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Gideon Neptune

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: The Georgia State Election board is requesting Justice Department "intervention" ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Formal Request for DOJ Intervention to Todd Blanche
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/10/2026
A deep dive into the Baltic states' extensive preparations for a Russian invasion, from @isaacstanbecker who tracks "the emergence of a new order, in which Ukraine matters as much to the security of Europe as the United States" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Baltic States Prepare for War
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are readying themselves to fend off a Russian attack—with the help of the United States, or without it.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: Eric Schmitt’s general counsel, Ethan Harper, was expected to join the White House Staff Secretary’s office next week. But after yesterday’s Jack Smith fiasco, that’s in doubt. Harper was the man behind Schmitt, literally holding up the infamous board. FAFO. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Schmitt aide’s move to White House in doubt following Jack Smith hearing
Ethan Harper, Sen. Eric Schmitt’s general counsel, was expected to start at the White House next week.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 01/10/2026
The “states’ rights” people in the past knew it was bullshit back then too, because slaver states wouldn’t let free states pass laws protecting self-emancipated people within their borders.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: MS NOW EXCLUSIVE. Republican Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway. GOP Judiciary staff told Schmitt the texts — obtained from the Trump DOJ — were "unvetted." Schmitt still used them.
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"For decades, we've provided election coverage that's based on in-depth political reporting by an experienced team of journalists backed by commentary from political leaders. But now we're throwing that aside so we can tell you what some of the most irredeemable uninformed gamblers are guessing."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...
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steve3797.bsky.social @steve3797.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
.. How can Americans be so stupid ?
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Gideon Neptune @gideonneptune.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Heroine or Public Enemy? The Israeli Blocking Much of Netanyahu’s Agenda. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/w...
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Heroine or Public Enemy? The Israeli Blocking Much of Netanyahu’s Agenda.
Gali Baharav-Miara, Israel’s first female attorney general, has stopped many of the government’s efforts to remove constraints on its power.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/09/2026
Trump’s new AI chatbot wasn’t hallucinating, he lost the 2020 election. But when the newest rollout from the White House contradicted Trump’s rhetoric, they pulled the plug. Now when asked about it, the AI tool says “I do not offer political commentary on elections” and dismisses the question...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Meta found a way to turn massive data centers into “pilot models” and cash in on a 1980s tax credit. The result? Meta avoided nearly $4 billion in taxes last year alone. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @bluntrochester.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
Finally, a member of this adminsitration that tells the truth.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."
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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two authors are suing Los Angeles over the LA Public Library’s cancellation of a Read Palestine Week event meant to share Palestinian stories. Libraries censoring authors who write about Palestine sets a dangerous precedent that we must oppose.
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‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event
City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
FWIW I know about Caitlin Clark & even what she looks like; by contrast I could not name a single member of the Atlanta Hawks
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 30/09/2026
On this day in 1919, enraged white mobs began a massacre of 200 or more innocent Black women, men, and children in Phillips County, Arkansas, after white men attempted to invade a Black farmer's union meeting.
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Sep. 30, 1919 | 200 or More Black People Massacred in Elaine, Arkansas
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026
Q: “Wherever you go you are the Attorney General…” Blanche: “That’s not what the law says…I’m allowed to go and support administrative priorities in my personal capacity.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
NEW: California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But that’s not what happened.
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Know their names: Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Diego Sarabia, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee, Johnathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls #Cornell7 But also, everyone in the group chat, the administrators, university, and DA. SHAME.
Cornell 7Disgusting chat
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ex-WV police chief violently attacked a woman over an expired registration. Though innocent, she spent five days in jail before the charge was dismissed. He resigned and was decertified.
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You can see him looking around in wonder today with his big sore leg wondering where he is. It might not seem like it now but that whack from a car might be the best thing that ever happened to Bruno
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Daphne Pierpoint @daphnepierpoint.com · 29/09/2026
Oof. x.com/meidastouch/...
Footage of Jack Smith at a Maryland/Iowa women’s basketball game
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think we all saw that coming
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Stephen Wunderlich @swonder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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The Jack Smith-Eric Schmitt “Hawks” Debacle Is Weirder and More Disturbing Than It Looks
Ahhh, schadenfreude.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have one house.
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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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Democrats don't have any income" is an insane statement, but it's also an admission that he sees the money collected by the United States government as his personal piggy bank, to be raided as he sees fit.
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is plowing ahead with officially designating a leading Muslim civil rights nonprofit and more than 100 other groups as “domestic terrorist organizations,” in a move critics say is unprecedented and unconstitutional. floridatrib.org/2026/09/29/d...
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DeSantis exercises ‘unprecedented’ power to label groups ‘domestic terrorists’
Gov. DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to advance the terrorist designations Tuesday, approving the proposal in just over 30 seconds and with no discussion.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
IOWA FIRST… FROM KANSAS? Zach Lahn is running for governor of Iowa while maintaining a home in Wichita. He voted in Kansas in 2018, 2020 and 2022, then registered in Iowa in 2024. Flight records reviewed by the Des Moines Register showed his plane making frequent trips back to Wichita.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt says There's no mention that Schmitt had all his facts wrong
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 29/09/2026
Taken from last night’s ONEST The Daily brief
Zelenskyy also said Ukrainian intelligence had identified more than 8,000 North Korean troops currently on Russian territory, with another 10,000 being selected for training and possible deployment.
According to him, Russia has helped establish production of Shahed-type attack drones in North Korea.
Why it matters
The Russia-North Korea relationship is increasingly a two-way military exchange. If Kyiv's account is accurate, Pyongyang is receiving technology it can use beyond the war in Ukraine, while Moscow gains personnel and another source of drone production.
Today's attack also sharpens Ukraine's immediate air defense problem. Zelenskyy put the day's overall drone interception rate at 70%, but said the rate against jet-powered drones was just 57%. As winter approaches, European foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas is calling on countries with Patriot interceptors in their stocks to provide them to Ukraine.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 29/09/2026
Watch this, but then read the next post
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Schiff is up. Apologizes to Jack Smith. “My colleagues have attacked you, but NONE of them have tried to deny what happened on January 6th. They attack you because they don’t want to address the facts. The Barr DoJ sought toll records without a peep from my colleagues.” 1/
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Today on House Hunters, Ken Paxton is shopping for a new house. Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii? (Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)
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Richard Wayne Bowling @rchrdwynbwlngk100.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why did Eric Schmitt fuck up his gotcha moment so badly? No one involved considered the possibility that Jack Smith attended a women’s basketball game. A MAGAt undone by misogyny. Not at all surprising.
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For once, Ken Paxton is being honest: if it weren't for our broken campaign finance system, he'd have no shot. #UnrigWashington candidate @jamestalarico.bsky.social is running to reform our system and fight for Texans. Ken Paxton can't say the same. #TXSEN
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Check out the very end of this, where a completely humiliated Eric Schmitt is red-faced with his hand shaking visibly.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Before the week begins, I have a specific request: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/09/2026
Run, don't walk, to vote.nyc/page/register-vote. Register to vote by October 24 so that you can vote on faster, more efficient government.
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Register to Vote | NYC Board of Elections
You can register to vote online, in-person, or by mail.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One of the best job applications ever written came from the hands of Robert Pirosh in 1934. MGM loved it, took him on and in 1949 he won an Oscar for ‘Battleground’.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reminder, please share this. ✌🏼💙
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These people have no idea what’s happening in America right now. And, they don’t care. White House Deputy Chief of Staff post last night ⬇️
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Texans, time to vote like our lives depend on it! Early VOTING in Texas begins October 19. Please check your registration now! Vote in person if you can.
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