Slknla

Slknla

@slknla.bsky.social

Dyed in wool progressive who loves the courage of truth tellers and the steadfastness of the compassionate. Also cocktails

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

In case you missed it: The Trump administration is buying a stake in a private oil firm, and investors in the company could receive enormous wealth from the arrangement. The role of the Venezuelan government and the potential benefits to its people are largely absent from the text of the deal.

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...
Slknla
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The criminalization of reproduction. This is not the way to get better birth rates

Kansas Reflector@kansasreflector.com

900+ women nationwide criminally charged for their conduct during pregnancies | via @sofiaresnick.bsky.social #ksleg

kansasreflector.com900+ women nationwide criminally charged for their conduct during pregnancies • Kansas ReflectorIn the first three years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to an abortion in June 2022, more than 900 women faced criminal charges for conduct related to their pregnanc...
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Norway Pushes Back After Trump Disparages It Over Nobel Prize Decision www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w... His praise of Norway was pure racism and ignorance. His attack is pure narcissism. He is nothing more than a walking talking mental illness

nytimes.comNorway Pushes Back After Trump Disparages It Over Nobel Prize DecisionNorwegian officials emphasized that their government does not have any influence over who receives the Peace Prize, after President Trump used crude language to express his frustration.
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Flávio Bolsonaro Flees Brazil for the U.S. After Election Defeat www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/w... When trump referred to Brazil election as rigged that is trump speak for trump himself being unable to rig election for bolsonaro

nytimes.comFlávio Bolsonaro Leaves Brazil for the U.S. After Election DefeatOfficials in Argentina said Mr. Bolsonaro entered the country by land then flew to Ecuador. Brazilian police had asked him to hand over his passports because of his links to an investigation.
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White House Has Tight Grip Over F.B.I. in Pursuing Trump Targets, Agent Says www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/u... The infectious control exec office has taken over intelligence criminal investigations and justice has turned US into cliche banana republic

nytimes.comWhite House Has Tight Grip Over FBI in Pursuing Trump Targets, Agent SaysIn court testimony, the agent outlined the willingness of Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, to take orders from President Trump to investigate his perceived enemies.
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Here Are the U.S. Attorneys Who Are Carrying Out Trump’s Grievance Agenda www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/u... These are dishonest brokers ruining the trustworthiness of DOJ. They must be held to account and suffer the severest of punishments possible

nytimes.comThe U.S. Attorneys Carrying Out Trump’s Election and Grievance CasesTogether, they have pursued cases against the president’s enemies and protesters and amplified false claims of widespread election fraud, often citing thin evidence.
Slknla
@slknla.bsky.social

Ridiculous priorities. We are at war. Inflation is rising. Americans are going hungry and losing healthcare. The planet is on fire

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Less than 24 hours after President Trump declared that his plan to remake East Potomac Golf Links must begin “immediately,” the DOJ formally appealed a federal judge’s preliminary injunction barring further tree removal and imposing restrictions on the project.

washingtonpost.comTrump administration appeals order blocking tree removal at D.C. golf coursePresident Trump wants to turn East Potomac, a historic municipal course, into a championship course, but the legal fight is slowing progress.
Slknla
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If it gets built (doubtful) it will be taken down when he is gone

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

President Trump’s proposed 250-foot-tall arch would be a towering new presence in D.C. To understand its impact, The Post built a to-scale digital 3D model:

washingtonpost.comTrump’s arch would cast shadow on Arlington CemeteryThe monument would darken the nation’s premier military burial ground early in the morning on more than 280 days a year, a Post analysis finds.
Slknla
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A Damning Account Alleges Jared Kushner Conducted Diplomacy for Profit www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/b... Oh to see trump regime get their comeuppance. at least clawing back their ill-gotten wealth prison time. And suffering in other ways too after what the damage they exacted on this world

nytimes.comBook Review: ‘Princes and Thieves,’ by Matthew ColeThe new book by the reporter Matthew Cole connects $2 billion in slush funds from gulf state leaders to Trump’s son-in-law in an effort to influence U.S. policy.
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Flávio Bolsonaro Ordered to Hand Over Passport in Money Laundering Inquiry www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w... Gifts keep coming. Trump didn’t invent idea that holding office shields you from accountability but he certainly reminded the corrupt that it’s an option

nytimes.comBrazil Supreme Court Orders Flávio Bolsonaro to Hand Over Passports in Money Laundering InquiryBrazil’s Supreme Court told the police to seize passport of Mr. Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election, over his links to an investigation.
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A Damning Account Alleges Jared Kushner Conducted Diplomacy for Profit www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/b... There is such fierce competition in trump works for most corrupt one might reasonable conclude it’s a tie. They are all greedy corrupt monsters

nytimes.comBook Review: ‘Princes and Thieves,’ by Matthew ColeThe new book by the reporter Matthew Cole connects $2 billion in slush funds from gulf state leaders to Trump’s son-in-law in an effort to influence U.S. policy.
Slknla
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Love how murderer thinks he’s entitled anything

Euronews@euronews.com

A convicted murderer has lost a legal bid to overturn a ban on Vegemite in Victoria's prisons, despite his claims that the ban was unlawful because it denied him his human right to enjoy Australian culture. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/GoqG

Slknla
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These crooks should have no access to courts. Just lock them up take back all the money they stole form Brazilians

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com

Flávio Bolsonaro, the defeated candidate in Brazil’s presidential election, is abandoning plans to seek to annul the vote and will instead file a case accusing reelected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of abuse of power

bloom.bgBolsonaro Changes Strategy, Drops Bid to Annul Brazil ElectionFlávio Bolsonaro, the defeated candidate in Brazil’s presidential election, is abandoning plans to seek to annul the vote and will instead file a case accusing reelected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of abuse of power.

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Eric Lipton NYT
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JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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Jamie Dupree
@jamiedupree.bsky.social

Two former Governors of South Carolina - one from each party - have endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews who is running against Sen. Darline Graham R-SC

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Justice Dept. Brings More Charges Against Comey, Accusing Him of Leaks www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/u... No Surprise day judge says his daughter was fired illegally they go for more fake charges

nytimes.comJustice Dept. Brings More Charges Against Comey, Accusing Him of LeaksLawyers for James Comey said the case centered on an issue that had already been investigated and had not led to charges, of a purported leak of national security information to The Times in October 2...
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Kind of. But trump is worse than tinpot dictator and what he does is far worse than tantrums

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "Gas prices are too high ... they skyrocket every time some tinpot dictator decides to throw a tantrum"

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Trump Administration Unlawfully Fired Maurene Comey, Judge Rules www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/n... All must sue and they will win and get deserved back pay and compensation for their mistreatment and damage to their careers. Funds should co e out of the slush fund

nytimes.comTrump Administration Unlawfully Fired Maurene Comey, Judge RulesMs. Comey, the daughter of James B. Comey, was a trial lawyer for the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, handling the prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Sean Combs.

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Democracy Docket
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NEW: Maricopa County will restore 25 voters’ registrations after they were falsely flagged as noncitizens, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) announced. Mayes sued Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap (R) Thursday, demanding that he add the voters back to the registration rolls.

democracydocket.comMaricopa County will restore citizens’ voting registrations, Arizona AG says“It should not have taken litigation to make Justin Heap follow the law — that is his duty and the duty of all election officials.”

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David Roberts
@volts.wtf

"Ingram 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." Terrible people.

texastribune.orgThe small-town cop who helped ICE deport his neighborsIngram 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.