Stephen Butchko
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Explorer of human nature, award-winning actor, director, producer and aspiring heretic.
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FinTwitter
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ELON MUSK’S X FACES PROBES IN EUROPE, INDIA AND MALAYSIA AFTER GROK GENERATED EXPLICIT
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William Shakespeare
about 7 hours ago
Look behind you, my lord.
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Miser
about 11 hours ago
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
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Ron Filipkowski
about 13 hours ago
The President of the United States today.
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The Tennessee Holler
about 10 hours ago
Reformed January 6th participant (who refused a pardon): “You can't gaslight me. I was there. I saw the officers being pepper sprayed. I watched one of them fall down and hit his head and his back. So don't be telling me it wasn't violent.”
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Skye
about 8 hours ago
Mark Kelly: “Pete Hegseth is gonna prosecute me under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for saying something that is in the Uniform Code of Military Justice — It’s nonsense — What I said in November is the exact same thing Pete Hegseth said in 2016. This is about stifling people’s speech”
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Ron Filipkowski
about 17 hours ago
Data centers will be THE political issue in many key races around the country over the next several years & Dems need to get all over it because this is a grass roots issue that transcends party. Want to get back in the game in rural America? This is how.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The data center rebellion is here, and it’s reshaping the political landscape
Backlash over the proliferation of data centers has entered the national political conversation and could affect voters of all political persuasions in this year’s midterm elections.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/06/data-centers-backlash-impact-local-communities-opposition/
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Forbes
about 8 hours ago
Trump has floated the idea of conducting raids on Colombia and Cuba following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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Will Trump Raid Colombia Next? Country’s President Says ‘Come Get Me’
Trump has floated the idea of conducting raids on Colombia and Cuba following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/01/06/will-trump-raid-colombia-next-countrys-president-says-come-get-me/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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David Leavitt
about 11 hours ago
Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection
#January6th
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WholesomeMemes
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ContempraInn 🌹
1 day ago
France 🇫🇷 unveils a revolutionary plasma rocket engine with no chemical fuel, no fire, and no moving parts, using magnetic fields to make
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#Engineering
#Tech
#MondayMotivation
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PBS News
1 day ago
Americans give President Donald Trump his worst approval ratings ever for his handling of the economy, as they also express concerns about the cost of living, healthcare prices, and personal finances, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
https://to.pbs.org/49g3nwx
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Americans are more dissatisfied with Trump’s handling of the economy than ever, poll shows
Fifty-seven percent of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling the economy, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
https://to.pbs.org/49g3nwx
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Sciences
about 14 hours ago
First Sky Map from NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory
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First Sky Map from NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory - NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/e1a-spherex-all-sky-stars-and-gas-dust-2/
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Michael Eagle
about 13 hours ago
JAN. 6, 2021. TRUMP ATTEMPTED TO OVERTURN A LEGAL ELECTION BY ATTACKING THE UNITED STATES. WE WILL NOT FORGET. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
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For the Republic
about 13 hours ago
My thoughts, for what it’s worth. The federal government of the United States is illegitimate. The executive, legislative and judicial authorities have abandoned the constitution, which means that there is no foundation to their authority, which means that we should not regard them as having any.
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Mueller, She Wrote
about 11 hours ago
Everyone; the former deputy director of the FBI.
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦
about 11 hours ago
😳🇺🇸🇫🇷 Trump: Emmanuel said to me: “Donalddd, you have a deal. I would like to increase my prescription drug prices by 200% or whatever. Whatever you want, Donald, please don’t tell the population, I beg you.”
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Simon Rosenberg
about 13 hours ago
A year into this Trumpian shi-tshow and it's clear that he's built a regime full of monsters, idiots, and madmen. It's why we must keep fighting as hard as we can. My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-trump-...
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The Trump Regime Is Overflowing With Dangerous Monsters, Idiots, And Madmen
Trump is facing a very rough week on the Hill
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-trump-regime-is-full-of-dangerous
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Scientific American
about 12 hours ago
Researchers found evidence that a companion star may be influencing Betelgeuse, explaining why the star’s brightness changes over time
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Astronomers May Have Unlocked the Reason for Betelgeuse’s Bizarre Dimming
Researchers found evidence that a companion star may be influencing Betelgeuse, explaining why the star’s brightness changes over time.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/astronomers-may-have-unlocked-the-reason-for-betelgeuses-bizarre-dimming/
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Marc Elias
about 12 hours ago
🚨BREAKING: More than two weeks past its statutory deadline, the DOJ has released less than 1% of its Epstein documents and it will continue to be in violation of the law for the foreseeable future.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Less than 1% of Epstein files have been released, DOJ admits
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-justice-department-epstein-release-less-than-one-percent-letter/
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The Tennessee Holler
1 day ago
SEN. KELLY: “How many generations of Donald Trump’s family have served in the military? ZERO.”
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Loud and Clear Reviews
about 13 hours ago
"to be cherished for its sweet scenes of friendship & resolution, and less so for its post-WWII paranoia." An ageing Holocaust survivor suspects the new man next door might be the Führer in the Udo Kier-starring MY NEIGHBOR ADOLF, out Friday in theaters! Read
@scottaawilson.bsky.social
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My Neighbor Adolf Review: Feud With The Führer?
In My Neighbor Adolf, an ageing Holocaust survivor suspects the new man next door might just be the Führer himself.
https://loudandclearreviews.com/my-neighbor-adolf-review/
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Mueller, She Wrote
about 13 hours ago
10/10. No notes.
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Jon Cooper
about 16 hours ago
“I gaveled in Congress on Jan. 6. We can never forget what happened.” Donald Trump pardoned all the insurrectionists. In a civilized society, writes Rep. Eric Swalwell, you do not choose the criminal over the constable.
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Opinion | I gaveled in Congress on Jan. 6. We can never stop looking back at what happened.
Rep. Eric Swalwell: By claiming that Jan. 6 was “a day of love,” Trump is attempting to gaslight our nation on an industrial scale.
https://share.google/DiN9Uk8V3FvLqJQ4P
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Olga Nesterova
about 13 hours ago
THIS IS AI you know what, I’m grateful for this video after watching this thing for 1.5h and chugging bismol. Happy lunch. 🌮
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Kyle Griffin
about 14 hours ago
Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa has died. Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress last night. A special election in Texas on Jan. 31 will put in another Democrat in office. Mike Johnson's House majority is almost non-existent. Next month, he can only lose one vote.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original
1 day ago
NO...Hakeen Jeffries should NOT become Speaker of the House...Lawrence. Jesus.
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Judd Legum
about 17 hours ago
1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years But we've identified 10 promise keepers: Farmers Airbnb Expedia Nike Clorox Eversource Energy Holland & Hart Qurate Whirlpool Lyft
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Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren’t funding election deniers
Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the Capitol building.
https://popular.info/p/five-years-later-these-10-corporations
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Jon Cooper
about 14 hours ago
Mike Johnson’s razor-thin House majority took three hits today — Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation, the unexpected passing of Doug LaMalfa, and the hospitalization of Jim Baird following a serious car accident. With Tom Massie fighting hard with leadership, the Republican margin shrinks to ONE.
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House GOP edge shrinks after Republican’s 'sudden' death and another hospitalized
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson’s razor-thin majority took three hits on Tuesday. They include the effective date of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation, the unexpected passing of U.S...
https://www.alternet.org/trump-doug-lamalfa/
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Seth Abramson
about 16 hours ago
🚨| BREAKING NEWS: The Mysterious "Intermediaries" Who Persuaded Trump to Commit War Crimes in Venezuela Are Revealed to Be the Oil Company Execs Who Bribed Him with 2025 Campaign Donations and the Qataris Who Bribed Him with a Massive Luxury Jet Last Year
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Exclusive: Venezuelan leaders offered U.S. a path to stay in power without Maduro
Delcy and Jorge Rodríguez used Doha backchannels to offer Washington a 'Cartel Light' plan for a managed Venezuela transition that keeps chavismo in power.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article312516272.html
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Frodo da Pirate🏴☠️🎄🎉
1 day ago
Sweet 5 year old Sosa is a retired service K9 in search of a
#ForeverHome
. She is very energetic and highly skilled. Head to the Philadelphia PSPCA to adopt this incredible pup!
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett
about 14 hours ago
After hours of hearings designed to discredit Jack Smith, Congressional Republicans are now burying his testimony—because he reaffirmed the truth: the January 6 insurrection “does not happen” without Trump, who is the “most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy.”
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Jan. 6 attack 'does not happen' without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress
In a closed-door interview, Smith characterized the Republican president as the “most culpable and most responsible person” in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/jan-6-attack-does-not-happen-without-trump-jack-smith-told-congress
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The Tennessee Holler
1 day ago
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Dr. DaShanne Stokes
about 18 hours ago
The more people follow Trump, the more people die.
www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/u...
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What we know about the 5 deaths in the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol | CNN
A US Capitol police officer is the latest to be confirmed dead after a mob of President Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/us/capitol-mob-deaths
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Jack Hopkins-The Original
about 24 hours ago
If you feel unsettled right now, that’s not a personal failing. It’s what paying attention feels like.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Marc Elias
1 day ago
🚨BREAKING: DOJ admits it has only released 12,285 documents required by Epstein Files Transparency Act. More than 2 million documents still need to be reviewed/released. DOJ is in violation of federal law that required release by Dec. 19. More from Democracy Docket in am.
www.democracydocket.com
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Republicans Against Trumpism
about 14 hours ago
Five years since January 6, 2021. A mob incited by Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol to try to overturn an election he lost. Don’t let them rewrite history. This was an attack on the Constitution and the peaceful transfer of power. Never forget.
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Craig R. Brittain
1 day ago
Bernie Sanders: "Trump said America First. Last I heard 60% of the people in this country are living paycheck-to-paycheck, people can't afford housing or groceries, our healthcare system is collapsing. Maybe instead of running Venezuela, he might try to do a better job running the USA."
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NOELREPORTS
about 21 hours ago
Norway is increasing its military presence near the Russian border in Finnmark amid rising espionage and hybrid threats. The Finnmark Brigade is set to double in size by 2032. Suspected Russian spies have been spotted on fishing boats and posing as tourists.
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William Shakespeare
about 15 hours ago
The world may laugh again, And I may live to do you kindness
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Sandy
about 17 hours ago
It's important to me to always thank you all for sharing MELIA. You're taking time to repost and writing your own posts!! I appreciate it so much. As most of you know I do not work for the shelter. 💖 Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter (516) 785-5220 3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit Wantagh, NY 11793
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Marc Elias
1 day ago
The Department of Defense will seek to demote Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a retired Navy captain, as punishment for reminding troops in a video last year that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Hegseth moves to demote Democratic Sen. Kelly over video to U.S. troops
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/hegseth-defense-department-mark-kelly-demotion-unlawful-orders/
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Robert Reich
1 day ago
On his first day in office, Zohran Mamdani revived the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants and intervened in a major slumlord bankruptcy case on tenants' behalf. Mamdani and his team are showing the country what real economic justice looks like.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tCkZ1jszYcQ
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Zohran Mamdani and the Fight for Economic Justice
Robert Reich
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tCkZ1jszYcQ
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Jack Hopkins-The Original
1 day ago
Public statements are polite. Private conversations...yeah, not so much. Right now, world leaders are quietly adjusting to the idea that unilateral force is BACK on the table...and that’s never a stabilizing moment.
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The Lincoln Project
1 day ago
When I invade Venezuela and the number one trending topic is still "Epstein Files"
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Timothy Snyder
1 day ago
The US is sanctioning judges among whose assignments is the legal reckoning with genocide.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/12/12/its-surreal-us-sanctions-lock-international-criminal-court-judge-out-of-daily-life/
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Kimberley Johnson
1 day ago
Absolutely devastating. Grieve it. But then remember nothing is permanent, and every moment, pleasant or unpleasant, offers us an opportunity to improve upon what has been.
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Joe Walsh
2 days ago
25th Amendment. I’ll say it every day because it needs to be said every day. 25th Amendment.
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