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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails

Fog-piercing analysis from @anandwrites.bsky.social.

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He was not interested in detached knowledge, science for science's sake: there was no use learning anything if it was of no use. Relevance was his touchstone.

In the US, Muslims are seen as antisemitic by default. I've experienced this my whole life.

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Watching this again and really appreciating anew the Bugs Bunny windup

This is the first time I’ve seen him wear something like this… I think it’s a knit scarf, but he probably didn’t have any turtleneck sweaters in his closet.

Gotta see if @dieworkwear.bsky.social weighed in.

How men feared women! she thought, walking among the late-flowering roses. Not as individuals, but women when they talked together, worked together, spoke up for one another - then men saw plots, cabals, constraints, traps being laid.

MTG has been in Congress since 2020 & is resigning Jan 5, 2026. I just want to point out one thing.

She spent 5 years attacking the left & never feared for her life.

She spent 5 weeks mildly critiquing MAGA & the backlash is so severe she is resigning.

5 years vs 5 weeks. That says it all.

MAGA loyalist & Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning, in part due to the unyielding threats she’s received since supporting Epstein survivors.

If she’s getting threats severe enough to make her resign, imagine what’s happening to those Trump said are seditionists who should be killed

The US President demanded that this person be killed. Yesterday.

Reckless, filthy perversion of public office is not Conservative. It is not Liberal. It is poison to all Americans.

Huh — Marjorie Taylor Greene says she doesn't want "to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms. And in turn, be expected to defend the President against impeachment after he…tried to destroy me."

…Any reason she assumes Trump will soon be impeached?

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Marjorie Taylor Greene looking

Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress

"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”

No.

Just no.

Hakeem Jeffries was literally voting for a resolution condemning socialism while this meeting was taking place

Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.

Mamdani won because the people want democrat socialist policies.

They want their tax dollars spent to help those who need it instead of on war, ICE and enriching billionaires.

Did the Dems listen?

Of course not. 95 Dems just voted on a bill condemning socialism.

I am just. Ugh.

Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?

MAMDANI: I've spoken about--

TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.

No.

Just no.

DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”

That’s seems really bad.

X post from homeland security which reads "Rent is too high!" There are tens of millions of criminal illegals in our country. "Groceries cost too much!" There are tens of millions of criminal illegals in our country. "There aren't enough jobs!" There are tens of millions of criminal illegals in our country. "Women don't feel safe walking down the street!" There are tens of millions of criminal illegals in our country. "Traffic is terrible!"

This is what the Nazis did.

They blamed the Jews for everything to make them the enemy of the people.

It allowed them to commit atrocities.

Undocumented immigrants are not the reason for any of these problems, they’re a scapegoat.

Hold the billionaires, corporations & ruling class accountable

Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"

Leavitt says the “piggy” comment was Trump being “frank & honest”

There was nothing frank or honest about it

She says the press should be grateful he does it to their faces & not behind their back

This is how abusers talk

They expect you to be grateful the abuse isn’t worse.

Graphic showing that only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines are safe and effective, while 80% of Democrats do; that only 35% of republicans think vaccines are tested for safety, while 74% of Democrats do; and that only 32% of Republicans think the childhood vaccine schedule is safe, while 71% of democrats do.

A horrifying graphic from Pew showing the fruits of the right wing war on public health.

Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.

This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

Here's the law, if anyone wants to read it. It's pretty short, and provides a list of what has to be released and when (heads up that agencies routinely blow past statutory deadlines), lists exceptions (e.g., no publishing of CSAM) and requires reporting to Congress. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

The Sackler family, owners OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, will officially pay up to $7 billion for their role in the opioid crisis.

This new agreement replaces one the Supreme Court rejected that would have protected members of the family against future lawsuits.