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Tirah Att

@tirahatt.bsky.social
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Retired attorney; political junkie; theater lover Live in NYC

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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Grifters gotta grift. Is anyone surprised by a new report that a Russian oligarch and Putin friend partially bankrolled Don Jr.'s recent wedding? timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/don...
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Donald Trump Jr's Bahamas wedding secretly funded by Russian oligarch close to Putin, claims report
Donald Trump Jr's lavish three-day wedding in the Bahamas was partly financed by a Russian businessman with close ties to President Vladimir Putin, according to a new investigation by ProPublica, an i...
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I thought this was a fake or a parody, but apparently it's real. There are no words. www.youtube.com/shorts/79WDo...
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Trump promotes his ‘Fight, Fight, Fight’ watch collection #news #shorts
YouTube video by The Independent
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wait - is Mike Huckabee unsure of whether Mario Bartiromo is a man or a woman??
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The Trumps being greeted at the Kennedy Center last night - in spite of the comment about them being mainly cheered, it's pretty clear the booing FAR outweighed the cheers. x.com/aaronlarnava...
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aaron navarro on X: "Reaction (mainly cheers) to President Trump inside the Kennedy Center tonight: https://t.co/LMpM864L19" / X
Reaction (mainly cheers) to President Trump inside the Kennedy Center tonight: https://t.co/LMpM864L19
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Here's part of an email sent out by Liberty U School of Law to students wanting to interview with the Trump administration for summer jobs. Apparently, our new anti-DEI pro-meritocracy warriors feel loyalty to Trump is more important than grades.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Sorry, not interested, but this is pretty funny. boston.craigslist.org/gbs/evg/d/bo...
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Attend MELANIA documentary- Free tickets + $50!!! - event gigs - craigslist
Attend MELANIA documentary at any Boston area theatre during opening weekend (this upcoming weekend) Free tickets + $50 per seat occupied Must remain in seats for entirety of film.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I'm very sad to report that so far, the Melania movie has only sold one ticket in England for its premiere at Vue cinema's flagship London location. I can't imagine why people aren't rushing to see a documentary about her incredibly important activities, such as shopping and spa and gym visits😜
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This is so pathetic (on both sides). Machado unfortunately has massively tarnished her legacy. As to Trump, I don't think anything can tarnish his legacy because it's already in the toilet. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she presented U.S. President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal during their meeting on Thursday. She did not answer reporters' questi...
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This bill has no chance, but does prove that Rep. Fine is in the running for the biggest Trump ass-kisser (although there are MANY candidates for the position). www.axios.com/2026/01/12/t...
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House Republican introduces bill to let Trump annex Greenland
The bill would authorize Trump to take "such steps as may be necessary" to take control of the island territory.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Clown Show - The gov requested a stay of a magistrate's order requiring it to turh over grand jury materials to Comey because of prosecutorial mistakes. While the judge granted the order (albeit a shorter one than requested by the gov), the gov's motion contained a typo in the HEADING.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
In July, Trump said the ballroom construction wouldn't interfere with the current building and that it would be near it but not touching it. Here is a picture of his view of non-interference taken today.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Of the 9 schools sent Trump's coercive "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," 7 have rejected it. Shout out to UPenn, MIT, USC, Brown, Dartmouth, UArizona and UVA. And boo to Vanderbilt which waffled a bit & U Texas Austin which seems open to it but hasn't responded formally.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Remember this name -Will Scharf. He’s the WH staff secretary & head of the Nat’l Capital Planning Commission who okayed the demolition going on NOW at the WH saying the board doesn’t have jurisdiction over demolition or site prep work for buildings on fed land. It’s awful.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
MIT is the first university to reject signing on to Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence, stating “scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.” Let’s hope other universities follow suit. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/regard…
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Huh?? Giuliani spokesman claimed Rudy was flagged down by a domestic violence victim while in NH and "rendered assistance." But the victim was in the southbound lanes and he was going north. So she flagged down a car going the other way on a major highway? And did he leap over four lanes to help?
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Our new acting CDC head at 8:40 below-"In a free market, recipients of life-saving organ transplants would be allowed to compensate their donors." Because there are "plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around unused." What could possibly go wrong with that idea? vimeo.com/8086466
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Jim O'Neill - The Seasteading Institute Conference 2009
Health Innovation at the Frontier: a 30-minute talk and discussion laying the foundations of libertarian and free-market economic thinking interpreted for seasteading…
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
UGH Trump criticized US museums for talking about how bad slavery was & not emphasizing "Brightness." In his outrageous attempts to rewrite history, how will he "brighten up" a museum like the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture? Talk about how pretty plantations were?
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Kim Davis, the clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, has asked the SC, in a cert petition, to overturn Obergefell, the decision extending marriage rights to same-sex couples. My prediction - the SC either won't take the case or will not rule on Obergefell.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Here's a statement signed by William Beach, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics under the first Trump administration, criticizing Trump's firing of the current Commissioner. Trump's next Truth Social Post will probably say Mr. Beach was a failure and a loser. www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
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Statement on Commissioner McEntarfer’s Removal — The Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Today, President Trump called into question the integrity of the Employment Situation report that the BLS released this morning. He accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of deliberately reporting ...
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
And of course Trump just fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he didn’t like the jobs numbers- pathetic, weak move by a baby who can’t accept the truth.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Part of a quid pro quo? And if so, what else might be next? Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved from a low security prison to a minimum security prison (the least restrictive category). www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/p...
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Ghislaine Maxwell moved to federal prison camp in Texas | CNN Politics
Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who had been serving a 20-year prison sentence in Florida, has been moved to a lower-security federal prison camp in Texas.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
OMG I can't wait to see the actions Trump takes against South Park and his inevitable Truth Social post - this is savage. x.com/cmclymer/sta...
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Columbia caves (and lets the Trump administration basically take $200 million in already allocated funding away from it). It didn't go well for the law firms that caved - unclear whether Columbia will regret this. www.chronicle.com/article/in-e...
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In Extraordinary Deal With Trump, Columbia U. Agrees to Pay $200 Million to Restore Funds
The university said the government would resolve its investigations and restore most of the $400 million in research funding it had stripped from the institution.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The SC has just allowed the Trump administration to lay off 1400 employees at the Department of Education by continuing a stay of a lower court order that had barred the administration from carrying out the plan. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Supreme Court order on Dept of Education
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Pam Bondi just fired the DOJ's top ethics advisor with no reason given- I wonder why?🤨 Read his LinkedIn post about his service.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Where the heck is the head of FEMA?? He not only hasn't gone to the site of the flooding in Texas, but he hasn't issued any statements on the awful and tragic disaster. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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FEMA leader hasn’t been seen in over a week sparking concern
David Richardson has made no public appearances or statements following his appointment on May 8
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The lunatic-in chief announces massive tariffs on copper. Since we can't develop new mines or restart old ones quickly, this will raise prices, disrupt supply chains and increase costs for consumers and industries.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
A coalition of public health organizations and doctors' groups have sued the Trump administration in a MA district court over its decision not to recommend Covid-19 vaccines for pregnant women and children. downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/File...
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Barf. www.foxnews.com/politics/net...
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Netanyahu surprises Trump with formal Nobel Peace Prize nomination during historic White House meeting
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing his leadership in forging the Abraham Accords in the Middle East.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Happy 4th of July from NYC!
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
President "I am totally against antisemitism" apparently thinks it's fine to use an antisemitic trope like "Shylocks." x.com/esjesjesj/st...
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evan loves worf on X: "He’s busting out the 40s antisemitism" / X
He’s busting out the 40s antisemitism
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
It's TACO time again. Karoline Leavitt said Trump’s July 8/9 deadlines for restarting tariffs are “not critical" and could be extended. Then she said if countries didn't negotiate, Trump could just unilaterally decide on a deal - in other words, he'll just say there's a deal.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Mike Lindell was just found guilty of defaming Eric Coomer, a former Dominion Voting Systems employee, and ordered to pay him about $2 million in damages. I doubt Lindell has that kind of money anymore though. apnews.com/article/mike...
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Jury finds MyPillow founder defamed former employee for a leading voting equipment company
A federal jury in Colorado has found MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Vance Boelter has been arrested. www.kare11.com/article/news...
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Man accused of killing Minnesota lawmaker arrested
Vance Boelter has been arrested, KARE 11 confirms.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The NIH has rescinded its policy requiring orgs to confirm they don't have DEI programs or boycotts of Israel to receive research funds. It's unclear why but don't assume it's gone- the admin might be trying to determine how to make the policy safer from legal suits. www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/n...
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NIH walks back ban on new grants for universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts
The NIH has rescinded a policy requiring recipients of new grants to certify they do not have unlawful DEI programs or boycotts of Israel.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Typical Trump lies 1. The US Northern Command as well as Mayor Bass confirmed the National Guard was not on the ground in LA at the time of Trump's post. 2. The President CANNOT unilaterally ban masks at protests.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The gov is complaining bitterly about conditions in Djibouti where has housed some migrants (due to an order requiring the gov to give the migrants due process SOMEWHERE). But the admin has CHOSEN to keep them in Djibouti - it could fly them anywhere as long as it keeps control/offers due process.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Trump is once again trying to ban Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, this time through an EO. Even though the courts have enjoined the admin from removing Harvard from the SEVP program, Trump is relying on national security concerns as a basis for his actions.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
So now Trump is trying to take away Columbia's accreditation (I assume Harvard will be next). It's one thing to try and work with a school to address issues. It's another to threaten and bully (apparently the so-called "great negotiator" only knows these tactics however). www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
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U.S. Department of Education Notifies Columbia University’s Accreditor of Columbia’s Title VI Violation
U.S. Department of Education Notifies Columbia University’s Accreditor of Columbia’s Title VI Violation
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Everything he touches turns to ashes.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Applicants for civil service jobs will now be required to write 4 essays showcasing their loyalty to the Constitution and the President's EOs. I'm willing to bet AI will be very busy writing some of these essays.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Whoa - Trump's gone off the rails.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
I don't know about you, but I don't think this "apology" is going to help Joni Ernst. I want to know who in the world recommended she post this? www.desmoinesregister.com/videos/news/...
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Joni Ernst posts sarcastic apology for Medicaid comments that "we all are going to die"
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst posted a video to her Instagram story addressing viral comments she made about Medicaid when she said "we all are going to die."
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Pam Bondi has just told the American Bar Association it will no longer have access to vet judicial candidates. I assume this means the Trump administration is about to nominate some true stinkers as judges and is trying to limit the fallout.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The Fed Circuit Appeals Court has reinstated Trump's tariffs FOR NOW, while it considers motion papers submitted by the parties. And by the way, for any MAGA lovers, this was a unanimous opinion and 8 of the 11 judges were appointed by Democrats. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The Trump administration has asked the Fed Circuit Court of Appeals to stay yesterday's ruling by the Court of International Trade blocking many of Trump's tariffs. The admin has said if the court doesn't rule its way it will seek emergency relief from the SC tomorrow.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Judge Burroughs will leave the TRO blocking the gov's attempt to stop Harvard from enrolling ANY international students in place (she will replace it with a permanent injunction). However, I believe the gov will attempt to bypass this ruling by blocking individual foreign student visas.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Should we be investigating whether/why the MAHA report was rife with errors? Is this a case where AI was used and went a bit amok? I personally wouldn't find it shocking if RFK Jr. and his team were guilty of shoddy research. www.notus.org/health-scien...
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The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
This is just sad. Not giving visas to specific students who might be involved in activities antithetical to US interests is a good idea. A ban on students just because they're Chinese and/or studying in critical fields is myopic and flat out wrong.
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Tirah Att @tirahatt.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
While it is routine for judges to extend deadlines, Judge Xinis REFUSED to extend the gov's time to respond to a complaint b/c (i) it asked for it at the last minute, (ii) it gave no rationale and (ii) there were 5 hearings on the case & the gov never suggested it needed more time.
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