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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h
Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Florida mayor wins approval of her bid to end her DUI probation early, despite the fact that she was recently arrested for violating her probation. www.naplesnews.com/story/news/l...
naplesnews.com
Probation ends early for Naples mayor, who was arrested for DUI
A Collier County judge has granted the Naples mayor's request for an early termination to her probation, which she was arrested for violating in April.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Column: CFO Blaise "The Blatherer" Ingoglia fails to do legally required audits of #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' "emergency" spending on political stunts. www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/09/29/m... via @scottmaxwell.bsky.social
orlandosentinel.com
Maxwell: Required audits are MIA as DeSantis’ ‘emergency’ spending spree continues
Where are the audits? State law says Florida should’ve long ago audited the billions of tax dollars DeSantis spent on “Alligator Alcatraz” and elsewhere. Yet not a single audit has been released. And ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million to defeat Prop 40. Their combined wealth in January 2025 was $439 BILLION. By September 2026, it had grown to $722 BILLION. They're accidentally making the case for the billionaire tax better than anyone else could.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Friend of Putin oligarch Konstantin Sokolov makes a nice fat donation to Trump's ballroom project, and gets relief from Treasury Department sanctions in exchange. This is known as a quid pro quo transaction. It's a felony. www.esquire.com/news-politic...
esquire.com
A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Florida ex-congressman David Rivera, longtime friend of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign for Venezuela. www.politico.com/news/2026/10... via @apnews.com
politico.com
Former GOP Rep. David Rivera sentenced to 10 years for secret Venezuela lobbying
He appeared stone-faced as a judge denounced him for betraying his life’s mission.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
NEW: As diesel prices hit record highs, Georgia GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson admitted in court that the “America First Refining” oil refinery he co-owns with MAGA figures including Donald Trump Jr. is set to send its fuel to India, per AJC.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ashely Moody voted to take away 444,000 Floridians' healthcare because the government 'didn't have enough money.' Meanwhile, Medicare for All would save over 1 trillion dollars a year. It's time for a leader who fights for you & not for insurance companies. #AngieforFlorida
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most corrupt administration in the history of the US by far. You could add up all instances of corruption by every other admin in US history and it will not equal the amount of corruption perpetrated by this one in less than 2 years.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jared Kushner, merchant of death. Kushner is the largest shareholder in an Israeli firm investing in companies supplying equipment for the Israeli military. He is also negotiating a deal for Gaza.
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fetterman is garbage. He betrays the people who fought for him when he was at his lowest point - and that fight is the only reason he’s in the senate. Now he’s actively working to raise money for Republican PACs.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Very weird goings on in Bolivia this morning, as local press says the Trump administration is reaching to extreme measures to shut down the criminal probe into Fernando Cerimedo and Brad Parscale and their operation MAGA SUR. No press coverage of any of this in US corporate media, of course.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 01/10/2026
St. Lucie County on Florida’s Treasure Coast recently located 14 unpermitted Flock cameras they hadn’t known about during a survey to begin removing the county’s cameras. Three belonged to the sheriff’s department. That leaves 11 unaccounted for. wapo.st/4ACHFOZ
wapo.st
Florida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner
Officials say they don’t know who installed the controversial cameras or how the data was being used. Residents are unnerved.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This morning, the Justice Department went after nearly an entire state's federal bench, all at once. The judges had said the government wasn't following court orders. The response was to try to remove the judges. Here's why every American should be paying attention. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
President Convicted Felon pardoned Jack Abramoff's partner in fraud. He's now contributing $$$ to a bunch of Senate campaigns -- including, in #Florida, incumbent Sen. Ashley "Do Nothing" Moody. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-pard...
dworkinsubstack.com
Trump Pardoned Abramoff’s Partner. We Found His Money In Eight Republican Senate Campaigns.
Also: a congressman on his way out files 26 impeachment charges against Trump, a carpenter beats ICE in Manhattan, and farm country picks a side.
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned
404media.co
How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The more interesting thing to me: why is Peter Thiel doing this lecture series in NASHVILLE?” @nashvillescene.com reporter Eli Motycka got recordings of Vance’s billionaire pimp Thiel’s antichrist lectures, wonders if he’s here bc of a local anti-government strain or evangelical churches
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Over the past 10 years, #Florida utility bills have jumped by as much as 70% —far outpacing inflation. Meanwhile, the 4 utilities that provide electricity to the state made more than $6 billion in profits last year. www.wusf.org/costofpower?... via @wusf.org
wusf.org
The rising cost of power in Florida — and the system that allows it
Over the past several months, WUSF has researched what's behind rising electricity costs and what — if anything — can be done about them.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I love this woman. Chuck Schumer, you need to wake your ass up and realize you got an actual boss running for the Senate in Florida. Send her campaign more money immediately.
Tweet from Florida State Rep. Angie Nixon: “Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR”
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
UNREAL: Senate Republicans and John Fetterman Block Measure To Probe Killings of Nine Americans by Israelis in West Bank. Yep these Republicans and Fetterman voted to protect Israel over US citizens. This is TREASONOUS! www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
mediaite.com
Senate Republicans and John Fetterman Block Measure To Probe Killings of Nine Americans by Israelis in West Bank
Senate Republicans voted almost unanimously against a measure that would require the State Department to investigate Israeli violence in the West Bank that, since 2022, has resulted in the deaths of a...
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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 · 29/09/2026
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...
news-press.com
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 · 29/09/2026
#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
floridatrident.org
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...
nytimes.com
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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