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datadefender.bsky.social @datadefender.bsky.social · 3h
Unfortunately, her name is actually spelled Caitlin. But that doesn't detract from the hilarity.
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datadefender.bsky.social @datadefender.bsky.social · 3h
If we need any more proof that Trump is off his rocker, his late EO trying to control language on AI is the latest piece of evidence. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
whitehouse.gov
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Inaugurates The Era of Super Intelligence
USHERING IN SUPER INTELLIGENCE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to replace the term “Artificial Intelligence” (“AI”) with
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m sorry, but if what happened to Jane Doe at Cornell warranted removal of the entire fraternity from the campus, how did it NOT justify removal of the men who raped Jane Doe? Make that make sense.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...
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GOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins was at the center of a major bribery probe for steering millions in contracts to a company whose CEO illegally funneled thousands to her campaign. Then Trump took office and gutted the FBI and DOJ units investigating her. Is this what "being moderate" looks like?
propublica.org
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 po
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mike Rogers refuses to talk about gas, groceries, seeing a doctor, or our broken infrastructure. Mike Rogers only wants to talk about old culture wars fought by small people with smaller ideas and no solutions to our actual problems.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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datadefender.bsky.social @datadefender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Band idea: TISM cover band.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/09/2026
"For decades, the security architecture of the Persian Gulf rested on an assumption: When the gravest regional threats emerged, the United States would be the power around which its partners organized." Well, then we started this war.
lnk.thebulwark.com
The Iran War Is Moving Too Fast for Washington to Keep Up
America’s friends, partners, and enemies are making decisions now without waiting for the Trump administration to respond.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
JUST IN: Attorneys for Rep. Joyce Beatty asked for an emergency hearing after a staffer was denied access to the Kennedy Center and told it was closed to the public. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
documentcloud.org
Kennedy Center Closed
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/09/2026
Trump on high gas prices: "It's a very inexpensive price to pay for what we've done. Remember that — it's a little more, even if it was a lot more."
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datadefender.bsky.social @datadefender.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Damn, I was shut out at the Emmy's again.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Instead of sustained, serious critique of the MAGA movement’s descent into fascism, we got — at most — bemused coverage, which treated Trump as uniquely skilled in manipulating his supporters. Nowhere do we get a hint that he's manipulating a cult that has given up on reality and democracy.
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Words & Phrases // *Plus last night’s major SCOTUS ruling regarding the USPS*
🚨49 Days to the Midterms🚨
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NotCIAreally @stoplossmaxwin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Russia-gate was real and is ongoing. Turns out it was/is Russia Russia Russia
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Trump: "The Court’s inability and unwillingness to do the right thing for our Country will go down, in a very negative way, in the annals of History ... It is a Court that will go down as having rendered some of the most destructive, hurtful, and damaging decisions in our Country’s history."
Republicans just got another bad decision from the United States Supreme Court, one that the Court System took forever to give, and then blamed it, in part, on no time left to implement a solution to our totally CORRUPT and out of control Mail-In voting “disaster,” which is a laughing stock all over the World, and where we are the only country that has to endure such a Nation Destroying SCAM. Justices Alito and Thomas, legends both, strongly disagreed with this horrible, highly political, ruling. It is a big loss for Republicans, and America itself, and makes cheating by the Radical Left “Dumocrats,” on Mail-In Ballots, a much easier thing to do - And now they have an open field to do so! The Supreme Court has really let our Country down! Certain Justices are petrified of these crazed and depraved Democrats, and are totally unable to show the courage necessary to save our America. Their horrible decision on Tariffs will be costing the U.S.A., for many years to come, Trillions and Trillions of Dollars. They didn’t even state, “money paid does not have to be paid back,” much to the benefit of entities that truly hate our Country, and have been RIPPING IT OFF FOR YEARS, unnecessarily costing us, immediately, Billions of Dollars. Likewise, the Supreme Court’s Decision on Birthright Citizenship is a complete and total disaster for America, and has already led to massive corruption with respect to “citizenship” in our Country. The damage done to America is incalculable, and they know this, just as everyone else does - It is an irreparable and unrecoverable harm! The Court’s inability and unwillingness to do the right thing for our Country will go down, in a very negative way, in the annals of History. This Supreme Court is bullied and cajoled by the Radical Left into making decisions that have set America back at least a hundred years. These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are merely a shell of their original selves ... It is a Court that will go down as having  rendered some of the most destructive, hurtful, and damaging decisions in our Country’s history. It is not easy for me to write this criticism of the United States Supreme Court - it will likely cost me dearly for years to come - but I feel it my obligation and duty, as President, to do so for the America we love! Thank you for your attention to this very important matter. God bless the U.S.A. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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datadefender.bsky.social @datadefender.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I don't like going to the post office, but when I do, I always enjoy the Eugene Kingman mural.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/08/2026
How compelling, the idea that you can enjoy the same song as your conservative uncle, even if you like its radical lyrics and he likes its hill-country bop. newrepublic.com/article/1605...
newrepublic.com
Is Dolly Parton the Voice of America?
The curious appeal of the country legend in a divided nation
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datadefender.bsky.social @datadefender.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
1,000 stock trades in the month of June? That's day trading territory.
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George @retiredsurgassist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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datadefender.bsky.social @datadefender.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
While I was walking my dog, I came across two young Mormon missionaries. I was wearing my Church of the Subgenius t-shirt and they both looked at me warily.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Tuesday: Scott Bessent unlawfully shuts down a beneficial owner registry Congress ordered. Friday: The Trump's and the Witkoffs open a "bank." (Via Karen Piper on Xitter.) www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
Aug 14, 2026 4:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time
OCC Grants World Liberty Financial Preliminary Conditional Approval to Establish National Trust Bank for USD1 Stablecoin Operations

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MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--World Liberty Financial today announced that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted preliminary conditional approval to organize World Liberty Trust Company, National Association (WLTC), a de novo national trust bank purpose-built for stablecoin operations. WLTC would be organized by its sponsor, WLTC Holdings LLC.

Upon opening, WLTC will operate as a national trust bank under federal supervision, engaging in the issuance and redemption of USD1, management of the reserve backing USD1, and digital asset custody services for institutional customers. USD1, the dollar-backed stablecoin, has reached over $4 billion in circulation.

“USD1 grew because institutions trust how it operates, and confidence at enterprise scale deserves the backing of federal supervision,” said Zach Witkoff, President and Chairman of World Liberty Trust Company. “What makes a stablecoin trustworthy is the strength of the reserve behind it, and who stands accountable for it. A national trust bank brings USD1 issuance, custody, and reserve management together under OCC supervision, examined on the same standards that have governed banks for generations. We welcome continuous scrutiny from Federal regulators for many years to come.”
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Shamefully and shamelessly corrupt. Court expansion is important, but so is impeaching justices like Samuel Alito who are using their judicial spot to enrich themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows
Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12/08/2026
You see how this looks, right? trib.al/YL2nsIl
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datadefender.bsky.social @datadefender.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Trump thinks Qatari Grift One is his to keep, but the U.S. taxpayer is paying almost $1 billion in upgrades. As far as I'm concerned, that's our plane to keep, not his.
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 11/08/2026
Amentum Services, which operates ICE's notorious Camp East Montana, has a $425M contract to support aerial firefighting ops in California. This will not stop until we stop giving them our money. Blue cities and states have a lot of power here.
Headline: Amentum Services named new contractor for Camp East Montana detention centerHeadline: Amentum secures $425 million contract to support California's aerial firefighting operations
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
"the largest single source of climate pollution in the United States" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/c...
nytimes.com
New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S.
The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
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Builder of Spine one call at a time!! @oldfraildems.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Republican nominee for governor in Iowa, Zach Lahn, has been living in a multimillion-dollar mansion in Kansas despite presenting himself to voters as a farmer, reporting by The Daily Beast. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT! Iowa’s U.S. senators are Chuck DEPENDS Grassley, GOT MY LEAFS ON MY BACK Ernst
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George @retiredsurgassist.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Companies passed along the cost of tariffs to consumers and now tRump gave them back $100 Billions of taxpayer money but NONE of it will be returned to consumers. They'll keep that money and keep prices high too. www.yahoo.com/finance/econ...
yahoo.com
The Treasury Has Now Refunded $100 Billion Of Tariff Revenue, and Scott Bessent Predicts None of It Is Going to You
The Supreme Court forced Washington to return over a hundred billion dollars in tariff money, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made a bold prediction about where that cash would actually land. Six...
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datadefender.bsky.social @datadefender.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Republicans have three modes: (1) Twist themselves into a pretzel to defend Trump (2) Feign ignorance about what Trump is doing (3) Pretend that they are holding him accountable while doing nothing prospect.org/2026/08/04/r...
prospect.org
Republican Senators Pretend to Constrain Trump - The American Prospect
John Cornyn caves and agrees to vote for Todd Blanche as AG, while Susan Collins orchestrates a loophole-ridden deal on OMB rules politicizing federal grants.
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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...
thebulwark.com
What the Hell Happened to Sean Duffy’s Road-Trip TV Show?
Three months after it was announced, the secretary of transportation’s summer show—funded by companies he regulates—hasn’t aired a single episode.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"Despite promises of cooperation from Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, and Jay Clayton, former US attorney for the SDNY, now director designate of national intelligence, Torrez said only 31 pages were ever handed over." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
DoJ appears to ignore New Mexico deadline for key Epstein ranch files
State attorney general set 31 July deadline for documents relating to abuse of girls at Epstein-owned Zorro ranch
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Todd Blanche quite obviously lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee when he told them this was dead. It was never dead. It was just on hold until he was confirmed.
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Lavonne @loveon9.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Russian, Kira Dikhtyar 💯 Co-conspirator is making millions off blackmailing people with Epstein evidence. Just one Epstein email says she's offering 30 girls if Epstein can get her an autograph of Warren Buffett for her Russian oligarch pimp. He was owner of the Brooklyn Nets. Mikhail Prokhorov.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Let’s not forget that this illegal Reflecting Pool indictment was also overseen by Todd Blanche. He could have stopped this at any time, but he was a corrupt and willing accomplice to this fraud upon the court. How can any decent person possibly vote for this man as AG?
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I was haunted by Sean Hannity’s suggestion that Lindsey Graham’s heaven includes a mar a lago so here is a piece exploring that concept www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
theatlantic.com
Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter the Mar-a-Lago in Heaven
Tour the mansion in the sky to which Sean Hannity has consigned Lindsey Graham’s soul.
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PG (pretty good) @digtialbootleg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
#Epstein apnews.com/article/inte...
apnews.com
Investigation revealed 'devastating' reports of sexual misconduct at school supported by Epstein
An investigation has turned up allegations of sexual misconduct against nearly 50 people who were formerly affiliated with a prestigious Michigan fine arts school.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
So, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today. I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...
ted.com
Our last, best chance to cool the Earth
We're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
In case anyone needs a quote from me about this: "I'm still not tired of winning." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Trump DOJ loses bid for New Jersey voter rolls, now 0 for 18
The ruling arrived one day after New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) formally rejected a new DOJ request for personal information about people mistakenly registered through a software failure.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We all laughed at Blanche when he said they had done an actual investigation into Comey. Turns out he was right — and the investigation was at once comical, sordid, and bone-chilling. A would-be Pinochet runs up against the structural limits of a still-free country.
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datadefender.bsky.social @datadefender.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Good god, another thing for him to muck up and cover up with a tarp when it goes wrong.
washingtonpost.com
Trump set to unveil Dulles makeover after months of personal edits
The president is set to unveil a sweeping plan to rebuild the airport, replacing aging terminals and eliminating the signature "people movers."
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/07/2026
President Trump spent his entire Sunday on a bender, posting nonstop AI images to his Truth Social page for more than six hours. trib.al/ijkSd6g
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
3. Full analysis and data in today’s Popular Information 👇
popular.info
Taxpayers spend about $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees
American taxpayers are spending billions every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
In 75% of US industries, fewer corporations control more of the business than 20 years ago. That's especially true in the food industry. Just four corporations control 54% of the fresh-cut salad industry, including Taylor Fresh Foods. We're seeing in real time the danger of monopolization.
bloomberg.com
Taylor Farms Produce Is Sold Everywhere, Making Outbreak Difficult to Escape
Taylor Farms produce is everywhere, and comes from everywhere.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
BBC demands King Trump hand over personal text messages in bid to prove he incited Jan 6 riots.
the-independent.com
BBC demands Trump hand over personal text messages in £7.5bn lawsuit
The broadcaster is seeking messages between Trump and his advisers in the hours before the storming of the US Capitol
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is one of the dumbest & most bizarre Executive Orders we have ever read. This EO is a clear political overreach, driven by an ideological agenda to rewrite American history. Our Smithsonian institutions do not belong to the President, but to the American people & so does our nation’s history.
whitehouse.gov
Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Policy. On
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Northridge citizenship questioned 🤔😆
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