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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 2h

in 2019, NYS lawmakers passed ” …CPL § 40.51, allowing state prosecutions to proceed even when the same conduct had been the subject of a federal charge—when the defendant has received “a reprieve, pardon, or other form of clemency” from the president.”
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It’s up to you, New York, New York

The Empire State can probably undo Trump’s commutation of Santos’s sentence

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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 2h

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Who Really Hates America?

Plus: After "No Kings," What Next?

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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 3h

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George Soros Declares Bankruptcy After Paying No Kings Protesters

"A deal's a deal," the billionaire said sadly.

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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 6h

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The Other Demonstration on Saturday

Friends,

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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 17h

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The Week Ahead

October 19, 2025

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Minnesota Girl @kimmesota.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is finally drawing the massive crowds he deserves #NoKings

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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 18h

Ok I admittedly did have the use of a laptop computer, a printer, an AI generated picture (that was fun to make), an amazon box & scotch tape.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Q: "Trump authorized military strikes...in the Caribbean. 20 people have been killed in six different strikes. Do you believe these strikes are legal?"

Sen. Rand Paul:" "No...These people have been blown up without us knowing their name or any evidence of a crime."

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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 20h

And that is why so many Americans marched yesterday #NoKings

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

If you took part in a No Kings protest but didn't receive your paycheck, please contact Ted Cruz's office because he has it on good authority that there's an evil rich Jew who is funding all of this.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Lying Ted

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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 1d

Read the Hatch Act & then abide by it & enforce it.

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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 1d

Hatch Act. Also, do you think it is appropriate for POTUS to post a video showing him shitting on the first amendment?

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Dale Denwalt @denwalt.bsky.social · 1d

Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.

He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:

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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 1d

How do you live with yourself?

JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 1d

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NY's GOP delegation not thrilled with Trump decision to free Santos

Three Republicans who typically praise the president said the move was a mistake.

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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 2d

A play in three acts

Grok rebutting DHS, saying Will Stancill is not a threat

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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 1d

I looked. Total rubbish. Tried to turn humorous “antifa” signs in NYC into antifa reality, claimed the march “was dispersed,” when it ended..& a lot more garbage.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Hark, Speaker Mike Johnson! Looking at all the many, many pics of the enormous, joyous “No Kings” rallies throughout the United States today, I am struck by what lovely weather your Lord and Savior provided. Apparently, God is a fan of, as you claimed, "America-hating Antifa terrorists." Glory!

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Joe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of pissed grandmas at the Radical Left Marxist Communist Hamas Soros-Funded Hate America rally in Minneapolis.

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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings NYC

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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings

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JLevine @jlevine50.bsky.social · 2d

Next time George Soros better get me a better printer; I could only print half the picture with mine

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

The "Party of Law & Order" is surprisingly partial to pardoning and commuting the sentences of convicted criminals who disobey the law and disrupt the order.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

The finest in modern Republican governance.

What's next from Trump/RFK -- repurpose the shuttered public corruption unit at the FBI to instead go find Sasquatch?

Maybe the fired disease detectives at the CDC can finally get the trooooth about the tooth fairy?

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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy's HHS - KFF Health News

The idea that airplane vapors are toxic to people or that there are ongoing efforts to intentionally change the climate made the social media rounds. Now, it has found advocates at the Department of H...

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