Resist

Resist

@persist4ever.bsky.social

Liberal, pro-democracy, white-collar criminal defense and compliance attorney in DC. Social justice and politics nerd. 🏳️‍🌈🧢🤓🇺🇸

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In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.” ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.

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...

Putin must have the pee pee tape.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I think you heard about the oil deal with Russia. That is a big deal. That is massive amounts of oil coming into our country, and I want to thank President Putin to be honest with you."

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Who knew that defacing the building, tearing up its trees, removing its sculptures, replacing the Board with political cronies, giving the finger to every performer who isn’t a Trump voter, and talking down its facilities daily would cause a revenue drop?

washingtonpost.comKennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents showOfficials said the center is facing “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.

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If you haven’t watched Jimmy Kimmel’s interview from last night, you should. The FCC and this administration are constantly trying to squash the resistance, but the resistance always finds a way around them. They can keep trying to silence people. It isn’t working. Tomorrow there will be more of us!

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I am tired of people saying we can’t win in front of the Supreme Court. I’m annoyed by those who say my firm is too partisan to be effective. Today we won a huge redistricting fight before SCOTUS and a ballot access case before the Nebraska Supreme Court. The lesson: When we fight we win.

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MAINE— Killer ICE Agent’s ex: “He wanted me to lie about his character. I won’t. He abused me and my daughter… I’ve waited years to speak my truth, and now a man is dead.” They are hiring the worst of the worst.

Here is a breakdown of Trump's Iran surrender agreement vs the agreement negotiated by Obama. Share this far and wide to counter the regime's propaganda! (I could not find the source for this - please let me know if you know so I can give them credit!)

"You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise." — Maya Angelou Don't give up, Resistance. Persist.

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Congressional statute: "There is a Director of National Intelligence who shall be appointed by the President ... Any individual nominated for appointment as Director of National Intelligence shall have extensive national security expertise." 50 U.S. Code § 3023

I thought it was paid for by private interests, hence the outrage it had to be approved! Turns out this is another bate n switch. Where'd that money go?

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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: 🇦🇺 0 🇨🇦 0 🇩🇰 0 🇫🇮 0 🇫🇷 0 🇩🇪 0 🇮🇸 0 🇮🇪 0 🇮🇹 0 🇯🇵 0 🇳🇱 0 🇳🇴 0 🇵🇹 0 🇪🇸 0 🇸🇪 0 🇬🇧 0 🇺🇸 530,000 There’s a lesson there.

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Spain has recently outpaced the US in GDP growth, emerging as one of the fastest-growing major advanced economies. As of 2024–2025, Spain’s economy is growing at a rate over 3% annually, exceeding the US (~2%) and Eurozone (~1%) averages. Donald is such an uninformed idiot.

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The DOJ quietly closed 23,000+ criminal cases in the first six months of Trump’s second administration, abandoning hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and other offenses as it shifted resources to pursue immigration cases. 🔗 Full story: https://propub.li/4e5vZLL

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Best way for Rs to “course correct” on immigration is to pass the Dem ICE reform package, rescind the extra funding for ICE, and for DHS to only target criminals for deportation.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

Even Republicans are saying it now

Hamstring renewable energy industry ->start war with oil producer that drastically increases oil prices -> eliminate sanctions on Russian oil to "reduce oil prices." Winners: Putin, defense contractors, oil industry, Trump Losers: US people, allies, Ukraine, Epstein victims

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Claim: “Farmers, cattle producers, etc. have record profits” Reality: False. Cattle ranchers are reporting record losses. Argentinian beef imports have not brought prices down either. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association have expressed that the Admin’s policies are hurting ranchers.

GOP is delusional to think that it is a good look for them to participate in an extended standing ovation for kidnapping people and disappearing them to concentration camps.

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President Trump presented the job market as robust during his State of the Union address, saying that more Americans are working today than at any time in the country’s history. The job market actually weakened last year as companies slowed hiring.

on.wsj.comTrump Puts Focus on Job MarketPresident Trump presented the job market as robust during his State of the Union address, saying that more Americans are working today than at any time in the country’s history. The job market actually [weakened](https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/job-growth-last-year-was-far-worse-than-we-thought-he

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The Department of Justice spoke four separate times to a woman who credibly accused King Trump of having sex with a minor he met through Jeffrey Epstein—but most accusations against the president appear to have been removed from the government’s documents on the alleged sex trafficker.

newrepublic.comDOJ Scrubs Record of Interviews With Trump Accuser From Epstein FilesThe FBI interviewed one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims four times over her allegation that Donald Trump assaulted her when she was underage.

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Breaking WSJ: The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

wsj.comGabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared KushnerThe substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.

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Every week it's something new. Epstein, ICE, grift, destroy another American institution. It's fukkin exhausting and it doesn't seem like anyone, R or D is doing a damn thing about it. I think we're gonna have to save ourselves, no one is coming to help. I'll never give up the fight, we can do this!