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This is literally the end of the rule of law. If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.
New: White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers. https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/white-house-weighing-mass-pardons-for-junior-staff
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So witkoff/kushner toadie sell out negotiations involves cutting Russian companies in on US energy deals? Are we giving Alaska back to Russia?
JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...
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Cool use case for the Bsky API and live events here.
I've had Claude compose a unified courtroom timeline for the Reyes hearing, working from @rparloff.bsky.social's megathread and @mollyroberts.bsky.social's three threads from today. It will update until adjournment and may be easier to follow. You can find it here:
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@afelia.bsky.social Marina Weisband bei Hart aber fair mit einer Analyse der Antisemitismus Debatte, die es so in deutschen Talkshows selten gibt.
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Bloomberg: "It’s now more expensive to hire a tanker from the US to China than to launch a rocket into space. That ocean journey runs about $80 million compared with $74 million for a standard commercial launch. The eye-watering prices are the result of a global tanker shortage that's getting worse"
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JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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🚨🚨🚨PARAMOUNT ASKED ELON MUSK FOR AN EQUITY INVESTMENT AMID PURCHASE OF HBO, WHICH HAS STREAMING RIGHTS TO THE "MUSK" DOCUMENTARY🚨🚨🚨
🟡 SCOOP: Paramount executives have discussed asking Elon Musk for an equity investment as it looks to firm up its financial picture to digest Warner Bros. Discovery. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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Australia’s defense minister said Tuesday that F-35 fighter jet parts had been mistakenly diverted to Hong Kong, following reports US lawmakers were investigating the mishap. https://cnn.it/4xBFCIg
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Milliardenpoker um Offshore-Parks #Windenergie #BP #OffshoreWindpark
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Dieses Bild hat dann doch einen Platz in meiner Timeline verdient. Danke, @heygster.bsky.social, fürs schiessen & dann zur Hilfe kommen. Danke an alle für die Soli! Die ist viel wichtiger als der ganze Hass und die Gewaltphantasien. Und wird nichts daran ändern, dass ich diese Arbeit weiter mache!
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Too many people online seem to conflate left politics with being obnoxious and scathing and Mamdani is such a model for combining a principled ideological vision with civility and grace. You shake hands, you act like a grown up even whether others aren’t. You show up.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani shaking hands at the Sept. 11 ceremony via ABC7NY
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Wenn die Landesregierung oder der Landtag in Sachsen-Anhalt Grundrechte angreifen, halten wir mit strategischen Klagen dagegen. Unser Ziel: verfassungswidrige Vorhaben stoppen oder mindestens verzögern. Verfahren kosten jedoch Zeit und Geld. Spende, damit wir uns jetzt #bereit machen können.
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Wer fährt gerade den härtesten Wahlkampf? Die Zivilgesellschaft! Ob in Magdeburg, Dessau oder in den Dörfern: Fast jeden Tag gehen in Sachsen-Anhalt Menschen auf die Straße und zeigen: Wir wollen Demokratie. Dabei kämpfen sie für uns alle. Sie verdienen unseren größten Respekt!
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"The idea that this hub, built over decades, was significantly degraded in the space of a few days by a regional player is unimaginable. "That the US could not prevent and defend against a predictable attack on a Fleet Headquarters is quite startling." www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2026...
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This. 👇
Der Umgang mit Rechtsextremismus in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik war immer problematisch. Immer beschwichtigend, immer verharmlosend. Selten die reale Gefahr im Blick, selten im Sinne der (potentiellen) Opfer. Es handelt sich um den politischen Extremismus, der in der Geschichte der… 1/29
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This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...