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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

WAPO: “.. all the major donors to .. Trump’s White House ballroom project, including previously undisclosed contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 49m

Nice bit in this WAPO ballroom donor story where FCC boss Brendan Carr launches a bogus investigation into Dish Network then leverages it to force Charlie Ergen to shell out more for Trump's ballroom (the pressure on Ergen was also beneficial to AT&T and Elon Musk)

"Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, wrote Ergen in May to inform him that the agency had begun investigating EchoStar. Carr threatened to yank government licenses that were critical to the survival of the business, accusing EchoStar, owner of Dish Network, of not following through on promises it had made to upgrade its cellphone network.

The following month, Ergen met with Trump and Carr behind closed doors to discuss the investigation, according to Bloomberg. The outlet, citing unnamed sources, said the June 11 discussion included a brief exchange about Ergen’s political donations and whether he gave to candidates in both political parties.

The company referenced a June 11 meeting between Ergen and Carr in a regulatory filing and wrote that Trump “subsequently encouraged the parties involved to reach an amicable resolution.”

Ergen negotiated a deal to sell some of the company’s licenses to AT&T in August, subject to approval of the FCC and Justice Department.

Carr dropped the investigation the following month, thanking Ergen for his responses and for information he had provided.

In December, with the sale still pending, Ergen committed $12.5 million to Trump’s ballroom, according to the donation list. Records indicate Ergen requested that the source of the donation remain anonymous. The donation has not been previously reported.

He committed another $12.5 million in February, according to the list."

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Ted Lieu @tedlieu.bsky.social · 1h

September PPI came in hot, hot, hot. 1.3% in September vs. expectations of .5%. The policies of trump and Republicans are wrecking our economy. November is coming.

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 21h

Thanks to Trump's war, a complete reversal of wage gains

figure title: Trump has erased all of the wage gains of his term

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 50m

The Washington Post obtained the list of donors funding Trump’s ballroom, that includes Apple ($25m), the Adelsons ($25m) and the Winklevoss twins ($5m). Not on the list: Trump, who said the ballroom would be paid “100% by me and some friends of mine”. Gift link.👇 wapo.st/4yiUDPx

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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom

The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29m

It’s not just about affordability. Maybe for the first time since 1974, voters say their main concern heading into the midterms is corruption in government. Great to see.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 1h

Donors of $333 million to the ballroom include "contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member." From @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4yiUDPx

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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom

The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1h

Comcast NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News, gave Trump $7.5 million for his ballroom project. Amazon, whose founder Jeff Bezos also owns the Washington Post, donated $5 million. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3h

WSJ: Katie Zacharia has never passed the bar exam in the U.S.. She failed the test in California in 2011. Once she moved to China, she served as an international legal consultant, which did not require passing the bar.

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Exclusive | White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass Bar Exam

Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h

Early this morning, Trump returned to the WH aboard Marine One after a campaign tour through Alaska, Arizona, and Montana, trying to shore up support in red states just weeks before the midterms. Watch him slowly descend that short flight of steps, then tapping his right leg again as he walks.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

Airfares .. #PPI (via Schwab)

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

Talarico: "We have an affordability crisis because we have a corruption crisis...We have an opportunity in this race not just to defeat the most corrupt politician in Texas, we have an opportunity to defeat this entire corrupt system."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

She's always there, watching, waiting, smiling #TravelWithNatalie (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty)

pic of Trump speaking at his rally last night with Natalie looming behind him on stage

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 14h

Smile (2022)

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 18h

Look: I lament to say that I am only three years younger than Trump. Zero times (0) in my experience has a doctor asked me to take a basic-cognition or dementia-screening test. We've mainly talked about what I was writing. Trump apparently gets these all the time. But not frequently enough.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15h

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

Talarico on Texas gerrymandering: "They have already tried to redraw our political districts in the middle of the decade to try to manufacture the outcome they want...That right to shape your own destiny, to choose your own leaders — that doesn't come from politicians. That comes from God."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

Talarico on ICE reform: “We need immigration and customs enforcement in this country. But…we don't want federal agents murdering our neighbors before our very eyes…Lorenzo [Salgado Araujo], our fellow Texan, deserves justice.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

HAYES: “Trump calling Abdul a jihadist, Vance calling Talarico gay...” @ossoff.bsky.social : “Obviously it’s bigoted & offensive, but also politically weak. 40% of 🇺🇸 go without food/health care to afford gas, and they're throwing around schoolyard insults…” (From @acyn.bsky.social )

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 15h

This guy just cannot stop fantasizing about hurting children.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

TRUMP‼️ Grandiose Self-Enhancement: Thinking you're far more important, intelligent, and powerful than you actually are. Narcissistic Supply: A desperate need for constant praise, attention, and admiration to feed a fragile ego.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17h

They both did it.

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 18h

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 17h

He's really going to keep pretending he can knock out two rallies a day like he used to. This one was bad, one of the worst I've seen. Dead crowd, jokes not landing, memory lapses, rambling and repetitive stories he's told for years. Montana tonight will be worse.

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akotter.bsky.social @akotter.bsky.social · 18h

Isn't Canada closest to Greenland?

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akotter.bsky.social @akotter.bsky.social · 18h

Americans are struggling to pay for gas and trump brags of making 72$billion on tiktok

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "I am a genius" (Note that he's bragging about being able to solve 1775+1=1776)

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 18h

Feel free to correct me but I'm pretty sure he is the only politician in history where the actual words coming out of his mouth do not matter in the least to his supporters. Coherence is simply not a requirement.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump's crowd in Arizona is completely dead as he rants about how awesome his new term of "Super Intelligence" is

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "I didn't go to Congress. Remember Sleepy Joe? 'Oh, if they would give me approval in Congress!' You're not gonna get approval. You just do it. You're the president."

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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 19h

Pls listen to this clip and tell me this man should have access to the nuclear football. It sounds like a police report filed by a fever dream.🥴

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "We had a rigged election. But because we did so well -- we actually won by millions and millions of votes. It was just rigged. They rigged it through covid and other things."

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akotter.bsky.social @akotter.bsky.social · 18h

Voting trst tubes? Is trump ok?

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 19h

Brought to you by the Chief Justice John Roberts Mini-Constitutional Convention (TM)!

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akotter.bsky.social @akotter.bsky.social · 18h

Dont use google. You can't trust them to be stable if the follow the whims of trump.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "I changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico. I called up Google Maps. I said, 'Please do this.' They do what I say."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22h

MS NOW analyzed Trump Justice Department data and found Kash Patel is making false statements about FBI crime stats. The FBI under Patel has brought thousands fewer criminal cases than previous administrations. The findings rebut Patel's claims that he has led a crackdown on violent crime.

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Crime stats touted by Kash Patel are bolstered by arrests made by state and local agencies, not FBI

An analysis of publicly available data from the Justice Department shows repeated claims made by the FBI director are false or misleading.

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akotter.bsky.social @akotter.bsky.social · 18h

Dunno. Seems like canada is turning to the rest of the world to trade with.

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akotter.bsky.social @akotter.bsky.social · 18h

It was terrible that trump attacked a European ally and invaded their territory.

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akotter.bsky.social @akotter.bsky.social · 18h

Dumb has a b in it. Iran has no leaders.

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akotter.bsky.social @akotter.bsky.social · 18h

I mean, why haven't nuclear powers ever launched nuclear weapons against each other?

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 19h

Scoop:NY-based union leader quoted in a Maine Senate attack ad sends a “cease and desist” threat, demanding it be pulled down Official quoted in GOP ad slamming Troy Jackson’s health care plan tells me he didn’t comment on this plan and was “shocked” to see the ad. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

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Union leader quoted in Maine Senate attack ad sends ‘cease and desist’ to GOP PAC

The ad quotes a union official slamming Democrat Troy Jackson’s healthcare plan. He told NBC News he never commented on Jackson’s plan and was “shocked” to see the quote.

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akotter.bsky.social @akotter.bsky.social · 18h

Trump sure wants to shoot a lot of people

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akotter.bsky.social @akotter.bsky.social · 18h

Would they shoot people who stole classified documents?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

moments after saying leakers should be shot, Trump points at reporters covering his rally and says "they're almost as bad as a leaker"

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20h

Meloni: "we must be aware that the surge in fuel prices is due primarily to the war in Iran, not to the conflict in Ukraine. Therefore, the outcome of this choice is doubtful, while the risks are clear."

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