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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3h
As promised, I wrote about what really bothers me about Tuesday's unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for the resumption of third-country removals with minimal (if any) process. Turns out, it's a lot: www.stevevladeck.com/p/254-four-t...
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254. Four Things That (Really) Bother Me About “D.V.D. III”
“Third-country removals” raise a host of difficult procedural and substantive questions. The Supreme Court should have answered those questions *before* greenlighting deportations to torture.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h
I've been covering the death penalty in depth for a dozen years now, and few nights have been as disturbing and dispiriting as tonight. This was a moral, ethical, and legal failure on several different fronts from many different actors. It wasn't *just* SCOTUS, though they sure were a key part.
lawdork.com
After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the execution
SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the Fuel Clock shows Americans have paid $74.4 billion more on gasoline & $47.5 billion more on diesel since March 1 compared to a year ago. Total cost will hit $122 billion today. also updated the state map where you can find out how much more you're paying. link in my profile.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This seems like a pretty big deal: donors made illegal contributions to Susan Collins and then were awarded lucrative contracts after her office intervened with the Navy. An FBI investigation was dropped under Trump. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
To skirt campaign finance laws and conceal the source of the funds, Navatek planned to funnel the donation through a shell company. The CEO wanted assurance that Collins would know where
the money came from. Reed confirmed that she would, the executive said - and that Navatek would get its government contracts.
After the Corner Bakery meeting, Navatek's CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Elon Musk is almost as unpopular as Trump. It is a weird unforced error not to spotlight his huge outlays in midterm campaigns. yougov.com/en-us/tracke...
yougov.com
Elon Musk fame & popularity tracker 2020-2026
The popularity rating for Elon Musk was determined by how people responded to the options: Really like, Like, Don't like, Really don't like. Fame was based on whether people had heard of Elon Musk...
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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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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When the public finally learns the full accounting of the damage done in this war, it’ll probably be too late to hold anyone in the Trump administration accountable. But this is insane. And they’re lying to the American people.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
propublica.org
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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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Once exceptionally rare, illegal deportations — in defiance of court orders or due to ICE screw-ups — are now a routine part of President Trump's mass deportation push. It happened 3 times this past week and more at least 30 times in recent months. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
An armed man charged at the Democratic candidate for governor in Ohio less than a week ago, and yet Republicans aren't being yelled at to turn down the temperature. The double standard is maddening.
independent.co.uk
Hecklers shout ‘hE should be shot’ as Ted Cruz calls out El-Sayed and Talarico
Republicans increasingly seek to tie Democrats to left-wing members of the caucus and personalities like Hasan Piker
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“He thinks voters are stupid. Republicans control the House. They control the Senate. They control the White House. If they wanted to spend a trillion dollars right now cutting checks, they could do it,” says Chris Hayes on Trump’s desperate and implausible $5,000 bribe to voters.
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‘REEKS of desperation’: Trump’s $5,000 midterm ‘bribe’ gets exposed
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yes exactly. It just did this! It’s not speculation or future-tripping. It happened!
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The boat-strike murders and third-country removals are among the constant reminders of our nation's global lawlessness under the Trump administration.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
2. More on Musk's Orwellian scheme in today's Popular Information:
popular.info
The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org
The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Remember when Kristen Welker would always ask every Republican guest to repudiate the statements of Nick Fuentes, Jack Posobiec, Benny Johnson, or other MAGA racists? Neither do I.
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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 04/09/2026
ESPN just posted this on the other site. They chose violence on the Friday of Week 1.
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TEXAS A&M
WORST RECORD HOSTING GAMEDAY
TEXAS A&M
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OKLAHOMA
STATE
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CAROLINA
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>>MIN. 3 GAMES HOSTING
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 03/09/2026
"Ideally, combining term limits for future justices with court expansion would be the fastest, most comprehensive, and effective way to rescue our democratic structure."
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Clyburn Puts Supreme Court Expansion Front and Center
61 Days until the Midterms
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
No joke, the national security adviser of the Emirati government is financially backing Trump's new crypto bank (!) How is this not a BIGGER story? From Zeteo's 'First Draft' morning newsletter:
zeteo.com
Meet the Gulf ‘Spy Sheikh’ Backing Trump’s Insanely Corrupt Crypto Bank
Plus: Zeteo has new polling on how Americans are reacting to Trump’s crypto corruption. Oh, and Milo Yiannopoulos is sorry-not-sorry after his deportation, while the Iran war is cooking back up.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/09/2026
Pardon my yelling, but— THE TRUMPS AND THE UAE'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER ARE PARTNERS IN A BANK CONNECTED TO A CRYPTO VENTURE IN WHICH THEY ARE ALSO PARTNERS
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.
Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/08/2026
"Liberals can grumble all they want about 'affordability' and 'access to food that doesn’t leave them doubled over on the toilet begging for death.' This is what America voted for—gutting the government so that corporations can self-regulate the way God and Project 2025 intended." buff.ly/epPztWX
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Relax, If Food Is No Longer Safe to Eat, Just Eat Cake
“Liberals can grumble all they want about ‘affordability’ and ‘access to food that doesn’t leave them doubled over on the toilet begging for death.’ This is ...
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 27/08/2026
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/s...
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Grand jury finds DeSantis team 'misused' Medicaid funds
A grand jury report alleges the DeSantis administration diverted $10 million in Medicaid funds to political groups, according to CBS News Miami.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
2. The "article" links Cooper to a murder by a man released from a SOUTH CAROLINA prison which, the last time I checked, is AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT STATE.
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UPDATE: Senate GOP’s fake news website falsely links Democrat to murder
On August 6, Popular Information exposed a network of fake news websites surreptitiously controlled by Senate Republicans.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It’s Time to Rein in Lethal AI Drones Humans need to act, as AI agents scheme in the digital shadows. theintercept.com/2026/08/26/a...
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It’s Time to Rein in Lethal AI Drones
Now that AI-guided drones are being deployed and tested in real wars, humans need to act, as AI agents scheme in the digital shadows.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 26/08/2026
Inflation today is higher than when Trump took office in January 2025, higher than when he launched his chaotic tariffs in April 2025, and higher than when he launched his illegal war in Iran five months ago. Trump’s decisions are driving up costs and eating into your paycheck.
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton
article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Indianaarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Kentuckyarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Missouriiarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Washington
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
The largest and oldest Black studies departments in the country have been closed, but a bunch of people decided the eugenics guy was the crucible for academic freedom.
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God @thegodshow.com · 21/08/2026
This is fascism.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is another authoritarian move, where the government is attempting to punish civil society actors because of political disagreements.
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So, Natalie Harp's phone and wireless printer: personal devices? WH cybersecurity vetted and monitored? If Putin or Xi were in a similar situation, how much would the NSA spend to penetrate those devices?
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The conditions in ICE detention centers are outrageous. Worms. Standing sewage water. Measles outbreaks. 52 people have died so far. No American - no matter what your view is on immigration - should stand for this inhumanity.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New from me: what would a grand coalition for government reform look like post-Trump? It should include both people who care about democratic backsliding and state capacity. But right now these groups aren’t really talking to one another. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-could...
donmoynihan.substack.com
What could a post-Trump governance coalition look like?
It should be being built now
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We sort of knew this was happening for a while. But what we are seeing now is data and court filings that reveal how systematically and blatantly the Trump administration has withheld resources from blue states as political retribution. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/governing-...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
There remains a conspiracy theory about how Trump would root out deep state sex trafficking. Of course, that did not exist. But it turns out you need a functioning administrative state to investigate and prosecute these crimes. Instead, the state is degraded, redirected to attack Trump's enemies.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
cc: Every centrist Democrat who thinks promising to add more cops is politically savvy
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Returning from the Nato Summit in Turkey, Trump used a planeload of reporters as an unwitting decoy during a severe assassination threat, subpoenaed journalists who reported something was amiss, then stood up at a black-tie dinner and told those same journalists they’re lucky he puts up with them.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
New from me: More than a trillion dollars flow through the federal government in grants. We have more and more evidence that the Trump administration has been directing those grants on purely partisan grounds, denying them to blue states. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/governing-...
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Governing without Accountability
Trump only wants to be President of some of America, not all of America
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
Here’s the key takeaway from our report: Epstein couldn’t have carried out his trafficking and criminal activity without the help of the highest ranking employees and executives at the most powerful banks in the world. Wall Street is complicit in Epstein’s crimes from top to bottom.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It took all Monday, but here's my report: www.lawdork.com/p/blanche-co...
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Todd Blanche doesn't believe in the rule of law, and John Cornyn and Thom Tillis don't care
Blanche's Sunday night moves should not save his nomination. The reaction from the pair of soon-departing Republican senators is not oversight and not principled.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review
Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Really been amazing throughout the process how “should the attorney general be a former personal attorney to the president who has overseen a bunch of failed political prosecutions” just does not matter at all to the entire GOP caucus.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
And this came after the groom had allegedly abused one of the president's aides, Stephanie Grisham?
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Remembering how the "Ebola Crisis" was literally *the* most covered news story - consistently framed as though it was a huge embarrassment to Obama - before the 2014 midterms (after which the media totally abandoned the story)
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