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SwiftFischer @swiftfischer.bsky.social · 1m

lol/sob. The indispensable Drew Magary nails it as usual.

“He demo’ed the White House in broad daylight and will use that land, and a growing pot of corporate bribes, to erect the saddest goddamn ballroom your worst cousin will ever get married in.”

Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 7h

“Was Trump within his legal rights to perpetrate this act of desecration? Probably not, but honestly … what does it matter? When you elect Trump as president, as Americans have now done twice over, you’re voting FOR desecration.”
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Remember the attack on the White House

"Like everything else Trump touches, the White House is no longer recognizable."

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Minister of flakes @jahiggins.bsky.social · 6h

The Generals have really got to step in soon....

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5h

One of the most important things you should watch today:

Zeteo @zeteo.com · 21h

Zeteo traveled to Chicago for a first-hand look at the president's militarized crackdown on one of America’s great cities.

Watch @swin24.bsky.social's report:
zeteo.com/p/watch-insi...

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SwiftFischer @swiftfischer.bsky.social · 5h

Trump doesn’t have any “friends” except Epstein. Everyone else is a mark, a patron, or a bribe payer. So which one is it this time?

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5h

This is insanely illegal and incredibly fucking dangerous.

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 6h

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...

www.cnn.com

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SwiftFischer @swiftfischer.bsky.social · 5h

This is absolutely insane. Must read

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d

Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since. interc.pt/4njg2T8

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

What happened to all the art, furniture and priceless historical treasures that were in the East Wing?

Did Trump just give it away to his buddies? Is it at Mar-a-Lago? Did Jared and Ivana just help themselves to it?

No one knows

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 6h

Test run for 2026. Here's what I wrote in the NY Times about the federal government potentially interfering with the 2026 elections and what we need to do about it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...

In the end, the American people also have a key role to play in pushing back against Mr. Trump’s meddling. People will need the courage to go vote even in American cities that may have federal agents swarming around them. “Voter protection” in recent decades has not meant protection from government-led violence and intimidation, but it may come down to that. Democrats, Republicans and other members of the public should monitor voting procedures, as allowed by state law, to make sure that state and county election officials stand up to federal pressure and do the right thing as they conduct elections and tabulate ballots. Local civic and business leaders need to back our election administrators, who may find themselves subjected to pressures to bend or break the rules. All of this organizing needs to happen now, not next November. To keep us from sliding further into autocracy, it is civil society we must make great again.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 3d

It is hard to put into words how angry and sad this makes me feel. This asshole is destroying our nation and NONE of the cowards who are supposed to care about this are doing anything to stop him.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d

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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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 9h

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 9h

I mean the easier thing here is it also is shitty politics.

The "Trump spent 250m on a ballroom while you were struggling for groceries" is like the easiest attack line ever. And the response being "WELL ACKSHUALLY.."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

"Tearing down the White House and replacing it with a facsimile of Mar-a-Lago isn’t any less appalling because Trump cajoled companies into paying for it. Indeed, it might be worse. Funding a pet project via the coercion of private donors creates a closed loop and complete lack of accountability."

King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank

He thinks our money is his.

www.publicnotice.co

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SwiftFischer @swiftfischer.bsky.social · 7h

Seems more CBS has painted itself into a corner by tapping this utter hack to run their news org

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 9h

This little graf illustrates how dark and bad the situation is at CBS News.

While panicking about this unelected newbie, Bari Weiss has, of course, devoted far, far less energy to covering the many documented connections between the GOP and Neo Nazism.

She is beyond a hack. She is a propagandist.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 9h

This is a piece being put out on a platform owned by Paramount and overseen by the top editor at CBS News, Bari Weiss. It was written (nepotistically) by her wife.

This extremist propaganda is effectively CBS News' editorial stance. It is an exaggerated caricature of American progressivism.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

The dooming on this site is getting out of control. Every time you post anything about politics some rando condescendingly wonders how you can't possibly know that elections are over and all hope is lost. If you've completely lost hope, I'm sorry, but shut the fuck up, OK? You're not helping.

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Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 21h

Brought to you by the same voters who started losing faith in the government when government forces attacked the Branch Davidian complex in Waco in 1993

....sigh

Hegseth doesn't dispute the existence of a memo planning for the establishment of a "National Guard response force that's gonna be trained in crowd control and civil unrest and deployed in all 50 states by April 2026."

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t laugh at this. Don’t dismiss it. They’re serious. Prepare for it. And get ready to fight against it.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 21h

Third party funds must be deposited in the U.S. Treasury and appropriated by Congress and apart from that I believe service members aren’t allowed to accept outside compensation so

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "By the way, a friend of mine called us the other day and he said 'I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have with the military.' Today, he sent us a check for $130 million. It's gonna go the military."

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 23h

This is really not how any of this is supposed to work. Remembering how many times I was told "the government should never be picking winners and losers"... from many people who are in today's federal government.

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 1d

Not simply fascism. Monarchism.

Fox Business reporter Charles Gasparino, via Twitter:

https://x.com/cgasparino/status/1981496719863955913

SCOOP: A Trump official tells
@nypost
that the administration favors Paramount Skydance to buy Warner Bros. Discovery – and a number of rival bidders are likely to face stiff hurdles from US regulators in the blockbuster auction. “Who owns Warner Bros. Discovery is very important to the administration,” a senior Trump administration official told On The Money. “The Warner board needs to think very seriously not just on the price competition but which player in the suitor pool has been successful getting a deal done. And that points to the Ellisons.”

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

I have one slight disagreement with this post.

There is at least one story bigger than that of a president instigating a plot to end U.S. democracy.

And that is the story that a president is instigating his *second* plot to end U.S. democracy.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

This stone is actually at the FDR Memorial. Even so, I hope the next lawfully elected president, should we ever have another, pursuant to and in accordance with a statute duly enacted by a functioning Congress, should we ever have another, will have it permanently displayed in the Oval Office.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 23h

GOOOOOO.

Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 1d

Congressman Don Beyer just laid down the fire 🔥 🔥 at the King Kennedy dinner. Virginia is redrawing the maps in response to Republican gerrymandering.

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Wetcoastgrumpa @wetcoastgrumpa.bsky.social · 1d

As someone said. An example of white privilege. A black man can't wear a beige suit, but this asshole is tearing down a historical building, and no one is saying anything.

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