@robinvisser.bsky.social
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Q: "Trump has been able to strike trade agreements with some U.S. allies...Are you willing to give Trump credit for that?"
Gov. Polis: "No! It went from 2% to 15%. If he gets it down to zero I'd give him credit...They're a sales tax on U.S. consumers."
Gov. Polis: "No! It went from 2% to 15%. If he gets it down to zero I'd give him credit...They're a sales tax on U.S. consumers."
July 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Q: "Trump has been able to strike trade agreements with some U.S. allies...Are you willing to give Trump credit for that?"
Gov. Polis: "No! It went from 2% to 15%. If he gets it down to zero I'd give him credit...They're a sales tax on U.S. consumers."
Gov. Polis: "No! It went from 2% to 15%. If he gets it down to zero I'd give him credit...They're a sales tax on U.S. consumers."
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Trump nominated Emil Bove, his former personal attorney, to be a federal judge on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
But an explosive new whistleblower disclosure alleges that, in his current position as a senior official in the DOJ, Bove is willing to ignore federal law to give Trump what he wants.
But an explosive new whistleblower disclosure alleges that, in his current position as a senior official in the DOJ, Bove is willing to ignore federal law to give Trump what he wants.
Is Emil Bove the most unethical judicial nominee in modern history?
President Trump nominated Emil Bove, his former personal attorney, to be a federal judge on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals — one of the most powerful judicial roles in the country.
popular.info
June 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Trump nominated Emil Bove, his former personal attorney, to be a federal judge on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
But an explosive new whistleblower disclosure alleges that, in his current position as a senior official in the DOJ, Bove is willing to ignore federal law to give Trump what he wants.
But an explosive new whistleblower disclosure alleges that, in his current position as a senior official in the DOJ, Bove is willing to ignore federal law to give Trump what he wants.
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Republicans have been trying to figure out how to reduce Medicaid spending to help enact President Trump’s domestic agenda. Now, the largest cut left among their shrinking options would disproportionately hurt states that supported Trump in the 2024 election.
The Biggest Medicaid Cut Left for House Republicans Would Hit Red States Hardest
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Republicans have been trying to figure out how to reduce Medicaid spending to help enact President Trump’s domestic agenda. Now, the largest cut left among their shrinking options would disproportionately hurt states that supported Trump in the 2024 election.
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“Perhaps the United States shouldn’t be bombing Yemen in the first place—particularly given that the undeclared war is in fact unconstitutional.”
Deterrence Theory | Belén Fernández
The United States is up to its ears in human rights violations in a place Americans know nothing about.
thebaffler.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“Perhaps the United States shouldn’t be bombing Yemen in the first place—particularly given that the undeclared war is in fact unconstitutional.”
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U.S. Rep. @juliejohnsontx.bsky.social, D-Dallas, on the changes that will happen to anyone registering to vote - if the Senate approves the SAVE Act after the House just did.
STORY: www.wfaa.com/article/news...
STORY: www.wfaa.com/article/news...
April 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
U.S. Rep. @juliejohnsontx.bsky.social, D-Dallas, on the changes that will happen to anyone registering to vote - if the Senate approves the SAVE Act after the House just did.
STORY: www.wfaa.com/article/news...
STORY: www.wfaa.com/article/news...
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Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.
Will the SAVE Act make it harder for married women to vote? We ask legal experts
Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.
www.npr.org
April 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.
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WHAT DO THESE GENIUSES THINK WILL HAPPEN TO MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY IF THERE IS A RECESSION !?!?!?!?!?!!?
April 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
WHAT DO THESE GENIUSES THINK WILL HAPPEN TO MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY IF THERE IS A RECESSION !?!?!?!?!?!!?
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One of the greatest ongoing scandals of today is that our elected officials — Democrats included — continue to refuse to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.
April 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
One of the greatest ongoing scandals of today is that our elected officials — Democrats included — continue to refuse to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.
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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
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A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company
A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
www.npr.org
April 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
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You can tell who the Good Guys are because they're the ones smashing a car window to drag a mother away from her child while wearing ski masks.
“Mommy, no. Mommy.”
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You can tell who the Good Guys are because they're the ones smashing a car window to drag a mother away from her child while wearing ski masks.
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Geez. I am so disgusted.
We are so underfunded and understaffed. People are regularly doing 2-3 jobs, working above their pay grade, and doing what is right regardless of the support they receive.
This is an insult.
We are so underfunded and understaffed. People are regularly doing 2-3 jobs, working above their pay grade, and doing what is right regardless of the support they receive.
This is an insult.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has employed political appointees to make cookies and serve meals, and has used a U.S. Park Police helicopter for his personal transportation, @ashleyrparker.bsky.social and @michaelscherer.bsky.social report.
The Cabinet Secretary Who Likes His Cookies Freshly Baked
The unusual requests made of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s staff are raising concerns all the way to the White House.
bit.ly
April 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Geez. I am so disgusted.
We are so underfunded and understaffed. People are regularly doing 2-3 jobs, working above their pay grade, and doing what is right regardless of the support they receive.
This is an insult.
We are so underfunded and understaffed. People are regularly doing 2-3 jobs, working above their pay grade, and doing what is right regardless of the support they receive.
This is an insult.
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In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.
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My pal Greta’s Reddit AMA on the SAVE Act kicks off today at 2pm ET. Bring your questions about this wretched bill!
Questions about the GOP's SAVE Act? My CAP teammate and pal Greta Bedekovics (@gbedekovics.bsky.social) has answers!
If this rotten bill passes, it'll be harder for tens of millions of Americans to vote.
Tune in Thursday, 4/3, at 2pm ET for Greta's AMA in r/Politics. www.reddit.com/r/politics/
If this rotten bill passes, it'll be harder for tens of millions of Americans to vote.
Tune in Thursday, 4/3, at 2pm ET for Greta's AMA in r/Politics. www.reddit.com/r/politics/
April 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
My pal Greta’s Reddit AMA on the SAVE Act kicks off today at 2pm ET. Bring your questions about this wretched bill!
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There's a lot going on, God knows, but don't miss that the President of the United States is using the full force of the Federal government, as well as tax dollars, to punish a state because its Governor... refused to do as he instructed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
U.S.D.A. Freezes Funding for Maine Amid Battle Over Transgender Athletes
The administration concluded last month that Maine had violated federal law by allowing transgender athletes to play on girls’ or women’s teams.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
There's a lot going on, God knows, but don't miss that the President of the United States is using the full force of the Federal government, as well as tax dollars, to punish a state because its Governor... refused to do as he instructed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
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Project 2025 is reshaping federal policy on Indigenous rights through systematic erasure. Navajo Code Talkers were removed from Pentagon records, tribal flags removed, reports on missing Indigenous women deleted. Tribal rights are being rebranded as “DEI” to justify their dismantling.
Erasing History: Project 2025's Vision for Tribal Nations
The implementation of Project 2025 isn’t just reshaping policy—it’s erasing history. From the Pentagon’s removal of Navajo Code Talkers to the deletion of federal reports on missing Indigenous women, ...
globalextremism.org
April 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Project 2025 is reshaping federal policy on Indigenous rights through systematic erasure. Navajo Code Talkers were removed from Pentagon records, tribal flags removed, reports on missing Indigenous women deleted. Tribal rights are being rebranded as “DEI” to justify their dismantling.
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Raskin: I call on my colleagues to take down the wanted posters with judges’ faces on them outside of offices in House office buildings
March 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Raskin: I call on my colleagues to take down the wanted posters with judges’ faces on them outside of offices in House office buildings
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Opportunity to help from home tomorrow, Monday 3/31/25 at 10AM: www.mobilize.us/wisdems/even...
WisDems Virtual Phonebank with Special Guest Julia Louis-Dreyfus 3/31 @ 12pm! · WisDems
Join WisDems to make calls to voters with special guest Julia Louis-Dreyfus!
We’ll be making calls to voters to help Get Out the Vote for Judge Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court, and for Dr...
www.mobilize.us
March 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Opportunity to help from home tomorrow, Monday 3/31/25 at 10AM: www.mobilize.us/wisdems/even...
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remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
Agency for older adults, people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts
In 2022, the Administration for Community Living provided more than 261 million meals to older adults, assistance such as respite care to more than 1.5 million family caregivers, and independent-livin...
www.marketwatch.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
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We need everyone. Everywhere. All at once (depending on your time zone).
March 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
We need everyone. Everywhere. All at once (depending on your time zone).
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merit is back baby
Why is Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to top security meetings and hiring his brother at the Pentagon? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials
Defense secretary, already under fire for chat group blunder, faces new scrutiny for having wife in high-level meetings
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
merit is back baby
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Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?
March 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?