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A simple declarative sentence to remind us of how degenerate, corrupt and greasy Trump’s legal lackeys are.

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"An increase in the SALT cap would thus be a tax cut on top of a tax cut when the US is already running gigantic budget deficits. It would also deliver all but an infinitesimal residue of its benefits to taxpayers making more than $200,000 a year." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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They really can’t back to the 9th century fast enough.

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NASHVILLE: “Panic at Trump supporter Steve Smith’s restaurants indicates his own Broadway empire relies on employing immigrants not authorized to work in 🇺🇸” Kitchens closed to avoid ICE in at least 3 bars— including @KidRock’s… Imagine that! www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

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Corruption thread.

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“A White House spokesperson denied any conflict of interest.”https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/trump-inc-family-corruption

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The ICC’s chief prosecutor has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen. American staffers at the court have been told that if they travel to the U.S. they risk arrest. NGOs have stopped working with the ICC, the leader of one won’t even reply to ICC emails.

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I wonder how much he charged to include that line.

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so the members of congress just stopped going to el salvador and not a single person who was illegally sent there has been returned and that’s just how it is now?

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NEW: Senior State Dept officials coordinated with Starlink execs to coax, lobby and browbeat Gambian government ministers to help Musk. One official said Gambia is under “maximum pressure” to yield. By @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social & Brett Murphy

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Saudi Arabia will look to make good on its $1 trillion US investment pledge through a sovereign wealth fund, which has developed close ties to law firms that recently entered into settlements with President Donald Trump.

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Capitol police have been watching too many ICE videos.

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Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumbling.

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His body language is basically a middle finger extending into eternity.

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NEW: Up until last November, Kash Patel was a paid consultant for Qatar. But he and the FBI still refuse to say what he did for this Arab monarchy or how much he was paid. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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The wages of cowardice are routed thru Saudi Arabia. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

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GOLDMAN: “.. tariffs are unlikely to result in much reshoring because production costs for alternative suppliers of US imports are well below the US’s for most products. “.. higher tariffs will likely raise equipment costs and discourage investment,” and “weigh on US real income by 1½-2% ..”

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House Republicans’ draft of their party’s multi-trillion-dollar tax cut package left the loophole in place following a lobbying campaign by affected industries. Here's what to know

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Authoritarian party seeks to destroy civil society. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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ICE pretended to arrest a 21 yo in order to force her to call her undocumented mother to come leave the house (where she was safe from ICE arrest) to care for her baby. When the mother came, she was abducted and the daughter was suddenly of no interest to ICE. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

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Good lord. 🤡 @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.

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You don't have to bribe him with a flying palace. He takes cash. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...

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Alabama GOP chair (and RNC vice-chair) John Wahl will help decide whether Tommy Tuberville lives in Alabama or Florida. Turns out, he uses a Tennessee driver’s license under a different name. www.al.com/news/2025/05...

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The Justice Department said it will prioritize corporate whistleblower tips in areas such as tariff fraud and violations of US immigration law and “simplify” its corporate enforcement and voluntary self-disclosure policy.

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Some recent local immigration wins from around the country show that there's power in community and resistance 👇🏽

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The FAIR Plan, California’s insurer of last resort, is unlawfully refusing to provide claim-related documents to L.A. wildfire survivors, two Pacific Palisades homeowners alleged in a Monday lawsuit.

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Morning. ☕️ ICYMI: I got a copy of an internal list of dozens of books that have been banned in DOD's K-12 schools -- they serve ~67,000 kids of US military families on bases -- due to Trump's anti-DEI orders. Lots of award-winning kids' books now gone. www.huffpost.com/entry/defens...

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I think it’s admirable that Trump wants to fly his librarians around in a giant luxury jet.

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The destruction agenda. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/how-many-k...

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So Trump tweets again that gasoline, groceries, all other costs down. No inflation. TV networks make a graphic of the tweet and air it. Nobody says: Gasoline prices are higher than when he took office Grocery prices are higher than when he took office CPI forecast to have risen last month

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It’s not just that Qatar wants to bribe Trump. Anyone could do that by buying his memecoin. It’s that Qatar wants everyone to know that they’re bribing Trump. It’s about buying the perception that he’ll protect them. That’s what drives our alliances now. Not our interests or values, but bribes.

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Hoping @raskin.house.gov @durbin.senate.gov ask Pam Bondi why she didn't recuse from a matter pertaining to Trump accepting bribes from Qatar, given that she herself was only recently a paid agent of Qatar.

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The display screen at Fiorello H LaGuardia’s airport lounge is not interested in your DEI racial insecurities.

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This, too, is America.

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In the run-up to the Civil War, communities organized to protect fugitive slaves from the thugs pursuing them. Mobs stormed jails or courtrooms to free them. If ICE is operating in Great Barrington, the birthplace of WEB Du Bois, the conflict is coming to every corner of the US.

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The US has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year. It’s only the second time the US has hit this dangerous milestone in the past 30 years and it’s only May. This is the Make America Sick Again agenda.

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Why is it that the Emoluments Clause and Section 3 of the 14th Amendment don't count for Trump?

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You can’t say Trump isn’t successful. He started in 2016 with an alleged $10 million from Egypt in his rookie contract and, through hard work and single-minded focus, he’s now commanding a flying palace.

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Upstate New York has strong abolitionist roots….“fugitives who arrived in Rochester and other cities and towns in upstate New York were welcomed by organized vigilance committees, clothed, fed and found employment or, if they wished, sent on to Canada.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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One of the first ships carrying cargo subject to Trump’s steep tariffs must contend with at least $417 million in new duties. See what’s inside ⤵️

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