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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 5h

it occurs to me we could’ve avoided all this if we’d just given him a whole bunch of giant lego sets back in 2015

NPR @npr.org · 5h

On Wednesday, the president showcased models for a grand new monument to be added to the gateway of the National Mall: a large, neoclassical arch topped with eagles and a gilded, winged figure.

President Trump envisions D.C. arch to mark 250th anniversary of U.S.

On Wednesday, the president showcased models for a grand new monument to be added to the gateway of the National Mall: a large, neoclassical arch topped with eagles and a gilded, winged figure.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 23h

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 6h

This raises your utility bills, shifting money to fossil fuel owners and suppliers — AKA Trump donors.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 6h

At any given level of power demand, solar and wind usually come in cheaper, meaning big polluting fossil fuel units stand down and don’t get paid. That’s the key.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 6h

More damage to jobs by Donald “Stop Work” Trump.

Trump administration quietly canceled the nation’s largest solar project | CNN

The Trump administration’s cancellation of the largest solar project in the United States has sparked confusion and concern among Republicans and Democrats alike.

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AndreaLCSW @andrealcsw.bsky.social · 6h

California sues Trump administration over ‘Solar for All’ program cancellation

Doesn’t Zeldin have ties to the oil industry? @juddlegum.bsky.social

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 7h

"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”
-Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution

Not a "norm" violation. A legal and constitutional violation.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Leavitt: "President Trump had to tap into tariff revenue to get WIC money out the door for vulnerable women, infants, and children/"

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AndreaLCSW @andrealcsw.bsky.social · 7h

New English exam sidelines 6,000 truckers, testing U.S. supply chain

They are trying to destroy the California economy, every way they can. Are there any stats that these drivers have more accidents? I’m betting not. Racial profiling and economic punishment all in one.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Ben Meiselas @meiselasb.bsky.social · 18h

Seems our reporting was spot on

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AndreaLCSW @andrealcsw.bsky.social · 17h

The I-5 is a major artery through the center of California. Disrupting traffic through it will cause a major economic loss and huge personal hardship to businesses and families who depend on it. Trump is obsessed with punishing CA for our liberalism and our financial clout.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

A new analysis shredded Vice President JD Vance's dismissal of outrage over a leaked Young Republicans group chat containing racist and Hitler‐admiring messages, in which he referred to the participants as "kids" and argued people were overreacting.

'Sorry, JD Vance': VP's claim 'Hitlergate' chat was just 'kids' promptly smacked down

A new analysis shredded Vice President JD Vance's dismissal of outrage over a leaked Young Republicans group chat containing racist and Hitler‑admiring messages, in which he referred to the participants as “kids” and argued people were overreacting.But Mother Jones' Julianne McShane issued a searing...

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AndreaLCSW @andrealcsw.bsky.social · 19h

Truth.

Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1d

Terrible.

More than 40 percent of Jewish Americans say they’ve avoided publicly wearing, carrying or displaying anything that might identify them as Jewish in the past year, a Washington Post poll found.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

More U.S. Jews shield identity in public amid antisemitism fears, Post poll finds

A third of U.S. Jewish people say they don’t feel safe, and two-thirds report seeing antisemitic content online at least once a month, a Washington Post poll finds.

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AndreaLCSW @andrealcsw.bsky.social · 19h

Credit to @sandibachom.bsky.social

gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 21h

“Put that on the news.”

Fuck yes.

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 23h

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21h

SF Chronicle joins the LA Times in confirming MeidasTouch’s reporting

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Apropos of nothing, once the President of the United States confirms covert CIA operations in a country… say, Venezuela, those operations are no longer covert.

And it puts CIA officers at significantly more risk.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

When people show you who they are, believe them.

And of course JD Vance refused to condemn this.

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

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AndreaLCSW @andrealcsw.bsky.social · 19h

And leave the antifa flags at home

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: Trump is inching closer to illegally invoking the Insurrection Act.

If ever there was a moment for America’s governors — especially in Blue States — to hold an emergency summit, it’s now.

The federal government is plotting invasions of their states.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20h

A large ice sculpture of the word “Democracy” was placed on the National Mall on Wednesday morning in direct view of the U.S. Capitol as a vanishing reminder of rapidly eroding rights and an existential threat to the freedom on which America was founded.
https://wapo.st/3J8Q46P

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AndreaLCSW @andrealcsw.bsky.social · 19h

If only the White House Press Corps had done the same thing when they barred AP because they wouldn’t rename the Gulf of Mexico.

ABC7

Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work.

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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @bluntrochester.senate.gov · 1d

A look at this Republican government shutdown, by the numbers:

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