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1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
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If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
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A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made.
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made.
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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NEW: Todd Blanche, the second-highest official at the DOJ, issued a memo to shut down enforcement against crypto companies while he still held more than $150,000 in crypto investments, ProPublica found.
One expert called it “an obvious conflict of interest.”
One expert called it “an obvious conflict of interest.”
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments
The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, experts told ProPublica.
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
NEW: Todd Blanche, the second-highest official at the DOJ, issued a memo to shut down enforcement against crypto companies while he still held more than $150,000 in crypto investments, ProPublica found.
One expert called it “an obvious conflict of interest.”
One expert called it “an obvious conflict of interest.”
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It's a problem, not a hoax.
Energy bills in US have increased 13% since Trump took office, new report finds
The amount of money Americans are paying toward their energy bills has increased since President Donald Trump took office earlier this year, according to a new report.
abcnews.go.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It's a problem, not a hoax.
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Jon is joined by @jonfavs.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss what Republican leadership looks like in 2028.
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Jon is joined by @jonfavs.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss what Republican leadership looks like in 2028.
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Gov. Pritzker on redistricting in Indiana: “Members of the Indiana legislature are being threatened. Their lives are being threatened, and it's being egged on by the President…He's trying to cheat.”
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Gov. Pritzker on redistricting in Indiana: “Members of the Indiana legislature are being threatened. Their lives are being threatened, and it's being egged on by the President…He's trying to cheat.”
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It’s now official: Trump has pardoned one of the world’s most notorious drug traffickers. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking last year in the U.S. and sentenced to 45 years in prison. 1/
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It’s now official: Trump has pardoned one of the world’s most notorious drug traffickers. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking last year in the U.S. and sentenced to 45 years in prison. 1/
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During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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"Here's how I feel about the Epstein files....all of a sudden he's saying he'll wait to see what Congress does? Since when? Come on. Release the files!"
@kamalaharris.com talks Trump stonewalling and suddenly pretending to care about Congress with @timmiller.bsky.social:
@kamalaharris.com talks Trump stonewalling and suddenly pretending to care about Congress with @timmiller.bsky.social:
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Here's how I feel about the Epstein files....all of a sudden he's saying he'll wait to see what Congress does? Since when? Come on. Release the files!"
@kamalaharris.com talks Trump stonewalling and suddenly pretending to care about Congress with @timmiller.bsky.social:
@kamalaharris.com talks Trump stonewalling and suddenly pretending to care about Congress with @timmiller.bsky.social:
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Targeted individuals received hundreds of angry or threatening messages; one got calls every minute for a day. At least two now plan to sell their homes. Read the full investigation via @specialreports ➡️ reut.rs/4pb4T8g
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Targeted individuals received hundreds of angry or threatening messages; one got calls every minute for a day. At least two now plan to sell their homes. Read the full investigation via @specialreports ➡️ reut.rs/4pb4T8g
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House Republicans were willing to starve Americans - to shut down the House and not call it back to session where they could try and reopen the govt and fund SNAP - to keep this from coming out
"...Mr. Epstein flatly asserted that Mr. Trump 'knew about the girls,' many of whom were later found by investigators to have been underage. In another, Mr. Epstein pondered how to address questions from the news media about their relationship as Mr. Trump was becoming a national political figure."
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
House Republicans were willing to starve Americans - to shut down the House and not call it back to session where they could try and reopen the govt and fund SNAP - to keep this from coming out
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Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
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The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough.
25/47
25/47
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough.
25/47
25/47
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Trump yesterday: They have this new word called
"affordability" and [Republicans] don't talk about it enough. Democrats did.
Trump today: I don't want to hear about the affordability.
"affordability" and [Republicans] don't talk about it enough. Democrats did.
Trump today: I don't want to hear about the affordability.
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Trump yesterday: They have this new word called
"affordability" and [Republicans] don't talk about it enough. Democrats did.
Trump today: I don't want to hear about the affordability.
"affordability" and [Republicans] don't talk about it enough. Democrats did.
Trump today: I don't want to hear about the affordability.
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"The Trump administration may be the worst presidential administration towards farmers that I've seen in my lifetime."
@andybeshearky.bsky.social talks that and more with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
@andybeshearky.bsky.social talks that and more with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"The Trump administration may be the worst presidential administration towards farmers that I've seen in my lifetime."
@andybeshearky.bsky.social talks that and more with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
@andybeshearky.bsky.social talks that and more with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
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This is the President openly announcing that he will violate court orders - two courts had concluded that the Trump regime withholding SNAP funding was illegal - and that the government had to pay out (at least reduced) SNAP benefits starting this week
This is the President openly announcing that he will violate court orders - two courts had concluded that the Trump regime withholding SNAP funding was illegal - and that the government had to pay out (at least reduced) SNAP benefits starting this week
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
This is the President openly announcing that he will violate court orders - two courts had concluded that the Trump regime withholding SNAP funding was illegal - and that the government had to pay out (at least reduced) SNAP benefits starting this week
This is the President openly announcing that he will violate court orders - two courts had concluded that the Trump regime withholding SNAP funding was illegal - and that the government had to pay out (at least reduced) SNAP benefits starting this week
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
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While hundreds of thousands of furloughed workers are going without pay, SNAP benefits are due to run out on Saturday.
“It’s hard to fathom this severe a blow to food security.”
“It’s hard to fathom this severe a blow to food security.”
The shutdown is pushing federal workers to food banks—just as SNAP is set to expire
"There's absolutely more need, but less food. It's bad."
www.motherjones.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
While hundreds of thousands of furloughed workers are going without pay, SNAP benefits are due to run out on Saturday.
“It’s hard to fathom this severe a blow to food security.”
“It’s hard to fathom this severe a blow to food security.”
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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Trump on sending troops into American cities: “If I want to enact a certain act, I’m allowed to do it…And I’d be allowed to do whatever I want…And the courts wouldn’t get involved. Nobody would get involved. And I can send the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.”
October 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Trump on sending troops into American cities: “If I want to enact a certain act, I’m allowed to do it…And I’d be allowed to do whatever I want…And the courts wouldn’t get involved. Nobody would get involved. And I can send the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.”
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"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both"
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both"
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
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The President is getting involved after in-person pleading by the VP still couldn’t get these Indiana legislators to execute Trump’s gerrymandering plan.
They’ve held off because they know it’s wrong - and because our pressure is working. So let’s keep it up!
They’ve held off because they know it’s wrong - and because our pressure is working. So let’s keep it up!
October 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The President is getting involved after in-person pleading by the VP still couldn’t get these Indiana legislators to execute Trump’s gerrymandering plan.
They’ve held off because they know it’s wrong - and because our pressure is working. So let’s keep it up!
They’ve held off because they know it’s wrong - and because our pressure is working. So let’s keep it up!