Meanwhile ProPublica found that three current members of Trump's cabinet actually *did* do the thing it looks like they falsely accused Lisa Cook of doing... [www.techdirt.com/2025/09/12/t...](
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Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages Of Fraud. Records Show Three Of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The Trump administration has vowed to go after anyo...
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Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social)
“.. The document appears to counter other documentation that Cook’s critics have cited in support of their claims that she committed mortgage f...
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Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages Of Fraud. Records Show Three Of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
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This was one of my favorite rooms to study in when I was at college, hidden away in a much bigger library. Just the presence of the room itself made everyone be quiet in there. RE:
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Marin K. Levy (@marinklevy.bsky.social)
Universities are such magical places . . . (❤️ @alahav.bsky.social)
I know it's not exactly breaking news that some "free speech" warriors are total hypocrites, but I still feel it's important to call it out when it happens. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
Fake “Free Speech” Champion Clay Higgins Now Wants To Use Gov’t Power To Silence Anyone Who “Belittles” Kirk’s Death Rep. Clay Higgin...
The site is now saying that it's just going to post *all submissions* as a searchable database. What could possibly go wrong? So far, many of the shown examples explicitly decry the shooting, but have quoted Charlie or called out his own activities and they still are getting posted as a "murderer" RE:
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
Not going to link to it, but someone shared with me a website that is creating dossiers, including contact info/employers/etc of people they are ca...
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This is the equivalent of "Hi, this is Isaac Chotiner. Would you mind answering a few questions?" RE:
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Kathryn Tewson (@kathryntewson.bsky.social)
Hi there! I understand you’re thinking of suing Mike for libel. Is that correct?
Happy new Taskmaster Series day to all who celebrate. Good first episode for Season/Series 20 (have we finally convinced [@alexhorne.bsky.social](
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Little Alex Horne (@alexhorne.bsky.social)
from Taskmaster, The Horne Section and Chesham United, mainly.
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Thinking about the times Dems refused to do this. Wouldn't be sporting, or whatever they said at the time. Once again, whatever the GOP does is seen as the norm and acceptable, and anything Dems do is seen as a transgressive overreach. RE:
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Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur.bsky.social)
NEW: Senate Republicans trigger 'nuclear option,' changing rules to speed up Trump nominees The vote is 53-45, with all GOP senators voting in ali...
Hadn't expected this when I opened the article... Also, I outlined the plan for a new *protocol* not a "platform" in my "Protocols, not Platforms" paper. It says so right on the tin. RE:
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The Times & Sunday Times (@thetimes.com)
Bluesky's chief operating officer, @rose.bsky.team, tells The Times the platform is going strong but engagement is more important than user numbers...
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Today on Ctrl-Alt-Speech: It's a Banned, Banned, Banned, Banned World We talk about Nepal banning (for a few days before backtracking) 26 social media sites for not agreeing to register a "hostage" employee, and how GenZ came out to protest... [podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/epis...](
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It's a Banned, Banned, Banned, Banned World - Ctrl-Alt-Speech
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:Nepal to block some soc...
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It's a Banned, Banned, Banned, Banned World - Ctrl-Alt-Speech
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:Nepal to block some soc...
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Can someone ask Rubio why the US needs to "respond" to this thing that appears to be a wholly domestic judicial issue in Brazil? RE:
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Reuters (@reuters.com)
Rubio vows US response following conviction of Brazil's Bolsonaro reut.rs/4piCG0f https://reut.rs/4piCG0f