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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 21h
The #Florida landowner with the most property holdings is the Mormon church. It's all ranchland, forest & swamp right now, but they're planning to build a LOT of communities. www.news-press.com/story/news/2...
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The LDS church owns the most land in Florida. Here's why
With 678,000 acres, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Florida's largest private landowner. But why?
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 22h
#Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous paid a SECOND law firm $111,000 as the Hope Florida grand jury report was fought in secret. floridatrident.org/governors-of... via @floridatrident.bsky.social
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Governor’s office paid a second law firm $111,000 as Hope Florida grand jury report was fought in secret
Invoices obtained by the Florida Trident show a second taxpayer-funded firm contacting Leon County prosecutors and fighting to keep the Hope Florida grand jury report sealed.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia is bombing museums, apartment buildings, hospitals, research facilities, schools, and parks. Ukraine is bombing military targets and refineries. Guess which one Trump has been complaining about?
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This also sums up the American healthcare experience pretty well. American healthcare is a travesty. This is the bad place.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Aren't there American companies that could build a steel plant?
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Absolutely extraordinary strategic and military concessions offered by Trump to Xi. Trump offered to sell weapons to China. That was revealed in an interview by David Perdue, the US ambassador. Trump is withholding a $14bn arms package to Taiwan already approved by Congress. All of this
nytimes.com
Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Unbelievable. Apparently at the same time Trump is withholding a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan approved by Congress, he offered to sell arms to Xi Jinping, despite the fact that China is aiding Iran and Russia. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says (Gift Article)
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I recently wrote that Trump has a history of treating national security as a joke—especially where China is involved—and that therefore F-35s getting into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party due to Trump’s negligence was a “gift” I got attacked but was UNDERSTATING the case
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The pay for a US Secretary of Defense is $246000 a year. They don’t even bother to hide the corruption these days
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
Trump: "I'm rejecting their deal. They want to make a deal where they open the strait immediately ... we're winning tremendously. We have total control of the Hormuz Strait ... that deal would not be acceptable. They want to immediately open the Hormuz Strait."
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 26/09/2026
It’s preposterous that gov presumes to tell constituents what topics they can and cannot discuss at public meetings. Like I stood in line and I’m gonna talk to you about storm drain debris mitigation at major intersections if I fucking feel like it and you’re gonna sit there and listen.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sen. John Fetterman says he's a "lifelong Republican" before Major Garrett has to correct him
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)
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Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They're...going to deregulate tobacco now? What year is it Also: they really are neo-Confederates, huh
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Haiti hired Trump-whisperer & frequent Penguin cosplayer Roger Stone for $65K a month. #Florida group wants to know what for www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-... via @miamiherald.com
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If we had actual journalists in this country, this would have been reported as a story.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"House Republicans will continue to hold Hunter Biden’s feet to the fire until we have his testimony...no one – not even the president’s son – is above the law.” - Tom Emmer, 1.17.24 "Don Jr is a private citizen and businessman so this unwarranted attack will go nowhere," Tom Emmer, 9.23.26
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
• A new private membership club in Washington, D.C., co-founded by Donald Trump Jr. is charging a $500,000 membership fee — and there’s already a waiting list. • The club, called Executive Branch, held a launch party on Saturday night that included at least a half dozen members of President
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Donald Trump Jr. co-founds new private members club, Executive Branch, with a $500,000 fee
Executive Branch held a launch party that included members of President Donald Trump's administration as well as wealthy CEOs, tech founders and policy experts.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Democracy in America: "This Monday, House Republicans held a hearing focused on creating a closed-door commission to cut Social Security and Medicare. The hearing was for an audience of one: billionaire donor Harlan Crow."
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The first on what will be the very long list of Things We Did Not Mention to Attorney Generals When Negotiating the Merger
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm not a lawyer, but if you intentionally attempt to sink a boat with humans on board, how is that not attempted murder? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Disney, which supposedly swore off politics after the Don't Say Gay clash, is now throwing a $25K-per-person fundraiser for scandal magnet #Florida AG James "Oopsie!" Uthmeier. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/orlando... via @shecarrieson.bsky.social
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Disney to host $25K-per-head 'family' fundraiser for Uthmeier
Disney World is preparing to host a weekend-long fundraiser for a Republican state official running for re-election this fall.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
JD Vance, can you explain this?
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses. Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN3t...
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Trump-tied group bought a house for former Greenland politician, Danish report says
YouTube video by MS NOW
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' staff quietly rehired jilted lawyers who helped secure the Hope Florida settlement that turned into massive scandal. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/desantis-s... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
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DeSantis staff quietly rehired jilted lawyers who helped secure the Hope Florida settlement
Just after the 2024 elections, the DeSantis administration awarded a new contract to lawyers who helped bring in a legal settlement that the governor’s staff then used to fund political activities.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 23/09/2026
The new ballroom is designed as a death trap for world leaders.
James McCrery II withdrew from the project last October after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on a preliminary design that did not provide adequate emergency exit routes or fire-containment measures, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Administration officials are circulating a list of government sites that could have Trump’s name affixed to them... One landmark that has emerged in the discussions among administration officials has raised eyebrows: Ford’s Theatre, the playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865."
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Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre
The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump's trade war with Canada is now planning to cut Americans off from cheap medical prescriptions from across the border: it will require Canadian medications to go through a customs process requiring a licensed customs broker and a financial guarantee—no such requirement existed before.
wsj.com
Americans Are About to Lose Access to Cheap Gray-Market Prescriptions From Canada
Millions who use online pharmacies from Canada and other countries could get cut off in October.
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Laura Barrón-López @lbarronlopez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE @ms.now: Trump administration officials have discussed attaching the president’s name to Ford’s Theatre, the playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 Officials are circulating a list of government sites that could carry the president’s name www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
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Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre
The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
should be day 2 stories if Maine/national media pick up on fact Collins' lobbyist husband, Tom Daffron, worked closely - for years - with Scott Reed, a key player in the corruption scandal @andrewperez.bsky.social & @martinpengelly.bsky.social wrote about that in June zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...
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Susan Collins’s Husband Worked for the Lobbyist Running Her Super PAC
The Maine senator's husband apparently consulted last year for the lobbyist leading Pine Tree Results PAC, documents show.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 22/09/2026
"OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman gave Trump's super PAC a whopping $25 million" is one of those things that could really stand to be pointed out more:
finance.yahoo.com
OpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25 million gift
The super PAC will help fund Republicans' midterm election battle.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
George W. Bush is helping raise money for the following US Senate candidates: Susan Collins (ME) Jon Husted (OH) Dan Sullivan (AK) John Sununu (NH) Ashley Hinson (IA) Mike Rogers (MI) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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George W. Bush and Cornyn Leave Out Paxton as They Raise Cash for Senate Candidates (Gift Article)
The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates. Not included: Ken Paxton, the nominee in their own state.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rep Fabián Basabe (R-FL), rose to power after marrying a lingerie heiress, is the author of Florida's Don't Say Gay law. He has now been found liable of sexual assault against two of his male staffers. He continues to be a leading member of Florida's legislative GOP. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...
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State Rep. Basabe found liable of sexual harassment, defamation, battery by jury
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
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Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Scoop: John Cornyn & George W. Bush are headlining a Dallas fundraiser tonight for all of the Senate GOP nominees in tossup races—except Ken Paxton It benefits a new joint fundraising committee for IA, ME, NH, OH, AK, MI & the NRSC w/ @teddyschleifer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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Bush and Cornyn Leave Out Paxton as They Raise Cash for Senate Candidates
The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates. Not included: Ken Paxton, the nominee in their own state.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Peter Thiel has the wheel: “US Deputy Secty of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memo directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 M in services from…[Thiel’s] Palantir…without a competitive bidding process…The memo’s subject line is called ‘Funding Palantir’.” 8/11/26…1/
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Give Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo
Draft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Are you planning to write a newspaper story about the Big Bend wall we're building that DHS says it's not building? Then you're under arrest... by the construction contractors. The charge? Undesirable journalism. In fact this is kidnapping, a felony.
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‘Bearded Man’ detains journalists for hours near the first segment of border wall erected in the Big Bend
Man tells deputies he works for the wall contractor A Big Bend Sentinel reporter, a photojournalist and a Sierra Blanca activist were blocked from leaving a remote Hudspeth County private road for mor...
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Florida is expected to have about a dozen large data centers by the end of 2026. Here's a map. www.axios.com/local/miami/... via @axios.com
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Mapped: Florida's next data centers — and the power they'll need
Today's data centers can consume double the power of their predecessors, and more powerful ones are planned within the next few years.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration is considering data center-related projects across at least 17,600 acres of public land — far more than previously reported. Reminder: 70% of Americans oppose data centers, but Trump is heavily invested in the corporations pushing AI. Always follow the money.
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Trump Is Considering More Data Centers on Public Lands Than Previously Known
The data center proposals cover at least 17,600 acres of public lands across six Western states.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/09/2026
Breaking News: Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would help cement President Trump’s ability to control billions of dollars in scientific grants funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
While he supposedly represents Kansas, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall leaves a mile-wide paper trail showing he's actually residing in #Florida. floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/18/r... via @floridaphoenix.com
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US Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Florida Phoenix
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So the US is “working on a deal” to buy Potash from a dictator allied with Putin instead of Canada.
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