@samuelbegley.bsky.social
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Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
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Extraordinary new detail about the FBI purge.
*Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump.
*When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired.
www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
*Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump.
*When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired.
www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
Politics may have spurred August purge of 5 veteran FBI agents
Details are emerging about the possible motivation behind the firing of five senior FBI agents.
www.cbsnews.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Extraordinary new detail about the FBI purge.
*Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump.
*When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired.
www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
*Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump.
*When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired.
www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
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“That's the real question ... 'Are they withholding documents that might refer to [Donald Trump], or things that are embarrassing to him, and producing documents that refer to other people in order to distract?' I wouldn't put it past them.”
August 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“That's the real question ... 'Are they withholding documents that might refer to [Donald Trump], or things that are embarrassing to him, and producing documents that refer to other people in order to distract?' I wouldn't put it past them.”
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"I think [Ghislaine Maxwell] had every reason to downplay any involvement that Donald Trump had in anything she was involved with. I think the real question is, what’s in the documents that they haven’t produced?”
August 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"I think [Ghislaine Maxwell] had every reason to downplay any involvement that Donald Trump had in anything she was involved with. I think the real question is, what’s in the documents that they haven’t produced?”
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"Whatever comes of the FBI raid on Bolton, legally speaking, there is a certain awful predictability to it," writes @sbg1.bsky.social. "In his first months back in office, Trump has made clear that his vengeful threats were not simply campaign-season bluster." www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
The Retribution Phase of Trump’s Presidency Has Begun
There was a certain awful predictability about the F.B.I.’s Friday-morning raids targeting the former Trump adviser turned critic John Bolton.
www.newyorker.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Whatever comes of the FBI raid on Bolton, legally speaking, there is a certain awful predictability to it," writes @sbg1.bsky.social. "In his first months back in office, Trump has made clear that his vengeful threats were not simply campaign-season bluster." www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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"This F.B.I. raid … represents a direct attack on one of the President’s most informed and unrelenting critics, … whose … account of Trump’s ignorance, perfidy, and willingness to betray the national interest [counters] the … pro-Trump propaganda now embraced by most of the American right."
John Bolton predicted a ‘retribution Presidency.’ On Friday it came for him.
My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
The Retribution Phase of Trump’s Presidency Has Begun
There was a certain awful predictability about the F.B.I.’s Friday-morning raids targeting the former Trump adviser turned critic John Bolton.
www.newyorker.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"This F.B.I. raid … represents a direct attack on one of the President’s most informed and unrelenting critics, … whose … account of Trump’s ignorance, perfidy, and willingness to betray the national interest [counters] the … pro-Trump propaganda now embraced by most of the American right."
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Trump administration fires the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency weeks after it drafted a preliminary report that contradicted Trump’s contention that Iran’s nuclear sites had been “obliterated.” @julianbarnes.bsky.social Eric Schmitt www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Trump administration fires the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency weeks after it drafted a preliminary report that contradicted Trump’s contention that Iran’s nuclear sites had been “obliterated.” @julianbarnes.bsky.social Eric Schmitt www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
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Bolton’s home raided, Gen. Kruse fired, Epstein coverup proceeds, seizure of 10% of Intel another step towards state capitalism. Just one day in the somewhat chaotic but directionally purposeful march towards…despotism.
Does anyone think they’re doing all this so they can hand over power in 2028?
Does anyone think they’re doing all this so they can hand over power in 2028?
August 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Bolton’s home raided, Gen. Kruse fired, Epstein coverup proceeds, seizure of 10% of Intel another step towards state capitalism. Just one day in the somewhat chaotic but directionally purposeful march towards…despotism.
Does anyone think they’re doing all this so they can hand over power in 2028?
Does anyone think they’re doing all this so they can hand over power in 2028?
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August 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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@davidfrum.bsky.social on the "sick psychological dynamic of what President Trump is up to" with proceedings like the FBI raid on former national security advisor John Bolton.
"This is unlike anything we've ever seen before."
via @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
"This is unlike anything we've ever seen before."
via @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
@davidfrum.bsky.social on the "sick psychological dynamic of what President Trump is up to" with proceedings like the FBI raid on former national security advisor John Bolton.
"This is unlike anything we've ever seen before."
via @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
"This is unlike anything we've ever seen before."
via @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
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"You have to out stupid them."
— Bill Maher on Gavin Newsom trolling Trump in Trump’s own voice.
— Bill Maher on Gavin Newsom trolling Trump in Trump’s own voice.
August 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"You have to out stupid them."
— Bill Maher on Gavin Newsom trolling Trump in Trump’s own voice.
— Bill Maher on Gavin Newsom trolling Trump in Trump’s own voice.
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Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
August 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
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OK this is excellent sign game
August 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
OK this is excellent sign game
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Trump is reportedly creating a loyalty scorecard that rates how hard corporations work to support his agenda.
His regime is apparently planning to consult the ratings when considering corporate requests.
This is how things work in a dictatorship.
His regime is apparently planning to consult the ratings when considering corporate requests.
This is how things work in a dictatorship.
August 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Trump is reportedly creating a loyalty scorecard that rates how hard corporations work to support his agenda.
His regime is apparently planning to consult the ratings when considering corporate requests.
This is how things work in a dictatorship.
His regime is apparently planning to consult the ratings when considering corporate requests.
This is how things work in a dictatorship.
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Nancy Pelosi nails it.
Tell Congress to push back on Trump’s fascist military takeover of DC here: bit.ly/4fw2KAt
#ResistTrump
Tell Congress to push back on Trump’s fascist military takeover of DC here: bit.ly/4fw2KAt
#ResistTrump
August 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Nancy Pelosi nails it.
Tell Congress to push back on Trump’s fascist military takeover of DC here: bit.ly/4fw2KAt
#ResistTrump
Tell Congress to push back on Trump’s fascist military takeover of DC here: bit.ly/4fw2KAt
#ResistTrump
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Coordination between White House and DOJ on Epstein scandal violates post-Watergate norms to protect independence and public trust in federal prosecution. I'll discuss with @AliVelshi at 11 am ET on @MSNBC.
August 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Coordination between White House and DOJ on Epstein scandal violates post-Watergate norms to protect independence and public trust in federal prosecution. I'll discuss with @AliVelshi at 11 am ET on @MSNBC.
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If Steve Witkoff had worked for Truman we would have dropped the bombs on ourselves and unconditionally surrendered to Japan
August 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If Steve Witkoff had worked for Truman we would have dropped the bombs on ourselves and unconditionally surrendered to Japan
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Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.
August 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.