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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Politico @politico.com · 9h
BREAKING: Trump temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian diesel and suggested the U.S. could be a buyer.
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Trump lifts sanctions on Russian diesel, suggests US may buy amid surging fuel prices
The move comes weeks ahead of the midterm election.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16h
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Universities bring in foreign students ... to undercut the wages of American residents? What? This is exactly backwards. Foreign students subsidize the tuition of American students. I wonder why the VP who follows Nazis online has this all wrong. Probably an innocent, non-racist mistake.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The midterms aren't a month away. They're already happening RIGHT NOW. Early voting has begun in many states across the country, including in California. Check your voter registration and make a plan to vote. [@indivisible.org]
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Does protesting actually work? Yes — just look at history. My friend, activist and author Annie Leonard, explains why protesting is so important and why we must protect this powerful tool of dissent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rvafufqH7g
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Why Protest Is More Powerful Than You Think (ft. Annie Leonard)
Does protesting actually work?Yes — just look at history.My friend, activist and author Annie Leonard, explains why prot
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NPR @npr.org · 05/10/2026
The Supreme Court is set to hear a blockbuster climate change case that could affect more than just climate issues. And, Brazil's presidential race is too close to call. n.pr/4B3U8f0
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SCOTUS hears major climate change case. And, Brazil's presidential race goes to runoff
The Supreme Court is set to hear a blockbuster climate change case that could affect more than just climate issues. And, Brazil's presidential race is too close to call.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 05/10/2026
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.
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Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
Last year, just 21% of students from an Austin charter school using an AI learning platform passed state-mandated tests. Texas education leaders helped get the technology in front of public school leaders.
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How Texas Helped a Private School Chain’s AI Tool Get Into Public School Classrooms
Just three months after the Texas State Board of Education raised concerns about Alpha School’s AI learning platform, Education Commissioner Mike Morath was in talks about using the tool in public sch...
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NPR @npr.org · 03/10/2026
The Supreme Court term opens on Monday with big test cases on religion, guns and climate change. Plus, the emergency docket keeps popping. n.pr/4htNyGY
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The Supreme Court faces another term jam-packed with controversy
The Supreme Court term opens on Monday with big test cases on religion, guns and climate change. Plus, the emergency docket keeps popping.
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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨 MONDAY 10/6, 9:45 AM: LEGAL AF LIVE COVERAGE of the Supreme Court oral arguments on whether states can sue Big Energy companies over climate harms and monetary damages. Alito sits this one out. Join Popok LIVE for the hearing pregame!
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LIVE: Big Energy Climate Showdown as Justice Alito Sits Out!
YouTube video by Legal AF
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026
Political Profile: Abdul El-Sayed theonion.com/political-profile-abdu…
Ethnicity: Scary-American
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Detroit Metro Times @metrotimes.com · 29/09/2026
Republican AG nominee Doug Lloyd is raising money with David Kallman, the lawyer who fought to let prosecutors enforce Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban after Roe fell. Lloyd took a similar position himself in 2022. www.metrotimes.com/news/republi...
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Republican AG candidate Doug Lloyd raises money with lawyer who fought to enforce Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban - Detroit Metro Times
Republican attorney general nominee Doug Lloyd is raising money with a lawyer who fought to let prosecutors enforce Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban after Roe fell.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court lets the Trump administration continue deporting people to third countries for now while justices weigh policy.
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Supreme Court lets quick deportations to third countries resume while justices weigh Trump policy
The Supreme Court will allow President Donald Trump’s administration to continue deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal.
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CNN @cnn.com · 29/09/2026
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. cnn.it/4huSk5M
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Prison That Didn’t Report Sex Abuse Allegation Against Staffer to Reopen as ICE Camp theintercept.com/2026/09/29/i...
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Prison That Didn’t Report Sex Abuse Allegation Against Staffer to Reopen as ICE Camp
A whistleblower say the warden didn’t make a federally required disclosure. Now the company is turning the Arizona prison into an ICE jail.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
John Oliver lists off just some of Ken Paxton’s scandals: “Paxton spent nearly 9 years under indictment for securities fraud... He was also accused of bribery and abuse of office by eight of his own top deputies... But wait, because I'm still not done.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/09/2026
What does it mean that someone who believes a fourth-grader should be forced to give birth to her rapist’s child is now leading the anti-abortion mainstream?
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Kristan Hawkins helped kill Roe. Now she’s fighting to control the movement she created.
How the Charlie Kirk of abortion moved from the fringes to the mainstream.
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Detroit Metro Times @metrotimes.com · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers cast 19 votes between 2004 and 2009 against measures to extend, expand, or increase funding for health insurance for low-income children, a Metro Times review found. www.metrotimes.com/news/mike-ro...
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Mike Rogers voted against children’s health coverage over and over - Detroit Metro Times
Mike Rogers repeatedly voted against efforts to expand health insurance for children of working families.
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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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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The cuts include hundreds of millions for refugee and immigration services, along with funding touching education, housing, international assistance and other federal programs.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 25/09/2026
🔴🇺🇸 The avg. 30-yr. fixed mortgage rate rose to 7.03% this week, up from 6.3% a yr. ago, Freddie Mac said Thu., as war-driven energy costs & inflation push borrowing costs higher. Rates dipped below 6% in late Feb. before climbing steadily after the US & Israel launched attacks on Iran on Feb. 28...
🔴 🇺🇸 The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 7.03% this week, up from 6.3% a year ago, Freddie Mac said Thursday, as war-driven energy costs and inflation push borrowing costs higher.

Rates dipped below 6% in late February before climbing steadily after the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran on Feb. 28. Existing home sales fell 2% in August to their lowest level since June 2025.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mike Rogers told Michiganders he was an assembly line autoworker who made Chrysler LeBarons. Turns out it was a complete lie. Shameful.
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Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. • Michigan Advance
Rogers says he built Chrysler vehicles on an assembly line. Records show his work was at an aftermarket facility that modified vehicles after they left the factory.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
Trump’s FDA pick refuses to say IUDs don’t cause abortions.
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Trump’s FDA pick refuses to say IUDs don’t cause abortions
Dr. Heidi Overton also tells senators she's also open investigating abortion pill manufacturers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims.
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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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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: Another U.S. Soldier Is Dead as Iran War Casualties Rise An additional 66 U.S. personnel were wounded in action this month, pushing the official count of Iran war casualties above 850. theintercept.com/2026/09/22/i...
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Another U.S. Soldier Is Dead as Iran War Casualties Rise
An additional 66 U.S. personnel were wounded in action this month, pushing the official count of Iran war casualties above 850.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Supreme Court's "shadow docket" allows justices to effectively make rulings in secret without explaining their decisions. Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court? www.propublica.org/article/supreme-…
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026
Congress Passes $430,000/Hour Minimum Wage For Billionaires To learn more about America's gaping wealth gap, head to youtube.com/politizane.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mike DODGERS is too cowardly to show up to debate me.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We're in a moment where the challenges we face have more to do with the ways that politicians are bought off than actually having a conversation with the broader public. If Mike Rogers had showed up, he'd say that this race is about him or me. It's not. It's about you.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 15/09/2026
Just hours before switching sides, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was lobbying fellow Democrats to advance the bill. theintercept.com/2026/09/15/c...
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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 15/09/2026
Happy National Voter Registration Day! Check and update your registration and find local resources to ensure that you can cast your vote on Nov. 3rd. #GetReadyToVote bit.ly/2I3aNoE
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Register to Vote/Check Registration | National Voter Registration Day
If you’re looking to register to vote or check/update your voter registration, you’re in the right place! Not sure if you need to update your registration? Here’s a list of reasons to check your statu...
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Politico @politico.com · 14/09/2026
EPA rollback may worsen Trump’s Supreme Court climate headache
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EPA rollback may worsen Trump’s Supreme Court climate headache
The move could undercut the legal theory the administration is relying on to block climate lawsuits from advancing in state courts.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 14/09/2026
“Every day they came to rape me.” A Sudanese girl, now 13, told NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof that RSF fighters repeatedly raped her and subjected her to genital mutilation after her family attempted to flee El Fasher, in Darfur last year. The girl now struggles to walk and lacks adequate food...
“Every day they came to rape me.”

A Sudanese girl, now 13, told NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof that Rapid Support Forces fighters repeatedly raped her and subjected her to genital mutilation after her family attempted to flee El Fasher, in Darfur last year. 

The girl now struggles to walk and lacks adequate food and medical care at a displacement camp in Tawila. Relatives corroborated her account, and aid workers told Kristof the family had told them the same story.

In his September 12 column, Kristof examines how Biden and Trump recognized genocide in Sudan but refuse to hold the RSF’s chief backer, the UAE, accountable.
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Presidents Biden and Trump both called the carnage in Sudan a genocide, yet both did nothing serious to address it. World leaders will gather in NYC for UN General Assembly shortly, and they won't do anything serious either. The US is effectively protecting Trump's business partners in the UAE, which is underwriting mass murder and mass rape in Sudan.

So what does this mean on the ground? I talked to a 13-year-old girl who was held in a rape camp by the UAE-armed RSF militia; the girl still can't walk properly. Here's a gift link: https://nytimes.com/2026/09/12/opinion/trump-sudan-genocide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.VJhc.xIrk4bbCRvVF&smid=url-share I hope leaders gathering at the UN will think of this girl and recognize the human cost of their dithering.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/opinion/trump-sudan-genocide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.VJhc.xIrk4bbCRvVF&smid=url-share
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14/09/2026
The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action the agency said would save industry more than $300 billion in costs and help “unleash” American energy.
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Politico @politico.com · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump tried to shut down a growing push for AI regulation, saying a ‘STRONG AND SMART’ president is the only guardrail needed.
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Trump tries to shut down AI regulation push
He said the U.S. has already done enough, amid calls from leaders to slow the production of artificial intelligence over the weekend.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵
A group photo shows about 35 people, including Donald Trump Jr.; his wife, Bettina Anderson; Ivanka Trump; Jared Kushner; Tiffany Trump; and Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.

Little Pipe Cay/Lux Hospitality Bahamas; Laura Gordon Photography via Instagram; Laura Gordon Photography
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "Last week the broken old man threw a two day party in Texas while it costs more than ever to fill up your truck, stock your fridge, and power your home ... they spent most of the last year covering up for the world's most famous pedophile"
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Christian Mike Johnson defends his guy's comments describing women as "cum trophies." bsky.app/profile/atru...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026
Oneil Cruz walked away from a deadly car crash without being charged and with his baseball career intact. The fixer who helped make the case go away launched a business empire that led to him partnering with Red Sox legend David Ortiz.
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How Oneil Cruz Walked Away From a Deadly Crash With a Fixer's Help
When an accident involving top prospect Oneil Cruz left three dead on a darkened road in the Dominican Republic, secret payoffs helped rescue his career and launched a shadowy business empire.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/09/2026
Abortion bans make exceptions for ectopic pregnancies, but some people still don’t get care. One doctor told a woman intervening in her pregnancy could land him jail time, according to a lawsuit. “I felt like my life was a risk he couldn’t afford.”
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Politico @politico.com · 10/09/2026
‘Aggressive’ Medicaid crackdowns will hurt children with autism, providers warn
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‘Aggressive’ Medicaid crackdowns will hurt children with autism, providers warn
The Trump administration and states are policing Medicaid spending on autism therapy. Vulnerable children are losing access.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026
Data centers suck up a LOT of water. But you should also be worried about what's in that water when it is funneled back into rivers, streams, and public water systems.
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Data centers now facing backlash over contaminated wastewater
Locals are raising alarms over rare bacteria, forever chemicals, and other environmental concerns.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
At least 75 career federal officials who’d played important roles in elections have left, been fired or been reassigned. In their place are roughly two dozen people Trump installed in positions that could affect elections. Ten of them actively worked to reverse the 2020 vote. (Published April)
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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 06/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration makes another appeal to the Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions.
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Trump administration makes another appeal to the Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions
The Trump administration is renewing its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the midterms.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/09/2026
Trump has found so many ways to use the presidency to enrich himself and his family that we had to narrow the list down. Here are 75 of the most staggering examples of Trump corruption in 2026. And yes, there were more. Read Ron Filipkowski’s full breakdown:
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The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026
So far.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2026
“If you want success, you have to go with the data center” — Trump simps at length for data centers
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NPR @npr.org · 04/09/2026
The Trump administration wants to end tax-exempt status for universities with certain race-based programs. Wesleyan President Michael Roth says the plan could frighten schools. n.pr/4iNtBf3
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Wesleyan president calls Trump's tax-exempt proposal 'extraordinary overreach'
The Trump administration wants to end tax-exempt status for universities with certain race-based programs. Wesleyan President Michael Roth says the plan could frighten schools.
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Detroit Metro Times @metrotimes.com · 04/09/2026
Mike Rogers is trying to appeal to Black Detroiters, but he recently attended a fundraiser hosted by a former Republican state senator who once said, “We can’t make an African American white. It is what it is.” www.metrotimes.com/news/mike-ro...
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Mike Rogers raises cash with ex-lawmaker who said ‘we can’t make an African American white’ - Detroit Metro Times
If Mike Rogers wanted to distance his Senate campaign from the racism and Islamophobia surrounding the race, holding a fundraiser at the home of a former state lawmaker who once said “we can’t make an...
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