Lowell

Lowell

@breadandfizz.bsky.social

Recovering lawyer; animal rescuer; Italian wine, food and spirits purveyor. User of annoyingly appropriate punctuation.

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Too bad we decommissioned our Middle Eastern mine sweepers last year.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I have ordered the Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), putting mines in the Strait of Hormuz. There is to be no hesitation. Additionally, our mine 'sweepers' are clearing the Strait right now"

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Just a reminder that the senator who sponsored the bill which became law with broad bipartisan support that states a president cannot pull the US out of NATO without congressional approval was … Marco Rubio.

States are now bidding for an expansion that began 3 months ago? sure sounds completely true

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "We just concluded a very good meeting with the largest Defense Manufacturing Companies ... We have a virtually unlimited supply of Medium and Upper Medium Grade Munitions, which we are using, as an example, in Iran, and recently used in VZ. Regardless, however, we also increased Orders."

Montana Sen. Daines announces reelection run in Feb. Then announces retirement yesterday just before the filing deadline, and endorses a guy who registered moments before the deadline. Successor, handpicked And Rs complained that Harris wasn’t a fully vetted candidate. @wsj.com

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Is it fair to say that the Trump regime is actually dumber than President Camacho's government in Idiocracy? Camacho, after all, ultimately empowers a smart guy (Luke Wilson) to actually solve society's problems. Ain't no Luke Wilson among the grifters and sycophants that surround Trump these days.

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The Press Secretary confirms: Donald Trump posted the racist video of the Obamas.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: The president just said on Truth Social it would be a 'big mistake' for UK to hold over control of Diego Garcia, but the State Dept said the US supports that handover LEAVITT: The post should be taken as administration policy. When you see it on TS, you know it's directly from President Trump.

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A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today. It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files. Just wow.

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“National security”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "So I put on a 30% tariff, which is very low. I got an emergency call from I believe the prime minister of Switzerland. She was very aggressive ... I didn't really like the way she talked to us, so instead of giving her a reduction, I raised it to 39%."

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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

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This is, quite frankly, complete bullshit. I’ve received more criticism, harassment, and — at one point — calls for my death in the past six months of criticizing this administration than I did in an entire FBI career of investigations, operations, and arrests. And I never wore a goddamn mask.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."

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Replying to @onestpress.onestnetwork.com

Did you know that Trump charged press $5K for internet on AF1 for a trip from DC to NYC during his first term? Real story . Now they just say - sign up for a trip, then we tell you the cost, and if you don’t go, you can’t cancel and have to pay regardless.

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"I think it's no surprise that a company run by a man who sat behind Trump at his inauguration, and donated to the destruction of the White House, has taken a stance that helps ICE agents retain anonymity." Scoop from @davidgilbert.bsky.social

wired.comMeta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and ThreadsUsers of Meta's social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.

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Q: What goals do you have for '26 in Congress for your agenda? TRUMP: I have great executive orders. Like, water coming out of a sink. The water wouldn't come out. They had all sorts of restrictions. I took them off. Straws. They don't have to be paper anymore. I'd like to have all that confirmed.

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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.

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Left: Trump demands a cap on credit card interest rates. Right: News story, from today, about Trump's ongoing efforts to shut down the CFPB, which would enforce such a rule. Court has ordered admin to keep it open.

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Yes because if oil companies in a ballroom isn't what America is all about, then what are we even doing?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

REPORTER: The Capital Planning Commission is concerned the 89,000 square foot ballroom is going to dwarf the rest of the rest of the WH. Do you worry about that? TRUMP: No no. People love the ballroom. We need it. If we would've had the ballroom today, we could've had all the oil companies there.

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The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

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I just feel it necessary to explain that if this one line were true, what he’s saying is American consumers are paying a tax out of their own pockets to keep the global economy from collapsing.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "If I didn't have tariffs, the entire would be in a depression."

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Replying to @mollyroberts.bsky.social

The officer Sandwich Guy is charged with assaulting testifies that he could feel the impact of the sandwich through his ballistic vest, and it “exploded all over my uniform.” He says he could “smell the onions and the mustard.”

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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.” It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

Craig Harrington@craigipedia.bsky.social

America... boy, I dunno.

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