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Rust Belt Empress

@rustbeltempress.bsky.social

Although I live in the Rust Belt, I will not let it conquer me. The woods here are beautiful, and I have many books.

created November 13, 2024

663 followers 916 following 257 posts

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Profile picture Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted

So they re-released most of the same shit they gave the GOP binder crew in February? Color me shocked. Never thought I’d say this, but I’m with Massie. Release the rest of the damn Epstein files, not this cherry-picked bullshit.

2/9/2025, 11:25:31 PM | 8085 1686 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

You got me there! I had to check it out. WOW!

1/9/2025, 1:48:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Charles Gaba (@charlesgaba.com) reposted reply parent

Her it is: abc11.com/post/hurrica...

1/9/2025, 1:40:01 AM | 44 44 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deb Brown 🚨🇺🇲 (@debpixcom.bsky.social) reposted

🙃 #GavinNewsom #EpsteinFiles

Gavin Newsom passed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment today by reciting
30/8/2025, 7:22:38 PM | 15563 3553 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

Remember, he swims in sewage.

31/8/2025, 5:19:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted

RFK Jr. likes to claim that thimerosal in childhood vaccines causes autism spectrum disorder (ASD). So I wonder if he’d like to explain how the rates of ASD diagnoses in the U.S. have kept going up when thimerosal was removed from all childhood vaccines in 2001?

31/8/2025, 12:12:03 AM | 3382 928 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

They're releasing the Epstein files?

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31/8/2025, 12:16:49 AM | 8460 1571 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted

SIGNS OF FASCISM 🪧

31/8/2025, 12:42:58 AM | 8403 3379 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted

What in the ever loving fuck is going on here

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31/8/2025, 3:07:07 AM | 11337 2470 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@militarynewsua.bsky.social) reposted

❗️USAID is officially closing down, says US Secretary of State Rubio. The agency was responsible for providing economic, humanitarian, and technical assistance to countries around the world for more than 50 years.

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29/8/2025, 3:10:50 PM | 211 88 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Hahn (@georgehahn.com) reposted

PBS News Hour is, hands down, one of the most worthwhile news programs. Support public media: www.pbs.org/passport/

29/8/2025, 12:46:16 AM | 5443 1247 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

The damage this man has done is incalculable.

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29/8/2025, 9:06:24 PM | 26923 7807 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted

SPEAKER MIKE “HOOKED ON PORN” JOHNSON SAID I, GAVIN CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS NEWSOM BUILDER OF THE BEST MAPS, SHOULD FOCUS ON GOVERNING MY STATE. LETS NOT FORGET “MAGIC MIKE” SHUT DOWN THE HOUSE AND WENT ON EARLY RECESS BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID OF THE VOTE ON RELEASING THE ESPTEIN FILES! - GCN

29/8/2025, 2:52:20 PM | 7248 1991 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted

This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.

28/8/2025, 2:33:05 PM | 17409 6796 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

Walgreens is scheduling appointments now about a week out.

29/8/2025, 12:49:39 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.

27/8/2025, 3:59:49 PM | 24880 7759 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.

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25/8/2025, 11:33:48 PM | 25148 6846 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦 (@raphlife.bsky.social) reposted

So happy to see the Moderna COVID vaccine being manufactured in Canada (under license). Now I want to see our own Canadian labs and biotech companies developing the next-gen MRNA vaccines and building on this COVID expertise. globalnews.ca/news/1134908...

27/8/2025, 12:26:11 AM | 736 115 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tom Walsh (@tewalsh340.bsky.social) reposted

A president can’t just invent crimes with a pen — that’s dictatorship, not democracy.

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26/8/2025, 10:08:20 AM | 2933 1207 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

NEW: Jack Smith’s lawyers write to the Office of Special Counsel to say that they’ve read news reports about an investigation into Jack Smith, but no one has actually reached out. “The predicate for this investigation is imaginary and unfounded.” 1/

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26/8/2025, 3:32:24 PM | 6585 2349 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Volatile Mermaid (@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social) reposted

Government so small it’s literally just one dude.

26/8/2025, 10:32:11 PM | 2542 385 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Weigel (@daveweigel.bsky.social) reposted

Dems flip Iowa’s first state senate district, break GOP supermajority in Des Moines www.siouxlandproud.com/news/your-lo...

27/8/2025, 1:35:29 AM | 1389 258 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ernie (@blasterprime77.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Blockchain. That's going to be my answer for everything from now on. Boss: where's the report! Me: I put it on the blockchain. Wife: can you help me with _? Me: sorry, it's on the blockchain! ICE: papers, please Me: my ID is on the blockchain!

26/8/2025, 8:28:41 PM | 72 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

So, all of the DOD references, signage, etc. will need to be changed to DOW? How much is that going to cost?

26/8/2025, 10:29:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hank Green (@hankgreen.bsky.social) reposted

Turns out some of the “we want small government” people kiiiinda wanted the government to be just one guy.

26/8/2025, 6:49:28 PM | 13176 1933 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

10 years ago, he promised to rebuild all the steel mills here in the Rust Belt. Hahaha.

26/8/2025, 10:13:59 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted

Trump says immigrants must prove ‘good moral character’ — this from the guy who paid hush money to a porn star, stole from his own charity, and tried to overturn an election.

25/8/2025, 5:45:25 PM | 4194 1077 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

Saving a bottle of bubbly for that day. And I don't drink. But, for that, I'll make an exception.

24/8/2025, 8:05:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jordan (@gm-jordan.bsky.social) reposted

I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded. HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.

22/8/2025, 3:08:50 PM | 12406 3962 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bluesky (@bsky.app) reposted

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

22/8/2025, 7:54:29 PM | 57074 14410 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

I had no idea there were sturgeon there! Awesome!

22/8/2025, 10:26:09 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture NE Ohio Regional Sewer District (@neorsd.org) reposted

ladies and gentlemen, the weekend.

22/8/2025, 10:23:36 PM | 486 123 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Sgt Joker (@thesgtjoker.bsky.social) reposted

If you want to remind his followers and those who leached off his con-job what a piece of 💩 James Dobson is, I mean was, feel free to leave a tribute here: jamesdobsonmemorial.com/tributes/

21/8/2025, 6:13:28 PM | 52 24 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

👇👇

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20/8/2025, 11:31:42 PM | 11161 3811 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joe Walsh (@walshfreedom.bsky.social) reposted

Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad.

20/8/2025, 12:17:06 AM | 7811 1758 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

Absolutely disgraceful and despicable. If you are a partner at Paul Weiss or Kirkland & Ellis you should be ashamed of yourself -- that is, if you had any shame left.

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21/8/2025, 12:36:21 AM | 13672 4564 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

20/8/2025, 12:50:44 PM | 9347 4611 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice has escalated its demand for access to Maine’s voter registration records, now requesting that election officials turn over unredacted copies of voter rolls and every voter registration application submitted in the past 18 months.

20/8/2025, 10:16:45 PM | 6680 3044 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted

An executive order isn’t a law.

20/8/2025, 4:18:51 AM | 8622 1909 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted

Trump stripped 37 current and former national security officials of their security clearances, a group that included many who had focused on Russian activities and foreign interference in U.S. elections, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

20/8/2025, 12:43:54 AM | 2056 884 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

A beatdown in broad daylight was caught on video: Masked men in tactical vests grappled, tased, and piled onto a delivery worker. Pinning the worker face down on the pavement, agents tased him again and punched him repeatedly in the head.

19/8/2025, 11:17:22 PM | 7701 4337 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted

Governors of Six (red) states have sent their states' national guard troops to – and now occupy – (blue) Washington D.C. What would you call this? Historians will call it civil war.

19/8/2025, 7:42:00 PM | 6011 1905 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ohio Capital Journal (@ohiocapitaljournal.com) reposted

President Trump in April abruptly canceled nearly $400 million in active AmeriCorps grants across the United States that fund volunteers who embed in communities, in exchange for a small stipend and education award. Here's what's happened since. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/18/r...

19/8/2025, 2:30:10 AM | 31 21 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted

Yeah, this is a highly unusual all-hands-on-deck meeting that wouldn’t be happening if Alaska was productive. 5 European leaders, the head of NATO and the head of the EU don’t just drop everything and fly to DC. H/T: @radiofreetom.bsky.social

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17/8/2025, 8:45:29 PM | 11164 3384 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted

This wasn’t just a security breach, documents obtained by NPR from a hotel guest who found them on a printer revealed something even more disturbing: a planned luncheon in honor of Vladimir Putin. The menu literally read, “In honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin.”

17/8/2025, 8:50:44 PM | 14489 5100 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture JoJoFromJerz (@jojofromjerz.bsky.social) reposted

Holy shit you guys, the Newsom meme game is giving me so much life right now. 😂😂😂

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16/8/2025, 11:01:29 PM | 3351 668 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

Working their way up to a full-size Thanksgiving turkey. Ask me how I know.

17/8/2025, 12:07:34 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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16/8/2025, 12:33:19 PM | 12298 4102 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted

In case you forgot, the guy Trump rolled out the red carpet for yesterday, honored with military flyovers and a joyride in his presidential limo…is wanted for the war crime of kidnapping Ukrainian children.

16/8/2025, 8:10:06 PM | 2453 788 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture RC deWinter (@rcdewinter.bsky.social) reposted

if you don't think this is ethnic cleansing you're living in a dreamworld.

16/8/2025, 7:37:36 AM | 58 29 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted

BREAKING: Arnold Schwarzenegger: “Mr. President Trump, you stood there like a little wet noodle, like a fanboy.”

16/8/2025, 12:51:05 PM | 6321 2227 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted

Not only is this fucking embarrassing, I can’t imagine how much counterintelligence work is going to be required after this trip. Having a hostile head of state in the presidential limo is *insane*

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15/8/2025, 7:56:43 PM | 7565 2035 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted

Translation: Putin brought a bunch of SVR operatives with him and pretended they’re business leaders. Probably fine that they’re hanging out right by the f-35s and stuff, right?

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15/8/2025, 8:28:18 PM | 4511 1467 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

ANCHORAGE…

15/8/2025, 1:06:50 PM | 29368 8056 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

Not only did federal goons show up to try and intimidate our governor, they did so on hallowed ground. Gov. Newsom was speaking at the Democracy Center at the Japanese American National Museum, which I helped found so we do not repeat the horrors and injustices of the past. Shameful.

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15/8/2025, 7:35:08 PM | 14353 4055 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

👇👇

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14/8/2025, 10:46:16 PM | 20395 7448 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

This is why I love well-made vintage clothing. The sturdiness of the fabrics and the attention to detail are such a contrast to today's throwaway fashon.

14/8/2025, 1:21:06 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

‘Help me, please!’ Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community. Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.

13/8/2025, 10:58:59 PM | 7773 4384 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

NEW: Governor Newsom will be holding a press conference and rally at 11:30 AM PT tomorrow in Los Angeles regarding redistricting. The announcement is chef's kiss.

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13/8/2025, 8:05:01 PM | 25332 6317 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

My reporting has come to the attention of Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney. Here’s the response I provided to the @thedailybeast.bsky.social

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13/8/2025, 6:47:25 PM | 19357 5781 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

Same here. And I got the extra strength flu vaccine because it was available.

13/8/2025, 4:59:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted

This is A+ trolling

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13/8/2025, 1:04:47 PM | 28862 6566 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture RandomWhiteGuy (@thereelrandom.bsky.social) reposted

My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.

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13/8/2025, 2:55:02 PM | 14581 3542 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BK. Titanji (@boghuma.bsky.social) reposted

They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.

12/8/2025, 4:51:23 PM | 5692 2129 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Denver Riggleman (@denverr.bsky.social) reposted

National Guard deployed to protect the Epstein Files.

11/8/2025, 11:29:25 PM | 13183 4075 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted

What we see happening in real time is actually part of Martial Law. Oh, it hasn’t been officially declared, but his federal takeover plans for cities across the nation…under the cloak of “attacking crime,” is pre-positioning for when he does. It will happen prior to the November elections. Watch.

11/8/2025, 6:39:09 PM | 10375 3626 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Blue Axeman (@blueaxeman.bsky.social) reposted

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12/8/2025, 4:17:55 AM | 1368 534 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Buttigieg (@petebuttigieg.bsky.social) reposted

Clearly this is not about making DC, or any of us, safer.

11/8/2025, 10:13:27 PM | 15787 5088 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ritchieforcongress.bsky.social (@ritchieforcongress.bsky.social) reposted

youtu.be/3vnMV19mYzg?...

11/8/2025, 10:48:55 PM | 1 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

11/8/2025, 10:36:04 PM | 21569 10270 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

What a banal way of describing the march toward fascism.

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12/8/2025, 1:44:41 AM | 18970 4963 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

The last time I was there, I parked the car and rode the subway, took buses, and walked all over the place. I survived!

12/8/2025, 6:15:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

NEW: Sen Whitehouse is asking for the following info on the sex offender status waiver and subsequent transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell. I got some of these answers in my reporting. If you work at BOP & have the answers, my signal is in my bio. I’ll keep you anonymous. open.substack.com/pub/muellers...

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11/8/2025, 4:44:15 PM | 10818 3990 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

Each one of the five sons of my immigrant grandparents served in the US military. Their only daughter, the eldest child, did her part by working in a steel mill during WW2. She later married a combat-wounded WW2 veteran. Sorry they weren't here for the Civil War, JD.

12/8/2025, 6:08:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Buttigieg (@petebuttigieg.bsky.social) reposted

No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.

12/8/2025, 1:31:41 AM | 18982 5050 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bradley Whitford (@bradleywhitford.bsky.social) reposted

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12/8/2025, 3:47:22 AM | 20414 4523 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

"Let me be crystal clear: crime in DC is ending and ending today."

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11/8/2025, 5:38:42 PM | 22851 8001 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist (@princess-vimentin.bsky.social) reposted

RFK Jr. is upset that a recent large Danish study in Annals of Internal Medicine, conducted over 20 yrs in 1 M kids, found no association between aluminum in childhood vaccines & 50 different health conditions. His request for the retraction was rejected. 🧪 www.reuters.com/business/hea...

11/8/2025, 7:20:11 PM | 812 372 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted

The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million preapproved dollars intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure, according to documents obtained by The Post.

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Profile picture S.E.E. Danesti (@seedanesti.com) reposted

A very long 4 years...

9/8/2025, 2:13:52 PM | 8228 3319 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member. RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.

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9/8/2025, 5:46:19 PM | 22632 9080 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Zaid, Esq (@markzaidesq.bsky.social) reposted

My firm represents FBI Special Agent in Charge of Las Vegas Field Office Spencer Evans, a decorated 21 year veteran, who was just summarily fired by Dir #KashPatel. No due process. Fired because he followed COVID protocol instructions issued by Justice Dept back in 2021-22.

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8/8/2025, 9:34:55 PM | 12083 4289 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 (@skippjon1.bsky.social) reposted

Yikes!

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8/8/2025, 5:35:15 AM | 618 344 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

I still can't get over that door.

8/8/2025, 1:46:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

Meanwhile, what's going on with Trump Mobile? Is it tariff-exempt?

8/8/2025, 11:11:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted

Less than five years after urging rioters to "kill" police, a former Jan. 6 defendant is working as a senior adviser for the Justice Department. Police bodycam footage introduced at the trial of Jared Wise showed him berating officers on Jan. 6 and yelling "kill 'em." www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...

7/8/2025, 4:50:41 PM | 1510 855 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

It's the new McMansion Hell.

8/8/2025, 1:56:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

It's very ...plastic, comes to mind.

8/8/2025, 1:47:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

So, ignoring the Constitution again?

7/8/2025, 2:25:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

He's trying to figure out where the new golf course is going to go.

6/8/2025, 10:41:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent

I also have such a bottle in reserve. And I don't drink alcohol. But, I will make an exception when that time comes.

6/8/2025, 10:31:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rebecca Fishbein (@bfishbfish.bsky.social) reposted

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

6/8/2025, 12:02:24 AM | 9480 4578 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

Dems should fight on every front. If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts. We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File. Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.

5/8/2025, 11:33:47 PM | 33720 10360 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) (@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social) reposted

The new books arrived, looking great! @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

The books arrived!
5/8/2025, 8:23:16 PM | 2766 618 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

Taken literally, the nation’s top intelligence official announced — on a right-wing podcast — that my decision to stop posting on Twitter is evidence that I am not “innocent” and am therefore being reviewed by the DOJ, with the aim of holding me “accountable.” www.democracydocket.com/opinion/im-n...

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Socialist handouts for me, concentration camps for thee.

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@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "As a state rep, I get paid about $600 a month. That's not much to live off of. Many of my colleagues, including myself, we have day jobs that help us pay the bills. And by breaking quorum, we are leaving those day jobs behind... So this decision was not made lightly."

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I have been the subject of many spurious accusations and politically motivated attacks, but this one is in a class by itself. According to Tulsi Gabbard — the nation’s top intelligence official — my refusal to post on Twitter is being reviewed by the Department of Justice as evidence of wrongdoing.

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