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God - Family - Country. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln

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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
In response to @freedom.press FOIA request, ODNI declassified & released an intel memo contradicting a key claim Trump made to invoke the Alien Enemies Act Confirms reporting the Trump admin characterized as false & used to justify weakening limits on leak inquiries www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
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Spy Agencies Do Not Think Venezuela Directs Gang, Declassified Memo Shows
The release of the memo further undercuts the Trump administration’s rationale for using the Alien Enemies Act to deport scores of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador.
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The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Consider how recklessly arrogant & self-righteous, at best, you have to be to say, yeah, I, a handful of 20 yr olds & our computers can decide how to make cuts to the entire govmt of the US across an array of agencies/subjects we know nothing abt & we won’t take any input from anybody.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Eric announces the family business will expand their lucrative free money partnership with the Saudi state. Remember when Russia was going to buy off Daddy with an impossibly lucrative superlative tower deal?
Eric Trump's tweet formally announcing the start of a Trump Tower Jeddah project. "This will be our 5th project together and among the most luxurious buildings anywhere in the world!"

For the life of me I can't figure out what the image is, but I'm sure it's luxurious.
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Trump World’s Confirmation Playbook: Speak Loudly and Unleash the MAGA Dogs www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-worl...
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Trump World’s Confirmation Playbook: Speak Loudly and Unleash the MAGA Dogs
There is confidence in the outcome: ‘They’re all going to get confirmed’
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
If you voted out the incumbent because you thought housing prices were too high, got more bad news from you. We import $105B in cement/lime/minerals and $28B in lumber/paper from Canada. We also *already* tariff that lumber to death Expect construction costs to go through the roof (so to speak)
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Filings just revealed that Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super PAC that made it seem like Trump and RBG had similar positions on abortion. I'll talk to RBG's granddaughter, Clara Spera, about that at 9:00 ET tonight. apnews.com/article/elon...
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Elon Musk funded a super PAC comparing Trump's position on abortion to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's
Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super PAC that focused on advertising likening Donald Trump’s stance on abortion to that of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Michael Hicks @profhicks.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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Ball State Economist Michael Hicks Shares Grim Outlook on Trump’s Tariffs Impacting US Agriculture
Tariffs have been the talk of the ag industry now that we’re less than seven weeks away from President Trump returning to the White House. However, Ball State economist Dr. Michael Hicks shared with H...
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Michael R Strain @michaelrstrain.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
. @jasonfurman.bsky.social: “To meet the 3% goal, Mr. Trump would need to abandon some of his campaign proposals, as newly elected presidents have done before, and add trillions in new savings.”
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
"Pete Hegseth... received a six-figure severance payment and signed a non-disclosure agreement when he exited the organization Concerned Veterans of America. The payment came amid allegations of financial mismanagement, repeated incidents of intoxication and sexual impropriety"
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Hegseth signed NDA, received six-figure severance payment after leaving veterans' group, sources say
Pete Hegseth received a six-figure sum amid allegations of financial mismanagement, intoxication and sexual impropriety, all of which he denies.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Kash Patel promoted a supplement this year that claims without evidence to help people "detox" from Covid vaccines. The end result of anti-vaxx conspiracy theories is profiting off of misguided fear. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Trump's pick for FBI director promoted bogus supplements to 'reverse' vaccines
Kash Patel has posted about a supplement line that claims, without evidence, that it can help people "detox" from Covid vaccines.
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M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Perhaps you can send a copy of this threat to Congress. Maybe they will invite you to testify in his confirmation hearing, both as a subject matter expert in Homeland Security AND as a person who received such direct threats from him for exercising your Freedom of Speech in a public forum.
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Olivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 04/12/2024
Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Nixon never dreamed of an FBI director as corrupt and dangerous as Kash Patel would be—and Nixon appointed an FBI director who literally burned sensitive Watergate files he had hidden in his closet.
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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One of Trump’s Alleged Attempted Assassins Sent Me a Letter
Ryan Routh allegedly tried to shoot Donald Trump. What does he believe?
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This is dangerous www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/b...
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Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers | CNN Business
When President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on ...
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 22/11/2024
Quite a sobering read by @philipstephens.bsky.social Trump “may not quit NATO, but his eagerness to do a deal with Putin promises to badly undermine it. The alliance has been the keystone of British security. Without NATO, one senior official confides, Britain does not have a defence policy.”
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Britain’s national security demands more than a defence review
As the international order cracks, the nation’s capabilities must adjust to a new world
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
For Treasury, he chose the guy who loves tariffs: www.foxnews.com/opinion/scot...
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SCOTT BESSENT: Let's talk tariffs. It's time to revitalize Alexander Hamilton's favorite tool
Prior to the 16th Amendment, which authorized the individual income tax, tariffs had been one of the federal government’s chief sources of funding.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
"Yes she is corrupt but she isn't Matt Gaetz" is the strongest endorsement I've heard so far for Pam Bondi's AG nomination.
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Must read by Charlie
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
NEW: When Donald Trump was on the brink of defeat in 2020 Pam Bondi jumped in a car (w Rudy) to Pennsylvania to help plant the first seeds of doubt about the results. She’s not Matt Gaetz. But when Trump has been in crisis, she’s been just as much a loyalist. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Sure, the left can be nuts, but have you looked at the right lately? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...
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Opinion | The Greatest Cancel Culture Warrior in America Is Donald Trump
Sure, the left can be nuts, but have you looked at the right lately?
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"Republicans on Capitol Hill have to wonder what it will be like to go four years with a President Trump who knows he will never have to face voters again, even though they will." www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/nat...
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The Republican Honeymoon May Be Over Before It Begins
Sooner or later, both marital and political honeymoons come to an end. It’s rare, however, for a honeymoon to end before the nuptials have been exchanged. With the nominations of Tulsi Gabbard as nati...
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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a man in a suit and tie is speaking into a microphone and says it is over .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is speaking into a microphone and says it is over .
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This by Josh Barro is worth a read open.substack.com/pub/joshbarr...
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Democrats Will Not Win By Changing the Subject
Progressive activists can't conceive of a problem that can't be fixed by talking about 'billionaires and corporate greed,' but that's what Democrats have.
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Stephen Simpson ProperGander @bamastephen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Many people think Elon Musk drives a Tesla. WRONG! Elon drives a POTUS.
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
How is this real?
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
🚨🚨NEW: In previously unreported video, RFK Jr. said he believed the government may have planned the COVID pandemic. www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-govern...
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RFK Jr. Said the Government May Have Planned COVID
In previously unreported remarks, Trump’s HHS nominee said he found the "plandemic" conspiracy persuasive.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Just an incredible sentence to appear in a news story about the man who might be the next attorney general.
Joel Leppard, an attorney representing two women who claimed former Republican congressman Matt Gaetz paid them for sex, told CNN on Monday that Gaetz paid for sexual favors through his adopted son Nestor’s PayPal account
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
When we Christians are more known for our support of presidents than we are for our support of the poor, the immigrant, the marginalized, and the oppressed, that is when we know we are following someone other than Jesus and we have a lot of repenting to do.
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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Hacker Is Said to Have Gained Access to File With Damaging Testimony About Gaetz
The computer file is said to contain testimony from the woman who said she had sex with Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general, when she was 17.
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James Pethokoukis @jamespethokoukis.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Oil Glut Set to Thwart Trump’s Call to ‘Frack, Frack, Frack’ -Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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James Pethokoukis @jamespethokoukis.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
JPMORGAN: 2025 US Economic Outlook: Yes, there are two paths "We look for only a mild downshift in growth in 2025 to 2%, with a small additional rise in the unemployment rate to 4.5%"
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Walmart will likely raise some prices if Trump tariffs take effect, CFO says
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Time to do this again; Gaetz is just as bad as Clark www.axios.com/2022/06/23/j...
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DOJ leadership told Trump they'd resign over Jeffrey Clark, former officials testified
Clark pushed a plan to overturn the election which former officials called "nuts" and a "murder-suicide pact."
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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
On Wall Street, dental stocks are trading up today on the anticipation of more cavities
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Dental supply stock surges on RFK's anti-fluoride stance, activist involvement
Henry Schein shares tracked for their best day since 2022 on Monday.
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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Mandate? Trump is now under 50% in the popular vote with his margin ranking 44th out of 51 elections since 1824. 4 Democrats won Senate seats in states Trump carried—compared to zero in 16 and 20. GOP poised for its smallest House majority since the U.S. had 50 states. - CNN’s Harry Enten reports
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
TAPPER: “You’re a man of faith, God, family… with some of these nominees (Gaetz, Hegseth, RFK), I wonder — does it matter any more to Republicans if their leaders are moral in their personal lives?”
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Sam Baker @thesambaker.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
My only prediction related to this election has been, and remains: If and when Elon Musk actually tries to understand how the government works, he will become immediately and overwhelmingly bored and simply move on.
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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
House majority tracker (AP calls) as of Friday 9 pm ET NEW: AP calls ME-2 for Rep. Jared Golden D-ME GOP 218 wins + 4 leading minus Gaetz = 221 seats Dem 211 wins + 2 leading = 213 seats GOP lead in CA-45 is now 58 votes GOP lead in CA-13 is 2,004 votes
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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Trump's tariffs seen delivering a repeat blow to US farm exports - Roll Call
A trade war in the second Trump administration could again bring a steep drop in U.S. corn and soybean exports to China.
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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Column | Is Mike Johnson following or flouting protocol in Gaetz ethics report?
The House speaker has taken a remarkably public role in trying to block the ethics report into Matt Gaetz, Trump’s nominee for attorney general.
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The last time RFK Jr. had any influence over health policy, 5,700 people were infected and 83 (mostly children) died because of measles in Samoa. That alone should be the end of his nomination. www.factcheck.org/2023/08/scic...
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FactChecking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - FactCheck.org
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent anti-vaccine advocate, is running for president as a Democrat. Our SciCheck team has combed through his recent interviews to identify and correct some of his most co...
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Ben Domenech, editor at large of The Spectator World and co-founder of The Federalist, two very influential hubs of conservative thought drops the hammer on Gaetz:
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Gabbard is a walking Christmas tree of security risk warning lights www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Nomination Is a National-Security Risk
None
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Republican Max Miller: That is somebody who should not be the Attorney General of the United States. I can tell you, I'm not the only one out of 200 and probably 22 that we'll end up with that is happy he is leaving this conference.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Now it’s all starting to make sense
 🚨BREAKING NEWS FROM @PunchbowlNews :

Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) resignation from Congress came two days before the House Ethics Committee was set to vote on releasing a “highly damaging” report outlining its investigation into the Republican, according to multiple sources familiar with the probe.

The committee planned to vote Friday on releasing the report. Ethics loses its jurisdiction over Gaetz when he leaves Congress.

The secretive panel has been investigating Gaetz on and off since 2021.

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Gaetz to be attorney general Wednesday.
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
She has more allegiance to Putin than she does America.
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Trump's team drawing up list of Pentagon officers to fire www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Exclusive: Trump's team drawing up list of Pentagon officers to fire, sources say
Members of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially to include the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources said, in what would be an unprecedented shakeup at the Pentagon.
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
This can't be real
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Carolyn @lady74pink.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Musk’s near-constant presence at Mar-a-Lago in the week since Election Day had begun to wear on people. “He’s behaving as if he’s a co-president and making sure everyone knows it." www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Elon Musk may already be overstaying his welcome in Trump's orbit
Elon Musk has been a near-constant presence at Mar-a-Lago, where he’s sat in on important meetings and calls.
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