MrMars

MrMars

@203elvis.bsky.social

Silence = Consent Abuse of power comes as no surprise My daddy drives a UFO

260 followers102 following2.4K posts

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

The good news is that we are winning in court. The bad news is that we have to win every case. Trump only needs to subvert one election to break democracy.

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Laura Bassett
@lebassett.bsky.social

He keeps hinting in his speeches that there are going to be some big surprises next week and a couple people in his administration are going to be remembered in history books. It seems like no one really knows what to do with that information so it’s just passing casually

Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social

The Justice Department is drawing up contingency plans to potentially intervene in next week’s midterm elections, three national security officials tell me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-prep-...

kenklippenstein.comFeds Prep for Election “Doomsday” ScenarioIntel official: “Nobody knows what the president might do if the mid-terms don’t go his way”

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

The Trump administration has signed an oil deal with a Venezuelan energy baron who has faced money-laundering investigations in three countries. ProPublica reviewed a copy of the 18-page agreement.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...

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Zach Everson
@zacheverson.com

Replying to @zacheverson.com

Seems like if Musk hadn't been working here illegally, all those Tesla dollars could have gone to an American.

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Zach Everson
@zacheverson.com

Listen to Robert De Niro— Whether you’re voting for politicians who’ll drag us into a needless war and profit from it, or ones who won’t cover for pedophiles, voting is your right. Make sure yours counts. Vote early. handsoffourvote.net

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Trump: "We just extinguished a nuclear bomb from the worst country in the world, and our gas prices -- it's a small thing to pay -- our gas prices are lower than under Obama." (Iran never had a nuke and gas prices are not lower than they were 10 years ago)

MrMars
@203elvis.bsky.social

And there is the problem

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

Tuberville: "Zelensky will play hardball, but you know what? He's not even a player in the game. Putin, President Trump, and the people on our side will make the final decision about Ukraine's future."

MrMars
@203elvis.bsky.social

And his supporters lap it up

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on El-Sayed: "His name is actually Abduladadalalalala. It's Adulbabababababa Mohammed Al-Sayed. So his middle name is Mohammed. So I was right. He's a jihadist."

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Khashoggi's Ghost
@urocklive1.bsky.social

Pretty sure that was the plan.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on Ukraine's battlefield communications: “When that Starshield goes down, the screen goes black. You don't know what's coming at you. You don't know where the things you've launched are going.” His warning: “People will die.”

MrMars
@203elvis.bsky.social

here we go

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: DOJ dramatically escalated its confrontation with California election officials, explicitly warning that they could face federal criminal exposure if they count ballots from voters the Trump administration has flagged as potential noncitizens. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comTrump DOJ threatens California election officials with criminal exposure if they count ballots from flagged votersActing Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said election officials who “knowingly tabulate” ballots from people identified by federal agencies as noncitizens could risk becoming “aiders and abettor...
MrMars
@203elvis.bsky.social

my senator defending Russia again

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ron Johnson blames US for Putin invading Ukraine: "The way we treated Russia after we won the Cold War, how we pushed them. I'm not defending Putin, but we said we were not gonna move NATO one inch to the east. We brought it right to their doorstep basically. What did we think Putin was gonna do?"

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CREW
@citizensforethics.org

JD Vance: "First of all, if somebody's selling access to the White House, that's disgusting and despicable and they should suffer consequences." So, who wants to tell him? 🧵

MrMars
@203elvis.bsky.social

Let’s just say they all were involved

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

NEW: The order to throttle Starlink (Starshield) came from the White House to the Pentagon. I still think Elon was involved, though. He’s currently a Pentagon employee as well www.reuters.com/world/europe...

reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources sayThe order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
MrMars
@203elvis.bsky.social

So she keeps saying that she was never a lawyer, but her media career was offering legal analysis

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Wow -- Hannity is moving in for the kill: "Why not just say 'I went to Pepperdine Law School and then took a different career path'? Why get into this long drawn-out thing about the difference between a lawyer and an attorney?"

MrMars
@203elvis.bsky.social

Just like the three Illinois billionaires funding our mega governor race for Tom Tiffany

Conor Sen@conorsen.bsky.social

Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign:

MrMars
@203elvis.bsky.social

And Donald Trump

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Riley Gaines: Hillary Clinton might be the only person in America who thinks that her loss belongs in the conversation…

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David Corn
@davidcorn.bsky.social

I have an idea: Why doesn’t Trump get Putin to stop?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

UN Ambassador Mike Waltz on Trump's deal with Putin: "The Ukrainians have been attacking Russian refineries as part of the war. The president has been clear in asking the Ukrainians to stop."

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davidrlurie
@davidrlurie.com

Russia just bought large quantities of diesel from South Korea because it has run out of the fuel. Could Putin be defrauding a gullible Donald J Trump? Perish the thought!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I think you heard about the oil deal with Russia. That is a big deal. That is massive amounts of oil coming into our country, and I want to thank President Putin to be honest with you."

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Eric Umansky
@ericumansky.bsky.social

You know what I don't see on the agent who shot a dad with a military assault rifle? THE BODY-CAM THAT THE TRUMP ADMIN HAS PROMISED TO PUT ON ALL ICE AGENTS.

Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social

See this ICE agent? He’s a holding a *military assault rifle.* And according to a witness, that‘s the agent who shot a man **while the man was in his car with his 5-year-old kid.** Also, I’m no expert, but i’m pretty sure it’s bananas to hold your phone in one hand & your ASSAULT RIFLE in another

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Joanne Freeman
@jbf1755.bsky.social

This. This is important. They’re hoping fear will hold us back because they don’t have the numbers. But it will make us stronger. It will bring people out.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

Downside: The US now has government goon squads, and deploys them to try to intimidate voters into voting the way the president wants. Upside: They don’t have nearly enough goons. Not even close. They’re hoping fear will make up for that big shortfall, but it won’t.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

bbc.comParamount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood mergerThe merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition

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Rex Huppke
@rexhuppke.bsky.social

I don't mean to make waves or anything, but as a journalist, I am definitely opposed to the president talking about arresting journalists.

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comUSPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.

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Ben Collins
@bencollins.bsky.social

Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.

Dhruv Mehrotra@dmehro.bsky.social

NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social

wired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.