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Joshua D Sarozek

@joshuadsarozek.bsky.social
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Heathen, ordained minister, Constitutionalist, Independent, anti-Fascist, Californio, music and book lover, friend to pitties.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h
🚨 BREAKING: The Pentagon has raised the official death toll of U.S. troops during the war with Iran to 21, with 865 wounded, weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called reporting that the military had undercounted deaths “a complete lie.”
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Politico @politico.com · 09/10/2026
DHS chief defends New York ICE shooting, calling victim one of ‘the worst of the worst’ politi.co/4rVRymQ
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DHS chief defends New York ICE shooting, calling victim one of ‘the worst of the worst’ politi.co/4rVRymQ
DHS chief defends New York ICE shooting, calling victim one of ‘the worst of the worst’ politi.co/4rVRymQ
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Reuters @reuters.com · 09/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize reut.rs/4zoCXDd
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EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 08/10/2026
US judge orders return of Egyptian deported to Equatorial Guinea reut.rs/4jMdcrG
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US judge orders return of Egyptian deported to Equatorial Guinea
A US judge has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the release and return of an Egyptian man who was ​deported to Equatorial Guinea this year and has since been ‌jailed there.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What better way to spent valuable time on a Sunday show a month before enormously consequential midterms than national political media demonstrating yet again how out of touch they are by continuing their relentless promotion of Emanuel’s presidential aspirations.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/10/2026
"Congress has already said no to taxpayer funding for the big, beautiful ballroom, and this should have been a stop order on the project." So if Congress already said no, how is this pet project getting taxpayer dollars?
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Barron Trump is a grown-ass man who's best friends with Andrew Tate and built a $150 million crypto fortune. He's absolutely fair game for a corruption investigation, along with the rest of his crime family.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 04/10/2026
Asked whether he plans to declare a state of emergency before the midterms, President Donald Trump wouldn't rule it out.
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'Startling admission' flagged in new  Trump interview as Dem vows to 'meet' him in court
Asked whether he plans to declare a state of emergency before the midterms, President Donald Trump wouldn't rule it out. On MS NOW, the remark was called a "startling admission."The exchange came in Trump's recent interview with Time magazine, which "The Weekend" highlighted Saturday morning."I don'...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 02/10/2026
Panic as Pentagon quietly moves to expand Trump's 'nuclear options'
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Panic as Pentagon quietly moves to expand Trump's 'nuclear options'
Elbridge Colby, the under secretary of defense for policy, openly admitted recently that the Defense Department was actively working to increase the “[nuclear] options available” to President Donald Trump — leaving a number of academics and journalists horrified.“None of this is hypothetical, not fo...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 01/10/2026
Toward the end of his interview with TIME Senior Political Correspondent Eric Cortellessa and Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs, President Donald Trump grew frustrated by the line of questioning and had a meltdown.
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Trump blew his top during his Time interview with a furious F-bomb tirade
Toward the end of his interview with TIME Senior Political Correspondent Eric Cortellessa and Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs, President Donald Trump grew frustrated by the line of questioning and had a meltdown.According to the transcript of the interview, the president was exceedingly displeased that h...
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Politico @politico.com · 01/10/2026
With Republicans in trouble, Trump gives himself an A+ ’on everything’ politi.co/4yt5SpF
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With Republicans in trouble, Trump gives himself an A+ ’on everything’ politi.co/4yt5SpF
With Republicans in trouble, Trump gives himself an A+ ’on everything’ politi.co/4yt5SpF
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
Trump is now running pro-Iran War propaganda commercials on Fox News paid by for taxpayer dollars
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/09/2026
@citizencohn.bsky.social on FDA nominee Heidi Overton: “We care what she says when she's in front of Donald Trump, and we all saw it with our own eyes. She was at that press conference when Trump was talking about the vaccine being lethal, and she said nothing, and this is the problem.”
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/09/2026
Israeli national security minister declares 'we are the owners of the place in Al-Aqsa' amid heavily guarded incursion.
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Ben-Gvir joins hundreds of Israelis to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Israeli national security minister declares 'we are the owners of the place in Al-Aqsa' amid heavily guarded incursion.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 28/09/2026
DOJ moves to recruit Aileen Cannon in 'unprecedented' effort to jail Trump foe
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DOJ moves to recruit Aileen Cannon in 'unprecedented' effort to jail Trump foe
The Justice Department has steered its grand jury investigation of former CIA Director John Brennan towards a Florida courthouse with only one federal judge – Aileen Cannon, the Donald Trump appointee who threw out the president's classified documents case.According to The Washington Sun, prosecutor...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 28/09/2026
The White House app that surged in popularity alongside the launch of Trump TV comes with security flaws that insiders say most users didn't bargain for.
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Trump's White House app mines users for financial data and private messages: expert
The White House app that surged in popularity alongside the launch of Trump TV comes with security flaws that insiders say most users didn't bargain for.The app "shot to the top" of Apple's App Store news category last week after the White House's new 24/7 broadcast channel was pitched as a legitima...
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Adam Mockler @adammockler.com · 28/09/2026
Her face when she realized 😂
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
None of our allies should trust us. As long as Donald Trump is in the White House, none of our allies should trust America. As long as Trump is in the White House, America is not on the side of the free world.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/09/2026
Co-director Yuval Abraham says documentary exposing Israeli abuses will be available online in November.
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NAZA, Israeli film on Gaza, to stream for free after theatrical run
Co-director Yuval Abraham says documentary exposing Israeli abuses will be available online in November.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/09/2026
Breaking news: The ICE officer who shot a Venezuelan man in Austin is a recruit who was issued a body camera but was not using it during the incident, according to two former DHS officials briefed on the matter.
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ICE officer in Texas shooting was recruit not using a body camera
The officer joined ICE last year during the agency’s hiring spree. DHS is facing mounting scrutiny over how the new recruits were vetted and trained.
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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Not only did Newsom sell us out, but now his comms staff is telling us how grateful we should be that Gavin and Bonta cowered under the Ellisons’ threats.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/09/2026
Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors
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Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors
Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackers Vast troves of highly sensitive police data are lying on Microsoft cloud platforms which an official UK security assessment deemed to be vulnerable to “compromise” by foreign actors and the US government, a Guardian investigation can reveal. The files include criminal records, victim statements, internal emails and sensitive information held by more than 40 police forces across the UK. Continue reading...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/09/2026
Bash: “Your department is going after people who are in the asylum process, that are doing what they are supposed to do correctly.“ Mullin: “Their asylum case…is a lot of times bogus anyways, because they came across the southern border underneath the Biden administration and said the magic words.”
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW: A BIG order in my lawsuit against Todd Blanche, ordering him to finally answer my complaint. I explain how the judge rejected every one of Blanche’s excuses as to why he blew the deadline to respond & why this order moves my lawsuit even faster to the finish line: youtu.be/9bKB3rbRNCo?...
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🚨Judge SLAMS AG Blanche And REJECTS His EXCUSES In NEW Order In MY Epstein Lawsuit!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 17/09/2026
Republicans spent last year gerrymandering Texas congressional maps to secure seats for a generation. But they're already pouring emergency money into those same districts.
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'Panicking' GOP dumps emergency cash on gerrymandered districts as Dems gloat: report
Republicans are pouring emergency campaign cash into gerrymandered congressional districts as races once considered comfortably secure suddenly look genuinely competitive, according to a new report.Several of those threatened seats sit in Texas, where Republicans gerrymandered new lines just last ye...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 17/09/2026
An aloof Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was seen changing his vote after Republicans sitting next to him told him to do so.
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Shock as Mitch McConnell changes vote after GOP colleague's whispers: 'So ridiculous'
An aloof Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was seen changing his vote after Republicans sitting next to him told him to do so.McConnell returned to the Senate earlier this week, and on Wednesday, he was seen following the advice of other Republicans in the Senate Agriculture Committee during the markup of...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17/09/2026
A top House Democrat accused the Trump administration of quietly moving ahead with President Trump’s plans to overhaul East Potomac Golf Links, pointing to a new federal contract for work related to the project that has not previously been disclosed.
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Democrats demand records from Trump’s ‘methodical’ D.C. golf takeover
A new federal contract shows the administration is advancing a major reconstruction of a historic public course without consulting Congress or holding public meetings, top Democrats said Wednesday.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Speaker Mike Johnson dismisses AI warnings: “You’re not all going to be dead in 10 years”
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge blocks the Kennedy Center board from putting President Trump's name on the building or grounds in any way.
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Judge blocks Kennedy Center board from putting Trump's name on the building or grounds in any way
A federal judge has blocked the Kennedy Center from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the iconic performing arts venue in a move meant to recognize his renovation efforts.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 14/09/2026
Prominent CBS News correspondent Norah O'Donnell was alleged by her own colleague to be "absolutely willing" to be "used as a propaganda tool" for the Trump administration, a CBS staffer revealed Sunday, according to journalist Justin Baragona.
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'The show is dead': Insiders say CBS star ‘absolutely willing’ to be a ‘propaganda tool’
Prominent CBS News correspondent Norah O’Donnell was alleged by her own colleague to be “absolutely willing” to be “used as a propaganda tool” for the Trump administration, a CBS staffer revealed Sunday, according to journalist Justin Baragona.The fiery claim was made as CBS News’ “60 Minutes” aired...
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 14/09/2026
The Supreme Court didn’t always hold the final say over the Constitution’s meaning. A new book argues that Americans need to reclaim ownership of our founding charter from nine robed lawyers. bit.ly/4xNVVml
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Sorry, Justices — the Constitution Doesn’t Belong to You
A new book argues that Americans need to reclaim ownership of their founding charter from nine robed lawyers.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 14/09/2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to be living with an "ongoing delusion" that could force President Donald Trump to remove him after the midterms, according to one analyst.
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Hegseth's 'ongoing delusion' could get him fired after midterms: analyst
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to be living with an "ongoing delusion" that could force President Donald Trump to remove him after the midterms, according to one analyst. Mike Nellis, a Democratic analyst, argued during a new episode of his podcast that Hegseth will likely be removed from th...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/09/2026
Pregnant woman among more than 10 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
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Pregnant woman among more than 10 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
Woman’s family says she died of injuries after being shot in the head while sitting inside a tent near Khan Younis A pregnant Palestinian woman died on Saturday from injuries sustained after being shot in the head by Israeli forces south of Khan Younis, according to her family and medical workers, as strikes across Gaza killed at least 10 people in 48 hours. The woman, named as Iman Shalouf, 27, who was nearly eight months pregnant, was sitting inside her family’s tent in the al-Mawasi area when Israeli gunfire struck her, according to paramedics and witnesses. Continue reading...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Commander Bobby Jones (Ret.): Trump campaigned that there will never be any more forever wars. The Trump admin has conveniently not gone back to Congress for authorization. Now despite all the bluster, Trump is in a forever war because most analysts do not see a way out of this militarily.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Meiselas on Trump: You’re a war criminal. You cover up sex trafficking rings. You yourself are a sexual predator. You are a disgusting, vile piece of trash. The only reason you’re even in Ireland is because of the Irish freaking Open and you want to grift.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 12/09/2026
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) faced a "chorus of boos" and was shouted down by a rowdy state fair crowd in his own state.
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MAGA senator brutally booed and taunted by state fair crowd: 'Shame on you!'
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) faced a "chorus of boos" and was shouted down by a rowdy state fair crowd in his own state.On Saturday, Marshall attended a debate against his Democratic opponent, Adam Hamilton, during the Kansas State Fair. However, the crowd kept giving him the business.As the debate st...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Crowds took to the streets of Dublin to protest Trump’s visit to Ireland, with demonstrators invoking Trump’s ties to Epstein and his alliance with Netanyahu.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Here is my longer take about why, even though it won't capture the headlines for more than a day or two, the decision by ABC not to run Kimmel's interview with Talarico (it will still run on YouTube) is an absolute abomination and really terrible anti-democratic scandal. youtu.be/Nd6Q3noXQ9k
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Trump's Jimmy Kimmel SCANDAL Just Got Much Worse
YouTube video by Talking Feds with Harry Litman
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump isn't just an old crazy ego-maniac. He’s now clearly looney-tunes, out of his head, stark-raving mad.
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Trump is Totally, Utterly, and Completely Bonkers
The question is when, if, and how Congress will stop him
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 08/09/2026
The office of Secretary of State Marco Rubio is answering for a top aide fired over a video ending in a neo-Nazi symbol.
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Marco Rubio forced to answer for top aide fired over Nazi symbol: report
The office of Secretary of State Marco Rubio is answering for a top aide fired over a video ending in a neo-Nazi symbol.According to a Monday article by The Daily Mail, Rubio speechwriter Nate Hochman was dismissed from Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R) 2023 presidential campaign. Hochman is now a senior aide ...
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 07/09/2026
Inspectors general are nonpartisan officials who oversee federal agencies and help catch fraud, waste, and wrongdoing. But politicized appointments, budget cuts, and weakened job protections are increasing the risk that government misconduct goes undetected. bit.ly/4zOOOeN
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Restoring Independence to Government Watchdogs
Stronger job protections, auditing standards, and oversight are needed to allow inspectors general to do their jobs effectively.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 06/09/2026
Threats of violence against federal judges and their families have surged since 2021. We interviewed 35 sitting and retired federal judges to learn about their experiences and what it means for the rule of law. Read our report here: bit.ly/4gIHoAU
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Protecting Judges from Rising Threats
Federal judges and their families are facing extraordinary pressures. Improved security can ensure that they remain safe and that judicial independence remains uncompromised.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/09/2026
The influencer and his brother are in a Miami prison pending potential extradition to the UK on rape charges
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Andrew Tate indicted in Romania for trafficking minors, money laundering
The influencer and his brother are in a Miami prison pending potential extradition to the UK on rape charges
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 04/09/2026
President Donald Trump's "incoherence" in a little-noticed exclusive interview with GB News caught the eye of a British journalist who was startled by what he witnessed, he said Friday.
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'He's lost it': Trump's 'chaotic' under-the-radar interview sparks slew of new concerns
President Donald Trump's "incoherence" in a little-noticed exclusive interview with GB News caught the eye of a British journalist who was startled by what he witnessed, he said Friday. During the interview, a rambling Trump managed to touch on subjects ranging from immigration to Meghan Markle's r...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This monstrosity near Arlington National Cemetery is a disgrace and a litmus test for me in 2028 primary. Maybe for others too. If no pledge to tear it down, then cross off list for consideration.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@khanna.house.gov: "I don't think [Mike Johnson] is naive enough to think that if he just adjourns Congress that he can make the whole Epstein situation disappear, but he has seen the same numbers that Thomas and I have seen. Not a single issue has been a bigger blow to Republicans, MAGA, & Trump."
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