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Cassimira

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Filling my cup with moxie and gumption, filling my heart with rebellion

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5h
I argued that that lawsuit by 9 FBI Agents fired bc they worked on the stolen documents case has an impeachment referral stuck in the middle of it. emptywheel.net/2026/10/16/t...
The outline of the lawsuit 9 FBI agents filed against Kash Patel yesterday. I've pointed to these sections claiming they are an impeachment referral.

C. While Still a Private Citizen, Defendant Patel Injected Himself into Plasmic Echo: This section describes Kash’s public blabbing in 2022, his subpoena to testify (served by Linton), his immunized testimony, a subpoena investigators obtained for Kash’s communications around the same time, his partying at the Olympics, and his attempt to use the subpoena as an excuse to fire the plaintiffs to distract from his partying.
As part of this section, it describes Kash’s claims to Congress on March 19 and September 15 about why he fired the plaintiffs, and then describes the public evidence those claims are false.
E. Plaintiffs Are Summarily Terminated: Having already described how Kash lied about why he fired plaintiffs (and provided some of the proof that he did lie), the complaint then describes how each plaintiff was terminated, naming the FBI managers who affirmatively told plaintiffs they were not being fired for cause, explaining to anyone who might want to know how to find proof that Kash lied to Congress.
Along with individualized descriptions of how each plaintiff was terminated (which is necessary for the lawsuit), this section also describes how, the day after Kash’s debauchery in Italy, the corrupt FBI Agent who spied on Jim Comey’s Attorney-Client communications, Miles Starr, took steps to find out who was on the stolen documents case. This is necessary to substantiate the claim that Kash fired plaintiffs because of his own embarrassment, but it important for other reasons.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h
I posted this the day BEFORE Stephen Miller started trying to scapegoat people (like Susie Wiles) when everyone knows that if the GOP loses Texas, he is primarily to blame. emptywheel.net/2026/10/14/s...
emptywheel.net
Stephen Miller Desperate to Stave Off Accountability for Losing Texas - emptywheel
A Zeteo profile of Stephen Miller suggests he's panicked that Democrats will come after him. If his gulag leads to Republicans losing Texas, Democrats may not have that chance.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h
Does arresting the wife of an enlisted man and mother of four US citizen children, a person who’s been here since she was 6 years old, make our country great again?
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
In final days of midterm campaigns, another headwind is forming against GOP incumbents Voters are getting slammed by surging utility bills Just filed ====> youtu.be/jeeFZlwrNsI?...
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Trump FREAKS OUT as Dem FIGHTS HIGH PRICES!
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 6h
NEW: Cook Political Report forecast shifts more U.S. House races toward Democrats Including in Ohio
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
When you see all these corrupt, ridiculously unqualified and incompetent Trump officials in action, realize that it is only possible because Republicans have the majority in the senate and voted to confirm them. The only way to stop it is to take that majority away.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h
Iowa Josh Turek (D): $12 million Ashley Hinson (R): $3 million North Carolina Roy Cooper (D): $20 million Michael Whatley (R): $2 million Kansas Adam Hamilton (D): $11 million Roger Marshall (R): $800,000
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h
Ohio Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D): $23 million Jon Husted (R): $5 million Maine Troy Jackson (D): $20.4 million Susan Collins (R): $5.2 million Alaska Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D): $17 million Dan Sullivan (R): $2 million
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h
Q3 Senate fundraising comparisons: Texas James Talarico (D): $64 million Ken Paxton (R): $18 million Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff (D): $33.1 million Mike Collins (R): $2.8 million Michigan Abdul El-Sayed (D): $30.7 million Mike Rogers (R): $9.7 million
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 14/10/2026
A new $20M+ lawsuit against CBS News says Bari Weiss' network "traded the truth for clicks and profit" when it allegedly falsely portrayed a 15-year-old Md. teen as a Reflecting Pool vandal. @TheDesk.net breaks the story thedesk.net/2026/10/teen...
thedesk.net
Teen files $20 million lawsuit against CBS News over vandalism story
The lawsuit claims defamation and invasion of privacy after the teen was wrongly identified as a suspect in the vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23h
BREAKING: In an interview w/Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec, White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia admits that despite describing herself repeatedly as a lawyer and working as General Counsel for a non-profit she has never been licensed to practice law and failed the California bar.
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Cassimira @cassimiras.bsky.social · 16h
Can you practice the law or just consult? #NotALawyer
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
My family and I were worshipping at our Hindu temple in Aurora on Sunday when a white supremacist attempted a mass shooting targeting Indian Americans. I'm grateful to those who prevented a tragedy, but we must all come together to confront the hatred that put so many innocent lives at risk.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I had no idea how much Truth Social had hemorrhaged users. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Truth Social faces a sharp decline in traffic
The platform averaged about 260,000 daily users last month, down from a peak of 420,000 in June 2025.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 20h
🧊✈️ HOW IT ALL STARTED 👀 “I figured if they’re trying to hide [the flights], then we should definitely be looking at them closer. It’s not a classified military mission. You’re just doing a law enforcement function, supposedly.” – JJ in DC
progressive.org
Flight Trackers Against ICE
How a loose network of individuals who track flights built a powerful tool for immigrant detainees and their supporters.
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Cassimira @cassimiras.bsky.social · 16h
Couldnt be A tech city where the tech oligarch makes the rules. Surely not in Texas
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h
BEND, OREGON: “Three children and one adult are dead following a reported active shooter situation at Silver Rail Elementary… suspected active shooter is also dead.” Another American nightmare. katu.com/news/local/b...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Troy Jackson to Susan Collins: "I don't have Donald Trump getting me out of investigations like you do"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18h
NEW: The order to throttle Starlink (Starshield) came from the White House to the Pentagon. I still think Elon was involved, though. He’s currently a Pentagon employee as well www.reuters.com/world/europe...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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Cassimira @cassimiras.bsky.social · 16h
I don’t want people to go to prison for the orders I gave them that were not legal #TrumpTranslation #TrumpCorruption
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Cassimira @cassimiras.bsky.social · 16h
Do you think he says that to his wife?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
JD Vance calls El-Sayed "a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show a little gratitude"
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ThereItGoes @thereitgoes.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The guy who is making a million an hour during his second term or hundreds of thousands depending on how one calculates it, the guy who wants us to pay for his political advertisements and not his pac, that guy takes $10 from people who probably don't have a bank account or much more than $10.
A postal money order for $10.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22h
WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI agents and analysts fired for their roles in the Trump classified files investigation sue to get their jobs back.
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Cassimira @cassimiras.bsky.social · 17h
But the Trump Magats would never make up lies 🤨 #TrumpLost2020 #EpsteinFiles #TrumpCoupAttempt #TrumpsPerfectCall #Stormy #EJeanCarroll #bigbeautifulbill
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23h
There's still a ton of military stuff at what used to be Rome AFB. To not know that should be DQing.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22h
Oh. Zampolli's out.
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@shannonkreports
New: Paolo Zampolli has been dismissed from his position at the State Department, according to a U.S. official. 

“Paolo was notified today that his status as an envoy has been terminated and he is no longer a government employee,” the official said.

Zampolli is a longtime friend of President Trump & first introduced him to Melania. The firing comes on the heels of Politico's report re: his months long feud with Deputy Sec of State Landau.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22h
Having tried to throw out 81M votes in 2020, Trump is going to settle for trying to throw out 23M votes in 2026.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
MORE: NYT was unable to find a law license for Katie Zacharia in California — or anywhere else she has lived in the United States. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...
nytimes.com
Katie Zacharia Is Trump’s New Press Secretary. But Is She a Lawyer?
Katie Zacharia told The New York Times that the confusion over her legal credentials was the result of one big misunderstanding.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
NEW Miami Herald: Two women have filed a federal civil lawsuit accusing Matt Gaetz and two others of participating in an alleged sex trafficking scheme involving young women, drugs and traveling across state lines. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
miamiherald.com
Ex-Florida congressman Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking young women
The lawsuit alleges the two women were supplied with drugs, traveled across state lines and were paid to have sex with men, including Gaetz.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Trump has directed his White House counsel to examine explosive allegations: Ex-Trump attorney Alina Habba told Trump that another one of his top advisers — former Kennedy Center leader Ric Grenell — failed to deposit a multimillion-dollar donation that her billionaire husband made to the center.
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Exclusive: White House probes claims of missing Kennedy Center money in "MAGA blood feud"
"If there is missing money, this is a big, big problem," a senior administration official said.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
WSJ:  Katie Zacharia has never passed the bar exam in the U.S.. She failed the test in California in 2011. Once she moved to China, she served as an international legal consultant, which did not require passing the bar.
wsj.com
Exclusive | White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass Bar Exam
Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/10/2026
Sen. Angus King says he sat down and made a list of everything Putin could possibly want from an American president. His conclusion about Trump? “This guy, this president, is doing almost all of them.” King then goes through the list. WATCH.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
WSJ: Ken Paxton partied in Dubai on New Year's Eve 2024 with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn't his wife. Paxton is the top law enforcement official in Texas.
wsj.com
Exclusive | Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race
Trump backed the scandal-plagued Paxton in one of the riskiest bets of the midterms
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: Judge Kelly just granted the preliminary injunction requested by the news orgs banned by the Trump White House. This ruling indefinitely reverses the ban against MS NOW, CNN, and Politico while their lawsuit continues.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation accelerated last month to 3.7% in a sign that prices remain elevated as midterm elections near.
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Cassimira @cassimiras.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Hmmm I wonder why
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The Campaign for Accountability, a watchdog group, has filed a complaint with the State Bar of California asking for an investigation into White House press secretary Katie Zacharia over her claims that she's a lawyer after reports surfaced that she's not licensed to practice law in any state.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
NEW: November will decide the super important officials in charge of running elections. These are the people who'll oversee the next presidential race. This is true in *35* states, so we at Bolts broke down each state one by one. Notably: election deniers running to take over swing states, again.
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These 35 States Are Deciding Who’ll Run Their Elections - Bolts
Upon retaking the White House, Donald Trump demanded that states share sensitive voter data with federal agencies—a key step in his broader project of controlling and manipulating election administrat...
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
JUST IN: Mag. judge in EDVA clears former FEMA CFO Mary Comans of claims she directed tens of millions in payments for housing undocumented immigrants in NYC. Judge: Statements by Musk & others were 'little more than state-sanctioned intimidation.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Y’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...
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ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEO
Surveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Elon Musk committing election fraud agan. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/10/p...
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Elon Musk’s PAC is spreading inaccurate voting information, election officials say | CNN Politics
Election officials in Colorado and Washington state have issued public warnings about inaccurate information from the group tied to Musk.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Obama ad for Scott Colom in MS Senate race, which could be winnable if Black voters come out post-Callais. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXc...
youtube.com
President Obama to Mississippi Voters: “Send Scott Colom to the U.S. Senate”
YouTube video by Scott Colom
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Yes, yes, the authoritarian president is leading a hate-filled rally in which he urges his followers to physically assault protesters but do NOT call any of these people Nazis or you will make David Brooks sad.
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
just a casual reminder that inciting violence against his political opponents and others he dislikes has been a core feature of Donald Trump's approach for more than a decade. It is a defining characteristic of Trump and his movement, but rarely centered as such by corporate media.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: NYT reviewed time-stamped images from a security camera at James Talarico's home, which were provided by his campaign. The images showed Talarico at the home between Oct. 1 and Oct. 8.
nytimes.com
Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely bef...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
1. Trump’s new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is a prolific user of Truth Social where she regularly promoted Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracies, accusing elites in the Democratic Party and Hollywood of running child sex rings and eating people.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Unmarked lunatics with guns attack your car when your kid is with you— you drive off too. Anyone who say otherwise is a liar. They almost killed the kid. What the fuck are we doing? 😳🇺🇸
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/10/2026
NEW from me: The National Association of Evangelicals (along with several other religious groups) are now joining the USCCB in condemning Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth’s plans to publicly execute Nidal Malik Hasan, also saying doing so promotes a “culture of death.” religionnews.com/2026/10/09/h...
Walter Kim, president of the National
Association of Evangelicals, told RNS that while he affirms the "need for justice" regarding Hasan's crime, "at the same time, a live-streamed execution by firing squad risks turning one of the state's most solemn responsibilities into a public spectacle, promoting a culture of death, rather than a culture that upholds the dignity of every human being."
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