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Renee Orr @renee17.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

HCR “Haitian TPS holders pay $1.3 billion a year in taxes”; which is about $1.3 billion more than trump paid in 5 years. #trumpsucks

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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Would a completely innocent person be as FURIOUS as Trump is when the Epstein files are brought up? Very odd response for someone with nothing to hide.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Rep. Andy Barr, who is one of many candidates seeking Trump’s endorsement in the race to succeed Mitch McConnell, bought a bunch of Melania movie tickets and gave them away to voters. meidasnews.com/news/gop-can...

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GOP Candidate Hoping for Trump’s Endorsement Gave Away Free Melania Tickets

Andy Barr used a theater buyout for a campaign event

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/02/2026

I don’t believe Tom Homan. I think this is a ploy to get @democrats.senate.gov to fund DHS. They lied about deescalation last week and I don’t believe a word the Cava Czar says.

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Trump's second term has been a disgusting cesspool of non-stop grift and corruption 👇 "In August 2025, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned." Read more: bit.ly/4tmtni0

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

@hettena.bsky.social catches Congress admitted they have no fucking clue what Trump is doing with his Golden [Teapot] Dome, which is, nevertheless at the core of his "need" for Greenland. theiceman.substack.com/p/the-golden...

A Shield without a Plan
Buried in this week’s conference report from House and Senate defense appropriators, however, was an extraordinary admission: lawmakers say they have no idea what they funded because the Pentagon has not explained what it plans to do.

“Due to insufficient budgetary information,” the House and Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittees were “unable to effectively assess resources available to specific program elements and to conduct oversight of planned programs and projects for fiscal year.”

It’s one thing to fund a controversial program. It’s another thing to admit you funded something you can’t even evaluate.

What’s missing? There is no timeline for when anything would be built. No way to measure whether it would work or what it would cost. Not even a clear picture of what the system actually is, all of which Congress required by law for a program that Trump says will be completed before he leaves office.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The 1488 Project

DEVELOPING STORY
SLAVERY EXHIBITS AT PRESIDENT'S HOUSE REMOVED AFTER TRUMP ADMIN. DIRECTIVE

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Valuing corporations over humans is the American way.

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Do you ever catch your thoughts going from movie main character voiceover to omnipresent narrator voiceover and you have to rethink the thoughts you were thinking because you went from first person to third person and now you have to edit your essay? No? Just me? #formergiftedkidproblems 🙄😳😕

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

So lame. The people already said they don’t want him! Cuomo to Fight On in Mayor’s Race After Bruising Primary Loss to Mamdani www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/n...

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Cuomo to Fight On in Mayor’s Race After Bruising Primary Loss to Mamdani

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Just when I think things can’t get any dumber, Republicunts prove me wrong. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Can we get a “hell yeah!” for Zohran’s huge victory over Cuomo and the corrupt status quo? The DNC is on notice. We won’t take anymore of the same old BS. Progressives are in and “moderates” are out. It’s time to start providing a party in line with what the people want! #zohran #mamdani #nyc #dnc

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

People with the mental capacity of children and the morality of a Nazi should not be allowed to hold office in this country.

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Another day, another dozen migrants were transferred to Guantanamo Bay, the offshore immigration detention site that has the capacity of housing fewer than 200 immigration detainees. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/u...

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Another Dozen Migrants Are Transferred to Guantánamo

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Happy day whatever it is of the end of the world.

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Except we can’t NOT be involved when we provide their arms.

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 13/06/2025

Senator Padilla is right. If they can do this to a sitting U.S. Senator, they can do it to anyone. @padilla.senate.gov

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Turns out blowing off the requirement to activate the National Guard “through” a state’s governor is more than a “foot fault,” as DOJ lawyer argued. It is illegal.

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 13/06/2025

We all know what we saw. Our friend, Senator Alex Padilla exercising his duty to this country while the Trump administration forced him to the ground, and put him in handcuffs. There’s no sugarcoating it—these are dangerous times and we WILL hold the admin accountable. @schatz.bsky.social

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Jeffery C. Mays @jeffcmays.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

“I don’t see anybody asking anyone else to qualify their stances on Islamophobia or anti-Muslim sentiment,” said Imam Khalid Latif, executive director of the Islamic Center of New York City. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/n...

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Mamdani’s Delicate Quest to Become New York City’s First Muslim Mayor

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Happy birthday to the poetic master Bob Dylan. When I was a kid, my sister and I put on a concert of his music played on piano and kazoo for my mom’s birthday. It was terrible and she still talks about it as being one of her favorite birthday memories. I was raised on his words. He’s a legend. #hbd

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Staunching education and furthering isolationism, all in the name of eliminating free speech. I hate these fuckers. #harvard #internationalstudents #freespeech #fascism www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

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Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

In my district last weekend, #MikeLawler finally showed up to a #townhall and someone asked a question I had prepared for the one he didn’t show for. She was forcibly removed & the crowd was PISSED. Our rights are being trampled. NO MORE! Demand answers. Protect the constitution. FIGHT! Rise up. ✊

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Not my usual topics on here… But I got cleared to run, bike, bike, golf, and dance today! I’m so excited! 3 more months till I can do yoga again, but this is HUGE. I never thought I’d get a hip replacement at 45 and I never thought I’d be recovered 3 months later.

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

When we say it could be you next, this is what we mean.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

"Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was included, the newly revealed one was created by Hegseth. Named “Defense | Team Huddle,” it included his wife and about a dozen other people.... He used his private phone, not his government one, to access the Signal chat." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

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Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat

The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Confirming Hegseth really was insanely reckless.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this. The Secretary is unfit to lead.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Trump's Department of Homeland Security has sent a letter to Harvard threatening to revoke its eligibility to enroll international students unless it submits information on international students' disciplinary records and protest participation.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17/04/2025

In classic Trump fashion, the president furiously smeared Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for contradicting White House rhetoric and lied that "groceries (even eggs!) are down." In fact, egg prices have once again risen.

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Trump Melts Down Over Fed Chair’s Dark Warning About Tariffs

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had warned that Donald Trump’s pet tariffs would cause inflation to skyrocket.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Republican politicians want the poor to live in cardboard boxes in alleys so the super-rich can get a tax cut and buy their 8th yacht.

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White House Eyes Overhaul of Federal Housing Aid to the Poor

The Trump administration has considered sharply curtailing vouchers as part of its budget for the 2026 fiscal year.

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

AI deciding who to deport? What could possibly go wrong?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

In 2019 a BYU Japanese PhD student helped organized a fishing outing. The group caught more fish than they were allowed, but prosecutors decided not to charge him. Now, his visa is being revoked. Kudos to Rubio for keeping America safe. www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04...

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BYU grad student from Japan has visa revoked

Attorney for computer science Ph.D. candidate believes a fishing license incident from years ago may have triggered visa revocation.

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

This little guy is all of us when we get excited, right?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

"Christians who sought asylum from persecution by the Taliban are being told they must leave immediately or be deported. "The news came in an email to a group living legally in north Raleigh... Apostles Church in Raleigh had welcomed them after the Taliban took over... www.wral.com/story/they-f...

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Afghani asylum seekers, members of Raleigh church, given a week to leave the U.S.

Apostles Church in Raleigh has welcomed about 25 people who came to the U.S. after the Taliban took over.

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Call your Congressmen and women about the SAVE act now. #resist #votesforwomen

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

"Rubio is seeking stories where conservative Christians were told to mind their business, after objecting to a colleague putting up a Pride flag, a Black Lives Matter sign, or perhaps a religious knick-knack from a non-Christian faith." www.salon.com/2025/04/15/m...

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Rubio wages new war on federal workers who reject theocracy

Under the guise of fighting "anti-Christian bias," State employees are told to snitch on people with Pride flags

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

So now he's a hostage. We need a revolution NOW. Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. and El Salvador Won’t Return Man Who Was Mistakenly Deported www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

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Trump Live Updates: U.S. and El Salvador Say They Won’t Return Man Who Was Mistakenly Deported

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Lauren Elyse @thelaurenelyse.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Congrats to Rory! I’m so happy for him! Tough playoff between possibly the two most genuinely decent guys in golf. And such impressive second shots! ⛳️🏌️‍♂️ #golf #themasters #augusta #rorymcilroy

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

This seems right, and all of this is WRONG.

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

”[Trump] is running a crypto scam where he can receive millions of dollars anonymously. Meanwhile the DOJ has shut down the crypto investigations unit. Truly no corruption scheme like this in our history — at least out of the White House.” @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.bsky.social

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Justice Department scraps crypto unit as Trump further loosens oversight of digital assets

The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team was established in 2021 and prosecuted major crypto-related felonies.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/04/2025

President Trump announced a plan on Friday to put a strip of land along the southern border under Pentagon control, which could allow the military to detain migrants for trespassing on a military base until Border Patrol could arrest them.

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Trump Directive Calls for Turning Border Strip Into ‘Military Installation’

The plan would put a strip along the southern border under Pentagon control, allowing the military to detain migrants for trespassing on a military base until Border Patrol agents could arrest them.

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