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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 6m

DOJ indicts NY AG Leticia James despite investigation concluding it was nothing actionable.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 3h

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3h

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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IrishIceSP @irishicesp.bsky.social · 4h

Another blue vote in VA 💙

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 6h

They are indeed cultists

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Mike @mikeintucson123.bsky.social · 7h

I am not sure on which planet it is ok to play nice with the Saudis, but I am sure that planet is not earth. Massive lapse in judgment.

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Geneawac @genwacc.bsky.social · 7h

When asked about pictures of Trump with half clad underage girls, Bondi refused to answer and went on the attack. Hey Pam, how hard is it to say no? That was a really weird response about someone you claim is "innocent". Was that the line when your pathetic excuse for a conscience would not cross?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t usually write about my law firm, but I’m going to make an exception. With fewer than 60 lawyers, we are currently litigating 63 voting and election cases in 30 states — a number that will almost certainly rise in the weeks to come. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

www.democracydocket.com

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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 13h

The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Trump believed his Truth Social post in which he called for Attorney General Pam #Bondi to prosecute former FBI Director James #Comey was sent in #private. He was "surprised" to learn the post was #public, according the report.

Trump 'misfired' direct message to Bondi with post demanding Comey indictment: WSJ

President Donald Trump needed just one "errant" message to ensure his administration would pursue an indictment against one of his political foes, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal re...

www.rawstory.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 10h

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Geneawac @genwacc.bsky.social · 8h

At this moment, we are in a battle with evil. It is an evil that hates anyone who is different, with different beliefs, different skin color, and the most vulnerable. They hide behind religion but make no mistake, they are evil. They protect criminals and pedophiles. Good will triumph over them.

Quote from JRR Tolkien, "evil labours with vast power and perpetual success-in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in."

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 10h

Brig. Gen. Alan Gronewold stated that if the Oregon National Guard were deployed, they would protect protesters, not ICE, prioritizing citizens’ safety and civil liberties—a strong stance earning widespread approval.

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 8h

I think so. Probably why he topped out as a major. A solid mediocrity with an ax to grind.

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 8h

WSJ: Trump’s furious public attack on Pam Bondi for not filing charges against James Comey and other political targets was supposed to be a DM. The dumbass expressed surprise it was public. One of the most blatant cases of abuse of criminal process and oppression under color of law ever filed.

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 8h

I believe he did not

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 8h

Guardian: As American comedians make big bucks sanitizing the medieval cruelties of Saudi Arabia, murder by bone saw, lashings for rape victims, punitive amputations, stonings of women, and jail for satirists is fueling a furious back lash against Dave Chappelle. Lewis CK, Pete Davidson, & others.

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 8h

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JAG says it’s legal, but stupid. @jagsaysstupid.bsky.social · 9h

Panel stayed the order stopping federalizing Oregon National Guard.

However, they note the order prohibiting DEPLOYMENT of Oregon, California, etc., was not appealed yet so it is still in effect.

I see foreshadowing they would NOT stay that order in their explicit language on status quo FWIW.

Peter M. Shane @petermshane.bsky.social · 9h

A 9th Circuit panel of two Trump appointees and one of Clinton’s who had served on the Oregon Sup.Ct. stayed the order of Trump-appointed District Ct. Judge Immergut barring federalizing the Oregon National Guard, but not her order barring deployment in Portland. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...

cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 8h

Nope

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 8h

How about the vast majority of American farmers stop voting for Trump? They shot themselves in the foot.

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 8h

Most farmers were fine with it in 2017, after Trump destroyed their overseas markets with his “lovely, lovely trade wars”. After he paid them off with taxpayers’ money, most voted for him again. A triumph of hate over self preservation.

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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 10h

You may notice Hegseth, as a former infantry officer, never went to jump school and Ranger school. In the Infantry branch, that is unheard of and those "non-tabbed" officers end up in logistical positions or branch-transferred out.
(That's part of his grievance, methinks.)

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 8h

Trump thinks “asylum seekers” means escaped inmates of a criminal asylum.

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