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Wow. The corruption and self-dealing is boundless — in the billions.
link:https://projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/
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Good piece on the law firms that caved in to Trump’s bullying.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/opinion/trump-law-firms.html
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What does Putin have on Trump that makes him think he can get away with this s**t?
quote:at://did:plc:k5nskatzhyxersjilvtnz4lh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfcvgcfot2h
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This President is making all Americans less safe.
quote:at://did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mge2fwt3dk2c
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“The latest line from Trump yesterday was that Tehran was ‘two weeks away’ from developing its own nuclear weapons.” Zero evidence of that.
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Republicans just OBJECTED to funding FEMA, TSA and the Coast Guard. They’re holding them hostage to extract more $$$ with no accountability for Trump’s rogue ICE/CBP operations. No doubt now who’s responsible.
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Musta been the bedroom photo. Is Pam Bondi next?
link:https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116178030946996760
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Starting soon.
quote:at://did:plc:qqixzm5pwprzdnkbh2hglpax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgd4smxevk27
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Today our top Democrat on Appropriations will offer to fund TSA, FEMA and the Coast Guard, agencies Republicans are holding hostage to extract more money for ICE.
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The PolluterPage lauds two shadow docket proceedings that, oh, just happen both to help Republicans! How con-veeee-nient.
link:https://www.wsj.com/opinion/supreme-court-emergency-docket-malliotakis-v-williams-mirabelli-v-bonta-931d8265
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Trump/Russia Trump/Epstein Epstein/Russia It’s all connected. This afternoon, around 2:50 PM, I’ll take to the Senate Floor to unpack some of the numerous, well-documented connections between these parties. I hope you’ll tune in.
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Our democracy deserves a cleanup. My DISCLOSE Act is the solution.
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Like a mob “bust-out,” Trump’s cronies have run the Kennedy Center into the ground, with closure for “renovations” covering the disaster.
link:https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goon-richard-grenell-melts-down-after-san-francisco-ballet-boycotts-kennedy-center/
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Duh.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/02/katie-miller-solar-power-trump/
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“His motivation for Operation Epic Fury is at least partly to deflect from his tribulations that cannot be made to disappear: Operation Epstein Fury.”
link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/03/trump-iran-war-emergency-powers
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Trump fossil fuel flunkies’ “national security” pretext for polluters is wearing thin. It went 0-for-6 on offshore wind, and letting coking facilities pollute locally for “national security” reasons seems quite the stretch.
link:https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11022026/trump-administration-ends-coke-fenceline-monitoring/
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Why does Secretary Noem’s “deportation jet” need a fancy bedroom?
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The stance of the nine law firms that caved under administration pressure may be hard to explain to clients who may face high-profile litigation against that same administration. “We cave under pressure” is not a great motto. Just sayin.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/opinion/law-firms-resistance-trump.html
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No lectures please from the clowns who took down the counter-terror expertise of our U.S. government. www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...
link:https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/patel-fbi-national-security-division-firings-iran
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Much like his corrupt attack on offshore wind. If at first your illegal order doesn’t succeed, try, try again.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/politics/trump-law-firm-orders-reversal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QVA.-feV.SepnvpB1qDlu&smid=url-share
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Russia is losing in Ukraine, “paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains and … in decline as a major power.” Trump is the one propping up Putin. One must wonder why. www.thecipherbrief.com/russias-war-...
link:https://www.thecipherbrief.com/russias-war-ukraine
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Why are Democrats afraid to talk about climate, when so many people already connect the dots between fossil fuel polluting emissions and their family’s financial costs? Home insurance is a HUGE cost for so many families, and getting worse fast!!
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"Trump the Wheedler” resembles the man in Gulliver’s travels who spent “eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers.” And note: “the systemic stupidity and toadyism that tyranny breeds.” Meaning Putin or Trump? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/27/trump-putin-russia-zelensky-ukraine-war/"
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“Stop Work” Trump has now become “Start War” Trump. This President is making all Americans less safe.
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Trump fossil-fuel thuggery in action. Very few U.S.-flagged vessels involved; near zero measurable effect on U.S. economy; yet Trumpsters go berserk.
link:https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/02/trump-delayed-a-global-carbon-tax-now-he-wants-to-finish-the-fight-pro-00799842
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Trump is mentioned more times in the Epstein files than Voldemort is in the Harry Potter series. In fact, Trump is mentioned in the Epstein files more than Voldemort, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Dumbledore COMBINED.
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“Entanglement in fishing gear and vessel strikes are the leading causes of North Atlantic right whale mortality, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and marine scientists everywhere.” And we have the whale corpses to prove it. ecori.org/all-the-righ...
link:https://ecori.org/all-the-right-moves-needed-to-save-these-endangered-whales/
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Let me offer a slight rebuttal on climate politics, beginning with us (enviros and Dems) having done a terrible job on climate communication for a long time. A legacy of bad work is not reason to stop work, it’s reason to do better work. 🧵
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/opinion/clean-green-energy.html
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"[Y]ou have compelled me to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation, in order to distract attention from President Trump's actions and cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers.”
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Patel fires agents but won’t disclose his own grand jury testimony in that same matter, instead repeatedly lying to lay false trails.
link:https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/politics/fbi-agents-fired-classified-documents-kash-patel-toll-records
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Take a second look, why don’t you. apnews.com/article/epst...
link:https://apnews.com/article/epstein-justice-department-trump-793e47b09863f5a55e54040c891291d8
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The excess heat is coming on by the zettajoules. Look it up.
link:https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/25/chronic-ocean-heating-fuels-staggering-loss-marine-life-study
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Put battery and low-cost solar and wind together, and you have inexpensive clean energy fossil fuel can’t beat. So they cheat.
link:https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/batteries/chart-grid-battery-installations-soared-2025
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Thomas Kilday, a union worker from the Revolution Wind project, was on a work boat the first time Trump halted the project. The second time, he was home awaiting his next four-week shift. Tonight, he’ll sit in the audience as Trump boasts his commitment to fossil fuels.
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Today marks four years since Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked assault on peaceful Ukraine. Allies and autocrats alike are watching how America will bring a just end to this war.
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Much credit to @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/doj-remove...
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“The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.” www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
link:https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell
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The MAGA trifecta cover-up of report on Trump’s crimes: on one “side,” the MAGA DOJ; on the other “side,” defendant Donald J. Trump; presiding, a MAGA Trump judge. So much for the “adversary system.”
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This storm has officially topped the Blizzard of ‘78. For everyone’s safety, and to help our emergency management teams perform their duties, please stay home.
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Guess that was too stupid even for Trumpsters.
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23 years after the Station Nightclub fire, we remember the 100 victims lost far too soon and the many survivors and first responders who live with scars from that night.
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Obviously, the Court’s long delay on tariffs was to fuss internally over statutory construction and “major questions.” How grandiose they are!
link:https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/politics/supreme-court-tariffs
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Victory for the Koch-Leo apparatus that actually picked Trump's justices. Trump was the chump there.
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Are Witkoff and Kushner the only two people on the planet who believe Putin is sincere about peace? And did they reach this conclusion during negotiations over side deals with Russia? Smells really bad.
link:https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/amp/entry/zelenskyy-denies-trump-claim-that-ukraine-is-blocking-peace-talks_uk_699592fee4b0b353293617c9/
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Ukraine needs more than American applause.
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Trump’s fossil-fuel stooges claim that 9-cent KWhs from offshore wind will raise prices on a grid averaging 18-cents/KWh. Anything to prop up natural gas.