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Anne-Marie W. Clark 👩‍👧‍👦🐶⚖️😷🌎🚢📚🌦️⚜️ @amwclark.bsky.social · 13h
"Empire of Grift” by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
Slowly, the Brazilians were learning the same lesson as other American allies around the world: The United States of America is no longer the entity they knew. And American power is no longer deployed solely by trained diplomats and reliable officials, working through state channels. Informal envoys, private companies, online grifters, and hardened ideologues both inside and outside the government matter more. Unlike their predecessors, these people do not talk about spreading democracy, and don’t want to build long-term relationships. They don’t care about America’s reputation. They are deploying the tools of American diplomacy and government for their own purposes, to promote their own business interests or their own ideological goals, because, suddenly, they can.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Trump: "We've gonna shove it up their ass ... They are a bunch of dumb son of a bitches" Remember when presidents had dignity? Here's a lowlight supercut from Trump's rally tonight in Ohio:
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23h
The administration has found yet another way to fuck with solar power.
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The USDA just made it way harder for farmers to get grants for solar
Even farmers who were already promised funds from the REAP program may never get them under the Trump admin’s new restrictions. Some are suing.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The leading bidder is a group involving Trump donor Todd Boehly, Qatar-based investors with business ties to Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, an Abu Dhabi fund linked to Sheikh Tahnoon and the US government. Putin sees it as a way to cement ties with the US.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump campaigns for Ken Paxton in Texas: "He can be a pain in the ass sometimes, I'll be honest. Is he here, by the way? Oh, there he is. I didn't even know if he was here! I don't care."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“A pattern has been established since Trump entered the White House for his second term that indicates a strategy to cripple how the US operates to such a degree that whoever comes next will find it impossible to repair.”
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Scorched Earth
How Trump plans to break America so it can’t be repaired
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just so clownish.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. I would like to have data centers. It doesn't mean I want them right next to my house, but certainly I like them in my country."
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D.C. @dcmcb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“We like our barbecue.” Republicans made beef unaffordable. “We like our trucks.” It now costs close to $100 to fill my truck up with gas.
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Korea disputes Trump's claim it agreed to spend $54 billion on Alaska's LNG pipeline; project announcement featured longtime backer Senator Dan Sullivan, who trailed Democrat Mary Peltola in first round of voting. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Korea Disputes Trump’s Claim It Agreed to Invest in Alaska LNG
South Korea has pushed back on the Trump administration’s announcement that the country would invest $54 billion in a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska, saying it had agreed to do so only if the...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russell Brand is currently charged in the UK with 3 counts of rape, 3 counts of sex assault, and 1 count of indecent assault. He is set for trial in London in two weeks.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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🇺🇸Boston Brian🇺🇦 @bostonbrian.com · 28/09/2026
🚨TAKE BACK WHAT’S YOURS! The American working class creates this country’s wealth. Maybe it’s time we started demanding a bigger fucking piece of it. 🇺🇸✊ Look good. Make a statement. Fuck the billionaire class. 😎 @BostonBrian.com #BluntPoliticsMerch #WorkingClass #TaxTheRich #BostonBrian
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In convo with U.S. Hispanic Business Council, Texas GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton says he supports bringing data centers to Texas. “There’s plenty of open space in Texas," he says. "They're creating a lot of jobs." Data centers will be "a huge economic boon."
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
MTG has really been going after her own.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
US Ambassador to China David Perdue says in their recent meeting Trump asked President Xi if China wanted to buy weapons systems from the US.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister: "In 2015, we had a deal, we remained committed to that deal, it was the US that withdrew with zero justification"
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s a cult. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
UNICEF - More Than 64,000 Children Killed or Injured in Gaza Since October 2023 www.unicefusa.org/stories/more...
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More Than 64,000 Children Killed or Injured in Gaza Since October 2023
Despite a nominal ceasefire, the number of child casualties keeps climbing.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 26/09/2026
Whut.
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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 President Trump has rejected Iran’s proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and has told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterms, U.S. officials said. FREE WSJ GIFT ARTICLE 🎁 www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Exclusive | Trump Rejects Iran Ceasefire, Expects Renewed Bombing After Midterms
The president is skeptical that Tehran will meet his demands.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
But he’s really just doing it all for you because he loves you, Mr. & Ms. MAGA.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ICE has a bigger budget than the Marine Corps & still conned Congress out of $20M more for bodycams. Swore every agent would wear one by August. It’s September and ICE shot an Austinite in the back. They say there was no camera. They’re liars with masks and a blank check from Trump.
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The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam
The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
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.
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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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Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered species kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/21/r...
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Trump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered species • Kentucky Lantern
The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public. Individua...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/09/2026
"'We have confirmation due to communication between Kate and Wilber that he’s in Pearsall for interrogation and still has the bullet lodged in his body. He’s received no pain medication and had to sleep on the floor.'"
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ICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in Austin
Rather than getting him medical help, they carted him off to an ICE detention complex—and the bullet is still in his back.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump comes up hard against facts again: Bloomberg analysis shows the Iran war has removed significantly more diesel supply from the market than Russia-Ukraine. Trump caused the global energy crisis all on his own - no wriggling out of that.
bloomberg.com
Iran War Drives Bigger Diesel Supply Loss Despite Trump’s Claims
Diesel prices have never been higher. US President Donald Trump contends that’s not because of the war he started nearly seven months ago.
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 20/09/2026
You need to brace for it. Trump is in trouble. His m.o. is to do something really awful when in trouble. People WILL get hurt
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This, my friends, is gaslighting. Congress is the top three or four of all time only on abdicating its responsibilities. 
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The guy with the 33% approval rating wants to put the GOP at the beck and call of widely hated tech oligarchs, and the response from Dems is to look for ways to help Republicans get distance from Trump by partnering with them on "bipartisan" bills that Trump will never sign.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Trump administration is reportedly considering 12 data center projects on federal public lands. The data center locations include 17,600 acres in Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Arizona.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
look we are too corrupt and ignorant to regulate so it's up to a collection of foppish, pasty sociopaths in overpriced sneakers to hold themselves accountable for killing everyone with monopolized cloud computing
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Israel has totally lost the plot.
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JohnnyNaugahyde @jbvta.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
White: (details Paxton corruption) he’s a piece of shit Rogan: I don’t know enough about him. Fuck Rogan. He’s such a fucking clown. He lives in Texas and doesn’t know anything about the people running for office? He is such a fucking clown.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ron White to Joe Rogan: Talarico didn't cost this state $6 million in fines and lawsuits, and that happened with Ken Paxton. Guess who paid that $6 million? You and me paid the $6 million for his bribery. His own party impeached him. He's a criminal. He's a piece of shit.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In a normal, functioning democracy, this would end his presidency tonight.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/09/2026
🚨 NEW: PETA is blasting FBI Director Kash Patel over the bureau’s decision to lift a longtime ban on selecting new trainees who have engaged in bestiality. PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk tells MeidasTouch: “Director Patel must immediately cancel this abominable misstep. It cannot happen.”
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PETA Blasts Kash Patel Over FBI Bestiality Hiring Change: ‘It Cannot Happen’
PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk is demanding FBI Director Kash Patel reverse the controversial policy change, calling the prospect of an agent who engaged in bestiality “unconscionable and unacceptable.”
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026
One nuance: Kremlev was personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his links to Putin. An organization he is associated with, 'Healthy Fatherland', is also sanctiond for helping abduct children from occupied Ukrainian territory and relocate them in Russia
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The 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...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Cover. @time.com time.com/article/2026...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
I said it at the time (and before!), but I truly believe that American voters electing Donald Trump for a second term in 2024 was the dumbest and most self-harming choice made by an electorate in the history of humanity
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The 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...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Revealed: inside the US military’s plan to tap huge sums from the NIH www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Revealed: inside the US military’s plan to tap huge sums from the NIH
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.
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