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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 14h

"The endgame for Trump, Vance, Noem, and Bondi is coming into clearer focus, and it’s nearly a one-for-one, step-by-step implementation of Nazi jurist/philosopher Carl Schmitt’s ideas that created and sustained the early Third Reich."

By @hartmannreport.com

Plenary Power: The Final Step in Trump’s American Autocracy

How the Insurrection Act could become the 21st-century Enabling Act, with six justices and the GOP standing by…

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 10h

If she wins, she'll be 79 when assuming office. Meanwhile Graham Platner, the progressive challenger is 41. Schumer has been pushing Mills to enter the race despite the popularity of Platner. The Democratic establishment will go to great lengths in order to keep the Left out of government.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills to run for Senate, seeking to dislodge Susan Collins

Mills, a two-term governor, will join an already crowded field of Democratic candidates hoping to challenge the Republican who has held the seat for nearly three decades.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 9h

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 10h

You bet. He leads Collins 48 to 32 in the polls. Mills leads by a single percentage point. There's zero reason for her to enter the race, except to siphon off support for Platner. They'd rather risk losing another election to Collins than have Platner winning. Collins is politically closer to them.

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 10h

Platner stands a better chance than Mills, but that doesn't matter to the likes of Chuck Schumer and the donor class he represents.

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 10h

If she wins, she'll be 79 when assuming office. Meanwhile Graham Platner, the progressive challenger is 41. Schumer has been pushing Mills to enter the race despite the popularity of Platner. The Democratic establishment will go to great lengths in order to keep the Left out of government.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills to run for Senate, seeking to dislodge Susan Collins

Mills, a two-term governor, will join an already crowded field of Democratic candidates hoping to challenge the Republican who has held the seat for nearly three decades.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 17h

It bears repeating that the president cannot legally cut, block, or reallocate congressionally approved funding on a whim. Doing so violates both the Constitution’s separation of powers and federal law.

The media seems to forget that on a daily basis.

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 12h

My cat just woke up and asked if they released the Epstein files yet.

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 13h

Plot twist.

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 17h

In Tennessee, sharing a Trump meme in a local Facebook group could get you charged with a Class E felony for ‘threatening mass violence.’

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 14h

"The endgame for Trump, Vance, Noem, and Bondi is coming into clearer focus, and it’s nearly a one-for-one, step-by-step implementation of Nazi jurist/philosopher Carl Schmitt’s ideas that created and sustained the early Third Reich."

By @hartmannreport.com

Plenary Power: The Final Step in Trump’s American Autocracy

How the Insurrection Act could become the 21st-century Enabling Act, with six justices and the GOP standing by…

hartmannreport.com

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 17h

It bears repeating that the president cannot legally cut, block, or reallocate congressionally approved funding on a whim. Doing so violates both the Constitution’s separation of powers and federal law.

The media seems to forget that on a daily basis.

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently, the US can afford to bail out an entire country led by a Trump ally who drove his nation into the ground with a catastrophic experiment in libertarianism, but we can’t afford cancer research or clean energy.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans are redrawing districts to add more House seats.

SCOTUS may gut what's left of the VRA in a move that could net Republicans an additional 19 House seats.

Trump is practicing for invading blue states before the midterms.

And a Republican just bought Dominion Voting Systems.

Etc.

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 1d

Dude should be tarred, feathered and run out of the Democratic Party. Not even Manchin was this far gone.

John Fetterman: 'I'll be the Democrat leading the committee' for Trump's Nobel Prize

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) offered to be the "Democrat leading the committee" to campaign for President Donald Trump to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.On Thursday, Fox News host Aishah Hasnie asked Fe...

www.rawstory.com

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 1d

Bush got Saddam.
Obama got Bin Laden.
Trump got Antifa's girlfriend.

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 1d

“She plays to an audience of 200 people,” says one Hollywood executive with ties to Weiss. “It just happens to be that audience is made up of people like Jeff Bezos and Bill Ackman. The superrich fucking love her. She’s funny, she’s smart and she’s aligned with their politics.”

Inside Bari Weiss’ $150 Million Journey From Rejected ‘View’ Host to CBS News Editor-in-Chief: ‘She’s Just Gaming the System’

How Bari Weiss sold The Free Press for $150 Million, charmed the superrich and became CBS News editor-in-chief.

variety.com

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 1d

Economic populism is popular, actually.

Democratic candidates can win Rust Belt voters by … attacking the Democratic party | Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara

Voters support progressive economic populism, our survey shows. They just don’t trust Democrats to deliver it

www.theguardian.com

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN earlier Tuesday that he would swear her in “as soon as she wants.”

Speaker Johnson said he’d swear in new House Democrat ‘as soon as she wants.’ Now Republicans are backtracking | CNN Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN earlier Tuesday that he wo...

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 1d

I've said it before and I'll say it again: There is no path forward for liberal democracy in America that doesn't go through major court reform and it should be the very top priority for Democrats to get that done.

‘The stakes are quite large’: US supreme court case could gut Voting Rights Act

Court’s decision in Louisiana v Callais could limit voters from challenging racial discriminatory districts

www.theguardian.com

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN earlier Tuesday that he would swear her in “as soon as she wants.”

Speaker Johnson said he’d swear in new House Democrat ‘as soon as she wants.’ Now Republicans are backtracking | CNN Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN earlier Tuesday that he wo...

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 1d

Being a politician sure pays well.

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 1d

Economic populism is popular, actually.

Democratic candidates can win Rust Belt voters by … attacking the Democratic party | Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara

Voters support progressive economic populism, our survey shows. They just don’t trust Democrats to deliver it

www.theguardian.com

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 1d

“She plays to an audience of 200 people,” says one Hollywood executive with ties to Weiss. “It just happens to be that audience is made up of people like Jeff Bezos and Bill Ackman. The superrich fucking love her. She’s funny, she’s smart and she’s aligned with their politics.”

Inside Bari Weiss’ $150 Million Journey From Rejected ‘View’ Host to CBS News Editor-in-Chief: ‘She’s Just Gaming the System’

How Bari Weiss sold The Free Press for $150 Million, charmed the superrich and became CBS News editor-in-chief.

variety.com

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 1d

I'd love to hear what Trump voters who live in Portland have to say about this. Mostly I wonder if they're so deluded by now, that they actually hallucinate whatever Trump tells them to see.

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