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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 8h
ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons buff.ly/YJ1mAiP
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ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons
OpenAI's chatbot isn't just imitating the magazine's style. It's also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 8h
DCCC adds Arkansas' 2nd Congressional District to "Red to Blue" list of targeted seats arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/05/r...
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US House Dems’ campaign chief predicts they'll gain majority control in midterms | Arkansas Advocate
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene said during an interview Monday that curbing the war in Iran and working on legislation to address the costs of healthcare would be at t...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 8h
BREAKING: In a win for voters, a California court sided with voters with print disabilities, finding that the inability of plaintiffs to “independently return their paper ballots without assistance” violates the law. The court will hold a hearing later this month to discuss the appropriate remedy.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7h
Mexico's Sheinbaum has expressed concern about US officials overstepping norms on security cooperation.
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Mexico seeks evidence of border shooting that prompted US troop deployment
Mexico's Sheinbaum has expressed concern about US officials overstepping norms on security cooperation.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7h
The Trump administration’s goal in detaining these children, a former ORR official says, is “to make sure no one ever sends their kids to the US again.”
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Popular Information @popular.info · 7h
Popular Information is releasing PaidForBy.info, a web app that gives you unprecedented insight into who is really sending you mail — and who is paying for it. All you have to do is take a photo of the front and the back of the political mailer and upload it. Read the full story in bio.
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This tool makes everyone a campaign finance expert
Introducing PaidForBy.info, a new app created by Popular Information
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The Economist @economist.com · 7h
If mirror bacteria were created, the consequences might be irreversible. They could become wildly pathogenic and ravage human and non-human life. We explain what must be done to prevent such a fate
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Mirror life is dangerous. Regulators must act before it becomes real
Playing catch-up with the technology is not an option
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h
Republican governor candidate Bobby Charles has a history of promoting election conspiracies. He also said he plans to ask the Trump administration to send ICE agents and U.S. Marshals to polling places in November.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 9h
The announcement follows reports that Meta’s new general-purpose AI agent has been snooping on users' iMessages, calendars, and emails without permission: arstechnica.visitlink.me/5s02-A
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Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
Meta says FDA isn't sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9h
With the help of Republican officials, ICE has quietly arrested hundreds of people in Florida per day. Watch the latest dispatch from journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) out of southwest Florida:
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h
Patel reportedly regularly fields calls from the White House, specifically Stephen Miller, telling him what to do. trib.al/Y88n07H
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Guess Who Gives Kash Patel His Orders? Hint: It’s Not Just Trump.
Patel reportedly regularly fields calls from the White House, specifically Stephen Miller, telling him what to do.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 9h
Starting in 2028, there will be no way for Americans to avoid having the president’s image grace their passports.
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U.S. Passport Redesign Features ‘Non-Negotiable’ Image Of Trump—Here’s What To Know
Starting in 2028, there will be no way for Americans to avoid having the president’s image grace their passports.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 9h
The Wikimedia Foundation believes OpenAI agents edited wikis, tried to ‘exploit’ a notetaking tool, and made ‘millions’ of automated API requests. www.theverge.com/news/1004929...
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Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage
More instances of unexpected AI bot behavior.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 9h
U.S. citizens overseas are the latest voters targeted by the Trump administration. The Pentagon changed the form overseas voters use to register and request mail ballots, while removing online resources for checking voter eligibility. Don't miss out. Subscribe today: demdock.com/46JjoJp
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 9h
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Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27
The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 9h
Nearly 12,000 book bans took place in public schools over the past year, according to PEN America. Race, racism, sexuality and gender identity themes remain the most common reasons. PEN also found that school district administrators rely increasingly on AI to determine which books to ban.
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Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year, a record high, according to annual tally
Themes of race, sexuality and gender remain common reasons to ban books, as some school administrators use AI to determine what gets pulled, a new report finds.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 9h
NEW: The Trump DOJ plans to send roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places this November — and hasn't disclosed who they are, where they're going or what they've been told to do. The NAACP is now suing to force DOJ to turn over the records, citing fears of voter intimidation.
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DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 12h
Presidents don’t actually create the economies that attach to their names. …a least that’s how it was before Trump’s second term, during which the president has created his very own economic hellscape Commentary from @mattbaidc.bsky.social ⬇️
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Trump's Economic Meltdown Is the Ultimate Self-own
Presidents don't typically create the economies attached to their name. Donald Trump is not typical, and the affordability crisis is his own doing.
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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 12h
If AI is monitoring AI, and humans are tuned out, who is actually accountable when autonomous agents go off-script?
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Humans in the Loop—Or Just "Meat Tools" for AI Agents?
AI researchers discover the same problems that have plagued robotics and autonomous vehicles
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12h
UN warns US boat strikes in the Caribbean counter-drug war may violate international law and human rights principles.
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Latest US military strike on alleged drug boat kills four in Caribbean
UN warns US boat strikes in the Caribbean counter-drug war may violate international law and human rights principles.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 12h
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a case challenging a Trump administration policy that threatens millions of immigrants with mandatory and indefinite detention while fighting their court cases.
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Supreme Court will consider Trump’s mandatory immigrant detention policy • Ohio Capital Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a case challenging a Trump administration policy that threatens millions of immigrants with mandatory and indefinite detention while fighting their…
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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 12h
“We will hit that fiscal cliff next year, and that $15 million budget gap is projected to almost double,” Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said Friday. “We've busted open our piggy banks and bought ourselves one more year.”
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Anchorage Mayor LaFrance proposes relatively flat budget, warns of fiscal cliff next year
The proposed budget mostly keeps services funded at the same level, using about $12 million in one-time funding, in part, to balance a $15 million deficit.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/10/2026
Ineligible votes are exceedingly rare, yet treated as a grave threat to our elections. But when far more ballots from eligible voters get rejected over technicalities, nobody bats an eye. And the imbalance works to Trump's advantage: demdock.com/4zfOYLe
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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 04/10/2026
It's been months since Alex Pretti was killed. Across Minneapolis, however, it can feel as though little time has passed. buff.ly/UqwIjHr
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Minneapolis activists used encrypted group chats to outmaneuver ICE. Now the feds want to prosecute them.
"I think courts are going to be very suspicious of how broad this is," one Minnesota lawyer tells Reason.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 04/10/2026
“Any barrier, including one where it’s difficult to check your voter registration status, is just another reason that could lend itself to people not showing up to the polls,” Harya Tarekegn of the Mississippi Center for Justice said. buff.ly/ycLRNun
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Mississippians Ask Michael Watson to Fix Voter Registration Tool
Voters and advocates are asking the Mississippi secretary of state’s office to fix Y’all Vote, the voter registration confirmation tool.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 04/10/2026
⚡️Latvia's pro-Ukraine party wins parliamentary election by wide margin. "I congratulate Andris Kulbergs on his convincing victory in the parliamentary elections in Latvia ... Ukraine deeply appreciates Latvia's unwavering friendship and support," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 4.
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Latvia's pro-Ukraine party wins parliamentary election by wide margin
"I congratulate Andris Kulbergs on his convincing victory in the parliamentary elections in Latvia ... Ukraine deeply appreciates Latvia's unwavering friendship and support," President Volodymyr Zelen...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/10/2026
John Roberts has spent his entire career trying to kill the Voting Rights Act. Now his Republican-appointed majority is dusting off arguments once used to destroy Reconstruction to roll back the gains made during the civil rights era.
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 04/10/2026
Letter: I live in D.C. and I cannot understand why the people of Utah would send someone like Mike Lee to the Senate. With that decision you have contributed to the destruction of our country.
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Letter: Dear Utahns, why send people like Mike Lee and, potentially, Riley Owen to Washington?
Letter: I live in D.C. and I cannot understand why the people of Utah would send someone like Mike Lee to the Senate. With that decision you have contributed to the destruction of our country.
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RNS @rns.org · 04/10/2026
ALEXANDRIA, La. (RNS and Verite News) — Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up deportations, the facility — which will hold unaccompanied minors and families — is situated beside an airport that has become known as the country’s busiest hub for deportation flights.
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As ICE readies Louisiana facility for children and families, faith leaders hold vigil
ALEXANDRIA, La. (RNS and Verite News) — Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up deportations, the facility — which will hold unaccompanied minors and families — is situated beside an airport that has become known as the country’s busiest hub for deportation flights.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 04/10/2026
Mississippians should also ensure their county election officials have not purged them from the county’s voting rolls due to inactivity. Mississippi law requires purging voters who are declared inactive and do not respond to notices asking them to correct issues. buff.ly/EBFM2bu
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Mississippi Voter Registration Deadline for 2026 Election Is Oct. 5
Mississippians who want to vote in November’s general election have until Oct. 5 to register to vote or confirm their registration status.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 04/10/2026
Harya Tarekegn of the Mississippi Center for Justice has been receiving an error message from the Mississippi secretary of state office’s Y’all Vote tool every time she attempts to check her voter registration, even though she inputs the exact information in which it asks. buff.ly/ycLRNun
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Mississippians Ask Michael Watson to Fix Voter Registration Tool
Voters and advocates are asking the Mississippi secretary of state’s office to fix Y’all Vote, the voter registration confirmation tool.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 04/10/2026
Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Donald Trump returned to office, according to modeling released Friday by a nonpartisan think tank. buff.ly/7tKf5r4
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Mississippians Will Pay Higher Energy Rates Due to Trump’s Policy Changes, Think Tank Says
Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040, a nonpartisan think tank said Friday.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 04/10/2026
"The failure of liberal-minded politicians to keep government officials accountable is a cause for great fear, especially when those state actors are perceived to be actively and intentionally undermining the public’s sense of security." (from October 2025) www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politics...
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The Politics of Fear in American History
The precedents for the violence and overt use of state power we are now experiencing can be found in the 1910s and 1920s rather than the 1930s and 1940s.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 03/10/2026
2/ How the £1bn UK state contracts with Peter Thiel’s firm since 2014 that the Nerve has identified break down across departments and agencies
Graphic showing Palantir founder Peter Thiel and totals of money spent since 2014 – or due to be spent – by UK government departments and agencies. Design: Lynsey Irvine
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 02/10/2026
“The path forward is clear,” US Rep. Adelita Grijalva said. “We need to stop Trump’s economic sabotage.” story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
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Democrats target Arizona utility panel as electricity costs become a top voter issue
Arizona Corporation Commission race: Democrats hope rising electricity bills drive voters to flip the all-GOP utility panel
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 03/10/2026
If they win, the Democrats would push to expand Medicare coverage to include dental, vision and hearing benefits.
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Medicare update: Major changes proposed by Democrats if they win midterms
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Euronews @euronews.com · 03/10/2026
From ocean waste to fabric: inside Spain’s sustainable fashion revolution ➡️ l.euronews.com/6ZWz
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Verite News @veritenews.org · 03/10/2026
Faith leaders and residents marched and prayed in Alexandria, opposing a new immigration facility for families and children. Watch a minute from the Oct. 1 vigil. ow.ly/S9AT50ZU9TR
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/10/2026
A CNN investigation has found that while Jared Kushner acted as a key Middle East peace negotiator, his private equity firm held the largest stake in an Israeli company backing businesses tied to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, including its largest arms manufacturer. cnn.it/4AIwBQs
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 03/10/2026
Today, over 230 people have been killed by the U.S. military in airstrikes against vessels only suspected of having drugs on board. trib.al/NVjePMz
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America Has Turned on Trump. But Has It Really Said No to Fascism?
Polling shows the president in free fall. Unfortunately, a number of his most reactionary policies still have disturbing levels of support.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
In a move that Sen. Elizabeth Warren has decried as a “clear conflict of interest and corruption,” one of the Trump Family’s most lucrative businesses is on its way to becoming a bank. And it’s set to be regulated by a government entity whose leader was appointed by, you guessed it…Donald Trump.
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Why Trump's crypto business wants to become a bank
Elizabeth Warren decries the first family's latest crypto play as a "clear conflict of interest and corruption."
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 01/10/2026
"Federal agents engaged in a persistent and systematic pattern of flagrantly unconstitutional, indiscriminately abusive and frequently criminal acts during 'Operation Metro Surge,' " law professor Michael Stokes Paulsen writes.
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Opinion | Months later, legal accountability for Operation Metro Surge has finally begun
"Federal immigration agents are not above our laws. Those who commit crimes must be held responsible."
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 30/09/2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday banning local, state and federal law enforcement officers from using gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to people. to.pbs.org/4AUIDXc
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Newsom signs California law banning officers from using gloves that deliver electric shocks
In California, lawmakers passed at least two dozen bills this year seeking to fortify immigrants' rights, restrict cooperation with federal immigration agents and tighten regulations on immigrant dete...
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 30/09/2026
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Tuesday joined the flurry of lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s plan to open a nearly 1,200-bed immigrant detention center northeast of Denver.
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Colorado sues Trump administration in effort to block new ICE detention center from opening
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Wrangler @blueincochise.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
no way would i visit anything that scumbag ’unveils’
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Pasquines @pasquines.us · 30/09/2026
Former Vice President @kamalaharris.com's recent public statements have pushed the Puerto Rico status debate back into the national spotlight—and this time, the partisan landscape around it looks different from any point in recent memory.
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Harris is talking about Puerto Rico statehood. Will it matter?
The question of Puerto Rico's political status has been debated for more than a century without resolution. Former Vice President Kamala Harris's recent public statements have pushed that debate back into the national spotlight—and this time, the partisan landscape around it looks different from any point in recent memory. Puerto Rico has been a United...
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Wrangler @blueincochise.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Thos is inhumane, cruel, viscious.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/29/r...
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Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find • Ohio Capital Journal
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call…
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026
Iowa farmers are desperately trying to tell leaders how difficult the economy has become for small business owners. Instead of listening, Trump blames Democrats for high prices and calls polls showing competitive Congressional races "fake."
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Trump says the polls are “fake.” Iowa farmers say they’re “bleeding money.”
As Republicans face competitive midterm races, Iowa farmers sound the alarm over soaring costs.
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