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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22h
Donors of $333 million to the ballroom include "contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member." From @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4yiUDPx
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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Pigs and thugs.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026
If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026
"What Trump is doing now is next level. He’s not just attacking Somali residents. Rather, he’s calling for Minnesotans to attack them as well. And of course, it’s all based on absolute lies." — @snipy.bsky.social
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Trump wants a race war. Minnesotans won’t take the bait.
We love our Somali neighbors.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“[Ms. Greene] forwarded copies of the threats to [Donald Trump], hoping that seeing the threats against her family would be enough to tone down the attacks. “She got a five-word reply from the president: ‘Your fault, you deserve it.’ …
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026
"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender" www.theatlantic.com/idea/2026/10...
theatlantic.com
Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Who could’ve predicted it?
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Executing a search warrant while early voting is underway in Minnesota, on an old, moldy "crime" is all you need to know about the motivation here. Absolutely no reason not to wait until the second week of November. It's abundantly clear that this is about politics, not a legitimate prosecution.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I thought Trump’s tariffs were specifically designed to dramatically reduce this number to zero.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Once again, Dunning and Kruger for the win.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If Trump just takes money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose & seizes it to use it for an entirely different purpose, what is the point of having a Congress or appropriating money for anything? I’m sure the Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins must be concerned.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Judge had the discretion to dismiss WITHOUT prejudice but in a censure of how prosecutors played loose & fast with what they knew to be the evidence in this case, has dismissed WITH prejudice. The gov’t is out of business in this one.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So far Trump has tried to rig the midterms by: 1. Attempted to nationalize voter registration & voting requirements. 2. Mid-decade gerrymanders. 3. Tried to use the USPS to obstruct mail-in balloting. 4. Used taxpayer money for ads. 5. Intimidation of election officials.
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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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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo.
Michael Weiss: Why, that’s Ali Abdelaziz is on the far left. Manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters including Khamzat Chimaev, who is close to Kadyrov. Abdelaziz was an FBI informant until the Bureau dropped him because they suspected he was a double agent. Looks like Ka$h (far right) has forgiven and forgotten. These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The Supreme Court’s decision Friday to revive the Trump administration’s expanded SAVE database for the midterms also suggests the justices may be eager to weaken one of federal law’s most important safeguards against last-minute voter purges." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
In SAVE ruling, Supreme Court signals path to weaken key protection against last-minute purges
A crucial voter protection could hinge on whether the Supreme Court wants to narrow the definition of “systematic” as applied to purges. And there’s reason to fear that it does.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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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/...
democracydocket.com
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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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Don’t worry, GOP! Turning the triumphal arch into an ammunition dump will certainly turn these numbers around!!
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump's panicking about the widespread revulsion against his Arch, and is trying to cloak it in national security to jam it through or go around the normal approval process. It's even more important to stop it now, as a test case of not letting him use "national security" to justify illegal acts.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
MS NOW, CNN & Politico announced they will sue the White House today for banning them, legend 1st and 5th amendment violations.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 17/09/2026
An important step towards accountability and justice.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hello. This is your reminder that the Russians secretly paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s private island wedding reception. The entire family is on the take and they believe the American people are suckers who won’t care. We care.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“This Court will continue to do whatever is required to protect the rule of law, including, if necessary, the use of criminal contempt. One way or another, ICE will comply with this Court’s orders.” joycevance.substack.com/p/my-patienc...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it?
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/09/2026
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are all smiles as they meet with Putin in the Kremlin (Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty)
pic of Kushner shaking hands with Putinpic of Kushner and Witkoff smiling
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’m just glad Kushner and Witkoff weren’t around to negotiate a “win-win” for Germany and Japan in 1942.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
So now we’re supposed to hate Canada and love Putin? That’s where we are at with this corrupt gangster government?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026
Newsom: "He's not screwing around. He wasn't screwing around when he called Greg Abbott for 5 seats, said he was entitled to 5 seats. Why does he do that? Because he knows he's going to lose the election unless he rigs the election before one vote is cast. That is what we're up against."
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cbarcus.bsky.social @cbarcus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Russian envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff return to Moscow for further instructions on how to advance the Kremlin’s interests.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday that ICE agents could enter polling places to make arrests this November, raising fresh concerns about the Trump administration contemplating actions that federal law has long prohibited. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
DHS chief says ICE could make arrests at polling places — ignoring federal ban on armed agents at voting sites
Under federal law, an official who orders, brings or keeps “troops or armed men” at a location where a general or special election is taking place can face up to five years in prison and disqualificat...
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Teddy Amenabar @teddyamen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
NEW: In internal meetings, top USPS officials expressed concerns about new mail voting rules. One repeated concern regarded how to avoid invalidating an entire batch of ballots if one voter among thousands couldn’t be confirmed as eligible. www.propublica.org/article/mail...
propublica.org
New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement
In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
UPDATE: Katie Phang makes new argument to the judge, seeking court order for Todd Blanche to turn over more of the Epstein Files =====>
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ken Paxton has spent more than a decade running from debates. He said he’d debate James Talarico. Then he missed deadline after deadline. Today Talarico accepted CNN’s invitation. Paxton still hasn’t. A coward who won’t stand on a stage and answer questions isn’t ready to represent Texas.
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Talarico accepts CNN debate invitation. Will Ken Paxton join him?
Paxton’s campaign says he plans to debate, but he has not publicly committed to the invitations Talarico has accepted.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026
Wow -- Lutnick is pressed on his corruption KERNEN: The perception is you're sitting at Commerce & able to control what Cantor is getting in fees w/ your sons running it. It looks like a conflict LUTNICK: It's just not. I'm no longer involved in my own companies & this is just minor stuff anyway
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cbarcus.bsky.social @cbarcus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Maybe Putin likes Witkoff and Kushner because they do his bidding? Trump has handed US foreign policy over to a hostile foreign power…
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A whistleblower has just confirmed our fears.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/09/2026
War criminal Putin flaunting his newest yacht camouflaged as a “salvage ship.” We should be working to seize this damned thing. youtu.be/3oUp81DmW0U?...
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Vessel Connected to Vladimir Putin: Voevoda On The Move | Marine News
YouTube video by SuperYacht & Marine News
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hegseth has taken out more American generals than Iranian ones.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 31/08/2026
A fuel supplier says $4M in gas vanished from its reserves, unpaid. Some allegedly ended up at "Freedom Fuel" stations Trump pitched as cheap gas amid his Iran conflict spiking oil prices. Sound familiar? I fought against Trump's lies when he turned them against our democracy. (Link in reply)
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Speaker Mike Johnson is literally #2 in the line of succession to the presidency. And he says he's "literally not qualified" to discuss major issues at the Pentagon?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🚨EMERGENCY EPISODE: A bombshell whistleblower complaint, submitted to Sen. Richard Blumenthal's office, reveals that the U.S. Postal Service allegedly kept building a new system to restrict mail-in ballots even after federal courts ordered it to stop it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySb4...
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BREAKING: Whistleblower Exposes Trump's Secret USPS Plan to Reject Thousands of Ballots at Once
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submitted his resignation to the White House on Monday after months of disagreements with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the firings of senior officers and the service’s priorities. (POLITICO)
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Army secretary resigns after tension with Hegseth
Dan Driscoll, in submitting his resignation, brought up concerns with the direction of the Army.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"The idea that this hub, built over decades, was significantly degraded in the space of a few days by a regional player is unimaginable. "That the US could not prevent and defend against a predictable attack on a Fleet Headquarters is quite startling." www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2026...
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The devastation of NSA Bahrain is a national security warning
Opinion: If NSA Bahrain is not reconstituted to pre-attack capabilities, it will fundamentally change how the U.S. Navy operates, the author of this op-ed writes.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts refused to lift a temporary order preventing the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from further implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order attacking mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Federal judge won’t lift temporary block on Trump’s anti-mail voting order
"Defendants’ branding the Final Rule’s changes as ‘modest’ does not alter the actual requirements of the Final Rule," Judge Talwani wrote.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/08/2026
Mike Rogers describes Egypt as "home" for Abdul El-Sayed (El-Sayed was in fact born in Michigan)
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