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NEW: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday that the Justice Department subpoenaed the central bank Friday with the threat of a criminal indictment, the latest move in a yearlong pressure campaign from the Trump administration. on.nbcboston.com/INeOTzL
Federal Reserve hit with DOJ subpoenas, indictment threat, Chair Jerome Powell says
The Justice Department served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas over Powell's congressional testimony about renovations to the Fed's headquarters.
on.nbcboston.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
@boston25news.com
I expect that you know at this point that our president, his admin has limited respect for our laws, much less international law or treaties. PLEASE let your reporting reflect this knowledge. Don't parrot, REPORT. #QualityMediaMatters, especially now.
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:

“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”

(Published Oct. 2025 with @newyorker.com)
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
January 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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@jayapal.house.gov It’s essential that the content & duration of training meets basic standards of public safety 4 operating in urban environments. Funding must be STOPPED until the training standards & qualifications that were reduced 2 speed recruitment are restored. #TheWeekendPrimetime #MSNOW
January 12, 2026 at 2:04 AM
@nbcboston.com
If accurate, this is #NewsWorthyOfYOU. They are talking about the mercurial man with his finger on #TheButton. This is news that actually matters to me.

From the outside, this seems accurate. I know that you KNOW THIS. So, how can you parrot rather than report?
#QualityMediaMatters
Kim: I was having a conversation with someone within his administration, we were talking about something we disagreed with the president on. And they were just like, “Let’s just not talk about this and keep it quiet, and maybe he’ll forget about it.” Literally—someone on his own team was saying this
January 12, 2026 at 11:06 AM
@nbcboston.com Please verify. Then report, if accurate. Please #QualityMediaMatters. If accurate, this is #NewsWorthyOfYOU
BREAKING: ICE just pepper-sprayed a U.S. citizen on a Minneapolis sidewalk for filming them. No warning. No order. Just federal goons attacking an American for using the Constitution. This is what a police state looks like.
January 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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Democrats should use the deadly ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis to pursue a judicial ruling mandating Congressional monitoring of training practices & detention conditions. #DeadlineWH #TheBeat #inners #TheWeeknight #PsakiBriefing #LastWord #11thHour #MSNOW
#MorningJoe #Maddow
January 7, 2026 at 10:58 PM
We join CAIR and 42 other organizations to urge the Wikimedia Board of Trustees and @wikipedia.org editors to reject and block the efforts of Wikimedia co-founders Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger to deny the inescapable conclusion that the Israeli government is committing genocide in Gaza.
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
@nbcboston.com
This is news that matters to me. #NewsWorthyOfYOU. Our tax dollars at work. Our blood, treasure. Our moral core. #Gaza
You don’t ban aid groups, unless you want people to suffer.
January 5, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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The current figure I'm seeing is that as many as 3.3 million Americans protested today. #HandsOff #Resist
April 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
#noobquestion

I am having trouble getting this #BooleanSearch to work on #bluesky

Find posts with #XXX excluding posts from @YYY

Thanks in advance for all help
#bluesky #protip
April 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM