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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d

Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 stuffed into a takeout bag from undercover F.B.I. agents. We must continue to ask where the money went, @ruthmarcus.bsky.social writes.

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand

Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

www.newyorker.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."

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KindLivesMatter @bekindforthefuture.bsky.social · 3h

This, along with the LARGEST protest against our government in the HISTORY of our country.

STOP THE DECIMATION of American Drmocracy.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

Cost of the Argentina bailout Trump is trying to finance: $40B.

That same amount could fund almost two years of extended ACA subsidies, or two years of full SNAP benefits, or nearly all of the annual Medicare cuts from Trump's Big Ugly Bill.

Priorities.

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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 9h

The wealthy & corporations should just be made to pay their fair share of taxes, rather than filling government coffers on the backs of average Americans through tariffs taxes & fees…

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 8h

The first time the Confederate flag ever paraded through the US Capitol was on January 6, 2021.

The first time the White House was damaged in over 200 years since the US rebuilt in the 1820s after the British burned it in the war of 1812 was mid October, 2025.

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Sir Jack Caramac @jackcaramac.bsky.social · 23h

Reform as a visual metaphor

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

It’s beyond pathetic. The mainstream media, on the whole, is comprised of feckless cowards and shameless hypocrites.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 8h

Nothing says “America First” like selling out U.S. beef and soybean farmers to buy Argentine beef instead. #ArgentinaFirst

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 12h

WTF NOW??!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

How does one steal $23K and not get arrested?

Dona Flaca @chilangolandia.bsky.social · 9h

At two of those events, the club ran up bills of more than $23,000 over a weekend at a Syracuse hotel – spending big on a three-course plated dinner with filet mignon and open bars – but then didn’t pay, according to records obtained by syracuse.com.

NY State Young Republicans stiffed Syracuse hotel for lavish party before racist chat ended their run

Embattled GOP group failed to fully pay bills for three-course steak dinner, luncheon and open bars at Syracuse hotel.

www.syracuse.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 9h

This is the asymmetry in our politics and media. If this was the other way around, Biden had pardoned someone then charged with trying to kill Trump, it would be the biggest story in America and every Republican commentator, congressman, news outlet, would be screaming about it in unison.

Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.

www.cbsnews.com

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 8h

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT

"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts

A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

www.bloomberg.com

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blue line blues @bluelineblues.bsky.social · 1d

Letter-writing Reylos:

Bob Iger, Chairman
The Walt Disney Company
PO Box 350
Burbank, CA 91503-0350

In case you want to join me.

#MakeTheHuntForBenSolo

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 20h

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GeeRaffa @geeraffa.bsky.social · 22h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

🎯🎯

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.

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womaninterrupted.bsky.social @womaninterrupted.bsky.social · 7h

He doesn't know anything about ANYTHING does he?

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15h

One benchmark of a democracy is whether it is willing to hold those who have served at the very highest levels to account.

Can you imagine the United States ever doing something like this?

CNN @cnn.com · 15h

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy enters a prison in Paris on the first day of a five-year sentence https://cnn.it/4hvGEiD

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womaninterrupted.bsky.social @womaninterrupted.bsky.social · 1d

Enough of you bull💩
Like Trump's veins, you're BLOCKED.

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. So The White House
is designated a National Historic Landmark.

That means:

It’s formally recognized as having exceptional national historical significance.

Any substantial changes, demolitions, or new construction affecting it are tightly restricted.

It’s not his house! WTF.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.

Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand

Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand

Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americans—Americans, not illegal—Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare.

And the president’s like, “We don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.”

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