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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h
President Trump directed staff to use taxpayer money for TV ads praising him and his presidency, setting in motion a $20 million contract that used funds from the Department of Homeland Security, according to people familiar with the matter. nyti.ms/4jBqx63
President Trump stands in a dark suit and red tie. A crowd of people and a large American flag are in the background. A headline reads: "Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency." Photo by Doug Mills for The New York Times.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h
You know, like being able to afford gas and groceries. trib.al/KAm2TVF
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Vance Says People Are Too Focused on “Little Things” Ahead of Midterms
You know, like being able to afford gas and groceries.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram @star-telegram.com · 16h
Four Tarrant County voters of color say the Republicans on the commissioners court intentionally disenfranchised residents.
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Voters sue Tarrant County, allege poll site cut discriminates against minorities
Four Tarrant County voters of color say the Republicans on the commissioners court intentionally disenfranchised residents.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 22h
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15h
Among other reasons to follow and support them, @iamstevenhale.bsky.social and @nashvillebanner.bsky.social post the documents.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15h
Beyond the horrifying reality that a hospital is trying to "clear the pentobarbital from [Christa Pike's] system" currently, the litigation over Tennessee's actions this week will shine a very clear light on the many, many reasons why governments should not be trusted with killing their citizens.
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CNN @cnn.com · 15h
The pilot suspected of having attacked another pilot aboard a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai flight on Wednesday was removed from a previous job at Oman's national airline last year following concerns about his extremist views, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
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The Flydubai attack suspect was removed by another airline over concerns about his extremist views, sources say
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CNN @cnn.com · 15h
"President Donald Trump has locked on to a new excuse for the GOP’s impending 2026 midterm losses: It’s the messaging, not the results," writes CNN's Aaron Blake. Read more analysis: cnn.it/4yoSIdb
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.
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CNN @cnn.com · 15h
A federal court in Texas has issued a ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration from building a border wall and other infrastructure across the state's Big Bend region. cnn.it/4rK8VXH
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram @star-telegram.com · 15h
The pastor of an Edmond-based megachurch has cut ties with Life Surge, a Christian financial leadership organization under investigation for allegedly using high-pressure sales tactics to persuade attendees to pay for expensive classes and invest in the stock market and real estate.
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Oklahoma pastor Craig Groeschel, Tim Tebow cut ties with Life Surge. What to know.
The pastor of an Edmond-based megachurch has cut ties with Life Surge, a Christian financial leadership organization under investigation for allegedly using high-pressure sales tactics to persuade attendees to pay for expensive classes and invest in the stock market and real estate.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17h
The execution team went through at least seven needles trying to find a vein suitable for delivering doses of a lethal drug to Tennessee inmate Christa Pike, her lawyers said. Medical experts explain the possibilities of how she survived.
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How Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital?
A catheter carrying the drug may not have delivered the doses to Ms. Pike’s bloodstream, experts said. The drug itself may have been degraded.
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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 17h
Religious-right leaders are trying to help Republicans keep their congressional majorities -- and they have a scary to-do list if they're successful www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
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Religious Right Wants GOP in Power to End Abortion Access, Reverse Marriage Equality, Impose Religious Test on Supreme Court
Religious-right leaders have a scary to-do list for Republicans if they keep their congressional majorities.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17h
The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.
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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h
“.. It’s a perfect storm,” said one senior Senate GOP aide, granted anonymity to candidly discuss the race. @politico.com #KSsen www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Trump on diesel: "We're not gonna be doing the export ban"
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 18h
LATEST: Christa Pike is unconscious and on a ventilator following a failed execution, her lawyers say.
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Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say
Pike survived a lethal injection execution on Wednesday. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18h
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) are debuting legislation that would crack down on Flock license-plate-reader cameras, part of a bipartisan backlash against the technology.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19h
Playbook: Sen. Thom Tillis lashed out in private texts to Trump earlier this year, saying he refused to take his "bullshit" and that, had Trump directly threatened him with a primary challenge, he would've "immediately told you to fuck yourself" and announced his retirement early.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19h
As Trump’s monologue about his Texas midterm convention exposes a problem for the GOP, a Democratic operative argues that his collapse in South Texas is a real tell about what’s coming. trib.al/b6vC6Q0
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Trump’s Weird Tirade on Midterms Accidentally Reveals Key GOP Weakness
As Trump’s monologue about his Texas midterm convention exposes a problem for the GOP, a Democratic operative argues that his collapse in South Texas is a real tell about what’s coming.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19h
France proposed to release some of its diesel stockpiles after an emergency G7 meeting. trib.al/EhUnEbK
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Trump Begs Europe to Help Him Bring Down Diesel Costs He Drove Up
France proposed to release some of its diesel stockpiles after an emergency G7 meeting.
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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 21h
"little things"
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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 22h
Elon Musk has broken up with baby mommy 9/10/12/14, announced via Twitter unfollow alert post sponsored by Kalshi
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22h
Elon Musk has abandoned another one of the women he's had children with. This time it's Shivon Zillis. He's no longer following her on X.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21h
BREAKING NYT: The top super PAC for Senate Republicans is canceling all the remaining ads it had booked in North Carolina as of Friday — shifting away tens of millions of dollars in a move that signals that Republicans no longer see a path to winning the state this fall.
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Republicans Pull Money From North Carolina Senate Race As Midterm Prospects Dim
The Senate Leadership Fund is diverting money to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party as it seeks to hold its majority.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21h
An informal network of hackers and researchers are hunting rogue AI agents online, exposing new and surprising details about the misbehavior of technology that in some cases initially went undetected by the multibillion-dollar companies that created it. wapo.st/4AZOTNo
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The volunteer internet sleuths hunting down rogue AI agents
An informal network of hackers and researchers is exposing new details about misbehaving AI that meddled with corporate and government websites.
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 21h
Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 21h
BREAKING: Kennedy Center announces it’s moving its annual awards gala off site for the first time in its history amid battle over Trump’s planned renovations.
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Kennedy Center Honors to be held off-site for the first time in the ceremony’s history
The center announced that the celebration will be held at Capital One Arena in downtown Washington, D.C., due to the closure of the main building for planned renovations.
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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 21h
Why is this allowed? It would seem to negate the function of IGs
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 21h
Although live streamer Hasan Piker’s talk was hotly debated beforehand, his appearance was ultimately met with little pushback on campus. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
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Texas Daily: At a Contested UT Event, Hasan Piker Weighs In on Talarico vs. Paxton
Although the live streamer’s talk was hotly debated beforehand, his appearance was ultimately met with little pushback on campus.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 21h
President Trump’s harsh criticisms may still be ringing in the ears of Supreme Court justices when they return to the bench for a new nine-month term next week.
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Trump clashes ahead as new Supreme Court term begins
The president has lost major cases and openly criticized the justices, but he still has a winning record at the court, which will consider his immigration policies and more this term.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/10/2026
Breaking News: The U.S. labor market showed signs of slowing in September, as employers added only 29,000 jobs.
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Jobs Report to Bring Insights on U.S. Economy: Live Updates
U.S. employers added 29,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent, as inflation has maintained pressure on markets and raised costs.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: The U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, missing expectations. The unemployment rate grew to 4.2%, up slightly from the previous month. Economists had expected 4.1%.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Judge blocks federal prosecutors from refiling charges in Reflecting Pool case missouriindependent.com/2026/10/01/r...
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Judge blocks federal prosecutors from refiling charges in Reflecting Pool case • Missouri Independent
A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/10/2026
And it went about as well for Senator Eric Schmitt as you might expect. trib.al/BWEoxNY
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GOP Senator Was Warned Attempt to Trap Jack Smith Might Backfire
Senator Eric Schmitt knowingly used unvetted information in his effort to have a “gotcha” moment.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 02/10/2026
The Democratic base is eager to see Trump held accountable for some of his actions, and congressional investigators are quietly preparing for next year, @mviser.bsky.social reports:
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The Democratic Playbook for Investigating Trump
Congressional oversight committees are quietly preparing for next year.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Big development: Dems are growing increasingly bullish on sweeping the big House races in South Texas. A DCCC official tells me internal polling shows Trump's approval cratering in key districts there: TX-15: 36% TX-28: 28% TX-34: 35% This and much more on the pod: newrepublic.com/article/2161...
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Trump’s Weird Tirade on Midterms Accidentally Reveals Key GOP Weakness
As Trump’s monologue about his Texas midterm convention exposes a problem for the GOP, a Democratic operative argues that his collapse in South Texas is a real tell about what’s coming.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 02/10/2026
An air traffic controller failed to warn pilots of strong tail winds before an Amazon-branded cargo plane careened off a Miami runway, killing five people, according to a preliminary NTSB report.
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NTSB report says pilots weren’t warned about wind before Amazon-branded plane crashed in Miami
The preliminary report didn’t list a cause of the crash. The investigation could take more than a year to complete.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/10/2026
The GOP is starting to worry about Kansas and ... Mississippi. trib.al/65Yyfn9
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This Is How Bad Things Are For Republicans
The GOP is starting to worry about Kansas and ... Mississippi.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
LOL -- Ainsley Earhardt is in disbelief about Fox News polling showing Talarico leading Paxton by 7
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/10/2026
Cornell University conducted an internal disciplinary investigation involving more than 50 interviews with 32 witnesses after a student reported she was drugged and raped by several men at a fraternity house in 2024, according to unsealed court documents.
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Unsealed documents detail Cornell investigation into alleged rape at fraternity house
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday said that she had lost faith in the county district attorney’s ability to fairly oversee the case and had appointed state Attorney General Letitia James as speci...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 02/10/2026
After having suffered massive voter registration losses in the wake of the last presidential election, Democrats have stemmed the bleeding in several key states heading into this year’s midterms, according to an NBC News Decision Desk analysis.
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Democrats regain ground on voter registration in key states after steep post-2024 drops
An NBC News Decision Desk analysis of voter file data in seven states found that Democrats managed to reverse or slow their registration decline over the past year.
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CNN @cnn.com · 02/10/2026
South Korea has pushed back against a $54 billion investment announced by the Trump administration, turning a struggling project to export natural gas from Alaska into another potential sticking point in the allies’ long-running negotiations over trade. cnn.it/4j072Ef
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CNN @cnn.com · 02/10/2026
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she is appointing New York State Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the alleged sexual assault case at Cornell University, saying new information “has raised serious questions about how this case was handled." cnn.it/4AJlir5
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/10/2026
Several House seats could flip blue in Virginia this fall, with a new poll showing one Democrat ahead in a district held by Republicans for decades and another modestly behind in a red district that Presient Trump carried by double digits two years ago.
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Democrat has edge in Virginia House race considered national bellwether, poll finds
Democrat Shannon Taylor is narrowly ahead of Rep. Rob Wittman (R) in Virginia’s 1st Congressional District, while Democrat Tom Perriello is modestly behind Rep. John McGuire (R) in the 5th.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
Good
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CNN @cnn.com · 02/10/2026
President Donald Trump jokingly described Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton as “a pain in the ass” during remarks in Denton, Texas – the latest in a long line of jabs he has made about his staunch ally who is running in a critical race for the GOP.
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Trump jokingly calls Paxton a ‘pain in the ass’ at Texas event | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump jokingly described Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton as “a pain in the ass” during remarks in Denton, Texas, on Thursday – the latest in a long line of jabs he has ma...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/10/2026
Another month, another temperature record. Across the contiguous United States, September 2026 ranks as the warmest September on record, dating back to at least 1895, according to data.
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The U.S. just experienced its warmest and most humid September on record
Across the contiguous United States, September 2026 ranks as the warmest September on record, dating back to at least 1895.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
Weeks after Russell Vought told Congress that Bilt had fixed its problems without the need of CFPB enforcement, nearly 1,900 Bilt customers received mistaken debt collection notices saying they owed hundreds or even thousands of dollars on their cards.
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The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Custo...
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CNN @cnn.com · 02/10/2026
An Amazon Air cargo plane that careened off the runway in Miami last month didn't touch down until it was nearly ¾ of a mile past the threshold and the captain didn't attempt to abort the landing until there was only 930 feet of pavement remaining, the NTSB has revealed.https://cnn.it/3TDLT8l
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