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Realist. Independent. 🚫MAGA🖕 Transplanted New Englander. Adopt don't shop🐕 🚨 I often swear. Save the 🌎 #SaveTheBees🐝 🖕🤖 🚫AI
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Patrick Byrne, Trump supporter extraordinaire, founder of Overstock, and prominent funder of election conspiracy theorists who is being sued by Dominion Voting Systems, has fled the country for non-extraditing Dubai.
Donald's sinking ship features the first fleeing litigant. Patrick Byrne, head attempted election coup organization The America Project has fled to non-extraditing Dubai. The center does not hold. #TrumpCrimeFamily #ProudBlue
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UKRAINE: The elderly man whose vehicle was run over by a tank and was pulled from the wreckage by witnesses has survived and is in the hospital.
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🔥Rebekah Jones, the Covid scientist who fought Ron DeSantis and was fired, wins the Democratic primary, and will take on Matt Gaetz for U.S. House seat via @Yahoo.
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Kentucky: Judge rules former county clerk, Republican Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples must pay $260,000 in fees and costs.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, First Lady Elect, Dr. Jill Biden.🌻. 100% real. Nothing artificial.
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Rep. Adam Schiff just introduced a Constitutional Amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC, and to protect our elections from unrestrained spending by wealthy donors and corporations.
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DeSantis's Culture War is Backfiring. "The latest to pull out is the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, which had planned a fall convention for Miami, and has now moved it to Chicago, incurring a stiff penalty from the hotels. 1/3.
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The Jan. 6 Capitol insurrectionist who dressed up as Hilter and was defended by Trump will serve four years in prison.
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Ex-NFL player Bruce Miller appears to be behind Swalwell 'execution' tweet: report. Miller was cut from the San Francisco 49ers after he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a 70-year-old man.
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Biden Quietly Reverses Trump’s Sabotage of Obamacare. Catherine Rampell, WaPo: “Slowly but surely, President Biden is repairing the U.S. health-care system, reversing Trump-era sabotage and ensuring millions more Americans get access to affordable coverage.”. 1/2.
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Electing Trump opened the gates of hell in this country.
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🧵DeSantis Won’t Say How He Got to New Hampshire. Politico: “This week, Ron DeSantis flew to New Hampshire for a campaign swing that coincided nearly exactly with the path of a private plane connected to a wealthy supporter.”. 1/3.
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🧵Another RFK Jr. Sibling Condemns His Comments. Rory Kennedy, the youngest child of the late Robert F. Kennedy, told The Guardian: “My feelings about my brother Bobby’s recent statement regarding Covid and ethnic targeting are very much aligned with . 1/3.
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Trump Again Says He Graduated ‘First in His Class From Wharton’ and Therefore Shouldn’t Be Indicted — Wharton Drops Humiliating Truth. In 1968, The Daily Pennsylvanian published a list of the 56 students . 1/2.
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🔥Oklahoma Supreme Court Tosses Two Abortion Bans. “The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday tossed out two state laws outlawing abortion,” Tulsa World reports. “The court ruled that it had found that there is an inherent right of a pregnant . 1/2.
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Arizona in desperate need of potable water and Repubs did this? My God.👇. Arizona State Land Dept recently handed over thousands of acres to a Saudi corp called Fondomonte, giving it permission to pump UNLIMITED amts of groundwater to grow alfalfa hay for export to Saudi Arabia.
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Gov. Inslee buys a 3-year supply of abortion pills to be available for women residents of the state of Washington in case of ban
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Trump Indictment. William Barr: “For the sake of the country, our party and a basic respect for the truth, it is time that Republicans come to grips with the hard truths about President Trump’s conduct and its implications. Chief among them: Trump’s indictment is not the . 1/2.
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Bannon Named Co-Conspirator in $1 Billion Fraud Case. Mother Jones: “In a little-noticed court filing earlier this month, federal prosecutors described Steve Bannon as a ‘co-conspirator’ in a massive criminal fraud and racketeering case against a flamboyant,. 1/2.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's Response to the Conservative Majority Supreme Court Gutting Affirmative Action. “With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal . 1/2.
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🧵Family calls for arrest of 58-year-old White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor. Calls are growing for an arrest to be made in Florida after a Black mother of four was shot and killed by her White neighbor through the neighbor’s door — apparently . 1/2.
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Man Gets Life for Rape of Girl Who Sought Abortion. “The man charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion pleaded guilty to a charge of rape Wednesday and was immediately sentenced to life in prison,” NBC News reports. 1/2.
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A woman who works at a movie theater cleaning took this picture before tackling a job that she said she's faced with almost every evening she works.
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You will be shocked to learn that many Republican senators have opted not to even read the first federal indictment of a former president. [Included] are accounts of the conversations I had with several lawmakers who refuse to read it.
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ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Voters toss all the school board members who forced outing of students.
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Rick Scott's Dirty Deeds, cont'd. In 1997, as FBI agents raided its offices and hospitals in several states, Columbia/HCA's board of directors forced Rick Scott to resign. The feds alleged the company had paid kickbacks to doctors in exchange for . 1/2.
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In NorCal, there's a woman by the name of Katie Sorenson who's an 'influencer mom' with a large following. She falsely accused a Latino couple of trying to kidnap her child in a retail store. She made the whole thing up. Found guilty, today she was sentenced to a max of 6 mos.
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Republicans push to gut food aid program that helps feed half of all infants in US
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College Board won’t change AP courses to comply with DeSantis' anti-education law. A day before the deadline Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave to the College Board to comply with his law restricting classroom discussions of sexual orientation and . 1/2.
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Newsmax Staffers Hit With Subpoenas. Rolling Stone: “Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News laid bare how the network communicated behind the scenes about broadcasting 2020 election misinformation, ultimately . 1/2.
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The Dirty Deeds of Rick Scott: Conclusion. After Scott was forced to resign as CEO of Columbia/HCA, the healthcare co. that committed the biggest Medicare fraud in history, he received:. 👉$300 million in stock;. 👉a $5.1 million severance; and last but certainly not least. 1/2.
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My grandfather was a lieutenant in the Navy. He went down with his ship in the air/sea battle with the Japanese known as the Battle of Coral Sea. My grandmother rec'd the yellow MIA telegram and grieved her entire life for her husband. My grandfather was a hero, not a loser.
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2/ who were on the Wharton Dean’s List that year — Trump’s name is not even among them. via @NicoleJameNo.
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A Rhode Island police officer, Jeann Lugo (shown below), has been placed on paid administrative leave after punching a Black woman — his Democratic rival for state senate — at a Roe v. Wade rally.
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At a rally, Trump said he got onto a “three-way call” with Vladimir Putin and “the king of Saudi Arabia” — perhaps meaning Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — to urge them to cut oil production and drive . 1/2.
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Covid In Florida. The Steep Cost of DeSantis’s Vaccine Turnabout. New York Times: “Floridians died at a higher rate, adjusted for age, than residents of almost any other state during the Delta wave, according to the Times analysis. With less than 7 percent of the nation’s . 1/2.
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Herschel Walker's take on the Uvalde school massacre:. “What I like to do is see it and everything and stuff.”. --Yahoo News.
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Is an apology enough or should she be under investigation by the FBI?. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's Wife Ginni Thomas, Apologizes After Endorsing Trump Rally Where He Encouraged March On Capitol 1/6.
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🧵Trump’s Indictment Is Worse Than You Think It Is. Jeffrey Blehar: “The indictment can be found here. Come and see. Come one, come all, and read it. The text is lucid, the case is made with a minimum of jargon, and it hits like multiple icepick blows to the . 1/4.
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Think I'm overreacting about RFK, Jr.?. Still think so?. 👇. Steve Bannon spent "months" recruiting anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. to run against Biden as "chaos agent". Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed to run against Biden in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary.
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🧵Republicans Were No Shows at Annual Nat'l Governors Association Meeting. Politico: “There are 26 Republican governors. Three of them showed up here this week at the annual summer meeting of the National Governors Association. And of . 1/2.
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Call to Action. There is an effort in Florida to put an amendment on the 2024 ballot to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. So far, it is polling well and signature gathering has been strong. That said, they need nearly a million Florida voters to sign, so . 1/2.
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Trump Staffer Identified as a Capitol Rioter. USA Today has identified Oliver Krvaric, a young Republican star and scion of a powerful GOP family from San Diego, as one of the rioters at the Capitol on January 6. 1/4🧵.
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Why isn't Steve Bannon in prison? He's out pending appeal of his four-month sentence for contempt of Congress. What the hell is going on? Why isn't anyone reporting about what's going on to delay his appeal?
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2/ result of unfair government persecution. This is a situation entirely of his own making. The effort to present Trump as a victim in the Mar-a-Lago document affair is cynical political propaganda.”.
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2/ Fort Lauderdale has lately received at least eight convention cancellations. The American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA) canceled its 2026 meeting, which represented 4,500 hotel room nights, or an estimated $3.25 million . .
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@LatestAnonPress Dear Anonymous:. Please enumerate the big names involved. For instance--any member of the Trump family or a Trump family associate. And, anyone who has served in or is serving in the US Congress. Thanks!.
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5 MINUTES AGO: New York judge denies Trump request to recuse himself from state trial. NEW YORK — A judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal indictment for allegedly falsifying business records on Monday rejected arguments from the former president’s legal team that he. 1/3 🧵.
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🔥Florida: Susan Lorincz who shot through a door and killed neighbor AJ Owens has been arrested. Florida woman who deputies say shot neighbor through front door arrested.
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INDIANA: Republican TV star sheriff Jamey Noel accused of stealing $5m in taxpayer money and blowing it on vacations, luxury cigars and plastic surgery [yes, that's his wife, Misty, beside him].
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2/ my brother Joe, sister Kerry, and nephew Joe III – all of whom I admire for speaking out against him.”. She added: “There is a great deal of hate in the world and remarks like Bobby’s only serve to fuel that hate. Such conspiracy mongering not only creates more . .
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2/ woman to terminate a pregnancy when it is necessary to preserve her life.”.
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3/ in lost revenue and a total economic loss of approximately $8.1 million." ~The American Prospect, Kuttner on TAP.
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GOOD NEWS: A judge denied Fox News’ motion to dismiss Smartmatic’s $2.7B defamation lawsuit.
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@RollingStone Dear Neil Young:. Thank you for believing in science and not being insane. Regards,. A fan.
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2/ vaccine bottle. When I got home I looked up the ingredients. The prefix 'nano' basically means tiny, minuscule. I think she saw the word ''nanoparticles" listed on the vaccine bottle and mistakenly thinks that means 'nanites (tiny robots)'🙄 Lord help us.
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ALABAMA: The Autauga-Prattville Alabama Library board has fired the library director for refusing to deny the public access to 113 books. In response, the staff stood in solidarity with their colleague by walking out, locking . 1/2.
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Bipartisanship is dead and it wasn't Democrats that killed it. #VoteBlueEverElection.#VoteOutEveryRepublican.
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Next up: Letitia James' trial for business fraud starring Donald, Ivanka, Eric, and Jr. Don Trump, scheduled for October of 2023. Ivanka has already thrown her family under the bus. Will she take a plea deal for her testimony against her own family? Stay tuned.
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3/ divisiveness, it actually puts people’s lives in danger.”.
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Yeah, I know. William Barr. I don't trust him as far as I could throw him nor do I like him but when he says something like this, it's hard to not pay attention.
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OMG, it was BS! . "Three men currently staying at a homeless shelter in Poughkeepsie said they were among a group of 15 recruited a few days ago to portray homeless veterans . 1/2.
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Appears Ron DeFascist has got himself loads of sugar daddies.
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Walking my dog . Stopped and talked with a neighbor. Discussed vaccines. I said I waiting for the new XBB variant vaccine. She said, "I'm not taking that stuff, it has nanites in it." (OMG.) I replied, 'There are no nanites in Covid vaccines.' She said she saw it on a . 1/2.
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D.C.-based DOJ investigators take over corruption probe into Attorney General Ken Paxton via @TexasTribune.
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3/ “It’s a recurring pattern where DeSantis and the organizations assisting him remain quiet about who is bankrolling his travels and his frequent use of private charter jets.”.
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Mathematicians and computer scientists filed a lawsuit in the Wisconsin Supreme Court challenging the state's legislative maps. They allege that the districts are gerrymandered to heavily benefit Republicans and violate the state constitution. This is the second challenge . 1/2.
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🧵A new study just revealed that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits of the 1% yield by far the most revenue of any audits they conduct.1 Every dollar the IRS spends auditing the super-rich brings in more cash than an audit of the average taxpayer. 1/3.
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2/ up oil prices. I’m sure this is something his supporters will LOVE to hear. ~Political Charge.
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British Media Regulator Launches Investigation Into Rupert Murdoch’s Network. Right on the heels of Fox News' astonishing $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, another Murdoch media property has landed itself in scalding hot water. British media regulator. 1/2.
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Alabama Governor Says Map Was Intended to Defy Order. Gov. Kay Ivey (R) suggested in a statement that her state’s new congressional map was intended to defy a federal court order that the state create 2 districts where Black voters could elect their preferred candidates. 1/2.
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The RI Heritage Hall of Fame voted to induct Gen. Michael Flynn. Now, members are resigning.
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2/ gender identity by amending its Advanced Placement class curricula, the company told the Republican governor's administration that it will not be making the demanded changes.
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MTG Loses Battle With SCOTUS Over $500 Mask Mandate Fines . According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Marjorie Taylor Greene racked up a total of more than $100,000 in fines. via @thedailybeast.
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'Cesspool of Corruption': Dems Reintroduce Bill to Impose Supreme Court Term Limits. "Our Founding Fathers intended for lifetime appointments to ensure impartiality," said Rep. Ro Khanna. "The decision today demonstrates how justices have become . 1/2.
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2/ “Daniel Doyle, Jr., who runs a printing company in Central Florida, owns a plane whose flight path lines up with DeSantis’ July 4 trip to the Granite State… Neither DeSantis’ presidential campaign nor representatives for Doyle would say if DeSantis was aboard.”. .
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Michigan: Retired Eye Doctor Kenneth Pilon Charged with Federal Hate Crimes, Leaving Several Nooses and Racist Notes That Terrorized Black Residents.
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The Logic of Donald Trump’s Campaign. Maureen Dowd: “A man is running to run the government he tried to overthrow while he was running it, even as he is running to stay ahead of the law.”. 1/2.
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🧵Conservative megadonor tied to Alito scandal looms large in Northern California . Rob Arkley is infamous in and around Eureka; his reputation is extremely polarizing, to put it politely. He’s reviled by Indigenous groups in the area — so much . 1/3.
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Fun Fact--Rick Scott. Scott was born in Illinois, and was raised by a truck-driver dad and a mom who worked odd jobs. For about three years beginning when he was a toddler, his family lived in public housing.
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New accusations: Ken Paxton used burner phone, secret email account, fake Uber name to hide ties to Nate Paul. After Paxton’s lawyers sought to dismiss articles of impeachment as unsubstantiated, House managers responded by accusing the impeached and . 1/2.
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No one should have the right to change history. No one. Behind the Move to Expunge Trump’s Impeachments. Greg Sargent: “The aim appears to be to allow Trump, the likely GOP presidential nominee in next year’s election, to claim that despite the events we all witnessed, . 1/2.
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Filthy Rich Politicians. 🧵When Covid-19 materialized as a serious threat, North Carolina Republican Richard Burr took action. As chair of the Senate intelligence committee, Burr had access to information on the pandemic that was unavailable to the American public. He . 1/3.
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Measles Now Spreading in 9 States Amid 'Staggering' Outbreak, CDC Warns
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In stinging rebuke, judge orders Florida to stop funneling frail kids into nursing homes. A federal judge delivered a stunning rebuke to Florida health administrators, ruling that the state’s long-standing failure to provide adequate care to children . 1/2.
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Heh heh heh. 🧵Ex-Ohio House Speaker Sentenced to the Maximum--20 Years In Prison. In one of the largest corruption cases in Ohio history, former state House Speaker Larry Householder (R) was sentenced Thursday to the maximum 20 years in . 1/3.
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🧵How Trump Ended Up With Priceless Israeli Antiquities at Mar-a-Lago. “Donald Trump agreed to return ancient artifacts after Israel’s antiquities authority launched a public campaign to get them back,” the Wall Street Journal reports. 1/2.
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Pennsylvania realtor arrested after spearing cops with flagpole on Jan. 6. Another one bites the dust — this time with a bizarre added wrinkle. Lowell Gates, a 63-year-old realtor from Pennsylvania, was previously arrested for a crime unrelated to . 1/2.
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After awful rulings, SCOTUS twists the knife AGAIN. Apparently, triple gut punches of gutting affirmative action, legalizing LGBTQ+ discrimination, and robbing student loan holders of relief weren't enough for conservative justices, so they added a . 1/2.
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Giuliani’s Son Hit With Subpoenas Over Hidden Assets. “Rudy Giuliani’s creditors expanded their probe into the former New York mayor’s finances, filing more than a dozen subpoenas in his bankruptcy case on Friday,” Bloomberg reports. 1/2.
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New York: DeSantis Canceled Two Hamptons Fundraisers. “Ron DeSantis scrapped two Hamptons fundraisers last weekend due to a lack of interest,” the NY Post reports. A source said: “The DeSantis experiment is dead. Donors aren’t coming to his events . 1/2.
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@susancrabtree So many Trump leftovers still in this admin. Look who's STILL responsible for overseeing the Secret Service: Trump-appointed Inspector General Joseph Cuffari--the guy who refused to cooperate with the J6C, and more. Times have changed. Drastically. These people NEED TO GO!.
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@KatiePhang "Bachelor"? When was Trump a bachelor in his adult life?. He met Marla Maples before he and Ivana were divorced. He met Melania during the divorce from Marla. There was very little time in Trump's adult life where he was ever a "bachelor.".
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🧵Will DeSantis’s Culture War Backfire?. Increasing cancellations of convention plans and business investments are starting to damage Florida’s economy. Thanks to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s war on LGBTQ people, public schools, and educational curricula, Florida stands to . 1/3.
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🧵Florida Just Banned Chinese Immigrants from Owning Property. We're Suing. The law also unfairly discriminates against many immigrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, and North Korea. But it singles out people from China for especially draconian restrictions . 1/3.
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In-N-Out is banning mask-wearing by their employees effective August 23, 2023, in all of their locations except California and Oregon. Not allowing employees to wear a mask? That's an instant boycott from me. Bye-bye In-N-Out. You're out.
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It has zero to do with the Legislature knowing the people. Districts are abt the cut-and-dry numbers of people living there, period. Ivey encourages and compliments her Legislature's racist gerrymandering. That's despicable.
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WHY THE HELL ISN'T BANNON IN PRISON LIKE NAVARRO?.
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