Gregory Minchak
@minchak.bsky.social
Comms and policy professional - Currently @lincolnproject.bsky.social - Retweets endorse good reading. Thoughts all my own.
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
This is one of the biggest lies he's told. If the Mall its dirty, maybe he should retire the Interior employees the idiots at DOGE fired.
Trump announces plans for National Mall makeover, targeting a revamp of the "filthy" reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial.
Trump teases major National Mall makeover to address 'Biden filth and incompetence'
Trump announces plans for National Mall makeover, targeting a revamp of the "filthy" reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial.
www.rawstory.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This is one of the biggest lies he's told. If the Mall its dirty, maybe he should retire the Interior employees the idiots at DOGE fired.
Time for the holiday trash to come out.
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Time for the holiday trash to come out.
Witkoff is a god damn fool
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Witkoff is a god damn fool
Only Trump could turn a holiday turkey pardoning ceremony into a dystopia speech about the state of the nation.
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Only Trump could turn a holiday turkey pardoning ceremony into a dystopia speech about the state of the nation.
This is what happens when the votes not close, MAGA cant scream bloody murder about the results.
www.timesleader.com/news/1725278...
www.timesleader.com/news/1725278...
Luzerne County officials certify Nov. 4 general election results
<p>Luzerne County’s Nov. 4 general election was officially put to rest Monday with the Election Board’s certification of the results.</p>
www.timesleader.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is what happens when the votes not close, MAGA cant scream bloody murder about the results.
www.timesleader.com/news/1725278...
www.timesleader.com/news/1725278...
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That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
You could walk from Puerto Rico to Venezuela without getting your feet wet, there's so much Naval hardware in the Caribbean.
👀 NEW CBS poll: Seven in 10 Americans (including over half of Republicans!) say they would oppose the US taking military action inside Venezuela.
These numbers couldn’t be more emphatic against Trump and Rubio’a dumb and dangerous adventure around Venezuela:
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
These numbers couldn’t be more emphatic against Trump and Rubio’a dumb and dangerous adventure around Venezuela:
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
You could walk from Puerto Rico to Venezuela without getting your feet wet, there's so much Naval hardware in the Caribbean.
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This isn’t a “peace plan.” It’s a blueprint for Ukraine’s capitulation. If implemented, it would turn this pro-Western, democratic nation, which has been courageously resisting Russian aggression since 2014, into a Kremlin colony. wapo.st/3XcRot6
Opinion | Ukraine needs Russia’s frozen $200 billion immediately, Europe
With Trump seeking Kyiv’s capitulation to Russia, now is the moment for decisive European action.
wapo.st
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This isn’t a “peace plan.” It’s a blueprint for Ukraine’s capitulation. If implemented, it would turn this pro-Western, democratic nation, which has been courageously resisting Russian aggression since 2014, into a Kremlin colony. wapo.st/3XcRot6
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Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Trump's audience in calling for sedition charges against Democrats isn't just them, it's also members of his own party.
He must intimidate anyone thinking of walking away from him because of Epstein/economy/Ukraine with threats of arrest/violence.
He's keeping people of his OWN party in line.
He must intimidate anyone thinking of walking away from him because of Epstein/economy/Ukraine with threats of arrest/violence.
He's keeping people of his OWN party in line.
President Trump accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — called on U.S. military members to uphold the constitution and defy “illegal orders.” https://to.pbs.org/4r5aZZH
Trump says Democrats' video message to military is 'seditious behavior' punishable by death
President Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — cal...
www.pbs.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Trump's audience in calling for sedition charges against Democrats isn't just them, it's also members of his own party.
He must intimidate anyone thinking of walking away from him because of Epstein/economy/Ukraine with threats of arrest/violence.
He's keeping people of his OWN party in line.
He must intimidate anyone thinking of walking away from him because of Epstein/economy/Ukraine with threats of arrest/violence.
He's keeping people of his OWN party in line.
The geography of this will be interesting. I doubt GOP frontliners will want to be anywhere near the rambling, sputtering, gobbledygook, political poison known as Trump.
Saying “I don’t want to hear about the affordability” didn’t work?
@cnn.com
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November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The geography of this will be interesting. I doubt GOP frontliners will want to be anywhere near the rambling, sputtering, gobbledygook, political poison known as Trump.
This guy doesn't want people to believe what they can clearly see in their cupboards or pocketbooks ...
HASSETT: We're comfortable that inflation has come way down
QUINTANILLA: Even though it's been increasing for 5 straight months?
HASSETT: Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This guy doesn't want people to believe what they can clearly see in their cupboards or pocketbooks ...
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It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.
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I mean, there's "out of touch" and then there's whatever the fuck this is:
"They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
"They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I mean, there's "out of touch" and then there's whatever the fuck this is:
"They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
"They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
Awwww-Hahahaha. Hahahahhahahahahahhaaha.
This hidden provision is so crooked and selfish, it doesn't even apply to US Representatives. Just US Senators.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Awwww-Hahahaha. Hahahahhahahahahahhaaha.
It looks like one of Saddam's palaces. American government style is meant to be understated. This is some gaudy shit by a guy with zero style.
Trump shows off all the gold he has in the Oval Office
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It looks like one of Saddam's palaces. American government style is meant to be understated. This is some gaudy shit by a guy with zero style.
Seriously. This should be enough to keep the government closed.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Seriously. This should be enough to keep the government closed.
Magnets? What the fuck are those
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Magnets? What the fuck are those
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(1 of 3) I used to negotiate for a living, and I'm trying to determine how many basic rules of negotiation these eight schmucks who somehow stumbled into becoming United States Senators violated. The list seems endless. For instance, if your negotiating partner is fucking crazy sociopathic ghoul...
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
(1 of 3) I used to negotiate for a living, and I'm trying to determine how many basic rules of negotiation these eight schmucks who somehow stumbled into becoming United States Senators violated. The list seems endless. For instance, if your negotiating partner is fucking crazy sociopathic ghoul...
The Democratic Senators who negotiated the shutdown end couldn't even bring half the caucus over. They just cut a "deal" and said the hell with everyone else who was fighting.
And this is the headline we get because of it.
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/g...
And this is the headline we get because of it.
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/g...
Democrats fold on biggest government shutdown demand
"It's been six weeks," one senator said.
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Democratic Senators who negotiated the shutdown end couldn't even bring half the caucus over. They just cut a "deal" and said the hell with everyone else who was fighting.
And this is the headline we get because of it.
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/g...
And this is the headline we get because of it.
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/g...
They are trying to grab the high road by saying they are walking away from a fight with a bully. But everyone who's ever been on a playground knows that's not how you stand up to a bully. Sometimes you gotta fight even if you don't want to.
Hassan: With the government reopening shortly, Republicans now finally have to come to the table. Or make no mistake, Americans will remember who stood in the way.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They are trying to grab the high road by saying they are walking away from a fight with a bully. But everyone who's ever been on a playground knows that's not how you stand up to a bully. Sometimes you gotta fight even if you don't want to.
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I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them