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Belligerent optimist.

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qeskimo.bsky.social @qeskimo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Trump filed an appeal that was turned down this afternoon, and then, just as they were about to take it down, he filed another appeal. That got rejected a few hours ago, but the weather had gone to hell. Erecting it went so fast because they'd gotten everything ready before the board even voted.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 13/06/2026
The Kennedy Center saga is so perfectly Trumpian. He installed a board of sycophants, put his name on a building in a typeface that didn't even match, tried to shut the venue down when artists boycotted him, and now he’s legally being erased tonight. Here’s to the first eviction of many.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Such a disgrace. This guy’s worked his whole life to be selected for the World Cup. He’s earned it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This Scott Pelley interview is important — and worth your time. robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-fi…
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
... That's the reason why they created an executive, is they thought that Congress would have the gumption and strength to exercise its power and duty to remove a criminal from office."
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
... That's the originalism I'm standing for here—the originalism of Congress reasserting its power to act as a check on the president. ...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"I consider myself an originalist in the following sense: The original intent of Congress was not to have federal courts enjoining a criminal president. It was to have Congress impeach and remove that president. ...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
NEW: The Kennedy Center just removed Trump's name from its website after a judge's ruling. The name on the exterior of the building has to come down no later than June 12.
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Kennedy Center removes Trump’s name from website after judge’s ruling
The center removed President Donald Trump’s name from its website, although the front of the performing arts venue still read: “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Perf...
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
colicky piss-baby Donny tried to storm off the set of Meet the Press, but the clumsy oaf tripped over his own feet, stumbled, and had to grab at Kristen Welker to remain upright. what a fucking idiot. I've got the video in today's post, thank you for your attention. link is here: bit.ly/4aD1Hxp
and with that, Preznit Fuckwit throws his microphone to the ground, gets up, and waddles away.

‘thank you, darling.’ what a condescending, misogynistic asshole. shut the fuck up, piggy.

all Kristen Welker did was ask Donny for evidence to back up his claims — but apparently, that was a bridge too far for the colicky piss-baby who lives inside a fact-free bubble, and throws a shit-fit any time some peasant dares challenge one of his fever-swamp hallucinations.

you’re going to hear a lot about how Donny ‘stormed’ off the set of Meet the Press, but I’m sorry, there was no ‘storming’ going on. in fact, the deteriorating fool almost fell right down on his beady-eyed pig-face.

here’s a pro tip for Donny: if you’re trying to create an indelible image of defiant anger, don’t step on the mic you dropped, causing your gamey leg to buckle, requiring you to grab Kristen Welker’s shoulder so you don’t topple the fuck over.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/06/2026
Yes, because it's absolutely impossible that a city that's only 18.7% Republican wouldn't vote for the Republican candidate
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Trump stormed out of an interview after he was challenged on his baseless claims about election rigging. His inability to accept the truth is leading to an administration filled with unqualified yes-men.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
NEW: A vote update in the LA mayor's race puts Nithya Raman ahead of Spencer Pratt by 3,000 votes. Karen Bass has already advanced to the general election. There's not enough vote yet to declare which other candidate will advance. This is a normal process. There is nothing wrong with this process.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This is the process
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 07/06/2026
Senate Republicans voted 50-49 to kill a Democratic attempt to end President Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” Thursday. Susan Collins of Maine, Jon Husted of Ohio, and Dan Sullivan of Alaska were the only three Republicans to vote with Democrats for codifying the ban. trib.al/OlYW3kG
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
One suggestion in The Fix is a strong Congress to check an abusive president. Ranked-choice voting, independent redistricting commissions, and proportional representation would help. Until then, support candidates who reflect the will of the people, not just the billionaires. www.barbaramcquade.com
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BARBARA MCQUADE
“The Fix” by Barbara McQuade is a piercing, urgent, and deeply informed exposé on the escalating threat of far-right politics to American democracy and national security—and a clear roadmap for how to...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/06/2026
Last week, the Senate blocked another Republican attempt to attach the anti-voting SAVE America Act to an immigration funding package. The move marked the second failed GOP effort to advance the suppressive measure and a major setback for Trump who called the bill his “No. 1 priority.”
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Senate rejects yet another GOP push to revive SAVE America Act
The failed vote is another major setback for President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans, who have repeatedly tried to revive the SAVE America Act despite unified Democratic opposition and resistanc...
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
We are so very cooked www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/u...
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Milk Dud’s tractor lives @nunesalt.bsky.social
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/06/2026
The firing of Scott Pelley will reverberate in American journalism history as a symbolic execution of the single most groundbreaking and successful news program in the annals of U.S. broadcast television. trib.al/4xvLrxi
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Why The New York Times Is Wholly Responsible for Bari Weiss’s Rise
She was at The Wall Street Journal and should have spent her career there. But the Times decided she was … interesting. Why do liberals do this?
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/06/2026
The DOJ admitted a DOGE staffer made an agreement with an organization that has been active in seeking to overturn state election results, Skye Perryman, CEO of @democracyforward.org, says. “Trump and this administration are trying to undermine people’s ability to vote and for votes to be counted.”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Tell me more about Trump/Republican family values… www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children
Millions of WIC recipients would have less money for fruits and vegetables under the legislation, which funds the Agriculture Department and other agencies.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A convicted Jan. 6 rioter who later said that he regretted his participation in the Capitol attack has been hired by the Trump admin to work inside a Pentagon office that manages highly classified military operations, according to four people familiar with the matter.
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Pentagon hires convicted Jan. 6 rioter for sensitive counterterrorism job
The Trump administration’s appointment of Elias Irizarry, who was 19 at the time of the Capitol attack, has alarmed some in the Defense Department.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 04/06/2026
The president’s outward physical appearance, coupled with his tendency to fall asleep on camera, don’t inspire confidence in his health. It’s very difficult to dispute what people can see with their own eyes. trib.al/kr4Eiz1
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Trump Sports Swollen Eye Days After Surprise Medical Checkup
The president’s eye and hand were visibly swollen as he continues to dodge questions about his health.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The move makes it easier to remove experienced, nonpartisan public servants and replace them with individuals more closely aligned with the administration’s political agenda.
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Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 3301, 3302, 5595 and 7511
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Trump has signed an executive order reclassifying nearly 8,000 federal employees in policy-related positions, stripping away long-standing civil service protections that previously shielded them from political dismissal.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/06/2026
Use our database to explore the financial disclosures of President Donald Trump and more than 1,600 of his appointees. 👇
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
BREAKING: MS Now confirms Trump will formally nominate his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche to be his next attorney general. Todd Blanche mishandled the Epstein files, supported the controversial slush fund to give to insurrectionists, and targeted Trump's perceived enemies.
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Trump plans to nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, source says
Blanche, the president’s former personal attorney, has been leading the Justice Department in an acting capacity since April following Pam Bondi’s ouster.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 03/06/2026
Once again, Hegseth refuses to advance several eminently qualified women and people of color in the military. Instead, he is pushing a crony who has been passed over for promotion multiple times. Our military and our national security suffer from his special brand of malign incompetence.
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Hegseth Blocks Eight Navy Senior Officer Promotions
The defense secretary is trying to promote at least one member of his inner circle who was previously passed over for promotion several times.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 03/06/2026
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor torched the conservative majority for their ruling that lets Alabama employ a never-before-used map the Court itself found discriminates against Black voters. 600,000 voters reassigned. Court orders defied. Democracy "debased." bit.ly/3PYkagY
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 03/06/2026
Following last night’s results, The Center for Politics at the University of Virginia shifted the governors’ race from “leans Republican” to “toss-up.”
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Iowa Didn’t Quite Work Out the Way Trump Wanted
It Turns Out Trump Endorsed a Loser in Iowa  President Trump’s eleventh-hour...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/06/2026
Gas prices are up. Food prices are up. Health care costs are up. And Donald Trump is showing off his pool.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/06/2026
Two of the three major credit bureaus have sharply reduced the share of complaints they resolved in customers’ favor. In 2024, Experian’s relief rate was 20%. Last year, that figure fell to less than 1%. (Published March)
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Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumers’ Reports Under Trump’s CFPB
The credit bureaus have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New - Trump diverts millions from national park visitor fees for July 4 celebration, D.C. fountains Gift Article @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4fn8ezJ
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Americans’ national parks passes will pay for Trump’s July 4 plans, documents show
Entry fees are going toward a $1.6 million fireworks display and D.C. beautification, while donations will fund a $5 million helipad at the White House.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/06/2026
Lieu: "Secretary Rubio, instead of holding North Korean-style cabinet meeting where everybody goes around the room kissing Trump's ass, I'm gonna ask you to come clean. There's something wrong with Donald Trump's health or cognitive abilities. There's a reason he keep going to the hospital"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/06/2026
RUBIO: The video you just showed me now he was not falling asleep LIEU: So you're lying again? You're lying to Congress, Secretary Rubio. Here's video from a French news channel mocking Trump for falling asleep at a Memorial Day ceremony.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
In Senate hearing, DHS Sec Markwayne Mullin refused to commit to following court orders, saying that some lower court decisions are politicized and overturned by higher courts. Not clear if he appreciates that his answers, to sure-footed Qa by Sen Murphy, are breathtaking, the soul of lawlessness.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/06/2026
Starting in October 2026, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will shift billions in SNAP costs from the federal government onto states, some of whom could be forced to deeply cut or even shutter their SNAP programs altogether. (Published Dec. 2025)
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Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, the...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
As Treasury Sec Bessent unveils new $250 bill with Trump’s image, Director of Bureau of Engraving and Printing gets reassigned after invoking law that bars a living president from appearing on currency.
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Fiat Lux @luce060644.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/05/2026
Peter Thiel not really beating those Nazi accusations by fleeing to Argentina. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/w...
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Why Peter Thiel Is Decamping to the End of the World
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/05/2026
BREAKING: The Louisiana Senate votes 28-10 to pass a GOP gerrymander eliminating one of the state’s two majority-Black districts. The new map, which is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Jeff Landry, will weaken the political power of Black Louisianans who will now be packed into one district.
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Louisiana lawmakers send new congressional map erasing majority-Black district to governor to sign
"I purposely put more Democrats into District 2 to make the remaining districts better performing for Republicans," the map's drafter said.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Meiselas: Katie Miller has been posting about you. I want to give you the opportunity right now to respond. What do you want to say to her? Paulina Mangubat, Content and Creative Director for @TheDemocrats: I want Katie Miller to know that her husband is an ugly fuck.
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Tammy E 🦋 @butterflyhg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 27/05/2026
BREAKING: California will impose a 100% tax on payments distributed from Trump’s Jan. 6th “slush fund.”
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Talarico: Ken Paxton embodies everything that’s wrong with our political system. He was impeached by his own party for using his public office to enrich himself and his donors at our expense. And that kind of corruption is the rot at the core of this broken system.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
wtf now? Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to Ebola to Kenya www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...
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Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to Ebola to Kenya
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Teri King @volleygirl.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Adam Hoffman has been released from jail for "good behavior." Hoffman is the 49-year-old Waco, TX attorney who faced life without parole for repeatedly raping a young boy, until Texas AG Ken Paxton offered him 1 day in jail and no need to register as a sex offender. A judge increased it to 60 days
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
They took his law license for five years. I wonder what he’ll do for work?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
MacFarlane: I think the pope is also channeling the voices of any number of young people who are petrified of this, dispirited by this, worried about what this means for their future. Pretty silent on the home front from political leaders here. It’s nice to see the pope talking about it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/05/2026
"In the end, American consumers paid $159b in nat'l sales taxes for which most will never be reimbursed a penny. And rather than those taxes being used by the federal govt to, say, repave roads or build bridges, most of the money will instead provide corporate windfalls." — @schaller67.bsky.social
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The triple toll of Trump’s terrible tariffs
Ultimately, American workers and consumers suffer three different ways.
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