
9 days ago
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Radley Balko
10 days ago
JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.
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Pope Leo Will Spend July 4 Visiting Migrant Crossing Island
Pope Leo has spoken out against the treatment of migrants in the United States several times over the last year.
https://time.com/7380294/pope-leo-july-4-trump/
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Elmira Bayrasli
Stacey Vanek Smith
11 days ago
What just happened with tariffs? The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s liberation day tariffs. What does this mean? Will prices finally come down?
#tariffs
#trade
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Will Trump strike Iran? Now that SCOTUS has rejected his tariffs, he might:
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Bad Things
Trump promised "bad things" will happen to Iran if it didn't reach a deal. Will the US strikes on Iran?
https://open.substack.com/pub/interruptrr/p/bad-things?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
12 days ago
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#Andrew
should be arrested and prosecuted for abusing girls, not merely for revealing secrets.
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The crown prioritizes its preservation....
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Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office
UK police have arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
https://apnews.com/article/britain-epstein-andrew-former-prince-arrested-fb0b9e738bf7ede10651914ee3f3583d?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Andrew
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JD Vance thinks Eileen Gu, who was born and educated in the US, should represent the US. What he ignores is the level of racism, bigotry, and bile directed at not only against people of color but women—which this administration only eggs on.
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JD Vance insinuates American-born Eileen Gu should be representing U.S. at Olympics
Gu was born in 2003, and her mother, Yan Gu, is a first-generation Chinese immigrant. Her father is American.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7054922/2026/02/18/eileen-gu-jd-vance-united-states-olympics/
14 days ago
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Stacey Vanek Smith
15 days ago
Gen Alpha (ages 1-16) is the most fretted over Gen in history. But the alphas have extraordinary traits. They’re wise (and entrepreneurial) beyond their years. Witness the amazing
@gunnerandlux.bsky.social
@ashleyfelloff.bsky.social
@raultherockstar.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdduype8
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Gen Alpha Can’t Be Ignored
The largest cohort in history is mostly too young to drive, but its members have big dreams, opinions and cash to spend.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-17/gen-alpha-born-between-2010-and-2024-is-driving-consumer-spending
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Foreign Affairs
15 days ago
To safeguard European security and credibility, Europe must revitalize the Dayton accords—the peace agreement that ended the Bosnian war three decades ago, argues
@elmirab.bsky.social
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Bosnia’s Unfinished Peace
Growing turmoil in the Balkans threatens European security.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/bosnias-unfinished-peace?utm_campaign=bs&utm_content=&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Peace In...Peace Out...
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Peace In...Peace Out...
Trump's Board of Peace meets next week. What is it and will it work? Also, Japan's Sanae Takaichi wins big, Bangladesh has a new leader—will the UK get one too?
https://open.substack.com/pub/interruptrr/p/peace-inpeace-out?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
19 days ago
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"The Epstein files reveal a patriarchy in action. This is a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not," writes
@ameliagentleman.bsky.social
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Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/07/sex-and-snacks-but-no-seat-at-the-table-the-role-of-women-in-epsteins-sordid-mens-club
23 days ago
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Go Big AND Go Home
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Go Big AND Go Home
From the US-Iran standoff to the collapse of local news.
https://open.substack.com/pub/interruptrr/p/go-big-and-go-home?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
26 days ago
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Ante Andabak is a Yugoslav, not a Croat, he says, because nationalism is “socially sanctioned narcissism” - something he learned in “the pages of a defunct satirical magazine” in
@equatormag.bsky.social
www.equator.org/articles/how...
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How I Became Yugoslav • EQUATOR
In the pages of a defunct satirical magazine, I learned to loathe the nationalism that raised me
https://www.equator.org/articles/how-i-became-yugoslav
about 1 month ago
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Restraint may be targeted, but it is never contained. From Tahrir to Derry, Johannesburg, and, now, Minnesota:
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Fragile Lines
From Tahrir Square, to Northern Ireland, South Africa, and, now, Minnesota—the lesson is that state violence does not restore authority, but exposes its limits.
https://open.substack.com/pub/interruptrr/p/fragile-lines?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 1 month ago
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Our enemies aren't going to drop bombs on us, they're going to drop snow. This is what happens when you cut budgets and don't invest in infrastructure.
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
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Outages persist in parts of the South as more cold weather is expected to arrive
Parts of the South are still working to restore power outages caused by the recent winter storm, but progress is slow going as more cold weather is expected this weekend.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-5692934/outages-persist-in-parts-of-the-south-as-more-cold-weather-is-expected-to-arrive
about 1 month ago
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ICE's mission is to remove violent criminals. Trouble is, it employs them.
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Here’s How Many ICE and CBP Agents Allegedly Preyed on Children
Apparently the institutions are riddled with accused sex criminals.
https://newrepublic.com/post/205719/ice-cbp-agents-alleged-sex-crimes-children
about 1 month ago
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ICE is a roving, lawless gang, not law enforcement.
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Ecuador says ICE agent was blocked from entering its Minneapolis Consulate
The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry said it had issued “a note of protest” to the U.S. Embassy in Ecuador.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-agent-blocked-ecuador-consulate-minneapolis-trump-immigration-rcna256284
about 1 month ago
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The Doomsday clock has moved up 4 seconds from 89 seconds to 85 seconds to midnight. As the
@thebulletin.org
says, that’s the closest the clock has ever been to catastrophe.
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https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/
about 1 month ago
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Even the
@wsj.com
is clear about what happened to
#AlexPretti
- get a backbone
@nytimes.com
#minnesota
about 1 month ago
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Why does everyone lose their mind over snow?
about 1 month ago
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Stacey Vanek Smith
about 1 month ago
Free trade and globalization were meant, in part, to ensure peace. But after President Trump’s visit to Davos this week, that era seems to be ending. So… now what?
#davos
#wef26
#tariffs
#trump
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The markets may have saved the EU and Greenland, but Trump is not done and US dominance is not over.
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It Ain't Over
The Greenland crisis has been averted—for the moment. But the US is not done throwing around its weight.
https://open.substack.com/pub/interruptrr/p/it-aint-over?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 1 month ago
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Stacey Vanek Smith
about 1 month ago
The middle class is getting smaller in many parts of the world. I was thrilled to be part of this discussion at Davos
#wef2026
about why this is happening, where we’re headed and what can be done.
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World Economic Forum
Can We Save the Middle Class?
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ynKOMZZYDOJR
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Social Progress Imperative
about 1 month ago
Is DEI really dead? 🤔 Explore why abandoning Diversity, Equity & Inclusion could undermine progress, innovation, and resilience backed by data and expert insight with
@elmirab.bsky.social
from Interruptrr! 👉
tinyurl.com/DEIBeyondGDP
#DEI
#Diversity
#Inclusion
#SocialProgress
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Is DEI Dead? Why Diversity Is Now More Essential Than Ever
We challenge the notion that diversity and DEI are just a trend, revealing why abandoning it now poses a severe threat to stability and business. In this episode, guests prove that diversity is the es...
https://tinyurl.com/DEIBeyondGDP
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Elmira Bayrasli
David Kramer
about 2 months ago
www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/bosni...
"Serbia’s backing of
#Dodik
and Croatia’s patronage of Dragan Covic, have entrenched Bosnia’s political dysfunction."
@elmirab.bsky.social
@foreignpolicy.com
#BiH
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Bosnia’s Unfinished Peace
Growing turmoil in the Balkans threatens European security.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/bosnias-unfinished-peace
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The stock market has dropped. Maybe now someone will push back on Trump.
about 1 month ago
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Elmira Bayrasli
Stacey Vanek Smith
about 1 month ago
Do people even understand what the Fed does? Former Fed chair Janet Yellen says most probably don’t… but the parts of the economy the fed impacts have a huge impact on our lives. Latest episode of Everbody’s Business from
@bloomberg.com
#economy
#yellen
#federalreserve
#inflation
#interestrates
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Stumbled on this photo of
#MLK
and Thich Nhat Hanh in this Substack:
lnkd.in/edD2-mmM
"For nonviolence to work, activists” have “to work on their states of mind as well as the state of the world.” It's no surprise that service was at the core of MLK's message.
about 1 month ago
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Maura Elizabeth Cunningham
about 1 month ago
This week: short reviews of two books I've recently read on urban history in Russia, climate adaptation in China, the restorative power of protest, hating AI, and so much more.
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Weekly Wanderings: January 18, 2026
Thanks for joining me this week. New Goodreads Reviews Catherine Merridale, Red Fortress: The Secret Heart of Russia’s History (3.5 stars) Katherine Zubovich, Moscow Monumental: Soviet Skyscrapers …
https://mauracunningham.org/2026/01/18/weekly-wanderings-january-18-2026/
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Elmira Bayrasli
Stacey Vanek Smith
about 2 months ago
I spoke with former Fed Chair Janet Yellen this week about what’s at stake in Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve. You can hear the full conversation on our Everybody’s Business podcast
@bloomberg.com
#federalreserve
#jeromepowell
#economy
#inflation
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As protests intensify across Iran, so does the violence used to suppress them. The mullahs in charge are weakened, but not yet done. This week for Interruptrr, I look at the dangerous space between unrest and revolution—and the uncertainty ahead.
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Iran on the Brink
A regime in crisis, a population in revolt—and no clear path to political transformation
https://open.substack.com/pub/interruptrr/p/iran-on-the-brink?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 2 months ago
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Foreign Affairs
about 2 months ago
@elmirab.bsky.social
calls on the European Union to defend the Dayton accords—the U.S.-brokered agreement from 1995 “on which Bosnia’s fragile peace still depends”:
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Bosnia’s Unfinished Peace
Growing turmoil in the Balkans threatens European security.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/bosnias-unfinished-peace?utm_campaign=bs&utm_content=&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Maura Elizabeth Cunningham
about 2 months ago
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Maura Elizabeth's review of Moscow Monumental
4/5: When the leadership of the Soviet Union arrived in 1918, Moscow was a city imbued with deep historical significance but little in the way of creature comforts. Soviet officials set about turning ...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8261066871
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The new regime change is just the old regime change... China is watching closely—and may be the power most inclined to preserve what America is dismantling.
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It's a New World, Baby
Trump's Venezuela operation marks a serious new direction for the US and the world—one that China is unlikely to want to follow.
https://open.substack.com/pub/interruptrr/p/its-a-new-world-baby?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 2 months ago
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In 1909, President Taft set his sights on toppling Nicaragua's leader, Zelaya, who had been obstructing US biz interests. Even then Taft sought Congressional approval.
about 2 months ago
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The dictator is gone, but the dictatorship still stands.
@fridaghitis.bsky.social
helps put this weekend's US operation in Venezuela in perspective, including how hard it will be to profit off of oil
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On Venezuela with Frida Ghitis & Elmira Bayrasli
A recording from Elmira Bayrasli's live video
https://open.substack.com/pub/interruptrr/p/on-venezuela-with-frida-ghitis-and?r=km6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web×tamp=1357.3
about 2 months ago
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#venezula
about 2 months ago
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The Quran is from Ottoman Syria - from Arturo Shomburg’s collection held at the NYPL Mamdani Is First New York Mayor to Use the Quran at His Swearing-In
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...
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Mamdani Is First New York Mayor to Use the Quran at His Swearing-In
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/nyregion/mamdani-quran-inauguration-muslim.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
2 months ago
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It was
@jkbjournalist.bsky.social
broke the story on Jeffrey Epstein in
@miamiherald.com
. Different eyes bring us different perspectives, which is the basis of democracy. Let's not forget that—and remember that's why they want to silence them.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
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How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime
Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. Prosecutors, including future Trump labor secretary Alexander Acosta, cut Epstein an extraordinary...
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article220097825.html
2 months ago
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