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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 21h
My column from Monday. On what I learned about the election — and, maybe, Alabama’s next legislative session — from reading the campaign websites of over 200 candidates for state and federal office.
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Commentary: What I learned from reading over 200 Alabama political campaign sites | Alabama Reflector
Amid the posed photos, posturing and ceaseless quests for the center, at least five trends in state elections emerged.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I just realized I forgot to post this: Here’s part 2 of my AI and National Security series: This part is focused on strategic risks, threats we aren’t yet measuring, and risk mitigation. Unlocked for everyone. www.patreon.com/AWHSBlog/pos...
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AI and National Security: Part 2 | Angry Staffer
In Part I, we talked about where AI is already changing warfare: intelligence analysis, targeting, cybersecurity, and increasingly autonomou
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
Sherrod Brown tells Scott MacFarlane about an Ohio farmer whose fertilizer costs jumped $100,000, wiping out his profit and threatening a fifth-generation family farm. “People feel betrayed.” Brown blasts Sen. Jon Husted for staying silent on tariffs, war, and soaring prices.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/10/2026
NEW: The beleaguered “grand conspiracy” case has moved back under DC control. No career prosecutors want anything to do with it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil
The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence...
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW @wired.com: Federal prosecutors have been weighing a possible perjury and obstruction case against Cassidy Hutchinson — though charges likely will not come until at least after the midterms, per people familiar www.wired.com/story/the-do...
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The DOJ Is Weighing Perjury Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson
The Justice Department is considering a perjury and obstruction of justice case against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who testified against Donald Trump to the January 6 committee.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
JUST UNSEALED: A judge ruled this week that the first Trump admin's "Remain in Mexico" policy illegally subjected thousands of people – many with meritorious asylum claims — to horrifically dangerous and violent conditions and deprived them of access to attorneys. cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/legal-doc...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey look, more blatant corruption. I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
Not happening, Donald! Just days after claiming it would be a “great discredit” if he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, the prize went to South African anti-apartheid lawyer and human rights judge Navi Pillay.
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Trump Denied Nobel Peace Prize Yet Again; Winner is South African Anti-Apartheid Judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay
Pillay was honored for her courage in defending international law and justice as a pioneering South African judge
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.
A vertical graphic on a white background displays an October 9, 2026, joint statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The full statement, presented in black serif text, reaffirms unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), strongly opposes U.S. sanctions against the Court, warns of their impact on its work, staff, and families, and pledges continued support for international justice, accountability, and the rules-based international system.Marco Rubio, mouth agape, as he announces sweeping sanctions on the ICC to try to punish them for acknowledging Bibi Netanyahu’s war crimes
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Republican candidate for Congress on Texas Brandon Herrera on women voting: “I’m not saying the 19th amendment was a mistake, I’m just saying the country went to shit after.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: We knew in April that DOJ was investigating Hutchinson. Now NBC reports they are seeking a grand jury indictment for lying to Congress. The thing is, she didn't lie to Congress. She testified truthfully about what someone else told her. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Justice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson
The former Trump aide was a star witness before the Jan. 6 committee. The case is being pursued by the Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon.
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Lowell Renold @lowellr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Last night, I made a Tik Tok quoting what our President said he wanted to happen to Los Angeles and San Diego. And my video got removed because it “violated community guidelines”. Let me repeat. My video got removed because I quoted what the President said.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
PATHETIC: Speaker Johnson and his caucus of cowardly Republicans canceled their last day of work before an eight-week recess to avoid voting on impeaching Pete Hegseth until after the midterms. Make sure to send them a letter in support of Hegseth's impeachment here: bit.ly/4iyfx9o
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 07/10/2026
Remember that “national infertility training center” the Trump administration announced last year? The $4M grant is going to an organization with ties to the Heritage Foundation and an anti-abortion doctor group that sued the FDA 👇🏼
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NEW EPISODE: ICE never wanted you to see these: internal government documents that show Homeland Security Investigations has been probing nonpartisan groups that help register citizens to vote They even went so far as to outline a plan to use undercover agents. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJoZ...
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ICE Voter Plot EXPOSED in Smoking Gun Documents
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
"What will it take for you to admit you are ever wrong?" -- Troy Jackson nails Susan Collins on her vote to confirm Kavanaugh, 8 years to the day after Collins cast the vote that doomed Roe v Wade
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't think we'll ever be done with the "I fucking told you so's." The Food Research & Action Center reported that these changes would weaken safety nets and worsen food insecurity for low-income families: frac.org/blog/project...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump is about to sell out Ukraine, basically the culmination of the 2016 influence operation, but that history has been memory holed. www.youtube.com/shorts/yDK-8...
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Trump's Team Sells Out the US
YouTube video by emptywheel
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/10/2026
Thom Tillis voted to confirm these people. Now he wants credit for telling us how terrible they are. And oh so conveniently, Thom Tillis has a new book to sell. Spare us.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Exactly 💯
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Vote Doug Jones 4 AL @petczar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He switched his position on data centers. But we know he’s lying. He’ll welcome them with open arms.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The grift never ends. He just wants to be able to charge the government even when he’s out of office
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/10/2026
While Trump was doing midterm rallies, the two men running his campaign were in a pro-Putin statelet getting paid for election advice. Trump's excuse? They're just "outside consultants." Your Wednesday Update is here:
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Wednesday Update: Camp Mar-a-David – 10/7/26
Important updates. Paywall free.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 07/10/2026
BREAKING A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center's Trump-installed board to UNSEAL the 163-page report (with redactions) on the $250M+ renovation plan and two year closure. The Board also must unseal a related Powerpoint. Doc buff.ly/E6jyjGl
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s [74] Motion to Unseal is GRANTED IN PART. The Clerk of the Court shall unseal in full the [65-2] Delta PowerPoint. Defendants shall submit to Plaintiff and the Court any proposals for narrowly tailored redactions to the [65-1] JLL Plan, accompanied by particularized and substantial written justifications, no later than October 14, 2026. Plaintiff shall file any response to the proposed redactions no later than October 19, 2026. The Court will then review the proposals and rule by separate order.
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Hold My Beer ❌👑🐸🇲🇽🇨🇦 @holdontoyourbutts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Not shocking how easy this was with this FBI where incompetence reigns supreme. Jack is really good at piecing it all together.
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Birmingham Invincible @bhminvincible.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
WTF!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Notorious VOG @notoriousvog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The newly unsealed British extradition documents against Andrew Tate are sickening. UK prosecutors allege his laptop contained extreme bestiality images and a sexualized video with an underage girl he knew was minor. This monster must be extradited to face justice immediately.
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Andrew and Tristan Tate: U.K. Details Case Against Brothers
U.K. prosecutors detail allegations of rape, trafficking, violence and coercion against Andrew and Tristan Tate in extradition filings.
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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Birmingham public radio station WBHM told its listeners in a letter from Will Dahlberg, the station’s executive director and general manager, that due to the law, which took effect October 1, the University of Alabama at Birmingham is forcing it to use the legislature’s preferred language in.
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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Alabama legislature passed a bill in requiring all state and local entities to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Trump ally, signed the bill into law.
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Public Radio Station Forced to Call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”
Rather than stand up for editorial independence, the University of Alabama at Birmingham is rolling over to Trump and his “Gulf of America.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Watch this before you go Prime Day shopping.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Police violently drag Hispanic grandmother across rough ground-injuring both arms. Witnesses yell she has a serious heart condition & was just released from hospital. Cops kneel on her chest anyway. "They dragged her like a doll," brother said. Incident occurred in Batesville, Texas
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: By driving past this pole, you agree to have your license plate photographed, stored and searched by police across the country. You never clicked "I agree." Tell Congress to ban Flock: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Ban Flock mass surveillance cameras
Contact Congress today!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: A Florida lawyer who previously pleaded guilty to illegally accessing election websites monitored the primary election in Maricopa County, Arizona for the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to records viewed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ lawyer convicted of hacking election sites monitored voting in Maricopa County, Arizona
The involvement of the two lawyers in a state where President Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results adds to concerns that the administration’s monitoring program for the fall — which it ha...
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What a sad state of affairs when a president can joke about letting Iran “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego and it barely makes news. Can you imagine the outrage if any other president said that? America – we can do better than this.
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Birmingham Invincible @bhminvincible.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
👍👍👍
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A lot of what’s happening doesn’t seem to be spreading anymore by mainstream media. A tree that stood for an estimated 150–250 years was destroyed today to make way for Trump’s border wall.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In case facts still matter…
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m loving the “well akshually he didn’t REALLY mean let Iran take out Los Angeles and San Diego” excuses today. Cool. Explain the assholes in the crowd who thought it was fucking hilarious. Deplorables wasn’t strong enough.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
NEW: On September 23rd, Cook Political Report shifted the Kansas senate race from "likely republican" to "lean republican." Today, they changed it to "toss up." www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/sen...
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A Senate Majority is Squarely in Democrats’ Sights as Kansas Moves to Toss Up; Two Other Races Shift Left
Four weeks out from Election Day, the Senate map is shifting further in Democrats’ favor — and with it, their odds of winning back the majority.While Republicans continue to have a financial edge in a...
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JUST IN: Judge Joseph Laplante (GWBush/NH) refuses to block NH state law deleting student IDs from approved list to obtain ballot, but partially blocks broader SecState guidance that student IDs can't be used as part of the registration/voting process. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We didn’t learn anything from Covid. People are already confidently calling the plague a nothingburger. Sure, we have cipro and doxycycline. The obvious concern here is that this strain was modified to be antibiotic resistant or spread more easily. We simply don’t know yet.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Job creation numbers: "The blue columns point to Biden’s presidency, while the red columns point to Trump’s..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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