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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 4h

Anna Bower on her story about a Signal exchange of messages initiated by interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan* about Leticia James prosecution.

* Neither qualified or ethical

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The Now: Anna Bower's Signal Exchange with Lindsey Halligan

Podcast Episode · The Lawfare Podcast · 10/21/2025 · 33m

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 11h

Jamie,
I watched the pro forma session on C-SPAN, could hear U trying to get floor in the background.
Next time bring a Bullhorn!

wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 12h

Ro gives a good wish list, but doesn’t say how.
In 1914 Less Than 1% of Americans paid Federal Income Tax.
Since WWII US Tax burden has been shifted down to the Middle 1st through the process of Bracket Creep until 1981, but also boosted by cuts to the top in 1964, 1981 & 86, 2001 & 03, 2017 & 25

Dream for America @dreamforamerica.bsky.social · 1d

What does a "New Economic Patriotism" look like?

Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social explains at #DemocracyFest2025. 🇺🇸

"Good jobs, low costs, no more dumb wars. A living wage, universal healthcare, affordable childcare, quality education, & rebuilding our manufacturing base."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Raskin: I heard speaker Mike Johnson refer to a hate America rally, but that one already happened on January 6th, 2021

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 13h

What didn’t happen here…

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21h

Sarkozy was convicted of criminal conspiracy for seeking campaign funds for 2007 election from Libya's Muammar Gaddafi.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy starts five-year jail term

Sarkozy was convicted of criminal conspiracy for seeking campaign funds for 2007 election from Libya's Muammar Gaddafi.

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 13h

Apple & Google kill
ICE monitoring apps;
History professor flees death threats after publishing a history of Antifa; &
“The Tragedy of True Crime,” by John J Lennon, convicted murderer, from Sing Sing prison.

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Big Tech is Silencing the ICE Watchers. Plus, Why a Scholar of Antifa Fled the Country.

Podcast Episode · On the Media · 10/17/2025 · 51m

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14h

Under Trump, wealthy Americans are getting ahead while everyone else is falling behind.

Our economy should work for all Americans – not just the wealthy.

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 21h

@progharco.bsky.social

There are 12 spending Bills the House MUST Pass to keep the government open.
Only 1 of these Bills has passed. The other 11 should be works in progress,
but instead House is on PAID VACATION

CALL Your Members of Congress:

> (202) 224-3121 <

Ask WHY IS House
CLOSED?

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 1d

@progharco.bsky.social

There are 12 spending Bills the House MUST Pass to keep the government open.
Only 1 of these Bills has passed. The other 11 should be works in progress,
but instead House is on PAID VACATION

CALL Your Members of Congress:

> (202) 224-3121 <

Ask WHY IS House
CLOSED?

wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 1d

There are 12 spending Bills the House MUST Pass to keep the government open.
Only 1 of these Bills has passed. The other 11 should be works in progress,
but instead House is on PAID VACATION

CALL Your Members of Congress:

> (202) 224-3121 <

Ask WHY the House isn’t open & working on the 11 Bills?

wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 1d

Wittes’s & expert analysis re Bolton
@41:41 to 54:14
Irregular order & process.
Then
Chicago & military deployments.
To @1:04:40

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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 17

Podcast Episode · The Lawfare Podcast · 10/20/2025 · 1h 33m

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 1d

The Bolton Indictment @22:12 to
38:00

Bolton shows distinction between
46 & 47 DoJ:
Looks like Garland didn’t want to appear to be engaged in political prosecution & feared Greymail;
Bondi delights in 47s political prosecutions, even to the point of declassifying Signals Intel to avoid Greymail!

wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 1d

The Trials & Tribulations of the Trump Administration
Fri 17Oct25

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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 17

Podcast Episode · The Lawfare Podcast · 10/20/2025 · 1h 33m

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 1d

The Trials & Tribulations of the Trump Administration
Fri 17Oct25

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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 17

Podcast Episode · The Lawfare Podcast · 10/20/2025 · 1h 33m

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 1d

The James case is a pimple on the ass of an elephant… & more

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A Pimple on the Rear of an Elephant

Podcast Episode · Main Justice · 10/14/2025 · 53m

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s MAGA
Make Argentina
Great Again gift of $40 Billion to his friend Javier Miliei would more than pay for the $31 Billion it would cost to extend the ACA Tax Credits for 1 year.

Congressional Budget Office, CBO estimate:
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Alex Woods @alexaw.bsky.social · 2d

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Empathy @constant-tummyache.bsky.social · 3d

Sharing this 102 year old WW2 Vet who is fighting fascism a second time.

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson claims House has done its "JOB" by passing a CR that ends in November.
Last I checked, 9 of the Required 12 spending bills still sit in committees?
Why isn't the House in sesseion doing its JOB?
Does Johnson Plan to Run the 2026 government on Continuing Resolutions???

wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 2d

Please, that man is Junior, RFK Jr.!
RFK should’ve become POTUS!

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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 2d

Dubbed the father of biodiversity, the pioneering author and scientist E.O. Wilson spent his early years exploring the swamps and wetlands of Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta. Now, 8,000 acres of that land will be preserved forever in his name.

Alabama’s E.O. Wilson Land Between the Rivers Preserve Is a ‘Place That Time Forgot’ - Inside Climate News

Dubbed the father of biodiversity, the pioneering author and scientist E.O. Wilson spent his early years exploring the swamps and wetlands of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. Now, 8,000 acres of that land wil...

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 2d

Powerful Interview with Lisa Phillips who as a top international model in her early 20’s was invited to Epstein’s island reports on the day & its disturbing ending…
…Solicitous calls from Epstein’s secretaries, then Jeffery…

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Survivor Steps Forward to Expose All as Trump Hides Files

Podcast Episode · The MeidasTouch Podcast · 10/19/2025 · 37m

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 2d

In Wilkes-Barre, Pa my sister witnessed a red Jeep flying Trump flags repeatedly driving around Public Square heckling crowd without incident or pushback, before seeing him brandishing a handgun. The good news is Police quickly arrested him:-)

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Witnesses: Trump supporter flashed gun to crowd at Wilkes-Barre ‘No Kings’ protest

City police arrested a man who flashed a gun to people protesting President Donald Trump’s administration at Saturday’s “No Kings” event on Public Square, eyewitnesses said.

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 2d

Who wants Red Balls?

wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 2d

…And my Warning
has never been more relevant!

wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 2d

For #NoKings
I revived my message from The
March For Science
In 2017,

S C I E N C E
NOT
Political Science

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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 2d

Best sign I saw at my #NoKings rally had a photo of an older woman & a caption,
“ I am your
Aunt
Tifa “