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Monster Slayer Quinn @gypsy--1639.bsky.social · 21h

The supposed President of the United States of America is exacting war on the United States of America. TREASON!

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Mrs. Mama 🌼 @momsreallymad.bsky.social · 19h

Local news warned there’s going to be noise coming from Camp Pendleton this weekend. Now we know why. Swell just swell. Let’s blow up some stuff, waste money & pollute the air & water. Brilliant.

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GingerSpice💙 @thedesertginger.bsky.social · 21h

Launching missles into our out own military base? What could possibly go wrong?

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Joel Fast @joelfast.bsky.social · 23h

taking missiles away from crazy Don needs to happen

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SuperStormDroid @superstormdroid.bsky.social · 20h

If Trump fires the missiles, we the people will declare war on him and his regime!

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A Starry Knight 🗽⚖🗽 @a-starry-knight.bsky.social · 23h

This is INSANITY, even for them.

Missiles onto our soil!?!

Is he planning on blowing away California?

This needs to STOP.

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🤣😁⚔️ @dd767676.bsky.social · 21h

Replace organism w piece of shit

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Gash Fandango @gashfandango.bsky.social · 23h

Replace "president" with "organism"

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freedom-fighter0.bsky.social @freedom-fighter0.bsky.social · 23h

This is Trump

Angela Merkel's Memoirs: A candid critique of Trump
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Angela Merkel's Memoirs: A candid critique of Trump

was treating him as if he were “completely normal”, but she quickly learned of his “emotional” nature and soft spot for authoritarians and tyrants.

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Jane @janetea4.bsky.social · 20h

I can see this going horribly wrong.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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Linda Barton bartbee 8 @bartbee8.bsky.social · 19h

This is insane. WTH is Congress?This mad man and all his minions need to be impeached.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 19h

Donald Trump and JD Vance can find money to launch missiles over the I-5 during a government shutdown, but not a dime for Americans’ health care.

I-5 may be shut down due to concerns over live-fire military event at Camp Pendleton

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is weighing whether to close parts of Interstate 5 beginning Friday amid concerns over what it says is a White House-directed plan to use live ordnance during a military ann...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h

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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Dr. Merri 🐸 @merri24.bsky.social · 19h

Criminally insane. And every single goddamn Republican traitor in the house in Senate, who allows this to happen to our country should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.

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Aunt Patty @auntpatty.bsky.social · 1d

Remember this when you go to vote.

That's YOUR taxpayer money helping billionaires.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20h

Oh…to be sure, we’re going to have a lot of hell to trudge through…more than most people ever imagined. But…on the other side of that hell, is, “These MF’rs failed…and they will continue to!”

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 23h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Sahara Stevens ❤️🇺🇸 @sahara-stevens.bsky.social · 1d

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🌊🌊TsalagiWarrior🌊🌊 @cherokeewarrior.bsky.social · 1d

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing new, just the vice president of the United States making excuses for Nazis.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 20h

Trump first.
America LAST.
www.thesirennetwork.com/p/donald-tru...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 20h

Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 8d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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