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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h
BREAKING: MS NOW EXCLUSIVE. Republican Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway. GOP Judiciary staff told Schmitt the texts — obtained from the Trump DOJ — were "unvetted." Schmitt still used them.
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h
1. DOGE dividend. 2. Tariff dividend. 3. Midterms dividend. 4. Data center dividend.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9h
Q: “Wherever you go you are the Attorney General…” Blanche: “That’s not what the law says…I’m allowed to go and support administrative priorities in my personal capacity.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h
> @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/p...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h
I didn’t believe it at first, either. (via David Sacks)
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h
* FRANCE'S MACRON: IF THE BRITISH PM WANTS BRITAIN TO RETURN TO THE EU THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT NEWS AND A GOOD DECISION @reuters.com
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h
CNN: “.. Turns out that one of the things it’s reasonably good at is debunking Trump’s own lies.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/09/29/p...
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LiveSquawk @livesquawknews.bsky.social · 16h
Meta Avoids Billions In Federal Taxes By Classifying Its Data Centres As Experimental - NYT www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape.
There are two photos taped together. The top shows a brown stone building with a brown thatched roof. It's surrounded by green grass, stone walkways, and blue-gray sea. Below is a checked brown tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The one at te top shows a rocky hillside with green and straw-colored grass, gray rocks, and a tan sandy beach below. The blue waters are crashing at the shore. Below is a green herringbone tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The top shows a field of green and straw colored fields with bits of purple flowers. Below is a a series of checked brown tweed that reflect the colors in the landscape above it. A swatch book of solid-colored tweeds. The green tweed has visible flecks of red, gold, and blue.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TRUMP SAYS ON A MEETING WITH AI LEADERS THAT HE THINKS THE DOCUMENT IS 'MORALLY BINDING' AND THAT HE IS SEEING 'TREMENDOUS SELF-POLICING', WITH AI LEADERS UNDERSTANDING THAT.
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 28/09/2026
"Screen Scene" host Angela Stribling, who pioneered BET's jazz programs and was a longtime WHUR 96.3 FM personality, has died, her husband shared.
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BET host Angela Stribling dies after brain cancer battle
"Screen Scene" host Angela Stribling, who pioneered BET's jazz programs and was a longtime WHUR 96.3 FM personality, has died, her husband shared.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo.
Michael Weiss: Why, that’s Ali Abdelaziz is on the far left. Manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters including Khamzat Chimaev, who is close to Kadyrov. Abdelaziz was an FBI informant until the Bureau dropped him because they suspected he was a double agent. Looks like Ka$h (far right) has forgiven and forgotten. These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Despite all of Trump’s bullshit like this, Americans still like Canada a helluva lot more than they like him. yougov.com/en-us/articl...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
> @variety.com variety.com/2026/digital...
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
They are shutting this down by the end of the day.
Can the president build a giant triumphal arch in Washington
DC without congressional authorization?

No. Not on federal park or public grounds in the District of Columbia without express authority of Congress. I
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
(AXIOS) - Iowa is on the verge of a farm crisis that threatens to wreck the agricultural heart of the state .. @axios.com #IAsen www.axios.com/2026/09/29/i...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: "As soon as that war ends, inflation is gonna be eradicated totally"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Jensen Huang: "We all need to hope it's an engineering problem. If it's not an engineering problem, it's not solvable."
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today, I see angry young men online LARPing as Catholics, often for the aesthetic. They celebrate strength and hate the weak. The use slurs against the disabled and fantasize about enacting Crusader violence against their enemies. I wish the Pope would speak directly on this.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"why don't men wear more color." i only dress for the approval of dogs, who mostly see blue, white, gray, black, and brown in the way that we do, so i don't wear other colors.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Trump: "We have the best, uhh, I guess you could say poverty. They talk poverty. We have the best poverty numbers ever in the history of our country."
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our tax dollars are being spent to indulge the fantasies and to soothe the fragile ego of a narcissistic sociopath who is falling deeper and deeper into psychosis.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Experienced FBI counterterrorism experts were punished for refusing to investigate something that, at most, warranted the attention of the DC Metro police.
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SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So they have to soothe the old man's stupidity by never calling it Artificial Intelligence again because he cant admit he misspoke?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I guess the hundreds of millions Republicans are getting from billionaires for ads in the midterms aren’t enough so they are just going to steal taxpayer dollars to run more of them.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s a cult. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 27/09/2026
"Obama tried to freeze Fox out" is a complete lie and it's incredible that Jake Tapper feels the need to both-sides this
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“.. this week felt different — like the political environment was disintegrating in real time ..” @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/09/26/t...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie
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James Mackintosh @jmackin2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Context from Politico report at weekend: "A Government Accountability Office report from 2023 found that more than 1 million F-35 spare parts have gone missing in the past five years."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026
Checking in on Trump TV 😬
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Silence is not neutral... ... when Democracy is on the line! Call your representatives. Make your voices heard! And VOTE 🗳️ #WeThePeople #StopTrump #ImpeachConvictRemove #resist
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A lie does not become truth because millions believe it. Wrong does not become right because the majority accepts it. And evil does not become good because enough people choose to look the other way. The masses can make evil normal. It can never make it right.
People Pictured in the Collage

Top Left: Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Middle Left: Donald Trump shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Bottom Left: Donald Trump standing alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Right Side: Donald Trump posing with Jeffrey Epstein at an event during the 1990s or early 2000s
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Axios @axios.com · 27/09/2026
One day after he rejected an Iranian proposal to end the war, President Trump told Axios in a phone interview today that he expects U.S. negotiators to engage in more talks with the country this week.
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After nixing Iran proposal, Trump tells Axios he expects talks this week
Qatar is doing shuttle diplomacy between the two sides.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Kennedy: "I don't think any public official, including Trump or Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves ... I may end up with a sombrero on my head, but I also think we ought to have a rule that no politician can have a building named after him when he's alive"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Marge finally realizing the Republican caravan fearmongering stuff (@MarshaBlackburn loves to peddle) has always been bullshit
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 27/09/2026
"It is utterly shocking that the American military is facing its most consequential defeat in several generations because it has not adapted to a revolution in military affairs and Pentagon leadership is worried about...testosterone levels in the ranks."
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Trump’s Forever War Is Sucking the Life Out of Him
If it bleeds, we can kill it.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If we are talking about Peter Thiel—the nuttier version of Roy Cohn, only out—don't speculate about the young model Thiel was cheating on his husband with, who made a rather Russian departure from life, off a high-rise balcony, after crashing Mr. & Mr. Thiel's party and causing a row between them.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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