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@democratsabroad@mastodon.social · 3h ago
Live to tape, historian and author Arthur Milnes regales us with tales of the US presidents and Canadian prime ministers he has known. He talks about chaining up Nixon in the back yard (not the way it sounds); his presidential and prime ministerial-planted garden, what happened when his wife learned he'd offered to put up Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter, and more. https://shorturl.at/rsEqD at bluevotecafe.com, or wherever you get your podcasts! #demsabroad #bluevotecafe #politics #USpol #USpolitics
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@ProPublica@newsie.social · 4h ago
A limited-government advocate in Texas persuaded five small towns to incorporate as “liberty cities,” which feature lean governments, little to no taxation and scant regulation. At least two of them struggle to provide basic services. https://www.propublica.org/article/art-martinez-de-vara-dallas-hero-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post #News #Texas #Dallas #Police #Law #Government #USPolitics
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@gedeonm@mastodon.social · 5h ago
Me after hearing about the incident at the WHCD. #USPolitics #StarTrek
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@Lazarou@mastodon.social · 1d ago
It's a fucking magic trick... #WHCD #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #Journalism #Press #USPol #USPolitics
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@Free_Press@mstdn.social · 1d ago
DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICA! Trump fires the entire National Science Board #AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews More News at @Free_Press@mstdn.social https://www.theverge.com/science/918769/trump-fires-the-entire-national-science-board
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@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · 2d ago
The White House says Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick properly divested from Cantor Fitzgerald by transferring leadership to his sons. Anyway GOP officials called Lutnick about a Cantor-funded PAC planning to spend $1.75M on Ken Paxton and the PAC reversed course, but that’s probably just how independent companies behave when the former owner gets a phone call. https://www.axios.com/2026/04/24/texas-crypto-howard-lutnick-republicans #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics
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@Lazarou@mastodon.social · 3d ago
RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/116459560434179995 The narcissist is lashing out because he is failing on all fronts. It's another show of weakness and inability, 'Old Man Shouts At Cloud' ... #Trump #FalklandIslands #UKPol #UKpolitics #USPolitics #USPol
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@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net · 3d ago
RE: https://flipboard.com/@lgbtqnation/lgbtq-nation-c65vn37sz/-/a-J_msHCvERHSM6NnQ1gQjLQ%3Aa%3A3220327925-%2F0 Getting all the important offices into the hands of Christian fundamentalist Trump cultists. This just-so story about how "Lover's Point" was originally "Lovers of Christ Point" story is some _deep_ evangelical fundamentalist culture decay-of-the-world shit right here. Whether it's true or not doesn't matter - Wikipedia doesn't mention it - it just sends the "correct" signals to the "correct" people. #uspol #uspolitics #fascism #politics #christofascists #christofascism
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@NewsDesk@flipboard.social · 4d ago
The New York Times says FBI investigated reporter after article about FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend. “The FBI’s attempt to criminalize routine reporting is a blatant violation of [the reporter's] First Amendment rights and another attempt by this administration to prevent journalists from scrutinizing its actions,” said Joseph Kahn, the newspaper’s executive editor. @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com reports: https://flip.it/hotS6k #KashPatel #FBI #Media #NYTimes #USPolitics #News
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@NewsDesk@flipboard.social · 4d ago
A Virginia judge has blocked redistricting of the state, voted for in a referendum yesterday, that could net Democrats four extra House seats. State Attorney General Jay Jones says he will fight the order. Here's CNBC. https://flip.it/VF2Cp6 #USNews #USLaw #Virginia #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration
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@gedeonm@mastodon.social · 5d ago
Devin Nunes, who was a powerful member of the GOP Congress quit the body to lead Trump’s social network. Truth Social’s done so badly that now Nunes has been forced out in disgrace. I think I hear the world’s smallest violin playing… #USPolitics https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-media-ceo-replaced-after-stock-plunge-wipeout/
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@theguardian_world_news@halo.nu · 5d ago
Virginia voters approve new congressional maps in blow to Trump https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/virginia-congressional-maps #Virginia #HouseOfRepresentatives #Democrats #UsNews #WorldNews #UsPolitics #UsCongress
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@gedeonm@mastodon.social · 5d ago
Some good news finally. Wonder if SCOTUS will strike it down. Probably. #USPolitics
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@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · Jan 29, 2026
For years, crypto executives have touted cryptocurrency’s supposed anti-authoritarian and human rights credentials. But where are they when their beloved president claims Alex Pretti’s lawful gun ownership justified his killing, or when ICE leaders tell subordinates to enter homes without warrants? #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter
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@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · Jan 29, 2026
The answer, of course, is that they never actually cared about these principles at all. In fact, many of these executives have long made it clear that authoritarianism isn’t just collateral damage in their pursuit of business-boosting deregulation, but a desirable outcome. #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter
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@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · Jan 29, 2026
Amid all this, the crypto industry has amassed at least $315 million to spend in the midterms — more than double their recordbreaking 2024 spending that helped install Trump and members of Congress who either support his atrocities or are too craven to do anything about them. #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter
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@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · Jan 29, 2026
The Fairshake PAC timed a press blitz about the nearly $200 million they’re brandishing towards members of Congress just ahead of a Senate Ag vote on crypto market structure. It passed, and amendments to address Trump’s crypto corruption or prohibit bailouts of crypto firms were shot down. #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter
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@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · Jan 29, 2026
The crypto industry’s “educational nonprofit” has also launched an initiative to fund Congressional staff positions after participants go through weeks of “training” on “emerging technologies like crypto, AI, biotech, and defense tech”. #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter
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@jemmesedi@c.im · Apr 18, 2026
https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2026/04/14/house-bill-249-drag-queens-t-shirts-bikinis-indecent-exposure-modernization-act/89597407007/ If you live in Ohio, you will be reassured to know that legislators are devoting time and energy to the most pressing problems Americans are facing: drag shows, performances of the sick gender bending "comedy" As You Like It by that favourite of the elites, the wokester William Shakespeare, and the ever growing menace of women wearing sports bras in “physical proximity” to those who are not members of the wearer's household. #USPolitics #RightWing #CultureWars #FreedomOfExpression #Ohio
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@NewsDesk@flipboard.social · Apr 17, 2026
Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, declined to give senators an estimate of the cost of the military operations against Iran when pressed on the issue. @TheHill@flipboard.com reports: https://flip.it/IWKYsn #Iran #War #News #Trump #USPolitics
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