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Mel Baggers @melbaggers.bsky.social · 22m

Next time tell your Senators not to vote for the Patriot Act, Donald.

Mel Baggers @melbaggers.bsky.social · 28m

They won’t care until it’s done to one of theirs.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h

Conveniently, right before the midterms!

This isn’t going to go the way they think it is.

The National Guard isn’t going to allow themselves to be used as Trump’s voter suppression force.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth doesn't dispute the existence of a memo planning for the establishment of a "National Guard response force that's gonna be trained in crowd control and civil unrest and deployed in all 50 states by April 2026."

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1h

If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.

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Mel Baggers @melbaggers.bsky.social · 2h

She doesn’t have more pressing issues to investigate right now? Like maybe the mental state of the current President?

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NPR @npr.org · 4h

Via @kqednews.kqed.org
In an interview with KQED, Newsom said Trump wants to cast doubt on the Nov. 4 vote. The Department of Justice says it's sending monitors to protect the votes of "eligible American citizens."

Newsom Says Trump Is ‘Rigging the Election’ With Federal Poll Monitors | KQED

In an interview with KQED, Gov. Gavin Newsom warned the Trump administration is laying the groundwork to question the results of California’s Proposition 50 vote.

www.kqed.org

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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 13h

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Mel Baggers @melbaggers.bsky.social · 3h

I’m actually surprised he hasn’t just renamed the whole city after himself

Mel Baggers @melbaggers.bsky.social · 10h

I thought the goal was to leave you sick and bankrupt

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13h

“ICE, their secret police, is their tool,” said Michelle Brané, a human rights attorney who directed DHS’ ombudsman office under Biden. “Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”

@davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump's DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents' anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.

www.propublica.org

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NPR @npr.org · 19h

President Trump is demolishing the East Wing to make room for a ballroom. His administration says he's continuing a presidential legacy of White House renovations, but this is the biggest in decades. n.pr/4qqpQh6

How presidents have changed the White House — and how Trump's ballroom is different

President Trump is demolishing the East Wing to make room for a ballroom. His administration says he's continuing a presidential legacy of White House renovations, but this is the biggest in decades.

n.pr

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 17h

The president has done the same before.

Donald Trump Ripped For 'Snide' Comment To Foreign Reporter He Didn't Understand

The president has done the same before.

www.huffpost.com

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1d

This country is allowed to have tariffs. You just have to convince Congress that they're a good idea.

The President can hold tariff powers instead of Congress, if you can convince voters to amend the Constitution.

If you can't convince anyone of anything, rethink your ideas.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "If this country is not allowed to have tariffs, if this country is not allowed to have the president negotiate on behalf of it w/tariffs, we are put in a position where we're gonna be a 3rd world country. We can't let that happen. I think it's the most important case that we are gonna have"

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 1d

Not simply fascism. Monarchism.

Fox Business reporter Charles Gasparino, via Twitter:

https://x.com/cgasparino/status/1981496719863955913

SCOOP: A Trump official tells
@nypost
that the administration favors Paramount Skydance to buy Warner Bros. Discovery – and a number of rival bidders are likely to face stiff hurdles from US regulators in the blockbuster auction. “Who owns Warner Bros. Discovery is very important to the administration,” a senior Trump administration official told On The Money. “The Warner board needs to think very seriously not just on the price competition but which player in the suitor pool has been successful getting a deal done. And that points to the Ellisons.”

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Mel Baggers @melbaggers.bsky.social · 1d

Dropped mine in the drop box this week 💙

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Mel Baggers @melbaggers.bsky.social · 1d

The East wing is the part we could tour. The message from Trump is his billionaire donors matter. We don’t.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t

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realKyleKeegan @realkylekeegan.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve got a better idea. Why doesn’t Trump reimburse the government for the expenses of having to prosecute him and all the other insurrectionists from J6.

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Mel Baggers @melbaggers.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a nobody. Average. But I got to visit the White House. The East Wing was the part we average folks were allowed to visit. Now that’s gone. The message from Trump is his billionaire donors matter and we don’t.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"He did it first!" is not a defense even if he really did do it first, and Trump doesn't even have *that* defense. www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-pho...

Trump’s Phony “Karma Defense”

The claims that he was a victim of inappropriate “lawfare” are wildly inflated, and don’t justify his government’s lawsuits against his critics.

www.thebulwark.com

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Mel Baggers @melbaggers.bsky.social · 2d

Collecting all the felon endorsements she can get

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Trump on July 31 when asked about the ballroom: “It won’t interfere with the current building. It will be near it but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of. It’s my favorite. It’s my favorite place. I love it.”

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2d

This is very good

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Mel Baggers @melbaggers.bsky.social · 2d

Well he’s already destroyed the west wing

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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