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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20h
I think we all saw that coming
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 14h
"A failed coup is a dress rehearsal."
sarahkendzior.substack.com
A Public Flat Earth
How paywalls killed the public sphere.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 22h
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 22h
“Look, it’s a form of superpower suicide.”
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026
Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...
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70B06C26F00001137
In Progress
(11 months remain)
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Awarding Agency
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Recipient
LMD AGENCY, INC.
5950 SYMPHONY WOODS RD STE 500
COLUMBIA, MD 21044-3592
UNITED STATES
Congressional District: MD-03
Related Awards
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CONT_IDV_70Z02323ACGRC0001_7008
Dates
Today
Start Date
Sep 20, 2026
Current End Date
Sep 19, 2027
Potential End Date
Sep 19, 2027
$ Award Amounts
$20.0 Million
Current Award Amount
$20.0 Million
Obligated Amount
$20.0 Million
Potential Award Amount
Outlayed Amount
$0.00
Obligated Amount
$20,000,000.00
Current Award Amount
$20,000,000.00
Potential Award Amount
$20,000,000.00
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54 : Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
5418: Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services
541810: Advertising Agencies
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R: SUPPORT SVCS (PROF, ADMIN, MGMT)
R7: MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
R701: SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: ADVERTISING
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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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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They’ve always projected what they’d do; they are telling us again.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
September 28, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 28, 2026
It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.
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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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DBeach @beachnic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Trump administration is running more television ads promoting the president—and the public is paying the bill.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need to get a full accounting of every dollar each media company accepted of our money stolen by Trump to run his partisan political ads on their channels. Companies who accept these ads are receiving property stolen from the American people & are a disgrace for accepting them
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While visiting with my parents today, I saw on prime time NFL this illegal political ad paid for with our tax dollars. No opposition thought to buy a counter-ad? “The ad you just saw is illegal and paid for with your tax dollars. Angry about it? <call to action>.”.
cnn.com
White House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’ | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is set to launch another overtly political campaign ad funded by taxpayer dollars, attacking the “fake news media” and “the sick political class that hates our country.”
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our system of governance derives its legitimacy from the consent of the governed. When public servants use propaganda to manipulate the people they are supposed to serve in order to MANUFACTURE that consent, our SERVANTS soon become our MASTERS. Your tax dollars paid for this ad.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Your tax dollars being spent illegally for political ads.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
September 26, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 26, 2026
Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, this argument should be chilling. Trying to limit freedom of the press under the guise of national security is what tinpot dictators do. That’s not how a functioning democracy works.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
their passivity and inappropriate deference rationalized as the price for maintaining “access” only emboldened Trump. But now they have reached an inflection point, the embarrassing result when a hapless press corps sought to sacrifice journalistic integrity for access and wound up with neither.
open.substack.com
Four Changes to Help the White House Press Recover Its Spine
🚨41 Days to the Midterms🚨
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New approach: If a reporter is interrupted, harassed, insulted, or abused, the press should exit the room. Period. If Trump refuses to answer a legitimate news question or claims it was a dumb question, every other reporter must ask the same question until Trump tires out or answers.
open.substack.com
Four Changes to Help the White House Press Recover Its Spine
🚨41 Days to the Midterms🚨
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The White House press corps has proven itself inadequate to meet the moment but capitulation is a choice. The current standoff is the ideal time for responsible outlets to adjust, start behaving as fierce defenders of the truth and of democracy, and rise to meet the occasion.
open.substack.com
Four Changes to Help the White House Press Recover Its Spine
🚨41 Days to the Midterms🚨
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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Del - Martian Observer @martian-observer.net · 21/09/2026
So, Trump is now pressing Zelensky to stop attacking the oil production infrastructure of a country that is currently attacking Ukraine, because of oil supply issues caused by Trump attacking an oil producing country that wasn't attacking the U.S - have I got that right
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook.
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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A government that punishes journalists for displeasing its leader is authoritarian. Period. He’s converting access to power into a reward for obedience. The threat to ban more outlets makes it unmistakable. Report about the state on its terms, or the state will shut you out. And Congress vacations
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Zelensky and Ukraine didn't cause this; do you want to guess who did?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
25 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I wish we still lived in a world where, “He can’t just knock down the Kennedy Center” was a true fact.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Utter cowardice.
thehill.com
House cuts week short, will leave DC on Wednesday
House GOP leaders have cut short the final legislative week before the midterm elections, announcing that lawmakers will leave Washington after Wednesday’s votes.  The announcement, from the o…
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
theguardian.com
Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Fun fact"
Since Roe v Wade was overturned, more women have been prosecuted for miscarriages than men for being in the Epstein files.
Over 22 to O.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
m.youtube.com
A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It was an MLM convention. Anyone whose Dad ever sold Amway knows what this was. The downlines have tapped out their networks and are dropping off, garages full of product they can’t move and broken homes waiting for them when they get back.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
September 11, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 11, 2026
Last night was the second night of the Republican midterm convention Trump staged to fire up his base.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump offers a bribe of $5,000 in exchange for votes, the bribe is promoted as a dividend and would cost $1.2 trillion dollars. This is a felony under 18 U.S.C. § 597, bribing someone to vote a certain way is a federal crime punishable by prison.
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Title 18 US Code 597: "Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate...if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Classless
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨 Your rights and state powers are being taken in broad daylight.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
abcnews.com
Haitian who just graduated high school dies by suicide after losing TPS status, advocacy group says
A 20-year-old Haitian who had just graduated high school and had recently lost temporary protected status died by suicide on Monday, according to an advocacy group.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/09/2026
Limp, impotent, saggy... and that's just his polls. youtu.be/FhjyO5rVi3E
youtu.be
NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: Weak
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
First the cherry trees from Japan and now the willow trees for Kennedy.
popville.com
What the Helen of Troy Happened to the Trees at the Kennedy Center!?! Willow trees gone - PoPville
Update from a reader: "I was told that the garden beds the willows are in are very shallow so every few years they start to die off. One was really sick and not looking great and another fell over in ...
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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