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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"Trump has now pardoned or commuted the sentences of most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century...."

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With George Santos, Trump finds another convicted congressional Republican to reward

The president has now pardoned or commuted the sentences of most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"Kristi Noem was already a controversial figure. Then her agency spent $174 million to buy two private jets for her, at taxpayer expense..."

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Democrats have some questions about DHS buying private jets to be used by Kristi Noem

The homeland security secretary was already a controversial figure. Then her agency bought two private jets for her and other DHS officials.

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letsbereasonable.bsky.social @letsbereasonable.bsky.social · 1d

This is sickening. Ghost providers!!! 😡

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Private Medicare, Medicaid Plans Exaggerate In-Network Mental Health Options, Watchdogs Say - KFF Health News

A federal probe of Medicare and Medicaid plans run by private insurance companies found that the plan operators often overstated how many mental health providers were available in their networks. In s...

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letsbereasonable.bsky.social @letsbereasonable.bsky.social · 2d

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How to FIGHT Mob Boss Politics in America (w Sen. Andy Kim) | How to Fix It

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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letsbereasonable.bsky.social @letsbereasonable.bsky.social · 2d

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FDD Senior Fellow Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus on the path to a brighter future in Gaza

YouTube video by FDD

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

“At a moment when U.S. forces are building up across the Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela are at a boiling point, the departure of our top military commander in the region sends an alarming signal of instability within the chain of command...”

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Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Dr Oz: "You'll notice, President Trump, these are discounted from $242 to $10. I don't know what the math is on that. We can't even calculate it. It's too high to calculate."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina’s top elections official is pressing the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles for unprecedented access to voters’ full Social Security numbers — a move that could erode voter privacy protections and lay the groundwork for mass voter purges

North Carolina Elections Chief Demands Voters’ Full Social Security Numbers From DMV

Read more here.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.

Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · Aug 29

In the past three years, 26 states have enacted laws to better align reading instruction with scientific research.

We updated our map to include Missouri.

More: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...

A map of the United States shows states that have enacted laws in the past three years. They are colored three shades of blue to represent the year of the legislation.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · Nov 12

We’re thrilled that Sold a Story has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential.

Listen: apple.co/soldastory

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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 4d

Remember when this was just “one narco-terrorist boat”? Now it’s multiple strikes, foreign nationals dead, and no oversight. At what point will Congress demand answers from this Administration?

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 4d

Karoline Leavitt is a complete disgrace.

Her violent and unhinged rhetoric is going to get someone killed.

These extremists are sick people.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

Who’s eating the tariffs? You, mostly.

@cnbc.com
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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 12d

"PFNA is so hazardous that the EPA struck an agreement with eight companies to phase it out nearly two decades ago."

And yet, the report is stuck in limbo, still not released to the public.

Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 12d

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it

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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10d

The forever chemical PFNA is so hazardous that the EPA struck an agreement with 8 companies to phase it out nearly two decades ago.

Now an EPA report on its harms sits in limbo, and the Trump administration won’t say when it will be released.

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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8d

An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.

The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.

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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 29d

4/ EPA’s assessment summarizes the science showing PFNA exposure can cause developmental, hepatic, and reproductive harm. Without this assessment, federal and state agencies are denied the best available science that they rely on to protect public health.

Perfluorononanoic Acid (PFNA)

This IRIS assessment for Perfluorononanoic Acid (PFNA) consists of hazard identification and dose-response assessment data and provides support for EPA risk management decisions.

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 6d

NEWS: Vance defended Young Republicans caught sharing pro-Hitler messages, Swastika discovered in Republican member's office, Trump doesn't want Stephen Miller sharing his real views, and more.

TikTok and others are suppressing this content. The world needs to see it.

NEWS: JD Vance Defends Racist ‘Hitler Chats’ and Swastika Discovered in Republican Member's Office

Vance defended Young Republicans caught sharing pro-Hitler messages, Swastika discovered in Republican member's office, Trump doesn't want Stephen Miller sharing his real views, and more

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Lori Sirianni @4animallife.bsky.social · 6d

It actually is kind of brilliant, in a corrupt, malevolent, evil-genius kind of way.

When you realize Trump & Vance are gangsters and kleptocrats like most authoritarians, and realize they actually hate Americans and are out to screw them over, it makes sense. Clever scam. bsky.app/profile/4ani...

Lori Sirianni @4animallife.bsky.social · 6d

It's kleptocracy. Asset-stripping.

Trump deliberately destroys the US farming industry w tariffs that cause farmers to lose their export markets, they go bankrupt and lose their farms, and Vance & his company swoop in buying up farmland for pennies on the dollar.

Gonna control the US food supply.⚠️

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