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Alyssa

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3h
Sen. Eric Schmitt was so overzealous to try and get Jack Smith, a good and honest man who has done great work, that Schmitt embarrassed himself by accusing Smith of going to the wrong basketball game. You can't make this stuff up. And right wing media will pretend it never happened.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 11h
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h
When you *wildly* overestimate your own charm.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇 👇 👇
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
IMPORTANT: There are 15 states that require in-person registration 28–30 days before an election, meaning this maybe your last week to register. Check your registration at Vote.gov.
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Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Then do it now.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need to get a full accounting of every dollar each media company accepted of our money stolen by Trump to run his partisan political ads on their channels. Companies who accept these ads are receiving property stolen from the American people & are a disgrace for accepting them
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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ is out now, thanks for reading & sharing. Link to subscribe: noelcasler.substack.com/p/last-flowe...
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Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That's how a Russian spy would spell Kool-Aid
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The same people who think Democrats are communists think Donald Trump is a Christian.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026
Punxsutawney Jill is sticking her head out a little early this cycle.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 27/09/2026
For shame.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Network solidarity against Trump's attack on the 1st Amendment lasted less than one week. Pathetic. On the bright side for CNN, moving forward Bari Weiss can make changes to ensure there is no more friction with the White House. Support independent media. demdock.com/4w6emld
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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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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump can't beat the judges or silence the press, so he plasters his name and face on everything. Ruth Ben-Ghiat sees it for what it is. Your November vote is the check he can't fake, and if you sit out, nobody else is stopping him. #TrumpsCorruptCongress
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.
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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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Not a Moderate Democrat @gottastory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Noel is one of the most important voices on Bluesky. This may be his best so far. Please read this piece. Also, Noel, Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor was my Kennedy Center.
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TofuNYG 🏈🏳️‍🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh look! The Russian asset is back just in time for the midterms!
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Possibly the best example of American democracy and governance in the era of Trump.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fox News hosts spend their day telling their audience that Democrats are communists and communists are evil people, then in the evening they all got dressed up to attend a state dinner honoring a communist.
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Arrested for speech
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
RFK Jr. needs a bigger security detail and the first place they go looking for money is the Office of Minority Health—the HHS office that works to reduce health disparities faced by racial and ethnic minorities. This tells you everything you need to know about the Trump administration’s priorities.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
DOJ used the indictment of a former Utah postal worker accused of throwing away hundreds of mail ballots to attack court rulings blocking Trump’s anti-mail voting efforts and promote a broader slate of restrictive voting policies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ seizes on Utah ballot dumping case to attack USPS court rulings, push Trump’s anti-voting agenda
It's unclear how exactly the proposed USPS rules would have prevented the conduct alleged in Utah. The ballots had already entered the Postal Service system when the employee allegedly set them aside ...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I just checked my voter registration. I encourage all of you to do the same. Try your state's official site. AVOID VoteSafe.Org. It's an Elon Musk scam to harvest data.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/09/2026
Today's Kinzinger Report is out and we cover: - Susan Collins’ bribery scheme exposed - Trump's press ban backfires - GOP breaks with Trump on diesel - Trump's arch is now slated to be a sniper nest open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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BREAKING: Susan Collins’ Bribery Scheme Exposed, Trump's Press Ban Backfires, GOP Breaks With Trump on Diesel, and more...
Top Stories for September 22, 2026.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Noncitizens dont vote but the Trump goons break the law
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Words & Phrases: Ellison’s ‘Editorial Independence’ PLUS Trump’s ‘Noncitizen Voting’
🚨42 Days to the Midterms🚨
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The United States, which once freed prisoners from Germany's concentration camps, is now siding with the war criminals—and obstructing those who would hold them into account. Shameful—if this administration had any shame.
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US prepares to sanction the ICC, that indicted Russia's Putin and Israel's Netanyahu for war crimes
Trump is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court itself, potentially cutting it off from U.S. banking, technology and services. The US has already sanctioned 13 ICC officials and ...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
After banning CNN, MS NOW & Politico from the White House, he installs State-Run television, just like they have in so many other countries... Sieg Heil, ya'll. #38Days 🌊
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
📌Now that you soft-ballers in the press FINALLY understand this felon is playing hardball, it's time for you to band together and refuse to cover the WH. Start calling it the way WE see it. The way it IS: A lawless regime hellbent on destroying this country. Get your heads out of your asses.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook.
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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I struggle with not wanting harm to come to -everyone - who caused all this
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Monumental Obsession
The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/09/2026
The overwhelming consensus is for journalists to boycott the White House in solidarity, and for those impacted to sue. Gray rock him.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You really need to read this.. THEY BANNED THREE NEWSROOMS. THAT’S NOT THE SCARY PART. open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...
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THEY BANNED THREE NEWSROOMS. THAT’S NOT THE SCARY PART.
THEY BANNED THREE NEWSROOMS.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gosh, if only there were some kind of professional organization for White House journalists that existed to advocate for the First Amendment and defend the freedom of the press. They could organize together as a united front against Trump's censorship. That would be something.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
dreaming big here but maybe they could even stop having dinners where he’s the guest of honor
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“I am extremely proud to announce some incredible bullshit. It is MY HONOR too announce bullshit, which we have not had for much too long. No one thought we could ever do bullshit but we did it and it is tremendous bullshit. Thank you for your attention to this matter.” Every Trump announcement
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
'Ed Sheeran and The White Privilege of Neutrality' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/ed-sheeran...
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