Melissa
@mrgsj.bsky.social
Liberal today, tomorrow, and forever.
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Both of the homes Trump claimed as principal residences in the ’90s were used as investment properties and rented out, according to an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario he’s pointed to as evidence of fraud.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Both of the homes Trump claimed as principal residences in the ’90s were used as investment properties and rented out, according to an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario he’s pointed to as evidence of fraud.
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Joe Biden’s fatal flaw was relying on the reluctant institutionalist Merrick Garland to prosecute the case of insurrectionist Donald J Trump. Had Garland done his job, Trump would have been banned from office and America and the world would not be in this predicament.
December 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Joe Biden’s fatal flaw was relying on the reluctant institutionalist Merrick Garland to prosecute the case of insurrectionist Donald J Trump. Had Garland done his job, Trump would have been banned from office and America and the world would not be in this predicament.
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An oppressive, tenuous peace would not be the product of clever diplomacy and well-crafted “guarantees.” It would instead be a product of Ukrainian desperation and Western betrayal: one for which we will pay down the road.
Security Guarantees for Ukraine Are Useless Without Action to Back Them Up
Non-credible promises could make things worse for everyone.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
An oppressive, tenuous peace would not be the product of clever diplomacy and well-crafted “guarantees.” It would instead be a product of Ukrainian desperation and Western betrayal: one for which we will pay down the road.
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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By amplifying this post calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist,” the Trump administration just violated the court order that they reference.
December 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
By amplifying this post calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist,” the Trump administration just violated the court order that they reference.
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ICYMI — “Jared’s the INVESTOR here”
J.D. Vance referred to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “the investor” in Gaza, as he and Witkoff cook up a scheme to enrich their families on the backs of the horrors there
And the Hunter hunters are silent🤔
J.D. Vance referred to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “the investor” in Gaza, as he and Witkoff cook up a scheme to enrich their families on the backs of the horrors there
And the Hunter hunters are silent🤔
December 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
ICYMI — “Jared’s the INVESTOR here”
J.D. Vance referred to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “the investor” in Gaza, as he and Witkoff cook up a scheme to enrich their families on the backs of the horrors there
And the Hunter hunters are silent🤔
J.D. Vance referred to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “the investor” in Gaza, as he and Witkoff cook up a scheme to enrich their families on the backs of the horrors there
And the Hunter hunters are silent🤔
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An Oklahoma man doing target practice with a handgun fatally shot a woman who was sitting with two children on a neighboring front porch on Thursday, the authorities said.
Man Charged in Fatal Shooting During Backyard Target Practice
The Oklahoma man had bought himself a Glock .45 handgun for Christmas and was shooting at an energy drink can when a woman nearby was fatally struck, officials said.
nyti.ms
December 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
An Oklahoma man doing target practice with a handgun fatally shot a woman who was sitting with two children on a neighboring front porch on Thursday, the authorities said.
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The parents of these kids are worried about Muslims being radicalized in America.
December 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The parents of these kids are worried about Muslims being radicalized in America.
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TODAY: DoJ is caught manipulating the grand jury process and forum shopping. I'll discuss on today's episode of UnJustified with Andy McCabe. As always, it's free to listen and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Grand Jury Manipulation
Podcast Episode · UnJustified · 12/28/2025 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
TODAY: DoJ is caught manipulating the grand jury process and forum shopping. I'll discuss on today's episode of UnJustified with Andy McCabe. As always, it's free to listen and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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"It cannot possibly be completed on the schedule Trump announced. I’ll go a step further: It is unlikely that any of these ships will ever be built. This is vaporware."
Trump-Class Battleships Are the Navy’s Trump Ballroom
Trump Steaks. Trump University. Trump Coins. Why not? Let’s do this and be legends.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"It cannot possibly be completed on the schedule Trump announced. I’ll go a step further: It is unlikely that any of these ships will ever be built. This is vaporware."
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Healthy wetlands can save money, homes, and lives—if Donald Trump leaves them intact.
The economic case for preserving America's wetlands
Healthy wetlands can save money, homes, and lives—if Donald Trump leaves them intact.
www.motherjones.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Healthy wetlands can save money, homes, and lives—if Donald Trump leaves them intact.
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America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Happy Sunday!
December 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy Sunday!
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What’s happening with American media, American education, and America’s approach to places like Greenland & Honduras harmonizes with the “network state” movement (backed by Thiel, Lonsdale, Andreessen, etc), which calls for the construction of “parallel institutions” and “parallel societies”. 1/
IMHO, you can’t understand what’s happening to the US if u don’t know about the “network state” movement & its “parallel establishment” strategy, which includes building “parallel societies” (w/ their own physical territories) & “parallel institutions” in media, education, finance, science, etc. 1/
December 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
What’s happening with American media, American education, and America’s approach to places like Greenland & Honduras harmonizes with the “network state” movement (backed by Thiel, Lonsdale, Andreessen, etc), which calls for the construction of “parallel institutions” and “parallel societies”. 1/
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No punishment is too great for a man who would drug and drive his own 6–8-year-old daughter to “pedophile ring parties.”
Sit with this: if this report is accurate, this child was horrifically abused. I wonder whether she’s been able to build any kind of life for herself.
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Sit with this: if this report is accurate, this child was horrifically abused. I wonder whether she’s been able to build any kind of life for herself.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
No punishment is too great for a man who would drug and drive his own 6–8-year-old daughter to “pedophile ring parties.”
Sit with this: if this report is accurate, this child was horrifically abused. I wonder whether she’s been able to build any kind of life for herself.
🧵
Sit with this: if this report is accurate, this child was horrifically abused. I wonder whether she’s been able to build any kind of life for herself.
🧵
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The Immigration Act of 1924 helped keep out Italian immigrants, who were considered non-white. Dino Paul Crocetti changed his name to Dean Martin for his career. Frank Sinatra refused to change his name. Here he is reminding kids what it means to be accepting of differences…and not act like Nazis.
December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Immigration Act of 1924 helped keep out Italian immigrants, who were considered non-white. Dino Paul Crocetti changed his name to Dean Martin for his career. Frank Sinatra refused to change his name. Here he is reminding kids what it means to be accepting of differences…and not act like Nazis.
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Adversarial journalism depends on the premise that reporters can publish true, well-sourced information even when the subjects of stories would prefer they didn’t. Weiss has abandoned that premise.
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Bari Weiss Has Thrown the CBS News Killswitch
The Trump administration now has a veto over the Tiffany Network’s newsroom.
trib.al
December 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Adversarial journalism depends on the premise that reporters can publish true, well-sourced information even when the subjects of stories would prefer they didn’t. Weiss has abandoned that premise.
trib.al/S3C3UWY
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"Every journalist at CBS News now knows that if you spend months working on a segment that makes the Trump administration look bad, it might get killed at the last second by someone who’s never worked in TV news & who reports directly to a billionaire with business before the administration."
Adversarial journalism depends on the premise that reporters can publish true, well-sourced information even when the subjects of stories would prefer they didn’t. Weiss has abandoned that premise.
trib.al/S3C3UWY
trib.al/S3C3UWY
Bari Weiss Has Thrown the CBS News Killswitch
The Trump administration now has a veto over the Tiffany Network’s newsroom.
trib.al
December 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Every journalist at CBS News now knows that if you spend months working on a segment that makes the Trump administration look bad, it might get killed at the last second by someone who’s never worked in TV news & who reports directly to a billionaire with business before the administration."
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
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1970—no fault divorce finally legalized, female suicide rates drop 20%
1974—Equal Credit Opp Act passes, women finally have basic access to finances
1993—Marital rape finally criminalized
Call me old school but countering record high suicide, financial imprisonment, & suffocating DV IS Liberation
1974—Equal Credit Opp Act passes, women finally have basic access to finances
1993—Marital rape finally criminalized
Call me old school but countering record high suicide, financial imprisonment, & suffocating DV IS Liberation
December 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
1970—no fault divorce finally legalized, female suicide rates drop 20%
1974—Equal Credit Opp Act passes, women finally have basic access to finances
1993—Marital rape finally criminalized
Call me old school but countering record high suicide, financial imprisonment, & suffocating DV IS Liberation
1974—Equal Credit Opp Act passes, women finally have basic access to finances
1993—Marital rape finally criminalized
Call me old school but countering record high suicide, financial imprisonment, & suffocating DV IS Liberation
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DOJ official Todd Blanche promised to dump his crypto holdings no later than 90 days after his Senate confirmation in March.
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
Top DOJ Official Todd Blanche Shut Down Crypto Enforcement While Holding Crypto Assets
The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, exper...
www.propublica.org
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
DOJ official Todd Blanche promised to dump his crypto holdings no later than 90 days after his Senate confirmation in March.
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
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A 'Malignant Narcissist' is a severe personality type combining traits of NPD with antisocial features, marked by grandiosity, lack of empathy, manipulation, and aggression, often finding pleasure in others' suffering, exhibiting paranoia, and actively exploiting and harming people without remorse.
December 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
A 'Malignant Narcissist' is a severe personality type combining traits of NPD with antisocial features, marked by grandiosity, lack of empathy, manipulation, and aggression, often finding pleasure in others' suffering, exhibiting paranoia, and actively exploiting and harming people without remorse.
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Trump has murdered at least 34 people in the Caribbean. The administration “ is selecting boats more or less at random, and intentionally killing people who could be captured.” From Ryan Cooper: trib.al/4pogGiw
The Pirate Lord Donald Trump - The American Prospect
All evidence suggests the president is directing the military to assassinate random civilians off the coast of South America, and thereby violating norms and laws that stretch back to before the founding of this country.
trib.al
October 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Trump has murdered at least 34 people in the Caribbean. The administration “ is selecting boats more or less at random, and intentionally killing people who could be captured.” From Ryan Cooper: trib.al/4pogGiw
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Voters went to the polls for the initial phase of Myanmar ’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a civil war rages throughout much of the country.
Polls open for military-ruled Myanmar's first election in 5 years
Voters in Myanmar are participating in the first phase of the country’s general election, held under military rule amid a civil war.
bit.ly
December 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Voters went to the polls for the initial phase of Myanmar ’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a civil war rages throughout much of the country.