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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 8h

🚨🚨🚨 Governor Hochul holds nothing back in a sharp, yet poetic response to a question about exposed texts. 1/2

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Awarded by: “Donald Trump (2020) Limbaugh was a far-right radio host known for inflammatory, divisive rhetoric on race, gender, and politics.”

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Since - “1958 A package of $329 million in credits was provided by the U.S. Treasury, the Export-Import Bank, and other financial institutions.“ my God imagine how much money they’ve been getting from America since 1958?!

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“In 2025, the U.S. provided a $20 billion currency swap to Argentina's central bank to help stabilize its economy. The U.S. has also historically provided Argentina with economic, scientific, and security assistance”

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Consider the source America -

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Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence

Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking.

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www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence

Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking.

www.npr.org

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CC @casaconnie.bsky.social · 6h

“On January 20, 2025, Trump issued a proclamation titled "Granting Pardons and Commutation of Sentences for Certain Offenses Relating to the Events at or Near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".

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“Lawmakers frequently use advanced computer software to manipulate district lines with high precision to maximize their party's advantage.”

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“President Donald Trump has been pushing red states across the country to redesign their congressional maps as Democrats fight to retake control over the House, leading California to counter with its own push that voters will decide on next month.” -

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Politico @politico.com · 7h

Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that could gut the Voting Rights Act by barring states from considering race when drawing district lines — an outcome that stands to upend next year's midterms.

The Supreme Court has chipped away at the Voting Rights Act for years. Will this case be the final blow?

The case centers on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the key provision of the law that broadly prohibits discrimination in voting practices on the basis of race or creed.

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CC @casaconnie.bsky.social · 6h

Just another reason to get out there and peacefully protest!

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“These lawyers are paid via a contingency fee / contractual retainer arrangement, plus they recover legal fees and costs awarded in the court judgments.”

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Yeah, I bet his legal team is being paid.

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Alex Jones hasn’t paid his Sandy Hook victims as he continues to manipulate the process.

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Release the Epstein files

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Not everybody is motivated by money or greed. A concept that they can’t wrap their head around.

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Plagued by legal woes, alleged Shapiro attacker espoused murky political views • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

“One definitely has to consider that he firebombed a Jewish governor’s residence on Passover. I don’t think that can be ignored.”

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In 2023, he was charged with assault involving his family (his wife and stepson) in Dauphin County.

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In 2023, he was charged with assault involving his family (his wife and stepson) in Dauphin County.
penncapital-star.com/criminal-jus...

Plagued by legal woes, alleged Shapiro attacker espoused murky political views • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

“One definitely has to consider that he firebombed a Jewish governor’s residence on Passover. I don’t think that can be ignored.”

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Projection

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Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program (HASP). HASP is not a pure “forgiveness program” in itself; it is more like a funding/incentive vehicle that states can use to push hospitals to do debt relief and change their policies.

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“Harris concluded, “In effect, unpaid medical bills are being shifted from patients to federal taxpayers through a circular funding scheme.”

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CC @casaconnie.bsky.social · 8h

“The shooting came as people celebrated homecoming weekend” - the age of the shooters range 25 -44.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 19h

A Florida judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the planned transfer of prime downtown Miami land for Donald Trump’s future presidential library.

Florida judge temporarily blocks transfer of downtown Miami land for Trump's presidential library

A Florida judge has temporarily blocked the planned transfer of prime downtown Miami land for Donald Trump’s future presidential library.

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