Dana

Dana

@dct7871.bsky.social

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Very good news, because the DOJ was arguing that SCOTUS rulings allowed it to pervert the civil service system. Comey was arguing that internal appeals processes were simply no longer functional because they have been so politicized. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-art-an...

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Replying to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

When Democrats do well this fall, we’re going to see a lot of “strategists” trying to take credit for their approach. The trans panic people have been nothing but a drag on Democratic momentum and they need to fuck off into the sun

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“You’ll only have yourselves to blame” - Guy who started war nobody wanted, trade wars, raised prices on literally everything, pocketed billions, kicked people off health coverage, filled the streets with masked goons… (H/T @atrupar.com)

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Yeah, this man should not be allowed to practice law, and any failure to take away his ability to practice law after all of this would be a part of the end of the rule of law in America.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Blanche on CBS says his suit against Alaska is "asking the court to step in where the Alaska Supreme Court didn't, which is to look at federal law and if necessary to allow a process for Alaska to decide who should be certified as the winner." (So, the voters won't get to decide. Got it.)

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The Right’s Fascistic Fever Dreams Are a Sign of Weakness MAGA wants us to believe that Trump can simply declare “martial law” and wipe away the system - but it’s just not true. A threat assessment before the midterms. Some thoughts from my new piece: 🧵

steady.pageThe Right’s Fascistic Fever Dreams Are a Sign of WeaknessMAGA wants us to believe that Trump can simply declare “martial law” and wipe away the system - but it’s just not true. A threat assessment before the midterms.

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I think people intuitively understand that democratic candidates tossing trans kids to the wolves is not only morally repugnant but also politically ineffective, otherwise they wouldn't freak out every time someone said they weren't voting for a democrat who did this

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This was always going to happen. My guess is that Trump will issue a blanket pardon for every political appointee. Signaling a move like this will embolden his underlings to disregard and break the law. And that's the point.

Jeff Stein@jeffstein.bsky.social

Scoop: White House lawyers are weighing preemptive mass pardons for junior staff, sources says Under discussion: Pardoning everyone involved in deportation, war, or trade policy www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...

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Obama: "The guy has become billions of dollars wealthier in office. Nobody disputes this! It's just -- how do you do that when you're supposed to be looking out for you? And the worst part of it not a single Republican in Congress has done anything to stop it."

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The president makes it clear that a vote for Republicans is a vote for racism.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Libya, Hemen, Haiti, Somalia -- remember what I called them? Shit house countries."

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The Ramaswamy campaign not only tried to capitalize on a child rape victim, they did it by using an old homeless woman who—while vile—is in no mental shape to adequately understand the stakes. And did they pay her? Either answer is bad.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

Donna Arthur — aka Amy Acton’s estranged mother, and the person whose testimony Vivek Ramaswamy devoutly trusts — has been living with her cats, in a car, in a church parking lot, having declined housing assistance. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/u...

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A lot of dictatorships try to make these kind of arrangements when things go south. Important to remember there are other kinds of criminal, civil and reputational accountability pardons can’t touch. And if you’re pardoned you have no 5th amendment rights.

Holly Brewer@earlymodjustice.bsky.social

“Several conservative organizations …— including the Heritage Foundation and American Moment — have pressed White House counsel to either prepare pardons or put in place funding for the legal fees necessary to defend junior staffers from criminal and congressional probes or potential lawsuits.”

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Here’s something you should know about minks: They have lungs and airways remarkably similar on a cellular level to those of people. They’ve spread flus and infected humans before with COVID-19. Right now, bird flu is spreading on a Utah farm filled with thousands of them… 🧵

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It turns out that if you have a policy to assassinate government officials in other countries, they'll try to assassinate you back. Who would have thought?

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

US intelligence finds Iran has increased its efforts to target US diplomats & officials in the Middle East, this comes after the US surprised attacked Iran and assassinated hundreds of Iranian government officials and their families in the last year. The US is shocked. 🙄

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JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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"And isn’t that the real legal defense? Moody, Uthmeier and DeSantis couldn’t do the right thing by the sick kids because they have the wrong stuff to do the right thing. They just need better stuff." Pat Beall's column in the @sun-sentinel.com... 🎁🔗

sun-sentinel.comNothing broadcasts a scandal quite like trying to shut it up | Pat BeallBy trying to erase the Hope Florida scandal, the Republican Party of Florida has wildly succeeded at raising the profile of the Hope Florida scandal, writes columnist Pat Beall.

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We are starving children at home so we can deport other children & drop bombs on them abroad: Children make up more than half of the enrollment losses since [Sept] 2025. The number of children under the age of 5 enrolled in SNAP has never been this low in more than 20 years, according to the data.

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Reminded of how tv news looped the images of the military equipment the Biden administration deliberately left behind in Afghanistan for weeks after the withdrawal as if they represented a huge scandal

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The New York Times wrote articles that were like "the impossible-to-characterize elusive politics of Elon Musk / he's lost interest in politics" right before he became *literally the largest GOP donor in history* the next election cycle. Twice. Two times!

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social

This would be the most any person has donated in any election cycle. And #2 is also Musk, in 2024.

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lemme see if I get it GRU hacks Kushner's iPhone Dutch intelligence (MIVD) then recruits GRU spy, gives them hacked phone MIVD discovers that Kushner has 2 bank accounts (one Azerbaijani, one Israeli) where Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Emirati ruler Mohammed bin Zayed deposit money

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you know it has to be bad if this doj is taking some kind of action. kristi noem call your boyfriend

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING NYT: The Trump Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Corey Lewandowski over accusations that he personally profited from his role as a top adviser to the Department of Homeland Security, according to two officials with knowledge of the situation.

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An 11 year-old child supported a conman. As an adult, he is having doubts. About Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny also.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Michael Fusella supported President Trump for nearly a decade. But as the Iran war drags on and the cost of living continues to climb, the 21-year-old Republican said he feels betrayed by a president who said he’d end overseas conflicts and lower prices.

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Carville is the subject, ostensibly, but (rightly) so is the Dem entrenchment he represents; e.g., “progressives exhibit the highest levels of political engagement in the Democratic coalition, yet Carville keeps insisting that Democrats win elections in spite of them rather than because of them.”

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"A way to just hold us back." As Texans show up in record-breaking turnount, voters expressed frustration to MS NOW's @rosaflores on the first day of early voting after state Republican commissioners cut nearly 30% of polling locations in the Lone Star state.

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The thing that's bumming me out the most right now is that even if the Dems take power in 2026 and 2028 and find the political will to act, there's just too much corruption to properly prosecute *everyone* without massive new resources.

nytimes.comA Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal. (Gift Article)Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.

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Honestly sort of thought this was an earned media play, and they would point out that they never ran the ad. But, uh, no. They are 100% behind it, really going for the child rapist voters.

The Downballot@the-downballot.com

Vivek Ramaswamy has not only confirmed the commercial with Amy Acton's estranged mother was made by his campaign, Axios also reports he's now spending $4 million to air it.

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My brain cannot process this level of corruption. She was being paid $50 million to engineer a pardon from Trump *while working at the Justice Department* as a "Special Government Employee." And it worked. He got the pardon, and she got the money. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

nytimes.comA Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal. (Gift Article)Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.

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The corruption is just staggering. Dozens of dozens of pardons being given out to wealthy criminals paying millions for them. The US government is for sale to the highest bidders & DOJ operates as Trump’s consigliere. Have you had enough of this yet America? I know the world has.

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The golf course fight is just the latest example of Trump acting like the law doesn't apply to him, and DoJ lawyers just lying to judges. When Dems have power, everyone involved has to be investigated, sanctioned, and potentially disbarred. My latest at MS NOW: www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

ms.nowOpinion | How Trump’s golf course renovation turned into an attack on the rule of lowWhile the Supreme Court is protecting the president from accountability, the officials who have carried out his orders have no such immunity.