Author | Lightnews

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

Just checking: the republicans that attacked and sent marshals to arrest Texas dems for not showing up to work (in an effort to protect voting rights, btw) are the same republicans that are not showing up to work, yeah?

98 1.4K 4.9K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 6h

If America had wanted a ballroom, it would have voted for the Waltz ticket.

11 30 260

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

The ex-prosecutor also said this:

“I have a lot of close contacts in law enforcement, and almost to a person, none of them support these actions. As a lawyer, someone who adamantly believes in the rule of law, watching it in open sight in front of my house just be completely eroded…it’s upsetting.”

38 1K 3.2K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12h

Pathetic and depressing how dishonest the framing is. The vast majority who oppose this aren’t NIMBYs? This definitionally isn’t our backyard? The problem is he’s tearing down a national symbol on an autocratic whim, building a palace overtop it, naming it for himself, and funding it with bribes.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 14h

The Washington Post editorial section hit rock bottom and just kept digging.

28 130 700

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

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

They abolished the House of Representatives ... solely to prevent the release of information about the president's best friend, the pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives

120 1.8K 6K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government.

Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.

What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President

Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...

www.propublica.org

58 490 900

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

The Founders anticipated the possibility of a corrupt, venal, lawbreaking, wannabe monarch president.

What they did not expect is numerous people achieving prominent national office and not wanting to guard their own power. The combo of ego to run but pathetic absence of ego in office stands out.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Whoaaaaa

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

65 490 1.9K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 2d

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.

(📸 Getty Images)

A picture of the garden in front of the east wing of the White House. A mix of colorful flowers and small trees

26 3.7K 11K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 3d

BREAKING: Per new reporting, ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting under Kristi Noem. One was discovered to have a history of robbery and battery related to domestic violence while already in training.

230 1K 2.4K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Andy Kroll @andykroll.bsky.social · 2d

I obtained ~dozens of hours~ of previously unreported recordings of Russ Vought's briefings from 2021 to 2024.

Want to hear the recordings yourself? Watch @propublica.org's
new mini-documentary about Vought 👇

THE SHADOW PRESIDENT www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...

Russell Vought: The Shadow President

YouTube video by ProPublica

www.youtube.com

50 910 1.6K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2d

“For years, conservatives loudly complained that government spending was opaque, that their hard-earned dollars were being secretly misused, and that the government definitely did not need all the money it was taking from them.

That was always hyperbole … until now.”

King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank

He thinks our money is his.

www.publicnotice.co

28 330 1.1K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

1.3K 9.4K 24K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

Things were better a year ago.

100 260 1.4K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.

(📸 Getty Images)

500 2.9K 5.3K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Ah yes, Fox. It's the media that's focusing on the East Wing amid the shutdown. Not the guy who decided to bulldoze the East Wing during the shutdown.

350 1.2K 5.3K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Priorities.

420 6.2K 13K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2d

This is precisely how the Trump Foundation worked. He raised money and then spent it on himself. Which got him banned from operating a charity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

New in PN: King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank

"His proposal is that his toadies in the DOJ give him taxpayer money, at which point he’d display some largesse and give it away. So Trump wants us, the taxpayers, to pay him so that he can donate our money."

King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank

He thinks our money is his.

www.publicnotice.co

19 300 1.1K

Umbrae Soulsbane @umbrae.bsky.social · 2d

I mean isn't this how he ran his Charity? Collect money saying he was giving it away to needy kids and then he just bought paintings of himself with it.

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

New in PN: King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank

"His proposal is that his toadies in the DOJ give him taxpayer money, at which point he’d display some largesse and give it away. So Trump wants us, the taxpayers, to pay him so that he can donate our money."

King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank

He thinks our money is his.

www.publicnotice.co

190 580 1.6K

Umbrae Soulsbane @umbrae.bsky.social · 2d

The fascist version of where's waldo.

7

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 2d

Only 24% approve, and less than half of Republicans, of demolition at White House

76 310 950

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d

This enrages me. Honestly, you should just roll up the paper, throw it in the trash can, and join the White House Office of Communications if this is what you’re going to do these days.

=
The New Work Eimes
Trump
Administration
Updates
Tariff Tracker
GIVE THE TIMES
Empowering Ele
Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel
Strikes
The president said he would bypass
Congress rather than ask for approval for his military campaign against drug traffickers, even as he said it would expand from sea to land.

41 530 2.7K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Philosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 3d

To hear Mark Elias say this is no joke. In the context of commentators on American democracy this is as serious as it gets. This man, champion fighter of democracy, not an alarmist, filtered, passions restrained, just told us: DOJ, FBI weaponized, Republicans openly trying to rig elections. 🚨 Fire!

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3d

The old rulebook is gone. It's not coming back and we all need to accept that. The DOJ is weaponized. the GOP is rigging elections. Trump is literally bulldozing the White House.

Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.

16 170 530

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

During our Signal exchange, I twice asked Halligan why the Letitia James indictment refers to "thousand(s)" of dollars in rental income reported on "tax form(s)."

She did not respond.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Maybe you can provide some perspective on this. I took another look at the
indictment. It alleges that James claimed
"thousand(s)" of dollars in rental income on "tax form(s)." I'm still having trouble understanding how that contradicts the
account in the NYT. It's too vague. Why use "(s)"? Why not just state the actual amount of rental income reported and the relevant
year(s) in which the tax form (s) were filed?

why use the language "thousand(s)" and "tax form(s)" in the James indictment? The timing and amount of money collected are really consequential details and I can't understand why the indictment seems to hide the ball on that point. It would be much appreciated if you could help me understand what's going on
there. — It's been reported that Pam, Todd, and Erik Siebert (in addition to a bunch of other career prosecutors) all expressed concerns
about the strength of the James case. Todd and Pam were supposedly "caught off guard" by the indictment. If the case is as strong as you say it is, what's up with
that? — Do you have a sense of which AUSAs will work on the James case? l.e., Will Diaz and Lemons work on that one, too? Or will it be
people already at EDVA? Thank you and I hope to hear from you
soon.

35 290 1.1K

Reposted by Umbrae Soulsbane

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Phang: One man has single-handedly disenfranchised 813,000 voters in the state of Arizona, all because he wants to kiss the ass of convicted felon Donald Trump.

68 1.1K 3.7K