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Here’s what Republicans want to do: cutting your Medicaid and SNAP to fund tax cuts for the ultra rich and the oligarchs.

#Trump #Tax #budget #republicans

A graph. The vertical axis is billions of dollars. There are two bars. The one on the left is in red and shows $1100B tax cuts for those making over $500K. The right on shows $715B in cuts to Medicaid in blue and $300B in cuts to SNAP in green, stacked to make $1015B in total.

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119d

Still waiting on the release of the Trumpstein files

And nop, we did not forget nor won't we!

"Normal" people will get fined and jailed for even looking wrong, billionaires should be held as accountable if not more for their crimes

Money should never be a factor

Just because someone has more money they can do whatever? Not on my watch 🔥

#USPol #Trump #Epstein

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1y

They put four reporters on this story…

“Some said they wanted to beat traffic or had work the next day. Others complained about sound quality. One man wanted to go home to his French bulldog. Another needed to get home to his daughter. A third had a Yorkie with him that started acting out. A fourth man said his phone died.”
#Election2024 #media #trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/04/trump-rally-departures-early/

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Rep. Al Green Files Resolution to Impeach President Trump for Abuse of Power and Incitement of Violence and Death Threats Against Lawmakers and Federal Judges
https://algreen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-al-green-files-resolution-impeach-president-trump-abuse-power-and

#Representative #RepAlGreen #AlGreen #Democrats #DonaldTrump #Impeach #Trump #Impeachment #POTUS #ImpeachTrump #House #Congress #USPol #Politics #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

Headline and text of press release:
Rep. Al Green Files Resolution to Impeach President Trump for Abuse of Power and Incitement of Violence and Death Threats Against Lawmakers and Federal Judges
December 10, 2025
Press Release

(Washington, D.C.)— On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, I filed H.Res.939, to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States. This resolution asserts that President Trump is an abuser of presidential power who, if left in office, will continue to promote violence, engender invidious hate, undermine our democracy, and dissolve our Republic, and that he is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. Article I pertains to President Trump calling for the execution of six Democratic lawmakers, all of whom are currently serving in the U.S. Senate or U.S. House of Representatives, and who previously served in the U.S. Military or in U.S. Intelligence communities. Article II describes how President Trump has fostered a political climate in which lawmakers and judges face threats of political violence and physical assault, has made threats and vituperative comments against federal judges, putting their safety and well-being at risk, and is undermining the independence of our judiciary.

Congressman Al Green's rationale for filing these articles of impeachment and bringing them to a vote is explained in the letter accessible here. Additionally, a copy of the articles of impeachment can be accessed by clicking here.

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The #FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after #KashPatel grew outraged about revelations of his PUBLICLY-AVAILABLE jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform….

Steven Palmer, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, became the 3rd head of the critical incident response group—which includes FBI pilots—to be fired or removed in Patel’s short regime, adding to a year filled with retributive terminations.

#law #Trump #idiocracy
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fbi-ousts-leader-as-patel-fumes-over-attention-to-agency-jet-use

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1y

A perfect a/b test of the media's differential coverage of Trump.

In 2016, they turned HRC's hacked/ leaked emails into dozens of vaguely damning stories down the stretch. Here they report Trump was hacked but don't reveal anything they received from the leakers. They say the hackers offered more but in this case it doesn't seem like they're interested in breaking any news from an illicit source.

#media #trump #Election2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/10/trump-hack-iran-vance-report/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzIzMjYyNDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzI0NjQ0Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MjMyNjI0MDAsImp0aSI6ImI5ZGY3MDc4LTljZDktNGVlOC1iYmI3LTBjZGI3ODU1ZjkwNSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI0LzA4LzEwL3RydW1wLWhhY2staXJhbi12YW5jZS1yZXBvcnQvIn0.O1wwyu0W06PHqlDN03JBiBZQdzPT9glUFfi_8WHSLgE

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119d

#Chicago locals take on #ICE block-by-block

The #immigration agents' #TearGas #grenades clinked & then exploded against the concrete, shrouding the block in plumes of white gas. The dozen or so residents at the scene only screamed louder.
“We don't want you here,”yelled Rae Lindenberg. The 32-yr-old, who works in marketing, ran out of her apartment when she heard the shrill sound of whistles. "Get out of our neighborhood!"

#Trump #law #Constitution #CivilRights #fascism
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/were-not-violent-city-chicago-locals-take-ice-block-by-block-2025-11-02/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

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117d

I truly hate the President of the United States with all my heart, what a despicable bag of meat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWfUcyPUl48

#Trump #US #USPol

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The DOJ placed two prosecutors on leave who asked for a 27-month sentence for someone convicted of trespassing at former President Obama’s house with an illegal loaded gun in 2023. The person had seen Obama’s home address posted on social media by then former President Trump 👀‼️ and then reposted it.

He had been pardoned by Trump for taking part in the Jan 6, 2021 Capitol shindig (don’t call it a “mob of rioters” bc the #Trump admin doesn’t like that 🥴).

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#USA
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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/28/us/trump-news-south-korea

Prosecutors sidelined: Two federal prosecutors were placed on leave Wednesday after seeking a stiff sentence for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who later turned up armed outside the home of former President Barack Obama. The decision came a day after the prosecutors asked for a 27-month sentence for the man, who they said in court documents had been among the "mob of rioters" that stormed the Capitol in an effort to overturn President Trump's loss in the 2020 election.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/28/us/trump-news-south-korea

Accessed: 29 October 2025 at 1337 MST

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Amid concerns over the Biden administration's regulation of the crypto industry, billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen, a longtime Democrat, donated more than $5 million to groups supporting Trump ahead of the 2024 election.

Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cfpb-marc-andreessen-silicon-valley?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Technology #Finance #Business #Trump #SiliconValley #USPolitics #Tech

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1y

Via Jesse Ventura on the hellsite:

Jesse Ventura
@GovJVentura:

Ask yourselves this question... How bad can Donald #Trump and his cult of Republicans be if they can drive a true independent like me to endorse the #Harris/#Walz ticket?

Take a moment to think about that.

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120d

Cuz when you’re a #billionaire, who cares about pinching #pennies?

#US #penny production ends

Pennies are drying up faster than retailers anticipated following Trump's decision earlier this year to halt production of the one-cent coin. #Retail groups…are frustrated by the lack of guidance from the #Trump admin & lawmakers, forcing them to round down to avoid angering customers & violating laws in some states—potentially costing high-volume businesses significant #money.
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/us-retailers-left-short-changed-penny-production-ends-2025-11-01/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

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Francesca Albanese's latest report on the genocide of Palestinians, exposing the complicity of the world:
(As usual, a trove of information in the numerous footnotes)

https://www.un.org/unispal/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a-80-492-advance-unedited-version.pdf

#Gaza #StopGENOCIDE #Palestine #Israel #UN #US #Trump #WarCrimes

Screenshot of just 3 points of the report:

44. In addition, thousands of citizens from the United States, Russia, France, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, among others, have served in the Israeli military since October 2023. Few have been investigated, and none prosecuted for crimes in Gaza.191
45. Third States also continue to purchase Israeli weapons and military technology. Besides being a core component of its economy – in 2024 weapons exports accounted for 23 percent of Israeli exports,192 the second-highest share globally 193– these exports also enhance Israeli arms manufacturing capacity.
46. A unique selling point of Israeli military technology is that it is tested on Palestinians under occupation and related military activities.194 The ongoing genocide has enabled Israel to expand the range of weaponry and surveillance systems tested on the Gaza population.195 As a result, the value of arms exports increased by 18 percent during the genocide,196 with exports to the EU more than doubling and accounting for 54 percent of Israeli military exports
in 2024. Other significant destinations include Asia an the Pacific (23 percent) and Arab countries under the Abraham Accords (12 percent).

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1y

👍🏻

“Retired federal appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative legal scholar put on the bench by President George H.W. Bush, is endorsing Vice President Kamala #Harris over #Trump, whose candidacy he describes as an existential threat to American democracy.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/politics/conservative-republican-endorses-harris-calls-trump-a-threat-to-democracy?cid=ios_app

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#POS

American families are worried about losing #FoodStamp benefits. Hundreds of thousands of #FederalWorkers have no idea when they will next be paid. Several #airports have been experiencing delays because of staffing shortages.

The pain of the government #shutdown is growing more acute as it grinds toward the 5-week mark, with #Congress showing little movement toward a resolution. But #Trump has been attending to other matters.

#plutocracy #oligarchy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/trump-shutdown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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In a brazen display of defiance, #Trump’s #DOJ filed papers less than two hours before the 5PM hearing, telling Judge James E. #Boasberg that there was no reason for anyone to come to court because the administration was not going to provide any further information about the #deportation flights.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.24.0_2.pdf

#law #Constitution #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #DueProcess #immigration #Venezuela #CivilRights #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower

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Again & again since #Trump returned to the White House, #SCOTUS’ conservative majority has blessed his boundary-pushing policies….

But on Wednesday, the justices will consider for the first time whether to say “no” to Trump….

At issue is the legality of his…use of emergency powers to impose sweeping #tariffs on nearly every US trading partner. The outcome of the case could significantly affect the global #economy….

#law #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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1y

Special counsel to appeal judge’s dismissal of classified documents case against Donald #Trump -AP #JackSmith #legal

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116d

#Trump is not my President, he is an evil dictator and my enemy

Instead of bowing to the crown, I’ll smash it off his head

#USPol

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1y

I overpaid significantly for some put options on Trump's meme stock and I'm feeling pretty good about it now.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntobey/2024/08/17/trump-media-stock-djtsignificant-risks-are-at-hand/

#trump #maga #truthsocial

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Former special counsel #JackSmith wanted to file a motion to have #FarRight #Trump appointed US District Judge #AileenCannon disqualified from overseeing the Mar-a-Lago #ClassifiedDocuments case against Trump, according to a new book by Carol D. Leonnig & Aaron C. Davis.

But he hit a brick wall & felt unable to escalate the situation.

The book, "#Injustice," details the #criminal cases against Trump.

#law #DOJ
https://www.rawstory.com/jack-smith-2674262772/

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"Earlier this year, Popular Information broke the news that Extremity Care – a company that sells bandages to Medicare for thousands of dollars per square inch – donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., President Trump’s super PAC, on February 24. Six days later, Trump blasted a pending Biden administration rule that would have barred Medicare from covering Extremity Care’s products."

~ Judd Legum

#Trump #Medicare #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #ExtremityCare
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