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@breadandfizz.bsky.social

Recovering lawyer; animal rescuer; Italian wine, food and spirits purveyor. User of annoyingly appropriate punctuation.

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Math. Is. Hard.

30.10.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Rep. Clay Higgins: 

There are 22 million American households receiving SNAP benefits for groceries, at $4200 per year on average. 
 Try to get your head wrapped around how many pantries you can stock with $4200 dollars in properly shopped groceries. 
  Any American who has been receiving $4200 dollars per year of free groceries and does NOT have at least 1 month of groceries stocked should never again receive SNAP, because wow, stop smoking crack.

Rep. Clay Higgins: There are 22 million American households receiving SNAP benefits for groceries, at $4200 per year on average. Try to get your head wrapped around how many pantries you can stock with $4200 dollars in properly shopped groceries. Any American who has been receiving $4200 dollars per year of free groceries and does NOT have at least 1 month of groceries stocked should never again receive SNAP, because wow, stop smoking crack.

Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.

He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."

30.10.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3145    πŸ” 1051    πŸ’¬ 756    πŸ“Œ 802

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been β€œimmigrants go home.”

It would have been β€œget your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

28.10.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 12160    πŸ” 3085    πŸ’¬ 202    πŸ“Œ 70
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Trump being guided through a room by the Japanese PM

28.10.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4608    πŸ” 1405    πŸ’¬ 890    πŸ“Œ 469
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The White House movie theater demolition ends a storied era in presidential history The vintage movie venue was destroyed this week as part of the Trump administration's plan to build a new $300 million ballroom. Former President Bill Clinton called it the office's "best perk."

The vintage movie venue was destroyed this week as part of the Trump administration's plan to build a new $300 million ballroom. Former President Bill Clinton called it the office's "best perk."

26.10.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 490    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 22

Democrats should just start rolling out ad after ad of Reagan voiceovers.

25.10.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4250    πŸ” 1245    πŸ’¬ 184    πŸ“Œ 97
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Trump: I don't think we're gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just gonna kill people. Okay? We're gonna kill them. They're gonna be, like, dead.

23.10.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 391    πŸ” 209    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 217
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Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: β€˜Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’ Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

19.10.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 8247    πŸ” 4607    πŸ’¬ 391    πŸ“Œ 1115
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#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

18.10.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8827    πŸ” 3805    πŸ’¬ 1539    πŸ“Œ 1576
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago

18.10.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 44104    πŸ” 11574    πŸ’¬ 936    πŸ“Œ 852
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a man is standing on a stage and pointing at the camera while saying cake or death . Alt: Eddie Izzard comedy routine offering the choice between cake or death
18.10.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’re not a serious country anymore.

17.10.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 712    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨WOW. A unanimous per curiam (meaning no named author) panel of the 7th Circuit, made up of a Bush appointee, an Obama appointee, and a Trump appointee, decline to step in and block a lower court order barring the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago!

16.10.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4074    πŸ” 1147    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 35
Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

16.10.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 12980    πŸ” 6411    πŸ’¬ 372    πŸ“Œ 456
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Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.

Second article of impeachment of Richard Nixon:

β€œHe has endeavoured…to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

16.10.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 853    πŸ” 365    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 16

Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.

15.10.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1677    πŸ” 639    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 44

Pretty sure The Truth is not arriving via spam text

15.10.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the funniest thing about this is that those of us who grew up in the divide all have a bunch of pre-cell phone numbers memorized and almost none afterwards

I know the home phone numbers of two of my childhood best friends from thirty years ago and none of the cell numbers of my college friends

13.10.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1296    πŸ” 154    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 44

Congrats!

12.10.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

β€œIllinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. β€œIf I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

10.10.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 20378    πŸ” 8071    πŸ’¬ 1654    πŸ“Œ 1000
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Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

10.10.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2407    πŸ” 931    πŸ’¬ 1499    πŸ“Œ 1883

I recently spoke with Habeas Corpus while visiting Corpus Christi, TX

08.10.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

08.10.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4626    πŸ” 2582    πŸ’¬ 433    πŸ“Œ 448
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

07.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 56531    πŸ” 21235    πŸ’¬ 1747    πŸ“Œ 1256

I am not a constitutional scholar but I am pretty sure β€œthe president my personally levy taxes and choose what they fund” is not in fact what the founders intended

07.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1885    πŸ” 300    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 14
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The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here

For more like this:
tiktok.com/@drewharwell
instagram.com/bydrewharwell

06.10.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1846    πŸ” 761    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 148
In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141
F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws
of the United States." 10 U.S.C. Β§ 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to
ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the
President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law
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Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56
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within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this
Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke Β§ 12406(3) to
federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal
law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination
was simply untethered to the facts.
c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion
Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141 F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States." 10 U.S.C. Β§ 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law PAGE 22 - OPINION AND ORDER Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56 Filed 10/04/25 Page 23 of 31 within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke Β§ 12406(3) to federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination was simply untethered to the facts. c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him β€œsimply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

05.10.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5552    πŸ” 1708    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 75
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NEW: A 20-year federal prosecutor, fired abruptly this week even as he lead case against Abbey Gate bomber, warns his colleagues: the Trump administration is sacrificing national security to purge Trump's perceived adversaries.

w/ @dnlbrns

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

03.10.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1972    πŸ” 873    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 36

The unitary executive theory puts all the power of the executive branch in the hands of one person. That is a problem when he is unaware of some pretty big decisions being made by his underlings.

03.10.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1076    πŸ” 317    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 11
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MAGA’s β€œVoter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There. A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

SCOOP β€” Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

03.10.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 10357    πŸ” 3913    πŸ’¬ 396    πŸ“Œ 520

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