@cdoles74.bsky.social
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"There is nothing remarkable about a politician raising money for nonprofits that promote their campaigns or agendas. What’s unusual is for a politician to keep some of the money for themselves." Smart reporting by @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"There is nothing remarkable about a politician raising money for nonprofits that promote their campaigns or agendas. What’s unusual is for a politician to keep some of the money for themselves." Smart reporting by @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Two days after her racist meltdown attacking Zohran Mamdani, Gillibrand was caught rubbing elbows with Cuomo's financiers.
Gillibrand is an embarrassment to New Yorkers and should resign immediately.
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/nota...
Gillibrand is an embarrassment to New Yorkers and should resign immediately.
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/nota...
Damn, Lucy Fato, who's hosting this dinner for Gillibrand is the lawyer for Ackman's Seaport Entertainment Group and gave $100K to Cuomo's superPAC.
In case you don’t see this directly @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social It’ll be a cold day in hell before I give you any money ever again.
June 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Two days after her racist meltdown attacking Zohran Mamdani, Gillibrand was caught rubbing elbows with Cuomo's financiers.
Gillibrand is an embarrassment to New Yorkers and should resign immediately.
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/nota...
Gillibrand is an embarrassment to New Yorkers and should resign immediately.
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/nota...
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Watching institutional figures rally around total creep Andrew Cuomo is instructive.
The people in charge are more worried about a supposed “leftist” gaining power than they are authoritarianism or exposing their supposed “principles” as meaningless.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/dont-forge...
The people in charge are more worried about a supposed “leftist” gaining power than they are authoritarianism or exposing their supposed “principles” as meaningless.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/dont-forge...
Don't Forget Who They Are: Political Amnesia in Times of Crisis
Politicians and parties are revealing who they are and what they value. We cannot afford to forget, no matter how uncomfortable it may be
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Watching institutional figures rally around total creep Andrew Cuomo is instructive.
The people in charge are more worried about a supposed “leftist” gaining power than they are authoritarianism or exposing their supposed “principles” as meaningless.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/dont-forge...
The people in charge are more worried about a supposed “leftist” gaining power than they are authoritarianism or exposing their supposed “principles” as meaningless.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/dont-forge...
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Marco Rubio needs to be asked whether he believes his grandfather who remained in the U.S. after receiving a deportation order from our govt should have been treated the way the father of 3 Marines was treated by ICE this weekend in California.
ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.
ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.
So video of this 2012 interview is popping up on other sites. Feels super relevant at the moment. Wait for the moment Rubio gets pinned to the wall about his grandfather’s deportation order…
(h/t @reuben_reyñoso)
(h/t @reuben_reyñoso)
June 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Marco Rubio needs to be asked whether he believes his grandfather who remained in the U.S. after receiving a deportation order from our govt should have been treated the way the father of 3 Marines was treated by ICE this weekend in California.
ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.
ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.
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Next thing you know Trump and Khamenei will go into business together making CGI explosion propaganda videos for Fox News and IRINN
So we bombed several abandoned bases to make Trump feel tough, and they responded by giving us advance notice so we could abandon a couple of our bases before bombing them so they can feel tough?
The US and Iran currently taking turns doing "Wag the Dog" style bombing runs to create content for FOX News.
June 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Next thing you know Trump and Khamenei will go into business together making CGI explosion propaganda videos for Fox News and IRINN
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Justice Sotomayor said it best: the conservative majority is “rewarding lawlessness.”
Migrants are being deported—without notice or due process—to countries they’ve never even set foot in.
This is what happens when the Court starts playing politics.
Migrants are being deported—without notice or due process—to countries they’ve never even set foot in.
This is what happens when the Court starts playing politics.
Supreme Court allows Trump to resume 3rd-country removals without court-ordered due process requirements
The Supreme Court handed Trump a major win by allowing officials to resume deportation of migrants to third countries without additional due process requirements.
abcnews.go.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Justice Sotomayor said it best: the conservative majority is “rewarding lawlessness.”
Migrants are being deported—without notice or due process—to countries they’ve never even set foot in.
This is what happens when the Court starts playing politics.
Migrants are being deported—without notice or due process—to countries they’ve never even set foot in.
This is what happens when the Court starts playing politics.
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Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while…
www.propublica.org
June 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
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As Trump announces a ceasefire that neither Israel or Iran have seemingly heard about, it seems pretty obvious he’s once again just trying to score a Nobel Peace Prize.
In case it isn’t clear, the only thing that matters to Trump is Trump. There is no strategy. No basic humanity. Just a black hole.
In case it isn’t clear, the only thing that matters to Trump is Trump. There is no strategy. No basic humanity. Just a black hole.
June 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
As Trump announces a ceasefire that neither Israel or Iran have seemingly heard about, it seems pretty obvious he’s once again just trying to score a Nobel Peace Prize.
In case it isn’t clear, the only thing that matters to Trump is Trump. There is no strategy. No basic humanity. Just a black hole.
In case it isn’t clear, the only thing that matters to Trump is Trump. There is no strategy. No basic humanity. Just a black hole.
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It doesn’t matter to Trump that Pete Hegseth endangered U.S. armed forces by sharing attack plans with his wife, his brother and a journalist.
It matters to Trump that Hegseth is willing to order American troops to attack American civilians. That’s why Hegseth is there.
It matters to Trump that Hegseth is willing to order American troops to attack American civilians. That’s why Hegseth is there.
Defense Secretary Hegseth threatens to send Marines into LA
June 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It doesn’t matter to Trump that Pete Hegseth endangered U.S. armed forces by sharing attack plans with his wife, his brother and a journalist.
It matters to Trump that Hegseth is willing to order American troops to attack American civilians. That’s why Hegseth is there.
It matters to Trump that Hegseth is willing to order American troops to attack American civilians. That’s why Hegseth is there.
I said this was going to happen
🚨SCOOP: The aviation industry is now selling airline passengers' private info to Trump's immigration enforcers and the data is fed into a secretive government intelligence operation, according to documents reviewed by The Lever. www.levernews.com/airlines-are...
Airlines Are Collecting Your Data And Selling It To ICE
An aviation industry clearinghouse is collecting passenger information from billions of past and future flights and selling it to Trump’s immigration enforcers.
www.levernews.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I said this was going to happen
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Immigration policy or bribery? Trump wants to PAY immigrants $1,000 to leave. This ain’t policy — it’s a payoff. And guess what? Our taxpayer dollars are funding it.
thehill.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Immigration policy or bribery? Trump wants to PAY immigrants $1,000 to leave. This ain’t policy — it’s a payoff. And guess what? Our taxpayer dollars are funding it.
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The biggest mistake Dems in red states make is NOT CALLING THEIR REPUBLICAN reps.
Calling your rep - ESPECIALLY if they're Republican, is *critical*. Otherwise they just hear from supporters and think they're doing a great job.
americansofconscience.com/faq-calling-...
Calling your rep - ESPECIALLY if they're Republican, is *critical*. Otherwise they just hear from supporters and think they're doing a great job.
americansofconscience.com/faq-calling-...
May 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The biggest mistake Dems in red states make is NOT CALLING THEIR REPUBLICAN reps.
Calling your rep - ESPECIALLY if they're Republican, is *critical*. Otherwise they just hear from supporters and think they're doing a great job.
americansofconscience.com/faq-calling-...
Calling your rep - ESPECIALLY if they're Republican, is *critical*. Otherwise they just hear from supporters and think they're doing a great job.
americansofconscience.com/faq-calling-...
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And there you have it.
May 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
And there you have it.
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First Germany, then Canada, and now Australia. Antifascists are making a global comeback.
May 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
First Germany, then Canada, and now Australia. Antifascists are making a global comeback.
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AOC: We heard that we should take your word that Medicaid will be protected — that we should trust you that no one is going to be affected by this. But as a woman, the word was given that my rights would not be taken away by the Supreme Court — and that wasn’t true.
April 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
AOC: We heard that we should take your word that Medicaid will be protected — that we should trust you that no one is going to be affected by this. But as a woman, the word was given that my rights would not be taken away by the Supreme Court — and that wasn’t true.
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Republicans in Congress have done a lot wrong, but their unforgivable political sin, in my book, is their conscious decision that making every American's life worse is an acceptable price to pay for not being primaried.
They know what Trump is doing to America, and it doesn't matter to them.
They know what Trump is doing to America, and it doesn't matter to them.
the tariffs help no one and make the gop agenda much more difficult in just about every way.
but no republican will tell trump that. at least, not in a way he has to listen to.
but no republican will tell trump that. at least, not in a way he has to listen to.
April 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Republicans in Congress have done a lot wrong, but their unforgivable political sin, in my book, is their conscious decision that making every American's life worse is an acceptable price to pay for not being primaried.
They know what Trump is doing to America, and it doesn't matter to them.
They know what Trump is doing to America, and it doesn't matter to them.
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Turns out you can shape the agenda with dramatic action and maybe even shift public opinion. Crazy.
Sunday morning April 20, 2025
Fox News Sunday — Van Hollen
NBC's Meet the Press — Van Hollen
CNN's State of the Union — Van Hollen
CBS’ Face the Nation — Van Hollen
ABC’s This Week — Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov
#AbregoGarcia #RuleOfLaw
Fox News Sunday — Van Hollen
NBC's Meet the Press — Van Hollen
CNN's State of the Union — Van Hollen
CBS’ Face the Nation — Van Hollen
ABC’s This Week — Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov
#AbregoGarcia #RuleOfLaw
April 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Turns out you can shape the agenda with dramatic action and maybe even shift public opinion. Crazy.
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The exchange at the Oval Office before the press pool entered:
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
Bukele: "We got space."
Everyone laughs.
youtu.be/myFL_QyW4QY
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
Bukele: "We got space."
Everyone laughs.
youtu.be/myFL_QyW4QY
Trump to Bukele: Home-growns are next. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough
YouTube video by ONEST NETWORK
youtu.be
April 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The exchange at the Oval Office before the press pool entered:
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
Bukele: "We got space."
Everyone laughs.
youtu.be/myFL_QyW4QY
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
Bukele: "We got space."
Everyone laughs.
youtu.be/myFL_QyW4QY
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So, if I understand correctly, the President of the United States is saying that the Supreme Court of the United States consists of nine “sick people,” including three whom he appointed.
apple.news/AMHDqIFcpRxi...
apple.news/AMHDqIFcpRxi...
April 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
So, if I understand correctly, the President of the United States is saying that the Supreme Court of the United States consists of nine “sick people,” including three whom he appointed.
apple.news/AMHDqIFcpRxi...
apple.news/AMHDqIFcpRxi...
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The purpose is to spread disease and weaken the US population so they can be more easily controlled. It's why Kennedy was appointed.
The CDC's cruise ship inspectors have been laid off, as well as agency's head epidemiologist for investigating cruise ship outbreaks
That baffled health officials since this program is paid for by cruise ship fees, not taxpayer dollars
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...
That baffled health officials since this program is paid for by cruise ship fees, not taxpayer dollars
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...
CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks
The steep cuts to the cruise ship inspection team baffled officials in the program, which is not paid for by taxpayer dollars.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The purpose is to spread disease and weaken the US population so they can be more easily controlled. It's why Kennedy was appointed.
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Tariffs? Out of control. Prices? Skyrocketing.
Emergency powers? He’s abusing them.
And yet… not a single question about whether he’s even fit to serve.
The math ain’t mathing.
Emergency powers? He’s abusing them.
And yet… not a single question about whether he’s even fit to serve.
The math ain’t mathing.
April 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tariffs? Out of control. Prices? Skyrocketing.
Emergency powers? He’s abusing them.
And yet… not a single question about whether he’s even fit to serve.
The math ain’t mathing.
Emergency powers? He’s abusing them.
And yet… not a single question about whether he’s even fit to serve.
The math ain’t mathing.
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In case you're wondering...
it's been 17 days since a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where our government officials were sharing war plans.
And nobody has been fired...
Don't stop talking about SignalGate
it's been 17 days since a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where our government officials were sharing war plans.
And nobody has been fired...
Don't stop talking about SignalGate
April 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
In case you're wondering...
it's been 17 days since a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where our government officials were sharing war plans.
And nobody has been fired...
Don't stop talking about SignalGate
it's been 17 days since a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where our government officials were sharing war plans.
And nobody has been fired...
Don't stop talking about SignalGate
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🚨Every word of this from AOC.
"If people are pissed about insider trading here at the House, look at what's happening at the White House.”
(🎥 NY1)
"If people are pissed about insider trading here at the House, look at what's happening at the White House.”
(🎥 NY1)
April 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚨Every word of this from AOC.
"If people are pissed about insider trading here at the House, look at what's happening at the White House.”
(🎥 NY1)
"If people are pissed about insider trading here at the House, look at what's happening at the White House.”
(🎥 NY1)
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Seriously? Because we were told they were going to deport violent criminals.
April 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Seriously? Because we were told they were going to deport violent criminals.