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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 7h

I think we know why Trump has buried the Epstein Files

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 6h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 8h

Perfect response!

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 11h

10 MINUTES until SCOTUS hears Bost v. Illinois, deciding if federal candidates can challenge state laws on the “time, place & manner” of federal elections. At stake: states’ power to count mail-in ballots up to 14 days after Election Day. Tune in on Legal AF at 10 AM ET / 7 AM PT!

LIVE: MAJOR ORAL ARGUMENT on Voting Rights

YouTube video by Legal AF

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 10h

No effing way
It’s Wednesday. There are 391 days until the midterm elections. BS Bondi’s telling silence, Little Johnson’s games and Comey gets arraigned.

No effing way

It’s Wednesday. There are 391 days until the midterm elections. BS Bondi’s telling silence, Little Johnson’s games and Comey gets arraigned.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 7h

This right here is Trump's ultimate goal: staying in power

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Pritzker: "I think it's important to recognize that the Trump administration does not seem to respect any laws in the United States. They just do what they want to do and they'll keep doing it unless someone stops them. Here in Illinois we're stopping them."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7h

Jack Smith wouldn't be involved in the classified documents until months after the raid.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Pelosi: "Democrats who created Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, all of that, are now being asked to reject that so we can give a tax cut to the rich. We're not doing it. It isn't a question of, 'let's come back together so we can discuss it.' That isn't going to happen."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "This president is unstable, unhinged, a double-minded individual that quite frankly is a threat to our democracy. It's certainly not the first time that Donald Trump has called for the arresting of a Black man unjustly."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Rand Paul: "I think blowing up speedboats in the Caribbean isn't necessarily the answer."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Sen. Hagerty: "This goes all the way back to Obama. I moved into Trump Tower the day after the election in 2016. The FBI came up and surveilled us then ... the real threat to democracy are Chuck Schumer and the Democrats."

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 9h

*stares at camera*

Trump announces US crypto reserve: What it is, and why it matters
The announcement over the weekend sent crypto markets into an upwards frenzy following a recent weeks-long slump.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Eric Trump: "You think I have anything to do with DC? My father has nothing to do with our company ... you're really trying to connect dots between some chips I know absolutely nothing about to a crypto company started well before you guys even gave my father a chance of winning? Give me a break."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

CUOMO: Why would you put yourself in a situation where you get involved with crypto and have the UAE as one of your big customers, and then they get AI clearance for chips from the US government? You know how that's gonna look

ERIC TRUMP: That can't be a serious question

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Eric Trump: "Why did Jack Smith plant classified manilla folders and take photoshoots on the floor of my father's office? Why?"

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

Should elected officials be imprisoned for speaking out against an invasion of their cities? Hard to say. Very technical question. Really one for the lawyers to sort out.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Eric Trump: "You saw what Jake Tapper did to Lara Trump. She said what everybody knew and everybody was saying and he came out and crucified her like a dog. They have tried to kill us at every road."

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