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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026

Here's a little chart that our graphics team did to help you keep track of the various players.

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026

This Lukoil pending deal has a tie-in to the billionaire Syrian-born Qatari brothers that I wrote about earlier this year-- who have teamed up with Ivanka and Jared on a real estate project in Albania. Yes, it's an intricate web. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...

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Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name. (Gift Article)

The attempt by the Khayyats to influence foreign policy while discussions are underway about potential Trump family deals is an increasingly common feature of the president’s second term.

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026

JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Trump adminstration has taken $20 million from funds Congress appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security to pay for pro-Trump television ads that recently began airing ahead of the midterms, according to the Wall Street J... [link] TAT: [Controlling information | Undermining democracy]

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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Trump administration stripped tens of millions of dollars in U.S. military assistance from European and Middle Eastern countries. The funds will instead go to right-wing governments in Latin America including Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. ... TAT: [Foreign policy | Undermining democracy]

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Trump defies Democrats, diverts aid for Europe to Latin America instead

The diverted funds include tens of millions of dollars that Congress approved for countries affected by the war in Ukraine.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The same guy who has been using government records to launch phony investigations is firing the people who do actual investigations after the investigated him.

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Part of the post-Trump repairs to democracy must be inspectors general. What if we house them in the legislative branch, where a president cannot fire them? Courts could serve as a check.

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Three views of one of Iceland's ice caves, taken in November 2020. Not many tourists in the country then so I thought I'd take the opportunity to visit when it wasn't too crowded. Wish I'd had longer! #Iceland #Canon5Dmarkiii

View in an ice cave - literally a chamber under a glacier. Some people can be seen at the end giving it some scale. There's a hole at the end letting in light, and the ceiling is a crazy turquoise sculpture.

A triangular view out of an ice cave with pale brown almost desert-like mountains visible in the distance under blue skies. There's some reflection of the light on the scalloped ice inside.

Looking out of the ice cave where a man is just visible silhouetted against the lighter entrance. Lots of different shades of blue and green and turquoise on the ceiling and walls of the cave, with some snowy bits on the right where a hole in the ice lets the elements in.

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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 29/09/2026

The GAO says the Trump administration’s $800 million “pocket rescission” violates Congress’ constitutional control over government spending. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/cong…

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Congressional Watchdog Says Trump’s ‘Pocket Rescissions’ Violate the Law

The GAO has the power to sue the Trump administration over the Impoundment Control Act.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 29/09/2026

Independent investigators couldn’t verify that the Department of Government Efficiency protected sensitive federal data at half a dozen agencies at the beginning of the Trump administration, according to a new report from congressional auditors.

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Agencies Withheld Information on DOGE Data Access, Watchdog Says

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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) blocked a bipartisan bill that would have prohibited the destruction of any national memorial honoring a U.S. president — a measure meant to protect the Kennedy Center from a full demolition — without congressional approval.

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Lone Republican Senator Derails a Bill to Prevent Demolition of the Kennedy Center

Sen. Mike Lee blocked a bill that would have prohibited the demolition of any national memorial honoring a U.S. president.

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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

SCOOP: FBI removes two veteran counterterrorism leaders over frustrations from Stephen & Katie Miller that they hadn't made progress in probing allegedly threatening phone calls Katie received news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller’s Family

FBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s wife, said thr...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/09/2026

Breaking News: A sheriff in California was ordered by the state Supreme Court to return about 650,000 ballots to election officials after he confiscated them for an investigation into voter fraud that state officials said had no basis in fact. nyti.ms/4hejTBu

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco walking between SUVs parked in the street. A headline reads: "Republican Sheriff Illegally Seized California Ballots, Court Rules." Photo by Noah Berger/Associated Press

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 23/09/2026

Mother of Renée Good: I voted for Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect the citizens of the United States against terrorists…certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 22/09/2026

A Republican senator is calling for an investigation into the Trump family’s financial dealings — including demanding testimony from Donald Trump Jr — in a sharp break with President Donald Trump.

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GOP Senator Calls for Investigation Into Trump Family

A Republican senator is calling for an investigation into the Trump family’s financial dealings — including demanding testimony from Donald Trump Jr. — in a sharp break with the president weeks before the midterm elections.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 22/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: In a win for Washington voters, a Biden-appointed federal judge dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list. The ruling hands the department its 25th loss in its sweeping legal effort to access states' private voter data.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026

The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

VICTORY: Judge Cooper slams & prohibits Trump & cronies continued efforts to rename the Kennedy Center (& orders other important relief) A huge win for @repbeatty.bsky.social & our cocounsel team @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG More to come!

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/09/2026

Donald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt

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Trump Made 29,000 Securities Trades, More Than All of Congress

Donald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt

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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 15/09/2026

$1.4 BILLION made by Trump. $3.8 BILLION lost by everyday working people. In this episode of The Daily Swamp, former astronaut Terry Virts exposes the reality behind the $TRUMP meme coin. Like, share, and follow our socials. See you tomorrow! zurl.co/qjda3 zurl.co/5PbW1 zurl.co/zNIWP

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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Putin-allied oligarch who helped pay for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding is heavily involved in a group that is under Ukrainian sanctions for its alleged role in a program that abducts Ukrainian children from occupied territories.

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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

25 years ago, on a clear September morning, an otherwise ordinary day became one of history’s darkest. Through the darkness, we also saw the best of humanity.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 11/09/2026

25 years later, September 11 remains a day of remembrance.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.

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David Laufman @davidlaufman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Heroes abounded that day in New York and at Pentagon. Miracles were wrought amidst the calamities. And over the skies of Pennsylvania, Americans rallied to thwart an attack on our nation’s leadership. May their memories be a blessing.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 09/09/2026

Former Department of Homeland Security Inspector General John Roth offers recommendations for restoring the independence inspectors general need to do their jobs effectively. bit.ly/4zOOOeN

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Restoring Independence to Government Watchdogs

Stronger job protections, auditing standards, and oversight are needed to allow inspectors general to do their jobs effectively.

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Cirenzi @cirellan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The sculpture is Kindred Spirits, by Alex Pentek, dedicated in 2017 in Midleton, County Cork. Those nine stainless-steel eagle feathers form the shape of a bowl—meant to evoke food being offered to people in famine. Absolutely gorgeous.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In a small town in County Cork, Ireland, a monument stands in appreciation to the American Choctaw Indian Tribe. Although impoverished, shortly after being forced to walk the Trail of Tears, the tribe somehow gathered $170 to send to Ireland for famine relief in 1847. Original post

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Nick Veronica @nickveronica.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Buffalo Bills announced that they will play both the American and Canadian national anthem for the first time at the Highmark Stadium opener. They're definitely making a push to expand their fanbase in southern Ontario, and this shows unity as a border city. The Sabres have always done this.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

👇🏽🤔 #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 03/09/2026

❌ Inflation & supply chain chaos ❌ Giant cuts to Medicaid & SNAP ❌ Lowest labor force participation in 50 years excluding COVID ❌ Tax giveaways to the rich ❌ Epstein coverup ❌ Reckless war with Iran ❌ Record-high White House insider trading Devastating beyond imagination.

@WhiteHouse on Sept. 3, 2026: "In 19 months, we've achieved more than any Admin in the history of our country: 80 stock-market record highs; Exports at an all-time high; More Americans working than ever; Trillions invested in America; New factories; Border secured — O illegal crossings; Largest tax refunds in American history. This is what results look like, & there is more to come."

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Mike Saunders 🇺🇦 @hardwaterhacker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We had to stay up late to get the core in alignment with this creek, but it was worth it. #milkyway #astro #astrophotography #PhotographersUnited

A vertical photo of the Milky Way over a small stream running through a forest. The stream runs through the center of the image. The surface of the stream is calm, reflecting the brighter stars and the glow of the galactic core. The stream is lined with tall pines that appear to angle in slightly towards the stream. The light of a firefly can be seen along the right side of the image, appearing as small green dots.

Above the horizon, the galactic core rises from the center of the image where the stream disappears from view. The core rises straight up. The background of the sky is dark blue, but not black. This photo was taken shortly before nautical twilight and the sun is already starting to illuminate the sky, if only faintly.

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If just one ballot in an entire batch (of thousands) causes an error, the entire batch is tossed. To put that another way, if a MAGA cultist smudges the barcode on one envelope, they can cause every ballot from an entire area to be tossed. A perfect scenario for stealing an election.

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Trump’s Election Plot Rocked by Whistleblower Bombshell

The whistleblower warned of the potential for “catastrophic failure” during the midterms.

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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 31/08/2026

The Trump Administration is trying to dismantle some of our most cherished public lands. Our National Parks are for every American. They aren’t for sale.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Congress has directed the Board of Directors of the Kennedy Center to manage the Kennedy Center, not the Secretary of Commerce. Anything he directs is an ultra vires. The President does not get to direct the Secretary to “help him” out.

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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 27/08/2026

"I cannot remember even one flag officer during the Afghan conflict resigning in protest in order to tell the truth publicly-that victory was beyond our grasp...we should be better than this." Read Robert Bruce Adolph's article: steadystate1.substack.com/p/honor

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The AI companies claim their technology will enhance human creativity. But they are quietly undertaking a massive campaign to destroy human creativity. Let me tell you the story of the AI companies' effort to feed rare books into their AI models and then destroy them.

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

NEWS: Trump's lawyers just told a federal court that if they don't get their way on renaming and "restoring" the Kennedy Center, they will tear it down and replace it with an outdoor amphitheater.

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CSP Landscapes @carlosp-landscape.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

BEFORE THE SUN — Salinas Grandes The colour arrived before the sun. I worked close to the salt crust, letting its raised seams lead from the blue foreground toward the narrow orange horizon. Salinas Grandes, Jujuy, Argentina — May 2026.

Vertical photograph of Salinas Grandes before sunrise. Large white-edged salt polygons fill the blue-grey foreground and narrow toward a dark mountain ridge, with a thin band of orange and pale pink light along the horizon.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

reminder that this is what auto supply chains in North America currently look like. Random parts can cross the US/Canadian border half a dozen times www.wsj.com/business/aut...

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Senator Maggie Hassan @hassan.senate.gov · 24/08/2026

President Trump launched his war against Iran, sending gas prices soaring and giving Big Oil sky-high profits. Our new report details how Trump himself profited from this spike in gas prices – his own oil and gas stocks have gone up by $15 million so far this year.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/08/2026

We're done kicking the can down the road. Here's how we're fixing the city-owned section of the BQE.

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