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“.. The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to U.S. President Donald Trump's family business.” @reuters.com $COF www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
For all the conservative pundits gnashing their teeth and lecturing us about our reactions to Lindsey Graham's death...
Great @mjtoma.bsky.social takedown of Trump and his disastrous Iran war and "deal." Make sure to read the bullet points that lay out in brisk, easily digestible bullet points what an absurd fiasco this all is and why it didn't have to happen: newrepublic.com/post/212101/...
If Obama Had Done What Trump Just Did on Iran, He’d Be Crucified
The United States just unambiguously lost a war that it started for no good reason. A sane country would remove the imbecile who did this immediately.
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We have to get rid of all the loopholes.
Your daily reminder this should be the biggest scandal in American politics right now but nobody seems to care. Ken Paxton freed a man who raped a boy for 3 years. He also doesnt have to register as a sex offender. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/19/k...
Inside Ken Paxton’s plea deal for a child sex abuse case
Critics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals.
texastribune.org
The facts are clear enough: • The top Medicare fraud states are TX and FL • The top fraudsters appear consistently to be white and Republican (Tump has pardoned 13 of them) • As Rick Scott about how you do it and get away with it • DOJ has responsibility to investigate and prosecute, not states
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoComer: "What we're seeing especially in the blue states is there is rampant fraud, especially in the minority communities"
Trump just raged at our NATO allies for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bail him out of the fiasco he created. He threatened to withdraw from NATO with childish insults. This is best seen as an admission of serious political weakness. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2080...
Trump Erupts in Fury Over His War Failures—and Exposes a Big Weakness
His rage at NATO is actually an admission that he needs our allies’ help—and that he wants somebody to blame as his war goes from bad to worse.
newrepublic.com
Iran will use mines, anti-ship missiles, fast boats w/ rockets, and submarines to shut down the Strait of Hormuz. They will hit some civilian ships, and maybe a couple military ones. The U.S. will respond with overwhelming force. It will not be clean, and it will not be glorious for anyone.
a man in a suit and tie says that he 's not good
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says that he 's not good
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Gift Link: wapo.st/4bAFCQZ
Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job
The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...
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The upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election could be critical for voting rights, but it has had a lower profile compared to previous races. A recent poll found that 93 percent of voters in the state have heard “little” or “nothing” about it.
Eyeing Voting Rights, Liberals Aim to Secure Wisconsin’s Supreme Court through 2030
In the April election, Wisconsin liberals are hoping to expand their majority on a body that could be a critical backstop for voting rights during the next presidential race.
boltsmag.org
DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent." But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."
Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas
Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...
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Dani Bensky was a 17 year old ballerina when she met Jeffrey Epstein. His horrific abuse scarred her for life. And yet, she continues to publicly share her experience so that the “secrets are brought out of the shadows.” Please listen & share this incredible conversation. youtu.be/Ta49VohT2lo?...
Survivor SPEAKS OUT and REVEALS Epstein’s DARK SECRETS
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled: Voters as “Votors” Emergency as "Emeregency" United States as "United Staes" And, it included a non-party in the caption. These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.
This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country. www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...
Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.
wsj.com
"We are dealing now with an allegation that the president of the US raped and sexually assaulted a child and is now using his DOJ to try to cover that up." If you want to understand latest Epstein revelations, @leahlitman.bsky.social explains them clearly on our pod: newrepublic.com/article/2070...
Trump’s Epstein Scandal Takes Damning Turn as Dem Drops New Bombshell
As new revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein saga threaten the president, a legal expert decodes what we just learned—and lays out a roadmap to what will happen now.
newrepublic.com
“Any mail that’s getting dropped into a blue box is not getting postmarked on the same day, and likely not on the day after either,” says the leader of a postal workers’ union. This could have tremendous implications for voting:
In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration
A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.
boltsmag.org
Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”
Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Prince Andrew's Arrest
Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter
open.substack.com
Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline
Damage was minimal but police are investigating.
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see. His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert. Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
😳 The “SAVE” system at the heart of the GOP’s Save America Act was “expanded” by DOGE & the DHS to “check the citizenship status of all U.S. citizens w/o providing info on how this was accomplished or the accuracy of the resulting tools. Early reports suggest an error rate as high as 17%” 8/2025 1/
The right wants so bad to be in the Hollywood “in” crowd but they pretend they don’t. Thats why they’re desperate for their Super Bowl show to not suck like it did
I’m an expert, and the misconduct and corruption run far deeper than even the deadly surges have shown.
What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
I'm an expert, and the misconduct and corruption run far deeper than even the deadly surges have shown.
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This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
Big news from Virginia: @jaaavis.bsky.social reports that Democrats have settled on passing a 10-1 congressional map that would target 4 of the state’s 5 Republicans in response to mid-decade GOP gerrymandering elsewhere. Lawmakers will reveal the map later today or early tomorrow
Report by Brandon Jarvis: VA “General Assembly Democrats have reached agreement on a 10-1 map”; “Sen. Lucas says the maps are competitive”
Per reporter Brandon Jarvis/Virginia Scope, it sounds like we'll be getting new 10D-1R U.S. House maps for Virginia (up from 6D-5R now) later today or early tomorrow. For now, here's where we're at: "...
bluevirginia.us
one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
