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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
20/ Collins’ deputy chief of staff said that her office “vigorously” denies allegations of bribery and pay-for-play made by Kao, that Collins’ campaign was not part of the discussions between Kao and the super PAC, and that her office “fully cooperated” with the FBI.
Collins’ office did not specifically address questions about the Corner Bakery meeting, the senator’s relationship with Kao and the millions she helped appropriate for Navatek.

Annie Clark, Collins’ deputy chief of staff, told ProPublica in an email that Collins’ office “vigorously” denies allegations of bribery and pay-for-play made by Kao, calling his claims “outlandish.” Collins’ campaign was not part of the discussions between Kao and the super PAC, and her office “fully cooperated” with the FBI investigation, Clark said.

“The fact that the FBI and Biden-led Department of Justice thoroughly examined the Navatek matter demonstrates this,” Clark wrote. “These issues were resolved in 2021 and concluded when the Collins campaign disgorged the illegal contributions that Martin Kao had made without our knowledge.”
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William Turton @williamturton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In 2024 the former CEO of a defense contractor made a stunning confession to two FBI agents. He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for govt contracts. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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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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Jovi ⚖️ 10/13 🏁 🎃🪅 @panamajovi.afrolatinsky.app · 12/08/2026
Laker fans were talking shit about us Celtics fans getting sold to a private equity now look at y’all. Have a damn seat 😭
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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
You can always tell a free speech warrior by how fast they fire people for making them look bad in a meeting
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Breaking news: SCOTUS intervenes in Alabama redistricting case & says GOP *is* allowed to change Alabama map. Despite a lower-court finding evidence of intentional discrimination. Yet another SCOTUS gift to the GOP; eliminates seat of a Black member of Congress www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
CBS is MAGA news and it isn’t real news
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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The court went to GREAT LENGTHS in Callais to explain why that opinion didn't overturn precedent in Milligan, the case that struck down Alabama's racist-as-fuck map. Except tonight SCOTUS says, oops, apparently Callais *does* mean that Milligan was wrongly decided
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Talk about expanding the court the way Trump used to talk about the wall. “Oh another unjustified right wing decision? I just added another two more judges to SCOTUS. Enjoy!!”
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Sotomayor, joined by Kagan and Jackson, issues a 17-page dissent to the 4-page order: "[J]ust as Alabama doubled down on racial discrimination, the Court today doubles down on chaos."
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
Before the Court are two paths. Down one lies an orderly election, held under a tried-and-tested congressional map that protects Black Alabamians' right to vote and with which all voters, elections officials, and candidates alike are familiar. Down the other lies a chaotic election, held under a never-before-used congressional map that intentionally discriminates against Black Alabamians, that Alabama adopted in unashamed defiance of a prior court order directly affirmed by this Court, and that will require officials to change the voter registrations of hundreds of thousands of voters in just days at best, a task that Alabama previously represented would take months.
The majority chooses the second path and disregards both democratic values and the rule of law. I respectfully dissent.Weeks ago, I warned that vacating the District Court’s
injunction in these cases would “unleash chaos and . . . con-
fuse voters.” Caster, 608 U. S., at ___ (dissenting opinion)
(slip op., at 4). Nevertheless, the Court forged ahead. Now
the Court is squarely faced with a record of the turmoil it
has caused and the harm it has wrought. Yet just as Ala-
bama doubled down on racial discrimination, the Court to-
day doubles down on chaos. Because I choose to defend the
rule of law and the right of all Alabamians to participate
equally in democracy, I respectfully dissent.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
No his fellow journalists are unlike to rally to Scott Pelley. They are too busy trying to sell Trump book deals.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Of course NBC— “ #SCOTUS allowed Alabama to use a congressional map that eliminates one of two majority-Black districts in the state in a win for Republicans. 6-3 on ideological lines with conservatives in the majority, granted an emergency request filed by Republican officials”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Shortly after the 2025 elections, I published a list of seven voting laws every blue state should enact. While I stand by all seven, I want to highlight three. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
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It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms
With only nine months before the midterm elections, Trump is plotting to prevent Democrats from taking control of Congress.
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jamaicanceltic.bsky.social @jamaicanceltic.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Yuck
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KeithSmithNBA @keithsmithnba.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I'm with SVG on being worried about Derrick White's jumper. Just hasn't fallen consistently all season. I thought that might change when Jayson Tatum came back, but it hasn't. I still trust him though. He always makes the right play.
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
My standards are so low at this point that I will vote for a presidential candidate who promises not to endlessly fucking whine about everything
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
checking in on this: we're now 6 days from the filing deadline, and still no challenger.
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 31/03/2026
Republican Josie Tomkow lost a special election for a Senate seat by just over 400 votes, despite more Republicans voting than Democrats.
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Why DeSantis didn’t campaign for Republican who lost GOP seat in Florida Senate
Republican Josie Tomkow lost a special election for a Senate seat by just over 400 votes, despite more Republicans voting than Democrats.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 31/03/2026
US job openings fall in February; hiring lowest since pandemic reut.rs/4tknhOe
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US job openings fall in February; hiring lowest since pandemic
U.S. job openings fell more than expected in February and hiring dropped to the lowest ​level in nearly six years, government data showed ‌on Tuesday.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Trump is 100 percent out of his f-ing mind.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 26/03/2026
Trump says he won the Iran war, so those troops he’s sending must be to set up the victory party?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/03/2026
Trump’s DOJ has been giving millions in taxpayer money to Trump allies. Scott MacFarlane has the receipts.
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DOJ Pays MILLIONS to TOP Trump Allies... MY REPORT
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
So weird how everything that happens seems to coincidentally help Putin 🤷🏼
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Kerith Burke @kerithburke.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
“Since the IOC began allowing the participation of transgender athletes in 2004, only one openly transgender woman has competed at the Olympics, a weightlifter from New Zealand who did not make it past her opening round of competition at the Tokyo Games.” One.
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NPR @npr.org · 26/03/2026
The Trump administration is pouring billions of dollars into thousands of new detention beds, when cheaper enforcement alternatives might be just as effective. n.pr/4lSwsCQ
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The human and financial costs rack up as immigration detention expands
The Trump administration is pouring billions of dollars into thousands of new detention beds, when cheaper enforcement alternatives might be just as effective.
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Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It is unclear how many, if any, transgender women are competing at an Olympic level. No woman who transitioned from being born male competed at the 2024 Paris Summer Games. Yet, the IOC kissed Trump's ass anyway: www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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New Policy Bans Transgender Women Athletes From Olympics
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/03/2026
Trump's face is drooping and his eyes are closed
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 26/03/2026
Good to see the priorities lining up. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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White House graced by weird android devoid of human emotion—and a robot
Melania Trump’s newest fake job started this week when she hosted the “Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit.” The new initiative is supposed to be For The Children, but looks more…
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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Witkoff thinks attending a cabinet meeting makes him a member of the cabinet?
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Be fair. He’s doing an impression of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 26/03/2026
The American people and their elected representatives deserve real answers. Trump and Hegseth are running an unauthorized war in secret, and it’s totally outrageous.
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Iran’s Attacks Force U.S. Troops to Work Remotely
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Fiyah 💜 Angelou 🪮 🏁 @fiyahangelou.blacksky.app · 19/03/2026
that Duggar-to-prison-pipeline is nasty work
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🍇Your Local Taffy Grape Pusher Lady🍇 @cherrylimenerd.blacksky.app · 19/03/2026
If ever there were a time we needed the Death Note to be real, it’s this
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assemblyman of the people's republic of anhedonia @jaybeekeeper.blacksky.app · 19/03/2026
Woof
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readingsumn.bsky.social @readingsumn.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Well they deserve to relax after an exhausting lifetime of voting against accessible healthcare in their own country 😒
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Terence @topolk.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Venezuela beat the US last night? Good for them. I’m happy for them.
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𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤 @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The DOJ spent months emailing the wrong address demanding the voter rolls for Oklahoma. Last month, the DOJ sued five states, bringing the total number of jurisdictions targeted to 30. If our votes didn't count, they wouldn't be fighting so hard to suppress them. #ProudBlue #Vote #Resist #Oklahoma
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In latest blunder, Trump DOJ spent months emailing the wrong address demanding Oklahoma’s voter rolls
It’s the latest in a continuing string of embarrassing missteps in the Trump DOJ’s nationwide voter roll campaign.
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𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤 @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
🧵/1 Israel has dropped all charges against five soldiers accused of torturing and gang raping a Palestinian detainee at a military detention facility in 2024. The prisoner received broken ribs and a perforated rectum. Netanyahu praised them for dropping charges. #ProudBlue #Palestine #Netanyahu
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 13/03/2026
It should be noted that Hegseth himself graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2013 with a Master of Public Policy He returned his degree in 2022 to protest "critical race theory"
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Madelyne 🌴 @madelynerants.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Tell Your Governor to REJECT Public Funding for Private Schools It takes 2 seconds, please do your part to save public education and defend the separation of church and state! www.votervoice.net/Shares/BFmPA...
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Humanist Action Headquarters - American Humanist Association
Looking for our legislation tracker? Visit Conscience Over Congress: Humanists’ Federal Legislation Monitor here.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/03/2026
Folks, 📅 2026 primaries are coming up fast. Check your state’s date. Make sure you’re registered. Make a plan to vote. Too much is riding on people sitting this one out. Stay ready so nobody decides the future for you. iwillvote.com
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Elena Sokova, the executive director of the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, told MS NOW that the administration’s “confusing and misleading” assessment of the reactor was laden with “technical errors.” This is what happens when you send people who don't understand the issues.
“It mixes up different elements of the nuclear program and their potential proliferation capabilities,” Sokova said. “Research reactors are not capable of doing enrichment of uranium, whether for civil or military purposes.”

Witkoff and Kushner chose not to have nuclear technical experts present during negotiations in Geneva, a senior Middle East diplomat with knowledge of the talks told MS NOW. The United States then chose to skip out on technical talks scheduled for last Monday in Vienna.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 09/03/2026
Taylor Swift Pearl Jam Olivia Dean Zach Bryan Oasis The Cure What do they all have in common? They've all spoken out about Ticketmaster ripping off fans. But Trump just gave Ticketmaster the equivalent of a corporate pardon. It's a betrayal of every fan in America.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Three Americans dead and Trump’s UN Ambassador waves it off with some bullshit jingoism. From the people who wailed about Benghazi for a decade. Absolute soulless ghouls.
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Pamela Parkington 🐝 @bigdogmomthree.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
2016 election was the perfect storm that started this shit show.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Charlie Kirk’s face is on the Department of Education building for some reason (via Raquel Martin)
Charlie Kirk’s face is on the Department of Education building as America prepares for its 250th anniversary.
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Cindy aka Mrs. Celtics ☘️ @mrsceltics.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Seeing Brunson flop on a plane is extra annoying
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Truth. Just remember: the freeloaders in this country are the billionaires. Until we stop letting them control our government, they will make things worse every day. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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