Leslie

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Just. So. Crass. With absolutely no skin in the game, the Old Gray Lady can spew forth 💩-y headlines and focus on what “really counts.” Her capitalist clientele in Trump’s version of Amerika.

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This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.

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THIS from Cory Booker:  "… we have a constitutional obligation to provide oversight to the executive." And to speech. And to assemble. And to ask questions … of the very heads of the very departments over which the senator has fiscal/appropriations authority.

Padilla’s manhandling and handcuffing is designed for optics, as always. It’s also a good barometer for just how comfy this regime and their goons have become in their fascistic ways.

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I know everyone is occupied w authoritarian tactics of Trump sending marines & national guard to LA but wanted to show the hypocrisy of this lawless regime. Trump is installing a pardoned drug trafficker as deputy director of the federal Bureau of Prisons

Former federal inmate pardoned by Trump tapped as Bureau of Prisons deputy director

Joshua J. Smith, a Tennessee businessman whom the president pardoned during his first term, now advocates for inmate rehabilitation.

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it isn’t and they know it which is why 1) they are rushing to do 4+ years worth of harm before the midterms, fully expecting to lose Congress but just hoping the damage is irreversible by then; 2) they are doing mostly small-scale symbolic horrors to intimidate the public, due to limited capacity

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · last yr.

we are still under the six month mark for a couple weeks and it is incredibly difficult to see how this is sustainable for 3.5 more years

WTH, people?! Was this a campaign issue you demanded be “fixed” like this? Last year, credit unions were finally made to disclose the billions they made by charging their members unnecessary junk fees. Now? Well… Trump’s hiding their grift once again. www.levernews.com/trump-lets-g...

Trump Lets “Good” Banks Hide Their Bad Fees

Last year, credit unions were forced to disclose the billions they made charging their members unnecessary junk fees. Now Trump is once again hiding their grift.

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