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Keith Croes

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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
What's not covered in this report is Trump's investments in private prison companies, where his immigration policies guarantee a growing market of new inmates. You'll be hearing more about this. share.google/dx1LWDttHOtr...
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Trump discloses 21,000 securities trades during first year in office
In 2025, President Donald Trump's investment advisers made more than 21,000 securities trades, according to his annual financial report.
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Harmeet Dhillon’s case against Georgia Fort: Another journalist in the crosshairs And a legal travesty unfolding before our eyes. emptywheel.net/2026/07/08/h...
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Harmeet Dhillon's Team Appears To Have Already Started Framing People - emptywheel
The false claims made to indict Georgia Fort matters far beyond Minnesota, because Harmeet Dhillon and her team seem to be preparing to frame others for election gain.
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Masked fascists paraded through DC this weekend. I know why they weren't afraid. open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
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Masked fascists paraded through DC this weekend. I know why they weren't afraid.
If the 250th taught us anything, it’s that the current regime has swapped the definitions of “terrorist” and “patriot.”
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Today's pin
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Trump has tasted blood and this thing is just getting started. share.google/rGTb4RsU5rU9...
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Trump threatens to ‘take over’ Iran in profanity filled tirade: report
Israel’s assault into Lebanon is reportedly viewed by Trump’s advisers as an effort to sabotage ceasefire talks
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
We're all getting poorer and Elon is a trillionaire. How good for him! The question now is, how is Trump going to react. Get your popcorn.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Paxton's impeachment defense lawyer backs Talarico for Texas Senate #TheHill
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Paxton’s impeachment defense lawyer backs Talarico for Texas Senate
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SiLveRFoxXx @silv3rfoxxx.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Election denier Tina Peters asks Trump for job hours after being released from prison
Tina Peters walked out of a Colorado prison Monday morning and headed for Steve Bannon's War Room — where the convicted election denier told the MAGA faithful she wants a job in the Trump administrati...
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
How safe should Americans feel when our top military brass are now political appointees? share.google/tUn5KFbRlHvA...
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‘This is just disarray’: alarm inside Pentagon after Hegseth staff purges
Insiders portray defense secretary as increasingly isolated after officers with impeccable reputations forced out
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Steve_USA 🧢 @stowsley.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I like this image for the accuracy of its message. Don't pretend it's anything else.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/05/2026
BREAKING: I'm suing Todd Blanche and the DOJ to STOP the $1.8B slush fund. The Justice Department violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it established the fund, and it must be set aside. You can read my complaint here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-i...
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BREAKING: I’m Suing Todd Blanche and the DOJ to stop the $1.8B Slush Fund
In establishing the “anti-weaponization” fund, the government failed to follow the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), so I'm suing to set the fund aside.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Adjudicated rapist says what?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/05/2026
Tillis: "To call Paxton 'ethically challenged' is to call Jeffrey Dahmer suffering from an eating disorder. He's gonna be an anchor on our caucus"
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itsmab.bsky.social @itsmab.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Because yeah, he couldn’t have done that.
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Hawaii is doing this. And it's critically important that states worried about corporate interest in politics follow up on legislation that can end it. share.google/1UmQG27kFXYW...
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The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant
By using their authority to define what corporations are—and what powers they hold—states can end the era of corporate and dark money in U.S. politics.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/05/2026
Reuters reports the White House forced Tulsi Gabbard to resign as DNI, consumer confidence just hit its worst level in history, and the DOJ scandal that exposes their scam indictments. Midday update is here:
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Friday Afternoon Updates: Gabbard Out and a DOJ Scandal That Could Change Everything — 5/22/26
Consumer confidence hits historic lows, the Iran blockade crumbles, and the Broadview Six scandal blows the lid off DOJ corruption.
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A $1.776B payout to anyone damaged by Trump's little insurrection. Everyone in America should file for some of that money. Could this finally, finally be Trump's step too far?
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
People are asking: If Trump intended to stay in office in perpetuity, what would he be doing differently today?
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I'll be surprised if Trump pays any of the Jan 6 convicts anything. I think he keeps the $1.7 billion for himself.
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
More than 100,000 children separated from their parents during Trump's immigration crackdown. Just another outrage to be replaced by another tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...
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Over 100,000 Family Separations in Deportation Push, Report Estimates
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
This is the propaganda MAGA is fed every day.
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
American heros standing up to ICE.
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Damn. I was hoping Jesus would show up at the rally. wapo.st/43deySV
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Trump-backed prayer festival on National Mall draws thousands: ‘We welcome Jesus!’
Sunday's "Rededicate 250" event features dozens of virtual and in-person speakers, including the president, top Republican officials and prominent evangelicals.
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Corpsy @corpsepilot.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
"The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy." George Washington
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
So, what do the prediction markets say about when Tina Peters will be given a top job in the Trump administration? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...
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Tina Peters, Colorado Election Denier, Will Be Freed by Governor
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Meidas Touch: Tina Peters went to prison for illegally letting a Mike Lindell associate copy sensitive Dominion voting machine data in her Colorado county to chase fake 2020 fraud claims, causing passwords and secrets to leak online. Not for her "strange beliefs."
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Wow, sure wish I'd taken a dump in the Capitol on Jan 6. abcnews.com/US/trump-adm...
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Trump administration to create $1.776B 'Truth and Justice Commission' to compensate allies: Sources
The DOJ is finalizing a deal to launch a so-called "Truth and Justice Commission" to pay claims made by alleged victims of government "weaponization," sources say.
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Trump said his little project painting the bottom of DC reflecting pool blue would cost taxpayers "just $1.8 million" As it ends up, taxpayers are gonna have to pay at least $13 MILLION for that little stunt! #WeCantAffordTrump
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
At a time of innumerable references to Trump's Orwellian language, one top of mind for me is his preferred (and proprietary) platform, Truth Social. And his many late-night conspiracy posts? Yeah, they're called Truths. All the old hits are still in play. emptywheel.net/2026/05/14/g...
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Gatekeeper to Narcissistic Meltdown - emptywheel
One thing Trump's "Human Printer," Natalie Harp does late at night, as she feeds his narcissistic meltdowns, is to stoke distrust of rule of law.
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Still supporting Trump? You may be a victim of the ongoing fraud that is Fox News. sabrinahaake.substack.com/p/fox-news-i...
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Fox News isn't engaging in protected political speech. It's engaging in consumer fraud.
Whenever a new poll comes out showing Trump’s abysmal ratings, public reactions follow a pattern. Public comments don’t question Trump’s disapproval rating. Rather, millions of people question the fli...
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"There is no sign that the Trump administration regards the United States of America as a state. It treats the existence of the United States as a commercial opportunity..." Ironic. Trump really has no sense of what it means to be an American. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Trump's angry response here leaves no doubt that the nuclear football should be kept away from him. Like they did with Nixon. Who also had anger issues. youtube.com/shorts/oeTXw... via @YouTube
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Trump calls reporter's question 'stupid'
YouTube video by WQAD News 8
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The rich wanted a different America than we grew up with. And they got it. It's past time to close this clown show down in every election we're lucky enough to ever have again. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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How Rightwing Billionaires Created a Faux Movement and Used It to Rob America Blind
While Americans were trained to fear immigrants, trans kids, and each other, the billionaire class quietly extracted trillions from the middle class and captured the nation’s politics, media & courts…
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Michael Scherer is only 1 example of a mainstream journalist who lost the plot years ago. emptywheel.net/2026/05/06/t...
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The Complicity of Trump Conspiracy-Washer Michael Scherer - emptywheel
Where do self-congratulatory journalists get off, lecturing others about conspiracy theories about Cole Allen's attempted attack, when those same journalists don't call out Trump for his non-stop fire...
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Devastating. youtu.be/lPCbBuyJSAs?...
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Hegseth and Patel Iran Press Briefing Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This is what denial and bald-faced lying looks like. Because celebrity? Because if you're a celebrity, they let you do it? Because they'll believe whatever you say? Don't believe him! He's a liar! www.rawstory.com/tucker-carls...
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Observers agog as 'liar' Tucker Carlson has his words thrown in his face: 'What a kook'
Political analysts and observers were agog on Saturday after Tucker Carlson had his words thrown back in his face during an interview with the New York Times. Carlson sat down with the NYT's Lulu Garc...
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Don't worry, Marc. We see through it. Looking forward to the AP covering his arrest.
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Guess what? A Trump loyalist on the Washington Post confirms that the war in Iran will be over in 2 weeks! Can't wait for prices to come down! In what, 3 weeks? wapo.st/4cHCzqS
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Opinion | Trump is 14 days from decisive victory in Iran
The regime won’t deal and the blockade alone won't break it. Only military action will.
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Democrats: Do this! www.rawstory.com/supreme-cour...
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Supreme Court's right-wing gambit backfires as way to 'neutralize GOP power grab' flagged
The conservative-controlled Supreme Court issued a controversial ruling Wednesday that critics warn may “demolish” restrictions around racially discriminatory voting policies — but one voting rights e...
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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Exhibit 1 for his trial for violations of our First Amendment rights.
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A hardened, high-security presidential ballroom may have avoided many tragedies of history. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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A Ballroom Would Have Solved This
Many historical disasters would have been prevented if we had one of these in the White House.
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Because they're working for the corporations that fund them? open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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Why Haven’t Republicans Done Anything to Help Working People in Over 40 Years?
Because when you look at what’s been stopped, delayed, or killed, a clear pattern emerges…
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
When children are shot in their classrooms, all politicians can offer are thoughts and prayers. When a shooting happens near them, they demand a $350 million golden ballroom to protect themselves.
Don't normalize a system that protects power more than it protects children.
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Judge rules Trump can be held civilly liable for the events of Jan. 6. It's another welcome crack in his slowly fracturing support nationwide. open.substack.com/pub/sabrinah...
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Trump's $4 billion empire could evaporate
Trump will bring his trademark contempt for the rule of law to the courtroom
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
In case there was any doubt in your mind about Michael Jackson... So sad. But at least he was prosecuted for his behavior. More than can be said about those involved with Epstein. And that's even sadder. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/a...
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They Were Michael Jackson’s ‘Second Family.’ Now They Say He Abused Them.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Spotted in Washington DC during White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend. Source MeidasTouch
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Keith Croes @outlooking101.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
"...on Iran, Trump is motivated by the Narcissistic injury of comparing himself to Barrack Obama." Yeah, that sounds right. emptywheel.net/2026/04/25/t...
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Trump Is Not Ignorant of Iran Risks; He Is Attempting a Con to Cope with His Failure - emptywheel
Trump's response to the warnings Dan Caine gave him on Iran before the invasion is proof that Trump is not ignorant of these risks.
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JJ @jjfroggy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
youtube.com/shorts/hy2wP.... Please watch and share. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES‼️
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The DOCTORS who were part of Epst€in’s ring (and they’re still practicing medicine to this day)
YouTube video by JayDee Milo
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