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a man is counting money on a table with a bunch of money . ALT: a man is counting money on a table with a bunch of money .

DOJ is running a corruption scheme that allows Trump's allies to plunder the U.S. Treasury. It's like the mafia owning a casino and sending a daily part of the take to made men. It's brazen and outrageous.

The Department of Justice is participating in corrupt prosecutions and corrupt cover-ups.

A sign at Raygun that says “All Out of Hands Off Signs So Sorry.”

Chicago baby

WSJ: “.. Trump is making a last-ditch push to dissuade House Republicans from supporting a measure this week to release files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in what is shaping up as a major test of GOP loyalty to the president.”

@wsj.com #LameDuckWatch 🦆
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Twenty-two Trump-branded real estate projects will be developed in foreign countries during Trump’s presidency - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Over the course of Trump's second term, real estate developers will be working on developing Trump-branded projects around the globe.

Trump now profits from 22 foreign developments, several tied to gov land or state-linked partners. That gives foreign officials leverage over him. Our assessment warns when executive decisions overlap with private revenue streams, democratic checks weaken.

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Things are going well with MAGA.

NEW: The Nevada Supreme Court has revived the criminal case against the Trump 2020 fake electors, ruling that AG Ford was correct to bring the case in Clark County. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

MONACO IL SUPPLI • MADElI® CHARLOTTE FOOD AND DRINK 'They're not chasing criminals.' Manolo's Bakery owner closes store to protect customers Updated 5 hours ago POLITICS & GOVERNMENT Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship Updated 5 hours ago

LOCAL Super G executive in Pineville describes agents dragging out teen store employee Updated 5 hours ago LOCAL 'Just walked up to them.' Border Patrol questions people at a Charlotte Walmart Updated 6 hours ago LOCAL Federal Border Patrol sweep across Charlotte sparks fear, closed shops and protests

5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:

“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”

“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”

“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”

“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”

“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”

The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.

Unprecedentedly corrupt.

The fact that the American president’s former best friend is helping Russia blackmail the president should be a far bigger story than it is.

It should be on the front page of every major news outlet

I don't think the president should accept gold bars from foreign governments

Justice Department to Investigate Epstein Ties, but Not to Trump President Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate the dealings of Democrats with Jeffrey Epstein, after a week in which his own relationship with the convicted sex offender was in the…

Trump’s order that DOJ investigate ties between Epstein and Democrats is deviously brilliant—an ongoing investigation can be used as a reason, even if pretextual, to block public disclosure of the file.
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Justice Department to Investigate Epstein Ties, but Not to Trump

This line in the NYT:

“.. the near-complete breakdown of the Justice Department’s traditional independence to prosecute cases based on facts and the law, as opposed to presidential fiat.”

@nytimes.com
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A lot of economic anxiety leads Page One:

In Boston: “.. the unraveling of the middle class ..”

In Texas: “.. food banks stretched thin ..”

Follow the money behind Kristi Noem's massive $143 million corruption scandal at DHS ICE.

Follow the money behind Kristi Noem's massive $143 million corruption scandal at DHS ICE.
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@gailwaldby.bsky.social #ICE

ProPublica reports Dan Bongino got a polygraph waiver for his security clearance

These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks

Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts

I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN

YouTube video by New Economic Thinking Why the Rich Don’t Pay Taxes

If you watch nothing else this weekend, watch this.

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I don’t think US taxpayers should subsidize treason against the United States

a 50 year mortgage is more like debt peonage or renting from the bank. Why not 75 year mortgage?

The State Department is required to publish “a thorough, accurate, and reliable” history of U.S. foreign policy within 30 years of the events.

But it deleted documents about the risk of inadvertent nuclear war. https://wapo.st/49TiRY4

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This is a particularly egregious example of Trump’s obvious tell that he is lying.

1. Make a false statement: “I haven’t even thought about it.”

2. Add a drop of truth: “I haven’t thought about it in months.”

3. If no one corrects 1 or 2, go bigger: “Maybe I haven’t thought about it at all.”

so trump just out there getting standard MRI scans as a standard part of the standard multiple annual check ups a president gets in the first ten months

No, Venezuela Is Not a ‘Small Latin American Country’ And talk of a quick invasion and easy ‘regime change’ is dangerously misleading.

The emerging mission in the Caribbean looks less like enhanced interdiction and far more like the early shaping operations for regime-change in Venezuela. Just say no. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-venezue...

Sustainable Switch Climate Focus: White House targets ‘climate’, ‘diversity’ in grants for cancellation And Indigenous groups are demanding immediate action at the COP30 climate summit,

Sustainable Switch Climate Focus: White House targets ‘climate’, ‘diversity’ in grants for cancellation reut.rs/43z6Cw1

SENATOR REVEREND NO ONE IS BETTER AT SOLVING THE PROBLEMS HE CREATES THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

$2 billion for a name change. DOGE is CRUSHING IT!

Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits The move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the nation’s largest anti-hunger program and get rid of “fraud.”

In no specific order, here are all the issues with this requirement that come to mind in like 2 minutes before my break ends:

1. Requiring all recipients to reapply will need to happen over time not all at once to have a chance at not crushing state office's. Watch closely how it plays out

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Once wasn’t enough. Trump pardons a J6 rioter for a SECOND time.

@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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The government shutdown is over. The air traffic controller shortage is not Staffing shortages of air traffic controllers forced airlines to chop flights and delay thousands of others that disrupted travel plans of 5 million people.

The government shutdown is over. The air traffic controller shortage is not