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merkinstein.bsky.social

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Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson are radicalizing ordinary Americans against Jews in a startling effective way. Not against Israel — but against Jews. Normie moms and homeschool moms who would never have cared about American Jewry are invested now thanks to Candace and Tucker who is aiding her.

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Nobel Peace Prize Winner María Corina Machado’s escape from Venezuela was particularly risky because her team had to inform the US military that she was escaping so they wouldn’t mistake her boat for an alleged narco boat and bomb it. Full Story: bit.ly/3XJXIsh

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People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

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BREAKING: The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied the Trump administration's request to overturn a lower court order that blocks the reorganization of the federal government. This latest win is the most significant challenge to President Trump's authority.

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Breaking: Pakistan shot down two Indian aircraft during the strikes, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif, spokesman for the Pakistani military, tells me on the air just now. He called the Indian attack “a blatant act of war.”

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Capital & Main@capitalandmain.bsky.social

"Most of the USDA programs are aimed at changing irrigation practices to use less water..." Farmers are already feeling the pinch from program cuts. Capital & Main is tracking how DOGE's actions are affecting them. #DOGETracker #DOGE #USDA capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...

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NYT: "In conversations with The New York Times over the weekend, bankers, executives and traders said they felt flashbacks to the 2007-8 global financial crisis, one that took down a number of Wall Street’s giants." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...

nytimes.comWall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets PlungeThe financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.

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Here, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social has exactly the right word: Stalinesque. So much of what comes out in these WH edicts sounds like it was written in the Soviet Union in the 1970s.

Jill Lawrence@jilldlawrence.bsky.social

"This one short document hyperfocused on the Smithsonian is just 1,150 words, but it is towering in its Stalinesque ambition to walk back history and whitewash America’s past." My latest at @thebulwark.bsky.social, on butchering truth in an edict to abandon it. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-late...

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"After the state banned abortion, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women died in Texas hospitals than had in pre-pandemic years... As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, ProPublica found, it rose substantially in Texas." www.propublica.org/article/texa...

propublica.orgTexas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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Replying to @mollyjongfast.bsky.social

I feel like I’m going a little crazy, everyone’s acting like things are normal. None of this is normal, presidents aren’t supposed to ignore the law. I’m not a lawyer but this is pretty basic stuff

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Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans: 1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk. 2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social

Trump’s Commerce Secretary just said seniors shouldn’t “call and complain” if they stop getting their Social Security checks: “A fraudster always makes the loudest noise screaming and complaining.”

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We accelerate into a lawless abyss.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social

The Kremlin and other autocracies have long ached to see Voice of America and Radio Liberty destroyed, but even in their most fevered dreams, they could never have imagined that the Americans would do the dirty work themselves. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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ICYMI: “Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”

washingtonpost.comArlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veteransPentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.

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BREAKING Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson just issued an order preventing the Trump administration from: 1. Deleting CFPB data 2. Firing CFPB employees 3. Transferring money from CFPB's reserve fund Right after the order was issued, nearly all CFPB employees were placed on administrative leave

Let’s gooooooo

Princess Moss@neapresident.bsky.social

Linda McMahon's confirmation hearings start Thursday, and we know what's coming—slashes to funding for smaller class sizes, support, and free meals for hungry students—all to fund another handout for billionaires. We won't stay silent. If you are in the DC area, join us Wednesday: bit.ly/4jJDXLb

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The world's richest man, not elected to anything, is seizing dictatorial powers in defiance of the law, congress, courts, the president, and the American people. Madness. Unless you want to live under dictatorship, call every member of Congress to demand they stop this immediately: (202) 224-3121.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

In response to a post on X from @maxwellfrost.bsky.social showing the effort to get into the Department of Education building this morning, Elon Musk replied, "No such department exists in the federal government"

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It occurred to me that an American who was five or six years old in 2009 and is now 21-years-old doesn’t even know what it’s like to have a commercial aircraft crash in the United States and lead to total loss of life. Growing up, I remember we’d have two or more per year.

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The Democratic Coalition@thedemcoalition.bsky.social

We are watching it unfold before our eyes 👇 fascism [fash-iz-uhm]; noun; a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism. #ResistTrump

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If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane. We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵

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