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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 18h

Dumb (with a "b") people, who have delusional and paranoid tendencies, love conspiracy theories -- even when the conspiracies are proven to be lies. These people are the worst America has to offer. www.cnn.com/2026/10/12/p...

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MAGA watches another conspiracy theory blow up in its face | CNN Politics

Two weeks ago, GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri saw his conspiracy theory about former special counsel Jack Smith implode spectacularly at a congressional hearing for all to see.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 23h

This is their corrupt playbook: Use all the powers of the federal government to attack our leaders. Deploy an out of control, violent federal police force to invade our communities and kill and injure Minnesotans. Launch baseless and hateful attacks on the Somali community.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 23h

I’m outraged by this attack on Representative Omar. Trump and his DOJ have a bizarre obsession with tearing down Minnesota, our leaders and our communities. This latest action, even as voting has already started in Minnesota, is a transparent attempt to interfere in our elections.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22h

ok heres one democratic senator being clear and unambiguous about this. anyone else want to step up?

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 18h

“The President should be impeached and removed for his ongoing corrupt abuse of power by using law enforcement agencies to target his political enemies on pretextual charges.” Fixed it.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

For the love of God, stop saying this regime's ruthless authoritarianism "raises questions" and start telling us what answers you have for us. If you can't do that, get the fuck out of the way.

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WIRED @wired.com · 23h

Elon Musk is reportedly the largest known donor in this year's electoral cycle. His affiliated America PAC is spending big on seven key upcoming US Senate contests. You can track Musk's America PAC money with our tool. buff.ly/ZDw8NA4

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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It Daily

To follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

"What Trump is doing now is next level. He’s not just attacking Somali residents. Rather, he’s calling for Minnesotans to attack them as well. And of course, it’s all based on absolute lies." — @snipy.bsky.social

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Trump wants a race war. Minnesotans won’t take the bait.

We love our Somali neighbors.

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 23h

The federal government spends 10 times more on seniors than on children.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h

Here is Trump's "policy" about investigative steps before an election: 1. If you are a Republican, there is never a time when such steps are permitted. 2. If you are a Democrat, there is never a time when such steps are forbidden. If legacy media is suggesting anything else, they are lying.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 12/10/2026

Nato’s supreme commander has acknowledged that Russia’s hybrid war against Europe is unsettling the continent’s societies but warned Moscow that the military alliance is always ready to strike back at any attack. ft.trib.al/b2jAlnc

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Absolutely insane levels of spending by Elon Musk to help Republicans this fall, the New York Times documents. $276 million just since this summer, most of which to help Senate Republicans. Single-handedly destroying records and swamping Dem candidates. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...

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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.

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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Blue state leadership is fully prepared to defeat Trump's attempted interference in the upcoming midterm elections, as Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar makes clear:

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Judges should not trust the government.

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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 23h

If they are doing a deep dive into how her father completed their paperwork, do the same for Melania. She was supposed to produce them "in 10 days" during our last trip through hell. I would bet my retirement that Melania is "illegal."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23h

If you are shocked this am that Trump’s government executed a search warrant against a Democratic Member of Congress and ignored a judge’s order then you haven’t been paying attention. Stop saying this isn’t how it works in the US. It is exactly how it works under Trump.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 23h

Re Ilhan Omar Worth your time: Oct 1992 letter from Republican US Attorney on an investigatory step before election: "[I]t amounts to prosecutorial misconduct and violates the most basic fundamental rule of Department of Justice policy. I cannot be a party to such actions."

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h

Federal ICE agents raided Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington-area home before dawn this morning. The Trump DOJ confirms agents executed a search warrant as part of a criminal investigation reportedly involving immigration paperwork completed by Omar’s late father when she was a CHILD. 1/

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ICE Raids Ilhan Omar’s Home

Homeland Security Investigations searched the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington-area home under a sealed warrant tied to forms her late father filled out when she was a child. No charge has been filed.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Obama ad for Scott Colom in MS Senate race, which could be winnable if Black voters come out post-Callais. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXc...

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President Obama to Mississippi Voters: “Send Scott Colom to the U.S. Senate”

YouTube video by Scott Colom

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Read about HSI Agent Richard Berger was the affiant for arrest affidavits against 24 fabricated case against Minnesotans. These are the people raiding Omar's house. emptywheel.net/2026/08/25/r...

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Richard Berger: The False Affiant behind Minnesota's Fabricated Cases - emptywheel

A single Homeland Security Investigations Agent, Richard Berger, wrote the affidavit behind two dozen of the cases that have collapsed in Minnesota.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

An important bit of immigration law which is relevant here; there is already a waiver process — Section 212(k) of the INA — by which immigrants who obtain status through fraud that they didn't know about can avoid consequences like losing a green card. So this is *even weaker* than it already seems.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The Trump administration must stop buying and airing taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump for the pivotal midterm elections, a federal judge said in a win for pro-democracy groups. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda ads halted by federal judge

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026

Zelenskyy on Fox News: "If President Trump wants to change the leader in Ukraine, he has to know that only our people can change ... [but] now we have attacks each day. We're speaking about thousands of drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles. How can people vote?"

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

With Ilhan Omar search: DOJ Inspector General report (on Comey's misdeeds): "[V]arious witnesses testified that the Department has a longstanding unwritten practice to avoid overt law enforcement and prosecutorial activities close to an election, typically within 60 or 90 days of Election Day."

II. Department Policies and Practices Governing Investigative Activities in Advance of an

Election Department policies require all Department officials to “enforce the laws...in a neutral and impartial manner” and to remain “particularly sensitive to safeguarding the Department’s reputation for fairness, neutrality, and nonpartisanship.” Various policies also address investigative activities timed to affect an election and require that prosecutors and agents consult with the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section (PIN) before taking overt investigative steps in advance of a primary or general election. No Department policy contains a specific prohibition on overt investigative steps within a particular period before an election. Nevertheless, various witnesses testified that the Department has a longstanding unwritten practice to avoid overt law enforcement and prosecutorial activities close to an election, typically within 60 or 90 days of Election Day. We discuss relevant Department policies and practices below.

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Elon Musk was violating his visa when he started his first business here and very likely obtained his U.S. citizenship through fraud. Where is that investigation?

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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 12/10/2026

The worst part, is everyone knows the bottom line is they just want to freak her out by rousting her out of bed in a pre-dawn raid by men with guns. It’s absolutely infuriating.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

So presumably this is to allege naturalization fraud with an eye to denaturalization?

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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 12/10/2026

Fox News is reporting this is a criminal investigation into the immigration paperwork filled out by Ilhan Omar’s late father when she was a child 40 years ago. I actually think this is so nakedly outrageous it will blow back on them. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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US launches immigration raid of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home, Fox News reports

US authorities conducted a predawn raid Monday on the Washington-area home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar in ‌a probe of the Somali-born lawmaker's immigration paperwork, Fox News Digital re...

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WIRED @wired.com · 12/10/2026

US law enforcement agents obtained authorization to use a controversial cell phone surveillance device to find and arrest a college student who helped produce journalist Don Lemon’s coverage of an anti-ICE protest, court filings show.

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Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer

Investigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

METLIFE: “.. A larger share of households, roughly 42% of them, reported that their financial situation was somewhat or significantly worse than it was one year ago.” (NY Fed data:)

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Stock holdings now exceed the value of primary residences in the U.S. Yet the typical family's home is worth five times their stock portfolio. In other words, the gains from the stock market boom are going to the top.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Judge Reyes' opening statement to the DOJ as the hearing begins: "I am thoroughly unamused right now."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/10/2026

After Jan. 6, 2021, many Trump loyalists headed for the exits. But not Russell Vought. He told the president, I’m going to work night and day to get you back in the White House in four years. Then he and others began working on a plan: Project 2025. Listen to our latest "Paper Trail" episode 👇

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Who’s the Shadow President?

Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · October 1 · 36m

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/10/2026

As the Trump administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, federal agents have run roughshod over the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens. We’re showing you every incident we’ve confirmed — along with the receipts: propub.li/3TBuddL

500+ U.S. citizens detained since the start of the second Trump administration. 100+ U.S. citizens held after agents questioned their citizenship. Nearly all of them were people of color. At least 70 American children and teens detained, some of whom were handcuffed. 36 U.S. citizens held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or family.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/10/2026

It’s that time of year for my 2010 joke.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This week: A Sunday night ruling on Trump's paid-for-by-taxpayer ads, a crazy story out of Texas, & a judge's decision Ivanka, Jared & Don Jr. can't use the Secret Service to duck subpoenas. Get ready for The Week Ahead: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

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The Week Ahead

October 11, 2026

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 11/10/2026

Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.

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Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes

Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I do not understand who the viewing audience for Pat McAfee is supposed to be. He doesn't just give douchebro takes all the time. He sounds like he's sucked on a helium balloon right before each segment. Christ. I nearly hurt myself lunging for the remote the last time he popped on my screen.

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Court Watch @courtwatch.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“Since 2022, at least 154 Bureau of Prisons employees and contractors have been charged in federal court for crimes ranging from fraud, abuse, and bribery to violating constitutional rights, according to a new analysis of federal charges by Court Watch” www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...

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The Rabbit Hole: Foxes in the Guardhouse

We explore how pervasive corruption is in the federal agency.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Roger Marshall's opponent in the Senate race is a minister. I bet he could explain to him the biblical injunctions against usury.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Trump to crowd: “It’s amazing. I can say the stupidest things, and you clap.” Crowd: claps In the history of dumb fucking cults, MAGA is by far, the fucking dumbest.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

most people i know have a hard time accepting a compliment, let alone an award, and this man is out here begging for the nobel peace prize. GET A GRIP!!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "This is the woman who received the Nobel Peace Prize over the Great United States of America, whose Representative, ME, settled eight Wars, and many other things. I know nothing about this woman, and neither does anyone else! In fact, to the best of my knowledge, no one ever heard of her other than the fact that she, very obviously, hates Israel. I don’t know what the woman has done. I settled 8 Wars, with letters being sent from every President and Prime Minister from the countries that I helped to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and I’m about to settle, or win, two more, Iran and, Russia/Ukraine. They’re both happening at breakneck speed but, forget them, it’s the 8 that I’ve already settled, any one of which, in particular, Pakistan and India, would be far more than necessary to win the Nobel Prize. In actuality, I should have won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes, not just 1. The 8 Wars are:"

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "Cambodia and Thailand
Kosovo and Serbia
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda
Pakistan and India
Israel and Iran
Egypt and Ethiopia
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Israel and Hamas
Additionally, I stopped Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon, and blowing up the entire Middle East and, ultimately, far beyond! I saved more lives than anyone in History and, as Maria Corina Machado, a truly fine person, stated to the Media when she gave me her Nobel Prize of last year, “Donald Trump settled many Wars, and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than any person that has ever received it.” Based on my record of PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to"

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to do it — Nobody believed this was possible! I removed the World’s Evil Dictator, Nicolas Maduro, from Venezuela, and am in the process of making Venezuela a rich Democracy. Likewise, with Iran, I stopped them from destroying Israel, the Middle East, and Europe. I am also preventing, on a constant basis, a War between South Korea and North Korea, and Japan and North Korea. Add China and Taiwan, and numerous other hot spots, which have not been involved in Wars, only because of President Donald J. Trump, and the United States of America. I am responsible for having NATO countries increase spending from 2% to 5% of GDP, creating a stronger alliance and defense, another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries"

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries in Eastern Europe. Additionally, I have brought 196 hostages HOME from captivity, from all over the World, and did it without having paid a ransom, unlike Biden and Obama who would pay Billions of Dollars. On top of it all, I have created a soon to be very prosperous Arctic. Despite all of this, the Nobel Prize was given today to a liberal person who works at the United Nations, who nobody has ever heard of. In all of the Wars that I have settled, I never spoke to the United Nations—they were of no help. The United States of America, represented by me, as your President, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn’t. This is an indelible stain on Norway, one that will never be forgotten. The Nobel “Peace” Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of Radical Ideologues who are Anti-Democracy, and Enemies of Civilization! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Trump keeps breaking the law, & we & our partners keep beating him in court Just lately: his $1.8 B slush fund tossed, his mail ballot order blocked & the bogus charges against Davey Hearn dismissed for good Every round of it, in this week's @contrariannews.org publisher's note👇 -TN

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“Honey Please”— Stop Stealing From the American People!

How we are fighting the Trump & Cronies Top 10 corruption scandals: Publisher’s Roundup 88

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026

🚨 BREAKING: The Pentagon has raised the official death toll of U.S. troops during the war with Iran to 21, with 865 wounded, weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called reporting that the military had undercounted deaths “a complete lie.”

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 10/10/2026

Up until 2025, the FBI was circling around Susan Collins. Then, Donald Trump got elected and made the investigation go away. Now Collins is voting with Trump 96% of the time. Funny how that works.

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