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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2h
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Georgia voters, a federal judge dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list. The department is now 0-26 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 3h
It’s a great day to check voter registration deadlines in your state.
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Ashley Holden 🩷 M.Ed. @mrsholden2019.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Paid sick leave doesn't exist, including for #cancer patients like me. #MitchMcConnell took 92 PAID days off (and frankly continues to), directly benefiting from a policy he denies the rest of us. Meanwhile I'm teaching 5th grade every day so I don't lose benefits & income. Please help & SHARE! ❤️
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5h
NEW: Republicans went ballistic when New Jersey admitted to an error that allowed fewer than 400 noncitizens to vote since 2023. But when 72,000 mail ballots were rejected across six states in the 2026 primaries over technical issues, the GOP remained silent. Democracy Docket breaks down the data👇
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A few noncitizen votes are a scandal. But thousands of rejected ballots are business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Paul Rieckhoff @rieckhoff.bsky.social · 5h
And all are welcome for our kick off and unity reception at Fraunces Tavern in NYC tonight at 6. With a Yankees watch party to follow at 8! www.LetVetsVote.org But you must RSVP. Onward!🗳️🇺🇸🗽
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Rieckhoff and Independent Veterans of America Sue the State of New York to Open Closed Primaries That Wrongfully Block Out Millions of Independents – IVA2026
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 4h
A quick vocab lesson for the president: if you buy something from me, then we have a "trade deficit". It doesn't mean you got ripped off. It doesn't mean it's unfair. All it means is you ended up with more stuff and I ended up with more cash. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwJqtzkwYQE
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The salary that we pay? That salary? All of it going to gold colored paint & trims?
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 4h
Sir you should rename data centers TRUMP centers. They should emit a sinister glow and a deafening screeching sound at all times. Local communities should be required to sacrifice an innocent life to them. For your glory sir. It'll help with the election
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REJECT CRUELTY; DEMAND COMPETENCE (Now 87% Good Human) @allthe2d.bsky.social · 8h
Someone remind me, why are we paying for Rick Scott's top tier health insurance (along with everyone else's in congress) when we struggle to pay for even the basic care for our own family or go without it completely? I'd really like an answer to this.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 10h
Understanding Senator Eric Schmitt. His track record includes bringing this expensive litigation chock-full with misinformation all the way to Supreme Court. My article with @justinhendrix.bsky.social in 2024: A Conspiracy Theory Goes to the Supreme Court: How Did Murthy v Missouri Get This Far?
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A Conspiracy Theory Goes to the Supreme Court: How Did Murthy v Missouri Get This Far?
Murthy v Missouri may become a landmark case in which Supreme Court justices are led astray on the basis of a disinformation-laden record.
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 10h
Heads up for book authors: I’ve stumbled into a LLM-powered scam that invites authors for seemingly journalistic interviews, then asks for a financial contribution to cover publicity costs. (I didn’t realize it was LLM driven until I received a second invite with very similar language)
Dear Dr. Kopp,
I'm Beth Golay, presenter and broadcaster with
KMUW 89.1 FM in Wichita and host of Marginalia, and I'm reaching out because Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus caught my attention for the way it attempts to give shape and scale to the economic risks created by a changing climate across the United States.

What particularly stood out to me is the book's geographic approach to climate risk. Rather than treating the economic consequences of climate change as one uniform national problem, the prospectus examines how exposure can differ from one part of the country to another, affecting everything from storm damage and agriculture to labor productivity, public health, energy systems, and other aspects of regional economies.Hi Beth.
Could you please tell me the five day weather forecast for your location and the location of each of the recipients of your invite email?
Thanks,
BobDear Bob,

Thank you for your reply. Absolutely I checked the five-day forecasts for the locations represented in the invitation. For Wichita, we’re looking at a mix of showers and thunderstorms over the next couple of days, followed by some clearer weather toward the weekend. Around Rutgers in New Brunswick, the forecast is mostly sunny to begin, with warmer weather later in the week and a chance of showers toward Sunday. Palo Alto is looking mostly sunny and dry over the next several days, with temperatures warming toward the weekend, while Chicago is expecting some rain over the next couple of days followed by clearer and mostly sunny conditions through the weekend.

It’s interesting how different the forecasts are across the four locations, even over such a short period. I hope that gives you what you were looking for.

I also wanted to briefly follow up on the interview invitation and provide a little more detail about how the conversation works.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 10h
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 21h
The Constitution bans religious tests for public office. A “biblical worldview” test for SCOTUS nominees is Christian nationalism. Justices should interpret the Constitution, not impose ancient religious mythology on the rest of us.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21h
Dead on balls accurate!
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 29/09/2026
Imagine volunteering to defend a country that promises religious freedom, only to be told “atheist” isn’t an acceptable description of your beliefs. Our military should recognize the beliefs of those who serve, not force them into government-approved boxes.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
DraftKings has argued that its ‘responsible gaming’ system provides adequate safeguards to protect customers from spiraling out of control. So I decided to find out: If I bet like a compulsive gambler, would DraftKings stop me? by Jake Pearson
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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REJECT CRUELTY; DEMAND COMPETENCE (Now 87% Good Human) @allthe2d.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BAD LIP READING Video Short www.youtube.com/shorts/YxvC-...
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Trump gives a tour of the newly improved White House grounds to Xi Jinping, the President of China
YouTube video by Bad Lip Reading
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NPR @npr.org · 28/09/2026
President Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending, a move that some in his own party are calling illegal. n.pr/4iMlJdT
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What to know about the $810 million in spending canceled by President Trump
President Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending, a move that some in his own party are calling illegal.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)
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Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
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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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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But it doesn't do anybody any good to conflate actual trauma with "things that make me feel sad." We all have that! You weren't actually "scarred" by the horse dying in Neverending Story. You just felt big, grown-up emotions (maybe for the first time). And it happened in a safe, low-stakes setting.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
It was a rare federal dataset that captured human emotions. Consumers could have their complaints about American businesses published for all to see. For years, corporations have critiqued the system. Now the narratives are no longer being published.
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The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move
Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped pu...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
Remember the 37 pages? The woman interviewed by the FBI about Trump allegedly assaulting her as a 15-year-old received a settlement from these people. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Exclusive | Federal Prosecutors Open Probe Into Jeffrey Epstein’s Executors
Prosecutors have questioned potential witnesses about his longtime accountant and lawyer. Both of them have denied wrongdoing.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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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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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/09/2026
⚠️ Tens of thousands of Texas voters are missing from the voter rolls after the state failed to process their voter registration applications properly. But it doesn’t mean they won’t be able to vote in the midterms: demdock.com/46PkXFM
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Of course it was 6-3. People are going to have to vote in numbers too big to challenge. That's just how it is, unless states can block this somehow.
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 25/09/2026
We were mid-handshake and he pulled me in and grabbed tighter and got upset and raised his voice and said: "What are you talking about man?! Those aren't real people. They're illegal aliens!"
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 24/09/2026
An investigation has found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing uninformed plans to increase detention capacity, and the total will likely rise due to ongoing mismanagement.
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ICE is wasting tens of millions of dollars on 'uninformed' detention projects, report finds
An investigation has found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing uninformed plans to increase detention capacity, and the total will likely rise due to ongoing mismanagement.
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REJECT CRUELTY; DEMAND COMPETENCE (Now 87% Good Human) @allthe2d.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
PSA: Formaldehyde infusions can really do a number on sensitive tissue. Be careful not to overdo it, folks!
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José Marichal @josemarichal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The entire global economy is being supported by an AI buildout.... that is posting a serious security threat to governments around the world. Feels like two incommensurate positions.. which one gives first? www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/b...
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‘Extreme concern’ over first known AI hack of a government system | CNN Business
An OpenAI agent hacked into an Australian national healthcare database in the first known case of AI hacking a government network, the country’s prime minister said Wednesday.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
Many of the babies’ autopsy reports were clear: Vitamin K deficiency was the immediate cause of death, or contributed to it. The reports also included details about parents refusing the vitamin K shot, a long-standard injection, for their newborns. (Published May)
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What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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Jon Lion Fine Art @jonlionfineart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please repost and help support the arts during this tough time?💜
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
can't make it up -- the Trump administration is literally rolling a red carpet out right now for President Xi
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23/09/2026
Scamming is now one of the largest and most lucrative crimes in the world, fueled by huge advances in AI and cryptocurrency. In a project by The Associated Press and FRONTLINE explain the world of scams, what can be done about them and how to protect yourself.
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World of Scams
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government. Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president. (Published Oct. 2025)
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What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Trump’s delusions need to be challenged—relentlessly and repeatedly—by the press. … If not, the press’s access to the West Wing won’t be worth the paper its inevitable judicial victory will be printed on."
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REJECT CRUELTY; DEMAND COMPETENCE (Now 87% Good Human) @allthe2d.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Many of us saw this coming. It's important to read & share with people you know.
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REJECT CRUELTY; DEMAND COMPETENCE (Now 87% Good Human) @allthe2d.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You just know he's gonna throw a big tantrum over this. I'm looking forward to that for some reason.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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NPR @npr.org · 21/09/2026
KUT News spoke to two people who work at a business nearby, who said they heard two gun shots and went to see what happened. One witness encountered an ICE agent and a man in a car who had been shot in the back.
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Man injured in shooting by ICE officer in North Austin
The shooting happened Sunday afternoon near Anderson and U.S. 183.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/09/2026
Trump’s Arctic adviser has a social feed filled with foreign news accounts, sometimes from outlets sympathetic to Putin. In May, he reposted a video of Putin taken by Russian state media, an action a policy expert later called “super-loaded.”
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How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s ag...
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Democratic notions of the law, and the very notion of “rule of law” and “impartial justice” have no place in authoritarianism.
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Southern District of New York has uncovered a Russian-backed plot to murder people on US soil. And at the same time that Putin is trying to murder people in America, Trump is sending his FBI Director to Russia to increase cooperation between our two nations.
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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
EDNY veneer of normality: after yesterday's USA v John Doe "guilty" plea with no sentencing date set and no name give, then even had him sign as "John Doe." Is this enforceable. Need to appeal Judge Kuntz order In Re Inner City Press www.courtlistener.com/docket/73591...
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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OK - now at Maurene Comey v DOJ oral arguments in SDNY. Inner City Press is covering the case innercitypress.com/sdny9comeyvd... and will live skeet, thread below
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