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aprivateguy.bsky.social @aprivateguy.bsky.social · 3h

Why didn'tt they save anything for historic purposes?

Wanna bet that #Trump starts selling pieces of the #EastWing demolition debris with his name on it?

#Trump is such an asshole.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 4h

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.

In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

SEN. @schatz.bsky.social : "This is not about money. There is enough💰to bail out Argentina with ($40 BILLION). Enough to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173 MILLION for Noem. Enough to renovate the ballroom. What there isn't enough💰for under this Republican government is YOU."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Lankford: "I think now history has proven that Russiagate was a hoax. It was actually formed by James Coney and Brennan and others that were behind the scenes to push a narrative they knew at the time was false." (This is a lie -- would've been nice for Kasie Hunt to point that out.)

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

NEW: Jack Smith has responded to Chuck Grassley and the Senate Judiciary, and it's 🔥🔥🔥

Jack Smith reminds Chuck Grassley:

1. Toll records aren't wiretaps
2. Trump's DOJ got toll records on Schiff and Swallwell and 43 congressional staffers
3. Hur got toll records in the Biden investigation 1/

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 4h

"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"

* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window

US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say

A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.

www.kktv.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Goldman: "We are combining the weaponization of the DOJ with his grift and corruption to make money off the presidency. It is completely absurd. Trump would've been convicted at trial in both of those cases. The only reason they went away is bc he won the election...it's a shakedown of his own govt"

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aprivateguy.bsky.social @aprivateguy.bsky.social · 7h

In England, the monarchy squandered $ it didn’t have building Banqueting House while the country rotted under taxes & neglect. After dissolving Parliament & dragging England into civil war, King Charles I was executed in 1649, outside his gilded monument to ego. Parliament had him beheaded.
#Trump

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Cher47 @cher47.bsky.social · 4h

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

It’s so fucked up.
substack.com/@logicallyjc...

The People’s House Is Becoming a Party House

The East Wing of the White House is being torn down to make room for a ballroom.

substack.com

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 7h

The pattern of "religious" men abusing children is real and documented. It's infuriating that LGBTQ+ people bear the brunt of moral panic rhetoric while the actual harm to children is coming from the very people doing the loudest screaming about "protecting" them. #NotADragQueen

Pastor who raged about kids seeing Pride flags arrested for child abuse - LGBTQ Nation

Silas H. Shelton has been accused of abusing his religious authority to groom a teenage girl.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Free Speech For People @fsfp.bsky.social · 8h

“The sale of Dominion to a Republican partisan is, at bottom, a reminder: These are our elections. We should know who’s running them.” Susan Greenhalgh, FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security in @slate.com:
slate.com/news-and-pol...

Trump’s Most Reviled Voting Company Sold to a GOP Official. That’s Not the Worst of It.

Earlier this month, news broke that Dominion Voting Solutions had been sold to a former Republican election official.

slate.com

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 7h

The Resistance is reaching a critical mass, growing larger and more powerful with each passing day. This is how change begins.
www.newsletter.samuel-warde.com/p/the-end-of...

The End of Trump's Reign Is Reaching a Critical Tipping Point

A Gathering Storm

www.newsletter.samuel-warde.com

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Lana 🌺 ❤️💛💚💙💜 @mahalomalama.bsky.social · 1d

The book is finally out! Let’s hope it helps ignite getting the ‘Trumpstein’ files released so the public finally knows the truth.
#BookSky
#Books
#EpsteinFiles
#Truth
#WeThePeople

Book Cover, NOBODY'S
GIRL Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice Virginia Roberts
Giuffre

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aprivateguy.bsky.social @aprivateguy.bsky.social · 7h

In England, the monarchy squandered $ it didn’t have building Banqueting House while the country rotted under taxes & neglect. After dissolving Parliament & dragging England into civil war, King Charles I was executed in 1649, outside his gilded monument to ego. Parliament had him beheaded.
#Trump

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 8h

Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅

#Ugh🤢✅

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 8h

No Kings organizers just announced they are planning a THIRD round of historic marches after Trump melted down over last weekend’s protests.

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 1d

The Audacity
Pedo Protector Johnson
SHE CANNOT DO HER JOB
UNTIL SHE GETS SWORN IN

SWEAR IN ADELITA GRIJALVA

UNBELIEVABLE BULL💩

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson on Adelita Grijalva, who he refuses to swear in: "Instead of doing TikTok videos, she should be serving her constituents."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8h

It's about noon and neither Comey nor Tish James have filed for a preservation order for Lindsey Halligan's texts, which would be relevant if either were given discovery on their selective prosecution claims.

Is it possible Lindsey reads @annabower.bsky.social more closely than these lawyers?

😃

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Michael McKeon @grinch67.bsky.social · 8h

Btw, while there is much ink devoted, again, to the Louvre robbery, the NYT has no reportage on the destruction of the White House East Wing -- without required Congressional authorization-- in today's print edition.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 9h

Q: Was it a mistake for Trump to blanket-pardon all the Jan. 6 rioters, given that one was just arrested for threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries?

Johnson: “The violence on the left is far more prevalent than the violence on the right...”

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 8h

When Trump pardoned Jan. 6 rioters, he let a whole lot of criminals back out onto American streets.

Quite a few of them got arrested again — including one who threatened to assassinate Hakeem Jeffries. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter charged with threatening Hakeem Jeffries, adding to pattern

With his Jan. 6 pardons, the president let a bunch of criminals back out onto American streets. Quite a few of them have ended up in legal trouble again.

www.msnbc.com

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 8h

The Jan. 6 rioter who breached the Senate floor - and was subsequently pardoned by Trump - was arrested Sunday for threatening to assassinate Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Here are a few of his text messages. Tell me again how Democrats are radical nut jobs⁉️

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: Jan 6 terrorist pardoned by Trump has been charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries. Message sent by Trump pardoning people who attacked Capitol is you can attack and kill people in service of me and I will have your back. Trump will pardon him again. www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

Trump-Pardoned Jan 6 Rioter Charged With Threatening to Kill Top Democrat

A January 6 rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump has been charged for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

www.mediaite.com

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