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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 15m

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The Protection Against Racial Gerrymandering in Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Constitutional. Just Read Section 2 of the 14th Amendment.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1h

NEW: Abu Dhabi’s MGX is suddenly everywhere in Trump’s Washington—

📱 TikTok’s possible new US ownership

💰 A $2B Binance deal using Trump’s stablecoin

💻 A 51% stake in Intel’s Altera unit—and US taxpayers own 9.9% of Intel

Me, for @forbes.com

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What Is MGX? Abu Dhabi Fund Linked To TikTok And Trump’s USD1 Crypto

Founded in 2024, the Abu Dhabi investment vehicle has quickly become a major force in Trump administration deals, from the reported TikTok restructuring to a controversial $2 billion investment in Bin...

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 7h

GREAT Public Notice summary of Comey case to-date.
... and a few incredulous chuckles along the way.
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The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 20h

🚨 NO KINGS DAY 10/18/25
Charlie Sykes says:
BRING LOTS OF AMERICAN FLAGS!
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Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) on Threads

If you're planning to attend a 'No Kings' rally on Saturday, @charlie_j_sykes has some advice

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 21h

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Mike Luckovich (@mikeluckovich) on Threads

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 23h

One thing right...
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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 23h

I guess they didn't give him a hearing test at that check-up 🤦

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 23h

All that disgusting in a single photo.

MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 23h

Every time you want to feel hope for the future ...
😮‍💨

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

And Rubio smirks while JD laughs on cue.
Usha should be so proud to see her husband degrading women. I'm sure that's why she worked hard to achieve her own law degree -- shaming other working women. 🙄😤 Some of these wives REALLY disappoint.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

So utterly corrupt

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

Already toting these up in Oslo as I put to next year's Nobel Peace Prize.

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

Already crumbling ???
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Israel to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for fragile ceasefire

U.S. President Donald Trump says wants back dead hostages held in Gaza. The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilatio...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

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Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 1d

seriously, people do not understand just how much we subsidize the existence of rural America

remember when people criticized USAID for making up huge chunks of poor countries' government budgets?

anyways: wvpolicy.org/federal-fund...

Federal Funds Make Up Half of West Virginia's Budget; Cuts Would Shift Hundreds of Millions in Costs to State - West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy

Federal dollars support a wide array of public services and systems that touch the lives of all West Virginians — from health care and food assistance to child care and public schools. Under both the ...

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Not even bothering to hide it anymore

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

Is admitting ineptitude their new position?

MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

Read this a little before 6:00AM (in email).
Never knew before that I could sigh so deeply so early 😮‍💨

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: in chapter nineteen of the Second Treatise, John Locke writes that when the legislative power is usurped from that body in which the People have placed it, and exercised instead by a person or body not authorized to do so by the People, government is dissolved

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d

Congress no longer holds the power of the purse, the executive can just do whatever they want with federal monies

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

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Manufactured Drama

ICE violence in Chicago is real, but it's also made for Instagram

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

May reflect future use of Elon's SpaceX 🤷

MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, DJT, let's congratulate this California university on winning 5 NOBEL PRIZES!!!

University of California sets world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

University of California sets world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week

The UC system made history this week, as its faculty and alumni won five Nobel Prizes across medicine, physics and chemistry — the most ever awarded to a single institution in one year.

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 2d

Catturd is having an existential crisis.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Crazy week.

MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 2d

CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY
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Ray French (@amlfighter69) on Threads

What better way to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day than this? Bonus: they're Veterans.

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