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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 11h

“…the title of lawyer, attorney or counselor, or any equivalent title..” seems relevant to the discussion

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 12h

Elon didn't run from California's restrictive regulatory environment, he ran towards the ability to buy people like Ken Paxton wholesale

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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 11h

“I almost stopped a disaster once, but then someone else didn’t” is the ultimate Susan Collins legacy.

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 19h

It’s almost - almost - like he surrounds himself with versions of his daughter. Not that he’s ever made any problematic comments about her before.

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

“When you’re a star they just let you do it”

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Excerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article). 1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention. Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Phyllis, who loved working for Kathleen and saw falling on hand grenades as part of her job, never told her how this one had felt. She knew Gavin had expressed enthusiasm for white nationalists, and he likely knew that she knew. She tried to break the ice by walking in with her hand extended; Gavin stared at it and declined to shake it, though he had shaken the hands of the white men who had offered them. “He was kind of cool towards me,” said Phyllis. Before she could even start the briefing, he said, You know, I’ve heard these rules before at other agencies. Yes, she said, but these rules are different, because no other agency is governed by this privacy law, and this law can get you thrown in jail very quickly. As she walked him through the basics – how you can’t use your personal phone for business, how if you happen to so much as glimpse a form 1040 with someone’s name on it you must avert your eyes – Gavin played on his phone. “He’s multitasking right in front of me, typing and texting,” said Phyllis. “It was, here’s a routine that I must endure.”

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13/10/2026

More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4d

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Judge Reyes: “I said, the Government won't lie. And now they did.” Via @innercitypress.bsky.social

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is attempted murder.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The thing to know about Tom Emmer is he wants to lead the House GOP and probably would be Speaker now had Trump not “killed him” in 2023. www.politico.com/news/2023/10... And he’ll sell out everyone he used to support — Ukraine, Somali-Americans, whoever — to get there.

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It’s fun re-reading All the Presidents Men every once in awhile to check back in and make sure that republicans haven’t changed and, with quite a bit of continuity, are still sh$& bags.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

We used to make shit, build shit in this country. Now we put our hand in the next guy's pocket. Or so I was once told. This shit is going to make the mortgage-backed securities scandal look like a time of modulated economic growth and sober investment opportunity.

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“So dedicated he even had a military nickname ‘the ROCKET’!”

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“He was unfairly persecuted. He was a man before his time. Simply addressing LOW T. He’s a trailblazer who carved a path of steroid use for our entire military!”

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 08/10/2026

And you can bet good money that if the Democrats win, Trump and the Republicans will try their absolute damnedest to completely torch the economy in the shortest time possible so they can say in 2028 SEE WE TOLD YOU THE DEMOCRATS WOULD RUIN IT YOU SHOULD VOTE US BACK INTO POWER

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When you’re a star they let you do it.

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“A U.S. Embassy official said, “Guilfoyle’s career in and out of public service is guided by deep and abiding values’” - nobody said they were good values.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn't leave a paper trail.

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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account

Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The number of just cartoon level crimes that are eventually going to emerge when we can finally investigate is going to be incredible.

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Would have been real confusing if you were voted in to some of the other categories honestly.

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I would refer the AI czar to the Project Management triangle.

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The knee bend at the 0:13 mark gets me every time i watch this.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026

Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026

Troy Jackson: "As late as 2024, the FBI was circling around Sen. Collins ... then when President Trump came back, his administration dismantled the investigation. Now she votes with Donald Trump 96% of the time. Look, I don't owe Donald Trump nothing."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We live in a police state now

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 05/10/2026

I've written about this before. This is the "Superman will save us" mentality. It allows people to rationalize not trying because they will be saved by someone else who does try. It's this weird little quirk where game theory meets psychology.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability

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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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A Reckoning in Springfield

A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Substitute wife who looks strikingly like his daughter who he has made….questionable comments about in the past??

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Both of the attendees applauded!!

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I meant to include - I’m sorry for your loss. I hope their memory is a blessing to you.

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Tree Mendous @treemendous.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I had a conversation with a colleague today about this. No one is going to take care of you. You have to be conscious about your health and well being. It’ll bleed you if you let it.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The unitary executive types never get too hung up on the "shall execute the law faithfully" bit of Article II

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don't think it's a good idea to let the wildly unqualified former host of Fox & Friends' weekend edition cull the military's leadership and insert cronies. bsky.app/profile/wash...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Stephen Miller's wife got threatening phone calls, leading to the FBI opening an investigation. When the Miller family were not happy with the pace of the progress the lead agents were kicked off the case and reassigned. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller’s Wife (2)

FBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s wife, said thr...

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My favorite part is how people will immediately recognize the reasons for "$50" vs "$3,596.49." The first is the co-pay the patient believed; the second is because the doctor lied about insurance coverage while making them sign a giant legalese form that waived it and consented to the billing.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Am I saying META retaliated against a critic by falsely suggesting he masturbated on a plane in a news story? No...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Diesel at record high prices and why no trucker convoy in DC?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Again, propaganda paid for by taxpayers while this dope is sitting on hundreds of millions in campaign donations.

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Maciek Hamela @maciekhamela.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Iraq has resorted to moving its oil across the desert to Syria in hundreds of tanker trucks, in true Mad Max style. From there, it will be shipped to worldwide markets.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

MURRAY: The Trump admin falsely labeled birth control as abortion. Do you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient? OVERTON: If confirmed, I'll be fully briefed M: That's not an answer. The prospect of an FDA commissioner who doesn't know that birth control isn't an abortion is deeply alarming O: 😊

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

By tradition, American presidents don’t make the 12-mile trip to the base to greet a foreign leader. Now Trump waits at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president. From @jonlemire.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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The Deferential President

Not long ago, President Trump could claim that he ran the world. Now he’s waiting at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president.

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Ray Steele @raysteelenews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BREAKING: @politico.com says the Secret Service denied its reporter access to the White House and confiscated their media pass in defiance of a federal judge's order to restore White House access to reporters from POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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