B Christe
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B Christe
@christe9.bsky.social
· Jan 29
In January 2010, just days after the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United, President Obama stood before Congress to deliver his State of the Union address.“With all due deference to separation of powers,” he scolded, the decision “will open the floodgates for special interests
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Funny how that works
December 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Funny how that works
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REP. @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The biggest ‘welfare queens’ in 🇺🇸 are corporations that don’t pay a penny in federal taxes, and CEOs who get a tax deduction for flying on a private jet — not hungry kids, or working parents who work multiple jobs.”
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
REP. @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The biggest ‘welfare queens’ in 🇺🇸 are corporations that don’t pay a penny in federal taxes, and CEOs who get a tax deduction for flying on a private jet — not hungry kids, or working parents who work multiple jobs.”
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No president in American history has profited off the presidency like this
Not close
Foreign money
Crypto schemes
Access for sale
And a net worth up billions
This week on @contrariannews.org we discuss Trump's top 10 profiteering scandals - TN
contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Not close
Foreign money
Crypto schemes
Access for sale
And a net worth up billions
This week on @contrariannews.org we discuss Trump's top 10 profiteering scandals - TN
contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Trump & Cronies Top 10 Worst…Presidential Profiteering Scandals
Publisher's Roundup 47
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December 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
No president in American history has profited off the presidency like this
Not close
Foreign money
Crypto schemes
Access for sale
And a net worth up billions
This week on @contrariannews.org we discuss Trump's top 10 profiteering scandals - TN
contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Not close
Foreign money
Crypto schemes
Access for sale
And a net worth up billions
This week on @contrariannews.org we discuss Trump's top 10 profiteering scandals - TN
contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
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African immigrant Elon Musk spouts racist BS about African immigrants https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/12/10/2357820/-African-immigrant-Elon-Musk-spouts-racist-BS-about-African-immigrants?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=
African immigrant Elon Musk spouts racist BS about African immigrants
South African immigrant Elon Musk is still� criticizing �immigrants from Black majority countries, this time accusing them of coming to the United States to vote for Democrats. Musk made his racist ...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
African immigrant Elon Musk spouts racist BS about African immigrants https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/12/10/2357820/-African-immigrant-Elon-Musk-spouts-racist-BS-about-African-immigrants?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=
@msnowcomms.bsky.social What is happening to media ownership by Saudi’s Arabia?
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
@msnowcomms.bsky.social What is happening to media ownership by Saudi’s Arabia?
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Ronan Farrow and Michael Cohen claim there were more than 60 "catch and kill" stories that were buried during the 2016 election.
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Trump stories involving Melania and the Mob were caught and killed: Ex-Trump lawyer
The New Yorker reporter Ronan Farrow was correct when he said Donald Trump was involved in as many as 60 “catch and kill” operations during the 2016 presidential election in which Trump first won powe...
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December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ronan Farrow and Michael Cohen claim there were more than 60 "catch and kill" stories that were buried during the 2016 election.
www.rawstory.com/michael-cohe...
www.rawstory.com/michael-cohe...
Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement
December 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement
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The WSJ Editorial Board
“Those 400 tons of cocaine, transshipped via Honduras, were worth $10 billion in the U.S. . . “‘he knew and understood the violence that accompanies drug trafficking, and in facilitating trafficking, he knowingly facilitated the violence.’”
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“Those 400 tons of cocaine, transshipped via Honduras, were worth $10 billion in the U.S. . . “‘he knew and understood the violence that accompanies drug trafficking, and in facilitating trafficking, he knowingly facilitated the violence.’”
www.wsj.com/opinion/juan...
Opinion | Trump’s Pardon for Cocaine Juan
A jury found Honduras’s former President guilty. Why set him free?
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December 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The WSJ Editorial Board
“Those 400 tons of cocaine, transshipped via Honduras, were worth $10 billion in the U.S. . . “‘he knew and understood the violence that accompanies drug trafficking, and in facilitating trafficking, he knowingly facilitated the violence.’”
www.wsj.com/opinion/juan...
“Those 400 tons of cocaine, transshipped via Honduras, were worth $10 billion in the U.S. . . “‘he knew and understood the violence that accompanies drug trafficking, and in facilitating trafficking, he knowingly facilitated the violence.’”
www.wsj.com/opinion/juan...
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There is no doubt that Hegseth has ordered our troops to commit war crimes. He fired all the TJAGs his first week for a reason. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
Ordering our troops to commit murder is a crime. Period.
The Washington Post story on the 'take no prisoners' order from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is clear evidence that the Trump Administration is giving illegal orders to our troops
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November 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
There is no doubt that Hegseth has ordered our troops to commit war crimes. He fired all the TJAGs his first week for a reason. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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A bi-partisan inquiry into Hegseth and Trump’s Venezuela boat strikes and killings is afoot: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Congressional committees vow to boost oversight in killing of boat strike survivors
The Senate and House armed services committees’ pledge followed a Washington Post report revealing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered that a U.S. strike leave no survivors.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A bi-partisan inquiry into Hegseth and Trump’s Venezuela boat strikes and killings is afoot: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Suggestion for new Law:
The President of the United States may not take any money either in gifts or due to him via his businesses while President of the United States.
ANY Money.
Period: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The President of the United States may not take any money either in gifts or due to him via his businesses while President of the United States.
ANY Money.
Period: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Again Funneling Money From Political Committees He Runs Into His Own Pocket
Of the $1.1 million his hotels and country clubs have collected from Republican candidates and committees this year, 80% is from entities Trump controls.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Suggestion for new Law:
The President of the United States may not take any money either in gifts or due to him via his businesses while President of the United States.
ANY Money.
Period: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The President of the United States may not take any money either in gifts or due to him via his businesses while President of the United States.
ANY Money.
Period: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Ordering our troops to commit murder is a crime. Period.
open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
Ordering our troops to commit murder is a crime. Period.
The Washington Post story on the 'take no prisoners' order from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is clear evidence that the Trump Administration is giving illegal orders to our troops
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Ordering our troops to commit murder is a crime. Period.
open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) issued a statement Saturday vowing to conduct “vigorous oversight” on Caribbean strikes after a report surfaced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug vessel.
Senators vow oversight after report Hegseth told troops to ‘kill everybody’ in boat strike
Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) issued a statement Saturday vowing to conduct “vigorous oversight” on Caribbean strikes after a report surfaced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) issued a statement Saturday vowing to conduct “vigorous oversight” on Caribbean strikes after a report surfaced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug vessel.
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The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025
The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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Reviewing account locations on X shows the value of transparency in digital communication. It’s hard to pretend to be an American when you’re posting from Russia. 
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Reviewing account locations on X shows the value of transparency in digital communication. It’s hard to pretend to be an American when you’re posting from Russia. 
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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NEWS: Group of Military Lawyers Conclude Hegseth Committed War Crimes, Murder, or Both open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Called it.
Called it.
NEWS: Group of Military Lawyers Conclude Hegseth Committed War Crimes, Murder, or Both
A group of former military lawyers have concluded, in a new statement, that Hegseth and anyone under him, have committed war crimes, murder, or both.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
NEWS: Group of Military Lawyers Conclude Hegseth Committed War Crimes, Murder, or Both open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Called it.
Called it.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly delivered an order in the first attack on a suspected drug boat that lawmakers have blasted as excessive and "blatantly illegal.
'Kill everybody': Bombshell Pete Hegseth order blasted by lawmakers as 'blatantly illegal'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly delivered an order in the first attack on a suspected drug boat that lawmakers have blasted as excessive and "blatantly illegal."President Donald Trump's Pentagon chief ordered a missile attack on the boat Sept. 2 off the Trinidad coast, but intelligence ana...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly delivered an order in the first attack on a suspected drug boat that lawmakers have blasted as excessive and "blatantly illegal.
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In 2022 alone they paid about $59 billion in federal taxes plus billions into Social Security and Medicare they can never claim.
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
In 2022 alone they paid about $59 billion in federal taxes plus billions into Social Security and Medicare they can never claim.
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New reporting shows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may have violated U.S. and international law by ordering a follow-up attack on two survivors in the administration's controversial missile strikes on alleged drug smugglers.
'Premeditated murder': Pete Hegseth accused of 'unambiguous war crime' after new report
New reporting shows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may have violated U.S. and international law by ordering a follow-up attack on two survivors in the administration's controversial missile strikes on alleged drug smugglers.President Donald Trump's Pentagon chief ordered the Sept. 2 strike off the T...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
New reporting shows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may have violated U.S. and international law by ordering a follow-up attack on two survivors in the administration's controversial missile strikes on alleged drug smugglers.
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📌Pete Hegseth ordered our military to "kill everybody" on a damn boat carrying 11 people. The tiny vessel was repeatedly struck by our military, who have leaked Hegseth's barbaric order to the WaPo.
📌Related: Six politicians reminded our military not to follow grotesque, illegal orders like these.
📌Related: Six politicians reminded our military not to follow grotesque, illegal orders like these.
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
📌Pete Hegseth ordered our military to "kill everybody" on a damn boat carrying 11 people. The tiny vessel was repeatedly struck by our military, who have leaked Hegseth's barbaric order to the WaPo.
📌Related: Six politicians reminded our military not to follow grotesque, illegal orders like these.
📌Related: Six politicians reminded our military not to follow grotesque, illegal orders like these.
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ICE will provide huge financial incentives to bounty hunters who help Trump hunt down immigrants. My latest on how private contractors could earn up to $281 MILLION dollars serving as de facto law enforcement.
No $ for SNAP, but Trump has millions for bounty hunters.
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No $ for SNAP, but Trump has millions for bounty hunters.
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Trump’s ICE Offers MASSIVE REWARD in SHOCKING Scheme
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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November 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
ICE will provide huge financial incentives to bounty hunters who help Trump hunt down immigrants. My latest on how private contractors could earn up to $281 MILLION dollars serving as de facto law enforcement.
No $ for SNAP, but Trump has millions for bounty hunters.
youtu.be/7AT-dwgAKms?...
No $ for SNAP, but Trump has millions for bounty hunters.
youtu.be/7AT-dwgAKms?...
Maddow@bsky
Watching News I am struck by the fact that “left” news always checks and critiques the left while “right” news never critiques the right. Is this a problem?
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Maddow@bsky
Watching News I am struck by the fact that “left” news always checks and critiques the left while “right” news never critiques the right. Is this a problem?
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Watching News I am struck by the fact that “left” news always checks and critiques the left while “right” news never critiques the right. Is this a problem?