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Jonathan Moremi – Journalist | Author – Believing in the power to imagine better. – Photo: 12 year old Omar Salah, shot dead by Egypt army Feb 3, 2013 Ungaze ulahle ithemba! I left twitter (now @&%$ X) after 135k tweets. http://www.jonathanmoremi.com

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jonamorem 🇿🇦🇨🇦 @jonathanmoremi.com · May 6

For 106 days, Trump has wrecked the lives of Americans who got laid off, can't afford the groceries or the rent or mortgage any more. Time to revive Randy Newman's classic "Mr. President". Written in 1974 and as relevant as ever before. Here's my visualised cover of the song.

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Mr President, have pity on a working man! ( Randy Newman cover)

YouTube video by Jonathan Moremi

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14d

NEWS: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva have SUED the U.S. House of Representatives in federal court in Washington, D.C. over Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to swear in Grijalva.

Grijalva would be the 218th vote for the Epstein Files discharge petition.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14d

It's wrong to call this "the Justice Department." He wants $230 million from the US taxpayer. Federal dollars. DOJ isn't some private company or NGO.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14d

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14d

Trump is head of the DOJ and demanding we pay him $230 million because, though guilty, he forced DOJ to drop the case, and now he is AGAIN a pathetic, whiney VICTIM. L

Every Republican needs to speak up or be asked about this by media. The grifter is grifting.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14d

ICE has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.

You read that right — SEVEN HUNDRED PERCENT.

Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 14d

This lawsuit, which demands that the House of Representatives finally seat Rep. Adelita Grijalva, has, um, fairly major implications for our democracy's survival in 2026 and beyond. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This case is about whether someone duly elected to the House – who indisputably
meets the constitutional qualifications of the office – may be denied her rightful office simply
because the Speaker has decided to keep the House out of “regular session.”
2. If the Speaker were granted that authority, he could thwart the peoples’ choice of
who should represent them in Congress by denying them representation for a significant portion
of the two-year term provided by the Constitution.
3. Fortunately, the Constitution does not give that authority to the Speaker—or anyone
else

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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 14d

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14d

Arizona announces they are suing Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva.

She is the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14d

If the survey is of congressional Republicans? All of it, clearly

Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 14d

Thought experiment, how much of the White House could the president tear down before anyone in power did anything meaningful to stop it? Like if he just kept going?

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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 14d

Yet again, masked agents have brought their mass deportation dragnet to our streets, using excessive force to indiscriminately detain and arrest non-violent individuals while stoking fear in all NYers.

My office is committed to assisting our constituents and holding this administration accountable.

Federal agents descend on Chinatown in apparent raid

The raid follows recent federal arrests at a Midtown migrant shelter, part of what officials call a broader push to “restore law and order” in New York City.

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CNN @cnn.com · 14d

The Marine Corps is no stranger to firing live ordnance as part of training, but it had been years — more than 70, according to one US official — since Marines had fired artillery over a stretch of the I-5 interstate in California like they did last weekend during their 250th birthday celebration.

Marine Corps artillery mishap part of unusual firing over highway | CNN Politics

The US Marine Corps is no stranger to firing live ordnance as part training, but it had been years — more than 70, according to one US official — since Marines had fired artillery over a stretch of th...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14d

We were all relieved that this didn’t happen on 9/11.

Image of the East Wing of the White House under demolition; construction equipment is present, and American flags are displayed. The building appears significantly damaged with remnants visible.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 14d

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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 14d

Fairy Tales are the very fabric of South African politics. The fantastical mixes with reality, and at the end no one can distinguish the one from the other. Professionals call this Realpolitik and spin happily away.

Read.

commentandopinion.co.za/2025/10/21/t...

Screen dump of page with the story of the President who had no nephew

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CNN @cnn.com · Sep 5

Alphabet’s Google was hit with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) EU antitrust fine for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative adtech business, marking its fourth penalty in its decade long fight with EU competition regulators.

Google hit with $3.45 billion EU antitrust fine over adtech practices | CNN Business

Alphabet’s Google was hit with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) EU antitrust fine on Friday for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative adtech business, marking its fourth penalty in its decade...

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jonamorem 🇿🇦🇨🇦 @jonathanmoremi.com · Sep 5

No better way to encourage South Korea to invest $350 billion in the U.S. than by arresting over 500 people at a #Hyundai plant in Georgia, many of whom were South Koreans on business travel and just visiting. Can't beat the #ICE to vileness plus stupidity.

www.thedailybeast.com/ice-arrests-...

ICE Arrests Almost 500 People at Hyundai Plant in Georgia

The massive raid snatched up Korean nationals who were visiting the Hyundai plant on business travel.

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jonamorem 🇿🇦🇨🇦 @jonathanmoremi.com · Sep 5

Nothing to see here, just a clean cut, blonde, white American boy the alt-right white supremacist Trump crew is dreaming of for the future. And America is all for him only. Back to the roots.

Well, okay, the occasional black slave one could talk about of course ...

Max Granger @maxgranger.info · Sep 5

Arbeit macht frei but unfortunately there's no jobs :/

jonamorem 🇿🇦🇨🇦 @jonathanmoremi.com · Sep 5

Go ahead, rob his sleep.

AnneMc #FBPE 🇺🇦🇺🇦 @boof64.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · Sep 5

Right wing populism is Trump doing this to you but he gets to do this for himself www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · Sep 5

In Netanyahu's latest interview, he said Israel would open the Rafah crossing and "allow" Palestinians to "leave" to Egypt. "Half the population want to leave" he said.

Another indication that the ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to Egypt is a completely realistic scenario.

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

California, Oregon and Washington announced yesterday they’ve created their own health alliance, saying the CDC has become “a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science.”

New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island have now done the same.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · Sep 5

Guys Trump is going to use F-35s to kill boatloads of civilians in the carribbean so that Fox News can have new snuff films to play for Stephen Miller to sleep to at night.

Jennifer Griffin @JenGriffinFNC
The Pentagon is deploying 10 F-35 stealth fighter jets to Puerto Rico for counter-narcotics tasking in the Caribbean, a source familiar confirms to Fox News per @LucasFoxNews
10:19 AM • Sep 5, 2025 • 45.7K Views

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jonamorem 🇿🇦🇨🇦 @jonathanmoremi.com · Sep 5

Police officer in #Germany twice punches a peaceful pro-Palestinian protester in Berlin in the face, breaks her nose, then breaks her arm. Unbelievable low even for Berlin standards. What has Germany become, @germany.diplo.de ! Despicable!

www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

Irish activist Kitty O’Brien says Germany should be ‘shamed’ globally for protester treatment

Pro-Palestine demonstrator suffered broken nose and arm in assault by Berlin police officer

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jonamorem 🇿🇦🇨🇦 @jonathanmoremi.com · Sep 5

Beyond believable. What a betrayal of our journalistic duties, @cbsnews.com! How low can one sink! Utterly despicable!

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Sep 5

CBS News is giving up the power it has to hold “Face the Nation” interviewees to account. Following pressure from Trump, it has agreed not to edit interviews, even to remove false statements or propaganda uttered by political operatives and officials, or add explanatory context.

CBS News Agrees Not to Edit ‘Face The Nation’ Interviews Following Homeland Security Backlash

CBS News said it would cede its power to hold "Face the Nation" interviewees to account after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem complained

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jonamorem 🇿🇦🇨🇦 @jonathanmoremi.com · Sep 5

And here's to surprise.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Sep 5

To read the 337-page transcript of Ghislaine Maxwell’s interview with the Deputy Attorney General is to be horrified, even enraged, by Maxwell’s brazen airbrushing of her conduct, and by Blanche’s placid acceptance of her rendition of events.

What Ghislaine Maxwell Told the Justice Department

Listening to the convicted sex offender’s lengthy interview reveals that she and her interviewer had one goal—to satisfy Donald Trump.

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Sep 5

Mary Robinson wants EU to suspend trade deal with Israel

Former president wants bloc to put more pressure on Tel Aviv to cease war in Gaza

www.irishtimes.com

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