Marybeth LeVan

Marybeth LeVan

@mblevan.bsky.social

Happy wife, mom, mommom and Marine Corp gold star mother. Fighter for democracy!

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I know I’m a broken record at this point, but I cannot believe the media has largely ignored Donald Trump admitting he has no idea who he’s pardoning. Like, every day he’s pardoning at least a handful of people, and he has no idea who the hell they are. They’re just buying a pardon. What the fuck?

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So… People seem to think that we’re just done now? We bombed the shit out of three nuclear sites in a country we weren’t at war with, and that’s just… it? Oh, my sweet summer children.

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Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution? How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ? 20 minutes at the most

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With all the talk of product shortages , I think it should be said that products will first find their way to densely populated areas first and everywhere else, last This certainly will hurt all those red counties. How they react to their shelves being everything will define the midterms

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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

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It’s not uncommon for foreigners to buy U.S. stock through a vehicle in the Cayman Islands, often to save money on taxes. But experts said it was strange for the party on the other side of a deal — the U.S. company — to prefer such an arrangement. @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social

propub.liHow Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From ChinaAs a U.S. military contractor, SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. “It is…

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Nebraska is going to get crushed between Tariffs and Medicaid cuts. They have to balance their state budget and it looks like at least a 200m shortfall this year. BEFORE tariff impacts. And Nebraska Republicans here ! Curious what you think www.1011now.com/2025/03/05/t...

1011now.comTariff trouble? Nebraska companies, farmers trapped in middle of brewing trade warThe recent Trump administration tariffs imposed on that country means that the animal feed company will now pay more for a feed additive for pigs and chickens, a product that can lead to healthier ani...

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The man is human pollution, America's id. The international community is going to rally against this country to make sure we're hurt for decades because of all of this and we'll have deserved it.

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This is very obviously going to be a protection racket, where Trump can at the stroke of a pen destroy or save your business depending on how compliant you are.

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social

Exempting USMCA-compliant auto imports from tariffs would lessen the impact of Trump's trade war, sparing ~$122B in imports (~$170B if parts are exempted) But it just highlights the ridiculousness of this whole endeavor—why exempt cars but not oil, tomatoes, computers, etc etc?

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Hegseth has ordered the Pentagon to STOP offensive cyber operations against Russia. This is insane. Russia is actively targeting the U.S., and the ability to conduct offensive operations (which was authorized by Trump in 2018!*) was at least one deterrent. Not anymore www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

nytimes.comHegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against RussiaThe defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war.

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📸 No one follows more etiquette rules than the Royal Family—but notice how King Charles didn’t make any smart-ass or demeaning comments about Zelensky’s attire today. Why? Because respect isn’t about clothes—it’s about character. And that’s something money can’t buy.

I really wish this administration was capable of rational thinking.

John Sipher@johnsipher.bsky.social

Jeez, I wonder why an organization that has people living undercover in hundreds of countries around the world would want to recruit “diverse” individuals? The stupidity is breathtaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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Defining image of the current state of the Trump presidency. I've never seen a US president look less in command of a White House event - including the time George W. Bush got pecked in the groin by a turkey he was pardoning.

What is wrong with this man?!!!!!! How can it be that we are doing this all over again? I'll never understand.

BNO News@bnonews.com

Trump, asked if he plans to visit the crash site: "What's the site, the water? You want me to go swimming?"

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Imagine voting to bring back polio because you had to pay a little extra for eggs only to hear that it will not be so easy to lower egg prices....now you're just stuck with polio.

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Dear Democrats, you could lead the world in post pandemic recovery. Fox News will tell everyone the economy is in crisis. You could add millions of jobs. Elon will tell everyone the migrants are stealing them. You have a massive information flow problem. Deploy counter measures.

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Elon Musk is a corporate raider with an established history of buying up businesses, pushing out the founders, taking credit for their inventions and reshaping those businesses in his own image. His latest raid? The United States of America.