Robin she/her 🏳️🌈
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Really just too old for this shit. Old and grouchy. Liberal because it's not all about me. Gay woman. BLM. Trans men are men. Trans women are women. Trying to listen and learn.
WATCH: “It’s important more Dems realize who Bill Maher really is - how willing he is to betray the liberal ideals he claims to stand for.” Kanew backs Piker’s “f you” to Maher, says a “tea party-style takeover on the left” (for good) isn’t something to be feared.
so cool how the moderation team can just target a trans account and scour posts to find anything that, when given the most bad-faith, out of context read, can be used justify a ban
Capital One has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from the Trump Org. over the closure of hundreds of bank accounts in 2021, arguing that the shutdowns were the product of a monthslong anti-money-laundering review — not retaliation for the Capitol riot, as the Trump businesses have claimed.
Here’s what you need to know: Todd Blanche FINALLY put it in writing that the Trump Administration’s $1.8 billion January 6th slush fund is dead. Good. But this is not over and do not mistake this for a change of heart.🧵
Blanche’s AG nomination back on track after he formally rescinds payout fund
Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) had threatened to vote against Todd Blanche’s nomination if their concerns were not addressed.
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The Senate Wouldn’t Even Debate Your Child Care Copay Cap
A Trump HHS rule erased the federal 7 percent cap on child care copayments in July. Fifty-two senators voted not to open debate on undoing it.
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Trump has cleared over $2B, much of it in crypto, over a stretch where ordinary investors lost more than $3B That is not a market, that is a transfer The American people can do this math, & his numbers are approaching Nixonian lows @ms.now👇 -TN
This past weekend, Truth Social’s $100,000 subscription service for early access to Trump’s posts went live. Last night, I introduced a bill to crack down on this corruption and ensure all Americans have free and equal access to public announcements from government officials.
While you get kicked off your health insurance, Trump is bragging that his tax cuts helped his buddy buy a private jet.
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I have long resigned myself to the idea that I'm never retiring and will have to work until I die, but this just winded me.
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · yesterdayThis is so bleak. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
"“I fucked up,” Yaroch told FBI agents when they interviewed him at his house last month, according to the affidavit."
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency | CNN Politics
An FBI agent stole more than $900,000 in cryptocurrency from accounts the agency was monitoring after he said he became frustrated by what he saw as government inaction over the misuse of crypto accou...
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Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · 2mo ago"The case raises questions about the effectiveness of the federal government’s security vetting, which is supposed to ensure intelligence officers or other government employees don’t betray the public trust or spy for foreign countries." Therein lies the rub lol
just watched a video essay on Silk Road and the corrupt agents that were profiting off their investigation I think they mentioned at least one huge crypto hoard that has disappeared and the US govt still couldn't locate, I wonder if this is the same one or a completely different missing fortune
Raw Story: Joyce Vance on Trump wanting SCOTUS to rule that USPS can create a national voter database & only send mail-in ballots to people on that list: “Trump filed the appeal less than 100 days before the midterms, which means he's concerned about losing power. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
See, by being upset that a woke ally cishet white guy did something that harms trans people, Gwen Pepperoni made a cishet white guy feel bad. That’s an unforgiveable crime when done by a non-cishet white guy.
If I could be granted one wish that would change the world for the better… Find a dog to adopt. That’s it. Simple as that. There are millions out there waiting ❤️
The idea that a war only exists if there are casualties does not appear in the text of the Constitution. Nor does it appear in Madison’s notes on the Constitutional convention debates. Nor is there evidence it was discussed in ratification debates. It is made up.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdaySen. Rand Paul: "I've had the debate with this administration ... they told me this isn't a war. I said, why isn't it a war? They said, 'Well, a constitutional war has to have significant casualties' ... initiation or declaration of war is *before* the casualties."
A point economists & wannabe capitalists still miss: racism trumps making money in the USA. As this and many other nonsensical but deadly polices demonstrate.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · yesterdayDon't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
A confirmation of Blanche is a confirmation of corruption and cover-ups.
Sen. Durbin: Blanche has aided and abetted the most corrupt administration in the history of the United States. Blanche has claimed he would recuse himself from matters involving Trump in his personal capacity, yet he personally signed the agreement releasing Trump and his family from tax liability.
Its embarrassing how many grown ass adults live in these fantasies where people work for some nonsense like the artificial cultures oligarchs manufacture over survival.
And maybe this is about that data center under the ballroom anyway...that makes more sense.
The Drey Dossier (@thedreydossier)
Sounds an awful lot like a cooling loop to me..
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ICC CHIEF PROSECUTOR: “Oppose Israel and we will go after your family — You have been warned. Rubio, McConnell sent me a letter… what’s liberating is accepting mortality.”
I’ve been tracking the slush fund/immunity deal in my newsletter since it happened in May & I’ll stay on it whether it’s in the headlines or not. My analysis is based on 25 years at DOJ & you can read along for free—because I believe our power is shared knowledge. Joycevance.substack.com
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Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d agoTodd Blanche's last-minute promise won over Senators Cornyn & Tillis, but shouldn't have. The "deal" leaves Trump's tax immunity intact. It confirms what the Senators should have already known about Blanche's lack of fitness to be AG. My analysis: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
I prefer presidents who don’t have their accounts closed over money laundering concerns.
