FCC Chair Brendan Carr reportedly accepted over $75,000 in gifts from Paramount since 2017. Then he voted to approve its megamerger Source: Attack of the Fanboy
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It was revealed the president's bank accounts got shut down by Capitol One for money laundering but the media is too obsessed with Francesca Hong's take on Thanksgiving to notice.
The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.
New Mexico Sues Blanche, DOJ For ‘Withholding’ Epstein Files
The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.
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Apple got a $2.2 billion tariff refund check. Amazon got $600 million.: Walmart got $10 Billion. So basically they got to raise all the prices then cash in?
NEW from me: I think this is the perfect time to use Rachel Maddow’s oft-repeated phrase - ‘watch what they do- not what they say.’ Ignore Ellison's PR pitch, but look at what's happening at CBS News including directing reporters to add “facts” that did not exist. open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
David Ellison can’t be trusted with CNN
We've already seen how Ellison has wrecked CBS. Don't fall for his PR push on CNN.
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#BlueWaveIn90Days PAY ATTENTION FOLKS!
Louise@bombaycrone.bsky.social · 12h agoThe BBB you see here is just a min of what the entire bill is going to do to this country. Nov 3rd is the only way we can 🛑 this. It's the only way we can start reversing the damage #Republicans & #ElonMusk & #DonaldTrump Has done to us. Vote like your life depends on it, it does. 🗳️🇺🇸
There’s only one person to blame for the overturning of Roe, for virtually carte blanche presidential immunity, Citizens United, and all the horror from SCOTUS, and that’s Mitch McConnell. He’s responsible for all this darkness. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/o...?
Capital One revealed in court filings Friday that it closed over 300 bank accounts tied to the Trump Organization in 2021 due to an internal anti-money-laundering review, not for political retaliation as Trump's business claimed. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...
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Where Is Mitch? He’s been MIA since June 14. No real explanation, just two staged photos. Beshear says today’s “deadline” changes nothing legally. But…Kentucky’s had one less Senate vote for weeks on Iran, SCOTUS, & the SAVE Act. #USDemocracy #RisingBlue #Pinks apple.news/A3GfgHe2oTFC...
Kentucky Governor Issues Clear Warning to Mitch McConnell—and Trump — The New Republic
Governor Andy Beshear pointed out that McConnell’s prolonged absence is only hurting his own party.
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Mitch McConnell’s communications director’s silence and smirk speak volumes. If he were fine, or even improving, she’d just say so. There’s no way this man is coming back.
The cruelty !!
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 3d ago“The administration’s decision to end this contract goes against a nearly two decade precedent in which Republicans and Democrats alike supported legal assistance for the most vulnerable children who came to the United States alone.” acaciajustice.org/trump-admini...
Happy Market Manipulation Monday - brought to you by the most corrupt family in American history. www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
Why Wall Street Firms Are Paying $100,000 a Month for a Fast Track to Trump Posts
Traders who already monitor the president’s pronouncements with automated systems can pay for an ultrafast feed. At least five firms have signed up.
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“These children, some too young to speak for themselves, will be forced to face trained government attorneys by themselves, in a language they may not speak, in a system they cannot navigate without help.”
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 3d ago“The administration’s decision to end this contract goes against a nearly two decade precedent in which Republicans and Democrats alike supported legal assistance for the most vulnerable children who came to the United States alone.” acaciajustice.org/trump-admini...
Everyone should know who Borlaug is. This is the legacy Musk and Trump destroyed.
KC@kcwinters.bsky.social · 3d agoTom Vilsack, former Secy of Agriculture & former gov of Iowa, profiles Dr. Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born scientist whose Green Revolution transformed global agriculture, saving more than a billion lives from famine in this 250 to 250 from @hcrichardson.bsky.social& team. youtu.be/JF46O8BgTq0?...
Tell Congress: Pass the Bernie Sanders - AOC AI Data Center Moratorium Act Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Pass the Bernie Sanders - AOC AI Data Center Moratorium Act
Contact Congress today!
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work. Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world. (Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
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ICE goons act as if they think they're above the law, partly bc Miller & Vance told them they have 'absolute immunity', which is BS. Read 👇to learn about the Supremacy Clause & what it actually protects. Also, learn how to support state prosecutors that are acting, & how to motivate others to do so
There Are Now 22,000 ICE Agents. The Supremacy Clause Says States Can Prosecute Every One Who Breaks the Law.
A condition sitting in the first sentence of the Supremacy Clause decides whether states can prosecute federal agents. Courts have spent decades reading past it.
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“This case serves as a warning to anyone seeking to record a conversation without the other person's permission that doing so is illegal and has been a crime in the state of California for over 50 years.” THEN HOW THE FUCK IS FLOCK A THING HERE? apple.news/ANHPEbBHASNC...
LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping — Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.
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WATCH — Abby Phillip to Tim Parrish: “Trump’s sons are doing business deals that have a direct relationship with the 🇺🇸 government… the double standard is YOUR problem. If you had a problem with Hunter Biden, you should have 10x the problem with the Trumps.”
#ProudBlue #USDemocracy Live !!! #Midterms #3thofNovember #ElonMusk "This project is going to be great"
“Bowe suffered injuries to her face, head, right knee, right arm and right hand. An MRI identified a kneecap fracture and torn meniscus…” www.newsweek.com/nurse-allege...
US nurse alleges ICE agents broke her kneecap in $500,000 legal claim
Norma Bowe, a nurse and professor, has filed a $500,000 claim against the government, saying ICE agents threw her to the ground.
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The same people who lied about the Reflecting Pool also lied about . . . The 2020 election How things are going in Iran COVID Trump’s intelligence Caring about you and your family Not cutting Medicare Who would pay for the wall & ballroom Donald being successful in business & school
Trump’s Brutal Blockade on Cuba Harkens Back to the Days of US Invasions #TruthOut
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Trump’s Brutal Blockade on Cuba Harkens Back to the Days of US Invasions
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Judge allows Guliani deposition to move forward as soon as possible. He is being sued by a former assistant for sexual harassment. His team has been delaying due to Guliani’s health which he has used to stall the case for 3 years. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1 courthousenews.com/rudy-giulian...
Rudy Giuliani is ‘very unhealthy,’ says his lawyer, explaining stall of sexual harassment case
Giuliani, accused of forcing an employee into sex, is “confined to a wheelchair” with breathing issues, according to his attorney — despite recent international travel.
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MEDIA PSA: When you call it the $1.8 Billion “anti-weaponization fund” you’re helping Trump sane-wash it It’s an “insurrectionist slush fund” A “heist” or “theft” from taxpayers A “scheme” to enrich himself When you use his words you aren’t a journalist, you’re a stenographer
How is Ken Paxton able to own at least 15 real estate properties worth around $9 million—including a $1 million property in Hawaii with an ocean view—on his government salary of $153,000 per year? Explain it to me like I’m five.
