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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 20h

My latest: Why are hitman movies such a perennial genre? I make the case that they're workplace competency porn. medium.com/the-berger-d... #booksky #movies #thepopeshitman #thrillers

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The Hitman Genre as Workplace Competency Porn

It’s nice that they’re good at their jobs.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 1h

"The text, legislative history, and subsequent amendment of the Troops at Polls statute indicate a deliberate congressional effort to constrain the military's use in election contexts, even in situations when the Insurrection Act might otherwise apply," writes @lorenvoss.bsky.social & Natalie Orpett

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The Insurrection Act Is No Exception to the Troops-at-Polls Ban

Congress restricted military deployments to election sites, even when a broader deployment authority might otherwise apply.

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 5h

Still waiting for the other shoe to drop and to discover that ShinyHunters is just a rogue AI agent.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5h

Nearly all Senate Democrats, except Sen. John Fetterman (Pennsylvania), voted to require the State Department to report on Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, in a continuing sign of the party’s hardening stance toward Israel.

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Senate blocks measure requiring report on Israeli violence in West Bank

Nearly all Senate Democrats voted to require the State Department to report on Israeli settler violence in the West Bank.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 21h

Eric Schmitt just kept doubling down on his Jack Smith conspiracy even after that painful moment in the hearing. Now, we have concrete evidence he misunderstood his own evidence. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/eric-sc...

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New Evidence Shows Just How Badly One Republican Senator Beclowned Himself in the Jack Smith Hearing

TPM has found fairly definitive evidence proving Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) misread...

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 23h

Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...

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LMD AGENCY, INC.
5950 SYMPHONY WOODS RD STE 500
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UNITED STATES
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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 21h

In case you were wondering where the america.gov AI chatbot stood on the matter: "Who won the 2020 presidential election?" "Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the 2020 U.S. presidential election."

Who won the 2020 presidential election?

Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

The National Archives records 306 electoral votes for Biden and 232 for Donald J. Trump (270 needed to win).
Official FEC results list Biden with 81,268,924 popular votes (about 51.31%).
Sources: National Archives Electoral College 2020, FEC official 2020 presidential results (PDF).

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 28/09/2026

"Bailey, Missouri’s former Republican attorney general and a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, lasted about one year before telling colleagues Monday he was exiting to spend more time with his family. The resignation takes effect Oct. 2, two of the individuals said."

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American Oversight @americanoversight.org · 28/09/2026

ALEC is a powerful conservative group that writes model legislation on everything from voting restrictions to limiting campus protests. Legislators from 16 states may have attended its July meeting. To investigate, we asked Arizona and Florida legislatures for related documents.

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 28/09/2026

On Friday, our team filed FOIA requests to the FBI requesting Kash Patel's emails and other communications regarding the Susan Collins corruption probe, including any references to the two FBI agents who investigated Sen Collins, both of whom were later forced out. Read our FOIA requests here.

documentcloud.org

FOIA to FBI for Officials’ Key Term Communications Related to Collins Corruption Investigation

FOIA request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for key term communications of Kash Patel regarding the shelved investigation into allegations of corruption against Senator Susan Collins. (DOJ-FBI...

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 28/09/2026

"The Situation Room connected the call. Biden jumped in. 'Bibi, man, what the fuck are you doing?' He gripped the phone tight. 'You think I’m Santa Claus? No Santa in Israel, pal.' When Netanyahu asked what he meant, Biden said he could cut off military aid to Israel with the snap of a finger."

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How Biden Averted a War With Iran

In April 2024, the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack.

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 28/09/2026

"They have had murders there for 39 straight years—every night, and some matinees too. And they still haven’t caught the culprit. Nightly murders, with groups of middle schoolers sitting there, applauding. Murders in a hair salon, of all places! Sheer madness."

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 28/09/2026

"Netanyahu asked the Emirati president to deny reports of their phone conversation as well as details concerning the events leading up to October 7 that could embarrass him, according to the sources. He also asked bin Zayed for what the source described as 'moral support.'"

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...

nytimes.com

‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens

Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.

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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Trump Organization has announced 13 new developments in nine foreign countries since Trump's 2024 election, while Trump continues to own and profit from the company. Several projects involve foreign governments or government-linked entities, including developments on govern... TAT: [Corruption]

citizensforethics.org

The Trump Organization has announced 13 foreign developments since Trump won back the presidency - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

CREW is tracking all the foreign projects that the Trump Organization has announced since Trump became a candidate for president in 2022.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026

In a scathing dissent, Justice Jackson, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, wrote: "The Court focuses only on the harms the Government will purportedly suffer absent a stay, disregarding the harms that the modified SAVE system has caused, and will likely continue to cause, to lawful voters."

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026

🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 25/09/2026

The DHS memo uncovered by my team at @americanoversight.org can be found here on @documentcloud.org, beginning on page 37. In it, the DHS Office of General Counsel outlines its legal argument for sidestepping the Posse Comitatus Act to deputize National Guard troops as ICE agents.

documentcloud.org

DHS ICE communications about National Guard deployments

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 25/09/2026

@joecirin.bsky.social: "Today, we have the U.S. president openly, casually, insanely threatening genocide if another nation doesn’t surrender to his demands. The threat of genocide is, in itself, a war crime. Can we simply dismiss it as bombast?"

newlinesmag.com

An Increasingly Desperate Trump Threatens Iran’s Annihilation

The rhetoric comes as the president is stuck with a war he can’t win and declining domestic popularity — but what if he means what he says?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026

Enten: "President Trump has the highest strongly disapprove rating going into a midterm election on record. 50% of Americans now say that they strongly disapprove of the job he's doing. The previous record was Trump going into 2018 ... just 18% strongly approve of the job Trump is doing."

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Everyone, stop what you are doing. I've discovered there is a politician called Teresa May running for city council in British Columbia. And this is from one of her campaign videos. Never have two people with the same name had such different vibes.

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 24/09/2026

"There has to be a better way of connecting and sharing and existing together, a way that isn't locked into the exploitative doom loops and psychic death of what we currently have. A way that's built around humans again, not around algorithms. A way that values connection instead of confrontation."

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 24/09/2026

Daft Punk meets The Residents meets Angine de Poitrine

Close-up of the AI-generated Trump-Xi photo showing strange, possibly costumed/cyborg figures in the background.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...

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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily

Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 24/09/2026

That's certainly one way to recruit.

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you're walking in DC near the Tunisian Embassy, you may see these posters calling for the release of the Sumud 4, who are four Tunisian activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla who have been in Tunisian custody since March. More about the case: www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/09/2026

Voting is a right—but your voting record is highly sensitive. Join EFF, Verified Voting, the Brennan Center for Justice, and TechEquity on 10/8 at 11AM PT to learn what protects your vote after you cast it. eff.org/livestream-...

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 23/09/2026

“We have compromised the FBI,” the group said in a message posted online that was addressed to Kash Patel and Brett Leatherman, who oversees the bureau’s cybersecurity division. “We hold very sensitive data on almost ALL FBI Agents and individuals who filed an application with the FBI for a job.”

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Hackers Say They Stole Thousands of Sensitive F.B.I. Personnel Records (Gift Article)

The compromise, if confirmed, would be the latest in a string of cybersecurity failures at the F.B.I., which said it was investigating the matter.

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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Maine outlets have strong 2nd day of the Susan Collins corruption story. This from the @bangordailynews.bsky.social

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NEW @pewresearch.org survey (n=10,548) shows increasingly negative views about data centers in the US. Just since January, there have been big attitudinal shifts across the demographic and political spectrum. Full analysis: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Bar chart showing that a growing share of Americans think data centers are mostly bad for the environment, home energy costs, local quality of life, local jobs and local tax revenue. The chart is based on two Pew Research Center surveys of U.S. adults, one conducted in January 2026 and the other in August 2026.

Chart showing that views of data centers' impact on the environment have become more negative among Americans in a range of demographic and political subgroups. The chart is based on two Pew Research Center surveys of U.S. adults, one conducted in January 2026 and the other in August 2026.

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 23/09/2026

“More than half of registered voters – 53% – say they would vote for Democratic candidates if the election were today, while 41% prefer Republicans. Independents, who often decide competitive races, favor Democrats by a margin of 25 points.”

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

1. In American politics, the simplest explanation is probably the best. Why are some Republicans suddenly and conspicuously breaking from Donald Trump? Not just any Republicans, but ruby-red Republicans, in ruby-red states, in the span of days? The answer is probably diesel.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Welp. I finally read this 🥴 Folks keep wondering why this happens and I absolutely beg everyone to read bell hooks’ “Eating the Other”

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As shocking as this case is I know @czedwards.bsky.social is shaking their head at the same thing I am - this is some PISS POOR MONEY LAUNDERING. Check 1001 of a brand new account? Jesus we used to be a proper country.

A check made out for
$150,000 to Susan Collins’s
PAC, check number 1001

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 23/09/2026

WHY MUST YOU FAIL ME SO OFTEN?!?

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Rough day for Susan Collins in the local Maine press, where ProPublica's bombshell story is the lead story.

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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

SCOOP: the ICE officer who shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in Austin wasn't wearing his body cam. The officer is a new recruit hired by the agency last year 🔽 www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam

The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 22/09/2026

@theintercept.com: "An email first sent over the weekend sent by Fetterman’s campaign came from the address 'info@gopsquad.com' and vowed: 'I’m always going to reject Socialism and the Anti-American way of life.'"

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron

Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026

Trump: "In January, at my direction, the United States military conducted a massive military operation penetrating deep into the Venezuelan capital ... it was a war. To the victor belong the spoils."

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22/09/2026

"Let’s call it Angell’s dilemma. It doesn’t matter how obviously insane wars are; some politicians will always be stupid enough to start one." prospect.org/2026/09/22/i...

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War Has Never Been More Irrational - The American Prospect

Yet right-wing leaders like Trump and Putin keep starting them.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social) and Dean Jackson published a new paper explaining how the "censorship industrial complex" propaganda campaign took shape & was eventually used to dismantle election information resilience infrastructure in the U.S. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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<em>Public Administration Review</em> | ASPA Journal | Wiley Online Library

This paper examines how a propaganda frame alleging the existence of a “Censorship Industrial Complex” was institutionalized and then helped justify the dismantling of US election information resilie...

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 21/09/2026

Facebook had one of these for a while, how'd that work out?

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