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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!

Lots of fresh info in my new piece:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

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byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 2d

Tyrants do this. Free people say no.

Trump, 79, Claims It’s ‘Illegal’ for Late-Night Host to Mock Him

The president is once again shouting at the TV.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

After another night of parties at his Palm Beach country club followed by a second round of golf, Emperor Nero J. Trump Caligula will return to DC to resume work on his gilded $350 million ballroom.

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Joe Viray @joeviraynba.bsky.social · 2d

I have no deep analysis to offer about this game other than the fact that very unserious basketball was played tonight while the Pacers took this game very, very seriously. You can't take games against NBA players unseriously.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d

Turns out the sweetheart deal that Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta gave Epstein back in 2008 was even worse than we thought. Epstein's emails show Acosta tanked an investigation that had Epstein dead to rights on money laundering, and other financial crimes.

Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case

Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...

www.bloomberg.com

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byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 3d

Cancel culture doesn't pay.

Trump’s Takeover of Kennedy Center Leads to Stunning Sales Collapse

The Kennedy Center is quickly dying thanks to the president’s new vision for the historic theater.

newrepublic.com

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Judy P Chang @jchangnyc.bsky.social · 3d

Free Read

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

Top Senators Say Pentagon Has Not Shared Legal Justification for Boat Strikes

www.nytimes.com

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

"To Trump, Reagan’s composed performance, with its affirmation of consensus, is almost intolerable. It must be discredited not because it is inaccurate but because it represents an entirely different model of what presidential authority looks like." -Jake Lundberg
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Why a Reagan Ad Provoked Trump

Canada’s anti-tariff ad was an incursion in the trade war, but there’s another reason it may have bothered Trump.

www.theatlantic.com

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byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 3d

Fool

#Taiwan

Incoming KMT chair doubles down on 'Putin was elected' remarks - Focus Taiwan

Opposition Kuomintang (KMT) chair-elect Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) said on Friday that she hopes Taiwan can "make as many friends as possible," when asked to elaborate on her recent remarks that "Vladimir Put...

focustaiwan.tw

byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 4d

A year. Both of them needed it.

The Orange Felon loves to declare victory and move on. That BS won't play here.

Donald Trump says rare earths dispute ‘settled’ after Xi Jinping meeting in South Korea – live updates

Summit on sidelines of Apec was the first between the leaders of US and China since 2019, and comes after tensions have been strained by Trump’s trade war

www.theguardian.com

byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 5d

LOL. Next J star can thinking about picking someplace else.

byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 5d

in LA font. love it

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byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 5d

Lamp under a bushel time

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byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 5d

he'll use the f*cking national parks

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 5d

Democrats are furious that the Trump Administration held a briefing on Capitol Hill today about U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats. Only Republicans were invited. This is from Sen. Mark Warner D-VA.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 5d

For 50 years the right has been telling us that the appropriate response to this is to open fire on these goons. They say we need assault weapons as a bulwark against a tyrannical government snatching people off the streets.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6d

In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:

$100 billion

Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:

$100 billion

One is decried as "welfare." One is not.

Why?

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byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 5d

Theocrats are the most dangerous people on earth.

Democracy is not part of their plan.

An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’

Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 6d

This is illegal. Commissioners "serve for four years each or until their successors are appointed and qualified." 40 USC 9101.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6d

Exclusive: The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of President Trump’s construction projects, including his planned triumphal arch in Washington.

White House fires arts commission expected to review Trump construction projects

The moves comes as President Donald Trump pursues efforts to build a White House ballroom and a triumphal arch in Washington.

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byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 6d

A gold crown? These guys know exactly how to fluff the Orange Felon.

Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 6d

President Trump is in South Korea, where he will receive a national honor and a gold crown, and meet business and political leaders -- and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Gift link to today's story, which will be updated throughout the day: wapo.st/4qCYULk

Trump to receive national honor, gold crown during trip to South Korea

Trump is attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in South Korea, where he will meet business and political leaders - and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

wapo.st

byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 6d

JK up for it!

byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 6d

sounds more like Musk to me

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 6d

Senator Eric Schmitt says Antifa "is a well-coordinated organization with safe houses and money that is laundered internationally."

byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 6d

The Orange Felon lies. Good to see receipts plainly presented.

Fact check: 11 false claims Trump made to the troops in Japan | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in his Tuesday speech to US service members on an aircraft carrier stationed in Japan.

edition.cnn.com

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Brian Cook @2ndadminstate.bsky.social · 6d

Update: today I mailed a letter to the incoming CEO of T-Mobile US, conveying my anger at the company’s decision to contribute to the corrupt destruction of the White House East Wing and alleged construction of a supposed ballroom. That contribution has nothing to do with T-Mobile’s core business,

Brian Cook @2ndadminstate.bsky.social · 9d

Do you know Mike Sievert? He's CEO of T-Mobile, one of the corporate contributors to T*rump's White House East Wing destruction and alleged ballroom construction. I am a customer of this company, but scrambling to find ways to ditch it. Corporate America is rotten.
www.t-mobile.com/our-story/ex...

www.t-mobile.com

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byondr @byondr.bsky.social · 6d

6-7, man