Mer

Mer

@mmerit.bsky.social

I just want a better future ◽️

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Q: Why did you give a plea deal to a child sex predator? Do you have anything to say about that? Paxton: (No response.) Q: Should he be registered as a sex offender in Texas? Paxton: (No response.) Q: What do you have to say to the victim of Adam Hoffman? Paxton: (No response.)

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BREAKING: New data shows ZERO oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz today, signaling what appears to be a complete shutdown of the Strait for the first time in history. The Strait normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.

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Former President Barack Obama met with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for the first time Saturday, joining preschoolers at a child care center for a book reading and singalong. Source: Emma G. Fitzsimmons / NYT

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It’s infuriating when a woman comes forward about a man raping her in his hotel room after drinking and the response is “Why would she go to his room?” “Why would she drink with him?” This is Mike Pence logic. Women should be allowed to hang out with men without expecting they will be raped.

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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.

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Oh my god, so many people are canceling Nitro that it's having issues processing it, cook 'em hard bois.

GB@gbdialga.bsky.social

The balls Discord has to introduce an age verification update after they already had a major data breach back in October.

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Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” “Together, we are America”

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Today, Bad Bunny will make history as the first artist to deliver an entirely Spanish-language Super Bowl Halftime Show performance.

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Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year: “As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”

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Bad Bunny: Before I say thanks to god, I'm going to say, ICE out. We are not savage, we are not animals, we are not aliens, we are humans and we are Americans.

✶ MarcusD ✶@marcusd.bsky.social

Ice out

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Allison Gill reveals she’s been in contact with a woman who reported trafficking tied to Trump’s modeling agency to the FBI. The tip appears on the Epstein file pages that went viral — the FBI interview is missing.

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What's most amazing about this is the fact that the WSJ needed a “study” to figure it out.

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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

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What if Brat Summer never ended? Charli XCX is subsumed by her own success in her pseudo-mockumentary, The Moment. The film has an alluring energy and wryly funny moments as it circles the malformed question of what comes next for the music megastar. https://bit.ly/4kbDtOw

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Here’s Epstein after being told he has “permission to kill” an unidentified man: “whoops” Epstein after being told Mary Kennedy was found dead in her backyard: “whoops” Follow along this short thread… 1/

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SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address. The full user guide here:

404media.coHere is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.

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NEW: Mass detention, violent arrests, troops in cities. President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign has been one of his administration’s most high-profile efforts. One year in, we take a look at the costs of this immigration crackdown so far. With @texastribune.org

propublica.orgA Year in Trump’s Mass Deportation CampaignSkyrocketing detentions, violent arrests, troops in cities. President Donald Trump promised an immigration crackdown that would make history. One year in, we look at how it’s changed the lives of immi...

So interesting to see people who claim they love free speech and then root for Hasan getting ban (mainly on twitter I noticed)

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AOC: They need 10 Democratic votes in the Senate to pass, continued unfettered ICE funding with no guardrails. Regardless of where you are in the Democratic party, this moment proves that the status quo cannot stand I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no