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Ryan Bort

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editor at rolling stone

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Trump Fires Labor Stats Chief Following Weak Jobs Report Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, following the release of a weak jobs report on Thursday.

Concerning!

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01.08.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tax dollars at work, baby!!!!!
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24.07.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1162    πŸ” 213    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 58
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Team Trump Was on 'F-cking Warpath' to Kill Story About Salacious Letter to Epstein Donald Trump's team was desperate to kill a Wall Street Journal story about Trump writing a salacious letter to Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s.

Hoo boy, from me and @swin24.bsky.social

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18.07.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1504    πŸ” 355    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 20
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Human Rights Defenders Are Fleeing El Salvador as Bukele Cracks Down El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's authoritarian regime is forcing human rights defenders like the nonprofit Cristosal to flee the nation.

β€œThey created conditions where there were really no better options. Hundreds of people left the country in the last month.”

Great reporting from @nikkimcr.bsky.social on how Trump's BFF in El Salvador has been forcing human rights advocates to flee the nation

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17.07.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Inside Trump's Frantic, Failing Mission to Crush the Epstein 'MAGA Rebellion' President Donald Trump and his administration are doing everything they can to make MAGA forget about Jeffrey Epstein. They are failing.

New from me and @swin24.bsky.social:

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16.07.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 269    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 16
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The DOJ's Epstein Memo Is Tearing the Trump Administration Apart The Justice Department's memo on Jeffrey Epstein is causing a bitter rift among some of the most prominent figures in Donald Trump's administration.

β€œThose two do not like each other,” one of the Trump administration officials adds. β€œIt surprises me that there hasn’t been more reporting on that.”

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11.07.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump's Government Is a Den of Snitches, 'Freaks,' and Paranoid Tyrants The Department of Health and Human Services is the latest agency to ask government employees to snitch about diversity practices.

Latest for @rollingstone.com from @ryanbort.bsky.social and me:

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08.07.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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The Worst Parts of Trump and the GOP's Disastrous Tax Bill Donald Trump and the GOP’s so-called β€œBig Beautiful Bill” is a disaster for immigrants, the environment, and the health care of millions of Americans.

Among it's myriad harms Trump's #BigBadBill adds $30 billion for ICE, enough to deploy 10,000 agents + $45 billion for construction and expansion of detention facilities and transportation.
@nikkimcr.bsky.social @timdickinson.bsky.social @ryanbort.bsky.social
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05.07.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Go to @rollingstone.com if you want to see the Subscribe β€” print and/or online β€” buttons, they’re all over the place on the homepage and other webpages ❀️

03.07.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 384    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
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Supreme Court Hands Trump 'GIANT WIN' in Birthright Citizenship Case The Supreme Court ruled that lower courts cannot issue nationwide injunctions on executive orders, like Trump's attack on birthright citizenship.

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28.06.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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'The Onion' CEO on That Brutal 'New York Times' Op-Ed: 'Expect Us in Weird Places' Ben Collins has overseen the comeback of a print edition of 'The Onion' over the past year and pledges that it will continue taking big swings

@milesklee.bsky.social x @bencollins.bsky.social

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25.06.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Military Birthday Parade Was a Gross Failure Trump got the expensive military parade he wanted on his birthday, courtesy of Lockheed Martin, Palantir, and American taxpayers.

Trump’s Military Parade Was a Gross (Expensive) Failure

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15.06.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1063    πŸ” 221    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 16

This summer double issue also includes the print version of this:

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By @ryanbort.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social and me.

12.06.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Some Trump Officials Now Fear Elon's 'Burn Book' Donald Trump and Elon Musk's falling out is worrying some administration officials considering what the billionaire has seen when the camera was off.

New from @swin24.bsky.social and me. Thank you to the "bedwetters who would rather use the failing Rolling Stones as a therapy session to anonymously pontificate their feelings to the press, rather than help the president."

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11.06.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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'We Are Taking Away Elon's Friends' Team Trump is pressuring people who’ve been allies to both the president and Elon Musk to pick a side in the MAGA divorce proceedings.

new this am from @ryanbort.bsky.social and me for @rollingstone.com:

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07.06.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 11
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Inside the Billion-Dollar Effort to Make Trump Feel Good About Himself Donald Trump’s administration is using at least $1 billion in taxpayer money and every resource it can to flatter the president.

@swin24.bsky.social, @andrewperez.bsky.social, and I dove deep into Trump's taxpayer-funded ego trip:

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06.06.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
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'Of Course I'm Going to Testify': Mike Lindell's Defamation Trial Is Going to Be Wild Mike Lindell, the MyPillow owner and diehard Donald Trump supporter, says he is testifying at his upcoming 2020 election defamation trial.

β€œOF COURSE IM GONNA TESTIFY…” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

01.06.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 8
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Kristi Noem Flubs Question About Fundamental Constitutional Right Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wasn't able to define "habeas corpus," a basic constitutional right, during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.

"What is habeas corpus?"

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20.05.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Plan to Kick Millions of Americans Off Medicaid, Explained Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are imposing massive cuts to Medicaid in order to fund tax breaks for the richest Americans.

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17.05.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

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