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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 6h

Side note to story is that Axios was *collaborating with* Schmitt today..

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 5h

I heard through the grapevine that Sen. Eric Schmitt has 18 staffers on his legislative team: 17 men and one woman. The woman on his staff deals exclusively with foreign policy, which means today's disaster during the hearing was all by conservative men who don't know sports.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 6h

just a reminder that Schmitt hired the guy who was too much of a Nazi for Ron DeSantis

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Republican senator employs aide fired by DeSantis over neo-Nazi imagery
Nate Hochman, staffer for Eric Schmitt, also peddled far-right conspiracy theories as experts decry rise in extremism
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 5h

[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with a bestselling author who is insane [JACK SMITH]: No [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Naomi Wolf! [SMITH]: That is Naomi Klein sir

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Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 6h

Eric Schmitt, one of the architects of the Protect College Sports Act. Truly the best and the brightest coming to save college sports.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 5h

Amy Klobuchar on that moment with Eric Schmitt: “You know, the minute I heard when they said Hawks and when Jack Smith said I never was out in Atlanta game, when you're from the Midwest, the Hawks also mean the Hawkeyes.”

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 6h

Eric Schmitt is a dishonest hack and incredible POS and after years of him attacking me & my team I’m happy to see people realize it. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-li...

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A Litigation Playbook for Narrative Warfare

Eric Schmitt’s “The Last Line of Defense” casts courts as stages for political spectacle rather than forums for justice—and rewrites the evidentiary record along the way.

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Nicholas Handler @nicholashandler.bsky.social · 7h

You have staffers to know about sports and stuff so you don’t get embarrassed like this. The problem with hiring groypers is that all of their normal guy knowledge has been removed and replaced with theories about skull shapes.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

Bc the last 30 seconds of this are the best, reminder that @amyklobuchar.com's dad was a sports journalist, which may explain her utter contempt for Schmitt mistaking the Hawks and Hawkeyes.

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Jay W @jaydeedouble.bsky.social · 8h

Which completely lines up with the seat mentioned in the text bsky.app/profile/jayd...

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 9h

between the metaverse, the pervert glasses, and now this fuzzy avatar mess, Meta is on a generational run of real-world Black Mirror episodes

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

Until the Reagan years, the SEC considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation. Now, NVIDIA has announced the largest buyback in American history — fueled by the data center boom. It's time to make buybacks illegal again.

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Stock Buybacks, Explained | Robert Reich

Robert Reich explains that Trump's corporate tax is going to stock buybacks, leaving most workers behind.Watch More: Tru

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 8h

SCOTUS’s shadow docket strikes again. Third-country removals are back on, using a policy that two federal courts have now ruled is unlawful.

CORDER LIST: 609 U.S.)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
26-426
(26A406)
CERTIORARI GRANTED
DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL.
The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and
by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026 order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents' claims.
(2) Whether the
district court had
authority to enter classwide
declaratory
relief
and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252 (f) (1).
(3) Whether the Government's Guidance on third-country removals
is unlawful under 8 U. S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or
FARRA/CAT and its
implementing regulations. (4) Such other
questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the
proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to
establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be
argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall
terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would
deny the application for stay.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14h

Jack Smith: Donald Trump preyed on party loyalty and fear. One of the reasons he [failed] is bc Republicans stood up. I personally find it hard to understand how our investigation could be viewed as partisan when our strongest witnesses were Republicans. [Names Rusty Bowers and Mike Pence.]

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8h

"The Board of Peace Is an Abject Failure, and Palestinians Are Paying the Price" It promised to bring ‘everlasting peace’: Gaza was to be rebuilt; military operations halted; ‘full aid’ given... It has failed on every count. From Zeteo UK:

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The Board of Peace Is an Abject Failure, and Palestinians Are Paying the Price

It promised to bring ‘everlasting peace’: Gaza was to be rebuilt; military operations halted; ‘full aid’ given; and an International Stabilisation Force set up. It has failed on every count.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 8h

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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Ways and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 11h

Oh, interesting!

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 11h

Amazing stuff here

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Is it accurate to say that the Big Beautiful Bill on average made the poorest people in America even poorer and the richest people in America even richer, when looking at total household resources? One word answer only, please.

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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 8h

It powers more than one billion page views per month on federal websites alone and reflects collective efforts to ensure the quality and accessibility of government digital services.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8h

especially if you work at the FBI

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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 8h

Pass a law clarifying that the supreme court’s appellate jurisdiction does not begin until a final ruling has been made by district and appeals courts.

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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 8h

It came up at my Middlebury roundtable: Vermont farmers are feeling the effects of the staffing cuts at USDA. The backlogs are long, staff are overwhelmed, and farmers can’t get their questions answered. We need urgent accountability from those responsible for this mess.

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Vermont farmers feel impacts of staffing cuts at USDA
Reduced staffing means there are fewer people on the ground to help farmers submit applications, explain the reason behind funding priorities and ensure that the federal government works for farmers, said an agricultural policy analyst.

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 8h

The particular irony of this particular bit of dipshittery on behalf of the transphobic assholes who have seized on Caitlin Clark as their patron saint of straight, white women’s sports

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 9h

substack executives gave him a big cash advance to post on the platform

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12h

Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 11h

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 17h

A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h

Trump’s Pentagon is preparing to cut 20% of senior military posts as his top envoys discuss sanctions relief, energy deals, and economic cooperation with Putin’s team. The timing is raising serious questions.

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Trump's Hegseth Plans 20% Cut to Senior Military Posts as Putin Envoy Courts U.S.

As the Pentagon prepares to downgrade or eliminate senior billets by January 1, 2027, Trump officials are discussing Russian energy and economic cooperation while Moscow's war on Ukraine continues.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13h

“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax

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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’

Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15h

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12h

oh my fucking god, you have to watch this. eric schmitt just made himself the main character.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10h

Multibillion-dollar schemes like A7 are much easier when the United States simply gives up on countering Russian sanctions evasion. The Kremlin agent gloating in this story could show a bit more humility. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...

During the Biden administration, the Treasury Department made cracking down on sanctions evasion a centerpiece of its effort to punish Russia. The department imposed thousands of additional sanctions, targeting companies and networks designed to move money around financial restrictions.

The pressure has largely disappeared. Since President Trump returned to office, the administration has removed more restrictions than it has added, according to a Times analysis of Treasury data.

That has made it harder for banks to screen for illicit activity, in part because new actors and organizations can spring up without fresh information. A7 shell companies, for example, have facilitated payments to companies that banked at major American and European banks, The Times found.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

"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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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 11h

yeesh. I did not know that Sen. Pete Ricketts (R), part-owner of the Cubs, voted to pardon a man who raped and assaulted his estranged wife and kidnapped their kids. The victim wasn't even notified. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...

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A Tough Ad Reminds Nebraska Voters About a Brutal Crime and a Pardon

A group supporting Dan Osborn, the independent Senate candidate in Nebraska, is airing an ad attacking Senator Pete Ricketts, a Republican, for pardoning a man convicted of sexual assault.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Russell Brand is currently charged in the UK with 3 counts of rape, 3 counts of sex assault, and 1 count of indecent assault. He is set for trial in London in two weeks.

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Zecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I went on the BBC to provide some updates and context on Ethiopia's new war and how it broke out in the first place. As I pointed out here, yesterday bank accounts opened in Tigray were collectively frozen, which prevents millions from accessing funds. The situation is becoming increasingly dire.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10h

There's less need to stress about advertisers following where you go online when you have Privacy Badger installed. privacybadger.org/

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Privacy Badger

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/09/2026

Bookseller Brandon Thomas DiSabatino started receiving strange emails from a company requesting large and odd orders. DiSabatino quickly became concerned that the company might be trying to buy his books for an ulterior—and to him, sinister—purpose: to ship rare books to an AI training facility.

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A bookseller confronts a mysterious company hunting his rarest books

Was a Kentucky retailer targeted by a destructive AI "predator"?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

New: We obtained witness videos and surveillance footage showing ICE parking their cars, arresting an observer, and transferring detainees in parking lots across 4 of Chicago's police districts. Local officials have tried banning ICE from city property. But incidents in the lots keep stacking up:

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In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations

Videos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms

See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Tuesday allowed a pro-voting challenge to Louisiana’s proof-of-citizenship voter registration law to move forward, including claims that the law discriminates against voters based on national origin. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Judge greenlights challenge to Louisiana anti-voting law, citing discrimination claims

The judge found that the pro-voting plaintiffs had plausibly alleged that officials in Lafayette Parish discriminated against some registration applicants based on national origin.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11h

Republicans cried that Trump needed money for the border and then he stole the money to pay for a millions in totally illegal, taxpayer funded campaign ads. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads

White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 11h

As the Trump administration fights to keep deporting immigrants to countries where they have no connections, we studied the system that profits from these grave abuses. theintercept.com/2026/09/29/i...

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