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Sean M
@mcksusa.bsky.social
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Seeker of solitude, pragmatist, work in progress
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Unlocked NYT article, pls share.

"The judge then ordered Bovino, who took the stand in his usual green fatigues and Border Patrol insignia, to appear at the federal courthouse at the end of every weekday to personally provide her with a report on the day’s arrests and incidents."

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Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
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The military uses classified information to protect national security.

The idea that Trump would impose NDAs on the military to shield Trump from political scrutiny should be DOA.

An important read from @markhertling.bsky.social

www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...
Why Commanders Don’t Sign NDAs
Existing rules and laws applying to military secrecy are sufficient—and asking officers to sign NDAs is deeply inappropriate.
www.thebulwark.com
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I’m Democrat David Jolly, and I’m launching my campaign today for Governor of Florida.

Our state is in crisis — not just a crisis of policy, not right versus left, but a crisis of right versus wrong.

It doesn’t have to be this way.
Gov. Pritzker: "They literally did a military attack on a building with a Black Hawk helicopter...You don't arrest an entire building, detain everybody, zip tie children, hold elderly people in a U-Haul for house — U.S. citizens!"
ICYMI: Trump is trying to extort Democrats by withholding and slashing American taxpayers’ dollars that were already allocated for essential infrastructure projects.

Mob boss politics, indeed
NEW: Trump’s mob boss tactics are putting all Americans in danger.

My exclusive conversation with @petebuttigieg.bsky.social and @kim.senate.gov about the GOP’s weaponization of funding for critical infrastructure projects like the Hudson Tunnel Gateway Project.

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The discussion over long-range missiles is not just about "the use of one type of weapon or the prestige of a government in Washington. It’s whether Kyiv can keep its state functioning while diplomacy or negotiations are considered." www.thebulwark.com/p/mixed-sign...
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NEWS: In any other administration, the FBI and DOJ would be investigating the Trump cabinet Signal fiasco — but Trump loyalists Pam Bondi and Kash Patel are (thus far) taking a pass (after demanding Hillary’s prosecution over emails).

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u...
Signal Chat Disclosure Poses Early Test for F.B.I. and Justice Dept.
Whether the agencies open an investigation will bring into sharp relief the intended approach of their leaders, Kash Patel and Pam Bondi, who promised to administer impartial justice.
www.nytimes.com
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NEWS: The DOJ prosecutor who questioned Trump admin's decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on indefinite paid leave for a “failure to zealously advocate” for the department — less than 24 hours after defending the gov’t in federal court.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders
Erez Reuveni conceded in court that the deportation last month of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had a court order allowing him to stay in the United States, should never have taken place.
www.nytimes.com
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NEWS: Trump is seriously considering appointing Emil Bove — the DOJ official responsible for many of the departments strong-arm policy and personnel moves — to a vacant federal circuit court judgeship in Pennsylvania or NJ.

Me and @charlie_savage

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...
Bove, Top Justice Dept. Official, Is Considered for Circuit Court Nomination
www.nytimes.com
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Listen To The Children Chump !
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
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Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization
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Gov. Pritzker: “There is no insurrection here…Trump is using our service members as political props and as pawns in his illegal effort to militarize our nation’s cities.”
Our cities are under siege
“F—k them kids!” That’s what federal agents said about the half-naked children zip-tied together & dragged into the streets of Chicago in the dead of night Tuesday morning during one of Convicted Felon Trump’s raids.

Americans MUST speak up now to save this country.

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Our cities are under siege
“F—k them kids!” That’s what federal agents said about the half-naked children zip-tied together & dragged into the streets of Chicago in the dead of night Tuesday morning during one of Convicted Felon Trump’s raids.

Americans MUST speak up now to save this country.

youtu.be/XIukXTZNXN4?...
OMG! Trump HITS ROCK BOTTOM After SHOCKING ICE RAID
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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# GOPBETRAYEDAMERICA
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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Planes still fly. Social Security checks still arrive. The real shutdown is trust in our politics. Here’s my first-hand look at what a government shutdown is—and isn’t.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Shutdown Politics vs. Reality
From Social Security to the VA, what keeps going while Washington points fingers
open.substack.com
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Much attention has rightly been paid to the sheer strangeness of RFK Jr.

But as the person now in charge of our public health, what really matters - more than the theatrics or trolling - is what he is taking away from us.
What RFK Jr. Is Taking Away From You
The problem isn’t just that he’s a quack - it’s that he’s a quack with power over your health, and he’s using that power to hurt you.
substack.com
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They’re eating their own! Newsmax sues Fox News in Florida federal court, alleging Fox has violated federal and state anti-monopoly and antitrust laws so that Newsmax can’t even compete. And you’ll never guess who the judge is!

Will Trump pick a side?

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Yikes! Fox News REELING After Newsmax Files LAWSUIT
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Despite what his far-right American admirers believe, Orbán is not popular in his own country. A lot of his staying power is just that: inertia, which has given rise to a feeling in Hungary that he is inevitable. Yet things in Hungary have started to move.
Hungary Could Free Itself from Orbánism Next Spring
An upstart opposition leader, Péter Magyar, is shrewdly capitalizing on the prime minister’s blunders.
www.thebulwark.com