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Michael Miley

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 8h
Another NEW development in my case against AG Todd Blanche: he has now filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, trying to get rid of my case at this stage of the lawsuit. Blanche must be a glutton for punishment because he just recycles the same losing arguments. youtu.be/32RC_CPlZhI?...
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WOW!! AG Blanche BEGS Judge To DISMISS My EPSTEIN LAWSUIT!!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h
Of all the politicians Navatek’s CEO courted, Susan Collins was its most important patron. The senator’s office steered federal contracts worth millions toward the company while her campaign was pumping its CEO and his network for donations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg
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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins
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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 7h
The Rays! Jonathan Aranda 18th 1-0 game on solo HR in postseason history Last: 2022 ALDS G3, Jeremy Peña First by TB 2nd vs NYY: 1923 WS G3, Casey Stengel (NYG)
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 14h
Yesterday, bikers came to say goodbye to 14-year-old Illia Honcharov, who was killed by a Russian missile strike on his home in Vyshhorod, Kyiv region, on September 30. Illia loved motorcycles. His family asked bikers to join the farewell ceremony. Many answered the call.
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NPR @npr.org · 10h
Flight data shows the jet dropped at least 9,000 feet over two minutes, then leveled off for several more minutes, before disappearing. n.pr/3TgLcSw
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Coast Guard searching for missing medical plane carrying 6 people
Flight data shows the jet dropped at least 9,000 feet over two minutes, then leveled off for several more minutes, before disappearing.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10h
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18-year-old in ICE detention for more than 200 days: 'They just took me away'
Elder Chavez Carranza has spent more than 200 days in an immigration detention center in Louisiana, hundreds of miles from his home in Albertville, Alabama.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10h
We started our very own private school with @arktimes.bsky.social. All it took was $45, a few clicks on a state website and an American flag.
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 16h
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 10h
Alaska: TOMORROW is the last day to register to vote in the general election! Don't wait. Register today, make sure your friends and family are registered too, and make a plan to vote in this important election. 🇺🇸
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 9h
11 out of 12.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11h
"The plans have drawn condemnation from some residents of central Louisiana, and immigrant advocates and child welfare experts have expressed concerns about possible trauma inflicted on detained children..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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New Facility at Louisiana Airport to Hold Immigrant Children and Families (Gift Article)
The site in Alexandria, La., a major expansion of the Trump administration’s busiest deportation hub, will streamline and accelerate removals.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11h
This “$5,000” thing is fooling no one. But it has made one thing clear: Republican desperation at the 1-month-out mark.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Tarrant County voters filed an emergency lawsuit Friday accusing Republican county officials of intentionally making it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote by eliminating dozens of Election Day polling places. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Tarrant County voters sue to block GOP polling site cuts targeting minority voters
The lawsuit comes a month after the GOP-controlled Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved the cuts in a 3-2 vote despite intense opposition from residents and the court’s two Democratic commissio...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 03/10/2026
Federal funds for local police enforcement accelerated Trump immigration crackdown | via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social #ksleg
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Federal funds for local police enforcement accelerated Trump immigration crackdown • Kansas Reflector
This summer, arrests of immigrants in the United States soared to the highest levels since President Donald Trump returned to office.An unprecedented increase in cooperation between local and state la...
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Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Exactly one month out from an election that will decide who controls the U.S. Senate -- the chamber every judicial nominee needs to clear -- Justice Alito confirms in a television interview that he is considering retirement from the high court. 1/
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Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The kids are alright. It's our job to do everything we can to build an economy where every kid can grow up and thrive.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just a reminder that the few remaining experts at the CDC's food-borne illness division identified Taylor Farms as the source of the cyclospora outbreak very early on, but because the owner of Taylor Farms is a big Trump donor, he was able to prevent a recall for weeks as thousands fell ill.
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Cyclospora found at Mexican farm linked to lettuce outbreak, FDA says
Announcement from US officials comes after CDC declared end to outbreak that infected nearly 13,000 people
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
MAINE – Senator Bernie Sanders is joining Troy Jackson in Bangor, Lewiston, and Biddeford on the Solidarity Forever Tour! ✊ Working people built this state. Let’s come together, get fired up, and send a fighter for working Mainers to the U.S. Senate.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A major win! A federal court in Texas today temporarily blocked the Trump administration from building a border wall and other infrastructure across the state’s Big Bend region. The fight isn’t over, but this is a big step toward protecting Big Bend!
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Judge temporarily blocks border wall construction in Texas’ Big Bend region
A federal court in Texas has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from building a border wall in the Big Bend region.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brian Kilmeade insisted that President Trump is still popular. His evidence was cheering at a few sporting events. Last week the PBS News Hour broke down polling data that showed Trump is more unpopular now than he's ever been.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Beyond the horrifying reality that a hospital is trying to "clear the pentobarbital from [Christa Pike's] system" currently, the litigation over Tennessee's actions this week will shine a very clear light on the many, many reasons why governments should not be trusted with killing their citizens.
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 02/10/2026
US Senate leaves nation’s capital in advance of midterms with much still undone | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ksleg
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US Senate leaves nation’s capital in advance of midterms with much still undone • Kansas Reflector
The U.S. Senate adjourned Wednesday night and won’t return until Nov. 9 for the five-week lame-duck session, when party leaders will have to decide which bills they want to negotiate during what could...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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NPR @npr.org · 02/10/2026
Americans owe $220 billion in medical debt, according to a federal survey. (via @wbur.org) n.pr/4ASBqXF
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Letters announcing medical-debt relief arrive as a welcome surprise
Americans owe $220 billion in medical debt, according to a federal survey.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Obsessed with this photo of the Republican senate candidate in North Carolina
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 02/10/2026
I was pretty cynical about Man City’s financial doping and didn’t like the idea of stripping titles etc, but seeing their utterly shameless response and desperate threats makes me want the book thrown at them.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 02/10/2026
How does Pete Hegseth deal with the fact that he's not winning the Iran War? By focusing on the next war, duh @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Renee Nicole Good's family has now filed TWO lawsuits, alleging a conspiracy between Greg Bovino, Stephen Miller, & others to deprive people of their rights & killing Renee in furtherance of that conspiracy. Why discovery will bring accountability for Renee’s murder: youtu.be/2kU7_-Yt-Ig?...
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Trump HIT With TWO NEW LAWSUITS Over DEADLY ICE SHOOTING!!
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 02/10/2026
"Morello believes that at this point, it may not be his generation that leads our way out of the current global chaos. But that doesn’t slow down his commitment to the work."
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Tom Morello Is Still Raging
With his first solo rock album and the superstar “Power to the People” concert, the incendiary guitarist and activist ha
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The good news is that antifascism, Reconstruction 2.0, the abolition of billionaires, and the Butlerian Jihad are all one project now
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 02/10/2026
More here:
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Next on the Docket: Dismantling Democracy
The Supreme Court is enabling Trump’s corruption while also doing the kind of institutional damage that will long outlast him.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 02/10/2026
Polling suggests that voters in the upcoming midterms prefer the Democratic Party by pretty significant margins. Despite that data, there is considerable uncertainty about whether Democrats will gain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 🧵
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
👀👀👀👀
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The presumptions of good faith and of regularity are made up court creations that fly in the face of commonsense and the structure of the Constitution. It should be a priority for Democrats and progressives to undo both. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Court upholds Tennessee’s GOP gerrymander, saying lawmakers deserve ‘presumption of good faith’
A federal court dismissed a lawsuit challenging a gerrymandered map adopted by Tennessee Republicans that eliminated what was the state’s one Black-majority congressional district, based in Memphis.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And after that he dug in his heels and set his jaw and rubber-stamped everything Trump wanted for the next 1000 months
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 02/10/2026
The minute anyone tries to hold Susan Collins accountable for her contradictions, POOF! She's gone
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oh puh-leez
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 02/10/2026
Trump’s immigration sweeps leave southwest Kansas communities looking for way forward | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
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Trump's immigration sweeps leave southwest Kansas communities looking for way forward • Kansas Reflector
DODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues ...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey- Boys & Girls👋! Can you guess his SECRET WORD? (Could it be: Ballroom, Helipad, Fake, News, Giant, Arch, Tremendous, Communist, Quiet, Piggy, Rigged, Putin, Illegal, Alien, Tariffs, Yuge, Natalie, Far, Left, Lunatic, Barack, Hussein, Obama, Sleepy, Joe, Crooked, Hillary, Pinky, Herman?)
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's as if he is TRYING to lose the midterms. With historically low approval ratings, it would be wise to avoid the press altogether. Instead, he gives TIME magazine this bonkers, unhinged & l-e-n-g-t-h-y stream-of consciousness interview, pathologically lying throughout. shorturl.at/PMvVB
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 02/10/2026
U.S. nonfarm payrolls added only 29,000 jobs, well below expectations, in September while unemployment rose to 4.2 percent. Good luck to Republicans spinning this away. (Image by @byheatherlong.bsky.social)
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Call the Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline at 844-WHOS-KEN. Learn about his record and leave him a voicemail. (It’s a real number.)
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Meg Jackson @megjackson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And he chose Titanic instead of invoking the highest grossing Paramount/Skydance film with an image like this...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING NYT: The top super PAC for Senate Republicans is canceling all the remaining ads it had booked in North Carolina as of Friday — shifting away tens of millions of dollars in a move that signals that Republicans no longer see a path to winning the state this fall.
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Republicans Pull Money From North Carolina Senate Race As Midterm Prospects Dim
The Senate Leadership Fund is diverting money to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party as it seeks to hold its majority.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The State Department directed millions of dollars originally earmarked to promote human rights to promote far-right causes including Afrikaner rights in South Africa, safeguarding "Western civilizational norms," and documenting "backsliding" in Europe related to mass migration. cnn.it/471EYZQ
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is for the folks that punch in for long days and long nights, who pour their heart into their work, whose load never gets lighter, and folks who work 80 hours a week like I did. There's power in who we are and we can't afford to waste it. It's time that your hard work pays off.
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