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HAPPENING NOW: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing to permanently lead the DOJ. If confirmed, it would place a Trump loyalist in the nation's top law enforcement position. Here's why that could be dangerous👇️

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Trump tapped his former personal attorney to temporarily serve in the role after firing former Attorney General Pam Bondi in April. Since then, Blanche has accelerated sham criminal probes against the president's foes and progressive groups that have long drawn the ire of conservatives.

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📑 The record goes to show Blanche has: 🎯Said Trump has a "duty" to target enemies 🎯Pursued criminal charges against civil rights org Southern Poverty Law Center 🎯Supports sending ICE to the polls It's unclear whether Senate Republicans will support the nomination today. Watch the hearing live:

judiciary.senate.govThe Nomination of the Honorable Todd Blanche to be Attorney General of the United States | United States Senate Committee on the JudiciaryNomination Hearing on July 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM

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Blank Jimmy
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"𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺." My brother in Christ: It's 100% clear that Republicans will support this monster. What's unclear is whether the Democrats will even fake opposition to him.

marino11.bsky.social
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Of course they will events have proven that a jellyfish has more of a spine than the current crop of GOP senators and unfortunately this also applies to quite a few of Democratic senators also