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Jerelle @shankhead.bsky.social · 7h

This is fucking atrocious. We can’t get basic health care for our citizens, but we can throw 20 Billion at right-wing political chronies and billionaire hedge-fund buddies??

This from a supposedly “America First” presidential administration?!?

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Jerelle @shankhead.bsky.social · 7h

Friends: this Argentina bailout stinks like a week-old carp—Even AI thinks so and it’s not even ‘scent-ient’ yet. It’s a tone-deaf, scandalous travesty! Investigate yourself!

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Jerelle @shankhead.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, it is.

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Jerelle @shankhead.bsky.social · 8h

Mike Johnson is an oily stain on Old Glory.

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Jerelle @shankhead.bsky.social · 8h

I admire the restraint of anyone who manages to refrain from punching Mike Johnson in his unctious, smarmy, dissembling mug.

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Jerelle @shankhead.bsky.social · 8h

I guess billionare Citrone needs excess money more than the rest of Americans need basic healthcare.

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Curly sue @moocowsue.bsky.social · 9h

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire

A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

www.motherjones.com

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 9h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Jerelle @shankhead.bsky.social · 12h

apnews.com/article/dona...

FBI director says antifa is an ideology, not an organization

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray told lawmakers Thursday that antifa is an ideology, not an organization, delivering testimony that puts him at odds with President Donald Trump, who has said ...

apnews.com

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Jerelle @shankhead.bsky.social · 12h

What fact check sources do you recommend?

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Jerelle @shankhead.bsky.social · 12h

I think it’s now been proven that if Trump thinks he’ll be lauded and praised for taking a particular action, he’ll try and do it, just for that positive attention. He has no ideological priorities as urgent as his needy ego. With that in mind, I will gladly deem him BEST EVER, upon his resignation

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