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Deb Elias

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BlueSkyRoast describes me as a "A delightful blend of intellect and whimsy, like a philosopher with a penchant for dad jokes." VERIFY EVERYTHING Passion is wasted on hatred. Reposts ≠ endorsement. No🚫DMs.

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Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · Dec 4

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 5m

Was he paid $50,000 to say that today on TV?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10m

Homan: "If the hateful rhetoric continues, there will be bloodshed. People are going to die ... there is going to be more bloodshed unless this hateful rhetoric stops."

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Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · 14m

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Trump Treasury Sec Reveals Argentina Bailout Is Actually Twice as Big

The “America first” president is giving another country twice as much money as previously announced.

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Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · 47m

I'm sure additional images/footage/interactions will be found. It's only a matter of time.

Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · 1h

Leadership at its finest.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Mike Johnson: "Many of you have asked all of us, 'How does it end?' We have no idea."

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1h

House Oversight Committee Democrats ask Atty Gen. Pam Bondi for info by Oct. 30 on rationale for Ghislaine Maxwell prison transfer

"Months-long failure by the BOP to respond to urgent & deeply troubling questions concerning the preferential treatment that BOP has accorded to.. Maxwell"

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Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · 1h

How adorable. Do they think they'll get an answer?

Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · 1h

But hey, as long as we get a giant White House ballroom and the Arc de Trump, it'll be fine. 🙄 finance.yahoo.com/news/america...

America is ‘going broke slowly’ says J.P. Morgan, as national debt balloons and tariff revenue looks shaky

The risk is “that we move from going broke slowly to going broke quickly,” Kelly says.

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Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · 1h

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 3h

Q: What is this, Mr. President?

Trump: It’s going to be built—an arc. Take a look at the location.

Q: Yeah, no, I know where it is, but who’s it for?

Trump: Me. It’s going to be beautiful.

Reporter: The Arc de Trump?

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 3h

#P.E.I. hospitals bring back mask mandates as experts warn of viral surge across Canada

www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

P.E.I. hospitals bring back mask mandates as experts warn of viral surge across Canada

Mandatory masking is back at health facilities across Prince Edward Island as public health officials work to reduce the spread of respiratory illnesses.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · 1h

a crowd of people are sitting in a room applauding and clapping .

ALT: a crowd of people are sitting in a room applauding and clapping .

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Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · 1h

Jerry gets it.

a crowd of people are sitting in a room applauding and clapping .

ALT: a crowd of people are sitting in a room applauding and clapping .

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23h

Elise Stefanik is scrubbing photos of herself accepting awards from the vile Young Republicans caught in the Politico group chat. She supported every single one of them in New York State.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 3h

Republicans would rather protect Donald Trump from the Epstein files than pay our troops and reduce your health care costs. Republicans should get back to work.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 2h

Would the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade be considered an antifa thing now because of the inflatables

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Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · 2h

I truly hope there's a giant frog in the lineup.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 13h

I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.

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Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · 2h

That would be much better than a daft punk a-dead for sure.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

THUNE: Fund the government the old fashioned way -- I don't think you need rescissions

VITALI: Have you said to the WH, maybe don't do another rescissions package? Feels like it's poisoned the well

THUNE: It's in everybody's best interest, including the WH, to do a normal appropriations process

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Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · 2h

With thumbtacks.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Thune: "If I were a woman I'd be talking to my doctor and not taking advice from RFK"

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Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · 2h

This is a dream diary entry, isn't it?

Deb Elias @sailebed.bsky.social · 2h

This sounds fun. I think. 🤔

‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’ Gives Us a Future Worth Fighting for [Fantastic Fest 2025] - popheist.com/good-luck-ha...

Fantastic Fest 2025: 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die' Review

Sam Rockwell gives a career-best performance as a madman from the future in Gore Verbinski's madcap, thought-provoking sci-fi/comedy romp.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2h

The New Georgia Project, one of the largest and most influential political groups in the South, is shutting down

New Georgia Project shuts down, ending a decade of political influence in state

Founded in 2013, the organization was credited with registering tens of thousands of left-leaning voters who helped turn Georgia into a political battleground.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2h

We keep acting like there is someone to enforce these laws anymore.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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