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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

“Nations crumble, democracy becomes obsolete, a tech-powered elite rules… threaded into the Trump admin, with VP Vance one of their own… When a nation is betrayed by its wealthiest citizens, existential crisis follows… tech fascism has global ambitions…”😕🤷🏼 #NerdReich

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 13h

I'd suggest this is the important bit. The Trump admin was looking to manufacture a scandal OTHER than Jack Smith's testimony, so they hatched this scheme. Schmitt looks like a fool, but no one is talking about Trump's corruption and complicity in Jan 6.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 13h

4. According to new reporting last night by MS Now, the text messages from 2024 from Smith's team that Eric Schmitt presented at Tuesday's hearing were provided by the US Department of Justice, which is to say, by US Attorney General Todd Blanche. www.ms.now/news/eric-sc...

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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.

As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22h

Con Junior has always been absurdly stupid. It’s in those “superior” genes.

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Public Citizen alleges Attorney General Blanche violated the Hatch Act at an Aug. 14 Blakeman rally. His excuse: ethics approved it, and it was “personal.” Must be nice. Regular people don’t get to decide when the country’s top prosecutor stops being one. #PayToPlayPresident

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NPR @npr.org · 12h

New legal action in two closely watched cases: one at Cornell, the other over Renee Good's death. We take a closer look. n.pr/4AZO8E2

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Cornell rape case gets special prosecutor. And, Renee Good's family sues the government

New legal action in two closely watched cases: one at Cornell, the other over Renee Good's death. We take a closer look.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Prague’s Lennon Wall began as a symbol of resistance to Communist rule and remains a canvas for freedom & political expression. One section caught my eye: Czechs depicted as a cow caught between East and West — Putin pulling the tail, Trump milking the cow, all against the colors of the Czech flag.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks. And this is a discussion I encourage you to listen to. One of our best and most important.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

Ok, this may look like the more likely scenario now, but it also still makes Schmitt and his staff look very incompetent. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-happe...

Another possibility, consistent with Schmitt’s statements was that the Hawks game was the only NBA or NCAA mens game on at that time, and so when his staff googled basketball games on that date, they focused on the Atlanta game. In this theory, there was no confusion between the Hawks and Hawkeyes, just a coincidence. A reporter who has seen the texts say there was no mention of the Hawks or Hawkeyes.

If so, the Schmitt team just looks more incompetent. There five other NBA games on the same date. (It also reflects the point that Schmitt’s team could not imagine Smith went to a women’s game, even though Clark we mentioned elsewhere in texts between staff). The Hawks game started at 7.30pm but other games started at 8.00 or 8.30, so if the texts were timestamped for around 7.30, that hardly seems definitive. After all, the game Smith actually attended started at 8pm. There were also mens NCAA games, including a Duke-UNC game that started at 6.30.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12h

The Democratic base is eager to see Trump held accountable for some of his actions, and congressional investigators are quietly preparing for next year, @mviser.bsky.social reports:

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The Democratic Playbook for Investigating Trump

Congressional oversight committees are quietly preparing for next year.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 12h

Perhaps instilling morality in tech bros would be a better first step... (rather than trying to strip mine morality from "brand name" sources like it was just more ones and zeroes to Hoover up like all the rest of their bots' "knowledge.")

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 12h

From J6 insurrection to Schmitt's humiliation, there is a straight line. The latter covered up the former to confuse understanding of Trump's treason. A THREAD.

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 12h

Former senator Kyrsten Sinema’s ex-bodyguard and lover has been arrested outside the Cheesecake Factory after allegedly threatening to “take her down.”

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Bisexual Senator’s Love Triangle Saga Takes Dark Twist

Matthew Ammel allegedly threatened to “take her down.”

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Sen. Thom Tillis privately told Trump he wouldn’t tolerate his “bullshit” — and that if Trump had ever directly threatened him with a primary challenge, he’d have “immediately told you to fuck yourself” and announced his retirement. The texts, obtained by Playbook, will appear in his upcoming book.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23h

Me, when I get to the front of the TSA line

I couldn't help but notice that you don't have a chair

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New reporting reveals three more instances where Ken Paxton offered plea deals to people accused of sexual assault or trafficking.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h

During a sworn deposition on Monday, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) declined to answer repeated questions from one of his ex-wife’s lawyers about whether he pushed a girl down a staircase during high school.

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In a sworn deposition, Rep. Max Miller was silent on staircase assault allegation

"If the incident never occurred, why are you afraid of answering the question?" asked his ex-wife's lawyer.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 12h

Fun fact: Obtaining irrefutable poof of a crime means NOTHING if you take so long to file the case that it gets subverted by real politic on the ground. Jack didn’t understand he was under a clock. And going to court with half a case would have made more sense than waiting so long that a

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 14h

ABSOLUTE INSANITY GOING ON IN MIDDLE EAST Night Minimums up to 33C, world heat records for October smashed and re/smashed. And guess what ..it will get MUCH worse WEEKS of July-weather with Mins 30/35C and maxes >45C. BY FAR; THE MOST HEAT EXTREME EVENT THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN

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TeeBo @texastob-24.bsky.social · 13h

Happy Birthday Gandhi 🎂🎊🎈

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 21h

"We don't have to go through the whole Deshaun Watson thing blah blah blah sexual assault." - Al Michaels.

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 13h

FACT CHECK: TRUE

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

Listening to Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit wave away the sexual assault charges against DeShaun Watson — even saying “winning is the best deodorant” — was pretty jarring, especially this week.

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 13h

No, Republican lawmakers haven’t suddenly found their spines. With Trump’s poll numbers sinking, they’re simply becoming more afraid of the voters than they are of him.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12h

America’s landscape is undergoing one of the largest transformations in decades. To meet the insatiable demand for computer processing to power AI, tech companies and their developers nationwide are building ever-larger data centers. wapo.st/4ykQ3kC

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Snitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 13h

When people talk about rape culture this is exactly what they mean: Michaels and Herbstreit minimizing and dismissing the allegations of dozens of women.

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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 01/10/2026

Fuckface claimed 86% of the popular vote. He got 49.8. He said Israelis love him 99%, but that poll doesn't exist, and his convention speech didn't beat the NFL either. $2.5 million viewers against 25 million. Pathological liar with a Sharpie.

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‘Does not exist’: Trump’s sweeping Time interview claims get brutally fact-checked

President Donald Trump boasted that he won “86% [of the] popular vote” in the 2024 election during his latest Time interview — but the magazine’s fact-checkers deflated that claim with the actual resu...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026

OMG you have GOT to be kidding me

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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 01/10/2026

MS NOW staffers are pissed that management will air Fuckface's taxpayer-funded propaganda ads, the same ones their own hosts compared to North Korean state TV. Take the money, and you're part of the machine. Donating it to charity would be the bare minimum, cowards.

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MS NOW in turmoil after new Trump ad deal: 'Our audience is going to hate this'

Staffers at MS NOW, which has had to navigate President Donald Trump's White House ban, were blindsided to learn the network plans to air one of his taxpayer-funded ads as soon as Thursday, according ...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

👇🎯 Tl;dr: Old authoritarian liar & hack angry that he is going to lose & will be remembered in the annals of American history as worse than Roger Taney

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trump's revenge probe has subpoenaed Brennan and Clapper and spent 14 months hunting his enemies. Charges filed: zero. Lead prosecutors who quit: two. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-sen...

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trump told cities: switch to paper ballots and run every voter through a citizenship check, or lose your terrorism money. A federal judge asked one question: what does any of this have to do with terrorism? www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-sen...

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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 01/10/2026

Hegseth wants officers who grasp 'the faith of Jerusalem, the philosophy of anthems, Athens, the power of Rome, and the freedom of Philadelphia circa 1776.' He tripped over his own word salad mid-sentence, and nobody stopped him. This is the Defense Secretary's book report. F.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

Marsha Blackburn was just on Newsmax, but somehow hosts did not ask her about the biggest story in her state right now, which is the botched execution of Christa Pike

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If Democrats want to win the midterms, they should be focusing on ONLY two things in these last few weeks before November 3 — and show how they’re connected. Let me explain... robertreich.substack.com/p/the-hear…

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There are plenty of laws that can cover this guys corrupt actions. the statutes of limitations shld all the checked. democracy dies without accountability.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

JUST IN: A judge in D.C. has barred DOJ from re-charging Davey Hearn over the Reflecting Pool damage, saying Trump's commentary and pressure on prosecutors had permanently tainted the case. www.democracydefendersfund.org/wp-content/u...

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 01/10/2026

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has pulled back auto tailpipe emissions rules, repealed fines for automakers that do not meet federal mileage standards and terminated consumer credits of up to $7,500 for EV purchases. buff.ly/ayFdrZR

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Trump Administration Lowers Fuel Economy Standards, Critics Say at an Environmental Cost

The Trump administration on Monday released new fuel economy standards that relax requirements for automakers to control pollution.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026

or warning others about federal enforcement activity. Together, the lawsuits seek damages over Good’s death and the injuries Rebecca Good says she suffered after witnessing the shooting. 6/6

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026

The 149-page complaint alleges Good’s killing was not an isolated incident, but the “predictable and intended product” of a coordinated federal operation that plaintiffs say targeted Minnesota’s Somali and Hispanic communities and sought to intimidate people documenting… 5/

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026

🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/

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