Froannie
@froannie.bsky.social
IT Accountant/Mom #Democracy #BlackLivesMatter#LGBTQRights #DeathtoAnimalAbusers#SlavaUkraini#CivilRights;DM=blocked; She/Her; Pic is my Mom/Daughter; Age 88/18🫘
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deeply unfair. fake news. they're spending all their time buying up tariff refund contracts. www.wired.com/story/cantor...
Trump’s Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them
A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in cou...
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
deeply unfair. fake news. they're spending all their time buying up tariff refund contracts. www.wired.com/story/cantor...
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He has been accused of “stolen valor,” with former service members saying he didn’t deserve a Bronze Star as he wasn’t even there. He has also received a restraining order from an ex-girlfriend for “harassment, threatening to release sexual videos, and to harm future boyfriends.” trib.al/Q4UWCQ9
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
He has been accused of “stolen valor,” with former service members saying he didn’t deserve a Bronze Star as he wasn’t even there. He has also received a restraining order from an ex-girlfriend for “harassment, threatening to release sexual videos, and to harm future boyfriends.” trib.al/Q4UWCQ9
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Our data, analyzed by @washingtonpost.com, shows giving from the 100 wealthiest Americans has risen 140x since 2000. In 2024 they accounted for 7.5% of federal election spending - $1 of every $13. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... @bethreinhard.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com
How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Our data, analyzed by @washingtonpost.com, shows giving from the 100 wealthiest Americans has risen 140x since 2000. In 2024 they accounted for 7.5% of federal election spending - $1 of every $13. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... @bethreinhard.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com
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Always, always, always read @zacheverson.com (who threads his stories here as well as publishing them).
New: Alt5 Sigma, one of Trump's key business partners, told the SEC that it suspended its CEO in mid-October.
An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
me, for @forbes.com
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An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
me, for @forbes.com
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Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma May Have Violated SEC Rules With Filing On CEO
One of Trump's key business partners told the SEC it suspended its CEO in mid-October. Internal records suggest he was on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Always, always, always read @zacheverson.com (who threads his stories here as well as publishing them).
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MAGA Rules: When you know you’re in deep trouble, change your story... abcnews.go.com/US/doj-halli...
In reversal, DOJ says Comey indictment was reviewed by full grand jury
In a reversal from what the DOJ represented in court Wednesday, prosecutors said Thursday that the full grand jury reviewed the indictment of ex-FBI Director James Comey.
abcnews.go.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
MAGA Rules: When you know you’re in deep trouble, change your story... abcnews.go.com/US/doj-halli...
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...and attack the judge. nypost.com/2025/11/19/u...
Exclusive | Lindsey Halligan fires back at James Comey judge who claimed she’s a ‘puppet’
Interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan suggested Wednesday that the Biden-appointed judge overseeing the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey violated judicial conduct rules by askin…
nypost.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
...and attack the judge. nypost.com/2025/11/19/u...
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The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
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Keep this story in the news.
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Keep this story in the news.
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
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Jamal Khashoggi's widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi: "Try as much as you can to save democracy and freedom of the press and speech in America. Do not be a copy of a Middle East dictatorship. We look to you as a role model of Western civilization—please maintain it."
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Jamal Khashoggi's widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi: "Try as much as you can to save democracy and freedom of the press and speech in America. Do not be a copy of a Middle East dictatorship. We look to you as a role model of Western civilization—please maintain it."
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.
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“The worst ten day period *so far*!”
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“The worst ten day period *so far*!”
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They misidentified the intern. The judge told them they had misidentified the intern. But instead of double checking, they took that as an affront to their authority. So they surrounded the judge's car and threatened to smash the windows to get to the intern.
They had misidentified the intern.
They had misidentified the intern.
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
They misidentified the intern. The judge told them they had misidentified the intern. But instead of double checking, they took that as an affront to their authority. So they surrounded the judge's car and threatened to smash the windows to get to the intern.
They had misidentified the intern.
They had misidentified the intern.
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Iraq/Afghanistan veteran here—My best friends are still on active duty, and we’ve been having conversations about this for months now. They know the right thing to do, but there are always those willing to say “yes sir” no matter what. I pray the number that say “no” is greater.
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Iraq/Afghanistan veteran here—My best friends are still on active duty, and we’ve been having conversations about this for months now. They know the right thing to do, but there are always those willing to say “yes sir” no matter what. I pray the number that say “no” is greater.
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“.. Every group chat I’m in, everyone wants to know who blew up. .. You can’t make sense of it all now. There’s a general malaise with no exact catalyst to say this is why.”
@wsj.com #Crypto
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
@wsj.com #Crypto
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“.. Every group chat I’m in, everyone wants to know who blew up. .. You can’t make sense of it all now. There’s a general malaise with no exact catalyst to say this is why.”
@wsj.com #Crypto
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
@wsj.com #Crypto
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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Todd Blanche tried to justify giving Maxwell special treatment and privileges because of her supposed “cooperation.”
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Todd Blanche tried to justify giving Maxwell special treatment and privileges because of her supposed “cooperation.”
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It's important to understand what this ad does and why it is so threatening to the Trump admin. It gets to social identity theory, which posits that we have many identities, and the one which is salient in a given context will dictate how we think/behave in a particular situation. 1/
WATCH: After six Democratic lawmakers posted a video urging members of the military not to follow illegal orders, Trump erupted online, accusing them of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Sen. Elissa Slotkin, one of the senators in that video, joins Chris Hayes to respond.
'HANG THEM': Trump melts down, accuses six Dems of ‘seditious behavior’
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It's important to understand what this ad does and why it is so threatening to the Trump admin. It gets to social identity theory, which posits that we have many identities, and the one which is salient in a given context will dictate how we think/behave in a particular situation. 1/
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Mamdani seems like he has the Bill Clinton magic quality of being able to make anyone talking to him feel special (I think even Newt felt charmed by Clinton in person!). Trump loves him lol
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Mamdani seems like he has the Bill Clinton magic quality of being able to make anyone talking to him feel special (I think even Newt felt charmed by Clinton in person!). Trump loves him lol
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Trump just ended Elise Stefanik. I’m dying!!! I so wish I could see her face right now! (First time I’ve ever said that).
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trump just ended Elise Stefanik. I’m dying!!! I so wish I could see her face right now! (First time I’ve ever said that).
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Article 26 of the plan:
"All parties involved in the conflict will receive full amnesty for their actions during the war&will agree not to make any future claims or pursue any grievances."
So,according to this,Finland will have to set free Voislav Torden(Petrovsky)-
"All parties involved in the conflict will receive full amnesty for their actions during the war&will agree not to make any future claims or pursue any grievances."
So,according to this,Finland will have to set free Voislav Torden(Petrovsky)-
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Article 26 of the plan:
"All parties involved in the conflict will receive full amnesty for their actions during the war&will agree not to make any future claims or pursue any grievances."
So,according to this,Finland will have to set free Voislav Torden(Petrovsky)-
"All parties involved in the conflict will receive full amnesty for their actions during the war&will agree not to make any future claims or pursue any grievances."
So,according to this,Finland will have to set free Voislav Torden(Petrovsky)-
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Don't give up the ship, @goodlander.house.gov.
@maddow.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
patch.com/new-hampshir...
@maddow.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
patch.com/new-hampshir...
Bomb Threat At Building In Downtown Concord Where U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander Has An Office
Video: North Main Street in Concord was closed for about an hour Friday night as police and state troopers investigated a bomb scare.
patch.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Don't give up the ship, @goodlander.house.gov.
@maddow.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
patch.com/new-hampshir...
@maddow.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
patch.com/new-hampshir...
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From HCR @hcrichardson.bsky.social .
If you ever need reminding of what this great American Experiment is all about...
A very good way to spend 4 minutes of your life. 👇👀
If you ever need reminding of what this great American Experiment is all about...
A very good way to spend 4 minutes of your life. 👇👀
The Gettysburg Address | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
From HCR @hcrichardson.bsky.social .
If you ever need reminding of what this great American Experiment is all about...
A very good way to spend 4 minutes of your life. 👇👀
If you ever need reminding of what this great American Experiment is all about...
A very good way to spend 4 minutes of your life. 👇👀
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I can't help but notice that a signed H.R. 4405 Epstein Files law has not made its way to the Federal Register yet. 🧐
I do see one that Trump & Melania scribbled their names on 11.13.25 was uploaded on the 19th.
😉 I'll set a reminder to check back in a few days... 🗓️
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I do see one that Trump & Melania scribbled their names on 11.13.25 was uploaded on the 19th.
😉 I'll set a reminder to check back in a few days... 🗓️
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November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I can't help but notice that a signed H.R. 4405 Epstein Files law has not made its way to the Federal Register yet. 🧐
I do see one that Trump & Melania scribbled their names on 11.13.25 was uploaded on the 19th.
😉 I'll set a reminder to check back in a few days... 🗓️
(with Alt text)
I do see one that Trump & Melania scribbled their names on 11.13.25 was uploaded on the 19th.
😉 I'll set a reminder to check back in a few days... 🗓️
(with Alt text)
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Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court temporarily blocks lower court ruling that found Texas congressional map likely racially discriminatory.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court temporarily blocks lower court ruling that found Texas congressional map likely racially discriminatory.
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court temporarily blocks lower court ruling that found Texas congressional map likely racially discriminatory.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court temporarily blocks lower court ruling that found Texas congressional map likely racially discriminatory.