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Q: Mike Rogers called for an end to the trade war with Canada. Did he speak to you before he made that announcement? TRUMP: Well I viewed it as though he wanted Canada to make a deal

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Ted Cruz is traveling with Trump in Marine One

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Natalie Harp and her bag boards Bribe Force One

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

of all the conversations that Trump bootlickers have made up to make Trump look good, this conversation was made up the most

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

TRUMP: I want to thank Michael, wherever he may be THE WHOLE ROOM: He's right here

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10h

God knows I try.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10h

Yes. I saw it with Lower Ed. Similar to challenging any orthodoxy, especially when you’re vulnerable to its collapse. You won’t convince them this is bankrupt. We who can live with the ambiguity of post austerity have to build better incentives for them, without them — and despite them. Sigh.

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Julie A. Su @juliesulabor.bsky.social · 9h

Often, corporate practices that steal time and money from workers and consumers are designed to push the limit of prohibited practices. We will equip New Yorkers with new tools to take on predatory companies, bad landlords, scammers, and other actors who exploit them.

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Mamdani Backs Bill to Let Consumers Sue Over Unfair Business Practices (Gift Article)

The proposed New York City legislation would also allow nonprofits, including tenants’ unions, to sue companies directly rather than relying on agency enforcement.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 8h

Probably not uniquely bad, but certainly not good. It was clear from the start that she saw the job as a means to an end, and not as the end itself. That's not particularly good. And by running she pushed out Lowey, who was very good and very experienced.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 7h

I strongly doubt Adobe is freaking out over this. For many reasons. First, the breathless post notwithstanding, the project probably didn't 'decompile' anything. (At least if the AI followed the instructions it was allegedly given.) It's an attempt to rebuild Adobe from observed functions.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

Trump is about to sell out Ukraine, basically the culmination of the 2016 influence operation, but that history has been memory holed. www.youtube.com/shorts/yDK-8...

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Trump's Team Sells Out the US

YouTube video by emptywheel

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11h

Look at this, a nation state, nationing and stating.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11h

I fear that any midterm “mandate” angry voters give them will be squandered on dinner party invites instead of building the accountability regime people are desperate for and are putting their bodies and lives on the line to get.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11h

Husband brought me coffee, as is his daily labor, and I asked why he never brings me the hard stuff. Crack or speed or whatever is hip nowadays. “Darling, you’re too sensible for crack. Here, I put the good honey in your coffee.” And people claim it’s my birthday. Can’t tell!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10h

Anywho.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10h

ironically enough a NC man was also once at the center of the Napster case that, in many ways, set us on the course for today’s techno infrastructure Also, it’s wild to punish one man and it’s this guy and not, like, Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10h

The “literacies“ framework is as intellectually bankrupt as polarization right now. We will keep using it because when you’ve got one hammer and the NSF social science funding has dried up everything looks like a nostalgic managerial class nail.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 16h

United States Senator should not be an entry level political office. I thought that when Clinton jumped into NY to save us from, I don't know, something, and I still think that today. Nita Lowey would have been an outstanding Senator, by the way.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h

I've been meaning to do a post, but all these pressers violate DOJ's pre-election rules, which Todd Blanche swore were sacrosanct when he represented someone charged over a year before an election.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 06/10/2026

The public needs records about the Trump administration’s noncitizen voting claims to evaluate whether eligible voters are at risk of being removed from the rolls on the basis of unverified matches. So we sued: www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action...

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/10/2026

More than 500 federal district-court judges have rejected the Trump administration’s mandatory-detention policy as unlawful, as have nine of the 11 federal circuit courts of appeal. trib.al/42YLSLC

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The Biggest Cases Coming in the Next Supreme Court Term

From gun safety to voting rights, executive power to immigration reform, the Roberts court has returned to cast a long shadow over American life.

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 06/10/2026

US District Judge George O'Toole on October 5 blocked efforts by the Trump administration to impose fines of up to $1.8 million on migrants who fail to leave the US after receiving final deportation orders reut.rs/4dT3AHW

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US judge blocks Trump policy of fining migrants up to $1.8 million

A federal judge on Monday blocked efforts by the Trump administration to impose fines of up to $1.8 million on migrants who fail to leave the US after receiving final deportation orders.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 06/10/2026

BOOM! 💥💥💥 The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals granted Penn-AAUP’s motion to vacate the bad district court opinion on Trump’s absurd demands. Trump tried to get a list of Jews from Penn & failed, & now, thanks to @aaup-penn.bsky.social, the admin leaves with nothing that it can use elsewhere.

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Notice of Docket Activity
The following transaction was filed on 10/06/2026
Case Name:
EEOC v. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Case
Number:
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Document(s): Docket Entry #25
Docket Text:
ORDER (KRAUSE, CHUNG and MASCOTT,
Circuit Judges) The foregoing motion to vacate the District Court's March 31, 2026
order is GRANTED. The matter is REMANDED to the District Court with the instruction to DISMISS. Panel ID: CCO-130 Judge: CHUNG
Authoring (PDB)

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 06/10/2026

A lawyer for the Trump administration told a federal appeals court on Tuesday that a judge had improperly hamstrung an influential vaccine advisory panel by blocking Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s handpicked appointees from serving on it.

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US appeals court weighs block on Kennedy's vaccine panel appointments

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 06/10/2026

While this hearing didn't proceed, it's clear the Trump admin is continuing what a judge has called a "vindictive prosecution" of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. As I said from day 1, if they can do this to Kilmar, they can do it to anyone. We'll keep fighting this political persecution.

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Kilmar Ábrego Garcia hearing on his deportation case is suddenly canceled

The government was moving to vacate a preliminary injunction preventing ICE from detaining and deporting him, while his legal team was trying to make the injunction permanent.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 23h

New lawsuits and reporting underscore that the GOP rallying cry that ending Roe would “send abortion back to the states" came with a huge hidden asterisk—that posture was temporary. It’s only a matter of time until Trump’s nominees make it even harder to get an abortion nationwide. Me in @ms.now

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Opinion | Todd Blanche’s marching orders on abortion restrictions couldn’t be clearer

Republicans’ claim that overturning Roe v. Wade would “send abortion back to the states” came with a hidden asterisk.

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 23h

The extreme right-wing Supreme Court justice took umbrage at the perception that his Trump-aligned decisions make him look like he’s aligned with Trump.

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Casting Justice Samuel Alito As 'MAGA' Hurts His Feelings. Here's His Record.

The extreme right-wing Supreme Court justice took umbrage at the perception that his Trump-aligned decisions make him look like he’s aligned with Trump.

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 22h

President Donald Trump's administration has asked a US judge to allow the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to withhold a “significant” amount of information related to its probe into the employment and diversity practices of major law firms @mikescarcella.bsky.social reut.rs/4zlVWOQ

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

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CNN @cnn.com · 22h

ABC argued in federal court that President Donald Trump’s FCC has “chilled” the network’s free speech by using its “enormous regulatory power to coerce, threaten, punish” coverage the administration doesn’t like.

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ABC to federal judge: Trump’s FCC is holding our head on a ‘guillotine’ | CNN Business

ABC argued in federal court Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s FCC has “chilled” the network’s free speech by using its “enormous regulatory power to coerce, threaten, punish” coverage the administ...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Susan Collins repeatedly refuses to answer as to whether she would campaign with Trump in Maine

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Troy Jackson: "As late as 2024, the FBI was circling around Sen. Collins ... then when President Trump came back, his administration dismantled the investigation. Now she votes with Donald Trump 96% of the time. Look, I don't owe Donald Trump nothing."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

"What will it take for you to admit you are ever wrong?" -- Troy Jackson nails Susan Collins on her vote to confirm Kavanaugh, 8 years to the day after Collins cast the vote that doomed Roe v Wade

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Here's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Troy Jackson on the Iran War: "Sen. Collins voted for it 5 times before she started voting against it. By that time, we're already into it and we're in another forever war that you just heard her say, it's not thought out, we don't know what we're doing, but she made sure that it happened."

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Howard Berkes @hberkes.bsky.social · 20h

A must listen @npr.org Throughline with Brian Russell, one of the Thiokol engineers who tried to stop the Challenger launch. What happened then, how he has struggled with it since, and the words of wisdom he so eloquently expresses. With Rund Abdelfatah: www.npr.org/2026/09/29/n...

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Forty years of what if : Throughline

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff. All seven astronauts onboard died. Brian Russell, an engineer who worked on the shuttle, had spent months warning N...

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 21h

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 06/10/2026

“While OpenAI admits to agents behaving ‘unpredictably’, they must also acknowledge their responsibility to monitor and prevent these risks,” Wikimedia said. “AI companies are not doing enough to secure their systems and protect the public from the harm they cause.” arstechnica.com/security/202...

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OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic

The reports of OpenAI agents harming third-party sites keep coming.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026

KEILAR: Does the president get to take some credit for that? ALSOBROOKS: Oh, absolutely not

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/10/2026

NEW: I have obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Trump's name in the Epstein files for supervisory review. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

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EXCLUSIVE: MSW Media has Obtained Descriptions of NINE Epstein Files Redaction Training Videos in FOIA Lawsuit

Sources confirm that two videos instructed agents to flag documents including Trump’s name for supervisory review.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026

it's a day that ends in y today so that means Trump is enjoying #TravelWithNatalie (Finn Gomez/Getty)

pic of Harp exciting the White House to bard Marine One with Dear Donald

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026

"Whatever conclusions reached by the commission of an octogenarian crank and two billionaires, they'll be handed off to Hegseth, who believes wars are won by whichever side can do the most pushups, and whose obsession with creating an all-white, all-male military is dragging DoD down by the day."

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“Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire

Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar ... and are given the keys to the DoD.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026

Friggin autocorrect and no edit button

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026

If Joe Biden got one word out of place, Jake Tapper would write a book about it. If you’re tired of the double standard- try independent media. It’s free. It’s award-winning. It has swearing. substack.com/@muellershew...

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Headlines for October 6, 2026

The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited

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