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Voting rights groups are suing Texas after the state failed to process more than 500,000 voter registration applications submitted through the Texas Department of Public Safety’s web portal.

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Texas sued for failing to process 500,000+ voter registrations

Voting rights groups are asking a judge to enforce a 2021 settlement aimed at providing reliable online registration through DPS.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 3h

every sycophantic senator who brought up the national security aspect of the arch and ballroom should be publicly shamed and shunned for the rest of their lives never a moments peace for this

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 3h

I'll have a livestream update on "hot Santa Ana" wind event & associate fire weather threat across parts of California at 4pm PT on Thu, Oct 15. I'll discuss where recent rains have--and have not--meaningfully mitigated risk, and assess any active fires.

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Live update: "Hot Santa Ana" wind event & autumn fire weather threat Thu-Fri in parts of California - YouTube

The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive #weather and #climate-focused "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain. 10/15/2026 topic: I...

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Natural Resources Committee Democrats @naturalresources.bsky.social · 6h

NEW: A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to stop cutting down trees at the historic East Potomac Park after crews felled about 430 trees in one day. The Park Service has been quietly handing out contracts to remake the public course into a luxury championship venue for Trump.

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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 6h

There's a reason that, in movies, the guys in expensive suits who show up to chop down trees and bulldoze a public park to build a golf course are the villains. East Potomac Park belongs to the American people, not a president who thinks our public lands are part of his golf course portfolio.

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 8h

“Food price inflation is going to accelerate. When you do the margin math for manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, it’s really hard to see how food prices aren’t going to bump up in the next two, three months.“ www.ft.com/content/1392...

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US grocery prices poised to climb as soaring fuel costs drive inflation

Food manufacturers warn of impact on consumers ahead of midterm elections

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Emily @emilyyour8.bsky.social · 7h

I have so many questions. Why would a US Senate candidate send his wife out to bribe voters at a gas station with two gallons of gas? Why would anyone sell their vote for two lousy gallons of gas? Why is she dressed like Captain Janeway in stripper heels?

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting. If you choose to believe him.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

CATO has a “Government Ownership Dashboard”: “.. 35 equity-stake deals since last June.” @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.cato.org/restoring-fr...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h

Here's what Cato's chart looks like.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h

In a communist system, the government owns the means of production. The Cato Institute is tracking how the Trump regime is steadily acquiring shares of private companies, taking ownership of the means of production.

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Government Ownership Dashboard

This tool tracks every deal announced by the US government to acquire an equity stake in a private US company, including the terms of each deal and primary source documents, if any.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Your Quick Primer on Katie Zacharia’s False Claim to Have Taken the Bar Exam in China talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/your-...

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Your Quick Primer on Katie Zacharia’s False Claim to Have Taken the Bar in China

Since I was revising the post below as I got more information,...

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: A complaint has been filed with the California Bar against White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, citing Popular Information’s reporting, for “the Unauthorized Practice of Law and for Holding Herself Out as Entitled to Practice Law.”

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Gotta admire the way they slipped 'occasionally' into that deck hed

Trump's new spokeswoman is a 'devoted fan' who lived in Beijing and speaks Chinese White House press secretary worked at a leading Chinese law firm and learned enough of the language to occasionally surprise people 'L) 3-MIN READ

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

1/ US regulators were ordered by a Trump Administration political appointee to stop investigating suspected insider trading relating to Donald Trump's March 23 announcement that he wouldn't bomb Iranian power plants. The move is said to be "unheard of". ⬇️

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades

Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/10/2026

1/ If you’re in D.C. for AUSA’s conference, we want to hear from you. We’ve been reporting on the $1 trillion dollar black hole of the U.S. military budget, and we’re looking for insiders to help us find out: Is all of that money really making our country safer?

A D.C. bus stop advertisement reads: The defense budget is $1,000,000,000,000. Is all that money getting soldiers what they need? If you have a tip about defense spending, you can contact ProPublica securely: propublica dot org slash tips. Write us on Signal: 917-512-0201. The illustration on the ad shows a huge stack of coins rising out of the Pentagon.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/10/2026

of all the people who should not want to play this particular game, jd vance is at the top of the list

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 10h

Trump officials block the release of detailed IRS data showing the real-world impact of GOP tax cuts ahead of the midterms. Withholding the numbers hides who benefits from overtime and tip deductions as the Internal Revenue Service waits on political clearance from the Treasury Department.

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Administration delays release of IRS data showing impact of GOP tax cuts

The tax agency was supposed to release detailed data on this year's filing season in July. Months later, it's still unpublished.

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taxgirl @taxgirl.bsky.social · 10h

New Social Security numbers are out! Benefits will rise 3.6% in 2027—about $75 more per month for the average retired worker. But what about Medicare premiums, taxes, and the higher Social Security wage base? Here’s what you need to know: www.taxgirl.com/2026/10/14/s...

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Social Security Benefits Will Rise 3.6% In 2027. Here’s What That Means For You | Taxgirl

Social Security benefits will rise 3.6% in 2027. See how the COLA affects monthly checks, taxes, Medicare premiums, and earnings limits.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 12h

boy Trump fucked the American auto industry. first he yanks their EV subsidies, leading them to slash production and write off tens of billions in investment, then he jacks up the price of oil by 50%, leading to skyrocketing EV demand going almost entirely to China bc GM et al left the market

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 05/10/2026

ICE technology is a dead man walking

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

Carl Quintanilla: Real average hourly earnings down 0.7% on the month, that's the sixth straight month... Jim Cramer: Look, rich people are making a lot of money. God, I sound like Marx. I really don't want to sound like Marx. It's just, look at the data.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11h

meanwhile: bsky.app/profile/pale...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11h

if Trump does manage to catalyze the destruction of fossil capital (politically speaking) the Marxist histories of this era written 40 years from now are going to be magnificent

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 12h

Meta rolled out Muse, which it's marketing as a cute and cuddly new AI personal assistant. It has a much darker reality. This AI agent is building a backlog of files on you that Meta can access. You're opening the door for your data to potentially get stolen.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 14h

Scoop: "More than half of the top holders listed as competing for seats at President Trump's next meme coin dinner have used cryptocurrency exchanges that prohibit U.S. customers" @gabekaminsky.bsky.social, Madeline May,Steve Reilly for @cbsnews.com

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Top bidders to attend Trump meme coin dinner appear to be based in foreign countries

At least 52 $TRUMP holders moved funds through crypto exchanges that bar U.S. customers.

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 12h

Fascinating tidbit in this interview with former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont), he says that Texas Republicans anti-transgender ads aren't "resonating." "What Republicans are talking about is just not what the swing voter is really interested in." www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

DP: We’re still running transgender ads. It’s just not resonating. $100 million in ads, $125 million in ads, and nothing’s moved the needle here in Texas in a month in the Senate race. Let’s be honest. The 8 to 10 percent of voters in the middle who are going to decide this election, when they hear stuff about boys in girls’ sports, they don’t even know what you’re talking about. This never happened in their communities, and they’ve been hearing about it for so many years, and so many other people have been accused of it. What Republicans are talking about is just not what the swing voter is really interested in.

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

If you're wondering why Flock leaves cameras up after a contract end, part of their business model and marketing strategy is being able to advertise that their customers can access data from cameras all over the country. You may have canceled your contract, but the cameras still fuel the system.

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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 15h

European Starlink customers are watching, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski warned Elon Musk after Ukraine reported new restrictions on military terminals. www.kyivpost.com/post/87041

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Poland Challenges Musk as Starlink Limits Disrupt Ukraine

Sikorski asks whether Musk is “playing politics” after Ukrainian officials report unexpected Starlink restrictions that disrupted military missions.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14h

Inflation ran at a rate of 3.7% last month. And that was despite the Fed raising interest rates. It’s been at least 3.4% every month since Trump attacked Iran. To put that in perspective: In the supposedly horrific year of 2024, monthly inflation averaged 2.9% and was trending down rather than up.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I’m sorry, did a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate just ‘Won’t somebody think of the neo-Nazis?’ during a live TV debate?

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Third ME Senate debate: Jackson's answer to a question about heating costs references difficulties his family had when he was a kid keeping the furnace going. Mentions Iran War. Says ME's electricity costs are higher than NH due to war, large size of ME and costs. #mepolitics

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Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

If someone is thinking, "I want to discuss sports. Let me open a sports app," I don't want them to go to the white supremacist app and have their brains boiled by the algorithm. The only power I personally have is to not be on that app, providing them content for free.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Judge’s order: Musk engaged in intimidation of ex-FEMA CFO Mary Comans, clears her name www.cnbc.com/2026/10/13/j... Musk accused her of “criminal action” and of funneling millions to house undocumented immigrants in Manhattan hotels…

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Judge says Musk engaged in intimidation of ex-FEMA CFO Mary Comans, clears her name

Ex-FEMA CFO Mary Comans' name was cleared by a federal judge after Elon Musk and other government officials falsely accused her of criminal actions in 2025.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Update: There is a rapidly emerging fire weather threat in parts of SoCal Thu-Fri in places that have not seen significant recent precip (esp. western LA metro). A warm Santa Ana event will bring strong, gusty winds even to lower elevs, but vegetation moisture highly variable.

Fire weather risk map from NWS Los Angeles depicting high (level 3 of 4) risk specifically across western LA metro on Thursday.

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Victor Jack @victorjack.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In a new poll across 8 European countries, 46.2% opposed higher defense spending if it meant higher taxes; 35.5% supported it. NATO officials worry far-right parties could turn cost-of-living concerns into opposition to rearmament and aid for Ukraine. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

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Far-right surge threatens Europe’s drive to rearm

Insurgent far-right parties are seizing on cost-of-living grievances and waning support for defense spending.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

🚨🚨 #NATO’s top commander #US General Alexus Grynkewich yesterday vowed to block, blunt and break any #Russian attack as part of a new “Theory of Victory,” and underlined that alliance troops would fight even if US forces were engaged elsewhere. www.politico.eu/article/nato...