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Alan Holt

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Mostly Retired, Somewhat Curmudgeon-y

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 8h
It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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ceej @ceej.online · 7h
Mr. President.... China, they.... it's bad. They just announced Ultra Intelligence
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 10h
Trump made $1.4 BILLION in crypto profits in 2025. His sons' companies got $3.2 BILLION in federal money. Their billionaire friends raked in massive tax breaks. The rest of us got higher prices, attacked earned benefits, no relief. THE SWAMP WON.
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Marc Hurwitz @marchurboston.bsky.social · 10h
Go to @markskinradio.bsky.social from 4-6 PM today, as I'll be playing music from Weezer, Fontaines D.C., The Joy Formidable, Fischer Z, and Ministry, and new songs from Elisa Smith and the Sean Coleman Project. website: markskinradio.com TuneIn link: tunein.com/radio/Mark-S... #boston #radio
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h
That cocky, misplaced look of smug success on Senator Eric Schmitt’s face—moments before everything came crashing down around him because he’s so carelessly incompetent.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 13h
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The GOP's new framework gives crypto billionaires audit immunity and built-in conflicts of interest. While working people pay taxes out of every single paycheck. Pay attention, folks.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 26/09/2026
At least 21 people have been shot by Trump’s immigration force. We have to stop this brutality. Disband ICE.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
amazing -- Karl Rove lists Paxton's scandals: "The corrupt business guy gives him a fake Uber account and the records of that are now in his impeachment proceedings, so we know how often he went to have sex with Laura Olsen. I mean, can you make this shit up?"
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
A new era of government censorship has begun. It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | A new era of government censorship has dawned
Donald Trump fancies himself a champion of free speech. Oh, really?
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A disgrace to the badge: Republican Sheriff Illegally Seized California Ballots, Court Rules www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Republican Sheriff Illegally Seized California Ballots, Court Rules (Gift Article)
The California Supreme Court ordered Sheriff Chad Bianco of Riverside County to return ballots to election officials after he confiscated them for an investigation.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AT LEAST 21 SHOT. EIGHT DEAD. THIS IS TRUMP’S AMERICA. ABC News reports federal immigration agents have shot at least 21 people during Trump’s second term. Three of those killed were U.S. citizens. A badge is not a license to kill. 1/2
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 24/09/2026
Texas mothers are dying, and instead of giving us answers, Abbott’s administration is hiding that data. Texans deserve the truth. They deserve transparency. And our state officials have a legal obligation to give it to them. I’m demanding the report be released immediately.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
i don’t know how to make it any plainer that the vast majority of dem voters believe holding people accountable IS part of “getting back to work”
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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
Someone tell him that tens of thousands of active duty service members are on food stamps.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 23/09/2026
The United States delegation to the United Nations was seen storming out of the General Assembly Hall in New York Wednesday as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held up images of children who are widely believed to have been killed by U.S. strikes.
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US delegation storms out as Iranian president holds up images of slain children
The United States delegation to the United Nations was seen storming out of the General Assembly Hall in New York Wednesday as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held up images of children who are widely believed to have been killed by U.S. strikes.On the same day President Donald Trump launched hi...
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tommy Tuberville: Many airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community. It's terrifying.
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Rob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just a reminder that Richard Nixon banished the New York Times and Washington Post during the Watergate scandal. How did that work out?
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Trump Jr.’s wedding should prompt a reappraisal of the collusion question, as it illuminates what @davidcorn.bsky.social try to convey in the book: Putin has been running an extensive covert action against the US for a decade, and Trump and his crew have both colluded and been complicit.
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Time to revisit Trump-Russia collusion
Or better yet, complicity.
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SPAM (from Daniel Gamboa) @danielgamboa820.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump Drill Sergeant #Gas #Groceries
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Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Lauren Boebert Allegations
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/09/2026
NEW: OpenAI took 20 million ChatGPT responses and had one of its experts search for chunks of text—specifically chunks of 25 words in a row- that were identical between ChatGPT’s responses and a news article. They found more than 400,000 of these 25-word overlaps between ChatGPT and our articles.
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AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 22/09/2026
Just in: Trump reported making another 1,158 stock trades in July 2026. It appears he violated the Stock Act, again, by failing to report all of his trades within 45 days. extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden...
Screenshot of the front page of his OGE 278
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*
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Alan Holt @alan-holt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Republicans: “Let’s take the guardrails off AI and meld that result with enhanced automation technology. Imagine autonomous robots with independent AI focused on eliminating the China problem.” Have they not seen the movie?
America leads in AI, but China installed 54% of the world’s new robot installations.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 22/09/2026
Any “closed-door commission” on Social Security is code for a DEATH PANEL designed to cut your earned benefits! Make no mistake: All Social Security reform should take place in the sunshine, so beneficiaries can hold their representatives accountable!
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
so i may be out of my depth here but hes at 30% approval, you elites can stop capitulating now
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Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 22/09/2026
The revelation came during a House Oversight hearing on fatal ICE shootings under the second Trump administration.
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ICE agent's bullet hit infant car seat of Maine victim's daughter—attorney
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans, North Carolina Asian Americans Together, Down Home North Carolina and individual voters, Elias Law Group has SUED North Carolina over its last-minute restrictions on absentee ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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North Carolina mail ballot restrictions will cause ‘arbitrary disenfranchisement,’ new lawsuit warns
The suit follows the State Board of Elections' vote to pass new absentee ballot memos — skirting legislative review and ignoring significant public dissent — the same day the state started sending out...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FOX: We’re active with Iran—how do you get out? El-Sayed: You don’t get in in the first place. We had an agreement that had contained nuclear weapons. We did not need to do this, so the first time the dunce got elected he pulled back on the agreement.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins was at the center of a major bribery probe for steering millions in contracts to a company whose CEO illegally funneled thousands to her campaign. Then Trump took office and gutted the FBI and DOJ units investigating her. Is this what "being moderate" looks like?
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping po
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
MEMPHIS: “It’s not the fuckin’ law. I have a right to film! You’re violating my 1st amendment rights.” @GovBillLee’s UN-safe Task Force violates the rights of an activist already suing them, abusing a TN “25 Feet” law + shredding the constitution. More: www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ICE has run 2 days of stops in New Bedford, demanding papers from anyone who "looks like" an immigrant. People here legally are taken 90 min to Burlington, then released w/ no ride home. Need help? Call the LUCE hotline: 617-370-5023. Alert via @lucenewbedford (IG).
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump has the nuclear codes and yet much of the country continues to pretend his behavior is normal. If we had a functional, rational, and responsible society, he would be removed from office within hours by the Republican party.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. That’s an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients.
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