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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 7h
The Lindsey Graham Act would have imposed significant new sanctions on Russia from 18 October, but allowed the President to issue waivers. He just did. To avoid screaming, I went through every provision explaining them and indicating which he waived. Spoiler: All the ones that did anything.
dmitryopines.substack.com
Explaining the Russian Sanctions Trump just Cancelled
A section by section breakdown of what each provision of the Graham Act would have done, and what Trump waived.
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 15h
BREAKING: Texas is considering selling a state park to Elon Musk, per sources. (Gift link).
texasmonthly.com
Texas Has Been Considering Selling a Beloved State Park to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Sources Say
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission was scheduled to discuss selling Boca Chica State Park, Texas Monthly has learned.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 15h
Friday night. The time to sneak through the things you know the public will hate. Also the ones that are probably illegal and traitorous. Trump is opening the floodgates of support for the Kremlin, Putin, their illegal aggression against Ukraine...and their aid to Iran in their war against us.
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Patricia Zengerle 🎃 @reuterszengerle.bsky.social · 15h
Here’s a response to Trump waiving Graham Act sanctions, from Rep Don Beyer: “Congress must fix this flawed law.”
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 17h
“The letter states Omar and her lawyers weren’t given a copy of the warrant prior to the search, as had been required by the judge. It says she made numerous efforts to contact counsel at the start of the search, but the agents prevented her from doing so for more than an hour.”
wsj.com
Exclusive | In New Letter, Ilhan Omar Fights Back Against Home Search
Lawyers for the Minnesota congresswoman asked federal prosecutors to return items seized this week from her Washington residence.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 15h
In Brazil's election, Mark Zuckerberg is interfering in favor of far-right politicians. In the US election, Elon Musk is the biggest donor to far-right politicians.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16h
Judge Sarah Davenport in New Mexico wants answers after ICE deported a man to Honduras on Oct. 5 in violation of an injunction. Her issue: The last time ICE did this to her they vowed to implement safeguards. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h
In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence. In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home. (Published Dec. 2025)
propublica.org
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 21h
Taken: 9 September 2026 (8:18pm – 10:13pm) "I estimate there are approximately 14,000 satellite trail appearances across the 578 photographs. These aren't necessarily 14,000 different satellites, as the same satellite can appear in multiple exposures." "This is NOT AI-generated." #Kikorangi #nzpol
blarsenphoto.com
14,000 Satellite Trails over Mt Taranaki — BRENDAN LARSEN PHOTOGRAPHY
14,000 satellite trails over Mt Taranaki, New Zealand. An extraordinary astrophotography composite created from 578 photos and 45 hours of editing. Fine art prints.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 23h
Alexander Kolodin, an Arizona Republican, was disciplined by the Arizona State Bar for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Now, he’s the Republican candidate for the office that oversees elections in the state.
boltsmag.org
These 35 States Are Deciding Who’ll Run Their Elections - Bolts
The midterms will usher in a new cast of characters to oversee the next presidential race. They’ll decide how to answer Trump’s orders and how to shape mail voting and registration.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 20h
😡😡😡 “Meta employees acknowledged in internal communications that the Instagram accounts of Brazilian ​President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were hindered by ‌restrictions during [Brazil’s] election” & that Meta “recommended the profile ​of challenger…Flavio Bolsonaro” & “his ​WhatsApp channel…” 1/
Meta employees said Lula's accounts were hindered during Brazil...
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 23h
As amusing as it is, surrounding yourself with unqualified syncophants is a symptom of authoritarianism. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
nytimes.com
Katie Zacharia, Trump’s New Press Secretary, Is Fired After 5 Days (Gift Article)
The ouster came as Ms. Zacharia was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
GOOD NEWS! Researchers found that a previously overlooked immune cell, known as gamma delta T-cells, can recognize, detect, AND destroy small cell lung cancer (SCLC) EVEN when it has hidden itself from the immune system, revealing a NEW immune pathway for fighting the deadliest form of the disease.
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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. With @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
theatlantic.com
He Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE.
When a soldier’s wife went to pick up her military ID at a base in Texas, ICE officers showed up.
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Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
“Women and girls have long been asked to make accounts of their own suffering palatable, to disclose without being too angry, describe violence without being too graphic and tell the truth without making anyone else uncomfortable. Censorship can reproduce that expectation at scale.”
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
A judge has thrown out the Trump administration's lawsuit against New York City over its sanctuary policies, rejecting the federal govt's claim that the city's policies violated the Supremacy Clause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
Memorandum & Opinion AND Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim – #79 in United States v. City of New York (E.D.N.Y, 1:25-cv-04084) – CourtListener.com
Memorandum & Opinion AND Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
"The officials... did not specify who in the White House made the decision..." Sorry... how many people are there "inside" this White House who ultimately decide what orders to give the Pentagon? I was led to believe the number was one (1)? www.reuters.com/world/europe...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Healthcare has been an economic bright spot, just about the only sector that's both growing and a net plus in jobs. Trump and the GOP Congress scheduled most of their healthcare cuts for 2027, so they'd be after the midterms. That will add to the country's economic problems next year. 2028 too.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Last year, Trump and 98% of elected GOP enacted the biggest Medicaid cuts in history, bigger even than Reagan's Medicaid cuts. By 2034, 7.5 million people will lose their Medicaid because of the cuts. Clinics are already closing and hospitals are already cutting services, citing OBBBA as a reason.
medicaid cuts from obbba grow to 16% by 2034
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Have to be clear just how dangerous this is. If it continues, it effectively removes constitutional rights from an entire class of people. Imagine you had to fear that if you criticize the regime, any error on paperwork filled out by your family decades ago could be used to strip your citizenship.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/10/2026
This is the result of 7+ years of Trump's attacks on @repilhan.bsky.social, Somali-Americans, & the Muslim community. Everyone, regardless of party, must speak out against this fascistic abuse of power. If they can do this to a sitting Congresswoman, they can & will do it to anyone.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/10/2026
In a win for voters, nonpartisan organizations can resume helping new citizens to register to vote at their naturalization ceremonies. Naturalized citizens make up 10% of the eligible voting force. Voting rules change quietly. We'll tell you when they do: demdock.com/4yojBgq
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Ballroom-size scoop from @washingtonpost.com’s Jonathan O’Connell, Sarah Blaskey and @aaronschaffer.com: the secret list of major donors to Trump’s flagship project Among the revelations — $25M apiece from Apple and Nvidia, and numerous gifts from people + firms with business before Trump
washingtonpost.com
Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
“Inflation has nearly wiped out all wage gains since January 2025,” Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal, said on X. “That’s how big of gamechanger the war in Iran has been on Americans’ finances.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps...
huffpost.com
Trump Just Hand-Delivered Workers Another Pay Cut
The latest inflation report shows real wages have declined for six straight months year over year, a bad sign for U.S. workers stung by the higher costs.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 15/10/2026
“Although TSA states that it is ‘committed to protecting traveler privacy,’ the audit highlights that this has not been the case.”
eff.org
DHS Inspector General Finds That TSA is Not Properly Safeguarding Passenger Facial Recognition Data
EFF legal intern Gabrielle Ladun was the principal author of this post. The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) has published a summary of findings from its audit of ...
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 15/10/2026
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia took the California bar exam but didn't pass it. Trump has referred to her as an attorney.
on.wsj.com
Exclusive | White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass Bar Exam
Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15/10/2026
"European delegates rebuffed the plan, which was pitched by US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. But it has startled European capitals and Kyiv, raising questions about the US’s intentions."
ft.com
Home - Financial Times
News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
A few weeks back, Jared Kushner said that the diplomats were fools and that the war was about real estate. So this chimes perfectly. Put the money in escrow and then negotiate the endgame. Neither Kushner, nor Witkoff, nor Trump can understand how the war might be other than that.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 15/10/2026
Election officials across Texas appear to have cleared a backlog of over 500,000 voter registration applications and updates that went unprocessed due to a Department of Public Safety software error.
texastribune.org
Texas election officials clear voter registration backlog
More than 500,000 voter applications were held up by an error in a Department of Public Safety software update.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Ohio's early in-person voting has drawn nearly four times as many voters as it did at the same point in the 2022 midterms, according to data from the Ohio secretary of state's office.
ms.now
Ohio early in-person voting nearly quadruples from 2022 midterms
Nearly 195,000 Ohioans have voted in person as of Oct. 13, compared with about 50,000 at the same point in 2022. But mail ballot requests are down as Ohio’s closely watched Senate and gubernatorial ra...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/10/2026
And Biden didn’t start a war with Iran that disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and sent gas prices soaring. But sure, let’s compare.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/10/2026
We need to set the record straight about this because right wingers are trying to compare $5 gas under Biden to gas prices under Trump. Yes, gas hit $5 under Biden. For about 10 days in June 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Then prices came back down. #BlueWaveIn20Days
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Wow, wild that they had a president who hit student protestors with his car and also this guy and WAIT THEY'RE THE SAME GUY? And he's still the president?!?
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
18 U.S. Code § 592 Whoever, being an officer of the Army or Navy, or other person in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, orders, brings, keeps, or has under his authority or control any troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held,
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: With the threat of federal election interference looming large over the midterms, Senate Democrats plan to send more than 100 congressional staff to observe voting sites in nine states — the first program of its kind for the upper chamber. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Senate Dems will send over 100 election observers to nine states for midterms
Observers will be on the ground to document voter interference efforts, along with threats against election workers, disinformation tactics and any other attempts to meddle with voting.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
When Trump calls for violence, he's not being figurative or fanciful. He actually wants his enemies to be shot. What happened to Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero was the natural outcome of regime policy. More will die until the tyrant is stopped.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
We're planning a public execution. We only admit white "refugees" from a former apartheid state. Our domestic security service uses white nationalist messaging. And the president routinely appears to encourage or endorse violence against his opponents & the media. Nothing subtle or complicated here.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Last night Judge Kelly granted @cnn.com et al a preliminary injunction (extending his TRO) barring Trump from pulling their press passes. Trump violated 5th Am due process and 1st Am, by retaliating against protected speech & viewpoint discrimination. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
Memorandum & Opinion – #50 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION in support of 49 ORDER granting Plaintiffs' 32 Motion for Preliminary Injunction. See Memorandum Opinion for details. Signed by Judge Timothy J. Kelly on 10/13/2026. (lctjk3)
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/10/2026
NEW: The women were victims of domestic abuse. That’s what they told police officers, attorneys and anyone who would listen. It didn’t matter. They were all taken to an immigration detention center.
propublica.org
These Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse. ICE Detained Them Instead.
It’s especially intimidating for immigrants suffering abuse to call 911. With this in mind, Congress has long treated people who need help as victims, not targets for deportation. Under the Trump admi...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Read @swin24.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social's new profile of Stephen Miller, "American ‘Psycho,’ Fascist Dork." zeteo.com/p/stephen-mi...
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NPR @npr.org · 14/10/2026
Free samples, high-pressure pitches and $50,000 bills: An NPR investigation reveals how a network of mall skincare stores systematically targeted older adults and people with disabilities across the U.S.. n.pr/4B7cfk5
n.pr
The skincare scheme that led to consumer complaints, lawsuits and a federal investigation
Free samples, high-pressure pitches and $50,000 bills: An NPR investigation reveals how a network of mall skincare stores systematically targeted older adults and people with disabilities across the U.S..
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"The Pentagon has named one of its own public affairs officials to run the publication Stars & Stripes, and he will keep his Pentagon job while doing it. This places a single official inside both the office that shapes the military's message, and the newsroom charged with covering it independently"
military.com
Pentagon PR Official Takes Over Stars and Stripes Months After Editor, Publisher Kicked Out
Christian Devine, an executive director and principal adviser in the Pentagon's public affairs office, was appointed weeks after terminations.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Europe needs to close their US military bases as soon as possible, because they are no longer friendly and present a significant security risk to the continent.
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Ukrainian air force confirms that russia's ally, the United States, has stopped providing early warning of ballistic missile launches. The Americans withdrew this support from Ukrainian defenders in order to make strikes by russian terrorists on civilians more deadly.
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Senseidai2547❌👑 @senseidai.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The corruption never ends with this grifter. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #VoteTalarico www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
Ken Paxton took campaign funds from donors with interests before his office
The Texas attorney general and GOP Senate nominee received contributions from parties in cases he was involved in, some predating his current competitive race.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "It is important that the world does not stay silent about this. And it is important that the United States really see what is happening and who is responsible for this war continuing."
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зелен... * @Zelensky. • 2h S ...
A Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv. Once again, no early warning from our partners. The main target was energy infrastructure, specifically CHPP-
4. Unfortunately, it was hit. A residential building was also damaged, and rescuers are currently putting out a fire there. Our systems detected these missiles only when they were already virtually on approach to Kyiv. CHPP-4 is one of Kyiv's key energy facilities.
According to our intelligence, the Russians are preparing further ballistic missile launches. The facts show that the Russians do not consider themselves bound by what the President of the United States said. Ukraine supported an energy ceasefire. Russia is targeting yet another power plant and the lives of our people.And this is absolutely unjust: when they are destroying our energy infrastructure, and Ukraine is not even receiving early warnings about ballistic missile launches. It is important that the world does not stay silent about this. And it is important that the United States really see what is happening and who is responsible for this war continuing.
Please stay safe tonight and tomorrow. We are working to replenish our air defenses with anti-ballistic missiles.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: We just filed a Hatch Act complaint over the outrageous raid on Ilhan Omar's home Officials can't use criminal power to affect an election. This is the textbook case @democracydefendersfund.org & @rwpusa.bsky.social👇
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
WOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue."
In conducting this hearing, the Court is not called upon to resolve factual disputes between
the parties. The facts set forth in this Memorandum Opinion and Order were proposed by the
Plaintiff, unobjected to by the Government, and then deemed admitted by the Court. Dkts. 74, 75,
77.2 These facts establish that high-ranking government officials, including then Secretary of DHS
Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, engaged in a coordinated public relations campaign to impugn the
personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans. For reasons unfathomable to this Court,
officials chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an
impeccable record of public service. In short, Ms. Comans was professionally targeted and
personally attacked by government officials for no legitimate reason. The attacks against Ms.
Comans were based entirely on false information, and many government officials knew the
accusations were untrue at the time they were made. With no regard for the truth and with no
consideration for the personal and professional effect on Ms. Comans, government officials
exploited their access to mass media outlets to broadcast false information. These false
statements reached hundreds of millions of people. The purpose of this Order is, to the best of
this Court’s ability, to correct the public record and establish as a matter of law that the
statements made by these officials about Ms. Comans were objectively and demonstrably false.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
JUST IN: Mag. judge in EDVA clears former FEMA CFO Mary Comans of claims she directed tens of millions in payments for housing undocumented immigrants in NYC. Judge: Statements by Musk & others were 'little more than state-sanctioned intimidation.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
documentcloud.org
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