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Ekmou she/her

@ekmou.bsky.social
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Moderate when it comes to politics, Conservative when it comes to ethics! Interested in politics, writing, and education, mostly. Heart and repost do not indicate support, just importance. We need to be alert to the dangers to democracy.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12/09/2026
New Postal Service rules require election officials to submit ballot-envelope designs for review. In one Florida county, officials rejected envelopes because they didn’t meet the required 0.25 inch of clear space around the words “Return Service Requested.”
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Ballot scramble hints at chaos under Trump proposal, Fla. election official says
A county elections supervisor in the state said the Postal Service initially rejected the ballots envelope he was planning to use over a 0.014-inch discrepancy.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
Trump leads a cult-like pledge to himself, inflation surges, diesel hits $6, the Houthis seize a strategic Red Sea port, Trump sleeps at a 9/11 service, and a Trump loyalist quits the DOJ rather than pursue indictments without evidence. And that's just the start.
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 457. 9/11/26
… Trump fell asleep again in the middle of the day, this time at the 9/11 service held at the Pentagon.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12/08/2026
Lt. Robert “Bobby” Regan and Firefighters Vernon Cherry, Leon Smith, Joseph Agnello, Pete Vega, and Scott Davidson — their names remain on the chalk riding list on the wall at the Middagh Street firehouse, and their unrelenting courage will be remembered by this city forever.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11/09/2026
Firefighters work to put out a fire in the Ukrainian capital following Russian air strikes.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Earlier this week, Judd reported on a new Elon Musk scam. Musk is spending millions of dollars pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which advertises itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine. Judd joins us tonight to explain: joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...
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Five Questions with Judd Legum
American journalist, lawyer, and political writer
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
JUST IN: DOJ appeals judge's order nullifying settlement in Trump v. IRS. Deal was to have set up the Anti-Weaponization Fund & still ends all existing tax claims against Trump. Acting DAG McCotter files appeal though DOJ never formally appeared in case. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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DOJIRSAppeal091126.PDF
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/09/2026
Jewish institutions across New York City have added millions more to their budgets for security protections in recent years amid a rise in antisemitic incidents, rabbis and Jewish community leaders say. Their efforts have come into focus ahead of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
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Before High Holy Days, Jewish Institutions in New York Increase Security
Jewish leaders say they have spent millions on additional security protections in recent years amid a rise in antisemitic incidents.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11/09/2026
Here’s what the midterm convention revealed about Donald Trump. trib.al/d2WyE0f
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Trump “Doesn’t Give a Sh*t Anymore” About the Republican Party
Here’s what the midterm convention revealed about Donald Trump.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
*blinks* “More than 150 employees at the cloud services giant Digital Ocean protested last year after its CEO explained in an all-hands meeting that his former mentor was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, which he said shows how employees can work together despite holding different beliefs.”
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 12/09/2026
The thing about lying compulsively about what you’re going to do to help people works a quite a bit better when you’re not in power (‘16/‘24) than when you are…
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 12/09/2026
For months, Republican Ken Paxton asserted that in the Texas Senate race, he was the candidate who projected strength. But for all of Paxton’s bravado, the state attorney general is attracting more headlines for flinching than for fortitude.
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Ken Paxton dodges confrontation while slamming James Talarico as weak
The Texas Republican is relying on ads and not committing to debates. Trump didn’t exactly help this week by saying Paxton wasn’t “the best-looking guy I’ve ever seen.”
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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Man, we need a refs union. Vance is working them ragged
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Anyway dipping my toe in the discourse we WERE pretty united for a few weeks/months as a trauma response and then Bush began pissing it away in earnest with the Axis of Evil speech which I've always read as a deliberate effort to culture war 9/11 and use the eventual Iraq War as a wedge issue.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
white supremacy is not a "growing" problem in the republican party. it is a central feature attracting new younger members. from october:
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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trumpeffschildren.bsky.social @trumpeffschildren.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
On 9/11 it’s important to remember the terrorists hated us for our freedoms 🤡
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
After Pretti was killed, Savageford, who is Asian-American, said she was taken to a warehouse near the Whipple detention center where immigrants were being detained. She was strip-searched, including by male agents who Cook told HuffPost on Friday were “touching her privates.”
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/09/2026
When all else fails, blame the joint.
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MAGA Influencer’s Defense: Antifa Got Me High
When a pro-Trump streamer was caught on camera coercing and harassing a woman, he blamed a suspicious joint.
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 12/09/2026
A drone show featuring 2,977 lights recreated the Twin Towers over New York Harbor ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
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Watch 2,977 lights honor 9/11 victims by recreating the Twin Towers
A drone show featuring 2,977 lights recreated the Twin Towers over New York Harbor ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12/09/2026
Trump’s treasury secretary now says taxpayer funds won’t be used at all, proposing a far-fetched idea. trib.al/EhL9bMG
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Trump’s Supposed Plan for $5,000 Checks Gets Even More Unbelievable
Trump’s treasury secretary now says taxpayer funds won’t be used at all, proposing a far-fetched idea.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/09/2026
A line of graves is a visceral reminder of the enduring horrors of Russia’s occupation four years ago of the eastern Ukrainian city of Izium. Now, as Moscow’s forces again move closer, residents fear that another battle for the city would be far worse than what came before. nyti.ms/3TqEKIs
Wooden crosses in a grassy area with trees. A headline reads: "As Russia Again Draws Near, a Frontline City Fears Obliteration This Time." Photo by Finbarr O’Reilly for The New York Times
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Highly enjoyable read www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/u...
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Trump’s Grand Midterm Convention Finale: ‘I’m a Little Bit Tired of Politics’ (Gift Article)
The president made clear as his convention wrapped up that he wants to carry his party through a tough midterms. He just won’t go too far out of his way to do it.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12/09/2026
The DOJ told a federal judge it’s appealing a scorching order against President Trump’s attempt to sue himself to create an almost $2 billion fund for his political allies. The judge found the suit “improper” and filed only to legitimize an extraordinary settlement between Trump and the DOJ.
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Attorney General Blanche said Trump’s ‘weaponization fund’ was dead. Now DOJ is appealing
The DOJ said Friday it's appealing a judge's finding that Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against his own administration was "improper."
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CNN @cnn.com · 12/09/2026
DHS plans to spend up to $20 million outfitting ICE agents with a hand-worn electric shock weapon called G.L.O.V.E. CNN's Krishna Andavolu explains how it compares to other less-than-lethal weapons, and what it might mean for people it's used on. Watch the full episode: cnn.it/4iqPYH5
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Person with measles boarded train that went through St. Louis on Aug. 27 www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
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Person with measles boarded train that went through St. Louis on Aug. 27
The same train, 318, stopped at Washington, Missouri; Kirkwood, downtown St. Louis and Alton on its way to Chicago's Union Station, Amtrak says.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Rep. Robert Garcia: JD Vance hasn’t faced enough scrutiny for reportedly holding secret Situation Room meetings about a possible Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. The public and Epstein survivors deserve answers.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12/09/2026
A Republican state senator in Indiana who crossed President Trump is advancing to the general election after the state Supreme Court found he’d won his primary by three votes.
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GOP state senator who defied Trump named winner, four months after close election
The Indiana state Senate election was held in May but was close, prompting a challenge.
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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Happy Rosh Hashanah, NJ-10! Wishing for joy, peace, and sweetness in the new year.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 12/09/2026
A watchdog group filed a complaint with the Office of Government Ethics over President Donald Trump’s cash gifts to aide Natalie Harp and two other White House employees, calling for an investigation into whether the payments were in “violation of criminal law.” READ MORE: www.ms.now/news/trump-e...
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Trump faces ethics complaint over $45,000 gifts to Harp and other White House aides
A watchdog group urged the Office of Government Ethics to investigate the hefty holiday gifts to determine whether they violated criminal law.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/09/2026
Trump’s fantastical pledge of $5,000 to Americans reveals an increasingly frantic midterms strategy. And like his previous promises of free cash—including $5,000 checks from all that money we never saved from DOGE—it is NOT going to happen. And let’s be honest, it’s just desperate and embarrassing.
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VotesReallyMatter @tobyforastrike.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We all need to stop thinking that the financial ruin of working Americans is a 'result' of poor policy. IT'S THE GOAL!
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MS NOW @ms.now · 12/09/2026
Republicans privately acknowledge that gas prices are becoming a huge issue in the midterms, and Trump is publicly acknowledging that the issue is unlikely to get better anytime soon. READ MORE: www.ms.now/news/gas-pri...
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Gas prices are surging at the worst possible time for Republicans
Republicans privately acknowledge that gas prices are becoming a huge issue in the midterms, and Trump is publicly acknowledging that the issue is unlikely to get better anytime soon.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Genius. (Sound on 🔉) @nonewdatacenters.bsky.social
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SCOTUSblog @scotusblog.com · 12/09/2026
The dismissal leaves only one argument currently scheduled for Oct. 13 and only six total arguments in the October sitting.
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Supreme Court dismisses potentially significant immigration case that was scheduled for argument in October
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12/09/2026
Former Judge Chloe Dillon had raised concerns about ICE detaining an unaccompanied minor. trib.al/ffmrAHi
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Former Judge Says She Was Fired 48 Hours After Questioning ICE
Former Judge Chloe Dillon had raised concerns about ICE detaining an unaccompanied minor.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Playing in our faces
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/09/2026
"CIA analysts will learn which conclusions are rewarded and which end careers, if they haven’t already. A generation of irreplaceable officers—many of them mentors who teach young officers to hold the line—has already left."
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The CIA Director Is a Failure
John Ratcliffe has mired the agency in politics—and possible illegality.
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CNN @cnn.com · 12/09/2026
A group of House Democratic lawmakers is pressuring Speaker Mike Johnson to reconvene the chamber immediately and cancel an upcoming break to address what they describe as the “catastrophic risk posed by advanced artificial intelligence.”
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House Democrats urge Speaker Johnson to cancel recess to pass AI safeguards, citing ‘catastrophic’ risk | CNN Politics
A group of House Democratic lawmakers is pressuring Speaker Mike Johnson to reconvene the chamber immediately and cancel an upcoming break to address what they describe as the “catastrophic risk posed...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Raskin: “You don’t see any MAGA hats anywhere in the country anymore. The support for the Republicans is melting away.” Trump “pulled the plug on Medicaid” and ACA tax credits, leaving rural hospitals and three maternity clinics in one Michigan district shut down.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“My son died unnecessarily.” A GOLD STAR FAMILY calls on the Trump regime to release the findings of their internal probe, after Capt. Cody Khork was among 6 🇺🇸 troops killed when an Iranian drone struck them in Kuwait during Trump’s pointless war. www.cbsnews.com/news/cody-kh...
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
They're all just making stuff up because this is a nonserious proposal -- a farce, a distraction -- and journalists should stop treating it with any respect whatsoever. Ignoring it would be best. www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Lutnick says Trump’s $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn’t rely on taxpayer funds
A top White House official suggested Congress would use a budget process to fund them. Vice President JD Vance had said tariff revenues.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 12/09/2026
the health department can be difficult to get to, the hours are often much more limited than what CVS or Walgreens offer — sometimes vaccine clinic is one or two days a week (though they tend to be more numerous during fall vaccine rollout).
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
UPDATE: NASHVILLE Airport will officially be renamed after Dolly Parton 🎉 ✈️ ew.com/nashville-ai...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Scott MacFarlane reports from Trump’s Reflecting Pool renovation, which remains a mess. There’s no date certain for when it will be fixed, and the only people coming by are “rubberneckers” who want to see “the scope and size of the damage.”
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Ekmou she/her @ekmou.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@allinwithchris.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @democrats-judiciary.house.gov @judiciarydems.senate.gov This should be an impeachable offense. But we should impeach the helpers as well-Vance, Rubio, Cruz, some of SCOTUS, Kegseth-all of those kissing up in the Cabinet
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Please stop. www.axios.com/2026/09/11/t...
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How Trump's $5,000 check promise is supposed to work
The White House is all-in on backing Trump's promise to send out $5,000 checks.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/09/2026
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social tells @timmiller.bsky.social that those embracing Tucker Carlson need to reckon with his years of ugly rhetoric about Muslims and immigrants — he hasn't necessarily changed just because his target has.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12/09/2026
The health secretary has been using a military plane for campaign trips, while the fiscal hawk has been chartering a private jet for his staff and himself. trib.al/cr9oAOh
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RFK Jr. and Rand Paul Exposed for Jetting Around on Taxpayers’ Dime
The health secretary has been using a military plane for campaign trips, while the fiscal hawk has been chartering a private jet for his staff and himself.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12/09/2026
⚠️ Critical infrastructure needed to implement parts of USPS’s mail voting rule still doesn’t exist. Meanwhile, mail voting is underway in several states. Experts say votes already cast could be at risk of being thrown out if the Supreme Court allows the rule to be implemented.
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'Uncharted territory': Votes already cast could be at risk if Trump's order is revived
“We have actual demonstrable effects because of voters who’ve already cast mail ballots and these pressures are now weighing upon SCOTUS,” Michael McDonald, who runs the University of Florida’s Electi...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/09/2026
Elon Musk embarked on a tweeting spree this week, attempting to rebrand the AfD, the far-right German party, as anything but far-right. “‘Far right’ is a propaganda term that became especially popular in recent years."
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The far right can’t stand being called “far right”
Following the AfD's win in Germany, allies attempt to discredit a phrase that fits their movement.
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CNN @cnn.com · 12/09/2026
New federal rules now require a "secondary cockpit barrier" on all new commercial airliners delivered to US airlines — a security measure designed to shield pilots when the cockpit door opens. CNN's Pete Muntean reports.
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