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P Collirigger

@pcollirigger.bsky.social

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Believer in rule of law above all other things. I don't care how many people follow me. I'm not here to entertain. I want to raise the level of discourse and learn.

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 11h

"They're not sending their best..."

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 11h

To be fair, it's Biden, Biden, MAGA, MAGA.

P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 11h

Close enough for Fox News to call it a phone tap.

P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 12h

Whitehouse knows stuff. The Epstein files are Trump's demise.

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 12h

There is no set of facts that justify a law enforcement officer pointing a weapon out of a car window, particularly while wearing a mask and non-identifying garb.

Third world.

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 12h

If this were a Conservative judge's home, we would have had IMMEDIATE condemnations by Trump, Miller, Noem and half of Congress. Every Fox News program would have jumped right to the conclusion they preferred.

But do we really want to become like them?

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 12h

I must have missed a twist or turn along the way. Is MAGA no longer claiming to be Conservative?

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 12h

It's happening every day.

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 12h

DOGE has all the data (working with Palantir) to determine the political leanings of every federal employee. Trump would absolutely fire every non-MAGA employee or just withhold their pay.

And nobody who can stop him will stop him.

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 13h

It's too bad that the Dems didn't make THIS the core of their fight. Instead they say it's about Obamacare subsidies, which Trump could give back, and then claim victory.

P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 13h

Every Democrat on Capitol Hill should be on camera right no, spitting mad that the US President is saying this. This is impeachable. It's immoral and unAmerican.

Hell, every REPUBLICAN in Congress should be fired up against this as well. But they're just lost.

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 13h

The US President unequivocally declares certaid federal workers to be "his people" who will get better treatment than the rest.

IMPEACHMENT.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

“.. we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

@thehill.com
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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 13h

How much do THE STATES pay to the Federal Government?

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17h

The firehose of corruption makes the reality of it staggering. And that’s the point.

open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

The Stunning Corruption In The White House

It’s a feature of Trump.

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 17h

What makes it work is his control of every Republican in Congress, the captive media, and his "Tony Soprano" messaging that somehow gets 70 million Americans to completely not give a shit about corruption as long as it helps Trump.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17h

Most Americans think Jan. 6 was quite bad; unfortunately that group does not include the president, the top federal law enforcement officials, virtually all GOP politicians, and the media megaphone supporting them all.
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/why...

Why the right-wing media apparatus is suddenly yelling about Jack Smith supposedly spying on GOP senators

www.mediamatters.org

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 17h

The perceived/asserted split over what happened that day will be studied in sociology, psychology and political science classes for decades or longer.

P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 17h

It pains me to say it, but compared to Trump 1, these people are MUCH better at deflecting and frustrating the Congressional oversight process.

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 18h

We keep hoping for an off-ramp. In theory, we can MAGA off easy by letting them believe that something changed, and that NOW it's OK to jump of the MAGA train.

P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 18h

Doesn't this undermine the Republican message that the shutdown is the Dems' fault? If the Republicans are going to use the shutdown to carry out their divisive policies, doesn't that make it look like it is THEIR shutdown?

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 18h

What makes them think that fucking with federal employees' financial stability is going to work out for them?

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 19h

And Trump will grind her to dust with civil litigation once she got out.

P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 19h

And everything she says in prison is questionable because she would be saying it to get out of prison.

P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 19h

Trump doesn't pay for things he's already gotten.

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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 19h

An NDA for a pardon would be unenforceable. If she wanted to (or was forced to) testify against Trump the NDA wouldn't stop her.

I think he is teasing the idea of pardoning her to fill up the media's time and energy, and he's never going to do it. And then he'll brag that he didn't do it.

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