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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Well, at least Kilmeade can’t be fired for disgracing Charlie Kirk’s legacy
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Blue Shirts the new brown... www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
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Masked Patriot Front white nationalists march Saturday in Kansas City
A video posted on X showed more than 100 masked white nationalists lined up in formation outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial as the group’s leader gave a speech.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
More on Trump's pardon: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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President Donald Trump pardons former Virginia sheriff Scott Jenkins convicted of fraud and bribery
The US president says Scott Jenkins is a "victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice".
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 27/05/2025
1. Paul Walczak was sentenced to 18 months in prison for tax crimes 2. Walczak applied for a pardon from Trump 3. Walczak's mother, a Trump donor, attended a $1 million/person fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago 4. Trump gave Walczak a pardon See how this works?
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Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
A serial killer praised Trump just before being executed in Florida. 'Nuff said. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Suspected serial killer shouts out Trump in last words before he's put to death: 'Keep making America great'
Glen Rogers once told police he had killed about 70 people. He was executed by lethal injection Thursday in Florida.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
A friend of Jared... They free criminals they do not lock them up. www.huffpost.com/entry/jonath...
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Drug Dealer Granted Clemency By Trump Arrested A Fourth Time For Allegedly Injuring A Child
Jonathan Braun, who reportedly had a connection to Jared Kushner, has now been arrested four times since the president commuted his sentence.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
They just can't seem to not say things Nazi's say. Can you not see why that is? Whattup with that head BTW? Was it recently stuck in Trump's asshole? www.huffpost.com/entry/keith-...
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GOP Rep Somehow Thinks Quoting Infamous Nazi At Hearing Is A Good Idea
Keith Self referenced a statement of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels during a Congressional hearing on an alleged "censorship industrial complex."
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Penguins. Not sure what they export. www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Someday.... Mars will need women... for Elon to be the baby daddy of.... www.chron.com/news/space/a...
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NASA pulls graphic novels about female astronauts from website
NASA deletes graphic novel series about a female astronaut exploring the moon from its website.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Geebus! Hey Russia if you can find their emails..... Russia: We've been reading them all along. Next, they will be using a walkie talkies or cups and string... gizmodo.com/trump-regime...
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Trump Regime Used Gmail Accounts to Discuss Sensitive Plans: Report
But her emails.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
You need a designated driver if you had a few before a defense meeting.... www.newsweek.com/defense-secr...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth included wife in sensitive meetings: report
In a report by the Wall Street Journal, Hegseth is accused of bringing his wife to two meetings involving foreign officials.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I can't understand why you would not want an American voice anymore. They are supposed to be so progressive, but it turns out they are easy offended when you want to take over their country. The nerve! www.huffpost.com/entry/canadi...
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I Just Lost My Job Because I'm An American
"The world has lost patience with us, even if we didn't vote for Donald Trump."
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I remember reading about how coal mines used to employ children because they had small hands that were able to get to the smaller bits of coal. We are headed back there.... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Who is coming for Greenland? www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
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Vance tells Greenlanders: Your country is cold as ‘s---’, and China’s coming for you
President doubles down on annexation comments, saying US ‘cannot do without’ territory
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Your union is next..... www.npr.org/2025/03/28/n...
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Trump signs order ending union bargaining rights for wide swaths of federal employees
President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
38% so far.... I guess they are safe from paying what they owe... The don't like paying what they owe. In the near future they won't be paying anything at all...... www.icij.org/news/2025/03...
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The IRS unit that audits billionaires has lost 38% of its employees since January, new data shows - ICIJ
As Donald Trump and Elon Musk take a chainsaw to the federal bureaucracy, the cuts at the IRS may be especially good news for America’s wealthiest taxpayers.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
American car prices may go up but at least you won't be able to afford a cheaper foreign one either. For the consumer who values choice and affordability it will be a Lose/Lose! Way to go! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if tariffs make car prices go up
Trump says tariffs on foreign-made cars would would lead to increased sales of US-made cars
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Oh yeah? Where's the fancy cap!?
At the White House Trump asks Zolinsky what he is wearing. Zolinsky answers, It's called a uniform."
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
It may be hard to remember now but "Whiskey Pete" was a bad choice from the beginning. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A running list of the allegations against Pete Hegseth
New bombshells keep emerging. But don't expect Trump to abandon him anytime soon.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Who the fuck conducts a war conversation with fist, fire, flag and payer hand emojis while trash talking allies? They're like children online gaming. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
politico.com
5 revelations from the Trump administration’s war plan texts
Vice President JD Vance suggested the president doesn’t understand the stakes of the Houthi strikes and other takeaways from the messages inadvertently shared with a journalist.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Yay! Your wealth in comparison to the richest legal residents of the country just went down a point or two! Maybe they will be immediately offered rolls in the administration? They really want to help us! www.investing.com/news/politic...
investing.com
Lutnick said he sold 1,000 U.S. ’Gold Cards’ yesterday as he eyes national debt By Investing.com
Lutnick said he sold 1,000 U.S. ’Gold Cards’ yesterday as he eyes national debt
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
They guy who runs this company is working on government spending and efficiency..... Not good. www.autoevolution.com/news/it-took...
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It Took a $1.4 Billion Blunder for People to Pay Attention to Tesla's Accounting
The numbers are odd for quite a while, but only a recent $1.4 billion inconsistency made the Financial Times sound the alarm about the company.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands would like to know about the $15 million in contributions they made to USAID's budget. The State Department and USAID hasn't replied. I guess that money will be used to fund tax cuts now. Who is ripping who off? www.the-express.com/news/world-n...
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk blocking allies' requests for millions
Amidst political upheaval, European nations are left questioning the fate of their contributions to U.S.-led development projects
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
So... Uh... i guess this kinda stand on its own without any additional comment. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Pentagon removes web pages about Holocaust remembrance to comply with Trump DEI order
Content takedowns come as administration has made combating antisemitism a major focus
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
He is risen! Perhaps like stock in Tesla? I wonder what corporation will pander.... www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/p...
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‘This is not your grandmother’s Easter Egg Roll’: White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event | CNN Politics
The White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year’s annual Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns from ethics ex...
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Is this the beginning of the Trump play on the ole "falling out of a window" Russian trick? www.newsweek.com/jessica-aber...
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Ex-US Attorney Jessica Aber investigated Russia, CIA leaker before death
Aber resigned as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Yeah well.... yah www.salon.com/2025/03/22/a...
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"A pivot moment": Some travel agents are now urging their clients to avoid the United States
Tourists are cancelling their trips, spooked by recent incidents that suggest the U.S. is not a safe place to be
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Not to worry too much. Most library funding cuts will affect rural areas where books are usually burned anyway. newrepublic.com/post/193015/...
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Moves to Gut Local Libraries While No One Is Looking
DOGE is seizing the Institute of Museum and Library Service.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Does anything think that QAnon might have the whole conspiracy thing assigned to the wrong party. I guess they will never notice. It's not like anyone calls them IQ. www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-r...
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MAGA Influencer And Fox News Guest Indicted On Child Sex Abuse Charges
The right-wing personality known as Raw Ricci built his following by filming homeless people in San Francisco.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Once in five kids lived. Only a 20% mortality rate. Good rate for a republican supported stance. www.latintimes.com/anti-vaxx-mo...
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Anti-Vaxx Mom Whose Daughter Died From Measles Says Disease 'Wasn't That Bad'
The parents of a Texas child who died from measles appeared in a video formulated by an anti-vaccine group where they continued to push against vaccines.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
If the country ever regains it sanity, I say we deport him in one of his rockets to Mars. They only have a 50% failure rate but that is a risk I am willing to accept. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
independent.co.uk
Kremlin wants to work with Elon Musk to go to Mars
Russia said it sees significant potential for collaboration with the United States, particularly in space exploration
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Trans people seem to be responsible for everything these days. www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/m...
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Musk links trans people to Tesla attacks the same day his estranged daughter criticizes him in Teen Vogue interview | CNN Business
The same day Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s estranged daughter, published her second-ever interview with a media outlet, the billionaire media mogul used his X platform to insinuate trans people are...
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Women and those over 40: Judge: “Could the president decide that he wasn’t going to appoint or allow to remain in office any female heads of agencies or any heads over 40 years old?” DOJ : “I think that that would be within the president’s constitutional authority" newrepublic.com/post/192887/...
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DOJ Argues Trump Has Power to Fire Every Female Agency Head
Justice Department lawyers are trying to get Donald Trump even more power when it comes to his purge of the federal government.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Meep Meep! Tesla was fooled by a Wile E. Coyote-style wall painted to look like the road ahead of it, causing the vehicle to plow right through it. Super Genius indeed. futurism.com/tesla-wall-a...
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Man Tests If Tesla Autopilot Will Crash Into Wall Painted to Look Like Road
YouTuber Mark Rober has perfectly demonstrated why Tesla relying entirely on cameras isn't such a good idea for driver-assistance tech.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
They have no shame..... They are literally rapists and child molestors and I think.... there might be a few of them that are good people. But for now, I'm going to have to suspend that assumption. You tell me you vote "R" and you as sus. www.ibtimes.com/gop-senator-...
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GOP Senator Solicited Sex From Minor the Same Day He Introduced 'Trump Derangement' Bill: Police
A Minnesota State Senator has been arrested after allegedly soliciting a minor for prostitution just days after sponsoring a bill that would recognize "Trump derangement syndrome" as a legitimate ment...
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
They might rename it to the US Institute of War is Peace. apnews.com/article/doge...
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Trump administration guts board of US Institute of Peace. Group says DOGE arrives
The Trump administration has fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace and sent its new leader into the Washington headquarters of the independent organization.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Oh dang, I was going to go and ask questions about his opinion on the ineffectiveness of the Weimar Republic in protecting Democracy. boingboing.net/2025/03/17/c...
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Chuck Schumer cancels appearances after cratering Democratic party
After failing to present any resistance, congressional Democrats' approval ratings are more than 20 points lower than those of President Trump.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Tales of Ned Johnson’s death have been greatly exaggerated.... Way to go Krasnov... www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
seattletimes.com
I found a ‘dead’ person on Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Recessions and Republican presidencies have gone hand in hand for more than a century. www.fool.com/investing/20...
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Is a Bear Market Imminent Under President Donald Trump? Statistically Speaking, the Answer Is Clear. | The Motley Fool
The respective sell-offs in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite may be just getting started.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
So, he and his team work 17 hours a day? Elon, sending tweets and cheating at online games ain't a job. Put down the ketamine. wegotthiscovered.com/politics/elo...
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Elon Musk now wants to eliminate weekends, as the billionaire advocates for minimum 120 hour workweeks
Well, they do say work will set you free!
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Chuck is doing a book tour to promote his new book. Mon 3/17 7pm Central Library, Baltimore Wed 3/19 Politics & Prose, DC 7pm Thursday 3/20 at the Weizman, DC Sunday 3/23 · 3pm Moss Theatre Santa Monica, CA Mon 4/21 MJCCA Atlanta 7:30PM” www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Schumer's Book Tour.
had to pull back on this diary after the first draft because I’m pretty sure I’m in danger of running afoul of the Rules of the Road with the very strong emotions I’m feeling about the Senator. So ins...
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
You know what to do: Chuck Schumer John Fetterman Pennsylvania Catherine Cortez Masto Nevada Brian Schatz Hawaii Dick Durbin Illinois Kirsten Gillibrand New York Gary Peters Michigan Maggie Hassan New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen New Hampshire Angus King of Maine, (I) www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
newsweek.com
Full list of Democrats who voted for Trump-backed GOP funding bill
Nine Democrats and one Independent voted to advance a House GOP stopgap bill to fund the government through September 30.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
So much for protecting children..... I guess they only are interested in protecting them from "books." www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
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Elon Musk 'cuts' team trying to save kidnapped Ukrainian kids from Russia
Elon Musk's cuts to US government funding have halted the work of a Yale University team who have helped save hundreds of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, it has emerged
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The rubes will eat this stuff up..... Matthew 7:15-2015 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. www.salon.com/2025/03/14/y...
salon.com
"You must sacrifice": MAGA excuses for Trump's war on the economy borrow from "prosperity" preachers
Trump's closest faith "advisor" teaches that if you give her money, God will reward you with riches
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Hitler ended democracy in Germany in 53 days. Today is the 53rd day of the Trump presidency, and the White House has announced that it does not believe a federal district court judge can issue an injunction against the White House. It can. The Constitution says so. This is a constitutional crisis.
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Trump Spox Lashes Out Over Judges Blocking Trump In White House Driveway Rant
Karoline Leavitt lashed out on the White House driveway over the record number of times judges have blocked Trump in just his first seven weeks in office.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
In a 1990 Vanity Fair article Ivana Trump, said her husband owned a copy of “My New Order” – a collection of Hitler's speeches. In the article the author wrote Ivana told her lawyer her husband reads it from time to time and keeps in a cabinet by his bed. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Donald Trump 'kept book of Adolf Hitler's speeches in his bedside cabinet and may have read it for inspiration'
In a 1990 interview, the billionaire businessman admitted to owning Nazi leader's 'Mein Kampf' but said he had would never read speeches
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Yesterday Trump says "nobody is expelling Palestinians." Today? apnews.com/article/isra...
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AP Exclusive: US and Israel look to Africa for moving Palestinians uprooted from Gaza
The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations to move Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
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What's That Sound @for-what-its-worth.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Mo' money Mo' money Mo' money! nypost.com/2025/03/13/b...
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Trump family held deal talks with Binance as its billionaire crypto founder seeks pardon: report
Billionaire Changpeng Zhao stepped down as CEO of Binance and pleaded guilty to breaking US anti-money laundering laws as part of a $4.3 billion settlement
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