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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Plaintiffs fighting North Carolina’s newly passed absentee ballot rules filed for a preliminary injunction that would block the rules they called “disenfranchising” for the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Voting advocates keep fighting North Carolina mail ballot restrictions with midterms underway
The PI request comes as the county boards of elections across the state are set to start weekly meetings to process absentee ballots. There have been 93,402 mail ballots requested and 13,495 counted i...
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 18h
The U.S. military formally ended its mission in Iraq, the Pentagon said, closing another chapter in more than two decades of American combat operations, withdrawals and returns to a country that was the defining battlefield for a generation of troops.
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US ends military mission in Iraq, closing another chapter in decades of war
The U.S. military formally ended its mission in Iraq, the Pentagon said.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is piloting a training program for Wisconsin election observers to identify discrepancies with voting machines, as the GOP piles additional scrutiny on voting processes in the swing state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP trained Wisconsin election observers to target voting machines in pivotal swing state
The new RNC program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 18h
Here’s a question for jackass Karp - what role did Palantir play in murdering Iranian schoolchildren?
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What Jack Smith said today should be on the cover of every newspaper worldwide. It should be the end of Trump. Unfortunately it’s just a Tuesday in the upside down. And like so many other things that should’ve been the end of him, it barely registers at home let alone abroad.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 30/09/2026
Maybe the most devastating ad of the cycle here hitting GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts for his vote to pardon a rapist. Obvious Trigger Warning applies. #NESen
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
“Guard” US election systems? This is not good.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think the Senate Judiciary Hearing today, where they tried…in vain…to smear Jack Smith, was better than anything else that could have taken place to boost voter turnout for democracy. I think it reminded a lot of people just how much they hate these swindlers…and why.
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mariaevajarrous.bsky.social @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Now we're all paying for boss thugs political ads. The thief that keeps on thieving.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Fox News agrees to host a debate between me and Ken Paxton — because the people of Texas deserve it. They're just waiting on Paxton to agree. Ball's in your court, Ken.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There’s the false accusation from a former state AG who should know better accusing someone of committing a crime based on zero evidence. Then there’s the behavior before, during and after. All of it really shows America what we already knew - Schmitt is scum.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I guess the point is that Roger Marshall wants to keep this story in the news cycle as long as possible. Nice work.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Morally binding” “Police yourselves” lol ok
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The David Pakman Show @thedavidpakmanshow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is not how inflation and prices work.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Army Casualty Assistance Center is urgently reminding people that military honors at funerals are at no cost, and no one will ever call seeking payment or a deposit for those services.
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Army warns of scammers targeting grieving families during veteran funeral planning
The Army Casualty Assistance Center is reminding people that military honors at funerals are free and no one will call seeking payment or a deposit.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans continue to prove they don’t care that Trump committed crimes and tried to end our democracy 🇺🇸
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
This is my favorite thing today. In second place is Senator Schmitt hoisting himself with his own petard during the Jack Smith hearing.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026
"A long time ago in what feels like a galaxy far, far away, I used to compare JD Vance to Anakin Skywalker....it’s fair to say of Vance: He’s more machine now than man."
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The Man Who Would Inherit MAGA
JD Vance has spent years sucking up to the “five families” of the New Right. But does the vice president actually believe anything?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026
@crampell.bsky.social on the Canadian "insult" that set Trump off: "They don't want to be annexed by the United States. They don't want to become the fifty-first state. I know, huge insult."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
Lahn claims Iowa is his primary residence and that he travels to Kansas to see family. 🤔 And he’s not the only Republican getting carpetbagger questions. Mike Rogers: Michigan, Florida ties. Roger Marshall: Kansas, Florida home. Tommy Tuberville: Alabama, Florida beach mansion.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
IOWA FIRST… FROM KANSAS? Zach Lahn is running for governor of Iowa while maintaining a home in Wichita. He voted in Kansas in 2018, 2020 and 2022, then registered in Iowa in 2024. Flight records reviewed by the Des Moines Register showed his plane making frequent trips back to Wichita.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum ending the appointment of civilian faculty to tenured positions at service academies.
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Hegseth ceases to end civilian tenure at service academies
The defense secretary called for hiring plans that “prioritize institutional flexibility and faculty contribution to the warfighter mission.”
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/09/2026
Proud of the CDCers who fought to get this vital info out! 30% of our workforce is gone. Heartbroken by the loss of brilliant scientists, institutional knowledge, & frankly my friends, colleagues, & mentors. An understaffed CDC harms the public & leaves the US vulnerable. Rebuilding will take years
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
Ashley Hinson voted for the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” CBO now projects the law will mean 13.1 MILLION fewer Medicaid enrollees by 2035, while cutting Medicaid spending by about $1.2 TRILLION over the decade. That vote has consequences. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Not a peep when Trump sought to indict six members of Congress for making a video. Not a single grand juror voted to indict them. But that? My colleagues don’t care about that weaponization.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Schiff is up. Apologizes to Jack Smith. “My colleagues have attacked you, but NONE of them have tried to deny what happened on January 6th. They attack you because they don’t want to address the facts. The Barr DoJ sought toll records without a peep from my colleagues.” 1/
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump said his GOP convention beat the NFL. Nielsen says the Seahawks-Patriots opener drew 25.1 million viewers. Trump’s speech drew about 3.3 million across three networks. Claiming victory after losing by roughly 21.8 million people takes a special kind of self delusion.
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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Once again, political cartoonists tell the truth by keeping things simple.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton desperately tried to defend his handling of a child predator case by claiming the defendant “served 60 days.” Then came the Community Note...
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Ken Paxton Defends Handling of Child Predator Case
Community Note: “Paxton's office initially recommended 1 day in jail.”
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John.... BLOCKED IF YOU DM,NO POSTS, SOLICITATIONS, PORN @benbrookjohn.bsky.social · 20h
Trump reported a staggering 1,051 trades in his June financial disclosure. — June 18: Bought $250K–$500K in Boeing, the same day the Navy awarded Boeing an $880 million contract for P-8A training systems. resist.bot/petitions/PA...
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Your Silence is Complicity
Trump reported a staggering 1,051 trades in his June financial disclosure. Here are two of the more curious ones: — June 18: Bought $250K–$500K in…
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“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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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For once, Ken Paxton is being honest: if it weren't for our broken campaign finance system, he'd have no shot. #UnrigWashington candidate @jamestalarico.bsky.social is running to reform our system and fight for Texans. Ken Paxton can't say the same. #TXSEN
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“It wasn’t a mistake”🤔 “Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” 🤔 @ericschmittmo pathetically attempts to play it off and act like he didn’t publicly humiliate himself in front of the nation today 🤡
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith says he stands by his decision to bring charges against Trump in the classified documents case. "If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yet another reason to run on oversight and accountability. Those are promises they can actually keep.
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Sister of Wendy #AbolishICE 🐸 @sisterswendy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This regime is intentionally inflicting cruelty on children by making it impossible for them to obtain lawyers. Stephen Miller gets off on watching immigrant children in distress and one day we'll learn that he pushed for situations like this to feed his depraved impulses. 🤬 #VoteBlue #SheShed
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Continuous child sexual abuse charges down to 60 days in jail and NO sex offender registry? Huge congrats to Ken Paxton’s prosecutors for negotiating on behalf of a predator instead of a child. Calling this a "defense" is pure nightmare fuel for every Texas parent. #momsky#sheshed
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Data centers are gonna be very popular”🤔 Trump again makes it clear his loyalty is to the tech oligarchs (who enrich him and his family), not to regular Americans
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TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No more excuses. Release all frozen Russian assets to Ukraine. Now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
CRUZ: Do you have any evidence whatsoever to believe that I and 20% of Republicans in the Senate will engage in destruction or tampering with evidence or intimidation of potential witnesses? JACK SMITH: No. We had powerful evidence that Donald Trump and his associates would
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump is running political ads on your tax dollars, including a recycled one from his campaign It's against the law, & it should make everyone mad My take w/ @arimelber.bsky.social on @ms.now👇 -TN
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
LATEST | Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the security incident near RAF Fairford over the weekend "clearly involves the hands of a foreign actor," as British police investigate whether the five men arrested were acting on behalf of another country. From Stars and Stripes' Jennifer H. Svan:
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Rubio says ‘foreign actor’ behind RAF Fairford incident
British police investigated whether five men arrested near the air base were acting on behalf of another country.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is not something you say if you actually like education or children
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Speaker Mike Johnson is warning of a “nightmare scenario” if Republicans lose the House: Democrats could investigate Trump, his family, his Cabinet, GOP donors and powerful business figures.
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MAGA Speaker Johnson Calls Trump Family Investigations a ‘Nightmare’ Ahead of Midterms
With control of Congress at stake in November, Johnson warned that Democratic committees would investigate Trump, his family, cabinet officials and major donors—and claimed that accountability would t...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SEN. WARREN: "They cut taxes and they always say ‘it's really going to pay off for you’ — every time academics come back say ‘What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.’.. this is the 20.0 version of this.” (H/T @atrupar.com )
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
Senator Eric Schmitt is a fucking clown. He didn’t just ask Jack Smith if he was in Atlanta; he did a whole ass posterboard presentation trying to play gotcha, and it backfired because he doesn’t know how to fact-check. Missouri, do better!
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