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RiskyLiberal @riskyliberal.bsky.social · 2m

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EXCLUSIVE: How Tom Homan wound up in an FBI contracts-for-cash sting

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RiskyLiberal @riskyliberal.bsky.social · 27m

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MAGA Mike SERVED with LAWSUIT as he RUNS OFF House Floor

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3h

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) has sued the House because Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has declined to swear in the state’s newest member of Congress.

Arizona AG sues over Speaker Mike Johnson refusing to seat new House member

Arizona’s attorney general sued the House after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) refused to swear in a Democrat who won a special election a month ago.

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CNN @cnn.com · 3h

CNN's Max Foster breaks down key excerpts and revelations in "Nobody's Girl," the memoir by prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, published posthumously.

Read more: https://cnn.it/4ovsUXu

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CNN @cnn.com · 2h

Attorneys for former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith rebutted claims by Republican lawmakers that the investigators in the January 6 election subversion case had “wiretapped” GOP members of Congress.

Lawyers for Jack Smith rebut claims that investigators ‘wiretapped’ GOP members of Congress in January 6 probe | CNN Politics

Attorneys for former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith rebutted claims by Republican lawmakers that the investigators in the January 6 election subversion case had “wiretapped” GOP members...

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RiskyLiberal @riskyliberal.bsky.social · 44m

He's a phucking Nazi.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1h

Much of the East Wing of the White House was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency.

White House continues East Wing demolition amid cries of Trump overreach

More of the structure was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency,

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RiskyLiberal @riskyliberal.bsky.social · 44m

Thank you.

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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 1h

Leading Catholic officials in western South Dakota have issued a statement saying they “firmly reject” the secretary of defense’s recent affirmation of medals awarded for the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre.

via @southdakotasearchlight.com

Western SD Catholic leaders ‘firmly reject’ decision to affirm Wounded Knee Massacre medals

Leading Catholic officials in western South Dakota have issued a statement saying they “firmly reject” the secretary of defense’s recent affirmation of medals awarded for the 1890 Wounded Knee…

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RiskyLiberal @riskyliberal.bsky.social · 45m

When oligarchs fight. New series.

RiskyLiberal @riskyliberal.bsky.social · 1h

Reminder, regarding the East Wing Destruction, what Trump did to the priceless Art Deco of the Bonwit Teller Building. Trump cheated and lied there, too.

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RiskyLiberal @riskyliberal.bsky.social · 2h

Because Putin has played the foolish, gullible Krasnov, again. America is an international weakling, and embarrassment

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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 8h

The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration furloughed a majority of its workforce on Monday as the government shutdown dragged into its third week. It’s the first time since the agency’s creation in 2000 that workers have been furloughed.

via @nevadacurrent.com

Trump’s energy secretary thanks Cortez Masto, pushes Rosen while outlining furloughs in NV

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright visited the Nevada National Security Site Monday to highlight the shutdown’s impact on the federal agency tasked with managing and modernizing America’s nuclear…

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8h

The government shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Dept. The Trump administration has laid off hundreds of the employees, leaving few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws — two of the agency's core functions. Here's what has been cut and what might be restored.

No Education Department? No Problem, Trump’s Education Secretary Says.

The shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Department. The latest round of layoffs would leave few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws.

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RiskyLiberal @riskyliberal.bsky.social · 2h

Putin has played the silly Krasnov again.

RiskyLiberal @riskyliberal.bsky.social · 2h

"Suspect"? Was this person a United States citizen?

RiskyLiberal @riskyliberal.bsky.social · 2h

The East Wing of the White House, our property, is gone.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

You need to see this…

Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.

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RiskyLiberal @riskyliberal.bsky.social · 2h

It's gone, Tuesday

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12h

We’ve received a lot of questions about Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing.

Here’s how the process is supposed to work:

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

Holy shit! This looks even worse than yesterday. They’re not trying to save any part of the East Wing.

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RiskyLiberal @riskyliberal.bsky.social · 2h

Tuesday, it's now GONE

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

here is a clip of the East Wing of the White House being demolished for Trump's ballroom just now

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RiskyLiberal @riskyliberal.bsky.social · 2h

It's gone Tuesday