Smkingsley

Smkingsley

@kingsleysandy.bsky.social

Blue dog Democrat. World traveler, and have lived in Boston, Denver, Newport beach, WPB, and now R.I.

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The US preparing to attack a country for its natural resources under the pretense of preserving democracy with all the lusty fervor of Donald Trump waiting outside a baby changing station

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If their plan succeeds, Virginia Dems could pass a congressional map to flip 4 GOP seats & elect a 10-1 Dem majority in response to the nationwide wave of new GOP gerrymanders. My hypothetical map has 9 solid D seats, 1 safe R, & 1 swing seat. Interactive map: davesredistricting.org/join/598f596...

The Downballot@the-downballot.com

Here's the key thing: To amend the VA constitution, the lege needs to take two votes—one before an election, and one after. That's why Dems are moving to get this done before Nov. 4. If they succeed, then they can set a special election on the amendment for ~April.

#trump. I keep thinking, that trump, is using rope a dope, on Hamasa and Ukraine. He gives and then takes away. Daring them to break the trust, to the pleasure of Putin and Netanyahu. I predicting both will win. No Palestinian state, no Gaza. Ukraine will succeed to Russia land.

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ISP just arrested at least seven people including a woman with an accordion we they pushed protesters back down beach street. State cops in riot gear, sheriffs police and Broadview cops all on scene. People in fatigues closer to the building but can’t tell if they are Feds

Caroline Kubzansky@ckubzansky.bsky.social

Good morning from outside ICE’s Broadview, Ill. processing center, where the fence is down and a lot of concrete barricades are up. No protesters really yet — technically they are not allowed to start til 9 but we’ll see how that holds up.

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Agree with Keith Edwards and Aaron Rupar: this is fishy. It doesn't make sense. A shooter wrote "anti-ICE" in pen on a bullet and then shot detainees but not ICE officers? No sale.

With all the savings, from fraud, why raise the budget? The budget is going up 2 trillion. Explain this to me. Also the money coming in from other countries, is just a promise. When will will we see this promise.

I can prove, UNH, defrauded Medicare. I ha e monthly statements, which show it. When this was announced, back in January, they corrected my statements. It was fraud.

Pam Keith@pamkeithdc.bsky.social

So word on the street is that DOJ is investigating United Healthcare for widespread Medicaid fraud (sounds like what Rick Scott was up to at HCA). Wouldn’t it be just typical for that sick company to be killing people by denying coverage on one end, while simultaneously stealing from tax

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it was the trump stock market before, because it was going up. now it’s the biden stock market, because it’s going down. this is not difficult to understand.

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The court transcripts simply include the government's assertions, similar to the ones Bondi is making here. There was no actual evidence presented, because he never had a hearing much less a trial.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

REPORTER: Why not show the public the evidence? BONDI: Well, he is an illegal alien who has been living illegally in our country from El Salvador ... He is not coming back to our country R: But the evidence. We're not gonna see the evidence? BONDI: We have the transcripts from the court hearings

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What horseshit from DOD that they "mistakenly" deleted pages on the Navajo Code Talkers, black Medal of Honor recipients, Jackie Robinson, and more. They labeled them DEI and deleted them and then got caught and now they're scrambling. Nobody changes a URL by mistake. Constant lies.

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I don't get Pam Bondi's anger. The Tesla events are just families on vacation going to dealerships to celebrate Tesla and the auto industry. Republicans told us as much about the events at the US Capitol on January 6th, right?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Pam Bondi: "If you're gonna touch a Tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out, because we're coming after you."

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We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.