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Adam

@adamtrident.bsky.social
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~93M miles from the sun in the Garden State by way of CA, DC, & NYC. Go Navy, Beat Army! Interests: Finance, Geopolitics, Sports, Travel, & History.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 5h
"It’s generally illegal for executive branch officials to play a role in awarding contracts that would have a direct impact on their own finances..." www.propublica.org/article/geor...
propublica.org
The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This level of naked, open corruption is unprecedented in our history.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In the presidential immunity case, the court considered a hypothetical of a president ordering Navy Seals to assassinate an American political rival. Trump's lawyer argued unambiguously yes, since it'd be an "official act." The Roberts Court ruled in his favor, 6-3. Why wouldn't Trump believe this?
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Notice the absence of the traditional olive branch? The olive branch symbolized America prioritizing peace with war as a last resort. It has been part of the Great Seal of the United States since 1782 and was part of the original seal of the Department of Defense.
Notice the absence of the traditional olive branch? The olive branch symbolized America prioritizing peace with war as a last resort. It has been part of the Great Seal of the United States since 1782 and was part of the original seal of the Department of Defense.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Have you heard of 1789 Capital? The venture capital firm founded by Don Jr? They obtained a stake in a small company named Vulcan Elements-and quickly got a $620 million deal from the Pentagon Why? “The call came from the White House: We have to get this done” #PaytoPlayPresident
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
36 minutes before the hearing started.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Adele M. Stan @addiestan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anybody remember that Trump-promised FoxConn facility that was to bring 13,000 jobs to Wisconsin? www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/w...
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What happened to Foxconn? A look at the $1.2 billion spent and where it all went
In 2018, President Donald Trump came to southeast Wisconsin to proclaim the coming of “the eighth wonder of the world.” But what actually happened?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners. Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back. (Published March)
propublica.org
How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So a Democratic president can ban Fox, Newsmax and other right-wing reporters from the WH and Republicans are good with that since they are apparently good with that precedent now?
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👀 This seems bad for multiple reasons.
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity. —"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
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Bari’s ‘60’ Bust
Bari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status...
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 15/09/2026
*US DIESEL FUTURES SETTLE ABOVE $5.26/GALLON, HIGHEST ON RECORD
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 15/09/2026
The Senate is set to vote this afternoon on whether to advance the Clarity Act, a major piece of crypto market structure legislation that would not only enshrine in law Trump's deregulation of the sector, but allow him to continue pocketing billions from his own crypto businesses.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In a hidden-camera operation, pardon brokers Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl said that for $300,000, they could help a felon get a pardon from the president. They said their services included working with influencers to advocate for his case. cbsn.ws/4dj706z
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We are only going to hear about (1) trans people in sports, (2) lies about immigrants, and (3) DEI from Republicans. That’s it. No policies. No ideas. That’s all they have.
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ProFootballTalk @profootballtalk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The NAACP takes issue with ESPN's decision to give Sen. Ted Cruz a platform to push for the Protect College Sports Act -- without balance or equal time for the opposition to the bill.
nbcsports.com
NAACP takes issue with ESPN's handling of the Protect College Sports Act
On Saturday, ESPN gave Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) a platform to push for the passage of the Protect College Sports Act.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers voted against legislation guaranteeing health care for first responders sickened by the Sept. 11 attacks. On 9 separate votes or legislative actions between 2003-2010, he opposed, tried to block, or sought to restrict federal health care funding for 9/11 responders.
metrotimes.com
Mike Rogers opposed 9/11 responder health care not twice, but nine times - Detroit Metro Times
Newly uncovered record shows Mike Rogers repeatedly opposed efforts to establish, advance, or fund medical care for people sickened after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So Trump already knew this when he demanded an Olympic athlete be prosecuted for a nonexistent crime. Someone else's entire life was irrelevant to him. All he cared about was an excuse to cover up something that made Trump look bad.
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Kate Allen @kateallen.ft.com · 11/09/2026
There have been many essential pieces written about 9/11 in the past 25 years but this is the one that I keep coming back to since it was first published 5 years ago. It’s hard to explain to younger people what it was like to experience at the time. Worth a read. www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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The Falling Man
Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in i...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
clearly in great spirits after Trumpapalooza
video still of a red-faced Trump barking at a woman reporter
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's quite a high bar and must dramatically narrow the range of competent economists if you can't have criticized Trump's economic policies.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
November 2025:
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What to know about Trump's promise of $2,000 tariff dividend payments
Questions abound about who qualifies and whether enough funds are available.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
February 2025:
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'DOGE Dividends': Will You Actually Get a $5,000 Check From Trump?
Experts weigh in on the possibility of Americans receiving DOGE refund checks.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
MUSK-BACKED VOTER WEBSITE IS COLLECTING FAR MORE THAN YOUR REGISTRATION STATUS Protect yourself and stay off this website! #TheCityBrief
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
No matter what you think of AfD, it’s weird for the US president to publicly comment on a subnational election in Germany, and cheer for a party getting a plurality. The specifics—neo-Nazis, transnational fascist solidarity—make it extra bad. But it’s not normal, and shows where his priorities lie.
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originaldvd.bsky.social @originaldvd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Some humor for today
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Exhibit “A” in Trump‘s next corruption trial.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Just once I want a Democratic official to respond to "do you denounce this rando" by blinking slowly and saying "yeah, lots of people say dumb things, I guess. Can you explain to my constituents why they should give a damn?"
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Trump made $2.2 bn-yes BILLION- in 2025 while in office -crypto schemes, foreign gifts, selling early access to his posts for $100k/month. A million investors lost $3.8 bn in his coin. Experts call it the most openly corrupt presidency in history. That's looting & it’s impeachable. #OneV1 #Pinks
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Yeah, man, it's really irresponsible of countries to get involved in wars that screw up oil-producing regions, I hope they had a good reason for that, we'd never do anything like that, no sir.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 01/09/2026
The White House, the Kennedy Center, Yosemite National Park — these symbols of America do not belong to any one person, they belong to the people.   Trump's attempts to desecrate them only show what a small, narcissistic man he is.
washingtonpost.com
Supreme Court clears way for White House ballroom construction to continue
The decision hands President Donald Trump a political victory in his controversial bid to oversee the largest addition to the executive mansion in decades.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
America's justice system is broken.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A real president would lower gas prices by getting the Strait of Hormuz open, whereas Trump's solution is renaming things and playing golf.
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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
He was smuggled out of Turkey in a catering container. But sure, action hero.
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Lake Ontario has been called Lake Ontario since at least the 1600s.”
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Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
The move comes as Trump and Canada have become embroiled in a trade war.
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
You can feel the sheer exhaustion and heartbreak in their voices. No family should have to beg for justice after losing their child.😌
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It is “dumb.” It was all started by Trump, so of course it’s dumb.👇
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Remember -- it's the Democrats who are aligned with communists.
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The Real Truther @therealtruther.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles. Both were unvaccinated. These are the first measles deaths within the state in 35 years and the first deaths reported this year in the U.S. abcnews.com/Health/2-peo...
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2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania
Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Awesome, so ... you're worried about the price of groceries and not foreign affairs. Quick question -- what do you think happened this past year that caused the steady spike in the price of groceries? What totally-divorced-from-foreign-affairs issue?
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Trump’s name shows up over 38,000 times in the Epstein files, more than Harry Potter says “Harry” in 7 books, and his DOJ still won’t release everything. If there’s nothing to hide, why does it take a judge threatening you every single month? #HoldTheCrooksAccountable #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/08/2026
The Trump Admin has now approved a bank charter for World Liberty Financial, Trump's family-owned crypto scam. The company, the deal, the entire process is corrupt to the core. As I said in February to the Trump official in charge of this: it was only a matter of time.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
History will do no such thing. By any metric, the 119th Congress has been one of the *least* productive in American history. It has passed fewer laws than almost any other Congress and, worse, has completely abandoned its roles in conducting oversight and authorizing wars.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Just an old man losin' his grip.
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Adam @adamtrident.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Crazy stuff…what is happening to us?
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