@dcelestel.bsky.social
Happily Married, Mom of Young Adult Kids, Seamstress, Recipe Collector, Reader of Books.
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Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Trump Lawsuit Against IRS Puts Him on Both Sides of the Same Case
President Trump’s lawsuit against the government that he runs presents a mind-bending minefield of conflicts that could end with his appointees approving a federal payout to him.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Trump says regarding his lawsuits vs the US: "I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself ... We could make it a substantial amount, nobody would care, because it's gonna go to... charities."
Well we @democracydefendersfund.org care. It's illegal!
We already filed 1 complaint & will do more
Well we @democracydefendersfund.org care. It's illegal!
We already filed 1 complaint & will do more
February 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Trump says regarding his lawsuits vs the US: "I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself ... We could make it a substantial amount, nobody would care, because it's gonna go to... charities."
Well we @democracydefendersfund.org care. It's illegal!
We already filed 1 complaint & will do more
Well we @democracydefendersfund.org care. It's illegal!
We already filed 1 complaint & will do more
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Portland City Council member
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Portland City Council member
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This is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM
This is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
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North Carolina officials are currently considering a series of proposed rules aimed at undermining the public’s confidence in elections.
One of those rules: flagging certain voters as “presumptive noncitizens” in an attempt to potentially remove them from the rolls.
One of those rules: flagging certain voters as “presumptive noncitizens” in an attempt to potentially remove them from the rolls.
North Carolina weighs investigating ‘presumptive noncitizens’ in latest attack on voting
Republicans took control of the board last year, installing a GOP majority and immediately replacing the long-time, nonpartisan director with a party political operative.
www.democracydocket.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:19 PM
North Carolina officials are currently considering a series of proposed rules aimed at undermining the public’s confidence in elections.
One of those rules: flagging certain voters as “presumptive noncitizens” in an attempt to potentially remove them from the rolls.
One of those rules: flagging certain voters as “presumptive noncitizens” in an attempt to potentially remove them from the rolls.
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Yes, we need ALL the Epstein files.
January 31, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Yes, we need ALL the Epstein files.
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Dreading doing your taxes? Billionaires aren’t.
While Trump does nothing to lower the cost of living for you, he's making it even easier for billionaires to get away with cheating on their taxes.
While Trump does nothing to lower the cost of living for you, he's making it even easier for billionaires to get away with cheating on their taxes.
January 31, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Dreading doing your taxes? Billionaires aren’t.
While Trump does nothing to lower the cost of living for you, he's making it even easier for billionaires to get away with cheating on their taxes.
While Trump does nothing to lower the cost of living for you, he's making it even easier for billionaires to get away with cheating on their taxes.
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How is he still in office?
January 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
How is he still in office?
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Fascists quickly tire of safeguards. Three days ago the head of CISA (🤯!!!) got busted circumventing these safety measures, throwing sensitive government documents into the growing pile of privatized data.
Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT
The interim director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency triggered an internal cybersecurity warning with the uploads — and a DHS-level damage assessment.
www.politico.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Fascists quickly tire of safeguards. Three days ago the head of CISA (🤯!!!) got busted circumventing these safety measures, throwing sensitive government documents into the growing pile of privatized data.
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Chris Hayes: Federal law enforcement increasingly acts at the directions and whims of the aspiring dictator. And in the last few weeks, they have shot and killed two citizens who stood in their way. The wolf is at the door, America.
January 31, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Chris Hayes: Federal law enforcement increasingly acts at the directions and whims of the aspiring dictator. And in the last few weeks, they have shot and killed two citizens who stood in their way. The wolf is at the door, America.
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NEW: Howard Lutnick, the billionaire who serves as President Trump’s commerce secretary, planned a visit to Epstein’s island in 2012.
Lutnick previously claimed that he was so revolted by Epstein that he had cut ties with him years earlier.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Lutnick previously claimed that he was so revolted by Epstein that he had cut ties with him years earlier.
1/6
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Planned Trip to Epstein’s Island
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:26 PM
NEW: Howard Lutnick, the billionaire who serves as President Trump’s commerce secretary, planned a visit to Epstein’s island in 2012.
Lutnick previously claimed that he was so revolted by Epstein that he had cut ties with him years earlier.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Lutnick previously claimed that he was so revolted by Epstein that he had cut ties with him years earlier.
1/6
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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This week’s cover of The Economist.
January 30, 2026 at 2:47 AM
This week’s cover of The Economist.
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Trump is extorting $10 billion from the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service he controls through his appointees in the most massively corrupt shakedown in US history.
It will barely make the mainstream news.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
It will barely make the mainstream news.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
Breaking Bloomberg:
Trump just sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office — potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump just sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office — potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Sues IRS, Treasury for $10 Billion Over Tax-Return Leaks
President Donald Trump sued the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service for at least $10 billion over an unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office, poten...
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Trump is extorting $10 billion from the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service he controls through his appointees in the most massively corrupt shakedown in US history.
It will barely make the mainstream news.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
It will barely make the mainstream news.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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Trump announced today that he was going to keep housing prices up, sued the US taxpayers for $10B, threatened Canada, made a few dozen posts about how he won in 2020, posted about prosecuting Obama for treason, then went to a movie about his wife that Bezos spent $75 million on.
January 30, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Trump announced today that he was going to keep housing prices up, sued the US taxpayers for $10B, threatened Canada, made a few dozen posts about how he won in 2020, posted about prosecuting Obama for treason, then went to a movie about his wife that Bezos spent $75 million on.
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The last 4 polls in our race.
I’m up 2 points but Alaska is a ranked choice voting state so we need to push for well past 50%.
So if you can, you should chip in $2 or $4 (or even $50 😮) to power our fight for fish, family, freedom – and against DC's rigged system.
Link below!
I’m up 2 points but Alaska is a ranked choice voting state so we need to push for well past 50%.
So if you can, you should chip in $2 or $4 (or even $50 😮) to power our fight for fish, family, freedom – and against DC's rigged system.
Link below!
January 29, 2026 at 11:17 PM
The last 4 polls in our race.
I’m up 2 points but Alaska is a ranked choice voting state so we need to push for well past 50%.
So if you can, you should chip in $2 or $4 (or even $50 😮) to power our fight for fish, family, freedom – and against DC's rigged system.
Link below!
I’m up 2 points but Alaska is a ranked choice voting state so we need to push for well past 50%.
So if you can, you should chip in $2 or $4 (or even $50 😮) to power our fight for fish, family, freedom – and against DC's rigged system.
Link below!
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📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:
A report from Sen. @ossoff.senate.gov has uncovered over 1,000 credible reports of abuses in ICE and broader immigration detention facilities — including medical neglect, denial of food and water, mistreatment of children and pregnant women, and physical/sexual abuse. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
A report from Sen. @ossoff.senate.gov has uncovered over 1,000 credible reports of abuses in ICE and broader immigration detention facilities — including medical neglect, denial of food and water, mistreatment of children and pregnant women, and physical/sexual abuse. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
More than 1,000 alleged rights abuses in immigration detention, Ossoff finds
The Georgia Democrat’s office has produced a report that describes “an undeniable pattern of human rights abuses in immigration detention.”
www.ajc.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:
A report from Sen. @ossoff.senate.gov has uncovered over 1,000 credible reports of abuses in ICE and broader immigration detention facilities — including medical neglect, denial of food and water, mistreatment of children and pregnant women, and physical/sexual abuse. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
A report from Sen. @ossoff.senate.gov has uncovered over 1,000 credible reports of abuses in ICE and broader immigration detention facilities — including medical neglect, denial of food and water, mistreatment of children and pregnant women, and physical/sexual abuse. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
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A lot of people gathered tonight outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in D.C. for a vigil memorializing Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.
January 28, 2026 at 11:12 PM
A lot of people gathered tonight outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in D.C. for a vigil memorializing Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.
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This is, quite frankly, complete bullshit. I’ve received more criticism, harassment, and — at one point — calls for my death in the past six months of criticizing this administration than I did in an entire FBI career of investigations, operations, and arrests. And I never wore a goddamn mask.
Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."
January 28, 2026 at 11:45 PM
This is, quite frankly, complete bullshit. I’ve received more criticism, harassment, and — at one point — calls for my death in the past six months of criticizing this administration than I did in an entire FBI career of investigations, operations, and arrests. And I never wore a goddamn mask.
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On camera, immigration agents are shooting and killing people in broad daylight.
Behind closed doors, ICE is also killing people with chokeholds, medical neglect, inadequate food, and other inhumane conditions. The needless deaths and suffering must end.
Behind closed doors, ICE is also killing people with chokeholds, medical neglect, inadequate food, and other inhumane conditions. The needless deaths and suffering must end.
Deaths in ICE custody reach 20-year high amid Trump enforcement push
Rights groups say overcrowding and long stays are to blame.
www.axios.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:19 PM
On camera, immigration agents are shooting and killing people in broad daylight.
Behind closed doors, ICE is also killing people with chokeholds, medical neglect, inadequate food, and other inhumane conditions. The needless deaths and suffering must end.
Behind closed doors, ICE is also killing people with chokeholds, medical neglect, inadequate food, and other inhumane conditions. The needless deaths and suffering must end.
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Meanwhile, Trump says we don’t have enough money for these programs:
The highly successful Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act
FEMA preparedness grants
Funding at the EPA to support clean drinking water
Heating assistance for low-income households
Feeding starving children here and abroad
The highly successful Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act
FEMA preparedness grants
Funding at the EPA to support clean drinking water
Heating assistance for low-income households
Feeding starving children here and abroad
January 28, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Meanwhile, Trump says we don’t have enough money for these programs:
The highly successful Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act
FEMA preparedness grants
Funding at the EPA to support clean drinking water
Heating assistance for low-income households
Feeding starving children here and abroad
The highly successful Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act
FEMA preparedness grants
Funding at the EPA to support clean drinking water
Heating assistance for low-income households
Feeding starving children here and abroad
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Small island states rate China as top development partner as West cuts aid reut.rs/4qIFO5R
Small island states rate China as top development partner as West cuts aid
A survey of small island developing nations such as Mauritius and the Maldives showed China rated as the top bilateral development assistance partner amid U.S. aid cuts and Washington's pivot away from climate change, a report by ODI Global found.
reut.rs
January 28, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Small island states rate China as top development partner as West cuts aid reut.rs/4qIFO5R
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"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.
#AccountabilityIsComing
#AccountabilityIsComing
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.
#AccountabilityIsComing
#AccountabilityIsComing
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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