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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Trump is selling nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia despite reported US intelligence that the Saudis still want a bomb—while the Trumps have taken billions in bribes from the Saudis. This is Trump corruption at the expense of US national security. Stop the deal.
Saudi Arabia Open to Possibly Developing Nuclear Weapons
An intelligence assessment examined Saudi Arabia’s military ambitions as Congress reviews a new civilian nuclear deal between the U.S. and the kingdom
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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Netanyahu seeks to strip citizenship from Israelis as threats to NAZA film directors intensify
Israeli prime minister to pursue new laws as directors of Guardian-produced film face threats from far-right officials and activists
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 19/09/2026
President Donald Trump says he is banning three major news outlets, CNN, MS NOW and Politico, from the White House due to what he called "unfavorable coverage." to.pbs.org/3Vo2m0Z
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Trump says he's banning 3 outlets from White House in his latest attack on press freedom
President Donald Trump says he is banning three major news outlets, CNN, MS NOW and Politico, from the White House due to what he called "unfavorable coverage." Trump didn't provide details on how the...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We shared an image of Gaza earlier that was apparently not real, saying it’s what macklemore was booted from tour for protesting. Apologies. Here, this is real:
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/09/2026
Only a few days before Lee Zeldin reassured energy execs that the government would no longer prioritize protecting public health, the EPA announced a new study that would test the country’s water supply for abortion medication, contraception, and hormones used in gender-affirming care.
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The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Good thing he's not a Twitch streamer without any formal role in government or his entire political party would be compelled by the media to denounce him. Just a Nazi working in the State Department. No big deal!
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
WIN: Virginia Democrats have officially banned convicted domestic abusers from purchasing firearms. Nearly every Republican voted against it.
GREAT NEWS
Virginia Democrats pass law banning convicted domestic abusers from purchasing firearms
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Aaaaand he’s been fired (presumably for putting all of this in an email to the victim’s lawyers). www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-min...
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Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say
A federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an ICE officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
BREAKING: The House REJECTS a constitutional amendment to keep the Supreme Court locked at 9 justices. Mwuhahahaha www.cbsnews.com/news/house-s...
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House rejects GOP constitutional amendment to limit Supreme Court to 9 justices
A GOP-proposed constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices failed in the House, coming up well short of the two-thirds majority needed.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Since people are joking about a charisma-free Cruz v. Vance presidential race, a reminder: both men owe their political careers to Peter Thiel. Is it a bizarre coincidence that the two GOP frontrunners are 2 of Thiel's 4 main political proteges? It is not. Peter plans ahead. Either way he wins. 1/
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
September 1, 2026
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September 1, 2026
Yesterday, by a vote of 5–4, the United States Supreme Court allowed Trump to continue to build his ballroom.
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Minnesota Mary @minnesotamarys.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
💔💔💔🤬
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you were to list the top 1000 real problems in the United States, voter fraud wouldn't be one of them. It’s not even in the top 10,000. Donald Trump made this up in order to make it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat.
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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026
16 months ago: Never forget how it started.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: Donald Trump is pushing a statistically dodgy U.S. Census Bureau report that claims thousands of noncitizens voted in the 2020 election as part of an attempt to revive false claims that he won the long-settled race and argue for new voting restrictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump attempts to use U.S. Census Bureau to revive 2020 election lies, advance attack on voting
Voting experts and former Census Bureau employees raised serious concerns about the accuracy of the report Trump cited.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
AltNDS.org is live! ✊
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Tracking the National Design Studio | AltNDS
Independent public-interest research on the National Design Studio.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A win! A federal appeals court upheld an EPA rule requiring polluters to help pay for cleaning up toxic PFAS “forever chemicals,” rejecting an industry challenge to the rule. This keeps the financial burden where it belongs on the companies responsible for the pollution!
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#01208678639 in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of Americ v. EPA (D.C. Cir., 24-1193) – CourtListener.com
PETITIONER BRIEF [2083600] filed by Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and National Waste & Recycling Association in 24-1193, Institut...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
If you care about protecting Big Bend, it may be time to rethink where you spend your money. YETI co-founder Ryan Seiders is part-owner of a West Texas ranch that has been facilitating construction tied to Trump’s border wall project in the Big Bend region.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
For the first time in US history, America betrays South Korea, one of our closest allies for over 75 years. These exercises in various forms have taken place every year since 1974.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
August 15, 2026
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August 15, 2026
On Monday, August 10, Todd Blanche took the oath of office as attorney general, administered by federal appeals court judge Emil Bove, another of Trump’s defense lawyers before moving to the Departmen...
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Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 13/08/2026
Unacceptable. My bill, the Audit the Pentagon Act, would take on waste, fraud, and abuse just like this!
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
KASPAROV: Why can't NATO shoot down Russian missiles over Ukrainian territory? When Iran attacked Israel, the Americans, French, British shot down Iranian missiles. Why can one shoot down Iranian missiles flying at Israel but cannot shoot down Russian missiles flying at Ukraine?
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A difficult piece but please read it, share it, and act on it anyway. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Stephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kids
That it's happening in the shadows doesn't make it less of a moral blight.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Scenes from a personalist regime; The President”s personal lawyer is sworn into high office by another of the Presidents’s personal lawyers, now a judge
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Just 3 weeks ago, JD Vance tried to use the Marine Two helicopter to send his 9-year-old son to a golf lesson. The helicopter costs between $16K-$25K per hour to operate and is paid for by American taxpayers. He has also used it for multiple recent “house hunting” trips in the DC suburbs.
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Vance’s security detail ‘fed up’ with hastily arranged personal and family travel requests
Secret Service sources said the Vance family asks included getting their young son to a golf lesson on a military helicopter.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We are just straight up pirates now 🏴‍☠️ (Michael is a former ambassador to Russia)
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
No lawsuit. No judge. No injunction. Just Texans who gave up a Tuesday, sat through seven hours, and refused to leave. This is the model for the next 89 days. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/republican...
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Republicans Counted On An Empty Room. Whoops.
A Texas county tried to erase 140 polling places, Missouri killed the governor’s tax scheme, and Kansas buried Kobach by 24 points
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
STATEMENT OF COCOUNSEL ON THE DISMISSAL OF THE DAVEY HEARN PROSECUTION
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
HAYES: “Major corporations are getting BIG FAT TARIFF REFUNDS — after SCOTUS ruled Trump's tariffs illegal. Walmart: $2.4 BILLION Apple: $2.2 BILLION Ford: $1.3 BILLION As consumers who PAID higher prices get NOTHING.” Heads they win, tails we lose. Trump’s America.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Trump administration announced that it is moving forward with plans to eliminate hundreds of federal regulations governing Head Start, a 61-year-old program that provides early education and support to some of the nation’s lowest-income children. The proposal would strip away many long-standing
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
standards covering math and literacy instruction, class sizes, health screenings, home visits, and other core services. It would even eliminate the requirement that children brush their teeth after meals. The Trump administration’s overall goal with these changes is to completely gut the program.
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Trump Administration to Deregulate Head Start, Antipoverty Program Created Under R.F.K. Jr.’s Uncle
While administration officials say the changes will save money by lifting onerous requirements, advocates fear the anti-poverty program will be gutted.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/08/2026
“If my brother hadn’t been deported, he might—well, only God knows—but he might still be alive. Both of them might still be alive.” A St. Louis mother took her three daughters to reunite with her deported husband in Guatemala. Neighbors found the couple bound and shot in a sugarcane field.
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She followed ICE’s advice to self-deport. Five weeks later, she was dead.
A St. Louis mother took her three daughters to reunite with her deported husband in Guatemala. Neighbors found the couple bound and shot in a sugarcane field.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Miller is like a walking K-Tel record titled "Golden Classics of Domestic Violence." Track 1: "She's Crazy!" Track 2: "Those Lying Bitches" Track 3: "Parental Alienation Blues" Track 4: "Where's My Due Process?" Track 5: "Actually, She Abused Me" Track 6: "It Takes Two to Tango"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
On nights like this it’s kinda wild that @abbydphillip & @CNN don’t feel the need to mention @ScottJenningsKY’s podcast bosses at Salem Media are running a pro-Israel influence operation — and that he gets paid by them while he’s on CNN trashing Bernie, @AbdulElSayed, etc
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
BREAKING: 35 frm. fed judges filed to keep sanctions against Trump in his case against the IRS in place He sued the IRS in bad faith, got sanctioned & wants a pause while he appeals @democracydefendersaction.org reps w/ Platkin LLP, Susman Godfrey & Rivero Mestre Sanctions aren't a suggestion -TN
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 04/08/2026
Sen. Whitehouse makes clear that any Republican who votes to confirm Blanche is giving him their blessing to continue the Epstein cover-up.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Colorado Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to provide access to complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. DOJ is now 0-20 in these cases. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/colora...
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🚨 United States of America v. Griswold
Learn more.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I’ve been tracking the slush fund/immunity deal in my newsletter since it happened in May & I’ll stay on it whether it’s in the headlines or not. My analysis is based on 25 years at DOJ & you can read along for free—because I believe our power is shared knowledge. Joycevance.substack.com
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Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance | Substack
Worried about the state of the republic? Get the legal knowledge & analysis you need to be an advocate for democracy, along with a dose of savvy optimism. Click to read Civil Discourse with Joyce Vanc...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This hasn’t gotten much attention, but it should. While everyone was focused on Schedule F, the administration created something even broader. On July 30, a new OPM rule took effect that creates a second way to fire federal employees outside the normal civil service process.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 04/08/2026
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Don't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
If the $1.776b slush fund and Trump tax immunity deal are really dead, then why bother to appeal, the judges decision in Trump v IRS that ruled they were dead?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice suffered its 19th straight voter roll loss Friday, as a federal judge dismissed its Illinois lawsuit with prejudice and ruled the department lacks authority to seize the state’s unredacted voter database. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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After brutal Illinois defeat, Trump DOJ’s voter roll crusade is 0 for 19
DOJ has appealed nearly all of its voter roll defeats. Yet no court to date has ordered a state to provide the department with an unredacted statewide voter database.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Also 5-7 million people have lost health care…. USAID getting dodged killed kids… our bombs are dropping on kids in Gaza and Iran and Lebanon… and on and on… the worst kind of gaslighting
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Politico @politico.com · 01/08/2026
Reflecting pool damage was the result of botched work, not vandals, DOJ says
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Reflecting pool damage was the result of botched work, not vandals, DOJ says
Several people were charged with vandalism after parts of the pool’s “American Flag Blue” lining began floating on its surface.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The deal would have created a $1.8 billion fund and given Trump extraordinary personal tax protections in exchange for dropping his lawsuit against the IRS.
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Trump v. Internal Revenue Service, 1:26-cv-20609 - CourtListener.com
Docket for Trump v. Internal Revenue Service, 1:26-cv-20609 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 31/07/2026
Breaking: The DOJ just dismissed their case against Davey Hearn for touching water in the Reflecting Pool The Trump admin acknowledges the "damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor,” and not vandalism as Trump claimed
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to compel Illinois to provide its complete statewide voter registration database. Another big victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is now 0-19 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/illino...
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🚨 United States of America v. Matthews
Learn more.
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