@merkinstein.bsky.social
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
@mkusler.bsky.social - yet another reason why we fight
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
@mkusler.bsky.social - yet another reason why we fight
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People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
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BREAKING: The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied the Trump administration's request to overturn a lower court order that blocks the reorganization of the federal government.
This latest win is the most significant challenge to President Trump's authority.
This latest win is the most significant challenge to President Trump's authority.
May 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
BREAKING: The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied the Trump administration's request to overturn a lower court order that blocks the reorganization of the federal government.
This latest win is the most significant challenge to President Trump's authority.
This latest win is the most significant challenge to President Trump's authority.
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Japan’s Prime Minister says the financial situation of his country is worse than Greece.
Assuming he means the situation in Greece from 2009-2015.
Assuming he means the situation in Greece from 2009-2015.
May 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Japan’s Prime Minister says the financial situation of his country is worse than Greece.
Assuming he means the situation in Greece from 2009-2015.
Assuming he means the situation in Greece from 2009-2015.
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Breaking: Pakistan shot down two Indian aircraft during the strikes, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif, spokesman for the Pakistani military, tells me on the air just now. He called the Indian attack “a blatant act of war.”
May 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Breaking: Pakistan shot down two Indian aircraft during the strikes, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif, spokesman for the Pakistani military, tells me on the air just now. He called the Indian attack “a blatant act of war.”
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"Most of the USDA programs are aimed at changing irrigation practices to use less water..."
Farmers are already feeling the pinch from program cuts. Capital & Main is tracking how DOGE's actions are affecting them.
#DOGETracker #DOGE #USDA
capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
Farmers are already feeling the pinch from program cuts. Capital & Main is tracking how DOGE's actions are affecting them.
#DOGETracker #DOGE #USDA
capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
May 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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NYT: "In conversations with The New York Times over the weekend, bankers, executives and traders said they felt flashbacks to the 2007-8 global financial crisis, one that took down a number of Wall Street’s giants." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge
The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
NYT: "In conversations with The New York Times over the weekend, bankers, executives and traders said they felt flashbacks to the 2007-8 global financial crisis, one that took down a number of Wall Street’s giants." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
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Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist who spreads vulgar lies that school shootings are political plots, has President Trump’s ear in the Oval Office.
Can’t say we’re surprised.
Can’t say we’re surprised.
After Meeting With Laura Loomer, Trump Fires National Security Council Officials
During the 30-minute meeting, the far-right activist excoriated National Security Council officials in front of the president and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist who spreads vulgar lies that school shootings are political plots, has President Trump’s ear in the Oval Office.
Can’t say we’re surprised.
Can’t say we’re surprised.
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Here, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social has exactly the right word: Stalinesque. So much of what comes out in these WH edicts sounds like it was written in the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
"This one short document hyperfocused on the Smithsonian is just 1,150 words, but it is towering in its Stalinesque ambition to walk back history and whitewash America’s past." My latest at @thebulwark.bsky.social, on butchering truth in an edict to abandon it. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-late...
Trump’s Latest Bid to Rewrite Reality
From the Smithsonian to statues, he wants to whitewash America’s past.
www.thebulwark.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Here, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social has exactly the right word: Stalinesque. So much of what comes out in these WH edicts sounds like it was written in the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
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Absolutely shameful.👇
"None of the top 20 law firms in the US have so far offered their 'unconditional support' to an effort by Perkins Coie to fight sanctions imposed by the Trump administration." www.ft.com/content/494a...
"None of the top 20 law firms in the US have so far offered their 'unconditional support' to an effort by Perkins Coie to fight sanctions imposed by the Trump administration." www.ft.com/content/494a...
Top US law firms balk at backing Perkins’ challenge to Trump sanctions
Legal industry split over whether to join amicus brief against president’s order for fear of retaliation
www.ft.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Absolutely shameful.👇
"None of the top 20 law firms in the US have so far offered their 'unconditional support' to an effort by Perkins Coie to fight sanctions imposed by the Trump administration." www.ft.com/content/494a...
"None of the top 20 law firms in the US have so far offered their 'unconditional support' to an effort by Perkins Coie to fight sanctions imposed by the Trump administration." www.ft.com/content/494a...
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"After the state banned abortion, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women died in Texas hospitals than had in pre-pandemic years... As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, ProPublica found, it rose substantially in Texas." www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"After the state banned abortion, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women died in Texas hospitals than had in pre-pandemic years... As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, ProPublica found, it rose substantially in Texas." www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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I feel like I’m going a little crazy, everyone’s acting like things are normal. None of this is normal, presidents aren’t supposed to ignore the law.
I’m not a lawyer but this is pretty basic stuff
I’m not a lawyer but this is pretty basic stuff
March 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I feel like I’m going a little crazy, everyone’s acting like things are normal. None of this is normal, presidents aren’t supposed to ignore the law.
I’m not a lawyer but this is pretty basic stuff
I’m not a lawyer but this is pretty basic stuff
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Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans:
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
Trump’s Commerce Secretary just said seniors shouldn’t “call and complain” if they stop getting their Social Security checks: “A fraudster always makes the loudest noise screaming and complaining.”
March 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans:
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
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We accelerate into a lawless abyss.
The Kremlin and other autocracies have long ached to see Voice of America and Radio Liberty destroyed, but even in their most fevered dreams, they could never have imagined that the Americans would do the dirty work themselves.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Another Gift From Trump to the World’s Dictators
Russia and China are surely thrilled by the president’s decision to close Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Marti, and Radio Free Asia.
www.theatlantic.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We accelerate into a lawless abyss.
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ICYMI:
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
ICYMI:
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
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This is the most important donor and man working for Trump…..
Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...
Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...
Elon Musk Shared, Then Deleted X Post Absolving Hitler, Stalin and Mao of Genocide
The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This is the most important donor and man working for Trump…..
Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...
Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...
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Advocates say the move could put millions of workers at higher risk of heat-related illnesses and injuries at the workplace.
capitalandmain.com/trump-memo-h...
capitalandmain.com/trump-memo-h...
Trump Memo Halts Federal Rulemaking, Indefinitely Suspends OSHA’s National Heat Standard
Advocates say the move could put millions of workers at higher risk of heat-related illnesses and injuries at the workplace.
capitalandmain.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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BREAKING
Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson just issued an order preventing the Trump administration from:
1. Deleting CFPB data
2. Firing CFPB employees
3. Transferring money from CFPB's reserve fund
Right after the order was issued, nearly all CFPB employees were placed on administrative leave
Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson just issued an order preventing the Trump administration from:
1. Deleting CFPB data
2. Firing CFPB employees
3. Transferring money from CFPB's reserve fund
Right after the order was issued, nearly all CFPB employees were placed on administrative leave
February 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
BREAKING
Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson just issued an order preventing the Trump administration from:
1. Deleting CFPB data
2. Firing CFPB employees
3. Transferring money from CFPB's reserve fund
Right after the order was issued, nearly all CFPB employees were placed on administrative leave
Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson just issued an order preventing the Trump administration from:
1. Deleting CFPB data
2. Firing CFPB employees
3. Transferring money from CFPB's reserve fund
Right after the order was issued, nearly all CFPB employees were placed on administrative leave
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
Guess it’s up to us
If this is a direct quote, it's one of the most irresponsible and reckless things a SECDEF has ever said
“I’m here today to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States from being the primary guarantor of security in Europe.”
US Secretary of Defence, February 12, 2025.
Everything changed today.
US Secretary of Defence, February 12, 2025.
Everything changed today.
February 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Guess it’s up to us
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The New York City Comptroller says Elon Musk and the DOGE team raided New York City’s bank accounts and illegally clawed back $80 million in federal funding.
February 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The New York City Comptroller says Elon Musk and the DOGE team raided New York City’s bank accounts and illegally clawed back $80 million in federal funding.
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Live from the U.S. Capitol: educators, parents, and lawmakers rally to protect our public schools and our students. Watch on Facebook: https://buff.ly/4jXkmas
February 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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