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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

NEW: Trump is going to steal $230M in taxpayer dollars by having his DOJ pay him a settlement for his legal trouble. Watch. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 1d

He said it wouldn’t impact the existing structure at all. So now we’re talking about something other than the Epstein files: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 1d

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 1d

Just to be very clear, according to MAGA fascist republicans, there’s no money to make healthcare affordable for Americans yet there’s enough money for the orange felon to send $40B to Argentina’s authoritarian and money to build his trashy $250M ballroom. I hate them.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Erez Reuveni spent 15 years as an immigration lawyer for the DOJ.

The Trump administration fired him when he refused to defend their lies about Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 1d

Today marks the first day of early voting in Texas! For the November 4 election, the early voting window runs from October 20 to October 31.

Make your voice heard, check your polling location, bring one of the approved photo IDs, and vote early.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

My latest: Trump is slowly but surely desensitizing the public to a brand of authoritarianism aimed at subverting the will of the electorate. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

Trump’s Plan To Remain on His Throne

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

An essential feature of authoritarianism is that the leader - not courts - decides who is guilty and who is not.

Santos - who Trump said is getting a commutation bc he “votes Republican” - is the 10th high profile loyalist to get a pardon or clemency.

We cannot accept this.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Know something that’s never down due to AWS? A gosh dang newspaper.

The newest edition of The Onion featuring the headline Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled Don and Jeff: Time Pedophiles

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Marcy Gall @marcygall.bsky.social · 2d

Enough of his cruel and dangerous distractions. Release the Epstein files.

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OHIO 50501 @ohio50501.bsky.social · 1d

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americans—Americans, not illegal—Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare.

And the president’s like, “We don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.”

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Soul Ink 🌬💨 @lucyinthehemlock.bsky.social · 1d

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Blue Freedom Quest 💙🌊💙🌊 @bluefreedomquest.bsky.social · 1d

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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 1d

In Trump's America criminals are set free

Taxpayers money goes into Trump's pocket

Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 2d

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

The grift never stops

America, what have we become ?

They're locking up hardworking migrants who pay taxes and DO NOT GET FREE HEALTHCARE
They do the hard work, the dirty work, for hardly any money

This grifter owes $374K
And watch
He won't pay
He grifts

Former Rep. George Santos says he will only pay restitution if he's required by law

The former congressman had previously been ordered to pay approximately $374,000 in restitution. President Donald Trump commuted his sentence last week.

www.nbcnews.com

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Diana 🫘💙 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @bearsdi.bsky.social · 1d

I love your list! All my favorites

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.

THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"This is a picture of a militarized American agent forcing his way into a private residence to abduct an illegal immigrant and deport him to his country of origin. When it was taken in April 2000, American conservatives were incensed by it."

Elián González, Trump, and What Happened to “True Conservatism”

Toward a quantum theory of politics.

www.thebulwark.com

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Morten 🇩🇰 @mortenc.bsky.social · 4d

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Diana 🫘💙 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @bearsdi.bsky.social · 4d

So sweet!

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Kim Halliburton @bluetexaskim.bsky.social · 4d

Please share!

Blue Laura @bluelaura.bsky.social · 4d

I’m more worried about infiltration like they did for the George Floyd Protests but in Portland. So I’m sharing this photo.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4d

Trump has little to insulate him now. Vought is not some temporary White House employee who’s dabbling in the art of sabotaging the government before he returns to his “job” as the world’s richest man.

According to the president himself, he is the Grim Reaper personified. trib.al/FBn9y4H

Russ Vought Is Going to Damage Trump Even More Than Elon Musk Did

Americans, and even many Republicans in Congress, don’t like it when an unelected bureaucrat makes huge cuts to the government.

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Diana 🫘💙 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @bearsdi.bsky.social · 4d

He’s mad because a woman from Venezuela got the Nobel Peace Prize.

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