Carolyn
@lady74pink.bsky.social
God - Family - Country.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln
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In response to @freedom.press FOIA request, ODNI declassified & released an intel memo contradicting a key claim Trump made to invoke the Alien Enemies Act
Confirms reporting the Trump admin characterized as false & used to justify weakening limits on leak inquiries
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
Confirms reporting the Trump admin characterized as false & used to justify weakening limits on leak inquiries
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
Spy Agencies Do Not Think Venezuela Directs Gang, Declassified Memo Shows
The release of the memo further undercuts the Trump administration’s rationale for using the Alien Enemies Act to deport scores of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador.
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
In response to @freedom.press FOIA request, ODNI declassified & released an intel memo contradicting a key claim Trump made to invoke the Alien Enemies Act
Confirms reporting the Trump admin characterized as false & used to justify weakening limits on leak inquiries
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
Confirms reporting the Trump admin characterized as false & used to justify weakening limits on leak inquiries
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
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Consider how recklessly arrogant & self-righteous, at best, you have to be to say, yeah, I, a handful of 20 yr olds & our computers can decide how to make cuts to the entire govmt of the US across an array of agencies/subjects we know nothing abt & we won’t take any input from anybody.
February 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Consider how recklessly arrogant & self-righteous, at best, you have to be to say, yeah, I, a handful of 20 yr olds & our computers can decide how to make cuts to the entire govmt of the US across an array of agencies/subjects we know nothing abt & we won’t take any input from anybody.
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Eric announces the family business will expand their lucrative free money partnership with the Saudi state.
Remember when Russia was going to buy off Daddy with an impossibly lucrative superlative tower deal?
Remember when Russia was going to buy off Daddy with an impossibly lucrative superlative tower deal?
December 11, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Eric announces the family business will expand their lucrative free money partnership with the Saudi state.
Remember when Russia was going to buy off Daddy with an impossibly lucrative superlative tower deal?
Remember when Russia was going to buy off Daddy with an impossibly lucrative superlative tower deal?
Trump World’s Confirmation Playbook: Speak Loudly and Unleash the MAGA Dogs
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-worl...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-worl...
Trump World’s Confirmation Playbook: Speak Loudly and Unleash the MAGA Dogs
There is confidence in the outcome: ‘They’re all going to get confirmed’
www.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Trump World’s Confirmation Playbook: Speak Loudly and Unleash the MAGA Dogs
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-worl...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-worl...
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If you voted out the incumbent because you thought housing prices were too high, got more bad news from you.
We import $105B in cement/lime/minerals and $28B in lumber/paper from Canada. We also *already* tariff that lumber to death
Expect construction costs to go through the roof (so to speak)
We import $105B in cement/lime/minerals and $28B in lumber/paper from Canada. We also *already* tariff that lumber to death
Expect construction costs to go through the roof (so to speak)
November 26, 2024 at 1:40 AM
If you voted out the incumbent because you thought housing prices were too high, got more bad news from you.
We import $105B in cement/lime/minerals and $28B in lumber/paper from Canada. We also *already* tariff that lumber to death
Expect construction costs to go through the roof (so to speak)
We import $105B in cement/lime/minerals and $28B in lumber/paper from Canada. We also *already* tariff that lumber to death
Expect construction costs to go through the roof (so to speak)
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Filings just revealed that Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super PAC that made it seem like Trump and RBG had similar positions on abortion. I'll talk to RBG's granddaughter, Clara Spera, about that at 9:00 ET tonight.
apnews.com/article/elon...
apnews.com/article/elon...
Elon Musk funded a super PAC comparing Trump's position on abortion to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's
Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super PAC that focused on advertising likening Donald Trump’s stance on abortion to that of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
apnews.com
December 7, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Filings just revealed that Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super PAC that made it seem like Trump and RBG had similar positions on abortion. I'll talk to RBG's granddaughter, Clara Spera, about that at 9:00 ET tonight.
apnews.com/article/elon...
apnews.com/article/elon...
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. @jasonfurman.bsky.social: “To meet the 3% goal, Mr. Trump would need to abandon some of his campaign proposals, as newly elected presidents have done before, and add trillions in new savings.”
December 5, 2024 at 1:20 AM
. @jasonfurman.bsky.social: “To meet the 3% goal, Mr. Trump would need to abandon some of his campaign proposals, as newly elected presidents have done before, and add trillions in new savings.”
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"Pete Hegseth... received a six-figure severance payment and signed a non-disclosure agreement when he exited the organization Concerned Veterans of America. The payment came amid allegations of financial mismanagement, repeated incidents of intoxication and sexual impropriety"
Hegseth signed NDA, received six-figure severance payment after leaving veterans' group, sources say
Pete Hegseth received a six-figure sum amid allegations of financial mismanagement, intoxication and sexual impropriety, all of which he denies.
www.cbsnews.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:49 PM
"Pete Hegseth... received a six-figure severance payment and signed a non-disclosure agreement when he exited the organization Concerned Veterans of America. The payment came amid allegations of financial mismanagement, repeated incidents of intoxication and sexual impropriety"
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Kash Patel promoted a supplement this year that claims without evidence to help people "detox" from Covid vaccines.
The end result of anti-vaxx conspiracy theories is profiting off of misguided fear.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The end result of anti-vaxx conspiracy theories is profiting off of misguided fear.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Trump's pick for FBI director promoted bogus supplements to 'reverse' vaccines
Kash Patel has posted about a supplement line that claims, without evidence, that it can help people "detox" from Covid vaccines.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Kash Patel promoted a supplement this year that claims without evidence to help people "detox" from Covid vaccines.
The end result of anti-vaxx conspiracy theories is profiting off of misguided fear.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The end result of anti-vaxx conspiracy theories is profiting off of misguided fear.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Perhaps you can send a copy of this threat to Congress.
Maybe they will invite you to testify in his confirmation hearing, both as a subject matter expert in Homeland Security AND as a person who received such direct threats from him for exercising your Freedom of Speech in a public forum.
Maybe they will invite you to testify in his confirmation hearing, both as a subject matter expert in Homeland Security AND as a person who received such direct threats from him for exercising your Freedom of Speech in a public forum.
December 4, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Perhaps you can send a copy of this threat to Congress.
Maybe they will invite you to testify in his confirmation hearing, both as a subject matter expert in Homeland Security AND as a person who received such direct threats from him for exercising your Freedom of Speech in a public forum.
Maybe they will invite you to testify in his confirmation hearing, both as a subject matter expert in Homeland Security AND as a person who received such direct threats from him for exercising your Freedom of Speech in a public forum.
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Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.
December 4, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.
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Nixon never dreamed of an FBI director as corrupt and dangerous as Kash Patel would be—and Nixon appointed an FBI director who literally burned sensitive Watergate files he had hidden in his closet.
December 1, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Nixon never dreamed of an FBI director as corrupt and dangerous as Kash Patel would be—and Nixon appointed an FBI director who literally burned sensitive Watergate files he had hidden in his closet.
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Quite a sobering read by @philipstephens.bsky.social
Trump “may not quit NATO, but his eagerness to do a deal with Putin promises to badly undermine it. The alliance has been the keystone of British security. Without NATO, one senior official confides, Britain does not have a defence policy.”
Trump “may not quit NATO, but his eagerness to do a deal with Putin promises to badly undermine it. The alliance has been the keystone of British security. Without NATO, one senior official confides, Britain does not have a defence policy.”
Britain’s national security demands more than a defence review
As the international order cracks, the nation’s capabilities must adjust to a new world
on.ft.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Quite a sobering read by @philipstephens.bsky.social
Trump “may not quit NATO, but his eagerness to do a deal with Putin promises to badly undermine it. The alliance has been the keystone of British security. Without NATO, one senior official confides, Britain does not have a defence policy.”
Trump “may not quit NATO, but his eagerness to do a deal with Putin promises to badly undermine it. The alliance has been the keystone of British security. Without NATO, one senior official confides, Britain does not have a defence policy.”
For Treasury, he chose the guy who loves tariffs:
www.foxnews.com/opinion/scot...
www.foxnews.com/opinion/scot...
SCOTT BESSENT: Let's talk tariffs. It's time to revitalize Alexander Hamilton's favorite tool
Prior to the 16th Amendment, which authorized the individual income tax, tariffs had been one of the federal government’s chief sources of funding.
www.foxnews.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:14 PM
For Treasury, he chose the guy who loves tariffs:
www.foxnews.com/opinion/scot...
www.foxnews.com/opinion/scot...
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"Yes she is corrupt but she isn't Matt Gaetz" is the strongest endorsement I've heard so far for Pam Bondi's AG nomination.
November 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
"Yes she is corrupt but she isn't Matt Gaetz" is the strongest endorsement I've heard so far for Pam Bondi's AG nomination.
Must read by Charlie
WWJD? Not this, FFS.
One scat does not a sewer make; but Trump has assembled a remarkable troupe of grimy sleazoids for his cabinet. This is not by chance.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/wwjd-not-t...
One scat does not a sewer make; but Trump has assembled a remarkable troupe of grimy sleazoids for his cabinet. This is not by chance.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/wwjd-not-t...
WWJD? Not This, FFS.
“Jane Doe remembered saying ‘no’ a lot."
charliesykes.substack.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Must read by Charlie
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NEW: When Donald Trump was on the brink of defeat in 2020 Pam Bondi jumped in a car (w Rudy) to Pennsylvania to help plant the first seeds of doubt about the results.
She’s not Matt Gaetz. But when Trump has been in crisis, she’s been just as much a loyalist.
www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
She’s not Matt Gaetz. But when Trump has been in crisis, she’s been just as much a loyalist.
www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
November 22, 2024 at 11:40 AM
NEW: When Donald Trump was on the brink of defeat in 2020 Pam Bondi jumped in a car (w Rudy) to Pennsylvania to help plant the first seeds of doubt about the results.
She’s not Matt Gaetz. But when Trump has been in crisis, she’s been just as much a loyalist.
www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
She’s not Matt Gaetz. But when Trump has been in crisis, she’s been just as much a loyalist.
www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
"Republicans on Capitol Hill have to wonder what it will be like to go four years with a President Trump who knows he will never have to face voters again, even though they will."
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/nat...
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/nat...
The Republican Honeymoon May Be Over Before It Begins
Sooner or later, both marital and political honeymoons come to an end. It’s rare, however, for a honeymoon to end before the nuptials have been exchanged. With the nominations of Tulsi Gabbard as nati...
www.cookpolitical.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:48 PM
"Republicans on Capitol Hill have to wonder what it will be like to go four years with a President Trump who knows he will never have to face voters again, even though they will."
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/nat...
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/nat...
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Many people think Elon Musk drives a Tesla.
WRONG!
Elon drives a POTUS.
WRONG!
Elon drives a POTUS.
November 18, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Many people think Elon Musk drives a Tesla.
WRONG!
Elon drives a POTUS.
WRONG!
Elon drives a POTUS.