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How much media coverage was devoted to a false allegation that Joe Biden supposedly received a $5 million bribe from Burisma before becoming president?

How much media coverage was devoted to whoever around the world pumped many billions into Trump’s new Crypto this week, & why?

FYI the GOP House Ethics Committee members, who all voted to help a sex trafficker who practiced law for 2 years become U.S. Attorney General. Even though they hate him, and 3 of the 5 including the chair were among the few Republicans who voted to create the Jan 6 commission.

"The document bolsters recent claims by a lawyer for two of the women who say they had sex with Mr. Gaetz for money. It shows thousands of dollars in payments Mr. Gaetz made to both of the lawyer's clients."

The Words of the Week - Nov.15 Dictionary lookups from politics, cinema, and Uranus

These are your words of the week

fascism
conclave
drought
kakistocracy
Uranus
poltophagy
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Rudy Giuliani’s watch collection being FedExed to GA election workers Ruby Freeman & Shaye Moss: “This is the accumulation of 60 years of hard work. Many of these watches hold great sentimental value!

The Time to Resist Is Already Here Now is not the moment for Democrats to resign themselves to what’s coming.

"Will they progress from being Trump’s nominees to occupying important positions in our government? That depends first and foremost on Senate Republicans. So don’t be too hopeful." Someone has to resist.

Today's Morning Shots from Bill Kristol and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

The one who is a doctor and the one who isn't abusing steroids.

A look at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago ballroom, a place for his MAGA elite billionaires to influence him.

It's hard to take a person posturing about the serious nature of the level of America's debt when that person is also very serious about and pushing crypto.

Crypto people cannot be taken seriously.

When I and Howard Zinn before me talk about the unexpected, we're mostly talking about things like the fall of the Berlin Wall or 9/11 or the Zapatista uprising. But we can now add to that list INFOWARS SOLD TO CORPORATE OVERLORDS OF THE ONION.

Larry Elder proposes abolishing term limits for presidents, saying Donald Trump should be brought back "over and over and over again."

He then adds: "Maybe we ought to have term limits for voters. If voters keep voting for Democrats, they ought to lose the right to vote."

Bluesky keeps freezing because so many people are trying to use it and I think that’s beautiful

Trump’s HHS nominee RFK Jr. suggested chemicals in water are causing kids to turn transgender.

Ah.

Well, at least it’s nearly the weekend, eh?

My timeline is full of good science, clouds and the occasional cute animal 🙂

I’m not ducking for cover after each post and interacting with actual humans.

Order is restored. Long may it continue 🙌🏽

Former NFL linebacker arrested over Jan. 6 Capitol riot charges Leander Antwione Williams, a former player for the Detroit Lions, is one of the first Capitol riot suspects to be charged since Donald Trump’s 2024 election win.

A former linebacker for the Detroit Lions was arrested Thursday in Georgia for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Welcome to Blue Sky.

I love this and the ACLU.

Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth was investigated for alleged sexual assault Trump’s pick for secretary of defense was investigated in a 2017 incident in California, Monterey police said. There is no indication charges were filed.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, was investigated for an “alleged sexual assault” in 2017 by police in Monterey, Calif., the city said in a statement.

TLC | abbreviation | tender loving care

my advice to reporters trying to figure out what Trump is doing

"F*cking Idiot... She Sucks."— MAGA Influencer Attacks Trump Lawyer Alina Habba in Bid for White House Press Secretary Melissa Rein Lively claims Habba being a mother to three kids would't be good for the role

LET THEM FIGHT: A MAGA influencer who has been posting from Mar-a-Lago during Trump's transition period and posting pictures of herself with MAGA celebrities has attacked Trump lawyer Alina Habba during her own social media campaign to become Trump's White House Press Secretary.

Vaccine Politics and American Decadence RFK, vaccines, and what we're learning about American society.

"People who pledge fealty to Trumpism will discover that in addition to being required to believe that Trump won the 2020 election they are also required to oppose vaccinations of all types." It's going to get worse.

Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social:

What @bsky.app needs is a clearer verification process for organisations and media. Strongly suspect that is what is stopping those big beasts coming here - but if that is provided I can totally see this App eclipsing Twitter for good.

Trump’s new HHS nominee RFK Jr. pushed a conspiracy theory that “the quarantine” was used as cover to install 5G cell phone networks and claimed digital currency “is the beginning of slavery.”

Coach is on Bluesky. I believe he's part of the Notary Public Starter Pack

Vaccine Politics and American Decadence RFK, vaccines, and what we're learning about American society.

RFK's merger with Trumpism is going to make opposition to vaccines in general part of MAGA dogma. Like believing that Trump won in 2020.

The end result is going to be a massive drop in vaccination rates, starting next year.

I've got a piece on it. 1/4 www.thebulwark.com/p/vaccine-po...

A year ago today I posted on twitter that I was taking a break from the site... and then never went back.

For me, life is much better without it. I didn't realize how much the constant anger and drama were affecting me until I was free of it. Thank you @bsky.app for this lovely place to restart. ☺️

Can't wait for Bari Weiss to dig into this blockbuster story.

Trump’s Secretary of State nominee Pete Hegseth has pro-crusader tattoos