A former beauty pageant contestant who has said she rebuffed a sexual advance from Trump in 1993 now says Trump raped her during the encounter, according to a report from the House Democrats. See Also People Magazine 10/26/26 www.huffpost.com/entry/beatri...
Bernadette Foley
Bernadette Foley
@fivefingers.bsky.social
Retired lawyer - criminal defense, civil commitment in the US, overseas, teaching, Rule of Law work in Russia, Afghanistan and Kosovo. Reposts do not equal endorsements.
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And this story from 10 years ago.... (October 2016) Compare to the story today alleging Trump raped a 24-yr.-old Swiss beauty pageant contestant in 1993. people.com/politics/don...
Bobby Pulido rising in Texas - he's running for Congress in Texas -he's more than just a quinceañera singer. But it helps. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Just a real penchant to commit crimes against humanity and war crimes. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
Medical experts have expressed shock at the apparent incompetence shown by Tennessee’s execution team during the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike, the prisoner who survived a normally fatal dose of pentobarbital. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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William Dalrymple is the best. @empirepoduk.bsky.social has been such an eye opener
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Great reporting at the crossroads of fossil fuels and political corruption. Words by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu, photos by @lynseyaddario.bsky.social
The US in Somalia for 19 yrs, fighting, bombing & providing little info to the American people. Without oversight & monitoring bad things can happen, like what is alleged here...possibly pressing civilian population into a flood zone which developed with El Nino. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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An American student with a disability is suffering from a broken wrist and a black eye after ICE wrongfully tackled and detained him in Santa Maria. Americans didn’t ask to be brutalized by ICE. They sure as hell shouldn’t be paying for its actions with broken limbs.
Wild scenes of celebration in Belgrade as Vučić concedes Serbian election – Europe live www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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An organic, non-AI explainer here if you prefer: Flatbed trucks and forklifts are involved. maefood.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-...
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Can you imagine this? The Western Sahara opposition group is still demanding a referendum! Just like they were originally promised! My goodness! Trump must have some financial scam in the works. passblue.com/2026/10/23/u...
Kelly Kirshner (D) running for Congress in Florida's 16th seems to have a pretty good program. Simple, straightforward. kellykirschner.com
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Mike Lawler is breaking under the pressure of a blue wave in blue NY-17. Symptoms include last-minute infusions of More Musk Money and uncontrollable rage posting. It's the perfect time to knock more doors this weekend!
Meanwhile, Mike Lawler is crashing out over on Facebook, punching at his own Republican constituents…who in turn are wasting no time punching back with accusations of threats and intimidation. Take note, #NY17. This is #TheRealMikeLawler.
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Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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This is what the Republican Party is. Why not a single one should be elected
Upholding international law is critical to a peaceful future. balkaninsight.com/2026/10/22/a...
Got big bucks? Pay to Play with the Trumpers. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...
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Not a dime for ICE in next Congress. “Videos of the detention, which took place Sat in a residential area in North Long Beach, have sparked outrage over the tactics employed by federal immigration agents and the lack of answers from the Department of Homeland Security over the operation itself.”
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Dear Texas alpha males wondering, because of an eyeliner wearing couch humper whose biggest funder is a gay billionaire, about James Talarico: ICYMI, here's a (non-AI) video of your senator Ted Cruz fantasizing about men’s “weenies”. Ted would hate if people reposted it...
I wonder how many straight Texas males who snickered at the feeble juvenile attempt of a man who wears eyeliner to smear James Talarico know that JD Vance owes his entire political career to his gay billionaire buddy Peter Thiel? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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I'm not the only one who noticed: www.mediaite.com/politics/adl...
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“Why would the Secretary think it was appropriate to disparage our Allies in front of these young Cadets, future Officers?” said [Ret Gen.Ben] Hodges, who deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 as the director of operations for Regional Command South in Kandahar. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
Steve Rosenberg, BBC, from Moscow and how the Russian press continues coverage of Trump's "gifts" to the Kremlin. Under 4 minutes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Yu...
"The US President has sided with Russia." "... a beautiful deal, the easing of sanctions, an expression of gratitude from the US President who is so in need of that outstretched hand from the Russian Capital..." Rosenberg is the BBC's Russian correspondent. www.youtube.com/live/4NhX14X...
One Russian newspaper gets it right: Mafia Boss Trump sends Zelensky a dead fish. "We should use this opportunity to hammer Ukraine back to the Stone Age..." says another Russian newspaper, as reported by the BBC's Steve Rosenberg youtube.com/live/4NhX14X...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... www.kyivpost.com/post/87427 Richard Branson: “I never thought I’d have to say this in my lifetime, but it’s 2026, and unfortunately, nothing is the way it used to be,” Branson wrote. “The Trump administration has become an enabler of autocrats and dictators
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday finalized a rule change that would shield fossil fuel companies from legal liability. buff.ly/pN1a2x4
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property, kill civilians and even displace them from their current homes. In fact, some refugee camps consists of people who were displaced more than 2 times in their life. Kids who grow up in this environment live in constant fear their loved ones will die from a bullet.