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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h

SF Chronicle joins the LA Times in confirming MeidasTouch’s reporting

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

Mockler: We saw this Nazi group chat which I’m sure you condemn right?

Kolvet: We can talk about it

Mockler: Do you condemn it?

Kolvet: I want to talk about it

Mockler: So, you’re like JD Vance? You won’t condemn this?

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 7h

More please.

Axios @axios.com · 10h

Dozens of Democrats running for U.S. House seats across the country told Axios they either wouldn't vote for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as party leader or declined to commit to doing so.

Scoop: Dozens of Democratic House candidates won't commit to backing Hakeem Jeffries

"If there's a contingency of 10 to 12 of them and they're sticking together, I think it's going to really shake things up."

www.axios.com

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Sunshine, MPH 🛸🔬☣️ @callsignwhisker.bsky.social · 8h

I love this!!

Sunshine, MPH 🛸🔬☣️ @callsignwhisker.bsky.social · 8h

Epstein files must be pretty bad.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h

LA Times now confirming our earlier reporting: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 8h

Using the IRS as a weapon to go after Trump and MAGA's enemies.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING via WSJ

The Trump administration is planning sweeping changes in criminal division at the IRS.

Full Story: on.wsj.com/3LbVFtK

The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said.
The undertaking aims to install allies of President Trump at the IRS criminal-investigative division, or IRS-CI, to exert firmer control over the unit and weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations, officials said. The proposed changes could open the door to politically motivated probes and are being driven by Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 8h

Who knew my degree in European history and the rise of the Third Reich would double as a survival guide?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

“Kids”

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

AOC: Trump should be having congressional leaders in the WH. Do you see that every day? No, you don't because they're playing golf and they're going to mar-a-lago and the Republicans in the house have been on vacation for weeks now

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10h

But I was told trump was going to make things cheaper

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

The con worked, until it didn’t?

ROGAN: “I really thought they were just going to go after the criminals… I really thought there was enough gang members.”

ME: He still doesn’t get it. That’s what Trump wanted everyone to believe. They’re not even trying to go after “the criminals”.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

BERNIE: “I worry we are increasingly becoming an oligarchic form of society, where a very small # of people control our economy + have huge influence over both political parties. if there was ever a time to stand up for working families and prevent authoritarianism, this is it.”

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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Sunshine, MPH 🛸🔬☣️ @callsignwhisker.bsky.social · 11h

He's launching fucking missiles into a *blue state*. Also, EPSTEIN FILES BITCH.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

Governor Newsom's press office responds:

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

Meanwhile, Justice Gorsuch is nodding along to oral arguments at the Supreme Court about how there’s no racism in politics anymore

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 14h

This guy was a clerk for Justice Gorsuch. Anyone want to argue this is not a racist (and damn stupid) taunt?

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 11h

MAGA thought they elected Trump to save America, but instead he’s saving Argentina. $40 billion now going to Trump’s buddy Javier Milei, while Americans can’t afford groceries, gas, or basic healthcare.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 11h

a memo is not sufficient to usurp one of the most important powers of congress

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 11h

this fucking article makes no mention whatsoever about the fact that he does not legally have this authority, nor that claiming it is unconstitutional, not in small ways, but in fundamental ways

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 11h

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

Sources tell MeidasTouch the White House will shut down portions of the I-5 for Vice President JD Vance’s Marine Corps spectacle during No Kings Protests, triggering chaos, gridlock, and outrage as troops go unpaid during the shutdown.

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PANDA @panda-news.bsky.social · 12h

WHAT THE FUCK?!

Trump plans on firing missiles into California during the No Kings protests, shutting down I-5 for a parade of his own headed up by JD Vance?

meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

On the top no Kings parade on the bottom of Navy ship firing missiles with the word the fuck?

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 11h

There is no constitution if he gets away with this. The Congress is an empty vessel.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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Sunshine, MPH 🛸🔬☣️ @callsignwhisker.bsky.social · 11h

What could possibly go wrong? 🤡🐸

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