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🦋blue state born Maine-iac -surrounded by a sea of red. My ancestors didn’t fight in the Revolutionary wars and on for me sit this one out. RESIST 🦋 “Bow down to those you serve, you’re gonna get what you deserve.” NIN 💙 🇺🇦 MAGats 🚫, DMs 🚫, Crypto Ponzi 🚫

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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 20h
Hegseth: "The war in Iran is protected by God." Pope Leo XIV: "Do not involve the name of God in choices of death. God cannot be enlisted in darkness."
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NO KINGS is BACK 10/17 🚫👑 We'll be representing Hampton Bays, NY where Chris _gallantny (on X) is running neck-and-neck to dethrone MAGA incumbent Nick LaLota. Let's make it happen! mobilize.us/s/JM8kUn
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No Kings: Vote Early -HAMPTON BAYS,NEW YORK · Indivisible
NO KINGS/ DEFEND DEMOCRACY: Visibility Rally to Vote early, with Early Voting information(10/24th-11/1) and Election Day/ Nov 3rd information For more than a year, millions of people have come together to reject the idea that power belongs to kings, billionaires, or politicians who believe they are above the people and the law. Now, we are taking the next step, turning people power into voter power. Unlike previous No Kings actions, No Kings: Vote Early, is not purely a protest. Instead, on October 17th, it's a day of nonpartisan voter participation: we are bringing **our community** together to make a plan to vote early and ensuring every eligible voter understands their options for how to vote and has the opportunity to make their voice heard. Because no one person gets to decide our leaders before voters do. On October 17th, join us in local events across the country as we get out the early vote and say it loud: no thrones, no crowns, no kings. *No Kings: Vote Early events are nonpa
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 02/10/2026
Another disappointing jobs report. Unemployment is up. Jobs are down. Costs are through the roof. Trump’s economy is not working for working people.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
El-Sayed responds to JD Vance clip: Low T JD. It's always funny, man. He just brings the energy down every time you hear him talk.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Turnabout is fair play... grab 'em by the paycheck.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amazing Paxton thinks Trump is ruining his terrible name. Q: Do you feel like he's a little bit of a drag?” Paxton: “To be honest with you, when we did that midterm convention, it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Yeah. Not good.”
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Apparently it’s ok to comment on my outfit. Last Friday:
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Denmark is trolling Trump.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Madge ate her wheaties so she can continue to work both sides.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW: "The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield popped 7 basis points to 5.058%, a level not seen since July 2007." Reminder: 2007 was Great Recession. We are the band on the Titanic. But corporate media fears fears criticizing the economy or Trump will ban them.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Netanyahu and his forces killed US citizens in the West Bank and Gaza with no punishment. What would prevent him or his allies from killing US citizens on US soil who are critics? Does anyone think Trump would punish Netanyahu? Of course not.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/09/2026
MI Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed unloaded on Trump over soaring gas prices and the war: “When you’re the president of the United States and people are struggling with gas, you don’t sit there and talk about your new helipad or your drapes in a ballroom.” “You actually go and do your damn job.”
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El-Sayed Torches Trump Over Gas Prices: 'Do Your Damn Job'
El-Sayed told Trump to stop worrying about his ballroom drapes and get to work, while Republicans jump ship on the Iran war
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 23/09/2026
How much is the reckless war with Iran costing Americans? I’m demanding answers.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
Ashley Hinson voted repeatedly against efforts to end U.S. hostilities with Iran while taking more than $217,000 from oil and gas interests, including $38,500 since the war began. Meanwhile, Iowa gas prices have surged 60% since the start of the war as major oil companies report soaring profits.
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Ashley Hinson Got Big Money From Oil Companies After Repeatedly Voting For the Iran War
The price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
PLOT TWIST: Republican candidates are now hiding in food carts when JD Vance shows up campaigning for them.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ProPublica dropped the first story in a new series on corruption in Congress, and it starts with Sen. Susan Collins. A defense contractor illegally funneled $150,000 to a pro-Collins PAC. The company’s CEO later pleaded guilty to unlawful campaign contributions.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Byron Donalds has removed all Trump references, photos, and endorsements from his website. He’s still keeping the typos, though. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 22/09/2026
Just in: Trump reported making another 1,158 stock trades in July 2026. It appears he violated the Stock Act, again, by failing to report all of his trades within 45 days. extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden...
Screenshot of the front page of his OGE 278
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Kash Patel’s FBI shut down an investigation into allegations involving Susan Collins and a scheme to funnel illegal campaign contributions from a defense contractor seeking lucrative federal contracts. She belongs in prison, not the Senate. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FOX: Earlier, El-Sayed was pasting stickers of his Republican opponent on gas pumps with a finger-pointing to the price and the quote: I did that
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FOX: We’re active with Iran—how do you get out? El-Sayed: You don’t get in in the first place. We had an agreement that had contained nuclear weapons. We did not need to do this, so the first time the dunce got elected he pulled back on the agreement.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
A blockbuster Susan Collins scandal, GOP panic as the midterm map shifts, a Trump-loving Republican scrubs Trump from his site, Trump threatens to “annihilate” Iran at the UN, a GOP senator calls for an investigation into Don Jr., Trump TV flops, and AOC talks 2028. And that’s just the start.
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 465. 9/22/26
… A blockbuster new story from the amazing investigative journalists at ProPublica detailing blatant corruption by Sen.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
JD Vance has asked for another chance. We literally can't afford it.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 22/09/2026
If Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House then why can’t they issue $5000 checks now?
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW poll. Abdul El-Sayed up by SEVEN points! Keep working Michigan to make this reality! www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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El-Sayed lead for Michigan Senate grows, helped by views of Trump
In a race key to control of the Senate, half of voters in a Suffolk poll are casting their ballot "to change the direction" of the president.
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
October surprise came early.
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#Operation Red House @arxivofourminds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
16/ Collins is once again fighting to keep her seat, in a race that could determine control of the Senate. We’re continuing to report. If you have information about political dealmaking in Washington, contact us on Signal at 917-512-0201. www.propublica.org/tips/
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How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
15/ ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. We reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and have independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. This is the first piece of an ongoing series:
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
14/ He eviscerated the specialized FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption investigations, some of which were involved in Trump-related cases. And the government stopped talking to an informant who had offered a road map to corruption in Congress.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
13/ By the end of 2024, FBI agents had enough evidence to pursue a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers of both political parties. They asked their supervisors to approve a new investigation. Then Trump returned to the White House.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
12/ Here’s a crazy part: Kao told the FBI that the company’s government work was of no real value. Its research under his stewardship resulted in products Navatek knew the military would never buy, former employees said. One example: This 3D-printed boat Collins is posing with 👇
Sen. Susan Collins, wearing a blue suit and red shirt, stands in front of a 3D-printed boat while holding a broken champagne bottle during a publicity event. The boat has the University of Maine logo and is emblazoned with the text "3Dirigo." Behind Collins are a group of applauding people, including a woman holding a Guinness World Records plaque.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
11/ Even Navatek’s executives were surprised at how far their money went in D.C. “It was eye-opening for me, frankly. ‘Oh my God, all of it is for sale. It’s all for sale,’” former executive Eric Schiff said.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
10/ Of all the politicians Navatek courted, Collins was its most important patron. At times, Kao and his associates cut checks to Collins’ campaign within 24 hours of the annual defense spending bill, which funds military contracts, clearing a key Senate hurdle.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
9/ That cafe meeting, Kao asserted, was just one episode in a sprawling pay-to-play operation in Congress. He and his close associates donated nearly $900K to dozens of politicians, allowing Navatek to establish operations in half a dozen states with $40M+ a year in government funds.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
8/ Facing years in prison, Kao recounted the cafe meeting to the FBI in 2022, hoping to reduce his sentence by revealing the scheme. What he told them has never before become public.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
7/ But then, Kao got caught. The FBI had seen through his shell company ruse, and in 2022 a grand jury indicted him for making illegal campaign contributions. No one working for Collins was charged.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
6/ Weeks later, Kao tells his team Collins committed to getting the company $32M in naval contracts.
A check for $150,000 to 1820 PAC, a pro-Collins super PAC, from the Society of Young Women Scientist and Engineers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
5/ Kao wants assurance Collins would know he was behind it, and according to Kao, Reed confirms that she would. Seven days after the super PAC cashes the check, one of Reed’s subordinates emails a Navatek lobbyist: “Senator Collins would like to call Martin to thank him.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
4/ To skirt campaign finance laws and conceal the source of the funds, Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, sends an initial $150K to the pro-Collins super PAC (1820 PAC) using a shell company. Reed knows Kao is behind the donation. “Very smart,” he says in an email viewed by ProPublica.
Emails Between Martin Kao and Scott Reed, Discussing Contributions to the Susan Collins Super PAC, 1820 PAC

“Hi Scott: Had a chance to discuss 1820 with my CFO and attorney last night. They are suggesting setting up a separate new LLC to make the donations. Name of new LLC: Society of Young Women Scientists and Engineers.

In my personal real estate investments, we often use LLCs that can be set up to "facilitate" transactions. They are super vague and very difficult to get any background info on. Totally legal and typically used in real estate transactions to conceal the identity of buyer/seller. Wanted to get your thoughts/concerns.”
— email from Martin Kao to Scott Reed, Nov. 22, 2019

“Very smart and glad your counsel understands. Thanks for doing this.”
— email from Scott Reed to Martin Kao, Nov. 22, 2019

“Great! We will proceed on getting this set up ASAP. Have a nice weekend.”
— email from Martin Kao to Scott Reed, Nov. 22, 2019
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
3/ This is risky. Government contractors are banned from making political contributions. For the company to offer donations to Collins in exchange for an official action, or for Collins to accept, would constitute criminal bribery.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
2/ Our story starts in 2019. Collins is at risk of losing her seat. A year earlier, she helped Navatek land a multimillion-dollar Navy contract in Maine. Scott Reed, head of the pro-Collins super PAC, meets with Navatek execs in a D.C. cafe and asks for a $500K donation.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. 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 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Make the ban permanent. We don’t need gaslighting, propaganda, bullying, and pathological lies poisoning the public airwaves 24/7.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Someone reworked the Hitler bunker scene.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21/09/2026
Thank you to Barb for sharing her GLP-1 story with me and how it’s given her her life back. It helped me tell my own.
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