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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10h

The Father of our Country: "A good moral character is the 1st essential in a man..." Honest Abe: "No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar." The Orange Atrocity: "Nothing bad can happen, it could only good happen." #26DaysUntilTheMidterms 🌊

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 8h

Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...

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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

15 months later, Republicans have pulled ads from the NC Senate race and all but conceded it to Democrat Roy Cooper after the strategic genius Trump drove Tillis into leaving the senate.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 9h

JUST FILED with insights from Heather Cox Richardson: Backlash grows against a Trump campaign rally USS Abraham Lincoln returns New lawsuit seeks to halt future Trump taxpayer-funded ads Big day in court for CNN Lots of enterprise reporting here macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/day-ahead-...

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DAY AHEAD - My Daily Editorial Note

October 7, 2026

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Greg Bluestein @bluestein.bsky.social · 8h

With some polls showing Mike Collins trailing by double digits, he can’t afford to simply tread water. The debates offer him perhaps his best remaining chance to make a splash. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

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Can Collins change the race? 5 things to watch in Georgia’s Senate debate

Georgia U.S. Senate debate: Mike Collins faces off against Jon Ossoff.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h

BREAKING: Former President Barack Obama endorses Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate in Maine: "Troy Jackson is running to be your next senator and I'm proud to be on board" Obama cites Jackson’s record on wages, drug prices, school meals, and abortion rights as Democrats target Susan Collins' seat.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

Only in a government run by Trump and a State Dept run by Rubio can an unqualified grifter like Kim Guilfoyle remain Ambassador to Greece after all the scandals that have come out just in the last week. But she obviously has A LOT of dirt on the president’s son, so tough to fire.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Remember when Trump said there was "very fine ppl on both sides" of a white supremacist rally, & everybody heard it loud & clear, but then he spent years gaslighting about it bc at another point he said "you had some very bad ppl in that group" as if that excused him praising violent racists? I do!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

New in PN: Trump faces his worst bankruptcy yet "Should November be the disaster for Rs that analysts predict, Trump will morph overnight into something less than a lame duck POTUS with a ticking expiration clock: he'll become politically bankrupt in ways all-too-familiar to him as a businessman."

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Trump faces his worst bankruptcy yet

His political capital is gone and the repo man is on the way.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

in case it's not clear this is a commentary on the defenses I'm seeing from some surprising quarters of Trump daydreaming about cities in California getting nuked

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

President Obama just endorsed Troy Jackson in the Maine Senate race.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 20h

GOP candidate Brandon Herrera said he is not married, but wears a ring as “thot repellent.”

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 20h

The top three stories in tonight’s newsletter really say it all jessica.substack.com/p/congressio...

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19h

Trump is asking for American cities to be attacked. youtu.be/DhIeyeqI2Ng?...

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 19h

Today, Trump renewed his contention that he "deserves" a Nobel Prize. Shortly after that, he once again evidenced he had no idea how trade works or what a trade deficit is, suggesting we'd save $40B by not importing Swiss watches. Is there a Nobel Prize for Mathematical Idiocy?

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Susie & Midge w/ an extra Smidge @midgeandsusie.bsky.social · 21h

Reason #3569366 that Mom needs so much snoopervision. Today I had to stop her from leaving to go to the bank, with a foot long knitting needle stuck in her ponytail. She put it there “for safekeeping” then forgotten about it. Why Mom was wandering the house with it is another story entirely.

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🐾🐾🤍..

A fluffy black cat with large white eyes lies on its side on green grass beneath a textured sky fading from blue to pale pink. White handwritten text reads: “Maybe sometimes you want to do everything so badly that you end up doing nothing at all. That’s okay. Maybe you’re more tired than you realise. I just hope you know that taking care of yourself counts as doing something, too.”

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Susie & Midge w/ an extra Smidge @midgeandsusie.bsky.social · 21h

Smidge keeps trying to snuggle up to George Glass, and Midge is NOT having it.

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Susie & Midge w/ an extra Smidge @midgeandsusie.bsky.social · 17h

Everyone else has gone to bed…

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17h

Sources close to Jared and Ivanka say, privately, the couple disapproves of letting Iran obliterate LA and San Diego.

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Ms Ariel Knox @msarielknox.bsky.social · 17h

She's giving Disney Villainess

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Ms Ariel Knox @msarielknox.bsky.social · 17h

She's so memeable.

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Ms Ariel Knox @msarielknox.bsky.social · 17h

Christine Drazan has been very clear about where she stands on reproductive freedom. And she voted against funding Planned Parenthood and against protections for providers & patients.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17h

Whether it's Barack Obama asking for dijon mustard or Donald Trump admitting to a series of sexual assaults, there have been embarrassing moments for presidents on both sides of the aisle.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17h

My kids have measles, I can't afford diesel, I can't get a mortgage, my wife was deported, and I have explosive diarrhea from a parasite the CDC no longer monitors. But at least now my insurance covers most of my ball-tanning treatments.

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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 15h

Rainbows are circles.. 🌈 IG: _morahimii_

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Trump just raged wildly at Dr Annie Andrews, the Dem Senate candidate taking on Darline Graham in South Carolina, smearing her with vile anti-trans slurs. Turns out two GOP-aligned polls just found the race very close. Details on these GOP polls and much more here: newrepublic.com/article/2163...

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Trump Spirals into Crazed Fury as GOP Pollsters Deliver Very Bad News

As Trump explodes at South Carolina Senate candidate Annie Andrews—who is doing surprisingly well in GOP-aligned surveys—a Democratic operative in the state discusses the very uphill climb that lies a...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Agreed; the people running the SecMullinDHS account are presumably the same people running the main DHS account, which groyper-posts constantly. IIRC, DHS is still refusing to disclose who writes the posts (we can all guess why, given how these people are often bad at hiding internet pasts).

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oh god it's even funnier that the quote DHS cites was initially generated by ChatGPT. bsky.app/profile/jeff...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Also, for what it's worth, the Department of Homeland Security doesn't get a say about whether or not there is an amnesty. That's up to Congress, which, you know, Mullin should be aware of given that he used to be a U.S. Senator.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Meanwhile, over on X, the Secretary of Homeland Security is posting about "vandalizing the demographics of America," a phrase which is either a chilling suggestion of white nationalism from Mullin or just straight pablum which means nothing but sounds just fash enough to excite the faithful.

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“Vandalize the demographics of America” is either a chilling phrase suggesting that Mullin is a white nationalist or an absurdly meaningless bit of pablum which ignores 250 years of the constantly shifting demographics of a nation of immigrants.

Underneath is a picture of Mullin with a quote "How do you turn a country from democracy to socialism? You have to change the demographics."

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535 News @535news.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For years, Hill reporters assumed he was a former House parliamentarian or staffer. He was a 19-year-old college student in England. Meet @ringwiss.bsky.social.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22h

Chat is it good when an Ambassadorial nominee writes "Stop papering all these things. It’s really dangerous ... if you write an email or a text about, l’m gonna kill you cause I love you but you’re so out of control" to the man who paid her $300,000 to help resolve his tax issues with the IRS?

That same month, Guilfoyle sent a congratulatory note to Long after his confirmation as IRS commissioner. She attached a letter Deters had written outlining his tax dispute: “Don Jr. and I are very close with Eric Deters and his wife and I know he sent you a letter,” she wrote. “I am hoping I know how busy you are that you could give some time and attention to it.”

Two days later, Deters sent her a photo of a printed memo addressed to her: “I have paid you $300,000 over the years,” he wrote. “As of this memo, I have not received one favor. I am not naive or a sucker. I need results.”

In response, she told Deters to “stop papering all these things. It’s really dangerous.”

“Just call me on signal,” she wrote.

As for Long, she would call him the next day, she assured Deters. “I wrote him a very nice message. Told him how important it was that you’re close to me and to don.”

“Also very privately,” she continued, “if you write an email or a text about, l’m gonna kill you cause I love you but you’re so out of control.”

That afternoon she texted an update: Long had written her back.

“BOOM,” she added.

A week later, on July 3, she placed two missed calls to Deters’ phone, and sent him instructions on how to wire money to an American Express account.

“Your needing $100,000 urgent unfortunately is not going to work,” he wrote. “I can’t do this without getting a divorce.”

“I’ve been calling you for over a week straight,” she replied. “You could be here meeting with Billy Long.”

Long is now the U.S. ambassador to Iceland. Embassy officials there referred reporters to a State Department media office that didn’t respond to a request for comment.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21h

This was one of the more diabolical Trump admin moves on immigration; ordering ICE to stop taking biometrics for detained immigrants seeking immigration benefits from USCIS, which meant that the agency would deny their applications by default.

In December 2025, USCIS announced that DHS would stop collecting biometrics related
to USCIS immigration applications for people in its custody. ECF No. 14-2; ECF No. 14-3 at 2-
3. In its press release, USCIS said that going forward DHS "generally will not take biometrics of detained aliens unless they are in removal proceedings and have a pending application or petition filed with the Executive Office for Immigration Review." ECF No. 14-2. That means DHS would continue to collect biometrics only for certain applications for relief, including those that can be made to immigration courts (which fall within the Executive Office for Immigration Review), but not for applications for many kinds of immigration status, including the plaintiffs' applications
(which must be submitted to and determined by USCIS). See 8 C.F.R. § 245.2(a)(1) (adjustment

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

“The planning underscores just how much the president wants to reduce gas prices and demonstrate progress in the conflict before the vote, administration officials told us.”

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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

NEW - EXCLU - Trump has considered reigniting the war against Iran after the midterms But now the White House told the Pentagon to draw up plans for a strike *before* Election Day Trump allies hope it could provide GOP with a boost. No final call yet www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

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Trump Is Considering a Plan to Strike Iran Before the Midterms

Pentagon planners are weighing options though no final decision has been made.

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: Some prominent conservatives expect more handwringing over Justices Thomas & Alito to break out if Dems win the Senate in midterms, but none I spoke to thinks either will change their stance on retirement in time to allow lame-duck Hill action www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

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Trump’s SCOTUS succession dilemma: His favorite justices are also the court’s oldest

Speculation about Justice Samuel Alito's plans has increased in recent months ahead of the midterms.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 19h

And you can bet good money that if the Democrats win, Trump and the Republicans will try their absolute damnedest to completely torch the economy in the shortest time possible so they can say in 2028 SEE WE TOLD YOU THE DEMOCRATS WOULD RUIN IT YOU SHOULD VOTE US BACK INTO POWER

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 19h

I mean, there's a decent chance he's right, but only because there's a good chance that's going to happen either way because they won't be able to save us. He could just as easily say, "If the Democrats win, you will have a solar eclipse in August." No lies detected.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 15h

lol

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 16h

Tbc I don't think this is an admirable trait but I do appreciate the hellish existence it creates for his toadies. Couldn't happen to a more fitting group.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 16h

It's like if you reversed the roles in the Obama's Anger Translator sketch so Obama kept trying to make it less angry and the speaker was actively fighting him.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 16h

Pundits: He was merely giving voice to the disconnect between the Democrats' aversion to war and their own self-interest. He wasn't calling for LA to be attacked. Trump: It would be something see all right. I'd love to see it. Iran, are you listening? Make it happen already.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 16h

I have to say, I do genuinely appreciate 1 aspect of Trump's character. He will NOT be managed or interpreted. Trump: Just think about Iran nuking LA. Pundits: He was merely hypothesizing about the reaction that would cause. He wasn't advocating for it. Trump: I mean, wouldn't that be something?

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 15h

omg this is such a silly joke and I'm still giggling about it @xkcd.com

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Juice

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

First Lady Natalie Harp gets off Bribe Force One moments ago after another long day of traveling with the guy she once said is "all that matters to me" (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty)

pic of a smiling Ms Harp disembarking Bribe Force One upon her return from Texas

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h

Wow. We can’t believe this 🥹. Barnes & Noble just put WTF America?! on their Most Anticipated Nonfiction list. We wrote this for this community, and you're the reason it's having this moment before it's even out. Thank you, truly. If you haven't preordered, the link's here 👉 bit.ly/wtf-america-...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

It’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

The desperation is palpable

Mohammed El-Sayed is a terrible Candidate for the Dumocrats. While his opponent, Mike Rogers, is an extremely good one, Mohammed goes back to the days of the Jihad. He is a RADICAL Extremist, Terrorist Sympathizer, and no different from his best friend, America Hating Hasan Piker. How’s France doing? Mohammed’s Values are not exactly those of Michiganders, or those of our Great United States of America! He is WRONG for Michigan, and WRONG for America. VOTE FOR MIKE ROGERS — HE HAS MY COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT, AND WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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