Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16hYikes. An embarrassing moment for Sen. Dan Sullivan. Sullivan falsely accuses Mary Peltola of getting debate questions beforehand because she is doing a better job than him. Peltola then drops the hammer: “I’m prepared!” 24653731530
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 10hIt is a depressing sign of the times that Marjorie Taylor Greene has come out more forcefully against the Trump administration trying to strip Ilhan Omar of her citizenship than the Democratic Party or any major newspaper. 824043
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 8hVideos of the attack show the Israelis beating Heidi Levine with their hands and clubs and kicking her as she lay on the ground. They also reportedly stole all of her camera gear. Here’s WaPo’s comment: 4415150
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9hAmerican WaPo veteran photojournalist Heidi Levine was severely beaten by Israeli “settlers” in the West Bank, along with Palestinians harvesting olives. Story: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1... Here she is in the ambulance: 101460767
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h“.. As the company’s shares have fallen more than 60% from that high-water mark, the trio have cashed out billions, including $2.4 billion this year alone.” @bloomberg.com $CRWV www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 43416158
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialEnce Morse @ence.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Anyone remember Chicago Progressive Partnership, the shell group that spent big to back pro-Israel candidates in Illinois Dem primaries? It just closed up... and transferred its bank balance back to AIPAC's super PAC. 4501122
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 15/10/2026You can’t make this up: Up until a few months ago, the new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia was on the advisory board of an organization that calls for women who have abortions to be executed “in the public square,” and for pro-choice Americans to lose their right to hold public office. 10217119
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Not beating the charges that Ivy League universities are now hedge funds with colleges attached. 46% in private equity is wildly irresponsible financial management for an organization that is supposedly focused on safeguarding the long-term projects of teaching, research, & higher education. 1221280
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialNo Privacy 🅰️nymore @no-privacy.bsky.social · 15/10/2026No surprise to see this @bloomberg.com article. Gift link below. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comEU Commission Is Ready to Fast-Track Satellite Rival to SpaceXThe European Union is aiming to give speedy antitrust approval to a satellite venture seen as the bloc’s answer to SpaceX after intense talks with its partners Leonardo SpA, Airbus SE and Thales SA, a... 152
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Ex-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.baltimorebrew.comA disgruntled boss filed theft charges against her. When she went to court, ICE arrested her. | Baltimore BrewBREW EXCLUSIVE: A $12.08 dispute over a McDonald’s meal leads to the arrest of a 25-year-old by ICE agents in the Carroll County District courthouse. 10456071974
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialAman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Remarkable outcome in Fox News' latest poll: 88% of U.S. voters say they are extremely or very concerned about corruption in government, beating every other issue including inflation www.foxnews.com/politics/fox... 38797251
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I asked longshot GOP #COSEN challenger Mark Baisley how Coloradans can trust anything he says if he’s willing to push lies about election rigging. 2226453
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 15/10/2026But giving water to voters waiting in long lines to vote is illegal 1212581772
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialAblativMeatshld @ablativmeatshld.bsky.social · 15/10/2026A Kansas group got threatened with charges for give 25 dollar gift cards to kids that registered to vote. Not register with a certain party, not in order to vote. Just register, period. 5336106
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 15/10/2026James Talarico: What we've seen over the last year is a secret police force, and that's what we don't want in this country. I think about Lorenzo Salgado, our fellow Texan. He lived in Houston for 35 years. He sent his 3 boys to college. They watched as their whole world died in a video on Facebook. 129982
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/10/2026Trump spokesperson on Trump's $5k checks: "We'll see if that's a promise he delivers on" 188873150
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialRaven @glittercropduster.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This is the asshole that beat that woman at the Trump rally in Ohio. Make sure he doesn't know a moment of peace again. 4300171
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026Troy Jackson: "Sen. Collins keeps talking about all the power and authority she has, but she never has it unless it's for one of her donors" 1013206690
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/10/2026White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances, but she hasn't passed the bar exam, WSJ reportswsj.comExclusive | White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass Bar ExamZacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances. 84812222
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 15/10/2026My God this is beyond horrific. It just gets worse and worse. At U Chicago a man raped an inebriated woman in a bathroom while his friends cheered the rapist on from outside while blocking her friends from going into the bathroom to stop the rapist. letsaddressillinois.substack.com/p/a-group-of...letsaddressillinois.substack.comA Group of Men Cheered While a Man Raped a Woman at a UChicago Fraternity HouseWill our system hold them accountable? 26260146
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026Mike Collins makes apologies for white nationalists like his son in law: "These people feel like they've been forgotten. And they're just lashing out." 7302193528
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026oh boy. Mike Collins is in trouble 19652371038
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/10/2026Sen. Ossoff: "Congress is full of congressmen's sons who are only in Congress because their daddies were congressmen, just like Mike Collins, who are perfectly happy to send other people's children to die in a war. How is this war a success, Mike?" 522202444
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026OSSOFF: How weak a person do you have to be to be unable to stop someone under your own roof from disseminating neo-Nazi propaganda while you run for Senate? COLLINS: Will you denounce Reid Hoffman? O: If he was based in my house, then I'd understand you asking me to take responsibility for him 591833350
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026Ossoff: "We will repeal the tariffs, which will reduce grocery prices. We will end this disastrous war which has driven diesel to $6. And we will repeal the healthcare cuts that have doubled premiums for more than a million Georgians. Those are things we can and need to do immediately." 552683743
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Kash Patel is traveling to Moscow and St Petersburg as a guest of the FSB in order to take instruction from his masters. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...theatlantic.comWhy Is Kash Patel Planning to Visit Russia?Democrats in Congress are asking the FBI director to cancel the reported trip. 1816079
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/10/2026Palestine weekly: Gaza marks year of ‘ceasefire’ with more Israeli killing aje.news/7izk05 29153
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/10/2026Holy shit. Rick Jackson didn’t just duck a debate with Keisha Lance Bottoms. He left her debating an empty podium. And the moderator made damn sure everyone knew it. Moderator Jeff Hullinger: “Mayor Bottoms, you may now ask a question to your opponent represented by the empty podium.” 11541061453
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 13/10/2026⚡️ A BBC investigation reveals Deloitte Cyprus helped Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich erase $672M in luxury assets through forged, backdated documents. united24media.com/world/deloit...united24media.comDeloitte Erased $672M in Assets for Oligarch Abramovich, Investigation RevealsAccounting giant Deloitte Cyprus helped hide $672 million in luxury assets for Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich through backdated financial documents. 813672
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Feds got warrants to use fake cell towers to hunt Don Lemon’s producer, a 21-year-old college student. They also sought to use the technology against a journalist and a state Senate candidate. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/feds-g...wired.comFeds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s ProducerInvestigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate. 43626
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialTechmeme @techmeme.com · 13/10/2026Character.AI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, agrees to sell some assets to Disney for $20M, and plans to keep operating as it completes the sale (Rhea Rose Abraham/Reuters) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink 3546186
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialSlate @slate.com · 13/10/2026To mark what would’ve been his 80th birthday, John Prine’s wife Fiona joins Death, Sex & Money to discuss a staggered mourning process and the songs that stick with her. slate.trib.al/vSqD5Raslate.trib.alJohn Prine’s Wife Fiona Discusses Life Without Him“I never felt unsafe in the world while he was with me.” 052
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialChicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Ms Rachel from the top ropes 58113663013
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Unearthed video reveals Ken Paxton partying in Dubai with fugitives fleeing from the US. These Emirati fugitives were indicted for healthcare fraud and have donated massive amounts of money to Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign. 12289141
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13/10/2026More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4don.wsj.comMore damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife 16530981177
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026“Trump Announces Ceasefire” is not journalism. “Trump Lied About Ceasefire Deal” is journalism 161424310
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026Q: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides said they have not agreed to that TRUMP: Well they agreed, you know why? Because I said 'you agree.' That's why. 250270181932
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026BREAKING: NYT reviewed time-stamped images from a security camera at James Talarico's home, which were provided by his campaign. The images showed Talarico at the home between Oct. 1 and Oct. 8.nytimes.comRepublicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in OhioThe Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely bef... 1473037847
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026OHIO — Trump supporter punches a woman in a “release the Epstein files” shirt in the face — and police appear to do nothing to the man and only escort her out (as Trump mocks her weight) 🤔 (From @atrupar.com ) 2751373712
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"It’s generally illegal for executive branch officials to play a role in awarding contracts that would have a direct impact on their own finances..." www.propublica.org/article/geor...propublica.orgThe Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department OfficialThe top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a... 1172038897
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Oracle, 29th largest company in the world, led by Larry Ellison, books looking bad, bet huge on AI, tens of billions in negative cash flow, and if the company goes down, there’s a good chance it takes the AI bubble and Skydance down with it. 67562135
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialMeg Kinnard @megkinnardap.bsky.social · 12/10/2026WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents searched Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say. 77596196
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.social404 Media @404media.co · 12/10/2026Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out. www.404media.co/cops-can-byp...404media.coCops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video ClaimsMagent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out. 11246142
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialPhil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 11/10/2026How a growing network of Reformed pastors and influencers is blending segregationist theology, the manosphere, and internet outrage to monetize white supremacy. open.substack.com/pub/confront...open.substack.comThe rise of the Jim Crow theobrosHow a growing network of Reformed pastors and influencers is blending segregationist theology, the manosphere, and internet outrage to monetize white supremacy. 15269119
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/10/2026The police said she lied about being raped. Then she hit record.motherjones.comPolice didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.” 622013618
Reposted by @jspecht99.bsky.socialCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/ 19559412424