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Expel the Sedition Caucus @oldsourpuss.bsky.social · Aug 23

Here’s where I post my favorite New Yorker piece about Mellon - he was one of the richest men in the world and hated taxes so much that he founded a think tank to push the myth of “trickle-down economics” on us. www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

Tax Time

Why we pay.

www.newyorker.com

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 2h

A reminder all: GO TO JURY DUTY WHEN YOU ARE SUMMONED

Yes it is disruptive of schedules but these days, juries need you

Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 4d

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 52m

🚨BREAKING: The North Carolina Senate hastily passed a GOP gerrymander Tuesday in a 26-20 vote, advancing a proposed congressional map that aims to dismantle one of the state’s Black Democratic seats at the request of President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Senate Approves Gerrymander Targeting Black Voters

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 1h

“'The truth no longer matters, all you have to do is go viral,' Mr. Dilley wrote on X during Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign."

Perhaps one of the most depressing stories you'll read today.

How Trump Is Using Fake Imagery to Attack Enemies and Rouse Supporters (Gift Article)

The president has posted A.I.-generated images and videos dozens of times on social media, in some cases misleading viewers and amplifying political divisions.

www.nytimes.com

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Expel the Sedition Caucus @oldsourpuss.bsky.social · 1h

I thought we had too many movies about WW II, but apparently it’s not enough. Looking forward to Inglorious Basterds 2!

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2h

really did not expect to hearing about nazis all the time in 2025

was just not something i considered tbh

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

For the sake of posterity I thought I'd do a thread on all the epically stupid things Trump has done in recent days.

1) Let them eat ballroom

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 3h

Some PAC needs to throw ada all over TV and the internet, showing:

1. Dated video of Trump saying his shitty ballroom won’t damage the White House
2. Dated video showing the White House facade being torn down
3. Simple text: “Trump is destroying our heritage”

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Jason @jasonsamuels.net · 3h

"Rick Scott, an expert in healthcare" .. www.justice.gov/archive/opa/...

#386: 06-26-03 LARGEST HEALTH CARE FRAUD CASE IN U.S. HISTORY SETTLED HCA INVESTIGATION NETS RECORD TOTAL OF $1.7 BILLION

www.justice.gov

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h

A spokesperson for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott argued his office’s emails with Elon Musk are confidential under a “common-law privacy” exception to public records laws because they may include “intimate and embarrassing” information.

(Published July)
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org

Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public

We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not...

www.propublica.org

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 23h

New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 18h

Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/

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Expel the Sedition Caucus @oldsourpuss.bsky.social · 15h

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Expel the Sedition Caucus @oldsourpuss.bsky.social · 15h

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single pup in possession of a good demeanor, must be in want of a companion.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Part of the reason this struck me is that I've had my head in the 1960s DOJ for a while.

The DOJ press secretary back then was a Pulitzer Prize winner who'd been reporting for twenty years (except when he was winning medals in WWII).

Today, it's the dumbest meanest airhead in middle school.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Everyone's focused on how idiotic Lindsey Halligan is, but don't sleep on the official response from Department of Justice spokeswoman Natalie Baldassarre.

It's just Mean Girls all the way down, if they'd written that script while huffing paint fumes.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 17h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22h

Good to get official confirmation — basically everything happening in Chicago right now is being coordinated by Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol Chief who started doing indiscriminate raids even before Biden left office, because he knew he could get away with it.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 22h

Ellis asking about the chain of command for Operation Midway Blitz.

Harvick says Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino has been designated "tactical commander" of DHS assets in Chicago.

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Expel the Sedition Caucus @oldsourpuss.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently they’re similar to French apples, so if you’re making a French recipe in the U.S., they’re the best substitute.

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 1d

“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.

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Expel the Sedition Caucus @oldsourpuss.bsky.social · 1d

When I was 8, we were slow-rolling on a 4-lane road, and the dick next to us waved through a kid on a bicycle in the middle of the street, who promptly got hit by our car. She suffered a broken wrist, but their family sued us for hundreds of thousands of dollars and made our lives hell for 5 years.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

Shouting match. Cursing.

And this ⤵️

Trump "adopted many of Putin’s talking points verbatim, even when they contradicted his own statements about Russia’s weaknesses..

"Trump told Zelenskyy that Putin had told him the conflict was a 'special operation, not even a war.'”

www.ft.com/content/7960...

Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting

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Expel the Sedition Caucus @oldsourpuss.bsky.social · 1d

Shri Thanedar and Al Green, formally.

List of resolutions for impeachment filed against Trump:

119th Congress
Resolution #
Date
introduced
Sponsor
H.Res.353
April 28, 2025
Shri
Thanedar (D-MI-13)
H.Res.415
May 15, 2025
Al Green (D-TX-9)
H.Res.537
June 24, 2025
Al Green (D-TX-9)

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Anytime you ask “why did the Times cover it this way?” or whatever corporate media it is, remember that influential moderates are the tool of the wealth class and are there to normalize whatever the wealthy want and create doubt regarding reform and change.

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Expel the Sedition Caucus @oldsourpuss.bsky.social · 1d

Because the republicans control the house.

Expel the Sedition Caucus @oldsourpuss.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t actually believe she went to law school.