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Rex Smith

@lawdawg21.bsky.social
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Retired attorney. Red diaper baby. Sugaree is my Standard Poodle. I love what I love and I love it that way. Support freedom everywhere.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bill Pulte, Trump's director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, moved this week to slash the inspector general's office that scrutinizes his actions — prompting calls from Dems for his resignation. It's the second time Trump officials have moved to limit scrutiny of the agency run by Pulte.
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Housing Official, Who Targeted Trump Foes, Cuts Watchdog Office
Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, moved to slash his agency’s inspector general’s office. Democrats called for his resignation.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A former Rwandan government official appeared in a London court Tuesday as the first person charged in the U.K. over the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, accused of encouraging killings and ordering six murders. @jamesfrancisw.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/rwandan-doct...
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Rwandan doctor faces first UK genocide charges over 1994 killings
Prosecutors say Vincent Brown directed and encouraged killings during the first week of Rwanda’s genocide. He denies involvement and says he had left Kigali within days.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Vance-Led Task Force Set to Remove 760,000 Allegedly Fraudulent Obamacare Enrollments www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Vance-Led Task Force Set to Remove 760,000 Allegedly Fraudulent Obamacare Enrollments
The Trump administration is planning to impose stricter eligibility requirements for ACA subsidies as part of a campaign against fraud.
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John in Western New York @johnwalczak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So ICE agents are getting fired before their probationary periods are up and are having to repay the $50,000 signing bonus. I love this for them.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/09/2026
I told ya she did it.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“.. For years, the strategy among U.S. allies was to wait President Trump out. Now many are preparing for a world in which the United States is no longer indispensable .. regardless of who occupies the White House.” @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's a small world after all!!
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My latest on who the Russians that paid for and attended Don Jr.’s wedding are, their connections to Russia's security services and military intelligence, and why this story is much more significant than it appears. Disgusting this is happening in America but honestly the least bit surprising
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Who Were the Russians at Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding?
Yesterday, ProPublica published an excellent in-depth investigation revealing that Umar Kremlev, a Russian businessman close to Putin who runs the International Boxing Association, spent hundreds of t...
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Cat music @yanygal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: A Republican Just Filed War Crimes Charges Against Trump’s Secretary of War. On the Same Day the FBI Director Had to Explain the Bestiality Thing. deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-a...
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BREAKING: A Republican Just Filed War Crimes Charges Against Trump’s Secretary of War. On the Same Day the FBI Director Had to Explain the Bestiality Thing.
Thomas Massie’s 34 pages are not a stunt. They’re a prosecution file with the dates already filled in while Kash Patel told the Senate why “victims of bestiality” should be FBI agents.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“.. More than six months after the barrage, a damaged Amazon Web Services facility in Abu Dhabi and another one in Bahrain are still mostly offline.” @wsj.com $AMZN www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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NotCIAreally @stoplossmaxwin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Russia-gate was real and is ongoing. Turns out it was/is Russia Russia Russia
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Imagine a Vice President of the United States getting a fact-check Community Note that the heckler was right and you are lying. These people just can’t stop lying.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
BREAKING: Our banned interview with Kimmel generated 6 million views on YouTube.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Looks like a certain petulant brat got his saggy ass handed to him by a strong woman. You know how much he must have delighted in that. Thank you, President Connolly!
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
BUNCH: “.. Americans are an amazingly brave people .. They’ve got to be brave enough to face their own history. .. And I will stand against wind and tide to prevent history from being erased ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/a...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/09/2026
More than 11,000 people have been sickened in a Cyclospora outbreak linked to lettuce. Meanwhile, FDA inspections of foreign food facilities have fallen nearly 35% since 2019. Public health work is often invisible...until it isn’t. Cuts have consequences.
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Cyclospora outbreak followed years of declining FDA foreign inspections
The ongoing outbreak of cyclospora tied to iceberg lettuce has raised new concerns about the safety of imported produce — and underscores a worrisome trend: The U.S. is conducting fewer inspections to catch contaminated food.
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Tony @tiletony.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's impossible to ignore, Trumpism attracts a type.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Jury selection began Tuesday in the criminal prosecution of Huawei Technologies, a Chinese tech giant accused of violating sanctions against Iran and stealing trade secrets from U.S. companies. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/feds-take-on...
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Feds take on Chinese tech giant at trial over Iranian sanctions
Huawei denies violating sanctions against Iran and stealing trade secrets from American companies, insisting its technological developments are the result of hundreds of billions of dollars in investm...
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
NEW: Nate Hochman was fired from the DeSantis campaign in 2023 after promoting a video with the Sonnenrad, a Nazi symbol embraced by white supremacists. He now works in Rubio's State Department, as deputy director of policy planning and chief speechwriter. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u...
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For Fired DeSantis Campaign Staff Member, a Second Chance at State Dept. (Gift Article)
The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/09/2026
NEW: the man who attacked Amy Acton is the brother of a Ramaswamy donor who worked for Husted’s campaign. tiffinohio.net/posts/patric...
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Armed man arrested after pushing toward Amy Acton is brother of Ramaswamy donor who quit Husted campaign
Patrick Havas, 38, was arrested Sunday while carrying two pistols and a Taser. His brother, Andrew Havas, gave more than $10,102 to Vivek Ramaswamy and resigned from Jon Husted’s campaign after scruti...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🔥 Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign is taking a staggering toll on Russia’s energy infrastructure. In 2023, Ukraine struck Russian critical infrastructure just 4 times. In 2026, through Aug. 23: ~285 strikes. And nearly half of Russia’s oil-refining capacity is now offline, according to IIR Energy.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17/08/2026
US child vaccination rates have plunged since before the pandemic, with kindergarten classrooms in more than 70% of counties now lacking herd immunity against measles.
US choropleth map showing percentage change in MMR or overall vaccination rates since before the pandemic, by county. Decreases are shown in pink, increases in green.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 16/07/2026
A New York packaging company and its CEO allegedly told workers to hide “Made In China” labels and cancel orders facing inspection.
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Reusable Bag Company Will Pay $7.3 Million For Allegedly Hiding 'Made In China' Labels
A New York packaging company and its CEO allegedly told workers to hide “Made In China” labels and cancel orders facing inspection.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
There's nothing more populist and middle America than -- checks notes -- getting one's son to a golf lesson on a military helicopter. www.ms.now/news/veeps-s...
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Vance’s security detail ‘fed up’ with hastily arranged personal and family travel requests
Secret Service sources said the Vance family asks included getting their young son to a golf lesson on a military helicopter.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It's a sign of how shockingly corrupt this country has become that a nominee for Attorney General is given a hearing by the Senate *the very same week* he has been referred by a judge for possible disbarment for unethical behavior. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 15/07/2026
Staying in power matters more to Donald Trump than anything else.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
JUST IN: Judge says Trump's visas for World Cup players/others undercut admin's claim that immigration halt needed for nat security. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/live-updates...
politico.com
Judge handling challenge to Trump immigration halt cites exceptions for World Cup visas
“If the categorical ban on those countries was needed," the Obama appointee asked, "why did we let the soccer players in?"
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Rex Smith @lawdawg21.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Massive criminal violation.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sen Blackburn complains that during the Biden admin, she couldn't subpoena Epstein files. The difference? DOJ was involved in ongoing prosecution/appeals of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell & the records could not be released until her appeal was finalized. It's disingenuous, at best.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Elon Musk has been referred for possible criminal prosecution after Wisconsin election officials found probable cause that his $1 million voter giveaways violated the state’s election bribery law.
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Rex Smith @lawdawg21.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Another opportunity for IRAN to destroy the US military. Fools rush in.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
So opposing the advancement of women and people of color who serve our country is the position of the Republican Party?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
CENTCOM: Iran has killed or wounded over a dozen civilian crew members in the last week.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/07/2026
NEWS: Senate Democrats blocked a $1.15 trillion defense bill, saying they refuse to advance a massive Pentagon funding package after Trump launched the Iran war without congressional authorization. The procedural vote failed 50-46, short of the 60 votes needed.
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 14/07/2026
Today, IBM is down 26%, erasing $70 billion in market value, and is on pace for its worst trading day ever. Yesterday, Jim Cramer told viewers to buy IBM right now. He called $IBM “inexpensive” and said CEO Arvind Krishna was “doing a fantastic job.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“.. In November, Verizon cut 13,000 jobs, the company’s largest ever layoff.” @barrons.com $VZ www.barrons.com/articles/ver...
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 14/07/2026
DISTURBING report from Dan Haar of Hearst. ICE/DHS had videographers deceptively wear "MEDIA" markings at an arrest. It's "part of a long tradition of authoritarian governments...creating confusion with what is independent media and what is government propaganda." www.instagram.com/reels/Dav_je...
Screenshot of an instagram post showing a DHS-looking dude with a black hat, a face covering, a "MEDIA" garb and a camera. Overlaid above him is a transcript of the words from the video being spoken: "big letters on their vests and they were carrying professional video equipment." The text of the instagram post is partially visible, reading: "Videos made by Danbudy United for immigrants show three unarmed men accompanying ICE agents in 'media' vests..."
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Rex Smith @lawdawg21.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I watched this and found it odd that Warsh can’t sit in a chair without smirking. That seems a bad sign.
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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I mean in the first admin, they used lobbyist buddies, family friends, fixers as a pass-through This admin, he is just straight up taking the bribes directly without any hesitation and with total impunity because he has no respect for the office and the other two branches of government have failed
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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
*sigh* It’s all just thievery, corruption, profiteering from American tax dollars, and piracy Also no accounting for the Venezuelan oil money, billions of $$ which may or may not be in Treasury, disbursed to whatever w/ no accounting, or maybe some in Qatar, because congress decided not to exist
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Forbes @forbes.com · 14/07/2026
The CDC has confirmed 1,645 cases of the parasitic illness, though it is aware of more than 5,100 cases that still require further analysis to confirm they are cyclosporiasis.
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CDC: Over 5,100 Unconfirmed Cyclosporiasis Cases Reported As Outbreak Source Remains Unknown
The CDC has confirmed 1,645 cases of the parasitic illness, though it is aware of more than 5,100 cases that still require further analysis to confirm they are cyclosporiasis.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Mahmoud Khalil sues Trump administration, Zionist groups under anti-KKK law @uebey.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/mahmoud-khal...
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Mahmoud Khalil sues Trump administration, Zionist groups under anti-KKK law
Khalil claims the government unlawfully conspired with private pro-Israel groups to jail him for more than 100 days over his pro-Palestine advocacy.
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Rex Smith @lawdawg21.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Stop this fucking war.
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Rex Smith @lawdawg21.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
TEUMP IS A BIG ASSHOLE.
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