mindful556.bsky.social

mindful556.bsky.social

@mindful556.bsky.social

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Todd Blanche has succeeded where Jeffrey Clark failed - getting DOJ as an institution on board with a pressure campaign to support seizing power after losing an election.

Rick Hasen@rickhasen.bsky.social

Post Edited: “Trump’s Election Attacks Enter New Pre-emptive Phase” https://electionlawblog.org/2026/trumps-election-attacks-enter-new-pre-emptive-phase/

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Gonna guess this is happening with Rubio's sign-offs & we'll see something official soon

Faytuks Network@faytuksnetwork.bsky.social

Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to concede after losing Brazil's presidential runoff to Lula. "It is impossible to acknowledge the election results. We will ask for the elections to be annulled."

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And we've come full circle from Obama wasn't even born here to it doesn't matter if Obama was born here.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Rally speaker: "Mike Rogers is an American. Abdul has a birth certificate. The birth certificate says he's a citizen of America. You know what? a birth certificate doesn't make you an American."

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🇭🇺🇺🇸 WSJ: The Trump administration has encouraged Orbán to run for UN Secretary-General, with Russia and China reportedly supportive of a joint candidacy. Orbán is reportedly interested but reluctant to run without confidence of winning. Trump and Vance are expected to support him.

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🇺🇸🤔 Trump: His ass was like a big piece of muscle. His feet were massive. His hands, his fingers looked like sausages. My hands aren’t bad, but his fingers looked like sausages. I’ve been living with this whole thing about the ass. And believe me, it’s of no interest to me.

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social

🤔🇺🇸 Trump: I looked at his ass, and I’ve never done that with a man before. Off the record. Women, yes. Men, no. Okay?

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NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com

propublica.orgThe Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His NeighborsIngram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of t...

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Replying to @coleurbanist.bsky.social

the california prop system cooking up the worst state fiscal policy ive ever seen

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This is the good shit and makes Turek's bullshit all the more unacceptable

BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

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"The end of the world" does show up frequently in pop culture, but that doesn't mean the world was going to end in cyanogen gas emitted by Halley's Comet in 1910.

Ed@ed3d.net

/turns towards camera, stares

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Also, again. To those who think a coup attempt is unlikely. You see the pattern of escalation here, yes?

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING: The Trump DOJ just sent letters to local election officials across California — every county in the state — demanding they identify potential noncitizens on their voter rolls and set aside their ballots. Local officials would "risk significant federal scrutiny" if they failed to comply.

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JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

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.

mindful556.bsky.social reposted

Yglesias really gets under my skin, because he paints himself as practical rather than idealistic, and a lot of idealists tell at him for not being idealistic, which reinforces the idea that he is just so practical so he doesn't have to face that he is also a dumbass.

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You have to watch this, disgusting cowardice disguised as prudence

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

A helpfully clear exchange here Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028." Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"

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Gotta wonder how Matt would feel about this if his kid got blackbagged for being named Jose Yglesias.

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

A helpfully clear exchange here Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028." Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"

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Most Active Member (Rep. Ro Khanna)

Steve Rattner@steverattner.bsky.social

Trump has made more stock trades in his second term than all 535 members of Congress combined.

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WHY DONT ANY OF THESE REPORTERS DEFEND THEIR FEMALE COLLEAGUES?!!! WTF kind of culture of journalism is this? What kind of collegial relationship is this? This is disgusting that he keeps doing this to women and over and over again not a single man says a fucking word

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

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Replying to @sharonk.bsky.social

The American Yoon being initiated by Musk and the viziers and not Trump because he’s too checked out is lazy writing but it seems the most likely

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I will never ever stop beating the drum that everyone who signs their name to this election stealing junk needs and deserves to die in prison.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

The Executive Branch has no authority to regulate states’ election decisions as to candidate qualifications, and the choice to file a lawsuit like this just days before an election speaks volumes about the political corruption festering at the top levels of the DOJ.

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Absolutely nothing successful functions like this. If a company you transacted with one time texted and emailed you with the same frequency as do the Democrats and their groups, you would light their headquarters on fire.

Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social

Once mass spam texts were made legal, younger donors vanished, leaving a grassroots fundraising machine that subsists on squeezing vulnerable seniors, some of whom give hundreds of times a day. It’s a horrific model. Consultants get generationally wealthy, and the party hollows out its future.

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Replying to @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

We found that as of right now 73% of your campaign donation goes back to the consultants and vendors (!!!), four times more than just 20 years ago. Only 13% to ads. Even I was shocked.

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Call it the “Obama already killed bin Laden” act and say anyone who voted against it hates Da Troops.

Truthout@truthout.org

Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the DHS altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights.

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DOJ had threatened local vote tabulators with aiding and abetting criminal liability if they didn’t rely on these lists.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Breaking news: A federal judge has restricted the Department of Homeland Security from election-related investigations in nine states, finding that error-prone government lists could sweep U.S. citizens into the effort.

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Major news this morning. Louise Lucas, a chief antagonist of Trump and Virginia Republicans (and one of the most vocal proponents of gerrymandering the state earlier this year) is criminally charged by the feds over her marijuana business:

nbcnews.comVirginia State Senator L. Louise Lucas charged in public corruption caseThe 82-year-old surrendered to authorities to face charges Thursday, the Justice Department said. She was charged along with a half-dozen others.

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In Venezuela last September, I found people hoping for change, but shocked and surprised by US policy, especially opaque oil deals with former regime cronies. The system looks, one economist told me, like “a coalition of two kleptocracies" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

theatlantic.comAfter the ApocalypseAs Venezuela struggles to recover from political upheaval and calamitous earthquakes, the U.S. government is exploiting the country for oil and money.

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The GOP will continue to get worse before it gets worse

Christopher Mathias@letsgomathias.bsky.social

Post from GOP nominee for Florida state House seat, calling for “Remigration” (ethnic cleansing) & touting protests against “Sharia.” He was active w/ white supremacist group; marched at infamous Nazi rally in Charlottesville; advocated executing LGBTQ people No pushback from GOP. Expected to win

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Conservative voters and pundits are standard deviations more evil than their electeds. Which is saying something! It's why you get candidates like Paxton winning primaries.

Paul Tree@paultree10.bsky.social

Always fun to see in what way these people will be deliberately obtuse:

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guy who made his name by writing a book about how his white trash mother was an abusive loser: "it's totally off-limits to criticize your white trash mother for abuse"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

WOW -- Vance *defends* Vivek's reprehensible ad 👇 Q: Ramaswamy's campaign put out a controversial ad featuring his opponent's mother. Some Republicans are backing away. Do you think it was appropriate? JD VANCE: Well, I'll be honest. Whether the ad was appropriate or not is not really my concern.

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It really needs to be emphasized that the woman Vivek is featuring in these videos fled with an accused & indicted child rapist and successfully helped him avoid trial for 20+ years.

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social

even by normal oppo standards this story is bonkers — basically vivek and co (and acton’s shitty mother) are accusing acton of fabricating horrific stories of child sexual abuse that are clearly documented in court records

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The reaction from every Republican politician in Utah over R judges on the State Supreme Court following the state constitution to give the state one blue leaning congressional seat was automatic court expansion and smearing out of public life the incumbent R judges.

Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social

Republicans packed Utah’s Supreme Court after the courts replaced their congressional gerrymander with a fairer map where Dems are set to gain a seat this year. Gov. Spencer Cox appointed a new majority that seems likely to let the GOP violate a voter-approved ban on gerrymandering again after 2026

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That’s nice but we’re going to rip it up anyways.

Aaron C. Davis@byaaroncdavis.bsky.social

NEW: Trump’s mega Venezuelan oil deal, signed by Hegseth and Rubio, benefits an unknown group of investors and was intentionally crafted to keep the next U.S. president or future leaders of Venezuela from undoing it. @propublica.org saw the secret contract: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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NEW: Trump’s mega Venezuelan oil deal, signed by Hegseth and Rubio, benefits an unknown group of investors and was intentionally crafted to keep the next U.S. president or future leaders of Venezuela from undoing it. @propublica.org saw the secret contract: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...

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The United States is groveling to a murderous tyrant. Everyone feeling like we have been made great again?

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”