Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7hFour-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 1161959904
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 13hUNREAL: Senate Republicans and John Fetterman Block Measure To Probe Killings of Nine Americans by Israelis in West Bank. Yep these Republicans and Fetterman voted to protect Israel over US citizens. This is TREASONOUS! www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...mediaite.comSenate Republicans and John Fetterman Block Measure To Probe Killings of Nine Americans by Israelis in West BankSenate Republicans voted almost unanimously against a measure that would require the State Department to investigate Israeli violence in the West Bank that, since 2022, has resulted in the deaths of a... 26337173
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18hI hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career. 1107150884277
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Judging by a quick look at Twitter, the right has decided just to pretend that Eric Schmitt did not, in fact, just shoot himself in the dick and that he totally owned Jack Smith. 601511215
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026"it certainly sounds like the US government through the DFC is being used leverage a deal for business pals of the Trump family." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/us-ta...talkingpointsmemo.comUS Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family CroniesThis has gotten very little attention, as far as I can tell.... 418190
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Pentagon never disclosed that eight US Marines were injured when an Iranian cruise missile hit their vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on September 14, NBC reports. Injuries were eventually added to the casualty record with no announcement ten days later. 501602648
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“I’ve heard people dismiss Trump’s mendacity with a shrugging “they all lie,” but we are witnessing a rare, very possibly once-in-a-lifetime political liar.”cnn.comI started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN PoliticsTen years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ... 821572438
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 27/09/2026"America was designed with dangers like Donald Trump in mind... We are watching America’s first real challenger to its systems, safety nets and security against a leader resembling a mad English king." Read more from Oscar Robshaw here: bit.ly/3TbWjvX 581070273
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialOSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026According to intelligence reports, Putin is preparing to expand the war to other countries, - Zelenskyy. 12410
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Donald Trump: the world's biggest hypocrite. 58754225
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23/09/20261. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 11 other Democratic AGs had Paramount and the Ellisons over a barrel. They had secured a restraining order against the merger with Paramount and their negotiating position was about to get even stronger. Then, Bonta threw in the towel. 31927290
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialNick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...wsj.comExclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against ParamountThe California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs. 24741311665
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Thank California Democrats, those great "centrists" and the great white hope Gavin Newsom! www.semafor.com/article/09/2...semafor.comExclusive: Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investmentA cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base. 34393121
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 23/09/2026Gavin Newsom thank you so much 860394
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Welp. According to Semafor, David Ellison has discussed bringing Elon Musk on as an investor in Paramount's merger with Warner Bros., which could mean Musk could have a stake in CBS News and CNN. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...semafor.comExclusive: Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investmentA cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base. 2112086793
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026"The FBI in 2025 under President Trump shut down an inquiry into allegations that a political adviser to Senator Susan Collins had participated in a scheme to funnel illegal campaign contributions from a defense contractor seeking lucrative federal contracts"nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins (Gift Article)The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 912157785
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/09/2026In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Susan Collins “is not delivering for Maine so much as she is delivering up Maine to the Trump agenda,” Michelle Cottle writes.nyti.msOpinion | Susan Collins’s Luck May Be Running OutThe independence and moderation of Maine’s Republican senator hardly matters anymore. 1712027
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.social Zachary J. Smith @vocabulist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026SCOTUS’s majority has weakened campaign finance laws so much that it might consider all of this legal. And I’m not being snarky. 11115
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialZeteo @zeteo.com · 22/09/2026Israel seems to be paying for an AI-generated website to influence AI-chatbots to generate pro-Israel answers, @premthakker.bsky.social reports. Read more - zeteo.com/p/scoop-isra... 39547
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialMike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 22/09/2026F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 0127
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 410113456033
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialCollins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026When you're Susan Collins and you've lost the Bangor Daily News... #MEpolitics 1378
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialThe Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The FBI was preparing a major bribery investigation that could have implicated Susan Collins, but it was scrapped soon after Trump returned to the White House.thedailybeast.comFBI Bribe Probe Into Must-Win Republican Senator Is ExposedSen. Susan Collins and other top lawmakers could have been implicated in a major investigation that the Trump administration torpedoed. 128139
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialOliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026CNN PANIC is setting in now that David Ellison will control the network in a matter of weeks: "People are anxious and worried... Unlike other mergers ... that we've been through, we have the preview of CBS, so it's not like people don't have a sense of what's coming." www.status.news/p/david-elli...status.newsEllison’s Bonta BlowoutDavid Ellison worked the phones over the weekend to secure a settlement for his Warners takeover—but the deal’s supposed safeguard for CNN is already drawing skepticism from inside the network as staf... 60647200
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialFrank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Evidently, Belarus doesn't have the potash to give us: 107830
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20/09/2026Decisions are being made by sovereign nations across the world; in every case they involve independence from American influence. And there is no going back.lnk.thebulwark.comThe American Age Is Over. (For sure.) The AI Apocalypse Is Here. (Maybe.)The weekend the world changed. 1717961
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialGreg Iwinski @garyjackson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026CNN, now with a special commentary segment from Mohammed bin Salman!latimes.comFCC approves foreign owners for a merged Paramount-Warner Bros.Royal families of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi will own nearly 50% of the equity of a merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery 66821
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 20/09/2026ProPublica’s analysis of CDC data found that the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies has nearly doubled. The spike alarmed many experts. One said it should “be a never event.”propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 6019761059
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026RFK Jr. received "more than $250,000 worth of free flights to Fiji and Greece as well as use of a vacation home in Washington, D.C. from Gavin de Becker..." de Becker has been described as Jeff Bezo's "top security staffer" www.wsj.com/politics/rfk...wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr. Got Free Flights to Fiji and Greece From a Top DonorThe health secretary disclosed over $250,000 in gifts from security specialist Gavin de Becker. 52575293646
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.social@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Among the terms on table are “independent content monitoring of CNN” As anyone who has actually worked in a newsroom knows, this is a bullsh*t idea. CNN will get the CBS News treatment no matter what some content board says or does. variety.com/2026/film/ne...variety.comParamount and California AG Bonta Reportedly in ‘Advanced Talks’ to Settle Antitrust SuitParamount Skydance is in "advanced talks" with California Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle the 12-state antitrust suit that's holding up its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the WSJ reported. 1016559
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The Trump administration has moved to build at least 12 data centers on 17,600 acres of public land. 24161110
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026More: www.washingtonsun.com/climate-envi...washingtonsun.comTrump Is Considering More Data Centers on Public Lands Than Previously KnownThe data center proposals cover at least 17,600 acres of public lands across six Western states. 46741
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialThe Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Universal Pictures is reportedly rethinking the release of a forthcoming documentary about former trillionaire Elon Musk.thedailybeast.comScathing Elon Documentary Faces Being Buried by MAGA BossesThe director has also said he is worried about politics clouding over his film. 52623
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15/09/2026Donald Trump’s allies are closing the historic theater—all because Trump can’t put his name on it. trib.al/kHm7gmhtrib.alKennedy Center Votes to Shut Down After Trump’s Brutal Loss in CourtDonald Trump’s allies are closing the historic theater—all because Trump can’t put his name on it. 26428
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026President Donald Trump has traded more securities than every member of Congress combined since he returned to office — even as he seeks to pass a stock-purchasing ban for lawmakers that would exclude him from any restrictions.bloomberg.comTrump Made 29,000 Securities Trades, More Than All of CongressDonald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt 14024
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The utter lack of self-awareness is beyond belief. 1391558356
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"Mr. Kremlev also has direct ties to President Vladimir V. Putin. In April, Mr. Putin honored Mr. Kremlev with a high-level state award, the Order of Friendship. And just days before Mr. Trump’s wedding in May, Mr. Putin and Mr. Kremlev were seen together in China." 38835
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialJosh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: Don Trump Jr’s luxurious wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin. A saga involving private islands, the Olympics, and a Russian government-backed biker gang: www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 1131869859
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Trump is today expected to announce a roll-back of Obama and Biden-era climate rules by ending federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants, the NYT reports. 35299135
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Mike Rogers (El-Sayed's opponent) has an operative who quotes contemporaries of Nick Fuentes and was in the Young Republicans chat which praised Hitler, made racist comments and joked about gas chambers-AND backs the awful Trump policies that are crushing Americans But let's not discuss any of that 15685301
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/09/2026The crowd erupts in chants of "Shame on you!" as Roger Marshall tries to explain why he sued 700 of his patients, leading to 81 arrests: 1603888980
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 13/09/2026This might be better than the "Ted Cruz sucks" video 27616
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialLavonne @loveon9.bsky.social · 12/09/2026By July 2026 the WH listed Russell P. Huffines as Dep Director of Cabinet Affairs. "HEST’s money is moving through some very specific sectors. Regenerative medicine. Biotechnology. Cybersecurity. Advanced encryption. That same family now owns Zorro Ranch." lastpagefirst.substack.com/p/who-bought... 2108
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialOur Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ted Cruz can show up on ABC/Disney’s ESPN College GameDay James Talarico can’t show up on ABC/Disney’s Kimmel 519353
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialAmerican Muckrakers & MUCK YOU! Podcast @americanmuckrakers.com · 11/09/2026Project underway to extend abortion bans nationwide, advocates warnnewrepublic.comProject underway to extend abortion bans nationwide, advocates warnvia Muckrakers.Today 076
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Neither Trump nor his wife are in attendance at this year’s ceremony, notwithstanding the AP photo editor’s bullshit. 643661860
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026Trump’s war will go down as one of the biggest foreign policy disasters in history. More updates here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comMeidasTouch Full Podcast - 9/11/26Podcast Episode · The MeidasTouch Podcast · September 11 · 1h 33m 843782
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026When Joe diGenova resigns because the stuff he’s being asked to do by Trump and Blanche is too unethical for him, that’s when you know it was REALLY fucking shady shit. 332113481
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026LOL -- Fox News ticks through all of Ken Paxton's scandals with on air graphics during an interview with Ken Paxton and Bret Baier says, "there's a long list here" 29944251319
Reposted by @ccm123.bsky.socialJohn Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Nothing is more important to democracy than free and fair elections. The country has built a system in which Americans can have confidence. Mr. Trump is trying to wreck it. The Supreme Court should protect it." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is Sabotaging the Midterms. The Supreme Court Must Stop Him. (Gift Article)The country has built a system in which Americans can have confidence. President Trump is trying to wreck it. 13310
