Blind Melon
@theblindmelon.bsky.social
🇨🇦 "God Damn... that Bible Pushing Man"
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Remember that 80% of the ACA subsidies about to expire go to people in states that Trump won in 2024.
Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
More Than 3 in 4 ACA Marketplace Enrollees Live in States Won by President Trump in 2024
As Democrats push for an extension of the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits, new data from KFF show the extent to which states won by Trump in 2024 have come to rely on the ACA Marketplaces and the t...
www.kff.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Remember that 80% of the ACA subsidies about to expire go to people in states that Trump won in 2024.
Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
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This is not a normal DOJ function. Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters meeting with Justice Department officials to push action against the very prosecutors who charged them crosses into political retaliation and undermines DOJ independence and the rule of law.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
They prosecuted the Capitol rioters. Now the rioters and the DOJ are after them.
After Trump’s mass pardons of the U.S. Capitol rioters, some have gained influence inside the Justice Department. The January 6 prosecutors describe mounting threats, harassment and fear of lasting da...
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is not a normal DOJ function. Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters meeting with Justice Department officials to push action against the very prosecutors who charged them crosses into political retaliation and undermines DOJ independence and the rule of law.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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WP claims that Russia is telling the U.S. to take frozen Russian assets from the EU and hand them back to Moscow in exchange for a “share,” arguing the White House should help Russia reclaim the funds. They assert that if the EU doesn’t return the assets, the U.S. will do it instead.
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
WP claims that Russia is telling the U.S. to take frozen Russian assets from the EU and hand them back to Moscow in exchange for a “share,” arguing the White House should help Russia reclaim the funds. They assert that if the EU doesn’t return the assets, the U.S. will do it instead.
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This is the same grievance-driven, us-vs-them rhetoric historians associate with fascist movements: claiming the nation was exploited by outsiders, blaming migrants, and promising redemption through military power and “destiny.” Different era, same playbook.
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is the same grievance-driven, us-vs-them rhetoric historians associate with fascist movements: claiming the nation was exploited by outsiders, blaming migrants, and promising redemption through military power and “destiny.” Different era, same playbook.
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A Timeline of Trump’s Strikes on Vessels He Says Are Smuggling Drugs
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the hate group expanding its presence in Tennessee
They are the largest hate group in America, wrapping themselves in the red-white-and-blue of the flag, marching into the middle of American cities and claiming to be patriots.
www.newschannel5.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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Look at the smarmy, condescending face on the prick!
POILIEVRE: *touts 2025 election accomplishments*
VASSY: But you lost. At the end of the day, you lost — right?
#cdnpoli
POILIEVRE: *touts 2025 election accomplishments*
VASSY: But you lost. At the end of the day, you lost — right?
#cdnpoli
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Look at the smarmy, condescending face on the prick!
POILIEVRE: *touts 2025 election accomplishments*
VASSY: But you lost. At the end of the day, you lost — right?
#cdnpoli
POILIEVRE: *touts 2025 election accomplishments*
VASSY: But you lost. At the end of the day, you lost — right?
#cdnpoli
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Here’s the “study.“ I mean it does seem like there’s an association there, to be sure, but the analysis is…problematic on several levels
Actually, Most Americans Are Fine With Jews
So everyone needs to stop pretending otherwise.
thecausalfallacy.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here’s the “study.“ I mean it does seem like there’s an association there, to be sure, but the analysis is…problematic on several levels
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Jesus Christ. 😞
ICE surround judge's car threatening to smash windows—then arrest his high school intern.
Agents handcuff teenager to detain him—until judge loudly demands they check ID to confirm they had wrong person.
Court security noticed masked men sneaking pictures of the boy —so the judge tried to help.
Agents handcuff teenager to detain him—until judge loudly demands they check ID to confirm they had wrong person.
Court security noticed masked men sneaking pictures of the boy —so the judge tried to help.
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Jesus Christ. 😞
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“.. By my count, today's $12B farmer bailout is the FIFTH thing that Trump's tariffs were gonna pay for.”
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December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
“.. By my count, today's $12B farmer bailout is the FIFTH thing that Trump's tariffs were gonna pay for.”
- @scottlincicome.bsky.social
- @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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The CEO of Paramount reportedly offered to make changes to President Donald Trump’s least favorite news network.
Trump’s Secret Plot to Make CNN MAGA Is Revealed
The CEO of Paramount reportedly offered to make changes to President Donald Trump’s least favorite news network.
trib.al
December 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The CEO of Paramount reportedly offered to make changes to President Donald Trump’s least favorite news network.
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NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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 12:32 PM
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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it does feel like an intense societal problem that the founder of palantir, the biggest survellience company, thinks like this
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
it does feel like an intense societal problem that the founder of palantir, the biggest survellience company, thinks like this
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Chris Hayes: Trump keeps justifying the killing of more than 80 men on boats in the Caribbean as a way to save Americans from drugs, but just this week he pardoned a man who helped traffic more than 500 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
‘500 tons of cocaine’: Trump pardons trafficker who helped flood U.S. with drugs
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Chris Hayes: Trump keeps justifying the killing of more than 80 men on boats in the Caribbean as a way to save Americans from drugs, but just this week he pardoned a man who helped traffic more than 500 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
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There are well upwards of a BILLION dollars (of OUR money) this year funneled to projects designed specifically to make Trump feel Good about himself: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trumps private and public furious response to the onrush of media coverage about his mind, health, age, sleep…
Trumps private and public furious response to the onrush of media coverage about his mind, health, age, sleep…
December 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
There are well upwards of a BILLION dollars (of OUR money) this year funneled to projects designed specifically to make Trump feel Good about himself: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trumps private and public furious response to the onrush of media coverage about his mind, health, age, sleep…
Trumps private and public furious response to the onrush of media coverage about his mind, health, age, sleep…
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“There are a lot of disturbing aspects. But this is one of the most disturbing.”
Boat Strike Survivors Clung to Wreckage for Some 45 Minutes Before U.S. Military Killed Them
“There are a lot of disturbing aspects. But this is one of the most disturbing.”
interc.pt
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“There are a lot of disturbing aspects. But this is one of the most disturbing.”
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"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
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1/ US foreign policy increasingly a tool of insider clique rent extraction — Trump family edition. New Forbes estimates 10 fold wealth increase For Eric Trump. This is what neo-royalism looks like.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...
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 2:21 PM
1/ US foreign policy increasingly a tool of insider clique rent extraction — Trump family edition. New Forbes estimates 10 fold wealth increase For Eric Trump. This is what neo-royalism looks like.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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Put millionaire tax cheats in charge of collecting taxes and...
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🚨 Big SCOOP 🚨
Tax revenue could fall by as much as **10%** this year, per sources, as taxpayers and businesses see the Trump admin as less likely to challenge tax cheats.
That'd be **$500 BILLION** in lost revenue.
It'd nearly double the tax gap in a single year.
Tax revenue could fall by as much as **10%** this year, per sources, as taxpayers and businesses see the Trump admin as less likely to challenge tax cheats.
That'd be **$500 BILLION** in lost revenue.
It'd nearly double the tax gap in a single year.
Tax revenue could drop by 10 percent amid turmoil at IRS
Staff cuts and disruptions related to the U.S. DOGE Service have officials bracing for a sharp loss of revenue.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Put millionaire tax cheats in charge of collecting taxes and...
bsky.app/profile/jaco...
bsky.app/profile/jaco...
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Millionaires+ are evading an estimated 115X this much.
HT @thecynicist.bsky.social
www.cnbc.com/2024/02/22/t...
HT @thecynicist.bsky.social
www.cnbc.com/2024/02/22/t...
Tax evasion by millionaires and billionaires tops $150 billion a year, says IRS chief
The IRS, with billions of dollars in new funding from Congress, has launched a sweeping crackdown on wealthy individuals, partnerships and large companies.
www.cnbc.com
September 8, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Millionaires+ are evading an estimated 115X this much.
HT @thecynicist.bsky.social
www.cnbc.com/2024/02/22/t...
HT @thecynicist.bsky.social
www.cnbc.com/2024/02/22/t...
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U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty
Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are sending a large share of their profits out of the country to their shareholders in the United States, the CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation warns in an opi...
www.theenergymix.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
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Canada’s beautiful forests are burning down because of fossil fuels.
And the reason Canadians keep doing it is baffling: to increase the profits of U.S. Corporations.
It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic for the entire planet.
And the reason Canadians keep doing it is baffling: to increase the profits of U.S. Corporations.
It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic for the entire planet.
Honestly Canada: your country is burning down - quite literally - because of fossil fuel addiction.
And you’re continuing to expand fossil fuel extraction FOR AMERICA - and who makes the profit? AMERICAN CORPORATIONS.
Holy fuck please just wake the fuck up.
And you’re continuing to expand fossil fuel extraction FOR AMERICA - and who makes the profit? AMERICAN CORPORATIONS.
Holy fuck please just wake the fuck up.
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Canada’s beautiful forests are burning down because of fossil fuels.
And the reason Canadians keep doing it is baffling: to increase the profits of U.S. Corporations.
It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic for the entire planet.
And the reason Canadians keep doing it is baffling: to increase the profits of U.S. Corporations.
It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic for the entire planet.
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🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸 Europe demands that Trump not absolve Russia of responsibility for war crimes in Ukraine — negotiators must ensure this, — Politico.
“If we do this, allowing impunity for these crimes, we will sow the seeds of aggression and subsequent invasion. This will be a historic mistake."
“If we do this, allowing impunity for these crimes, we will sow the seeds of aggression and subsequent invasion. This will be a historic mistake."
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸 Europe demands that Trump not absolve Russia of responsibility for war crimes in Ukraine — negotiators must ensure this, — Politico.
“If we do this, allowing impunity for these crimes, we will sow the seeds of aggression and subsequent invasion. This will be a historic mistake."
“If we do this, allowing impunity for these crimes, we will sow the seeds of aggression and subsequent invasion. This will be a historic mistake."