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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 1h

See, American soybean farmers just needed a billionaire who could use farmers to further enrich himself

This is really on them

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2h

Did a quick post earlier to reinforce that in the places where Trump says crime is out of control crime is demonstrably under control.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2h

Why didn’t he just let the air out of her tires?

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 1h

And shall we pump the brakes on “peace deal” as though anything has actually happened beyond some tentative maybes?

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2h

And Trump always speaks so well of him too.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2h

President Barack Obama is facing criticism from right-wing influencers and White House officials after a post celebrating the Israel-Hamas peace deal failed to mention Donald Trump.

MAGA Fumes at Obama for Ignoring Trump in His Peace Post

Furious Republicans found another reason to be annoyed at the former president.

trib.al

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JEJ 🇺🇸❤️‍🩹 🇲🇽🇨🇦🇺🇦🇪🇺 @nobirdnonet.bsky.social · 9h

What do we call it when someone extorts a Peace Prize?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3h

Oh god

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

🤷🏼

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Kathy Byrne @kab-fair.bsky.social · 5h

gerrymandering creates apathy-‘why bother when everyone I vote for loses?’ ‘why register & risk jury duty’ it gets discouraging to look at a ballot where democrats aren’t even running for key positions bec it’s viewed as a waste of money, it took 24yrs to have a dem even running in every district

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

Rupert Murdoch’s flagship WSJ lines up with all other professional media in saying that what Trump and Noem claim is going on in Portland simply isn’t going on—protests are small, peaceful and forced on playful sarcasm rather than violence or threats of violence. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

What’s Really Going On in Portland, According to Police Reports

Protests outside an ICE facility were dwindling in size and at times ”low energy” in the days and weeks before President Trump called in troops, according to official law-enforcement logs.

www.wsj.com

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 4h

Dominion Voting Systems — the voting machine behemoth that Trump and his allies baselessly attacked after the 2020 election — has been sold to a company run by a former Republican election official.

Dominion was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

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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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4h

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 4h

It’s the GOP move:

Claim widespread unrest without proof

Create conditions to foment unrest

Do a ‘I told you so” victory lap

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 6h

Notable points in Judge Perry's remarks in Illinois v Trump National Guard case.⤵️

Judge:
1. Federalized deployment of National Guard not quelling civil unrest. Instead, it is "likely to lead to civil unrest."

2. State and local community policing not well geared for out of state Guards.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 6h

Ukeleles being strummed en masse. Chickens openly addressing government officials. Line dancing in a public thoroughfare. Frogs, unicorns and dinosaurs getting their interspecies groove on.

Portland is lost. May God and Donald Trump save what's left of the United States of America.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 8h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 4h

“but it did not name any performers who will participate or detail where the show will be held or how it will be broadcast. “

Lololololllolololololololololololol

Is the counter programming Super Bowl half time show in the room with them now?

Oh wait, we already know the answer to that. Nope.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10h

Turning Point USA announced it will host counterprogramming to the Super Bowl halftime show, called “The All American Halftime Show,” as MAGA critics have been enraged over the selection of Bad Bunny as the 2026 headliner.

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

Counterprogramming hosted by the group that Charlie Kirk founded spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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John @johnbull.wtf · 10h

Puppy Bowl is going to cook TPUSA in ratings

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 6h

Unless the presiding judge in the Comey case is as corrupt as Bondi or as sentient as an artichoke, this is evidence enough to collapse the indictment and dismiss the case.

Fucking hell. This is astonishing. There are no moral, ethical or legal boundaries for these shitheels.

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 13h

New reporting CONFIRMS Trump accidentally posted DM to Bondi ordering prosecutions

New WSJ reporting reveals Trump accidentally posted what he thought was a private message to AG Pam Bondi, urging her to prosecute James Comey and other perceived enemies. @chrislhayes.bsky.social reports.

New reporting CONFIRMS Trump accidentally posted DM to Bondi ordering prosecutions

YouTube video by MSNBC

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 7h

If you think Trump cares about peace
more than Trump cares about Trump;
wait for his reaction
when someone else wins the Nobel Prize.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 8h

Oct 6: "Yusi, who oversees major criminal prosecutions in the Norfolk office...confided to coworkers that she sees no probable cause to believe James engaged in mortgage fraud"

Oct 9: Interim US Attorney Halligan asks grand jury to approve criminal charges against James for mortgage fraud

Virginia prosecutor asks grand jury to approve criminal charges against Letitia James

Attorney who presented case was installed after Trump became frustrated with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 8h

LOL

they sure as shit want a bailout

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 8h

That’s all the GOP sees government good for: a taxpayer-funded, insider trading, old boys club networking revenue stream

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 9h

For those of you who have been fortunate enough to see Noah Baumbach's Kicking and Screaming, this is like Otis during his book club with Chet:

Trump: we're doing the pressure. We're stepping it up

Q: Do you know what the pressure is?

T: Yes! (pause) No.
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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 9h

"Nobody in history has solved eight wars in a period of nine months...That's never happened before"

fun fact: it's never happened at all

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump on the Nobel: "Nobody in history has solved eight wars in a period of nine months. And I've stopped eight wars. That's never happened before. But they'll have to do what they do. Whatever they do is fine."

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

the fun part here is that it’s political corruption because millei is a trump toad, but it’s also personal corruption because it bails out bessent’s hedge fund compatriots, and at the end of the day, doesn’t really help argentina very much at all.

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