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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 34m

Pam Bondi: we arrested the girlfriend's nephew's wife's dog trainer's husband's sister's friend's boss's husband's brother of the founder of antifa

Every journalist: yup sounds normal, no need for followup questions

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 20m

I love that Trump says “Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff” in DM’s. Demonstrates he really is witless.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 25m

“Trump hasn’t changed. What’s different is the people he appointed…”

No shit

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 52m

wsj seems nervous that the caudillo is destroying the rule of law

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 56m

In his second term, Trump has taken control of the Justice Department in ways he could have only dreamed of during his first.

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 29m

Was the headline AI generated? I think they mean one billion meals served

CNN @cnn.com · 3h

California made history by enacting the first law in the United States to define and ultimately ban unhealthy ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, from meals served to over one billion California schoolchildren annually. https://cnn.it/4ofH9zD

*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 32m

Ha ha ha

Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 4h

when UNC scored on the first possession of the first game and Colin Cowherd immediately posted this, and then UNC lost by 34

Wasn’t really sure what to expect from Chapel Bill. But after that drive, I have him as second best college coach I’ve ever seen, just below Saban.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4h

Oh this is not great

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4h

it’s all just a grift

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

Yet another incident that would’ve gotten any other president immediately impeached that is only the 127th worst thing Trump has done in 2025.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

Omg read down into the details of this WSJ story

Among other things:

“(Ed Martin) works from an office dubbed the “Freedom Suite” …which visitors have described as being decorated with oversize photos of Trump and a small cup of holy water on the wall.”

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1h

So of course the weirdest and most alarming thing here is that Trump intended to DM the AG on Truth Social to order her to indict Comey and accidentally posted it publicly. But there are other very weird details within...

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 36m

Ok. What is he watching

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 36m

King Donnie J Gibberish

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 1h

He's doing this a lot these days. A word that sounds like the right word but has a totally different meaning.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a far left extremist who inscribed the words, 'hey fascist, catch' -- meaning catch the bullet -- onto the bullet shelf itself."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 57m

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 38m

Of all the things that didn’t happen, this didn’t happen the most

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 38m

“Suspending who”

Perfection 😘

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 39m

Desperate for a Nobel peace prize (hint: he’s ain’t getting it on Friday)

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 5h

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

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Dean Booth 🦆🐇 @deanbooth.bsky.social · 45m

Remember that WaPo endorsed Bondi as qualified and serious. Unfortunately, WaPo is neither.

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Pam Bondi [thumbs up]
Florida's former attorney general is qualified; lawyers who have worked with her report that she is serious.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 2h

Maybe Pritzker can offer to send in the IL National Guard

Chron.com @chron.com · 2h

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

4 dead in Houston-area shooting rampage starting in Sugar Land

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

bit.ly

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

TAPPER: I don't understand why you're not calling the House back in session

MIKE JOHNSON: Members are doing important work in their districts right now

TAPPER: But the work legislating is also important work

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 42m

Maggie Haberman: Dems that oppose dear presidents plan to combat terrorism seen or of touch

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2h

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 44m

“ICE wasted taxpayer dollars on this illegal abduction and made fools of themselves in the process,” Fuller told KOIN 6 News. Fuller is representing Miranda, who intends to sue

Sue them out of existence

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 45m

“The government sometimes makes brief investigative stops to check the immigration status”

- Brett Kavanaugh

Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 1h

A man named Frank Miranda being denied his rights? Are the writers really this lazy?

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...