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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 16/04/2025
trickle-down fascism. soon it will be you and me. remember Andy McCabe & Comey's intrusive audits? in addition to bogus "prosecutions" (and illegal abductions of course) all agencies including IRS will be turned against Garfield Anus' perceived enemies #RevengeTour
I don't share links to The Hill, which is a shitposter, so here's a headline talking about Comey & McCabe's "rare, intensive tax audits"
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churchlady320 @churchlady320.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
People forget AOC started her career before being sworn in stumping America w Bernie dissing, among others, Sharice Davids, an indigenous woman. Her entitlement and privilege are overwhelming.
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Bowiegrrl🍩 @bowiegrrl.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
It’s a social media op boosted by bots. In real life, AOC is a joke since she touted defund the police and chased Amazon out of her district. And her endorsement is poison.
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Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Again, AOC Voters need AOC to be the center of everything. Even Black Congresswomen (more skilled than AOC) cannot do ANYTHING without AOC's support. Fauxgressives...we see your racism, and it's not good:
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 19/04/2025
US-Vizepräsident J.D. Vance besucht an Ostern Rom, den Vatikan - und hatte wohl auf eine Begegnung mit dem Papst gehofft. Daraus wurde bislang nichts. Alle Entwicklungen im USA-Blog.
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USA: J.D. Vance im Vatikan – Nummer zwei trifft Nummer zwei
US-Vizepräsident J.D. Vance besucht an Ostern Rom, den Vatikan - und hatte wohl auf eine Begegnung mit dem Papst gehofft. Daraus wurde bislang nichts. Alle Entwicklungen im USA-Blog.
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Kissing Coeurl @coeurlskiss.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
‘We can’t run against Republicans that’s too scary :( we can only challenge people in safely blue seats!’ It’s almost like y’all aren’t as slick as you pretend to be at this.
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Trump and the GOP: "Tariffs aren't a hidden tax on consumers." AutoZone CEO: "We will pass those tariff costs back to the consumer." Best Buy CEO: "Tariffs at this level will result in price increases." abcnews.go.com/Business/com...
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These companies said they will raise prices in response to Trump's tariffs
Economists widely expect importers to pass along some of the tax to consumers.
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Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Aka Putin is prepping a surprise attack on Easter
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
*taps nearly year-old sign, just as a reminder*
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Sam Alito is a problem
Chief Justice John Roberts must take responsibility for his court. If he does not, what follows will be his legacy — and we’ll have to deal with the fallout.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Trump admin officials who have conceded that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was erroneously removed to El Salvador: 1. Solicitor General John Sauer, in a filing at SCOTUS 2. ICE official Robert Cerna, in a sworn declaration 3. DOJ lawyer Erez Reuveni, in court filings and at a hearing
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Balaji Srinivasan suggests giving Elon Musk “control of a huge swath of land surrounding Starbase, Texas” & designate that land as “a military base or … similar, so that [Musk] can fence it off & determine at his sole discretion who can enter.” Then replicate in other states w/ other Tech Bros. 1/
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
You don’t have to be particularly sharp to decipher the code here. But if you need someone to say it, this is a major technology company and a sizable defense and intelligence contractor publicly declaring, with only the thinnest patina of deniability, that its cause is white nationalism.
Palantir @PalantirTech • 26m
Dropping at select colleges today.

[Embedded image of a billboard ad:]

A moment of reckoning has
arrived for the West.
Our culture has fallen into shallow consumerism while abandoning national purpose. Too few in Silicon Valley have asked what ought to be built - and why.
We did.
We built Palantir to ensure America's future, not to tinker at the margins. On the factory floor, in the operating room, across the battlefield - we build to dominate.
Join us.
[signed by the Palantir founder]
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August Mac @carrybeyond.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 14/04/2025
not a Jon Stewart/Crossfire moment (Jon himself is an unreliable narrator these days) but WaPo journalist @joshrogin.bsky.social deserves a lot of credit for calmly, nicely telling Bill what he did was appeasement (Josh would be a better Real Time host if I'm honest. funny and knowledgeable.)
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 13/04/2025
saw #RealTime in person and watched every week (even recapped for my blog) before Bill went fruit loops/looney tunes so I feel mildly qualified to say: that incremental operation “own annoying libs” is complete
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August Mac @carrybeyond.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Jan 14, 2025 - finance.yahoo.com/news/tether-...
finance.yahoo.com
Tether Relocates Headquarters to El Salvador After Securing Digital Asset Service Provider License
Tether, the company behind the USDT stablecoin, has announced that it will move its headquarters and subsidiaries from the British Virgin Islands to El Salvador.
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Here’s some info about the chief legal officer of Mills’ international arms sales company, who was COO of Blackwater during the massacre, involved in Jan 6 Pence plot, and a Project 2025 guy. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19111...
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Thread by @SollenbergerRC on Thread Reader App
@SollenbergerRC: The chair & chief legal officer of Rep. Cory Mills' arms company—Joseph Schmitz—is a Pentagon IG who left amid a contract scandal in 2005 to become COO & general counsel of Erik Princ...
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
While reading all this, consider that Cory Mills—a literal international arms dealer—is on both the Armed Services Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee (where he chairs the intel/oversight subcommittee)
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Here’s from tonight. In 2021 Cory Mills created a secret nonprofit he hasn't disclosed to House Ethics. His own congressional office promoted it. He used it, apparently, to fund rescue missions in Afghanistan & Israel—missions he & others told reporters were funded by others. x.com/Sollenberger...
x.com
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
GOP Rep. Cory Mills is on Foreign Affairs & Armed Services. He also bashes Ukraine. He also has an international arms company that has made millions sending weapons to Ukraine while he served on those committees — including to state-owned arms maker SpetsTechnoExport. x.com/Sollenberger...
x.com
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Just starting out on Bluesky, so this will be my first. I’ve been posting a bunch of absolutely crazy stories about GOP Rep. Cory Mills on Twitter—he’s like George Santos, but it’s far more serious. Some folks have compiled them on ThreadReader. Here’s the first. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19108...
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Thread by @SollenbergerRC on Thread Reader App
@SollenbergerRC: The still untold story about GOP Rep. Cory Mills is a massive sleeper scandal for an outlet with resources to take an eye off the Trump ball: Money, sex, international arms deals, sto...
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Alex Botoman @abotoman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“Needless to say, Defendants were under no obligation to take action under the court’s order while it was administratively stayed by the Chief Justice of the United States” is a pretty bold thing to say when the order was in effect for 3+ days before the stay issued
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 11/04/2025
Patrick Davis, Donald Trump’s pick to be an Assistant Attorney General, pledged to respond to oversight requests “in a matter of days or weeks, not months.” DOJ has failed to answer for two months. He must keep his word to Congress and respond to Republicans AND Democrats alike.
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Pragmatic Owl @pragmaticowl.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Honestly, Trump imitates him quite closely
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Colonel Susan Meyers of the US Space Force, stationed at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, was removed from her command after criticizing Vance’s unneeded and costly visit to Greenland. She stated her loyalty to the US and the law and not to politicians so Trump got rid of her.
A military officer in a dark blue uniform adorned with various medals, standing in front of an American flag backdrop.
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
This can be summarized as "pound sand, Your Honor."
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Indeed, this is *exactly* what's wrong with last night's #SCOTUS ruling, as I wrote about in this morning's newsletter: www.stevevladeck.com/p/141-abrego... Everyone saw this coming. And yet the Court did what it did anyway.
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141. Abrego Garcia and the Presumption of Regularity
How one reads Thursday's ruling ordering the federal government to "facilitate" Abrego Garcia's return depends upon how much (or how little) one expects *this* administration to turn square corners.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Filed nearly an hour late only to say this: “Defendants are unable to provide the information requested by the Court on the impracticable deadline set by the Court hours after the Supreme Court issued its order.”
RESPONSE TO AMENDED PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ORDER
Defendants are unable to provide the information requested by the Court on
the impracticable deadline set by the Court hours after the Supreme Court issued its
order. The Supreme Court's order directs the Court to "clarify its directive, with due regard for the deference owed to the Executive Branch in the conduct of foreign
affairs." Abrego Garcia v. Noem, 25A949, 604 U. S. _
(2025), Op. at 2. The Court
has not yet clarified what it means to "facilitate" or "effectuate" the return as it relates
to this case, as Plaintiff is in the custody of a foreign sovereign. Defendants request—
and require-the opportunity to brief that issue prior to being subject to any
compliance deadlines. Needless to say, Defendants were under no obligation to take
action under the court's order while it was administratively stayed by the Chief
Justice of the United States. In light of the insufficient amount of time afforded to
review the Supreme Court's Order following the dissolution of the administrative stay
Case 8:25-cv-00951-PX Document 59 Filed 04/11/25
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in this case, Defendants are not in a position where they "can" share any information
requested by the Court. That is the reality. Defendants received the order late in the
evening last night. They are reviewing the order and actively evaluating next steps.
It is unreasonable and impracticable for Defendants to reveal potential steps before
those steps are reviewed, agreed upon, and vetted. Foreign affairs cannot operate on
judicial timelines, in part because it involves sensitive country-specific considerations
wholly inappropriate for judicial review.
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 06/04/2025
always ALWAYS projection with that lot 🎩 @carrybeyond.bsky.social
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Craig Unger @craigunger.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Trump is a Russian asset. This is how it happened--step by step. The Trump Russia Timeline #6: The KGB Sets Its Trap. craigunger.substack.com/p/1985-1986-...
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1985-1986 The KGB Sets Its Trap
The Story Behind Trump's First Visit to the USSR: "Trump Melted Immediately."
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
The world was watching ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼 News of the #Handsoff march made its way globally and was televised on airways in United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Portugal! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
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Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Country (Gift Article)
Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to rail against government cutbacks, financial turmoil and what they viewed as attacks on democracy.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Three million Americans marched today. Here’s why we wrote about one American who didn’t.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
US tourism is in for some things. (via @jeffasher.bsky.social) 🇺🇸
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
New from @pamherd.bsky.social &I: Americans lucky enough to have retirement savings are watching them melt away because of Trump's economic mismanagement. In normal times they could rely on Social Security. Here is how Trump is also threatening SSA. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/as-savings...
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As Savings Disappear, Social Security is Also Under Threat
A two-pronged attack on Americans' financial security
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
In a 22-page decision issued this morning, Judge Xinis explains her decision to order Trump Adm to return the wrongfully removed Abrego-Garcia from El Salvador's CECOT prison. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
If the DOJ is going to punish its attorneys for being candid with the courts, it stands to reason that courts can no longer assume DOJ attorneys will fulfill their duty of candor.
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DOJ places attorney on leave after struggling in Maryland migrant case
The DOJ has placed on leave the attorney who argued on behalf of the U.S. in a lawsuit brought by a man who was deported to El Salvador in error, sources told ABC News.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
The. Truth. About. Fox. News. ✨
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 06/04/2025
The reason Republicans wrongly believe the Hands Off protestors are paid is because Republican donors ABSOLUTELY pay protestors to show up at school board meetings and pay people to attend Trump events.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
JUST IN: Saying the Trump administration’s “grievous error” “shocks the conscience,” a federal judge has rejected their call to lift her order demanding the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Playing around with CBP airport processing data this morning to see how much air travel by non-US passengers is cratering.
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 06/04/2025
“Sayers of Fuck” folks will feel this somewhere deep at the soul level 🎩 @pegoidal.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/lipp...
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Libération @liberation.fr · 06/04/2025
🔍 ENQUETE. LSD, kétamine… pourquoi Musk, Thiel et la droite tech américaine tripent sur les psychédéliques ➡️ bit.ly/41Z5T6T
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Today Russia launched cruise missiles from the Black Sea for the first time in a year because Ukraine can no longer blow up Russian ships there due to the ceasefire on the sea. Seeking a PR win for Trump, the US is now getting alot of people killed simply because they believe Russians.
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Russian government wants Trump to rip apart the west for as long as possible, now openly promoting that yesterday's nationwide US protests were paid. Russia and MAGA are hand in glove now.
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JustJoe2024 @justjoe2024.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Trumpers always accuse others of that which they are guilty of
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Ron Nelson @ronels.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
The accusation is an admission.
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victorytwin.bsky.social @victorytwin.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
In addition to👇🏼 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 The real group behind Project 2025 has been planning this Christian Nationalist takeover for over 40 years. Here’s how they did it. #KochNetwork and #FederalistSociety @deprogram.bsky.social deprogramamerica.com/cnp-x/
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The Council for National Policy
The Council for National Policy has spent over 40 years trying to replace democracy with Christian Nationalism.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 05/04/2025
Even as the stock market crashed, President Trump was in Florida at his Doral golf resort and Mar-a-Lago club helping pump up family businesses, evidence that Trump continues to monetize the presidency. A NYT behind-the-scenes look with Theodore Schleifer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs nyti.ms/3XPqyIa
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Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out (Gift Article)
The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This. ⬇️
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