Don Linn
@donlinn.bsky.social
Books, politics, and things that make me laugh, Never give in.
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No crypto! Just old-fashioned corruption
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
No crypto! Just old-fashioned corruption
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Watch this.
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Watch this.
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Watching right-wingers suddenly discover that Trump is a bad person is wild
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Watching right-wingers suddenly discover that Trump is a bad person is wild
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CNN: Trump in Epstein files
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
CNN: Trump in Epstein files
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
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The most corrupt president in American history. Everything he does is to benefit him and his billionaire cronies.
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The most corrupt president in American history. Everything he does is to benefit him and his billionaire cronies.
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Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
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Police are defunding Chicago
BREAKING: The City Council voted unanimously to pay $17M to a man who spent 27 years in prison after he was convicted of a double murder he did not commit, bringing the total cost of settling 9 lawsuits naming disgraced former CPD Detective Reynaldo Guevara to $112M, records show. @wttw.bsky.social
Cost to Resolve Lawsuits Tied to Disgraced Ex-CPD Detective Tops $112M, with 44 Lawsuits Pending
Chicago taxpayers have spent at least $285.3 million to resolve lawsuits alleging Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct — including wrongful convictions and improper pursuits — ...
news.wttw.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Police are defunding Chicago
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It’s the hottest economy in history with $21 trillion coming in.
Also: we need the Fed to cut rates and “prop up this economy.” 🤪
@atrupar.com
Also: we need the Fed to cut rates and “prop up this economy.” 🤪
@atrupar.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It’s the hottest economy in history with $21 trillion coming in.
Also: we need the Fed to cut rates and “prop up this economy.” 🤪
@atrupar.com
Also: we need the Fed to cut rates and “prop up this economy.” 🤪
@atrupar.com
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russia is out of men. How out? Border guards at russian-Estonian border are now dummies. Все ушли на фронт!= everyones at war
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
russia is out of men. How out? Border guards at russian-Estonian border are now dummies. Все ушли на фронт!= everyones at war
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"Agents have been involved in eight car chases and used force in at least 76 incidents"
Impressive analysis of the ICE/CBP use of force in Chicago in recent months from @chicago.suntimes.com & @wbez.org:
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Impressive analysis of the ICE/CBP use of force in Chicago in recent months from @chicago.suntimes.com & @wbez.org:
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Tear gas, car crashes, chokeholds: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’
Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Agents have been involved in eight car chases and used force in at least 76 incidents"
Impressive analysis of the ICE/CBP use of force in Chicago in recent months from @chicago.suntimes.com & @wbez.org:
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Impressive analysis of the ICE/CBP use of force in Chicago in recent months from @chicago.suntimes.com & @wbez.org:
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
don't ask for miracles, man...
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
don't ask for miracles, man...
Sue Gordon is brilliant. Read this and seek her out...
““It’s all tied to vice and graft…The problem is you have a president who’s a narcissist. He doesn’t believe in anything except making money and having power.”
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/s...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/s...
Meet Sue Gordon, the Former Deputy of National Intelligence Who Podcasts About Trump’s “Vice and Graft” From Her Living Room
The veteran intelligence officer and ex-Trump appointee is fighting for democracy—while she fights for her life.
www.vanityfair.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sue Gordon is brilliant. Read this and seek her out...
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I have a general rule that if a person starts bringing up the age of consent as an argument then that person should be sent to gitmo bay
November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I have a general rule that if a person starts bringing up the age of consent as an argument then that person should be sent to gitmo bay
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The very afraid Grocer-in-Chief
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
#politics #tariffs
apnews.com/article/trump-…
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
#politics #tariffs
apnews.com/article/trump-…
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The very afraid Grocer-in-Chief
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
#politics #tariffs
apnews.com/article/trump-…
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
#politics #tariffs
apnews.com/article/trump-…
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Wanting pedophiles prosecuted is “woke”
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Wanting pedophiles prosecuted is “woke”
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Just reupping this big investigation @jamespwest.bsky.social did into Trump's modeling company: www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
Former models for Donald Trump's agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally
"It's like modern-day slavery."
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just reupping this big investigation @jamespwest.bsky.social did into Trump's modeling company: www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
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This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
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This is a criminal administration.
By and for criminals.
By and for criminals.
NEW: Trump administration takes formal step toward freeing Tina Peters www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump administration takes formal step toward freeing Tina Peters
President Donald Trump has threatened retaliation if Colorado doesn’t release his political ally from prison.
www.9news.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This is a criminal administration.
By and for criminals.
By and for criminals.
Alrighty then
@samsteindc.bsky.social: “What is your take on how this is playing out and why he’s acting in an incredibly guilty fashion?”
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: “He wouldn’t be acting this way if he wasn’t so deeply worried...Clearly, Donald Trump was at the center of a child sex ring.”
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: “He wouldn’t be acting this way if he wasn’t so deeply worried...Clearly, Donald Trump was at the center of a child sex ring.”
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Alrighty then
@apnews.com reporting that the president has just announced he's revoking tariffs on coffee, beef, and other food items. Details to come.
Admitting that tariffs raise prices...
Admitting that tariffs raise prices...
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
@apnews.com reporting that the president has just announced he's revoking tariffs on coffee, beef, and other food items. Details to come.
Admitting that tariffs raise prices...
Admitting that tariffs raise prices...
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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“Bill Mill” cookie cutter payola legislation chick from Texas says what?
Who needs to craft BS state legislation when you can simply create a bogus policy edict based on bill$hit to be cruel in a Cabinet level position.
Who needs to craft BS state legislation when you can simply create a bogus policy edict based on bill$hit to be cruel in a Cabinet level position.
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“Bill Mill” cookie cutter payola legislation chick from Texas says what?
Who needs to craft BS state legislation when you can simply create a bogus policy edict based on bill$hit to be cruel in a Cabinet level position.
Who needs to craft BS state legislation when you can simply create a bogus policy edict based on bill$hit to be cruel in a Cabinet level position.