@rhapsodybooks.bsky.social
Pro democracy, justice, & firm believer that education is a life-long and necessary process, & humility over all you don't know is key to compassion & enlightenment. Blogs: http:// rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com and http://legallegacy.wordpress.com
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During his time in office, Trump has taken advantage of one of the greatest powers of presidency by pardoning or granting clemency to nearly 100 people for drug-related crimes despite promises to crack down on America's drug crisis.
Trump pardons major drug traffickers despite his anti-drug rhetoric
The president has granted clemency to about 100 people accused of drug-related crimes during his two terms in office, a Post analysis shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
During his time in office, Trump has taken advantage of one of the greatest powers of presidency by pardoning or granting clemency to nearly 100 people for drug-related crimes despite promises to crack down on America's drug crisis.
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TRUMP: “I said why is it we only take people from shithole countries? Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, Denmark… But we always take people from Somalia— places that are filthy, dirty, disgusting.”
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
TRUMP: “I said why is it we only take people from shithole countries? Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, Denmark… But we always take people from Somalia— places that are filthy, dirty, disgusting.”
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
Trump says Venezuela sends US lethal drugs, but data tells different story www.yahoo.com/news/article... via @@YahooNews
Trump says Venezuela sends US lethal drugs, but data tells different story
The president is justifying deadly military strikes on fatal US overdoses. But Venezuela is linked to cocaine, which is far less deadly than fentanyl.
www.yahoo.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Trump says Venezuela sends US lethal drugs, but data tells different story www.yahoo.com/news/article... via @@YahooNews
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Trump consistently promises one thing and does another. How long before MAGA wise up?
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/p...
Analysis: It’s Epstein all over again on Trump and the boat strikes video | CNN Politics
If there is nothing truly damaging to President Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files, he and his administration did a great job of making it look like there could be.
www.cnn.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Trump consistently promises one thing and does another. How long before MAGA wise up?
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/p...
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If you're a farmer getting hosed by Trump's tariffs, not to worry, he's handing you a nice fat check for your troubles. If you rely on the ACA for your health insurance, sorry, not only is your premium about to skyrocket, but it will cover fewer services. Trump's America! 🙄
December 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If you're a farmer getting hosed by Trump's tariffs, not to worry, he's handing you a nice fat check for your troubles. If you rely on the ACA for your health insurance, sorry, not only is your premium about to skyrocket, but it will cover fewer services. Trump's America! 🙄
Wondering how has the need for all the gold in the White House and the new $300 million ballroom has been affected by "Biden's affordability crisis"?
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Wondering how has the need for all the gold in the White House and the new $300 million ballroom has been affected by "Biden's affordability crisis"?
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Reader, he is, in fact, making this stuff up
Kudlow is just lying to his viewers: "Unemployment is at rock bottom. These are real facts. I'm not making this stuff up. Unemployment claims are as low as they're ever going to get."
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Reader, he is, in fact, making this stuff up
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It is important that people understand Trump is using DOJ as a weapon against people for mortgage fraud, when it appears he did the same thing. It's an abuse of the Justice Department.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It is important that people understand Trump is using DOJ as a weapon against people for mortgage fraud, when it appears he did the same thing. It's an abuse of the Justice Department.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Making America Poisonous Again.
"Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them."
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Making America Poisonous Again.
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Trump does great harm to American farmers with his stupid, unconstitutional tariffs and then forces American taxpayers to bail out those farmers who were done great harm to by his stupid, unconstitutional tariffs. MAGA, MAGA.👇
December 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Trump does great harm to American farmers with his stupid, unconstitutional tariffs and then forces American taxpayers to bail out those farmers who were done great harm to by his stupid, unconstitutional tariffs. MAGA, MAGA.👇
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Shouldn’t this news about Trump Jr. spend at least a few hours atop the newscycle?
Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract
Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. defense department.
finance.yahoo.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Shouldn’t this news about Trump Jr. spend at least a few hours atop the newscycle?
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Mark Kelly: “Jobs are down. Wages are flat. Costs are up & this President is asleep — Like literally, he’s falling asleep on the job. It’s hurting the American people — He’s doing nothing to try to help people with the cost of groceries, rent, & healthcare”
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mark Kelly: “Jobs are down. Wages are flat. Costs are up & this President is asleep — Like literally, he’s falling asleep on the job. It’s hurting the American people — He’s doing nothing to try to help people with the cost of groceries, rent, & healthcare”
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“table-sized”
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“table-sized”
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The boat wasn’t headed to the U.S., which we would have learned with a little due process instead of murder. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The boat wasn’t headed to the U.S., which we would have learned with a little due process instead of murder. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
From the NYT re the disinformation and misinformation from Trump Admin about Gaza:
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
From the NYT re the disinformation and misinformation from Trump Admin about Gaza:
Enduring hardship in Gaza: Famine's Long Shadow @JewishCurrents
Famine's Long Shadow
Even if food is surged into Gaza today, the history of weaponized mass starvation shows that the social aftershocks will reverberate for generations.
jewishcurrents.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Enduring hardship in Gaza: Famine's Long Shadow @JewishCurrents
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Manu Raju (CNN) attempted to get a statement from Darrell Issa about his plans to run for a seat in TX, even though he lives in CA. If a Democrat was doing this, all hell would break.🤨
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Manu Raju (CNN) attempted to get a statement from Darrell Issa about his plans to run for a seat in TX, even though he lives in CA. If a Democrat was doing this, all hell would break.🤨
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Apologies for yelling, but—
ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.
ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.
New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth
Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Apologies for yelling, but—
ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.
ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.
Alarmed by efforts to publicize its violence against Palestinians, Israel is moving to expel international solidarity activists from the occupied West Bank: The Olive Harvest Deportations @JewishCurrents
The Olive Harvest Deportations
Alarmed by efforts to publicize its violence against Palestinians, Israel is moving to expel international solidarity activists from the occupied West…
jewishcurrents.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Alarmed by efforts to publicize its violence against Palestinians, Israel is moving to expel international solidarity activists from the occupied West Bank: The Olive Harvest Deportations @JewishCurrents
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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“It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
“It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.”
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One of the reasons I think it’s also essential to not call the boat strikes “war crimes” but “crimes against humanity,” is that it emphasizes that Trump and Hegseth are acting extra-constitutionally and are not entitled to any shield from the courts. This systematic murder of civilians is illegal.
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
One of the reasons I think it’s also essential to not call the boat strikes “war crimes” but “crimes against humanity,” is that it emphasizes that Trump and Hegseth are acting extra-constitutionally and are not entitled to any shield from the courts. This systematic murder of civilians is illegal.
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Pretty much sums up the moment.
Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Pretty much sums up the moment.
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What is the chance the restitution money intended for David Gentile’s victims will now make its way into his pardoner’s greedy pockets? 99%? 100%?
NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What is the chance the restitution money intended for David Gentile’s victims will now make its way into his pardoner’s greedy pockets? 99%? 100%?
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This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ?
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Trump calls Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) "garbage," says that Somalians don't belong in the U.S. because they "do nothing but complain... do nothing but bitch"
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ?
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.