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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 48m

After weaponizing the Justice Department to go after his enemies, Trump now plans to turn the IRS on them as well. This is one of the abuses of power cited in the July 1974 articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon.

Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

The effort would install at the agency’s criminal unit an ally of President Trump who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.

www.wsj.com

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 7h

Is the United States an oligarchy?

Yes. Yes it is.

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Michael Lapinski @mlapinski.bsky.social · 6h

No one could do a better job tanking our economy, exacerbating internal conflict, and cowing America’s stature on the world stage even if they are on their payroll

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Michael Lapinski @mlapinski.bsky.social · 7h

Odd, I just started reading him too, currently EAST OF EDEN, and he’s constantly blowing me down with passages like this.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11h

This is the result of a lot of people pretending racism is one of the greatest taboos in our culture while failing to address racism substantively. People are appalled by the idea of being called racist while being totally committed to upholding racism throughout society.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 13h

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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Micah @rincewind.run · 9h

anyway every time someone argues that John Roberts is a Reasonable Moderate I want to scream

his lifelong goal is the reinstitution of segregation and he has almost achieved it, just because he doesn’t say the n word out loud during court arguments doesn’t make him any less of a racist

Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 9h

As a baby lawyer in the Reagan White House, John Roberts was writing memos arguing that violations of the Voting Rights Act should not be "too easy to prove." This is not just any legal issue that happens to come before him. This is his life's work. He just wants to finish what he started.

Inside John Roberts’ Decades-Long Crusade Against the Voting Rights Act

Roberts remains at the center of an impassioned debate about voting rights in America.

www.politico.com

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Michael Lapinski @mlapinski.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, Johnson has Trump’s hand up his ass but I’d prefer it if you didn’t use “muppet” as a slur.

Michael Lapinski @mlapinski.bsky.social · 12h

And some markets, like soy, may never return.

Soy farmers experienced this the first Trump administration, they knew the risk, then FAFO’d anyway.

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Senseidai2547 @senseidai.bsky.social · 13h

Convicted Felon Donald Trump is interfering in an election, & threatening a country if the election doesn’t go his way.

Open your eyes & grow a spine, Republicans. This mob boss needs to be removed, arrested, convicted (again) & jailed.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

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Trump threatens to pull support for Argentina if its politics move leftward

President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw assistance from Argentina if its internal politics don't align with his interests in upcoming elections.

apnews.com

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Malachi Ward @malachiward.bsky.social · 19h

Facts About Cartoonists

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 12h

Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 22h

So what do you say, J.D. Vance? You once feared Trump could be the American Adolf Hitler. But that seems to be the hope of the new generation of Republicans you’ve raised. Will you denounce this outbreak of antisemitism, racism and fascism in your party?

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Jeffries: "If Donald Trump can find $20b to bail out his right-wing dictator friend in Argentina, it's extraordinary to me that Republicans are unwilling to even have a discussion about how we address the healthcare crisis that they've created."

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 22h

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 1d

Civility for thee, not for me

Arizona fRight Watch 🎃 @azrww.bsky.social · 1d

The Arizona Young Republicans chairman mentioned in this, Luke Mosiman, was one of the Turning Point affiliates demanding that Phoenix Suns sports writer be fired for not properly mourning Kirk to their liking

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Another deadly US strike on a boat in the Caribbean. Like previous ones:
-targeted based on proven liars saying “drug traffickers” without presenting any evidence
-illegal under both US and int’l law
-where US forces aren’t under threat and can interdict
-bad strategy if actually against traffickers

Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 1d

Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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Andrew 🐻 @awd.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in Peace, Drew Struzan

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Anhedonio Banderas @nashgrey.bsky.social · 1d

If GOP is the party of seething butthurt, no kings should just be one more cool party they didn’t get an invite for

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Sebastián Píriz @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social · 1d

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Michael Lapinski @mlapinski.bsky.social · 1d

Probably my favorite Drew Struzan poster, especially for seeming so postmodern in the summer of 1977.

“When we got the billing, we discovered there wasn't enough room for all the credits, so we had to figure out a way to make more space…It was a case of Necessity being the Mother of Invention."