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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 40m

thetonymichaels.substack.com/p/trump-jeal...

Trump JEALOUS Egypt Can JAIL Political Enemies

When a president envies a dictatorship, it’s not about law and order. It’s about control.

thetonymichaels.substack.com

krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 41m

www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/10/15/j...

Jackson And Trump: Beware Of What You Wish For - New Haven Independent

Allan Appel's latest dispatch from Yale's "America at 250" lecture series.

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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 42m

Trump crime family values…

www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

Why No One Really Knows How Much Trump Is Making Right Now

A crypto company has taken in more money than almost any other entity in the president’s empire. But thanks to a secretive agreement, it remains unclear who is really receiving the cash.

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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 43m

www.alternet.org/news-politic...

'Aggressive and unaccountable': Conservative warns Trump’s assault on Americans is 'getting worse'

Conservative writer Bill Kristol writes in his latest piece for The Bulwark that it's "less than a quarter of the way through the second [Donald] Trump administration" and "it's getting worse.""I mean...

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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 44m

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MAGA Senator Rendered Speechless Over Trump Cuts to His State

Senator Tim Sheehy was left floundering when he realized he couldn’t blame the cuts on the shutdown.

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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 45m

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Team Trump forced out another U.S. attorney who failed to toe the White House line

The more Team Trump ousts federal prosecutors who’ve done nothing wrong, the more serious the law enforcement scandal becomes.

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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 46m

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump’s pardon proposals go global despite allies’ corruption charges

Trump has upended American presidents’ tradition of promoting the rule of law and democracy overseas.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

🚨NEW: Louisiana v. Callais Oral Argument LIVE BLOG🚨

Starting at 10am, the Democracy Docket team will be offering live coverage of today's blockbuster SCOTUS redistricting argument. Follow and bookmark. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

LIVE BLOG: Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Gut the Voting Rights Act

Read more here.

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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 46m

It should be in the 💩

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Fox Reporter Sounds Alarm That Trump’s Polling Is Tanking

The senior correspondent said the figures “has got to be scary for the White House.”

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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 49m

www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/w...

Syria’s interim president visits Putin in Moscow for first meeting since fall of Assad regime | CNN

Syria’s interim president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, travelled to Moscow for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, in the first face-to-face contact the pair have had.

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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 51m

www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/h...

Reuters: Assad Regime Moved Mass Graves to Cover Up Killings

A new investigation by Reuters has concluded the former Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad secretly moved tens of thousands of bodies to hide evidence of mass killings. Between 2019 and 2021, the Syrian...

www.democracynow.org

krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 52m

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Supreme Court Asks When Police Can Enter Without Warrant in Emergency

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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 53m

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The Supreme Court Might Net Republicans 19 Congressional Seats in One Fell Swoop

On Wednesday, the justices will take the extraordinary step of rehearing Louisiana v. Callais.

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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 53m

www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

Live updates: SCOTUS arguments on Louisiana redistricting case that could undercut Voting Rights Act | CNN Politics

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Wednesday in a major voting rights case, Louisiana v. Callais, that threatens to undermine the Voting Rights Act. Follow here for the latest live news updat...

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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 55m

www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

www.wired.com

krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 55m

www.wired.com/story/a-plan...

A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They’re Not Involved

A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild Gaza. Some of these companies say they had no idea they were mentioned.

www.wired.com

krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 56m

www.thegodpodcast.com/p/damn-donal...

Damn Donald Trump For Inspiring YoungNazis

They learned it by watching him.

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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 1h

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/ohio-repub...

Ohio Republicans used a life-saving Narcan bill to promote more religious indoctrination

A sneaky amendment to a Narcan bill shows just how far lawmakers will go to privilege faith over actual education

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krazylars.bsky.social @krazylars.bsky.social · 13h

Vance dismissed the uproar as “pearl-clutching,” claiming Democratic Virginia Attorney General candidate Jay Jones’ violent 2022 texts were “far worse.”

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