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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/05/2026

What a disgrace. Read more: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...

Alt text: A compilation graphic featuring quotes from Reuters, CNN, NBC, and others about Donald Trump’s administration creating a proposed $1.7 billion fund for people they claim were victims of political “weaponization.” The graphic highlights January 6 defendants and Trump allies seeking payouts, including Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio requesting $2–5 million, Mike Lindell seeking $400 million, Brandon Fellows seeking $30 million, and Jacob Chansley pursuing a separate $40 trillion lawsuit. Additional quotes come from lawyers, fake electors, family members of convicted rioters, and others claiming financial, emotional, and reputational harm from investigations and prosecutions tied to January 6 and the 2020 election aftermath.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

For two years, Mike Johnson refused to hang the plaque on the wall honoring police officers who defended the Capitol on J6 against a mob of violent rioters, even though a law was passed to mandate it. But he supports paying over a billion dollars to the criminal rioters.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

If you are waiting for huge corporations to pass along the tariff refunds they are about to get from the government to consumers who bought tariffed products, you haven’t been paying much attention to the way things work in this country.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Marge Greene says she is concerned that Trump is going to cancel the 2028 election to remain in power and will use an ongoing war as his justification.

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This would constitute one of the most brazen, most appalling acts of corruption in U.S. history. I know we’re numb to all of this but this is a seven-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

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Justice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/05/2026

Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were “full steam ahead” looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated.

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Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.

Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After…

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Real Christians know exactly who and what Donald Trump is, and to their credit a few have even begun saying so

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 06/05/2026

The Supreme Court’s recent Voting Rights Act decision actually glorifies partisan gerrymandering. Here’s what to do about it: bit.ly/48IeZYC

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Congress Can Restore Voting Rights

The Supreme Court takes advantage of our broken system of checks and balances.

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The Partnership @ourpublicservice.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Who works for the federal government and how does their work impact you? Michael Lewis set out to answer those questions. "Who Is Government?" brings together an all-start team of writers who profile exemplary career civil servants whose work kept us safe, strong, healthy and prosperous.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 06/05/2026

As the watchdog group that spent 4 years litigating Trump's first term emoluments violations, we can say from experience: Congress needs to ensure the Emoluments Clause is actually enforceable. This is just the latest violation—Trump needs to be held accountable for them all.

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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 06/05/2026

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/05/2026

NEWS: The Epstein files are now bound into 3,437 physical volumes in a new exhibition space in Tribeca. Millions of pages. Two stories tall. And yet only two people have ever faced accountability. Katie Phang discusses the rage she felt walking through the space.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Republicans investigated Benghazi for years and years and years. What Trump has done—and let happen—to America over the last year in Iran may *literally* be 100 times worse. If past were precedent, Democrats would investigate the Iran War for *decades*.

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Iran has hit far more U.S. military assets than reported, satellite images show

Imagery published by Iranian state-affiliated media and verified by The Post shows damage to at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites.

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Real Bear @acebearstrom.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Most media refers to these morons as Christian, as in "Christian Nationalism" but without the quotes. Maybe we have just as large a dumb-a** media problem as a fascism problem.

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 08/05/2026

How liberals & conservatives were inculcated to now believe the press must serve their political parties, venerate their politicians & confirm their priors - rather than scrutinize power. Why accountability journalism is becoming a niche artisanal product in an ocean of audience-captured clickslop👇

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Journalism Isn’t Here To Protect Your Politics

Why do so many people expect journalism to defend their party? The answer reveals what’s gone wrong in modern media.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/05/2026

They shut down the entire National Mall so Trump could take a joyride in the pool

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Wannabe dictator Trump angrily told U.S. media today that "you'll know when there's no ceasefire because I'll tell you when" (and added that we'll see flames across Iran) Meanwhile, back in reality, most of us know there NEVER WAS a ceasefire because the parties never {checks notes} "ceased firing"

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

CNN montage of Trump saying he and private donors are going to pay for the ballroom, followed by clips of him lying about the cost: "$250 million... about $300 million... approximately 400 million." Now taxpayers are going to get a bill for $1 billion.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/05/2026

Attorney Kurt Olsen once worked to try to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in court and was later sanctioned by judges for making baseless allegations about Arizona elections. He is now Trump’s director of election security and integrity.

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8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections

From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key ta...

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 08/05/2026

Anti-China sentiment helped in President Trump’s reelection, Oren Cass writes, and “the assumption on the part of many Americans was that Mr. Trump would do everything in his power to sever economic ties between the two countries. Instead, he may be on the verge of tying the United States to China.”

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Opinion | Is Trump About to Invite In the Biggest Predator in the World?

Chinese automakers do not belong on American soil.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 08/05/2026

To cast doubt on election results, the Trump administration and its supporters are misconstruing declassified intelligence reports about vulnerabilities in state voter registration databases. But there’s no evidence that the systems were corrupted. bit.ly/4tjHbIM

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Voter Registration Database Protections Are Resilient

Despite recent unfounded claims about data breaches, various systems and backstops protect voter information from cyberattacks.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 08/05/2026

In his opinion gutting the Voting Rights Act, Justice Alito cited misleading data to claim the racial turnout gap has closed. In fact, it has “exploded” over the last 15 years — thanks to the Supreme Court, says @kevintmorris.bsky.social.

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Supreme court’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ

Exclusive: Data in justice department filing quoted by Samuel Alito in his opinion relied on questionable methodology, a Guardian analysis has found

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Absolutely outrageous Virginia Supreme Court invalidated redistricting referendum approved by the voters when voters haven’t been able to weigh in on a single gerrymander passed in red states

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

"The Supreme Court did not say ‘throw away those ballots.’" Rep. Cleo Fields is calling out the blatant, illegal election cancellation happening right now in Louisiana. Read the full story here: 👉 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/the-regime...

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Real Bear @acebearstrom.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Social Security is on the way out to make way for Trump indebting us decades into the future on Iran and other boondoggles, for the purpose of diverting attention from his prominence in the Epstein files.

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 08/05/2026

The Pentagon’s $25 billion estimate for the cost of the war in Iran “gets a lot of attention, but it’s more of a headline than a real number,” the economist Justin Wolfers writes. “My math suggests the Iran war will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, and very possibly trillions.”

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Opinion | The Iran War Will Cost Trillions

The war in Iran will cost trillions — far more than current estimates.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

When the actual science doesn't fit their narrative, the Regime just tries to hide it. Read the exclusive breakdown of their massive cover-up here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/the-regime...

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The Regime Got Caught Hiding Proof That Vaccines Are Safe—And That’s Not Even The Best Story Today

Zero chance we’d let this slide

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 08/05/2026

It’s time to reform the Supreme Court. But how? Listen to this week’s episode of The Briefing with Michael Waldman to hear legal experts discuss the reforms needed to restore checks and balances: apple.co/48KGVev

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How to Fix the Supreme Court (with Miriam Rosenbaum and Olatunde Johnson)

In the wake of the Louisiana v. Callais ruling, calls for Supreme Court reform have grown louder. What would a reform agenda look like? And how would it strengt

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 08/05/2026

It’s reasonable to seek transparency in how our elections are run — but not to launch a criminal investigation based on false claims that have already been thoroughly debunked. bit.ly/4wciFMe

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Baseless Allegations Drive Law Enforcement Seizures of Election Records

Seizures this year in multiple states have been based on faulty information and risk undermining trust in elections.

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: Donald Trump cares more about prosecuting James Comey than his own war in Iran www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Rh...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Suddenly Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumber just can’t stop making big bucks off shrewd investments in companies making a fortune off connections to the government. They are experts in every industry now.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/05/2026

In remarks to a private audience in 2023, Russell Vought, who is Trump’s budget chief and the intellectual force behind Trump’s unprecedented power grab, said he championed the term “invasion” because it “unlocked” extraordinary presidential powers. (Published May 2025)

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The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy

The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the f...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/05/2026

NEW: From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.

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8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 01/05/2026

Trump is the most corrupt president in American history and it's not even close.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/05/2026

NEW: Environmental scientists said a new EPA directive could lead to weakened chemical protections, such as revised limits on how much arsenic is allowed in drinking water or the amount of lead considered acceptable in paint or soil. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

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“A Huge Setback”: New EPA Directive Could Weaken Hundreds of Chemical Regulations

For decades, a small EPA program assessed toxic chemicals. In an internal memo obtained by ProPublica, a top Trump appointee sharply criticized the program’s work and directed agency offices to review...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/05/2026

The FDA allowed into the United States at least 150 drugs or their ingredients made at banned factories that were found to have mold, foul water, dirty labs or fraudulent testing protocols. (Published June 2025)

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Seven Things to Know About ProPublica’s Investigation of the FDA’s Secret Gamble on Generic Drugs

ProPublica spent 14 months investigating the FDA’s oversight of foreign drugmakers that send medications to the U.S. These are the key takeaways.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 29/04/2026

NEW: The Trump administration is trying to create national databases of Americans’ private data, violating the law and the Constitution—all to consolidate power under President Trump and pursue his political agenda. Here's how we're pushing back:

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The Trump admin wants to put your private data in one place. That’s illegal. - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

The Trump administration has attempted to create national databases of Americans' private data, violating the law and the Constitution.

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 29/04/2026

In 1995, Clinton repealed the rule requiring drugs developed at taxpayer expense to be offered at "reasonable" prices. In 2000, the Senate blocked Wellstone's bill to reinstate the rule. Americans pay the world's highest prices for drugs we already paid for. Dems should reintroduce Paul's bill.

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This Rule Could Slash Drug Prices — If Democrats Run On It

Lawmakers say they want lower drug prices — but a simple fix has been sitting on the shelf for years, blocked by pharmaceutical lobbying.

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