Larry Parsons
@lpars.bsky.social
Retired journalist, cat man, Martin guitar picker, California native, hablo español
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Seems relevant to me that the new White House press secretary, who supposed to convey accurate information, believes that elites in the Democratic Party and Hollywood are sexually trafficking kids and eating people.
24 hours later, it hasn’t made it into mainstream coverage of Zacharia.
24 hours later, it hasn’t made it into mainstream coverage of Zacharia.
New White House press secretary is a Pizzagate conspiracy theorist
Katie Zacharia, who was appointed White House press secretary by President Trump on Friday, repeatedly promoted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy on social media, accusing elites from the Democratic P...
popular.info
October 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Seems relevant to me that the new White House press secretary, who supposed to convey accurate information, believes that elites in the Democratic Party and Hollywood are sexually trafficking kids and eating people.
24 hours later, it hasn’t made it into mainstream coverage of Zacharia.
24 hours later, it hasn’t made it into mainstream coverage of Zacharia.
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Americans see this for what it is - President Trump is abusing his power to go after political opponents weeks before an election.
BREAKING: Federal agents searched Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say.
Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
bit.ly
October 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Americans see this for what it is - President Trump is abusing his power to go after political opponents weeks before an election.
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Why would a physical search of Omar’s home in 2026 be relevant to or necessary for an investigation into whether her dad filled out a form incorrectly decades ago?
If there’s evidence of fraud or other financial crimes, let’s see it. But trying to denaturalize and deport a sitting member of Congress over mistakes a parent allegedly made on immigration forms when she was a child is immoral and reprehensible. We can’t stand for it.
Immigration enforcement officials search Ilhan Omar's home in pre-dawn raid
Rep. Ilhan Omar's home was the subject of a pre-dawn HSI raid.
www.foxnews.com
October 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Why would a physical search of Omar’s home in 2026 be relevant to or necessary for an investigation into whether her dad filled out a form incorrectly decades ago?
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If you are shocked this am that Trump’s government executed a search warrant against a Democratic Member of Congress and ignored a judge’s order then you haven’t been paying attention.
Stop saying this isn’t how it works in the US. It is exactly how it works under Trump.
Stop saying this isn’t how it works in the US. It is exactly how it works under Trump.
October 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
If you are shocked this am that Trump’s government executed a search warrant against a Democratic Member of Congress and ignored a judge’s order then you haven’t been paying attention.
Stop saying this isn’t how it works in the US. It is exactly how it works under Trump.
Stop saying this isn’t how it works in the US. It is exactly how it works under Trump.
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Cyberattacks on French supermarkets remotely took over refrigeration controllers and reset target temperatures to 50°C.
Food defrosted and spoiled, and staff opening the freezers in the morning were hit by a wave of hot air.
Millions of dollars worth of inventory were lost.
Food defrosted and spoiled, and staff opening the freezers in the morning were hit by a wave of hot air.
Millions of dollars worth of inventory were lost.
INFO BFMTV. "Extrême gravité, inédit et inacceptable": une cyberattaque frappe les frigos de Leclerc, Intermarché et Super U, les dégâts seraient considérables
300 magasins Intermarché et Netto, et moins d'une centaine de magasins U ont été touchés ce lundi 12 octobre par une cyberattaque visant les systèmes de régulation frigorifique du fabricant danois Dan...
www.bfmtv.com
October 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Cyberattacks on French supermarkets remotely took over refrigeration controllers and reset target temperatures to 50°C.
Food defrosted and spoiled, and staff opening the freezers in the morning were hit by a wave of hot air.
Millions of dollars worth of inventory were lost.
Food defrosted and spoiled, and staff opening the freezers in the morning were hit by a wave of hot air.
Millions of dollars worth of inventory were lost.
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Elon Musk to the rescue? The world's richest man has quietly funneled more than $276 million into GOP groups and his super PAC since July, making him by far the largest known donor in the midterms as he tries to save the beleaguered party. @teddyschleifer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Elon Musk to the rescue? The world's richest man has quietly funneled more than $276 million into GOP groups and his super PAC since July, making him by far the largest known donor in the midterms as he tries to save the beleaguered party. @teddyschleifer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Also it’s time for the news to stop treating this administration’s racist war against Somalis as “Trump being Trump.” They targeted Minneapolis because they hate an ethnic group here, and now they’re targeting the most prominent political figure in that group with thinly rationalized state violence.
October 12, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Also it’s time for the news to stop treating this administration’s racist war against Somalis as “Trump being Trump.” They targeted Minneapolis because they hate an ethnic group here, and now they’re targeting the most prominent political figure in that group with thinly rationalized state violence.
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Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.
Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.
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President Zelenskyy:
Immediately after President Trump's Truth Social post, Russia launched a targeted strike on a power plant in Kharkiv.
It's clear that Putin does not read Truth Social.
This winter, if Russia does not agree to an energy ceasefire, we will respond.
Immediately after President Trump's Truth Social post, Russia launched a targeted strike on a power plant in Kharkiv.
It's clear that Putin does not read Truth Social.
This winter, if Russia does not agree to an energy ceasefire, we will respond.
October 12, 2026 at 9:13 AM
President Zelenskyy:
Immediately after President Trump's Truth Social post, Russia launched a targeted strike on a power plant in Kharkiv.
It's clear that Putin does not read Truth Social.
This winter, if Russia does not agree to an energy ceasefire, we will respond.
Immediately after President Trump's Truth Social post, Russia launched a targeted strike on a power plant in Kharkiv.
It's clear that Putin does not read Truth Social.
This winter, if Russia does not agree to an energy ceasefire, we will respond.
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1/ It looks like Putin told Trump that Ukraine was causing high gas prices, a lie that is convenient for Trump.
October 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
1/ It looks like Putin told Trump that Ukraine was causing high gas prices, a lie that is convenient for Trump.
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This is what actual "weaponization of government" looks like
I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...
Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
apnews.com
October 12, 2026 at 1:48 PM
This is what actual "weaponization of government" looks like
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UK PM Andy Burnham says it is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit vote https://aje.news/b1efc7
October 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
UK PM Andy Burnham says it is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit vote https://aje.news/b1efc7
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ICE has to be dismantled, with every single incident like this investigated and prosecuted.
Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man.
The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!"
Agents didn't help him.
And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.
The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!"
Agents didn't help him.
And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.
October 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
ICE has to be dismantled, with every single incident like this investigated and prosecuted.
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Do you know how hard it is to lose the war if you're the United States? It's about as unlikely as bankrupting a casino.
Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."
October 11, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Do you know how hard it is to lose the war if you're the United States? It's about as unlikely as bankrupting a casino.
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Trump’s big lie this morning unraveled FAST.
Zelenskyy says the announcement was “NEWS TO ME.”
Now a senior RUSSIAN lawmaker says he knows NOTHING about the deal—and suggests Trump is making fake announcements to manipulate oil prices.
Zelenskyy says the announcement was “NEWS TO ME.”
Now a senior RUSSIAN lawmaker says he knows NOTHING about the deal—and suggests Trump is making fake announcements to manipulate oil prices.
Trump’s Ukraine ‘Ceasefire’ Exposed as Kyiv and Moscow Rebuke Him
Zelenskyy says Trump’s ceasefire was “news to me,” while a senior Russian lawmaker suggests the announcement was a ploy to drive down oil prices.
meidasnews.com
October 11, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Trump’s big lie this morning unraveled FAST.
Zelenskyy says the announcement was “NEWS TO ME.”
Now a senior RUSSIAN lawmaker says he knows NOTHING about the deal—and suggests Trump is making fake announcements to manipulate oil prices.
Zelenskyy says the announcement was “NEWS TO ME.”
Now a senior RUSSIAN lawmaker says he knows NOTHING about the deal—and suggests Trump is making fake announcements to manipulate oil prices.
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“'The recent decisions to shutter nearly complete offshore wind projects and to pay Total Energies hundreds of millions of dollars to renounce wind leases are an assault on logic and the American taxpayer,' he wrote...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2026 at 5:22 PM
“'The recent decisions to shutter nearly complete offshore wind projects and to pay Total Energies hundreds of millions of dollars to renounce wind leases are an assault on logic and the American taxpayer,' he wrote...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Not sure what an “energy ceasefire” is … but it’s probably something like, “Ukraine must stop bombing refineries and Russia can keep bombing apartment buildings.”
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Trump says Russia and Ukraine reached 'energy ceasefire'
There was no immediate confirmation from Kyiv or Moscow.
www.reuters.com
October 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Not sure what an “energy ceasefire” is … but it’s probably something like, “Ukraine must stop bombing refineries and Russia can keep bombing apartment buildings.”
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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READ THIS: The man who was the commanding general of Fort Hood when Nidal Hasan went on his shooting rampage, and who signed the actual death warrant authorizing Hasan's execution, is absolutely opposed to televising the firing squad. He speaks eloquently for himself here.
October 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
READ THIS: The man who was the commanding general of Fort Hood when Nidal Hasan went on his shooting rampage, and who signed the actual death warrant authorizing Hasan's execution, is absolutely opposed to televising the firing squad. He speaks eloquently for himself here.
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1. Trump’s new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is a prolific user of Truth Social where she regularly promoted Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracies, accusing elites in the Democratic Party and Hollywood of running child sex rings and eating people.
October 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
1. Trump’s new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is a prolific user of Truth Social where she regularly promoted Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracies, accusing elites in the Democratic Party and Hollywood of running child sex rings and eating people.
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Unconfirmed social media in recent days have shown “what appear to be uniformed agents in bulletproof vests at construction sites in Madera; swarming parking lots at Dollar General stores in Chowchilla; and cars with missing drivers and smashed windows parked alongside the region’s vast farmlands.”
“Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria, a Democrat whose district covers Fresno and Madera, said federal officials are describing the latest operation in the Central Valley as ‘targeted enforcement.’
‘It’s a flat lie,’ she said.”
‘It’s a flat lie,’ she said.”
“In April 2025, U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston of the Eastern District of California issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Border Patrol from conducting the types of sweeps community members say ICE is now doing.”
calmatters.org/justice/2026...
calmatters.org/justice/2026...
October 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Unconfirmed social media in recent days have shown “what appear to be uniformed agents in bulletproof vests at construction sites in Madera; swarming parking lots at Dollar General stores in Chowchilla; and cars with missing drivers and smashed windows parked alongside the region’s vast farmlands.”
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KARL: The president has announced this deal. He says to buy diesel fuel from Russia. You've called it a birthday gift to Putin. Explain why.
ZELENSKYY: Because it gives Putin money and he spends money only on this war. Kill us. Kill our children.
abcnews.com/video/137173...
ZELENSKYY: Because it gives Putin money and he spends money only on this war. Kill us. Kill our children.
abcnews.com/video/137173...
Video 1-on-1 with Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy
ABC News’ Jonathan Karl interviews Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy on “This Week.”
abcnews.com
October 11, 2026 at 2:11 PM
KARL: The president has announced this deal. He says to buy diesel fuel from Russia. You've called it a birthday gift to Putin. Explain why.
ZELENSKYY: Because it gives Putin money and he spends money only on this war. Kill us. Kill our children.
abcnews.com/video/137173...
ZELENSKYY: Because it gives Putin money and he spends money only on this war. Kill us. Kill our children.
abcnews.com/video/137173...
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⚡️Russian air strike on Kharkiv kills at least 1, injures 8.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said "this week alone, the Russians have launched around 1,450 aerial bombs, 75 missiles of various types and over 1,640 attack drones, around 60% of which are jet-powered."
President Volodymyr Zelensky said "this week alone, the Russians have launched around 1,450 aerial bombs, 75 missiles of various types and over 1,640 attack drones, around 60% of which are jet-powered."
Russian air strike on Kharkiv kills at least 1, injures 8
President Volodymyr Zelensky said "this week alone, the Russians have launched around 1,450 aerial bombs, 75 missiles of various types and over 1,640 attack drones, around 60% of which are jet-powered...
kyivindependent.com
October 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
⚡️Russian air strike on Kharkiv kills at least 1, injures 8.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said "this week alone, the Russians have launched around 1,450 aerial bombs, 75 missiles of various types and over 1,640 attack drones, around 60% of which are jet-powered."
President Volodymyr Zelensky said "this week alone, the Russians have launched around 1,450 aerial bombs, 75 missiles of various types and over 1,640 attack drones, around 60% of which are jet-powered."
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I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades.
Not true.
Not true.
October 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades.
Not true.
Not true.
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Zelenskyy: "If President Trump really wants to have elections, tell Putin give us two months, 60 days of total ceasefire -- 60 days -- and we will organize elections. Of course, we will be ready for any choice of our people."
October 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Zelenskyy: "If President Trump really wants to have elections, tell Putin give us two months, 60 days of total ceasefire -- 60 days -- and we will organize elections. Of course, we will be ready for any choice of our people."