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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 23h

"The wealth tax debate shouldn’t be separate from the one about how we tax property and pensions – that’s where most of the country’s wealth sits." c/o @resfoundation.bsky.social Bet it will continue to be, though. 🙄

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The Economist @economist.com · 9h

Democrats have repeatedly refused to back a short-term funding bill that would end the government shutdown. What do Republicans have in their arsenal?

Blame, strategising and America’s government shutdown

Is using the hiatus to shrink the federal workforce an empty threat?

econ.st

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 11h

There are very few stores left in Portland that aren't made of wood. FYI

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12h

Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.

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Jeanpaul Deliet @jeanpauldelier.bsky.social · 9h

we need to be nuked for tolerating this crap

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 11h

Release the Epstein Files.

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Jeanpaul Deliet @jeanpauldelier.bsky.social · 9h

The bedrock of Democrats' approach to anything political since Bill Clinton: "don't rock the boat"; "we want to look forward, not back"; "Let bygones be bygones" 34 years later, with the fiasco of the child rapist "re-elected" again might someone please come up with a more fitting approach/attitude?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h

Meiselas: Trump says he’s focusing right now on laying off the Democratic agencies and government employees, whatever that means. Again, completely pathetic behavior, and in normal times, this would be impeachable and/or 25th Amendment territory.

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Jeanpaul Deliet @jeanpauldelier.bsky.social · 9h

waaaaaaay too generous and gentle

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9h

Trump is Nixon with no capacity to feel regret or shame, and enabled by a party and Congress that won't put the country first. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-nixo...

Trump’s Abuses of Power Show We Didn’t Learn Much From the Nixon Era

That failure is implicit in nearly every frame of a new documentary about Katharine Graham.

www.thebulwark.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h

House Oversight's Robert Garcia is calling on Chairman Comer to "immediately schedule a date for Ghislaine Maxwell to testify" before the Committee.

The panel had postponed its deposition with Maxwell until the Supreme Court decided whether to take up her appeal (it did not). tinyurl.com/bpasrhvz

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Jeanpaul Deliet @jeanpauldelier.bsky.social · 9h

FFS won't China or russia or someone please nuke us already ?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 11h

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nypapajoe.bsky.social @nypapajoe.bsky.social · 9h

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WH PANICS as Tish James EXPOSES EVERYTHING Trump's HIDING

YouTube video by Keith Edwards

youtube.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h

NEWS: "Donald Trump is a pedophile who routinely raped young girls."

MAGA: "So boring."

NEWS: "Donald Trump is allowing Qatar to build an air force base in Idaho.”

MAGA: “This is IMMORAL! What an outrage!!! I will not stand for this wicked behavior!!!”

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Jeanpaul Deliet @jeanpauldelier.bsky.social · 9h

well Trump in 2017 DID say “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.” And Qatar DID give Trump a $400 million Boeing 747-8 luxury jetliner as a gift and also DID give $1.5 billion to Jared Kushner...

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 9h

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LOL No Nobel
Happy Friday. There are 389 days until the midterm elections. Trump goes after AG James, a crucial Pennsylvania battle and Trump is a big ol’ loser.

LOL No Nobel

Happy Friday. There are 389 days until the midterm elections. Trump goes after AG James, a crucial Pennsylvania battle and Trump is a big ol’ loser.

www.thealtmedia.com

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Jeanpaul Deliet @jeanpauldelier.bsky.social · 9h

no it's bs and undermines their actual crimes...

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Ed @yirdaki.bsky.social · 16h

It's not her, but yes, Bondi is not aging well, as will happen when you are entirely a puppet to Trump.

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katgw.bsky.social @katgw.bsky.social · 18h

You should delete this because this is not AG Bondi. It's a model and it was well documented. Don't spread misinformation

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Angry Superman @angrysuperman.bsky.social · 20h

So tired of seeing people post this image, it's been debunked like over a year ago. I hate them all, but doing this, does nothing to help the cause against them. Don't misinform and lie like they ALWAYS do.

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Jeanpaul Deliet @jeanpauldelier.bsky.social · 9h

yes it's almost ...perhaps is? a decoy ....to be used to show all the accusations and facts by the "libtard" "commies" are lies and fake news

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

It’s a free country.

Right?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Jeanpaul Deliet @jeanpauldelier.bsky.social · 9h

to be fair, nose rings have been one of the biggest crisis facing America for a while now

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