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New Evidence Shows Just How Badly One Republican Senator Beclowned Himself in the Jack Smith Hearing talkingpointsmemo.com/news/eric-sc...

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New Evidence Shows Just How Badly One Republican Senator Beclowned Himself in the Jack Smith Hearing

TPM has found fairly definitive evidence proving Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) misread...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 7h

Tom Joscelyn: "There are some weeks in our history that matter more than others. This is the week the president of the U.S. went in front of the U.N. and said that any concerns about AI are a hoax. It's scary. Maybe others can step up." youtu.be/gtZv6V35DQE?...

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Trump Is Gambling With America’s AI Future w/Bill Kristol and Tom Joscleyn

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7h

😂😂

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Noah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 7h

One crazy tipoff was that the texts made no mention of 'Atlanta', 'hawks' or even 'basketball'. Also the fact that Schmitt's staff left it visible for approximately 59 milliseconds...

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 7h

We've uncovered some definitive proof Eric Schmitt's supposedly blockbuster texts were not about an Atlanta Hawks game. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/new-evi...

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New Evidence Shows Just How Badly One Republican Senator Beclowned Himself in the Jack Smith Hearing

TPM has found fairly definitive evidence proving Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) misread...

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 7h

I have to assume there was some text before the ones they showed that said Hawks or Hawkeyes since I otherwise can't even imagine how they got there. It so funny that even with barely any context the three texts Schmitt did show still debunk him.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 7h

Eric Schmitt just kept doubling down on his Jack Smith conspiracy even after that painful moment in the hearing. Now, we have concrete evidence he misunderstood his own evidence. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/eric-sc...

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New Evidence Shows Just How Badly One Republican Senator Beclowned Himself in the Jack Smith Hearing

TPM has found fairly definitive evidence proving Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) misread...

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 7h

On January 7th, Renée Good dropped her son off at school, but never made it back to pick him up. She was wrongfully shot and killed by an ICE agent. Her brother Brent Ganger sat down with us to talk about Renée and his fight for justice. Oversight Dems will hold ICE accountable.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous such a declaration would be for American democracy. It would mean a president is attempting to sidestep the Constitution, which empowers states to run elections, in order to prevent his party from losing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?

Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 8h

Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez is the SECOND DoorDash driver shot by ICE, and the silence from DoorDash is deafening. Delete DoorDash until they speak up against ICE violence and push for Wilber’s release. Learn how to delete it so it counts at deletedoordash.com.

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 7h

TPM has found fairly definitive evidence proving Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) misread text messages when he attempted to corner former special counsel Jack Smith during a congressional hearing on Tuesday.

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New Evidence Shows Just How Badly One Republican Senator Beclowned Himself in the Jack Smith Hearing

TPM has found fairly definitive evidence proving Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) misread...

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 7h

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue deporting people to countries where they have no ties and where they may face violence.

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Supreme Court Cosigns One of Trump’s Most Inhumane Immigration Practices

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration...

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 8h

Oh, oh my

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

There really is this rash of very weird GOP defenses. Like when Paxton said the guy didn’t do one day in prison. That’s a lie! I put him in for a hard 60 days! Or Marshall saying he didnt get the pregnant woman arrested for late bill. It was for not showing up for the lawsuit over the late bill!

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 8h

Another way of making this point: The wheels may be coming off the Trump administration and the authoritarian movement energizing it. But a large tractor-trailer barreling down a highway at full speed whose wheels come loose is very dangerous to innocent people in the vicinity.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

4/ in a very good light, to put it mildly. This Times write up of the Patton hearing says “Mr. Arias did not deny the assault, though he appeared to question some of the details of the victim’s account.” 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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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

3/ off the sex offender registry and I think allow him to own a gun. rickets was on the pardon board as gov and voted for the pardon. The ad certainly gave me the impression that the pardon released arias from prison. And that’s not the case. But I’m not sure this is a defense that puts Rickets …

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

2/ Okay I looked this up. The details are somewhat different from the impression the ad gives. But not in a way that really helps rickets. Crime is in 1993. Rapist is sentenced to 15-30 years. He’s released after 14 years in 2008. Fast forward to 2022 he asks to be pardoned which would get him …

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 8h

JVL is right: "In their death throes, authoritarian movements can cause tremendous damage...A failing soiciopath, surrounded by loyalists and bitter-enders, facing the end of his rule, while the world burns. The period of maximum danger may still lie ahead." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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The Forces of Trumpism Are in Disarray

This is what it looks like when a movement begins to come apart.

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 9h

Jesus Christ dude

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 8h

Remember all these memes lol

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump starts twitching in anger when a reporter tries to ask him about ICE

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 8h

Hmm…

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 8h

I think a not too insignificant amount of Trump voters really did buy the whole “he will not start wars” schtick

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Roses are red If posts aren't loading and you're asking why

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 9h

@emineirmakyucel.bsky.social and @jragazzo.bsky.social talk about Mike Johnson's claim that this was the "most productive" Congress ever, GOP infighting, and what will happen if the Dems retake the House: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS05...

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Congress Is Leaving Town. What Do Lawmakers Have to Show for Themselves? | TPM Live

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 9h

The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h

🚨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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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 9h

The top line: The en banc court is likely to rule against the Trump administration and allow U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to proceed with a contempt of court inquiry.

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A Critical Moment for the Rule of Law

This morning the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9h

The cleansing of the blood of the nation must continue, as it says in the constitution bsky.app/profile/stev...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 9h

Best Sen Schmitt meme yet

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

we're at the "new executive order commanding my people to love me" stage of the story

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

omg. yes, they actually have video of him at the game. when does marshall mcluhan walk out and dunk on sen schmitt?

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 9h

A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restrict voting access.

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‘A Massive Power Grab’: White House Proposal Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote

This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h

Quinnipiac. Trump 34% approval. General ballot D+12. Trump job approval lowest for Quinnipiac since Jan 18, 2021.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Elon Musk is sitting right by Trump

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h

We're at commanding the clouds to be happy stage.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h

these look more and more like late Brezhnev, late Chernenko photos

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h

Perfect Storm, Brought to You by Donald Trump talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/perfe...

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Perfect Storm, Brought to You by Donald Trump

As I noted a week ago, we can’t know whether the current...

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 9h

Josh Marshall: Two things appear to be moving in unison, on a downward trajectory: consumer confidence and the Republican position on the national generic ballot.

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Perfect Storm, Brought to You by Donald Trump

As I noted a week ago, we can’t know whether the current...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h

🚨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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Sen. Eric Schmitt asks Jack Smith to tell him what he's writing down in his notes, but then even he realizes he went too far and says, "never mind"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

scenes from an authoritarian cult -- Trump signs an EO, and then all of his cronies keep clapping and clapping for him since none of them wants to be the first one to stop

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 13h

The mother of all "investigate the investigators" retributions in south Florida suffered another major blow with the resignation of Kurt Olsen as its top prosecutor.

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The Biggest Trump Retribution Scheme Is Coming Apart at the Seams

Blanche Overpromises and Underdelivers The mother of all “investigate the investigators” retributions...

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 13h

The House has already left town. The Senate is heading home this week. Join TPM's congressional reporter Emine Yücel for a chat about what Congress has actually done — and failed to do — this session:

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TPM Live: Congress Is Leaving Town. What Do Lawmakers Have to Show for Themselves?

The House has already left town. The Senate is heading home this...

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