GeorgetownJD

GeorgetownJD

@georgetownjd.bsky.social

“I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." ― Ralph Nader

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GeorgetownJD
@georgetownjd.bsky.social

"The Secretary of the Treasury is up to important business, like defending the White House from allegations that it looks tacky." 😂😂😂 Obama Made One Joke And Now Scott Bessent Had To Have Dinner At The Cheesecake Factory www.jezebel.com/obama-cheese...

jezebel.comObama Made One Joke And Now Scott Bessent Had To Have Dinner At The Cheesecake FactoryScott Bessent had no choice but to have dinner at Cheesecake Factory after Barack Obama made a joke about how tacky the White House looks.
GeorgetownJD
@georgetownjd.bsky.social

"To show just how wrong about the Cheesecake Factory Obama really is, the Trump administration dispatched Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, to the restaurant to defend its honor."

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The Original LawyerCat
@thatlawyercat.bsky.social

I meme, their knot wrong, for all intensive purposes.

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

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Norm Eisen
@normeisen.bsky.social

BREAKING: Preliminary injunction granted in the golf course case by Judge Reyes! The threat to close & destroy this historic property is the latest act of Trump corruption that the courts have responded to Kudos to our wonderful clients & cocounsel @democracyforward.org & Lowell & Associates

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

A wild story: the CEO of a US energy company whose plans were discussed during the Witkoff-Kushner-Putin negotiations resigns. Why? He learned that his company's main investor is a sanctioned Russian company, not the UAE www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges (Gift Article)Interviews 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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Scott Horton
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

This is explosive. In the Witkoff/Kushner discussions with the Kremlin with respect to the sale to a Trump-backed consortium of LUKoil's foreign assets, Trump has offered a slice of his big Alaska project to a Russian major close to Putin. The structure is designed to entangle US investments

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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Mrs. Betty Bowers
@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Nothing is a more convincing admission that you know your entire administration is corrupt than giving criminal pardons to EVERYONE.

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...

washingtonsun.comWhite House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior StaffConservative groups influential with the Trump administration have pressed for the preemptive acts of clemency.

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Richard Blumenthal
@blumenthal.senate.gov

Ukraine losing access to Starshield raises serious concerns for our national security—like who controls critical capabilities the U.S. government has spent billions to procure & how decisions to restrict them are made. I'm demanding answers from the Department of Defense & SpaceX

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Dan Ancona
@danancona.bsky.social

Oh god. Possible I'm getting a little too online, cuz when I read the lede here I was like, oh, it's that nonsense that DataRepublican was posting on xitter. And yes it sure is. The right wing hogwash pipeline is as functional as ever.

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social

This was a weird one -- Laura Ingraham, citing no direct evidence, claimed the existence of a wide-ranging conspiracy of journalists, activists, and Democratic governors to“dissolve” the U.S. Constitution and “crush their enemies.” I tried to track it down. www.mediamatters.org/laura-ingrah...

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Purple Teacher
@peaceandteachin.bsky.social

Trump’s DOJ is already trying to interfere with midterm elections. DOJ filed a suit to block Alaska from certifying Senate election results only if Petola wins. The court dismissed the suit since states certify their own elections. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1 apple.news/AeSMeg40ISuG...

apple.newsTrump administration sues to block Alaska's US Senate election result if Peltola wins — Alaska BeaconThe U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against the Alaska Division of Elections late Thursday, seeking to block the division from certifying the result of the state’s U.S. Senate election if the De...

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Khashoggi's Ghost
@urocklive1.bsky.social

If this isn't illegal it absolutely should be.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

State Department employees are being told they are ineligible for promotion unless they can prove they voted for Trump for president in 2016, 2020 and 2024. www.washingtonsun.com/administrati...

washingtonsun.comState Asked Foreign Service Officers Up for Promotion Whether They Voted for TrumpFederal law strictly prohibits making civil service personnel decisions on the basis of political affiliation.

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Renee DiResta
@noupside.bsky.social

I need to issue a correction. DataRepublican is now just a midwit, not a “govt-paid midwit” as I said. She resigned from her Dept of War job on Oct 2. She is now free to accuse random people of launching Color Revolutions. Do read the replies.

Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social

Ohh hey it’s “the left is plotting a Color Revolution” time again — right on schedule w/this election rumor that recurs year after year. This time it’s brought to you by govt-paid midwit DataRepublican. The “XYZ is plotting a Color Revolution” trope plays well. It goes viral every time.

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cm 🍁
@cmcalgary.bsky.social

An explosion and fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright east of Edmonton has resulted in an unknown number of fatalities and injuries, Federal Defence Minister David McGuinty says. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art... #Alberta #Canada

ctvnews.caFatalities and injuries after explosion and fire at Alberta military base: defence ministerAn explosion and fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright east of Edmonton has resulted in an unknown number of fatalities and injuries, Federal Defence Minister David McGuinty says.

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Adam Weinstein
@adamweinstein.bsky.social

"The officials... did not specify who in the White House made the decision..." Sorry... how many people are there "inside" this White House who ultimately decide what orders to give the Pentagon? I was led to believe the number was one (1)? www.reuters.com/world/europe...

reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources sayThe order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

🚨 BREAKING: Inflation comes in HOT. September inflation surged to 3.7% year over year, with core inflation also exceeding forecasts. Prices jumped 0.6% in just ONE MONTH. Meanwhile, real earnings fell 0.5% in September.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers
@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Elon Musk is despicable. Because he is a crazy white supremacist, he killed hundreds of thousands of people in Africa by having his DOGE teens cut aid for food and medicine. And because he is a crazy authoritarian, he has now killed Ukrainians by hindering their ability to anticipate air strikes.

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social

Elon Musk sabotaged a Ukrainian military operation just to help Vladimir Putin. 🔗 Source: amp.dw.com/en/ukraine-s...

amp.dw.comUkraine says Musk's SpaceX limits Kyiv's Starlink accessUkraine accused SpaceX of restricting use of its Starlink system, impacting Kyiv's ability to control its drones as Russian attacks continue unabated.