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Bill's son, Bob @bobyost.bsky.social · 25m

Evil. Pure evil. How many horrofic deaths will result from his personal promise?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 43m

Exclusive: Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised to betray MS-13 informants in exchange for access to El Salvador’s most notorious prison.

Justice Department officials say Rubio threatened to undercut years of work to secure the cooperation of high-ranking gang members. wapo.st/4qk3Hkn

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 38m

“Excavator tears through White House East Wing after Trump said new ballroom wouldn’t 'interfere' with existing structure.”

“Construction crews began demolishing the historic East Wing with a backhoe on Oct. 20 to make way for Trump's new ballroom.”

people.com/white-house-...

Excavator Tears Through White House East Wing After Trump Said New Ballroom Wouldn't 'Interfere' with Existing Structure

Demolition crews have started tearing through the White House East Wing as construction gets underway for President Donald Trump's 90,000 square foot ballroom. Trump previously claimed that his new ad...

people.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 33m

Demolition crews began tearing down part of the White House to build Trump's long-desired ballroom — despite his pledge that construction of the addition wouldn't "interfere" with the existing building.

The addition costs $250 million. 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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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 32m

“The proposed design is remarkably similar to Trump's eponymous ballroom at Mar-a-Lago.”

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123simco.bsky.social @123simco.bsky.social · 7h

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Bill's son, Bob @bobyost.bsky.social · 5h

Damn straight.

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 7h

They lie about EVERYTHING!!!

Raise your hand if you’re sick of all the lies & gaslighting. L

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

Over 500,000 views before the Community Note fact check.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 7h

It's amazing how Republicans NEVER have ANY agency.

Not once did it occur to this guy to put ANY blame on REPUBLICANS for OPPOSING ANY IMPROVEMENT TO THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM EN MASSE, meaning Dems HAD to cater to the weakest link in their own caucus to get it passed at all.

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Lisa @kprclc.bsky.social · 8h

Aside from: why would far-right anti-immigrant protesters want to leave the country that they are protesting in?

So Rs are now openly advocating what they claim Ds are doing - encourage immigration of any sort so that they will vote for them...

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 8h

The White House plans to give asylum to far-right anti-immigrant protesters from Europe. No. This is not a joke. It does put one in mind planned terrorism, however.

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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 7h

After the latest catastrophic storm hit Western Alaska, displacing more than 1,500 people, killing at least one and leaving villages in ruins, residents face an existential crisis.

via @alaskabeacon.com

Typhoon disaster in Western Alaska raises questions around the region’s future

After the latest catastrophic storm hit Western Alaska, displacing more than 1,500 people, killing at least one and leaving villages in ruins, residents face an existential crisis. Will the wide…

www.newsfromthestates.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

You're going to be hearing a LOT about the Comey Memos in the coming weeks. Starting at 1:16:04, you can get caught up on what's in the Comey Memos from this 2018 Mueller, She Wrote episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

The Comey Memos

Podcast Episode · Mueller, She Wrote - When the Facts Were Fresh · 04/23/2018 · 1h 45m

podcasts.apple.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h

Trump's assault "would not have been possible without the thousands of consultants, aides, and politicos working behind the scenes to fully execute their systematic dismantling of American democratic norms."

Miles Bruner on leaving the Republican party: www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party

Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.

www.thebulwark.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 11h

“It’s literally a kid’s worst nightmare having someone come take your parents in the middle of the night,” said one advocate. “No matter the outcome, you are turning a kid’s life upside down.” #FamiliesBelongTogether

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 11h

“Individual health professionals and numerous medical orgs actively opposed the policy of family separation due to the trauma that it was predicted to cause,” said one 2021 study. The American Academy of Pediatrics, for example, called it “govt-sanctioned child abuse.”
#FamiliesBelongTogether

America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 3d

new from @tusk81.bsky.social:

CNN found over 100 U.S. citizen children left without parents this year because of Trump’s mass deportation machine.

“This is the new family separation crisis,” said Zain Lakhani, director of migrant rights and justice at the @wrcommission.bsky.social.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h

Gov. Josh Stein on the North Carolina Republican legislature redistricting: "They're trying to decide for the voters who their congressperson is. In this representative democracy, the people choose their representatives—it should not be the representatives choosing their people."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”

Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President

From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...

www.propublica.org

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Bill's son, Bob @bobyost.bsky.social · 9h

Hooray for Cottonwood Falls!!
Hooray for The Flint Hills!!
Hooray for immigrant supporters!!
Hooray for protesting killers!!
Hooray for Kansas common sense!!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

🎯🎯

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Bill's son, Bob @bobyost.bsky.social · 10h

About that governmental shutdown thing. Your 52 senators *COULD* change the senate rules at any time and pass that bill. The only problem, of course, is that you'd have to wake up the next morning with that hideously ugly, cruel thing sleeping next to you.

(And what about those Epstein files...?)

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 10h

Breakout by office type:

U.S. Senate: $30K
U.S. House: $117K
State Legislature: $265K
State Execs: $21K
State Courts: $36K
State Parties: $35K
Local/Other: $2.8K
Total: $510K and counting!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22h

Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.

Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

🧑‍🌾 “What do you say to farmers who feel the $40 BILLION BAILOUT is benefitting Argentina more than them?”

TRUMP: *LASHES OUT AT THE REPORTER*

(“you don’t know anything about it… nothing’s benefitting Argentina 🤔… I happen to like the president…”)

So corrupt.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

FIRED DOJ LAWYER: “I responded up the chain of command - that’s a lie. I cannot sign my name to that.”

Erez Reuveni says he was fired by Trump’s DOJ for refusing to lie that KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA was a terrorist & gang member.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 19h

I’m willing to bet that Comey and Fitzgerald are smarter than the DoJ lawyers about what constitutes a conflict of interest, and I’m willing to bet they’ve already contemplated this and have a response prepared.

Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: Prosecutors may seek to oust Patrick Fitzgerald as James Comey's defense attorney in false-statement/obstruction case. Fitzgerald's role in 2017 disclosure of Comey memos to media could be insurmountable conflict, feds say. w/@kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Prosecutors may move to oust James Comey’s defense lawyer

Federal prosecutors told a judge that defense attorney Patrick Fitzgerald may have a conflict due to his role in releasing memos Comey wrote about Trump to the media.

www.politico.com

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