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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup... The cruelty of John Robert's Supreme Court knows no bounds.
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Supreme Court allows Trump’s ‘third country’ deportation policy
This is the second time the court has rejected lower court rulings that immigrants must be able to object before being sent to countries to which they have no previous connection.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/15/t... So Trump says the quiet part out loud - his attempt to restrict mail ballots was all about putting his partisan hand on the midterm election scale.
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Trump calls Supreme Court mail ballot ruling 'big loss for Republicans'
President Trump blasted his three Supreme Court appointees for blocking a Postal Service rule that would have allowed mail-in ballots in November's elections.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
finance.yahoo.com/markets/comm... Not a huge issue to most people but this goes along with the narrative that the US is losing trust, even with western democracies.
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Dutch shift gold from US to UK because of ‘geopolitical unrest’
The Netherlands has moved its gold from the US to Britain because of “increasing geopolitical unrest”.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.axios.com/2026/09/01/g... Perhaps, if Jeffries didn't have a history of being weak managing the Democratic Caucus, he wouldn't have had this problem.
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House Democrats left reeling after shock defections
"Let's just say it's creating tension between some of the leadership," said one senior lawmaker.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Trump's Latest Proposed Tariffs Make It A Bad Time To Be 'Horny' In America www.huffpost.com/entry/tariff... What's next? Teddy bears are a national security threat???
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Trump's Latest Proposed Tariffs Make It A Bad Time To Be 'Horny' In America
The White House is attempting to declare imported trumpets, tubas and trombones as “national security threats.”
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
'Like The Gestapo': Lifelong Republican Slams Trump After ICE Detains Fiancée www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-... News Flash - That IS what you voted for.
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'Totally Betrayed': Lifelong Republican Turns On Trump After ICE Detains Fiancée
“That’s not what I voted for,” John Gannon said.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Oprah Said Young People Shouldn't Have Work-Life Balance, And HOOYYYYY BOY www.huffpost.com/entry/oprah-... Example 1,999 that rich people are clueless and shouldn't be in charge of running a lemonade stand.
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Oprah Said Young People Shouldn't Have Work-Life Balance, And HOOYYYYY BOY
"We don't need to chronically overwork," one person commented. "That's a generational thing."
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... United Airlines has its "aid and comfort to fascist" moment.
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United Airlines employee threatens to call ICE on Bay Area family at SFO
A viral video captured the confrontation during a ticketing dispute, leaving the family fearing detainment upon their return from Canada.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Chief Justice Roberts Laments Public Perception Of Supreme Court As 'Political Actors' www.huffpost.com/entry/chief-... News to Roberts - It's not perception, it's reality - his lack of self awareness (or dishonesty) not withstanding.
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Chief Justice Roberts Laments Public Perception Of Supreme Court As 'Political Actors'
"I think they view us as purely political actors, which I don't think is an accurate understanding of what we do," Roberts said.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest.... Another reason to skip S&S.
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Burger Chain Hires ‘Chief MAHA Officer’ To ‘Restore The Spirit’ Of Fast Food
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest... You know, the thing about law suits, is a little procedure called "discovery." Kash will open up the discovery flood gates. The best and brightest indeed.
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Atlantic Stands By Their Reporting As Kash Patel Continues To Threaten Lawsuit
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Econ 101 - Tariffs are inflationary; reducing the immigrant work force is inflationary; starting a war in the mideast (which raises oil and gas prices) is inflationary. Did the GOP skip Econ class?
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest... Enemies within our own house. They don't deserve to run a lemonade stand.
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Senate Advances Mullin Nomination For DHS Secretary With Help Of 2 Dems
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest... Please, for all of our sake.
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Some Senate Democrats Quietly Weigh Replacing Chuck Schumer As Senate Minority Leader: WSJ
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest... Fedderman again? An aid and comfort to the enemy.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest... You helped create a monster. No one wants to hear your crocodile tears now.
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Chief Justice John Roberts Says 'Hostility Is Dangerous And It's Got To Stop' After Trump Attacks
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest... So is Hegseth now the Secretary of Excursions???
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Trump Dismisses Iranian War As ‘Excursion’ That’s ‘Easier Than We Thought’
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/world/l... Note to Carney: If something is a violation of international law, "joining" that action is also as violation of international law.
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Carney says he won't 'rule out' Canada joining U.S. mission against Iran | CBC
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Katie Miller Tried Policing U.S. Olympians' Patriotism, And It Backfired Fast www.huffpost.com/entry/katie-.... Remember: The spouses of these horrible people, are horrible in their own right.
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Katie Miller Tried Policing U.S. Olympians' Patriotism, And It Backfired Fast
The warning from Stephen Miller’s wife won a gold medal for getting dragged.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi... This has a real "Child Collector" (from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang movie) vibe to it.
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ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take
Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Democrats Support Bill That Would Give ICE $10 Billion www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-... Whose side are these guys on? Why should we support them?
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Democrats Support Bill That Would Give ICE $10 Billion
The party has few good options for restraining ICE, which is flush with cash thanks to the passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Trump's new National Security Strategy blames everything on "others" (immigrants and those of color) and calls for the destruction of European liberal democracies. Why does this have a 1930s Mein Kampf vibe to it?
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-l... Another victory for Trump's tariffs - Roomba files for bankruptcy.
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Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy and Will Go Private (1)
iRobot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model, filed for bankruptcy and proposed handing over control to its main Chinese supplier.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con... Surprise, surprise. To those "moderate" Dems, who were OK with their budget vote last year, this is what you sacrificed the nation for. Good going.
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Senate rejects ACA funding and a Republican alternative with premiums set to spike
Two bills failed to secure the necessary 60 votes to break a filibuster and advance Thursday. Congress has no deal ahead of a Dec. 31 deadline to avoid premium hikes under Obamacare.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Democrats Who Relented On Shutdown Have No Regrets Ahead Of Failed Health Care Vote www.huffpost.com/entry/obamac... And they wonder why the base has no faith in them.
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Democrats Who Relented On Shutdown Have No Regrets Ahead Of Failed Health Care Vote
The vote Democrats were promised on health as part of the deal to reopen the government is going nowhere, and Obamacare subsidies are set to lapse this month.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u... So now, add piracy to the administration's violations of law?
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U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuela, Trump says | CBC News
The U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions with Caracas in a move that also raised oil prices.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
www.reddit.com/r/Military/c...
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From the Military community on Reddit: Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
Explore this post and more from the Military community
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Not only did the Dem cave caucus give the green light for this terrible budget deal, but now the GOP knows they can shut down the govt, be blamed for it, and still the Dems will cave. They have no incentive to ever negotiate again. Thanks Dems.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Fetterman Says Gaza Is 'Not A Genocide,’ Calls Greene ‘Crazy Pants’ For Saying So www.huffpost.com/entry/fetter... Reason 1,000 for dumping Fetterman. If Dem leadership has any desire to survive, they better start caring.
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Fetterman Says Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza Is 'Not A Genocide'
“It’s not a genocide, you know, that’s just not the case," he told reporters while asking: "And why is that news and her views on that right now?”
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Harrison Ford Says Politics May Be Making A ‘Healthy Swing To The Right’ www.huffpost.com/entry/harris... So after fighting Nazis, and the evil Empire, Ford (who lives in right wing Idaho) has gone to the dark side?
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Harrison Ford Says Politics May Be Making A ‘Healthy Swing To The Right’
While the “Indiana Jones” icon has long leaned liberal, he told Variety why he believes “the pendulum” should be able to move “in both directions.”
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Reading about the passing of David Gergen, who served 4 presidents, I am reminded of a time when it was a positive attribute, even a qualifying requirement, to know how government institutions worked. Those were the days.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Carney Caves To Trump Demands On Tech Tax — And Says Trade Talks Are Back On www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-cn-... Carney caves, and further emboldens DT. So much for elbows up.
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Carney Caves To Trump Demands On Tech Tax — And Says Trade Talks With Canada Are Back On
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says trade talks with U.S. have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax U.S. technology firms.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
These are not regular times, but Dem leaders continue to play tiddlywinks. Since they won't leave, and won't lead, they need to be forced out, so that those willing and able, can lead.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Watching DTs constantly changing stance on tariffs, it made me think that if someone wanted to camouflage stock manipulation activity, one great way would be to have constantly changing tariff/trade/policy decisions. Hmmm.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
So Israel has now launched an attack on Iran. How many sovereign nations has Israel attacked so far? Is international law dead?
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
www.bbc.com/news/live/cl... So now, Netanyahu is adding piracy to his resume???
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Israeli forces intercept Gaza activists' aid boat with Greta Thunberg on board - live updates
Israel's foreign ministry has branded it a
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Musk vs. Trump. So, apparently, you have to own your own social media platform in order to do battle on the national stage. Making America Stupid Again.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
So JD is now "MAGA-splaining" the role of the Supreme Court to Chief Justice Roberts. Note to Roberts: You created these monsters.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Watching the Star Wars trilogy on Hulu in honor of May the 4th, and just figured it out - Trump is "the Emperor," and Vance is "Dark Eyeliner." :⁠-⁠)
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
So why is Michigan Governor repeatedly giving Trump oxygen? I've lost all respect for her. No excuses.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Watching business news this morning (just to show you the different world they live in), they claimed that people won't care if I-phones cost $2,000 due to tariffs.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Judge Opens Criminal Contempt Proceedings Against Trump Officials www.huffpost.com/entry/judge-...
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Judge Opens Criminal Contempt Proceedings Against Trump Officials
A federal judge said there is cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt over its failure to facilitate bringing back migrants from an El Salvador prison.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Lots of talk on business news media about tariffs, and the claim that they are meant to bring back manufacturing jobs to US soil. In addition to the questionable basis for this claim (read Paul Krugman) there is zero talk of the higher consumer prices this would lead to.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
A passing Sat morning thought. Regarding all of the discussion of the econ system which was developed out of WW II which greatly benefited US econ interests - this system was also designed to prevent/reduce armed conflicts. Question: As DT destroys this system, are armed conflicts now more likely?
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Have you ever noticed, no matter the problem (bad economic policy, war crimes, corrupt nominees, illegal firings, anti union acts, immigrant policy, insider trading, income inequality, pollution, etc.), the "solution" of Dem leadership is to sit on their hands?
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Watching business news, they keep talking about the current market gyrations like it's a normal business cycle. None of the talking heads or guests ask the important question behind the moves - "why." Superficial analysis=Bad conclusions.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
So the news is that Trump is working on a plan to bail out US farmers (hurt by his tariffs). So does this make farmers the new "welfare queens?" (I'm sure they would love that label)
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Joke of the day: Peter Navarro, Trump's top trade advisor, has given his personal guarantee that Trump's tariff policies won't cause a recession.
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Alex @alexb4u.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
You've got to love Trump's bully mentality. 1st, he imposed unilateral tariffs on China, & tells them to take it. China responds with reciprocal tariffs. Now Trump (who started the tariff war in the 1st place) is mad, & is threatening an added 50% tariffs unless China backs down. Always a bully.
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