@mjg21.bsky.social
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mjg21.bsky.social
It’s all about the grift, and it always has been. And no matter how much they steal, it’s NEVER enough.
schooley.bsky.social
It’s no wonder that Trump has such a twisted view of war and sacrifice. And the utility of bribes.
Donald was seven years old, and his father was brought before a U.S. Senate committee investigating abuses in a housing program for war veterans and middle class families. President Eisenhower had been outraged to learn of the bribes that developers paid to bureaucrats and of the alleged profiteering practiced by Trump and others. Ike called them "sons of bitches."
As federal investigators had discovered, the elder Trump had collected an extra $1.7 million in rent-equivalent to $15 million today-before beginning to pay back his low-cost government loan. He was able to do this because a bureaucrat named Clyde Powell approved the paperwork.
Powell, who had never been paid more than a modest government salary, had mysteriously amassed a small fortune. (While it was clear Powell accepted bribes, the sources were never officially identified.) In addition to collecting the extra rent, Trump paid himself a substantial architect's fee. And he charged inflated rents based on an estimate of construction costs that was far greater than what he actually spent. All of this was legal, even if it did victimize taxpayers, veterans, and other renters.
mjg21.bsky.social
At what point I wonder will rank and file MAGA realize they’ve been conned? If you’re MAGA and you’re not part of the grift, Trump’s regime is screwing you, right now, in ways you aren’t even aware of. Doesn’t that make you angry?
marymcnamara.bsky.social
Gun rights folks are seething. They want Pam Bondi fired. And I gotta say - I don’t blame them.
mjg21.bsky.social
It’s time for Illinois law enforcement to enforce the laws. Stop these vehicles and when they resist, arrest and jail them. ICE will figure out it’s not worth the trouble and pull back. #TACO Let ICE Barbie whine and Little Stevie rant some more. Screw them.
mjg21.bsky.social
Mike Johnson is scared of people in dinosaur costumes.
mjg21.bsky.social
Please continue to stand firm and do not negotiate. Do not legitimize this Regime’s crimes by giving the funding to continue their lawlessness.
mjg21.bsky.social
I’m a huge football fan and I do not want Mike Fucking Johnson or any other politician telling me who my SB halftime performer should be. And frankly I’m surprised pipsqueak Mike even knows what a football is. Sure knows how to protect pedophiles though!
mjg21.bsky.social
It’s hard to make people actually believe the elder Trump has dementia when his offspring sound just as demented.
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joshtpm.bsky.social
I’ve been worried a lot that this is right. Gold is skyrocketing in value because the world is losing faith in the role of US as guarantor/backstop of global economy open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Ingots We Trust
Are soaring gold prices telling us something important?
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mjg21.bsky.social
No! They own this and they don’t get to “distance themselves” from the calamity they helped unleash on the rest of us. Fuck these assholes.
mjg21.bsky.social
You have to understand that Little Stevie is color blind. He can only see black and brown crime.
mjg21.bsky.social
Spoken like a man hiding from a simple truth.
mjg21.bsky.social
So POTUS is now in the soybean business. Some free market we’ve got here….
mjg21.bsky.social
@govpritzker.illinois.gov Respectfully suggest you go to Broadview and other areas of ICE activity and see it for yourself
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chriswarcraft.bsky.social
I am once again calling on state governors to mobilize their National Guards to escort congressmembers into ICE facilities so they can DO THEIR LAWFULLY ASSIGNED FEDERAL DUTIES
mjg21.bsky.social
Check that, not confused. Just dumb as a sack of rocks.
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coloradotravis.bsky.social
I cannot emphasize enough that this administration shouldn’t get 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 from the Dems until they start obeying the law.

Not. One.

Optics matter: if you want people to turn out next election despite troops in the streets, then show them it matters.

Do your goddamn jobs and hold the line.
mjg21.bsky.social
When did Jabba the Hutt get elected to Congress?
mjg21.bsky.social
@govpritzker.illinois.gov Sir I implore you to defend your citizens. They are under attack.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.
Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.

Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.

“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”
mjg21.bsky.social
I’m sure Papa Adolf would be very proud of his little boy today.
mjg21.bsky.social
This just in, this guy’s just been appointed special assistant to Stephen Miller.