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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 1h

Health care costs set to skyrocket for New Jerseyans thanks to Republican sabotage. Johnson’s shutdown imperils access, guts protections, and jacks premiums, an ideological vandalism that drains wallets and starves clinics of care.

Health care costs are about to skyrocket for New Jerseyans. Thank a Republican | Opinion - nj.com

When Republicans passed tax cuts for billionaires this summer, they intentionally left out renewing Obamacare subsidies that helps regular people afford health care.

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

Trump’s racism fueled revenge hits St. Louis: minority and women contractors at Lambert must file narratives and prove discrimination using competitors’ loans, a Kafkaesque burden threatening DBE gains as a $2.8B rebuild begins.

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How Trump's racism-fueled revenge tour came for workers in St. Louis

Donald Trump’s revenge tour has come to St. Louis.But this time, it’s not about prosecutors or political enemies. It’s about dismantling civil rights programs — and it’s personal.Nearly 2,000 minority and women-owned businesses at Lambert International Airport just learned they must prove they were ...

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

Trump got his rival Letitia James indicted, yet mortgage fraud convictions are scarce: 38 in 2024, many with no prison, average 21 months, modest fines, heavy restitution, a statistical reality that undercuts his vindictive spectacle.

Trump saw this rival indicted — he almost certainly won't get a conviction

By Jay L. Zagorsky, Associate Professor, Questrom School of Business, Boston University. With the indictment on Oct. 9, 2025, of New York Attorney General — and longtime Donald Trump adversary — Letitia James on two criminal counts related to loans for a home purchase, mortgage fraud is back in the ...

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

Two down, one to go: Trump brazenly demands authorities pursue Adam Schiff after his DOJ indicts James Comey and Letitia James. He rants on Truth Social that the Ukraine impeachment was worse than Watergate.

Two Down, One to Go? Trump Calls on ‘Authorities’ to Investigate Adam Schiff on Heels of Comey and James Indictments

Two down, one to go? President Donald Trump railed against Senator Adam Schiff on Sunday morning, suggesting that he violated "so many laws, and protocols."

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

Hall of shame incoming. Ex Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman says Abrego Garcia bolsters vindictive prosecution claims for James and Comey, and warns Trump ordered DOJ cases could be tossed while participating attorneys risk disbarment.

'Hall of shame': DOJ lawyers said to face 'severe consequences' for following Trump orders

Donald Trump's DOJ isn't just facing its prosecutions of Letitia James and James Comey being thrown out; it's also facing its attorneys being disbarred, according to a former Watergate prosecutor.On Sunday, Nick Akerman, a former assistant special Watergate prosecutor and former assistant U.S. Attor...

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

DOJ lawyers who chased Trump’s authoritarian revenge agenda now face severe consequences. The Abrego Garcia ruling fuels vindictive prosecution claims for James and Comey, and Nick Akerman says disbarment looms for craven sycophants.

'Hall of shame': DOJ lawyers said to face 'severe consequences' for following Trump orders

Donald Trump's DOJ isn't just facing its prosecutions of Letitia James and James Comey being thrown out; it's also facing its attorneys being disbarred, according to a former Watergate prosecutor.On Sunday, Nick Akerman, a former assistant special Watergate prosecutor and former assistant U.S. Attor...

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

Democrats still may not grasp a plutocratic tech elite radicalized for profit and culture war. Silverman says Musk, Thiel, Andreessen, Sacks thrived under Biden yet embraced Trump for power, defense ties, deregulation, and anti democracy fantasies.

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

Trump’s Justice Department won’t police ICE, so states must. Judge Sarah Ellis issued a TRO after agents maced, body slammed, and fired pepper rounds at unarmed people, a grotesque spectacle of impunity.

Trump’s DOJ Won’t Police ICE. It’s Time for the States to Step Up

Who is overseeing ICE as they use batons, chemical sprays and pepper-ball guns against unarmed people who appear to pose no threat?

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

Greene rips Trump’s tariffs for choking supplies and leaving wallets strained, and scolds his fawning attention to crypto and AI donors while the rally faithful get ignored, exposing donor favoritism over promised populist relief

Marjorie Taylor Greene Torches Trump Tariffs and Corruption: ‘It Shouldn’t Be About Helping Your Crypto Donors’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) sounded off on President Donald Trump over his trade policy and attempts to enrich his "crypto donors."

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

Dems buying guns for Trump to point back at them: he militarizes blue cities, okays lethal ICE raids, starves Democratic states, and leans on a compliant court. Funding his shutdown blackmail bankrolls an authoritarian project.

Why should Dems buy guns for Trump to point back at them?

Last weekend in Norfolk, Virginia, at a uniform-mandatory commemoration of the Navy’s 250th anniversary, Donald Trump addressed the troops as if it were a MAGA rally. He told hundreds of sailors, SEALS and Marines that the nation had to “take care” of this “little gnat on our shoulder called the Dem...

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

Pope Leo targets MAGA’s false gospel: denounces mass deportations, obscene inequality, climate nihilism, and death penalty hypocrisy; advances pro migrant doctrine, a Vatican solar plan, and rebukes JD Vance’s theology while chiding Trumpist cruelty.

Pope Leo's anti-MAGA vision

The American Pope is confirming MAGA's worst fears

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

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'Illegal hoax': Trump signals next DOJ target with comment about his impeachment

Donald Trump on Sunday suggested Adam Schiff broke laws in connection with the first Trump impeachment, calling on "authorities" to "look into this!"Just after the indictments of Letitia James and James Comey, the president took to Truth Social to signal a potential next target. Specifically, Trump ...

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

Which is it, illegal or a hoax?

Trump howls illegal hoax and telegraphs his next DOJ target, Adam Schiff. On Truth Social, he urges authorities to investigate, right after the indictments of Letitia James and James Comey, a vindictive cadence of prosecutions.
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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

Fully MAGA-fied Christianity morphs faith into a culture war cult. Evangelicals swap theology for tribal grievance, using politics to forge community and an enemy. A memorial for Charlie Kirk spotlights the fusion of worship and MAGA power.

Fully MAGA-fied Christianity - The Atlantic

Politics, especially culture-war politics, now provides many fundamentalists and evangelicals with a sense of community and a common enemy.

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 3h

At its worst yet: Chicago immigrant advocates face authoritarian ICE intimidation. 800 calls in a day. Rapid responders pepper sprayed, slammed, tailed, even detained though citizens. Civil society under siege for merely documenting arrests.

‘It’s Never Been This Bad’ - The Atlantic

Immigrant advocates face escalating consequences and threats from the president.

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 3h

Trump escalates his war on public health: RIFs slash CDC disease detectives and MMWR, data erased, ACIP replaced, BLS chief fired, jobs report halted, unions sue, Vought scripts the purge as RFK Jr reshapes HHS and Musk's USAID woodchipper.

Donald Trump's war on public health enters a new phase

Another bad day at the CDC

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 3h

Verbal jujitsu on air: Stephanopoulos cuts JD Vance short as he stonewalls on whether Tom Homan took $50k in an FBI tape. Cowardly deflection, sanctimonious blather, and constitutional nihilism instead of an answer.

'Verbal jujitsu:' ABC host ends interview as JD Vance refuses to answer bribery question

ABC's George Stephanopoulos, a host and former White House Communications Director, shut down an interview with JD Vance after the vice president refused to answer a question about a reported bribery scheme.Vance spoke with Stephanopoulos on ABC, and the host asked questions about reports that "Bord...

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 3h

Trump is poking the bear.

New star witness turns Trump’s weapon against him: ex-prosecutor Shan Wu says John Durham undercuts the Comey case, telling DOJ he found no evidence for false statements or obstruction. Vengeful charges look brittle.

'New star witness': Legal expert says Trump's weapon will be turned against him in court

A "surprise star witness" from Donald Trump's own first administration is set to undermine the DOJ's prosecution of former FBI director James Comey, according to a former prosecutor.Former federal prosecutor Shan Wu weighed in via a video over the weekend. It is called "Trump DOJ SHOCKED by SURPRISE...

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 3h

Shutdown over immigrant health care pushes hospitals to the brink: GOP smears while Democrats fight to extend ACA subsidies. EMTALA requires ER care for all. Trump’s cuts to reimbursements starve ERs, risking closures and higher costs for patients.

Trump's shutdown fight over 'immigrant health care' could push hospitals to the brink

Based on the ongoing rhetoric surrounding the federal government shutdown, perhaps it is time to ask the question.The question is, do we – the United States of America – really want undocumented immigrants receiving medical treatment in our hospital emergency rooms?If a non-citizen falls off a roof ...

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 3h

DOJ’s huge problem: Trump-picked Lindsey Halligan allegedly buried exculpatory grand jury testimony about Letitia James. Career lawyers balked. That defies DOJ policy and screams retaliatory prosecution engineered for political vengeance.

'A huge problem': DOJ may have withheld evidence suggesting Letitia James’ innocence

The New York Times reports U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan may have left out important information in her indictment against New York AG Letitia James that might have derailed some charges.“In the indictment, … Halligan accuses Ms. James of having misrepresented the purpose of the house when she purc...

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 3h

Troubling trend: a federal judge eviscerates Trump officials’ grip on reality, blocking Guard deployment to Chicago. No rebellion, no emergency. She slams the regime’s habit of equating protest with riots as biased and unreliable.

'Troubling trend': Judge questions Trump administration's grasp on reality

A federal judge on Friday night released her full opinion justifying an earlier decision to block President Donald Trump from deploying Texas National Guard troops in Chicago, and she even went so far as to question his administration’s grasp on reality.In her ruling, Judge April Perry began by citi...

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 3h

Maxwell making enemies behind bars as FPC Bryan inmates resent her preferential indulgence and disrupted routines. The convicted sex trafficker moved from Florida to Texas; peers say she gets favors while survivors still carry scars.

Why Ghislaine Maxwell Is Already Making Enemies Behind Bars

Fellow inmates at Camp Bryan haven’t taken kindly to living alongside one of the world’s most infamous sex traffickers.

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 4h

Another Democratic demand to reopen government: halt Trump and Russ Vought's scorched-earth power grab. Vought orders mass layoffs, Johnson pushes rescissions, GOP uses shutdown to force concessions, kneecapping workers, and gutting prior deals.

The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government

It’s about stopping Donald Trump and Russ Vought—and it can’t happen soon enough.

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 4h

Newsom trolls Trump, 79, for forgetting the defining moment of his first term, blasting a late-night post blaming Biden’s FBI for Jan 6, even though Trump was commander in chief.

Newsom Trolls Trump, 79, for Forgetting Defining Moment of His First Presidency

It seems to have slipped the president’s mind who exactly was the commander-in-chief on Jan. 6.

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