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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 3h

what

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 3h

WUT?!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 17h

We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

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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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 17h

Holy shit, they finally did it (for those who don't know, this has been used as the legal justification for a SHITTON of unrelated stuff since)

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 20h

Senate adopted by voice vote: Kaine amendment #3337 to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18h

The ‘currency swap’ has been finalized. Argentina got their $20 billion and gave us an unknown number of pesos, while he cuts healthcare and human services for Americans. Don’t call it a bailout, they say — it’s like saying tariffs aren’t taxes. What happened to America First?

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16h

Corrupt AF. Just like Trump.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h

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...

www.propublica.org

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

The Trump administration is testing the limits of its power. We’ve yet to see the edge.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

I really have come to 100% believe that the younger, equally evil members of the Trump administration are constantly using AI slop to manipulate their elders.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

we are governed by Facebook Grandpas who passionately and irrevocably believe that AI images of five-boobed ladies are real

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

Assurances of future votes mean nothing. Votes now or nothing.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

An up or down vote on extending the ACA subsidies, and I would add a separate up or down vote the same day to release the Epstein files.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 1d

“You’re going to be priced out of health insurance but EVERYONE GO BUY MY WATCH”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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HeadhunterSully @headhuntersully.bsky.social · 2d

The After Action Reports write themselves.

"ICE officer Dorkworth was twerked upon (sic) by a rainbow unicorn, then offered donuts by Godzilla.
We believe RJ the Raccoon from Over the Hedge was also present but we were unable to confirm ID as he would not stand still for an iris scan."

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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ChuckInOregon @chuckinoregon.bsky.social · 2d

The president of the U.S. is cognitively declining, unstable, attacking American citizens and cities using the military, taking away our healthcare and our vote.

And that not the craziest and most dangerous issue.
That award goes to the GOP Congress who stands by and watches.

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PeacefulWarrior @iforgetnormal.bsky.social · 1d

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder: The guy demanding credit for a ceasefire in Gaza is the same guy instigating a civil war here at home.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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doreengarfield WAR ZONE SURVIVOR @doreengarfield.bsky.social · 1d

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Theciscokidder @theciscokidder.bsky.social · 4d

We need a supremer court.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Merrick Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago. It happened in August 2022 three months before Jack Smith was appointed. Jack Smith was in the Netherlands at the Hauge prosecuting Kosovo war crimes when Mar-a-Lago was searched. Eric should have listened to my podcast.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

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PeacefulWarrior @iforgetnormal.bsky.social · 2d

❤️ I feel ya

PeacefulWarrior @iforgetnormal.bsky.social · 2d

Can confirm

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 2d

Can I just say, is not a great time to be a hypervigilant due to childhood trauma person.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 2d

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2d

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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