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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 11h

The Dow plunged almost 900 points and the S&P 500 lost 2.7% in the biggest drop since April after Trump threatened new tariffs on China.

Dow drops almost 900 points, S&P 500 declines the most since April after Trump's new China tariff threat

The Trump post sparked a rapid sell-off in stocks Friday.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 14h

The White House says it has begun laying off federal workers.

White House Signals Federal Layoffs Have Begun During Shutdown

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 16h

Maine’s Democratic Governor Janet Mills will challenge Republican Senator Susan Collins for the U.S. Senate seat, AP reports. Maine is the only place on the 2026 Senate election map where Republicans are defending an incumbent in a state carried by Kamala Harris.

Maine Gov. Mills will announce challenge to Sen. Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say

Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 18h

Letitia James. Lisa Cook. Fani Willis. Gwynne Wilcox. Carla Hayden. Telita Crosland. Peggy Carr. And the 300,000 Black women who have lost their jobs since January.

Letitia James Is Among Prominent Black Women Targeted by Trump

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 20h

Trump ordering the prosecution of his enemy, Letitia James, is an impeachable offense worse than Watergate. But, sadly, it’s not the first time he’s abused his power to prosecute Black people in New York.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 20h

They have the money for a $20 billion bailout for Argentina to prop up investments made by Trump’s billionaire buddies, but no money for health care for working Americans. America First, right? 😏

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 1d

Days after Trump ordered the prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James, his corrupt Justice Department has indicted her. It comes one week after former FBI Director James Comey was indicted and proves crooked Pam Bondi will continue to follow Trump’s orders to take down his enemies.

Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department | CNN Politics

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in federal court on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two source...

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 2d

Internal reports show federal officers described Portland protests as "low energy" until Trump got involved.

On September 26, federal officers reported: "No individuals engaged in behavior that prompted intervention from law enforcement." On September 27, Trump authorized "full force" against them.

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 2d

Trump today called for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to be locked up in jail.

The chilling announcement comes on the same day when former FBI Director James Comey is being arraigned on bogus criminal charges after Trump ordered his AG Pam Bondi to prosecute him.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 3d

REPORTER: Should furloughed federal workers get back pay when the government shutdown ends?

TRUMP: It depends on who we’re talking about. Some people don’t deserve to be taken care of.

[The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 mandates that furloughed federal workers receive back pay.]

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 3d

Trump plans to deny back pay to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers when the government reopens, according to a draft memo from
the White House. The denIal of back pay would violate the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019.

As we all know, Trump never pays his bills.

White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 3d

Senator Dick Durbin: Who gave the orders to flag records related to Trump in the Epstein Files?

Attorney General Pam Bondi: I’m not going to discuss anything about that with you, senator.

Durbin: Eventually you’re going to have to answer for your conduct in this.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 3d

Republicans spent the last 50 years claiming they believed in “limited government” and “states’ rights,” but now they are proving they were liars all along as they invade Democratic cities and Democratic states for Trump’s political spectacle.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 4d

The top federal prosecutor reviewing the trumped-up case against New York Attorney General Letitia James has reportedly decided not to bring charges.

Elizabeth Yusi told colleagues that she sees no probable cause to believe James engaged in mortgage fraud. Prosecutors expect her to be fired.

Top prosecutor refusing to charge New York AG despite Trump pressure

A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 4d

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison term, was moved from a prison in Florida to a minimum-security camp in Texas after she was interviewed in July by Trump’s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche.

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 4d

After paying Trump a $16 million settlement for his frivolous “60 Minutes” lawsuit, canceling Stephen Colbert’s show, and completing an $8 billion merger with Skydance, the Trump-supporting Ellison Family that now owns Paramount has named conservative Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News.

Paramount Buys The Free Press, Ushering in New Era at CBS News

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 6d

A federal judge appointed by Trump issued a temporary restraining order blocking him from deploying National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon.

Judge Blocks Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in Portland, Ore.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 7d

Trump orders the military and law enforcement to arrest people for burning the flag. This is an illegal order.

In the 1989 case of Texas v. Johnson, the US Supreme Court (including Justice Scalia) ruled that flag burning laws are unconstitutional.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 7d

Robert Morris, a Texas megachurch pastor who served on Trump’s Spiritual Advisory Council, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl, but he will only serve 6 months in a county jail as part of a plea deal.

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child

Under a plea agreement, Morris was given a 10-year sentence, but he will serve only six months in an Oklahoma jail.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 7d

For the fourth time in the past five weeks, Trump has ordered the US military to carry out an illegal strike on a civilian boat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela that posed no imminent threat to the United States. Four human beings were killed today for Trump’s political stunt.

US strikes another boat off Venezuela coast killing four, Defense Secretary announces | CNN Politics

The US military carried out another strike on a boat operating in the Caribbean officials deemed to be a “narco-trafficking vessel” on Friday morning, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced in a ...

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 8d

KAMALA HARRIS IN 2024: What you’re going to hear tonight is a detailed and dangerous plan called Project 2025 that Trump plans to implement.

TRUMP IN 2024: I have nothing to do with Project 2025.

TRUMP IN 2025: I’m meeting today with the architect of Project 2025 to implement it.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 9d

The Trump administration has asked 9 colleges to pledge support to Trump’s right-wing agenda to get priority access to federal funds.

The schools are the Arizona, Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, U Penn, USC, Texas, Vanderbilt, and UVA.

Any school that agrees to this blackmail should be ashamed.

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 9d

The Supreme Court today blocked the Trump administration from removing Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve and scheduled oral arguments on the case for January.

Supreme Court lets Lisa Cook remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now

The Supreme Court is allowing Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now. The court is declining to act on the Trump administration’s effort to immediately remove her.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 11d

Days after he told the United Nations that climate change is a “hoax,” a “scam,” and a “con job,” Trump says he will open up 13 million acres of U.S. federal land to coal mining.

Trump Opens 13 Million Acres for Coal Mines to Aid Ailing Sector

The Trump administration is opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for leasing to coal miners and providing $625 million for power plants that burn the fuel as part of a broad initiative to help r...

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 11d

Read the room, Rahm.

Rahm Emanuel, Weighing Presidential Bid, Navigates a Democratic Party Moving Left

The party long-timer takes a stage in Iowa to test the political waters, leaving behind past criticism of Democrats as he looks and sounds like a candidate.

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