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Will Ragland @citizenwillis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Who’s paying for MAGA Inc’s ad blitz? Big Crypto, OpenAI's prez,Adelson, ICE's private prison contractor GEO Group, oil donors w Venezuela interests, UnitedHealth, Musk & more. See where this $ is going, where it came from, and who may benefit. www.americanprogressaction.org/article/how-...
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Will Ragland @citizenwillis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Who’s paying for MAGA Inc’s ad blitz? Big Crypto, OpenAI's prez,Adelson, ICE's private prison contractor GEO Group, oil donors w Venezuela interests, UnitedHealth, Musk & more. See where this $ is going, where it came from, and who may benefit. www.americanprogressaction.org/article/how-...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026
Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...
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70B06C26F00001137
In Progress
(11 months remain)
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Awarding Agency
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Recipient
LMD AGENCY, INC.
5950 SYMPHONY WOODS RD STE 500
COLUMBIA, MD 21044-3592
UNITED STATES
Congressional District: MD-03
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Parent Award Unique Key
CONT_IDV_70Z02323ACGRC0001_7008
Dates
Today
Start Date
Sep 20, 2026
Current End Date
Sep 19, 2027
Potential End Date
Sep 19, 2027
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$20.0 Million
Current Award Amount
$20.0 Million
Obligated Amount
$20.0 Million
Potential Award Amount
Outlayed Amount
$0.00
Obligated Amount
$20,000,000.00
Current Award Amount
$20,000,000.00
Potential Award Amount
$20,000,000.00
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54 : Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
5418: Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services
541810: Advertising Agencies
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SERVICES
R: SUPPORT SVCS (PROF, ADMIN, MGMT)
R7: MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
R701: SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: ADVERTISING
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 24/09/2026
Don Jr.-backed drone-parts manufacturer congratulates Eric Trump-backed drone manufacturer on winning a DoD contract.
Unusual Machines
@UnusualMachines
18h
More momentum for XTEND. 🚀

Congrats to the team on another important U.S. defense milestone. Proud to be an investor and supplier. 🦅

$UMAC $XTND #Drones #DefenseTech
Unusual Machines Inc
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$23.24
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@XTEND_XR
XTEND
@XTEND_XR
Sep 23
XTEND has been awarded Phase III of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Modular Kinetic Lethal Drone (MKLD) program.

The award follows XTEND’s recent Gauntlet II top-performer selection under the Drone Dominance Program.

Read more: xtend.me/xtend-secures-…
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fuck "defies." That sounds almost heroic and ennobled, like some sort of none-shall-pass defense of the realm. In a presumed nation of laws, when you ignore the order of a court, you VIOLATE that order and place yourself outside ot the law and in opposition to the premise of the republic itself.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Is the idea here to kick a bunch of healthy beneficiaries who don't answer their phones or respond to random emails (so, young people) off their plans, to destabilize the markets?
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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 18/09/2026
Turns out the cheapest gas in America is the gaslighting.
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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 15/09/2026
The gas prices will continue to go up until morale improves
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Will Ragland @citizenwillis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
$2.4 billion. That's what Trump and sons have pocketed from crypto since the 24 election. The CLARITY Act does nothing to stop it— it would ratify it. Trump disclosed $1.4 B of crypto income in 25 alone. Our estimate includes post election 24, 26 to date, & other undisclosed $.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
While Americans are facing rising energy costs, the Trump administration is instituting policies that are making things worse, not better. Learn more about CAP’s plan to provide immediate relief and long-term reforms to deliver savings for small businesses and households. ampr.gs/46GgIw0
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Will Ragland @citizenwillis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Welp... I asked Claude a pretty bland question about the USPS rule and got an answer sourcing the Gateway Pundit. Bummer.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If voters do not viscerally grasp the breadth and severity of the problems Trump has caused, they may not understand the urgency and scale of what it will take to fix them. presswatchers.org/2026/08/norm...
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Normalizing Trump doesn't just fail readers — it jeopardizes our future | Press Watch
If voters aren’t sufficiently alarmed, they may not recognize the need for emergency action once he is gone. I have some suggestions.
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Will Ragland @citizenwillis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Do we have a good justification as to why Playbook this AM similar to others dedicated a huge chunk to their lead story re AES Piker and the Trump pardoned J6 influencer, Jake Lang, who’s organizing hate rallies across the country and was arrested this week didn’t get a mention?
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Will Ragland @citizenwillis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"Mr. Trump’s budget for the next fiscal year proposes a nearly $5 billion cut to the Agriculture Department, essentially eliminating programs for beginning farmers, conservation and rural aid." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A reader donated $13,000 to Payday Report - we've now fundraised to replace 2/3 of a grant we lost due to Trump cuts. Donate to help us replace the rest & keep labor reporting alive! paydayreport.com/reader-donat...
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound. theintercept.com/2026/08/16/r...
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ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound.
With the case of Carlitos Ricardo Parias, the U.S. has broken its own record for holding a journalist in custody.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
There should be an emergency meeting among Dem leadership tonight and the entire Dem delegation should be on the Capitol steps tomorrow morning denouncing this and describing steps they’ll take in light of this latest dangerous insanity.
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AFT @aft.org · 13/08/2026
We warned that Trump’s cuts to SNAP would equal cuts to school cafeterias. @pbshoemaker.bsky.social warns us how Miami-Dade won't be the last district forced to eliminate free meals.
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Miami-Dade eliminated free school meals. They won’t be the last.
A senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress breaks down how and why the nation’s third-largest district lost access to district-wide free meals.
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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @cleaver.house.gov · 06/07/2026
“A year after OBBBA, four Trump policies have raised costs on American families by $2,072 to $3,569, and a Republican-led Congress gave him the votes to do it.” www.americanprogressaction.org/article/how-...
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How Trump and His Congressional Allies Drove Up Gas Prices and Cost Families At Least $2,000
A year after OBBBA, four Trump policies have raised costs on American families by $2,072 to $3,569, and a Republican-led Congress gave him the votes to do it.
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Nikki Budzinski @budzinski.house.gov · 07/07/2026
The strain on family budgets is real — gas, utilities, groceries, healthcare. A new analysis shows those costs add up to more than $2,000 per household this year alone. www.americanprogressaction.org/article/how-...
americanprogressaction.org
How Trump and His Congressional Allies Drove Up Gas Prices and Cost Families At Least $2,000
A year after OBBBA, four Trump policies have raised costs on American families by $2,072 to $3,569, and a Republican-led Congress gave him the votes to do it.
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Katherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Republicans raised your costs. Democrats are fighting to lower them. www.americanprogressaction.org/article/how-...
americanprogressaction.org
How Trump and His Congressional Allies Drove Up Gas Prices and Cost Families At Least $2,000
A year after OBBBA, four Trump policies have raised costs on American families by $2,072 to $3,569, and a Republican-led Congress gave him the votes to do it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
“A recent CNN poll found 77% of Americans believe Trump’s policies have increased the cost of living in their communities… Costs have piled up every month during Trump's second term…” www.americanprogressaction.org/article/how-...
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Wait… so Mark Walter and the Guggenheim group unload the Lakers to a Trump family member - Josh Kushner last seen two weeks ago failing to stripmine FIFA. - and Walter & Guggenheim are under a mammoth DOJ and SEC investigation? Watch that “investigation” disappear. This country is being looted.
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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
SCOOP: A group of election deniers claim they met with CISA & said they've pitched the Trump administration on a midterm “election-security plan." The group includes Tina Peters; Clay Parikh, who's served as a “special government employee” for the Trump administration; & two podcast hosts.
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Tina Peters and other election deniers claim they've pitched the Trump administration on a midterm “election-security plan”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 14/07/2026
"He said he wouldn't do it, then he did. Rep. Rob Bresnahan voted to gut life-saving healthcare from Americans who need it most. We went to Pennsylvania to learn the impacts of Bresnahan's vote. Watch Grace's story. Link in bio.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
You know inequality must be bad when even Mitt Romney thinks there’s too much money concentrated in the hands of a few Out here sounding like @aoc.bsky.social & Bernie! (So hundreds of billions is fine but Mitt draws the line at a trillion apparently)
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Will Ragland @citizenwillis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
77% of Americans blame their cost increases on Trump policies. Gas (Iran War), Utilities (OBBBA), and tariffs alone have cost the avg household over $2K since Trump took office to date. For those on ACA Marketplace plans it’s $3,500. Congress could have stopped all of them.
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Will Ragland @citizenwillis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
“The Trump clan is cashing in on the Presidency in big and sketchy ways.” -WSJ Ed Board www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...
wsj.com
Opinion | The Trump Family and ‘Honest Graft’
They are profiting off the Presidency in ways that demean the office.
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Will Ragland @citizenwillis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
77% of Americans blame their cost increases on Trump policies. Gas (Iran War), Utilities (OBBBA), and tariffs alone have cost the avg household over $2K since Trump took office to date. For those on ACA Marketplace plans it’s $3,500. Congress could have stopped all of them.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The same company that managed logistics for Trump's January 6 rally is now overseeing his Great American State Fair after being awarded $68 million in taxpayer funds.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026
Trump: "Almost anything my kids do -- if they buy a truck -- they have inside information"
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Will Ragland @citizenwillis.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Me on Trump's financial disclosure showing he raked in $2.2 billion. Is he selling the presidency? Yes, a new Congress willing to investigate should because this is a pocketbook issue for working families & is policymaking by and for the highest bidder.
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Dan Sullivan @danjsullivan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Over four months the US government subjected the one major AI company that refused the Pentagon's demand for unlimited use — no surveillance of Americans, no autonomous weapons — to an extraordinary punishment; meanwhile, SpaceX..... surveilorbebanned.netlify.app
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Switched Off Without a Standard — A Standing Record
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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
AFAIK, this is the first on-the-record statement from a state (Alabama!) that the SNAP cost-shift could end the program. “Absent any federal guidance, there’s only 3 current options available to us...And that is either pay the cost share if we’re over 6%, get the rate under 6%, or end the program.”
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Well, headline (though not core) inflation is now higher than it was at any point in the 18 months before the last election.
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Will Ragland @citizenwillis.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Corruption is a pocketbook issue. Musk spent ~$290M to elect Trump. Friday SpaceX goes public at $1.75T with little SEC scrutiny. Stock indices rewrote their own rules to fast-track it in—so your 401(k) will be forced to buy it whether you want to or not.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
1/ What if you put all the ways that Jared Kushner is selling out America while lining his pockets into one place? In our new cover story, @cjcmichel.bsky.social did just that www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Cover of Mother Jones, featuring a baby Jared Kushner swimming after a dollar with the headline Nevermind the Corruption: How nepo baby Jared Kushner is selling America out.
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Cathleen Kelly @cmkelly.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
While the threat of a chemical tank blast in CA has eased, 16K residents still can’t go home. ~180 million Americans live near a facility capable of causing a catastrophic chemical disaster. Instead of strengthening safeguards, the Trump admin has proposed to weaken them: apnews.com/article/cali...
apnews.com
Thousands still evacuated near Southern California chemical tank despite eased explosion fears
Thousands of people who live near a damaged hazardous chemical tank in Southern California still can't return home, even as officials say the risk of a catastrophic explosion had largely passed.
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Cathleen Kelly @cmkelly.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Once again, the Trump administration has betrayed the American people to boost chemical industry profits, while putting the health and safety of families, workers and communities at risk. earthjustice.org/press/2026/h...
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Health and Safety Protections Against Chemical Emergencies Eliminated and Weakened in New Trump EPA Proposal
The agency is proposing to dismantle safeguards that were designed to protect public health, workers and the environment
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 21/05/2026
America’s unions welcome today’s historic ruling from the International Court of Justice affirming that the right to strike is a fundamental human right protected under international law. We commend the @ituc.bsky.social for their efforts in achieving this result. bit.ly/4x0uwh9
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Residents in Fayette County, Georgia noticed their water pressure was unusually low. Turns out that a data center 20 miles away had been drawing 30 million gallons of water in secret through connections the county didn't know existed. Is it any wonder why so many are opposed to data centers?
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Will Ragland @citizenwillis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
July 2025: Trump estimated ballroom will cost $200 M and he would personally pay. Mid September: Trump upped estimate to $250 M and "patriot donors" would help. October: up to $300 M April 2026: Sen. Graham bill to authorize $400 M Last night: Congress asked for $1 B
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026
While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The key takeaway which I've said twice but can't be said enough: there is almost no oversight for this money. DHS funds already have limited oversight, but this money gets far, far less than typical annual funds for DHS do. These are tens of billions for DHS w/ almost no oversight or accountability.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Text of Judiciary part of the reconciliation package is out. This is the filibuster-proof bill where Republicans are planning to give around $70 billion more to ICE and CBP. Will go through it here.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2026
as long as john roberts has his majority, there is simply no pro democracy reform that will survive the supreme court. none.
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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 24/04/2026
James Carville breaks down what's happening in America right now. Take a listen 🔊
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Ben Wikler had a long-term, successful plan to flip the court, but what really set the fire under WI Dem activists was the court nearly throwing out enough ballots to steal the state from Biden. One GOP swing vote prevented that.
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