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Mitch King @mitchking.bsky.social · Sep 21

Ways We Should Consider Amending the Constitution When We Get out of This Mess

1. 18 year term limits for Supreme Court Justices

2. Additional requirements for presidential candidates, including upper age limit, no felony convictions, neuropsych eval, ability to pass background check…

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

The first time the Confederate flag ever paraded through the US Capitol was on January 6, 2021.

The first time the White House was damaged in over 200 years since the US rebuilt in the 1820s after the British burned it in the war of 1812 was mid October, 2025.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 19h

This entire article is worth your time. We no longer have a government in any real sense. We have a gang that uses state power to punish opponents and reward supporters, sometimes for the same behavior

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 19h

DOJ declined to bring charges against two people who threatened to kill @ericswalwell.bsky.social this year, @nbcnews.com reports: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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Mitch King @mitchking.bsky.social · 13h

Pretty sure you weren’t supposed to share that payment.

Mitch King @mitchking.bsky.social · 17h

I feel like there should have been a public comment period before this happened.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

Important to note that it's New York STATE that brought charges against the J6er that threatened Hakeem Jeffries. Not the DOJ.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 19h

DOJ declined to bring charges against two people who threatened to kill @ericswalwell.bsky.social this year, @nbcnews.com reports: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 18h

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Mitch King @mitchking.bsky.social · 17h

Well that will help with inflation.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Goldman: "We are combining the weaponization of the DOJ with his grift and corruption to make money off the presidency. It is completely absurd. Trump would've been convicted at trial in both of those cases. The only reason they went away is bc he won the election...it's a shakedown of his own govt"

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 21h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

This is the asymmetry in our politics and media. If this was the other way around, Biden had pardoned someone then charged with trying to kill Trump, it would be the biggest story in America and every Republican commentator, congressman, news outlet, would be screaming about it in unison.

Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.

www.cbsnews.com

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Mitch King @mitchking.bsky.social · 18h

Why would you send someone to check a shelf for something you’re claiming they already found? I feel like the story itself is a sign of cottage cheese brain and the repetition suggests there’s mold growing on that cheese.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅

#Ugh🤢✅

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Mitch King @mitchking.bsky.social · 18h

Someone needs to ask if he knows ANYTHING AT ALL. He needs to be made self-conscious about this avoidance mechanism so he’ll think twice about using it.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 1d

See the issue is that Trump ran on releasing on the Epstein files, and Bondi said she had them sitting on her desk ready to go, and then Elon Musk tweeted that Trump was in them and they were suddenly deemed a hoax and Ghislaine was moved to a spa prison, so you can understand the fresh intrigue

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "Suddenly now, they've somehow convinced themselves that the Epstein files will be damaging to President Trump and Republicans in some way that they've imagined, and so they feign outrage."

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Mitch King @mitchking.bsky.social · 19h

Dang! That’s some rapid growth!

Mitch King @mitchking.bsky.social · 19h

We know.

Mitch King @mitchking.bsky.social · 19h

Who could have foreseen that violent criminals would revert to violence again if pardoned?

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1d

A Jan 6th rioter pardoned by Trump has been charged with threatening House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who spoke during the No Kings rallies.

“Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live,” the pardoned rioter wrote.

www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...

Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.

www.cbsnews.com

Mitch King @mitchking.bsky.social · 19h

Barr’s father had hired Epstein to work in a school he ran. And Acosta is responsible for the sweetheart deal. So they both have reasons to want this to go away.

Mitch King @mitchking.bsky.social · 19h

Between the content of the literal sh**posting and the demolition of part of the White House, it feels like Metaphor Week, with actual follow thru.

Mitch King @mitchking.bsky.social · 1d

Didn’t Trump sign an executive order to increase penalties for people who vandalize federal property?

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure why this image is so shocking, given everything he’s done but: it’s shocking!

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

www.washingtonpost.com

Mitch King @mitchking.bsky.social · 1d

Someone mischievous could make a supercut of Republicans saying that they hate America.

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

tl;dr Trump:

"I don't know anything about Project 2025 but I did try to get its principal author laid."

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

So, per reporting from Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng, in today’s new ‘First Draft’ newsletter, Trump tried to get a newly-divorced Russ Vought, Project 2025 architect & now budget chief, laid at Mar-a-Lago.

The details are, ahem, as crude as you’d expect from Trump.
zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...

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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 1d

The survivor of a U.S. strike on a submersible vessel accused by the Trump administration of transporting drugs in the Caribbean was released by authorities in Ecuador after prosecutors said they had no evidence he committed a crime.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Ecuador says it has no evidence that survivor of US strike in Caribbean committed any crime

He was released by authorities in the South American nation.

www.politico.com

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