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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 11h

Look, Mother, I'm in Army.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 13h

Pete Hegseth put on his military fatigues for a new photo op a week after yelling at top brass about grooming and DEI.

Pentagon Pete Cosplays After Bizarre General Pep Talk

The Defense Secretary suited up for a new photo op with the troops.

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 23h

I know the Democrats have an aversion to sinking to her level, but for Christ's sake, she's shown nothing but contempt for you and your oversight role. She does not deserve the respect you're offering. Go ahead and sink.

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 23h

Or better yet, when she tries to call you corrupt, just keep responding with "I know you are but what am I?"

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 23h

Once again, I call on any one of these senators to respond to this sort of crap by asking, "Madam Attorney General, are you five?"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 1d

Do it. Make middle-class air traffic controllers and the National Guard you're sending into Chicago sue the administration to get backpay. That will go over great.

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 1d

"If the Democrats don't cave, Republicans won't pay you" does not actually put the pressure to resolve this on Dems.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 1d

I know no one in the Trump administration remembers the Bonus Army, but there are books.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

A new draft Trump memo argues that furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown.

Those who represent federal workers or advocate on their behalf say the White House is misreading the clear intent of the law.

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 1d

I'm guessing there was enough eye-rolling after this that the building vibrated.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 1d

Eleven days from resignation to the other shoe dropping.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST

Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.

Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 1d

Golly, that doesn't sound like them.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if they have any characteristics they look for to identify globalists besides a last name that ends in -berg or -stein.

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE: now DHS says "globalists" will be blocked "from ever entering our country."

Homeland Security
@DHSgov
RECAPTURE OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY!
This week, we arrested hundreds of criminal illegal aliens, terrorists, and terrorist sympathizers across our country in Portland in Chicago.
Now, we need your help. Block communists, terrorists, and globalists from ever entering our country. Go to USCIS.GOV/JOIN
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Screenshot from video: YOU'LL BLOCK COMMUNISTS, TERRORISTS, AND GLOBALISTS
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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 1d

I know there is no point in getting irritated, but no, you human-shaped mole rat, the judicial branch ruling against the executive branch is not "legal insurrection."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: You called the judge's ruling 'legal insurrection.' Are you recommending the president take action against judges who rule against him?

STEPHEN MILLER: No. It's simply a factually accurate statement

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 1d

There is almost no principle in that list that she has followed in her career.

Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 1d

This list could easily be condensed to five items

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 1d

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Life Of Brian (1979) - clip: "You're all individuals"

YouTube video by anyolite

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 1d

This picture on Bari's Free Press article about being sold is too perfect.

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 2d

Did anyone ask him to be more specific and then call him out when he claimed that the trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts will actually save the program?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 2d

"As editor in chief of CBS News, Weiss said she plans to play a hands-on role in coverage." Cool cool cool.

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 2d

"CBS News plans to launch a debate-style program that Weiss will oversee that is similar to debates the Free Press streams on topics ranging from immigration to the ethics of gene-editing embryos." Cool, we're getting "Firing Line" but stupid.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 2d

Paramount buys the Free Press for $150 million and names its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News.

Paramount Buys Bari Weiss’s the Free Press for $150 Million

Weiss, who once said she was done with legacy media, is to take control of CBS News’s editorial vision, aiming for “news that reflects reality.”

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 2d

Pritzker: Please don't send your National Guard to invade my state.

Abbott: Suck it, loser.

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 2d

The US is on a collision course for a constitutional crisis, as Trump attempts to federalize members of red states and send them to invade blue states against the will of the governors in blue states such as Illinois and California.👇

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 2d

It was extremely predictable they would do something brazen to try to get around the order, and I'm glad the judge is not having it.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 2d

Fed. judge grants the second motion for a TRO blocking Trump from sending California National Guard AND the National Guard from any other state or D.C for the reasons in her first TRO.

"I see those as direct contravention of the order I issued yesterday."

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 2d

Through the 24/7 vicodin-and-gin haze, sometimes Peggy gets one right.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

PEGGY NOONAN: “.. You know why people say something’s wrong with this guy? Because it appears something is wrong with this guy.”

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 2d

Mr. War Secretary, sir, I'm seeing what appear to be both Black and female sailors in the crowd behind you and I was under the impression that was no longer allowed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 2d

Newsom already announced the lawsuit.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 2d

Sacramento Bee - President Trump sends 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon, defying a court order blocking him from deploying Oregon's own National Guard to patrol Portland. www.sacbee.com/news/politics-...

Defying court order, Trump sends California National Guard troops to Oregon

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called it a “breathtaking abuse of the law and power.”

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 2d

I think Stephen Miller has had that on a post-it on his computer for the last decade or so.

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 2d

Also a story for enterprising reporters: this event in Norfolk was supposed to be on Friday, when Trump had been out of sight for four days. At some point, it was rescheduled for Sunday. Was he too sick to go on Friday, or was it reskedded for another reason?

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