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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 3h

The nation’s top cop sure seems clueless about potential crime in the Trump administration.

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Attorney general pleads ignorance about DHS goon's alleged $50K bribe

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday wouldn’t say where a reported bribe paid to a top Trump official ended up.� In September 2024, Tom Homan, who currently serves as the administration’s “...

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papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 2h

Why Now? The Lost Chances to Reach a Hostage Deal, and a Cease-Fire, Months Ago--Why did it take 736 days? the question of whether this deal could have been done far sooner, when more hostages may have been alive, and before tens of thousands of Palestinians were killed?

papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 2h

Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks-what's with this creep?

The State Department Isn’t Telling Congress When U.S. Weapons Fall Into the Wrong Hands--Congress is being left in the dark about the fate of U.S. weapons transfers.

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papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 2h

papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 3h

OO0-RAH, JAS0N

papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 3h

They have set off a renewed trade fight that pits Beijing against not only the United States but also Europe as Trump has managed to destroy peaceful and largely cooperative global trade with fake bullying. China called his handl.

papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 3h

CHINA COUNTERS TRUMP'S TARIFFS AS A WAY TO CONTROL GLOBAL BUSINESS WITH A MOVE OF THEIR OWN--China’s New Export Curbs--From cars and computer chips to tanks and fighter jets, China’s new export restrictions represent a sweeping effort to control global commerce.

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papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 3h

Arab states expanded cooperation with Israeli military during Gaza war. --How a Trump Judge Exposed the Trump Con--She did the worst thing you can do to Trump in a court of law: She took him seriously. She read his words, found them disconnected from reality and acted accordingly.

papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 3h

Diane Keaton, ‘Annie Hall’ star and rom-com legend, dies at 79. It was fun. Thanks. R.I.P.

papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 3h

Republicans’ attempts to kill Obamacare keep backfiring.

Is it America’s fate to decline and fall?

Trump escalates his use of federal power to target Democratic states.

The pain from the government shutdown is about to hit the public.

papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 3h

Adios CBS

papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 3h

The exchange illuminated how right-wing corruption, from ICE’s brutality to hush-money scandals, survives through corporate cowardice—and why independent progressive journalism is the last line of defense for democracy.

papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 3h

A Furious George Stephanopoulos Cuts Off JD Vance Interview Over Homan Bribe Scandal--This confrontation symbolized a turning point in political journalism in a rare moment when establishment media rejected both-sidesism to confront authoritarian deceit head-on.

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papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 3h

TRUMP DERANGEMENT Surfaces in Two Truth Social Posts that Are Utterly Insane (Even More than Usual)--"THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT"

papa2doc.bsky.social @papa2doc.bsky.social · 1d

Dear WH Press Corp
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Start demanding answers. Portland isn’t on fire. Chicago isn’t at war. Seattle isn’t thanking him.
ANTIFA isn’t assaulting ICE agents
Hold him accountable for the lies.
Refuse to ask anything else until he answers these.
Demand the proof

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