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Computer consultant & database app software developer. Bookworm. Posts about computers, gear, security, safety, and Michigan. 🇺🇸 💔🇺🇦 From Haslett, Michigan, USA Not the campaign runner More at https://steve.czmyt.com Email [email protected]

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Steve Schmidt @steve.czmyt.com · Aug 29

Absolute best political analysis of trump and the past decade of American politics ever. :)

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Aug 28

I still think many Americans have no idea how bad this is going to get. I saw President Obama reposting a tepid, mealy-mouthed analysis by Ezra Klein—who's never seen a phenomenon he couldn't be 5 years late in incompetently circumscribing—and I felt like we don't have what it takes to survive this.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 48m

BREAKING via WSJ

The Trump administration is planning sweeping changes in criminal division at the IRS.

Full Story: on.wsj.com/3LbVFtK

The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said.
The undertaking aims to install allies of President Trump at the IRS criminal-investigative division, or IRS-CI, to exert firmer control over the unit and weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations, officials said. The proposed changes could open the door to politically motivated probes and are being driven by Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 1h

Remember kids: Spending trillions of dollars to "reindustrialize America" is dastardly socialist central planning...unless billionaires do it. finance.yahoo.com/news/marc-an...

Marc Andreessen Backs Call For Elon Musk To Spearhead $10 Trillion US Re-Industrialization Plan: 'This Is The Way'

Prominent tech investor, Marc Andreessen, expressed support for a suggestion for Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk to lead a $10 trillion program to reindustrialize America. Andreessen Agrees Musk Sh...

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 4h

Pam Bondi has basically said anyone visiting the US is subject to arrest and incarceration at any point, if law officials deem the individual a “threat”.

Bang goes the rest of the international tourism trade.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 4h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 47m

"sidestepping norms"
"pushing the envelope"
"breaking with tradition"
"in a bold move"
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"expanding authority"

I wonder if the New York Times has ChatGPT generating these.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 1h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3h

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 5h

Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.

What we have is an appropriations king.

Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3h

An ice sculpture of the word “Democracy” has been placed on the National Mall in direct view of the U.S. Capitol as a vanishing reminder, its creators said, of rapidly eroding rights and an existential threat to the freedom on which America was founded.

On the National Mall, ‘Democracy’ drips in daylight

Ben Cohen, of Ben & Jerry’s, helped bring a 3,000-pound ice sculpture to the capital as a warning that “democracy is melting away before our very eyes.”

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Steve Schmidt @steve.czmyt.com · 3h

If Latin America did not hate us before, this should do it!

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Ambassador Luis G. Moreno (ret) @ambassadormoreno.bsky.social · 3h

The Trump Administration’s entire Latin American foreign policy consists of blowing up ships in international waters, giving $40 billion in cash to Argentina, and now flying B-2 bombers near Venezuelan air space. Oh, don’t forget about taking Petro’s visa when he said something mean (and dumb).

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 5h

the older Rs have taught the young Rs how to shamelessless spew misogyny, racism, anti-semitism. But quoting Charlie Kirk's own words is terrorism.

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 5h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years

Peacemaker looks at a mural embedding Hitler into American symbols

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Steve Schmidt @steve.czmyt.com · 3h

Let me guess, they promised to stop buying russian oil in "two weeks?"

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 6h

One of them was a Catholic high school guidance counselor!

Nathan Bernard @nathantbernard.bsky.social · 6h

the "kids" were mostly 30+ years old and said they love hitler

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 5h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 10h

No kings no paychecks is literally one of the dumbest political slogans I have ever heard.

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Spiro’s Ghost @antitoxicpeople.bsky.social · 4h

More true than ever, every hour of every day.

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 8h

Supplies are limited. Get your protest costume today! patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

(panel 1 - Title in a Spirit Halloween banner featuring an inflatable frog costume.)
Protest Costumes
(panel 2 - An inflatable pig costume as an angel.)
Good Pig
pig, "You're going to Pig Hell!"
(panel 3 - An inflatable white businessman.)
Great Big White Guy
businessman, "I'm calling your manager!"
(panel 4 - Inflatable lips with legs sticking out.)
Kristi's Lips
lips, "Sorry, am I making your propaganda photo op look tacky?"
(panel 5 - An inflatable hoagie and a hot dog.)
Menacing Sandwiches
hot dog, "I'm not WITH them!"
(panel 6 - Inflatable Stephen Miller head.)
Fascist Head
head, "You can't stop me! I'm the acting president's head!"

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 4h

There's a pretty good chance the most powerful person in the world is floating in and out of reality, making decisions based on what his staffers need from him in that moment, and not really understanding what's happening or why. And the entire GOP has just let it happen, so they can be on TV more.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 4h

You have to wonder if White House staffers are simply showing him AI videos at this point and he thinks it's reality.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump: "The people of Chicago are walking around with MAGA hats. You have women, beautiful Black women, walking around with MAGA hats. 'Please let the president in and we don't care how he does it ... bring in the Marines.'"

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