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Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 8h

Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...

Chart showing Trump's net approval compared with this point in previous presidencies. In 2009, Obama's approval at this point was approximately +7, in 2017 Trump's was -16 and in 2021 Biden's was -7

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

Trump Org’s income in the first half of 2024 was $51 million.

In the first half of 2025 it rose to $864 million.

A massive percentage came from foreigners.

It should be the biggest scandal in the history of American politics.

But few even care. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Inside the Trump family’s global crypto cash machine

The U.S. president’s family raked in more than $800 million from sales of crypto assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found, on top of potentially billions more in unrealized “on paper” gains. Much of that cash came from foreign sources as Donald Trump's sons touted their business on an international investor roadshow.

www.reuters.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 21h

Pastor David Black was attacked by ICE while praying for immigrants.

During our shadow hearing in Chicago, he shared his story, his fight, and his demand that we all continue to work to protect immigrant communities.

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE violently detain father & son walking to school—teenage boy had to be rushed to hospital.

"I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!"

The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck.

Houston, Texas.

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COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social · 1d

"People in the media are journalists, not psychologists. They’re used to covering facts, not fantasies. So they don’t know how to react when Donald Trump says or does something that’s mentally deranged," writes @markjacob.bsky.social for Stop the Presses.

Media must cover — not cover up — Trump’s unfitness

The president benefits from the failure to focus on his broken brain

www.stopthepresses.news

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1d

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23h

"In Chicago, everyone is bearing witness to violent federal overreach that now includes unwarranted, unannounced attacks with tear gas." The latest by @newsjennifer.bsky.social.

Trump's ICE agents ramp up tear gas attacks in Chicago

Journalists & citizens are documenting the ICE overreach. That evidence could help hold federal agents accountable in court.

jenniferschulze.substack.com

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 1d

This weekend, I received notice of the 21st death of a person in ICE custody since Trump took office.

These mostly private, for-profit detention centers put their profits over people’s health and safety. There must be increased oversight and accountability.

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parkstreetunder.bsky.social @parkstreetunder.bsky.social · 1d

Love it. Thank you!

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

The Dropkick Murphy's Ken Casey knows you can never take sh*t from a bully. That's why he's standing up and pushing back against the Trump administration with @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.

Bullies like Trump only win when we're silent, so speak up today!

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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 1d

Normalizing the idea of a third Trump term, even as a ‘theory,’ is wildly irresponsible. We need reporters who challenge authoritarian impulses, not those who entertain them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: One theory on how you might try to serve a 3rd term is that you could run at the vice president

TRUMP: Yeah, I'd be allowed to do that. But I would rule that out because it's too cute.

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parkstreetunder.bsky.social @parkstreetunder.bsky.social · 1d

A million times this!!!

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parkstreetunder.bsky.social @parkstreetunder.bsky.social · 1d

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parkstreetunder.bsky.social @parkstreetunder.bsky.social · 1d

When you see the long /health spans of so many kindly people vs the premature aging of the evil (Bove, Miller, Vought) ya gotta wonder if the billionaires are barking up the wrong tree.

parkstreetunder.bsky.social @parkstreetunder.bsky.social · 1d

Why is a newspaper so shy and decorous about stating facts? Isn't that their job?

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Chris Doll @chrisdoll.bsky.social · 2d

Despite all the evidence to the contrary, including their own polls, media outlets still seem to believe that MAGA represents "real Americans," and Trump is way more popular than he is.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.

The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.

No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

My mom was "increasingly mercurial" in the final months of her life, when the dementia became especially pronounced.

Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 2d

Characterizing the technically alive half of a skunk pancaked on the road as increasingly mercurial in the hopes that the barely breathing skid mark rises to the stature of the office

My tweet from 2019:

Trump: (chunk of brain falling out of left ear) the washington post is a russian asset, all blacks are racist (vomits more brain chunk on shoe)

NYT: Like a Valkyrie Headstrong Into a Tempest, a President's Pirouette Endures a Gambit's Self-Test

New York Times:
NEWS ANALYSIS
Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level
Whether because of his increasingly mercurial approach or despite it, President Trump has won some foreign policy victories in his second term. The question now is whether he can build on his record.

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CHOAM Nomsky (frightening) @samthielman.com · 2d

Greg this is your lawyer. I am advising you to keep saying this shit

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2d

Also, Greg Bovino allegedly asked a reporter, “Did Judge Ellis get hit in the head by a rock like I did this morning? … Maybe she needs to see what that’s like before she gives an order like that.”

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

Break the law, face the consequences. That goes for ICE agents who commit illegal acts outside of their official functions.

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parkstreetunder.bsky.social @parkstreetunder.bsky.social · 3d

Lol, my bad!

parkstreetunder.bsky.social @parkstreetunder.bsky.social · 3d

That said. I expect Trump's attempt at creating a dictatorship to fail, due in large part to his morally discrediting use of violence.

parkstreetunder.bsky.social @parkstreetunder.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for the link but, honestly, I think your characterization of the truth that Trump is committing murder as a spicey take is symptomatic of DC squeamishness about saying the truth about what is happening, a genteel aversion to "hyperbole" that Trump is leveraging to commit his many crimes.

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parkstreetunder.bsky.social @parkstreetunder.bsky.social · 3d

Not inevitable perhaps but certainly forseeable. I have been a bit surprised how slowly its implications have operationalized. I fully expected and expect it will be used here against us.

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parkstreetunder.bsky.social @parkstreetunder.bsky.social · 3d

I always thought that Obama's execution of US citizen Abdul al-Alwaki in Yemen was going to come home to roost. The ability to kill anyone anywhere seemed like a bad genie to let out of the bottle.

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