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john60612.bsky.social @john60612.bsky.social · 12m

Interesting commentary. So basically, donOLD has had 21 innocent people killed at sea. That sounds like a war crime to me.

Murder on the high seas points to what Trump has planned for home

Last weekend, Donald Trump ordered another summary execution of people on a fishing boat off the Venezuelan coast. The administration claims the dead were engaged in drug trafficking. Despite internat...

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john60612.bsky.social @john60612.bsky.social · 15m

Great news for those of us in Chicago and for those of us that believe in democracy.

Appeals court blocks Trump from deploying National Guard on streets of Chicago

Donald Trump on Saturday got hit with a legal loss when an appeals court blocked his administration from deploying the National Guard on the streets of Chicago, Illinois.NBC News legal affairs reporte...

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john60612.bsky.social @john60612.bsky.social · 24m

Keeping the grift in the family.

'Make himself richer': Jared Kushner said to have 'played' Trump to grease his own pockets

Donald Trump's son-in-law just "played the president," according to a controversial writer.Michael Wolff, a journalist who has written four books about Trump, claimed on a recent episode of the podcas...

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john60612.bsky.social @john60612.bsky.social · 33m

And the grift goes on…

‘That’s the MAGA playbook’: Crypto trade made moments before Trump post raises eyebrows

An anonymous online cryptocurrency trader reportedly scored an $88 million profit after making a lofty bet that the value of Bitcoin would plummet, a bet that was made just before a major tariff annou...

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john60612.bsky.social @john60612.bsky.social · 34m

The Israeli people have had it with Bibi. I hope an election is called soon.

‘Let me finish my thought!’ Trump’s envoy shouted down by Israelis after hailing Netanyahu

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, was shouted down in Israel Saturday after hailing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as being instrumental in the Gaza ...

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john60612.bsky.social @john60612.bsky.social · 39m

Dementia donOLD does it again. You would think someone would have told him prices couldn’t be lowered by more than 100%.

Trump’s ‘growing inability to form thoughts’ on full display during presser: journalist

President Donald Trump proudly touted a new deal Friday his administration had reached with a British drugmaker to lower drug costs, and as high as “1,000%” in some cases, a claim that journalist Jaso...

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john60612.bsky.social @john60612.bsky.social · 48m

Federal judges are sounding the alarm about SCOTUS.

‘War zone’: Multiple federal judges unite in blistering Supreme Court warning

A majority of federal judges who spoke with The New York Times recently – many of them appointed by Republican presidents – are sounding the alarm on the Supreme Court’s increased use of its emergency...

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john60612.bsky.social @john60612.bsky.social · 51m

HHS is getting even worse. Bobby’s gotta go.

Horror as 'Friday night massacre' lays off entire DC office of disease experts

The Trump administration has carried out mass layoffs of federal public health officials that experts warn will leave the US dangerously unprepared to handle disease outbreaks.As reported by The New Y...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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john60612.bsky.social @john60612.bsky.social · 59m

Great, and yes scary, commentary by Thom Hartmann.

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 10d

In a decision issued October 1, 2025, Reagan-appointed U.S. District Judge William Young includes a postcard sent to him saying “Trump has pardons and tanks ... what do you have?" He responds "Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, We the People ... have our magnificent Constitution."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

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Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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wesmontgomery.bsky.social @wesmontgomery.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 6h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Imagine that

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Truthout @truthout.org · 3h

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care.

ICE Is Putting Pregnant Immigrants — and Their Children — at Risk

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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ChuckCjmmn @chuckcjmmn.bsky.social · 1d

The imbeciles at the White House need nonstop help correcting their propaganda.

I fixed this one for Karolying Leaveit! Feel free to use or share!

#DefendersOfDemocracy

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

We've all heard that there is no free lunch.

Well, guess what?

There is no free 747 either.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 1d

January 6th thugs = ICE thugs…

Political cartoon by: Clay Jones

ICE agents standing in front of small children saying to each other: It’s easier putting children in zip ties than it was storming the Capitol…

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spursiceman.bsky.social @spursiceman.bsky.social · Feb 21

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...

Tell President Trump and Elon Musk: HANDS OFF OUR SOCIAL SECURITY

Trump is giving Elon Musk the power to steal benefits that people earned. He's using the standard MAGA Republican playbook: Make an issue out of a non-issue, cause chaos, and then get rid of it and cl...

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