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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
12/ Here’s a crazy part: Kao told the FBI that the company’s government work was of no real value. Its research under his stewardship resulted in products Navatek knew the military would never buy, former employees said. One example: This 3D-printed boat Collins is posing with 👇
Sen. Susan Collins, wearing a blue suit and red shirt, stands in front of a 3D-printed boat while holding a broken champagne bottle during a publicity event. The boat has the University of Maine logo and is emblazoned with the text "3Dirigo." Behind Collins are a group of applauding people, including a woman holding a Guinness World Records plaque.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 16/07/2026
don’t worry we have the receipts
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE desperately wants you not to care about this story But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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ICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. | Will Bunch
Salgado came from Mexico, built the American Dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 08/05/2026
here we go again, the new york times calling an increase of 115k jobs under Trump "solid" while it called similar or considerably bigger gains under Biden "disappointing" or "weak"
1. **Job Growth Slows, Sowing a Mix of Concern and Calm**
   - U.S. employers added 150,000 workers in October, falling short of expectations, but the labor market remains spark nearly three years into a recovery.
   - By Talmon Joseph Smith
   - Nov 3, 2023

2. **U.S. Job Growth Remains Strong Despite Economic Clouds**
   - Employers added 339,000 workers in May, the Labor Department said, though the report also offered signs of shakiness.
   - By Sydney Ember
   - June 2, 2023

3. **Against the Odds, the U.S. Economy Chugs Along, as Fears Linger**
   - Hiring slowed last month, a sign that the Federal Reserve's inflation-fighting campaign is taking hold. But with rising wages and low unemployment, the labor market remains resilient.
   - By Talmon Joseph Smith
   - July 7, 2023

4. **Job Market Slows Significantly, Raising Economic Jitters**
   - U.S. employers added 144,000 jobs in July, far short of forecasts, and unemployment rose to 4.3 percent, the highest level since 2021.
   - By Sydney Ember
   - Published Aug 2, 2024
   - Updated Aug 7, 2024

5. **June Jobs Report**
   - U.S. Job Growth Cooled in June
   - Hiring slowed last month, a sign that the Federal Reserve's inflation-fighting campaign is taking hold. But with rising wages and low unemployment, the labor market remains resilient.
   - Published July 7, 2023
   - Updated May 10, 2025

6. **U.S. Employers Keep Hiring, but Signs of Easing Are Seen**
   - The economy added 311,000 jobs in February despite higher interest rates. But hourly earnings rose more slowly as the pool of available workers grew.
   - By Lydia DePillis
   - March 10, 2023

7. **Job Growth Slowed in April, Muddling Expectations**
   - The increase of 266,000 fell short of estimates, though strong economic growth is still forecast for the months ahead.
   - By Patricia Cohen
   - May 2022

8. **Job Openings and Hiring Are at a 3-Year Ebb**
   - March data showed a cooling labor market, but layoffs remain low. The overall trend is likely to be welcomed by Federal Reserve policymakers.
   - By Ben Casselman
   - May 1, 2024

9. **Weak Job Gains Leave Washington on High Alert**
   - The Federal Reserve and White House had hoped for strong job gains, and the August report did not deliver. That makes coming numbers critical.
   - By Jeanna Smialek and Jim Tankersley
   - Published Sept 3, 2021
   - Updated Oct 8, 2021
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 17/03/2026
The buried lede here is that the Times got the transcript 😈 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
New Jersey Court Tensions
A judge threw a federal prosecutor out of his courtroom and ordered testimony on who is leading U.S. attorneys in the state.
now
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 10/03/2026
A new Wall Street Journal investigation finds DHS is increasingly turning its wrath on U.S. citizens, punishing them for simply filming or observing officers. Belle Cushing is one of the reporters behind the investigation. She spoke with MPR News guest host Emily Reese about it.
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Investigation: DHS increasingly targeting U.S. citizens
A new Wall Street Journal investigation finds the department is increasingly turning its wrath on U.S. citizens, punishing them for filming or observing officers.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Thank you to everyone who is risking their safety and contributing their time and money to protect our neighbors. If you are so inclined, please check out Stand With Minnesota (standwithminnesota.com) to find a way to help. And no one start any beefs with Will Stancil. (2/2)
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
When Nick Shirley arrived to "test" if he could enroll his son "Joey" in Minneapolis day cares, his viral video omitted that he showed up with an entourage of masked men acting like security, multiple vehicles including vans, cameras, and men who wouldn't identify themselves. One day care owner /
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 22/12/2025
bsky.app/profile/numb...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.” @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...
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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 17/10/2025
white house has joined bluesky click here to block all official us government accounts instantly bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Avram Grumer @avramg.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I just tried doing this (with “Yakety Sax”), but can’t figure out how to upload it so the sound works.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Here’s a lot of the stuff about Charlie Kirk that the right is now currently engaged in a nationwide witch hunt to suppress. Share it, repeat it, don’t let evil win. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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The whitewashing of Charlie Kirk’s toxic legacy is underway
Conservative activist and pundit Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday, becoming another victim of America’s epidemic ...
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 31/08/2025
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STAT @statnews.com · 28/08/2025
Special Report Inside the CDC director’s ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
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Inside the CDC director's ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused
Susan Monarez’s resistance to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s moves to assert control over vaccine guidance is at the center of her dismissal as CDC director
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/08/2025
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
Photo of DOGE staffer Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old white man in a blue pullover, carrying a black backpack.Photo of 53-year-old Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi. He is sitting, wearing white pants and shirt with a brown vest.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/08/2025
i hate this smug liar so much
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Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I told you we’d be back
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Art Martin @gartmartin9.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
@eugenedaniels2.bsky.social keep up the good work. Sincerely. Clayton Bigsby
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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 18/05/2025
Something I don't understand is, we literally have a 10-day-old interview with Biden demonstrating his brain works fine. Which makes the abject gaslighting look absolutely craven and downright gross. We will not be gaslit.
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Joe Biden gives first interview since leaving the White House | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Elbows up, Canada.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
Who's running this country:
MUSK
Donald Trump or
Elon Musk?
Since day one, Elon has created chaos and confusion and put our livelihoods at risk. And he is accountable to no one but himself.
The Constitution only allows for one president at a time. Call Your Senators and tell them it's time Donald Trump fire Elon Musk.
No One Elected Elon Musk
FireMusk.org
Common
Cause
Holding Power Accountable
SP
ACTION
LC
FUND
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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Hi all, We’re still here at OPM. We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building. Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections." Each defendant assaulted him.
Call log showing multiple calls from the dept of justice
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dr peppermint patty @jessespector.com · 19/01/2025
BREAKING: The Los Angeles Dodgers are set to acquire TikTok from the Chinese government for $6.9 billion and plan to convert the platform into an intra-office messaging system. The Toronto Blue Jays are said to have been “close” to acquiring the site but short of LA’s winning bid.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
To those asking, here's Vance's comments. When news broke that the terrorist in Germany was a Saudi immigrant, Vance implied blame on all immigrants/Muslims. When it came out that the attacker was an Elon Musk fan, AfD supporter, and anti-Islam, Vance defended AfD. He's said nothing else about it.
JD Vance on X on Dec. 20, 2024: "Who was driving the car?" in reference to a deadly vehicle-ramming terrorist attack in Germany. At the time, reporting said the attacker was an immigrant from Saudi Arabia.JD Vance post on X, December 21, 2024: "It's so dangerous for people to control their borders" in response to criticism of Germany's neo-Nazi "AfD" party, and in defense of Elon Musk's claim that "Only the AfD can safe Germany." Vance proceeded to insinuate corruption by the critic based on no evidence or logic (presumably because he knows she had a good point that he can't dispute on the merits).
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Remember the FBI informant who claimed President Biden took millions in bribes from Burisma? He admitted today in federal court that he made the whole thing up. And that he started spinning new lies after meeting with Russian intelligence. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
DOGE is nothing more than two billionaires cosplaying as government officials. I’m all for making government for efficient, but these guys just want to slash resources for agencies that help working people. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Democrat Frost slams DOGE: Billionaires ‘cosplaying as government officials’
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) criticized President-elect Trump’s choices to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), saying it’s “two billionaires who are co…
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Mikel Jollett @mikeljollett.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
TRUMP: I’m going to use the FBI illegally to go after my political enemies! BIDEN: Um, I guess I’ll pardon my son then because fuck that. MEDIA: Biden is breaking norms!
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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · 21/11/2024
Nancy Mace and Ro Khanna on stage to talk tech at Project Liberty Summit but interrupted by @evangreer.bsky.social protesting Mace’s attacks on trans rights
Project Liberty Summit with Nancy Mace on stage and Evan Greer holding a rainbow flag being escorted out
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