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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The best AI conversation , interview out there! Of course can go deeper, and discuss more about the $$ corruption and other but very good, youtu.be/lnLDjXy2kRA
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Jacob Coxon On Witnessing the Existential Threat of AI from the Inside | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The issue that MUST be headlined in all Senate campaigns! flip.it/.qNIHV
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Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
worth paying attention ! flip.it/XZTAtG
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Montana just found the legal cheat code to kill Citizens United
Montana's Initiative 194 uses 10th Amendment corporate charter power to bypass Citizens United and block dark money in elections.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Americans have until before 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Sept. 29 to email jloichinger@achp.gov about their thoughts for or against the arch. flip.it/EIjOoG
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Trump scheme to militarize arch just backfired big time: report
President Donald Trump's latest tactic to build some of his decoration projects has been to claim that they're actually for the military. One report thinks that the strategy will backfire. Writing for...
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@paramountpictures.bsky.social Remarkable- Paramount wants US taxpayers pay their fees and Trump justice joins! "The DoJ formally sided with Paramount’s demand that the states pay out its requested $1.88 billion bond to cover the mounting ticking fee in their delayed merger of Warner Bros."
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Open grift and corruption... flip.it/YYOh7g
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'Jaw-dropping': Gasps as bombshell report reveals who paid for Don Jr's glitzy wedding
Reactions poured in to new reporting about a foreign oligarch who bankrolled the lavish wedding of President Donald Trump's oldest son.Donald Trump Jr.'s three-day wedding celebration in the Bahamas i...
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fundamentalism and Congress flip.it/12eSgX
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The Christian nationalism takeover of Congress
In his new bestseller “No Prophets,” Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) argues that Christian nationalism poses a severe threat to American democracy and has established a “s…
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
FDR 1936 “These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power.” He paused for a moment, then thundered, “Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power!”
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
multiple efforts to seize national citizens data ... call congress flip.it/JTpLY4
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ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database
As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
READ THIS.... More coverage on fundamentalists in leadership is needed! flip.it/X5MZhq
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JD Vance Says If His Work With Trump 'Leads to the End Times' That Is 'OK' | Common Dreams
"Show this clip to anyone who says Iran is run by religious lunatics," responded one podcaster.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
AI corruption. The danger is much more than data centers. The corruption of information, counterfeit data, hidden sources is a danger to all! flip.it/xnT7NQ
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Synthetic everything is warping America
It's poisoning the signals people rely on to understand reality.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
US Post plans! "In the rule, the Postal Service said that it would deliver mail ballots only in states that shared voter data with the federal agency." "the Justice Department said that the government would not enforce the final rule unless the Supreme Court ruled in its favor." flip.it/4cR70w
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Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots
The plan complies with President Trump’s executive order to restrict mail voting, which was blocked by federal courts and is under review at the Supreme Court.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Great speech! Watch this! youtu.be/Ri0DmGQzfQ0?...
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“I want the president's remaining supporters to hear this.” | Jon Ossoff in Atlanta | 08.16.2026
YouTube video by Jon Ossoff
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social where are you? You and RM both playing hooky while Rome burns!
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
@thebulwark.com T Miller on Morning J suggesting D's tack right on some issues, left on others. Must move past conventional R-L simplistic silos. EX - Deficit/Budget-live within means, focus on priorities. Law/Order for all. Corruption/Grift. Big Money free politics. All NATIONAL issues, not D-R
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We must protect and train unaided human reasoning. flip.it/t9w3As
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AI's Quiet Devaluation Of The Degree Has Begun. Is Anyone Noticing?
Employers now favor AI skills over MBAs, while a Brown University cheating scandal shows degrees are easier to counterfeit than ever.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
@morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Pls cover the recent elimination of the ownership disclosure rules for corporations, a past bipartisan law/bill passed a fee years ago. Further they are deleting all the past records of ownership. This enables foreign entities, cartels and criminals to hide their $!!
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A profound attack on our democracy and America by an international criminal moneyed class. This must be stopped! flip.it/T7A-yj
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Trump Admin Permanently Guts Law 'Designed to Stop Criminals from Laundering Money' After Push From Elon Musk | Common Dreams
“Trump is making it easier for cartels, criminals, and US adversaries to abuse our financial system, said Sen. Andy Kim. "Because he’s in the pocket of billionaires like Elon Musk, who’d potentially b...
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The US govt is giving 100 billion 'refunds' of tax payer consumer 'tariffed' money direct to corporate America. A windfall w/o audit or tracking. Consumers have been bilked w/a direct transfer from consumer to producer. Need a public list of corp recipients! flip.it/pPr-FH
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Trump administration pays out $100 billion in tariff refunds to businesses
The U.S. government has refunded more than $100 billion to several companies for tariffs they paid after the Supreme Court deemed them illegal, according to a court filing this week. But will consumer...
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
On Speaker Johnsons’ webpage he lays out Republican principals 1. Individual Freedom, 2. Limited Government, 3. The Rule of Law, 4. Peace Through Strength, 5. Fiscal Responsibility, 6. Free Markets, 7. Human Dignity These are also D values. D's need to co-op R/Maga issues and make them their own
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A central issue for midterms and 28. This govt is not about being effective in any public policy. Its mission is to tear down govt institutions , checks and balances, and norms and enrich the 1%. flip.it/o_RNrb
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Trump shell game biggest grift in world history
Donald Trump's second presidency faces scrutiny over reports of massive personal profit through business ties and potential conflicts.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
new court case, solicited by Scotus Thomas risks unravellung huge swaths of protections and precedents. Watch this case! flip.it/5WF-fR
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'Already, our court answers': Judge alarmed 5th Circuit heard Justice Thomas loud and clear
A judge warned of "untold consequences" for American law after the 5th Circuit agreed to rehear a gun issue Justice Thomas has taken a clear side on.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Media and local agencies must publisize any actions taken under this executive memoranda...a president unchecked to arrest any deemed to be a 'far left' threat! flip.it/F_qIFn
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The Trump Admin’s Global Campaign Against ‘Radical Left Terrorism’ Is Built on a National Security Memo Without Congressional Approval
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It...
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Pulte is not legally eligable to serve as acting Director of the NSA. All his actions and firings are illegal. flip.it/ZL7VOF
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Trump Has a Bill Pulte Problem
The acting director of national intelligence appears to be legally ineligible for the job.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is a real assault on voters. To demand voter ID by executive order ... override states is a treasonous overreach. He is desperate, and we need to be equally so. Call repeatedly, make your voice heard. Stop the steal! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/u...
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Postmaster General Confirms Plan to Hold Back Mail Ballots Under Proposed Rule
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Outrageous! Every citizen must engage their reps to push back on any effort to steal voter data, and federal intervention into states control of elections. Trump is terrified of real democracy. flip.it/j3Q2sW
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Exclusive: Trump administration plans to use homeland security funds to force states to adopt election changes | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is threatening to withhold tens of millions of dollars in federal homeland security funds from states unless they adopt a sweeping set of election changes, according to multip...
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The role of AI needs a fundamental reset. It steals content, human creativity and aggregates. It is not alive, does not 'think', has no sentient identity. Those atop these huge companies profit from the hard work and experience of countless generations of humans. (image thanks to a friend on FB)
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
and who is going tto investigate and prosecute? flip.it/uy9o.C
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Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
so after all the disruption and cost to NYC...Dozing Don sleeps through the game youtube.com/shorts/bs4CG...
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Trump Dozes Off During NBA Finals 😴
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
@morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Whats going on with the program. Repeating segments , Joe and Mika AOL....? Is this another 60 minutes style attack?
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is the integrity journalism needs. It is the courage to put principal above the bottom line and a lesson for those within the industry as well as its sponsors. flip.it/J5ym2C
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CBS-Funded Scholarship Winner Santiago Campos Blasts Network
A young journalist who won a scholarship funded by CBS News blasted the network in his acceptance speech, claiming that the outlet's direction "stains the legacy" of the award's namesake.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
@morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social the talking heads offer empty analysis on china summit... not a word on values, freedom, security. Trump brings up chinese ralroad 'coolie' workers? Not a word about what US stands for, except business. Sad.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This needs to be covered more prominently! flip.it/HBSMzC
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Hondurasgate Looks Worse than Watergate and Iran-Contra Combined
Hondurasgate is far more than Trump's pardon of cocaine trafficker and former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
@morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Simple question regarding Hegseth and Op Freedom. The blockade of Iran IS an act of war. Why do we say not? Irans actions are not in a vacuum. A killed leader, massive bomding , ongoing threats. Not a judgement on Iran, but we ARE at war! War power approval is needed!
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It is clear now. R's now embrace race gerrymanders. Open. No apology. This is a call to leading entertainers, sports figures, politicians, business to step up LOUDLY , OPENLY, and confront those who want this country back to pre-civil war levels. Go INTO 'new' districts - campaign! flip.it/n2X.a3
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Jeffries lays out more targets for gerrymanders in response to GOP’s renewed push
The House minority leader said Democrats will continue to be aggressive in their gerrymandering counterefforts after the Supreme Court opened the door to more Republican redraws.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Sad this could be either Iran or this admin... "Besides which, there is tremendous infighting and confusion within their 'leadership,'" he said. "Nobody knows who is in charge, including them. Also, we have all the cards, they have none! If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!!" Trump
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
ALERT!! Happening now! Read and call reps. The R's are creating a shielded ICE army with no oversite! flip.it/6PjuP9
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Senate Republicans Have a Plan to Suspend Congressional Oversight of ICE for Trump’s Whole Term
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Pay attention!! This is happening! flip.it/QR8pSh
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US government ramps up mass surveillance with help of AI tech, data brokers – and your apps and devices
To augment information about you that it collects directly, the US Government is buying less-regulated information harvested by cameras, cellphones and apps and sold on the commercial data market.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
How to fund a war...Taxes vs debt? We empoverish the next generation via debt rather than demand the most able to pay now. War debt squeezes investment in our future and the lag time obscures the cause (war) from effect, the ability to fund our societal progress and well being. flip.it/7LuQjr
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Something is different about Trump's $1 trillion war on Iran and its stress on the national debt, Harvard Kennedy scholar says | Fortune
During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, debt held by the public was around $4 trillion. Now it's $31 trillion, and 15% of the budget pays down interest.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
hello folks... we have entered the realm of total insanity. A president lashing out at the church... cutting off funds for the needy.... MAGA wake the F up!! flip.it/sVeX5G
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Trump Yanks $11 Million From Catholic Charity Aiding Migrant Children
The Archbishop of Miami called the Trump administration’s move to pull funding for a Catholic charity “baffling” as the government clashes with the Vatican.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This CANNOT go forward...!!! flip.it/syy61I
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Commission of Fine Arts votes to move ahead with Trump's proposed victory arch
The seven-member body, whose ranks are composed of Trump appointees, was expected to approve the arch. The proposed monument strongly resembles Paris' Arc de Triomphe, but almost 100 feet taller.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Call your national reps in house and senate! No federal seizures of voter rolls! No to 'Save Act' flip.it/GKNRQF
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DOJ's voter data push is a pretext for building a national voter list, Michigan official says | Arizona Mirror
Michigan's top election official argues the DOJ's voter data lawsuit is a pretext for building a national voter list ahead of the 2026 midterms
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Need to learn from Hungary. Overwhelming turnout... local vigilance...community solidarity! flip.it/ZJIBeB
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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
and what about the Board of Peace? Funding? How? Read on... flip.it/D1hotf
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Did State Department redirect $1.25B to Trump's Board of Peace? We reviewed the evidence
Semafor first reported the supposed reallocation on March 26, claiming the money came from international disaster relief and peacekeeping funds.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The link to full video of Trumps Easter speech where he says medicare, medicaid and day care should be cut and tossed to states so he can fund a 40% increase to 1.5 trillion for defense. rumble.com/v77yl1i-dele...
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Had to laugh ! From a French General "Yakovleff had previously compared joining the President's unilateral war in Iran to “buying cheap tickets for the Titanic after it hit the iceberg. flip.it/_8CBc4
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Savage French general tells Trump officials 'stop snorting cocaine' over bonkers runway plan
This comes days after French President Emmanuel Macron, responding to Trump's criticism of the nation, publicly denounced the U.S. as he doubled down of France's refusal to assist Washington in securi...
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Call your local state reps and Gov.! Protect yoir privacy and data. Do not let the Federal Justice Dept grab State voter rolls!! It is the means by which Trump will challenge all elections. flip.it/BimZxo
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As DOJ prepares to share state voter data with DHS, a key privacy officer resigns
Since last year, the Justice Department has made unprecedented demands to states for sensitive voter data, including drivers license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The cover up begins... flip.it/lJBFmZ
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Justice Department says law requiring president to turn over records at end of administration is unconstitutional
The opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel said that because it believes the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional, President Trump does not need to comply with it.
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
A key priority! flip.it/UANtvB
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How We Get Rid of "Citizens United"
And get back our democracy
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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Demons? Really? JD Vance's Show-Stopping Proclamation About Aliens share.google/jTtVrfBKRFBc...
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JD Vance's Show-Stopping Proclamation About Aliens
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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