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Hal Cragin
Hal Cragin
@halcragin.bsky.social
11th generation American from MA circa 1650
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I’ve listened to the @thebulwark.com since it’s inception I figured I’d wanna hear what our Republican friends that created this mess had to say They pretty regularly complained about Trump and briefly touch on some Republicans, but never seem to just say the reason we’re here is because
I’ve listened to the @thebulwark.com since it’s inception I figured I’d wanna hear what our Republican friends that created this mess had to say They pretty regularly complained about Trump and briefly touch on some Republicans, but never seem to just say the reason we’re here is because
I’ve listened to the @thebulwark.com since it’s inception I figured I’d wanna hear what our Republican friends that created this mess had to say They pretty regularly complained about Trump and briefly touch on some Republicans, but never seem to just say the reason we’re here is because
Meanwhile, during that same time, there were merrily supporting this Republican agenda, which routinely would use evangelicals to whip up their base to hate people like… Wait for it, Tim and Sarah But you spent your political capital trying to make oil and gas richer had enough @thebulwark.com
I’ve listened to the @thebulwark.com since it’s inception I figured I’d wanna hear what our Republican friends that created this mess had to say They pretty regularly complained about Trump and briefly touch on some Republicans, but never seem to just say the reason we’re here is because
I’ve listened to the @thebulwark.com since it’s inception I figured I’d wanna hear what our Republican friends that created this mess had to say They pretty regularly complained about Trump and briefly touch on some Republicans, but never seem to just say the reason we’re here is because
I’ve listened to the @thebulwark.com since it’s inception I figured I’d wanna hear what our Republican friends that created this mess had to say They pretty regularly complained about Trump and briefly touch on some Republicans, but never seem to just say the reason we’re here is because
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“When I asked Solheim [American Moment’s co-founder] if [American Moment] had received any money from Peter Thiel, the enigmatic conservative megadonor, he grinned and declined to comment.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
In a pre-election opinion piece, Josh Hammer said that he and JD Vance “are two of the founding advisory board members for American Moment, which seeks to ‘identify, educate, and credential’ young New Right leaders.’” 1/ www.newsweek.com/chosen-one-o...
Six months into America electing a complete trader who tried to overturn our country The same people who are such vile assholes they put him back in office because they thought it would benefit them personally This is all Republicans Every single one of them www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
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To avoid conflicts, I wouldn't even let Obama refinance his family home when I was his ethics czar Now Trump is hoovering in hundreds of millions in violation of the law! That's a threat to our national security as I discussed @msnbc.com
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yes, those medicaid recipients should just inherit their father's business and then sell it for a fortune, like sen. mullin did
Markwayne Mullin: "There are 35 million people that live below the poverty line inside the US. There are over 70 million people signed up for Medicaid. Now you're gonna tell me there's not room to make cuts?"
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NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
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Really?? Nothing put democracy at risk more than his disgraceful, false Citizens United decision. First, he bought the obvious lie that unlimited funding would be transparent; then when the falsity became indisputable, he refused to correct. ZERO cred here. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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“.. the overlapping timeline of that decision with his meetings with Senate staff and the White House Counsel’s Office has not previously been reported.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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Review by US House Judiciary Cmte Democrats: "Thanks to President Trump's pardons, these convicted criminals now get to keep $1.3 billion in ill-gotten gains they stole from their victims and American taxpayers" www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-...
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A hugely important point: this is the most inexperienced natsec team in history and they're loyalists who will not stop Trump's final decision. We love to complain about elites, who can make terrible mistakes. But elites, including advisers, are a *vital* source of constraint on elected leaders. 1/
Hard to overstate the degree to which there appears to be literally no one in the president's current circle who has any experience, even at a low level, managing ANY kind of national security crisis or even situation. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thoug...