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[ NO SOLICITING ] Tired of living through Idiocracy Anti-fascist Semper Fidelis
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Dan Alexander
about 17 hours ago
When Trump reached a settlement with the IRS, his administration tried to make it seem like the president wasn't going to get any money out of the agreement. But a close look at his finances reveals that it could save him more than $600 million.
www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
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Why Trumpâs Tax Immunity Could Save Him More Than $600 Million
The president secures a get-out-of-jail-free card for tax improprieties, just as heâs hauling in record amounts of cash.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2026/05/21/trumps-tax-immunity-could-save-him-more-than-600-million/
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MadGreek đ§ż
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A photo from the protest down South.
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ProPublica
about 16 hours ago
NEW: A new lawsuit alleges the Trump administration awarded the bulk of new Texas border wall contracts to two firms without âgenuine competitive opportunities.â One of the chosen firms has faced legal issues and claims of shoddy construction work. w/ Big Bend Sentinel &
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The Trump Administration Is Facing Scrutiny for How Itâs Handing Out Billion-Dollar Border Wall Contracts
A new lawsuit alleges the Trump administration awarded the bulk of new Texas border wall contracts to two firms without âgenuine competitive opportunities.â One of the chosen firms has faced legal iss...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-border-wall-contracts-tommy-fisher?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Guardian US
about 17 hours ago
The Department of Homeland Security has circulated a âBe on the Lookoutâ alert to law enforcement nationwide, targeting a comedian whose satire of US immigration enforcement went viral,
@aurabogado.bsky.social
of
@injusticewatch.org
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US homeland security put out alert on comedian who created parody ICE tip website
DHS issued âBoloâ for Ben Palmer, whose videos of calls with members of the public who thought they were reporting immigrants went viral
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/21/dhs-bolo-ben-palmer-parody-ice-tip-website?CMP=us_bsky&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1740769161-1
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Jason Meisner
about 18 hours ago
///BREAKING/// The Broadview Six trial has been VACATED due to the grand jury developments
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Scott Horton
about 22 hours ago
Steve Vladeck on the $1.8 bn slush fund: Every so often a story comes along that is so brazen, so cleanly emblematic of the moment we are living through, that staying quiet about it feels like a kind of complicity unto itself.
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Bonus 228: The $1.776B Political Question
President Trump's $1.776B "Anti-Weaponization" slush fund underscores the limits of judicial remediesâand the need to reinvigorate (even doomed) political ones.
https://open.substack.com/pub/stevevladeck/p/bonus-228-the-1776b-political-question?r=39wui&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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TPM
about 20 hours ago
Even normally temperate legal experts and political observers are aghast at the ways in which the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" deal crosses into new territory of venality, graft, and abuse of power (even for Trump).
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New Frontiers in Venality, Graft, and Abuse of Power
How Bad It Really Is Even normally temperate legal experts and political...
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/new-frontiers-in-venality-graft-and-abuse-of-power
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Now letâs hear what the families of the lost have to say.
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Wajahat Ali
1 day ago
The open, shameless grift.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...
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A $5 Million Donation From Big Tobacco Preceded F.D.A. Vape Decision
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/politics/donation-big-tobacco-vaping.html
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Charles Gaba âĄď¸
about 21 hours ago
I should give a shout-out to
@ballotpedia.org
as well; they're a major resource for my
Blue26.org
project, including updating lists of candidates and especially keeping track of upcoming special elections.
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Tyler K. Stroud
1 day ago
What you see in the Sun, is the Chicago skyline from the Indiana Dunes beach, across Lake Michigan. You can see it from 50 miles of distance due to a form of superior mirage, because the skyline is seen above where it's actually located. [đˇ wesskywalker]
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ProPublica
about 22 hours ago
NEW: An $11,000 golf cart. More than $7,000 on TV subscriptions. $1.5 million in office renovations. Those were among the expenses that one sheriffâs office billed to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling in the department. With
@azluminaria.org
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This Sheriffâs Office Says Racial Profiling Reforms Are Too Costly. Auditors Found It Misused $163 Million.
Since 2013, Maricopa County officials have approved $226 million in sheriffâs office spending related to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling. Auditors found that more than 70% of it was...
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-sheriff-audit?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Kyle Griffin
1 day ago
BREAKING: Sen. Ed Markey calls for Trump's impeachment.
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Patsy âResistance Kittyâ Evans Ph.D.
3 days ago
China Secretly Trained Russian Troops for Ukraine
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China Secretly Trained Russian Troops for Ukraine
As Putin arrived in Beijing for his meeting with Xi Jinping, the Kremlin and Chinese state media celebrated what both governments described as an âunprecedentedâ relationship built on expanding trade,...
https://open.substack.com/pub/olgalautman/p/china-secretly-trained-russian-troops?r=1b661k&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Doctor Wind Turkey
1 day ago
do u know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in france
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Susan
2 days ago
1/2 đ¨ BREAKTHROUGH: Researchers from MD Anderson dropped a bombshell mRNA COVID vaccines appear to boost cancer immunotherapy survival rates.
bioengineer.org/esmo-2025-mr...
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ESMO 2025: mRNA COVID Vaccines Enhance Efficacy of Cancer Immunotherapy
In a landmark discovery that could alter the course of cancer treatment, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have unveiled compelling evidence that mRNA-based COVID-19
https://bioengineer.org/esmo-2025-mrna-covid-vaccines-enhance-efficacy-of-cancer-immunotherapy/
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Veronica đśď¸
3 days ago
âYou donât *know* anyone this stupid, so you donât *understand* how stupid he is. He is not just ignorantâwhich he certainly isâhe is also incredibly stupid.â Fran gives no fucks and she also take swipes at Reagan and GWB, just because. đ
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Robert Reich
2 days ago
When the history of this sordid second Gilded Age is written, the list of neo robber barons will be long. But one greedy, public-be-damned oligarch stands out even above Musk, Trump, and the rest. His name: Jeff Bezos.
robertreich.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
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The Worst Neo Robber Baron of Them All
Hint: He's even worse than Musk
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-worst-ceo-of-all
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Katie Phang
2 days ago
EXCELLENT news this morning: Officers Dunn and Hodges sue to dissolve the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" that will most certainly be used to fund further insurrectionist activity
www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Jan. 6 police officers sue to block Trumpâs âanti-weaponization fundâ
The Justice Department will likely argue that the officers donât have standing to sue.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/20/trump-weaponization-fund-lawsuit-jan-6-00929342?utm_medium=bluesky&utm_source=dlvr.it
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ProPublica
2 days ago
NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton has filed at least 30 cases over the past nine years that have a tenuous connection to the counties in which they were filed, a practice that legal experts say pushes the boundaries of the law. With
@texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton Wanted to Crack Down on Forum Shopping. Now Lawyers Say Heâs Improperly Seeking Out Favorable Courts.
The Texas attorney general has filed at least 30 cases over the past nine years that have a tenuous connection to the counties in which they were filed, a practice that legal experts say pushes the bo...
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-ken-paxton-forum-shopping?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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NBC News
2 days ago
NEW: Months before the $1.8 billion âanti-weaponizationâ fund was announced, Ed Martin predicted Capitol rioters would get millions, even if it took until 2028, two people told NBC News.
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DOJ official told GOP ally that big payouts were coming for Jan. 6 defendants
Months before the $1.8 billion âanti-weaponizationâ fund was announced, Ed Martin predicted Capitol rioters would get millions, even if it took until 2028, two people told NBC News.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-official-told-gop-ally-big-payouts-coming-jan-6-defendants-rcna343847
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Carl Quintanilla
3 days ago
â.. What we are talking about is nothing short of the sitting president of the United States looting from the Treasury for his own gain,â she said.
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/5733...
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Future Darwin candidate still believes Elon Muskâs claims about amphibious Cybertruck.
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Kyle Griffin
3 days ago
BREAKING: The Trump Justice Department has expanded the just-announced settlement of Trump's IRS lawsuit to include a pledge that the IRS will no longer pursue *any* claims it may have against Trump, his family members, and his companies over unpaid taxes.
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Mybuddysully
3 days ago
NAACP urges boycott of college sports in south over voting rights
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NAACP urges boycott of college sports in south over voting rights
Eight states have moved to draw new maps after supreme court ruling that severely weakened the Voting Rights Act
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/19/naacp-boycott-college-sports-south-voting-rights?CMP=share_btn_url
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Jorj, Interim DEITYđ¨đŚđ¨đŚđ¨đŚđ¨đŚđ¨đŚđŞđ˝
3 days ago
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Trump Caught Buying Tech Stocks and Then Pumping Their Value by Publicly Praising Them
Tax filings show the US president has pumped tons of money into tech companies whose valuations he immediately tries to boost.
https://futurism.com/future-society/trump-buying-tech-stocks-pumping-value
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Rolling Stone
3 days ago
For Rolling Stone, Steve Earle writes that from Woody Guthrie to Bruce Springsteen, American artists have long used music to fight for change. "You can sing ideas that you canât say, and people will process them differently and probably more positively than if you just tell them."
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ProPublica
3 days ago
NEW: Roger Shoffstall spent three years in prison for evading income taxes. It hasnât stopped the FCC from sending him $1 million a year to sell obsolete internet service in Alaska. The money comes from a special government subsidy program. You help pay for it. w/
@adn.com
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This Convicted Felon Gets $1 Million a Year to Sell Obsolete Internet Service. You Pay for It.
Roger Shoffstall spent three years in prison for tax evasion. Still, each year the federal government pays his Alaska company, Summit Telephone, for internet service thatâs slower than in most of the ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-telecom-subsidies-roger-shoffstall?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Wajahat Ali
3 days ago
This security guard died protecting children at the Islamic Center of San Diego. If you can help support his family, it would go a long way.
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
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Support family of Amin Abdullah, Islamic Center of San Diego Martyr | LaunchGood | LaunchGood
Amin was the security guard at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Police say his actions kept Monday's attack from being far worse. Remember his legacy with us!
https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/support_family_of_amin_abdullah_islamic_society_of_san_diego_martyr
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Paul Eric
4 days ago
This is Trump preparing for his official statement on January 7th the day after the Insurrection. He was pausing,struggling with the teleprompter & script,re-recording & negotiating wording with aides. He was trying to make sure he didnât implicate himself & not admitting he lost
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Mueller, She Wrote
4 days ago
BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Mueller, She Wrote
4 days ago
Itâs VERY IMPORTANT that corporate media NOT frame this as a judicial settlement. Trump DROPPED the suit this morning. There is no lawsuit, and therefore, no settlement. you canât settle a suit that doesnât exist. This is just pure theft.
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Ryan Goodman
4 days ago
Minnesota's "Hennepin County Attorneyâs Office issued a nationwide arrest warrant on Monday for the ICE agent who allegedly shot a Venezuelan immigrant in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge and then lied about the circumstances that led to the shooting."
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ICE agent charged in shooting of man in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge
The Hennepin County Attorneyâs Office issued a nationwide arrest warrant for Christian Castro in the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in north Minneapolis.
https://www.startribune.com/ice-agent-charged-in-shooting-of-man-in-north-minneapolis-during-operation-metro-surge/601843874?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking_news&utm_term=Breaking%20News
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Seth Abramson
4 days ago
Today Trump "negotiated" with his private criminal defense lawyerâa man he made AG for this corrupt purposeâthe theft of $1.8B in taxpayer money so that it could be given to far-right terrorists in open rebellion against America. It's the most corrupt act by a POTUS in history.
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The Lever
4 days ago
Big Pharma just lost at SCOTUS trying to stop Medicare drug price negotiations. Reminder: taxpayers spent $11.7B helping develop all 10 of the first drugs selected for negotiation. Then drugmakers turned around and charged Americans prices they couldnât afford.
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CREW
4 days ago
The American people need to know whether Trump dismissed his absurd $10 billion IRS lawsuit because he reached a settlement with his own government. Any settlement would be outrageously unethical and a violation of the Constitution's Domestic Emoluments Clause.
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The Tennessee Holler
4 days ago
How much of this $1.7 BILLION in taxpayer funds will @RepOgles grab, claiming heâs a victim when heâs a liar who allegedly faked a loan to his campaign? What about @MarshaBlackburn, bc her phone was looked at re: the insurrection? So corrupt and insane.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
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Scott Dworkin
4 days ago
Federal Judge Kathleen Williams ordered Trump to explain how a sitting President can sue a government he runs. Trump panicked and settled the lawsuit for $1.7B before she could rule. Now, Democrats are demanding she step in. The full story:
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-alr...
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Scott Horton
5 days ago
Is Israel funding and strategizing the war against Thomas Massie? Pretty much, yes. Through AIPAC, principally.
www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Massieâs primary is the most expensive in history. Pro-Israel groups have played a huge part.
Ad spending in the race to unseat the rebellious Republican has smashed House records.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/17/massie-aipac-record-spending-israel-maga-trump-primary-00925375?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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âCrucially, the program was presented as opt-out, rather than opt-in, meaning that parents had to take steps to prevent recordings of their children being processed by AI.â
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Rep. Mike Levin
4 days ago
Normally, presidents divest their investments when they take office. Donald Trump started trading more. We have NEVER seen anything like this. Since January alone, Trump has made 3,699 trades worth up to $687 million in companies like Nvidia, Boeing, and Palantir.
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC
4 days ago
The NYT removed the "um"s in Trump's answer on Taiwan, but put "um"s in AOC's answer on Taiwan to make her look dumb Trump said "Um, I would say 'like' is maybe too strong a word...um, no, I'm holding that in abeyance and it depends on China, depends, it's a, it's a.." L: Trump R: AOC Video below
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Raider
4 days ago
White supremacy and misogyny have always been deeply ingrained in the American experiment.
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Jenny Cohn
4 days ago
Well, well, well. In 2025, Brendan Carrâs wife âjoined billionaire Peter Thielâs data analytics firm, Palantir Technologies, as its head of global policy.â 4/28/25 ⌠1/
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Judd Legum
4 days ago
2. Primary source documents, videos, and all the reciepts:
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The smoking guns in Trumpâs new financial disclosure
Trump publicly praised companies the same day he bought their stock.
https://popular.info/p/the-smoking-guns-in-trumps-new-financial
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Kat Tenbarge
4 days ago
I've talked to lots of people who want to support indie journalism but are overwhelmed by how many newsletters there are. That's why we're experimenting with bundles. I'm thrilled to partner with
@ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
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@davejorgenson.bsky.social
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Trustfnd | Local Garbage Fire
Three creators collaborating.
https://trustfnd.com/kattenbarge/c/local-garbage-fire--vSrCPBRkF8C4LhjLJbKo
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