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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h
Yikes. 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!”
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 10h
It 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.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 8h
Videos 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:
“This morning, a Washington Post photographer, Heidi Levine, was attacked by Israeli settlers while reporting in the West Bank. She was wearing visible markings clearly identifying her as a journalist. While we are relieved that Heidi has received medical care and is sate, we are outraged by this unwarranted attack on a journalist doing her job and urge a thorough investigation and follow-through from authorities.”
— Matt Murray, Executive Editor of The Washington Post
The Washington post
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9h
American 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:
Woman with gray hair lying in an ambulance appearing stunned

Photo by Jasper Nathaniel
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jspecht99.bsky.social @jspecht99.bsky.social · 19h
Freddy Got Fingered for Tax Purposes
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Carl 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...
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Ence Morse @ence.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Anyone 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.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
You 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.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Not 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.
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No Privacy 🅰️nymore @no-privacy.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
No surprise to see this @bloomberg.com article. Gift link below. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
EU Commission Is Ready to Fast-Track Satellite Rival to SpaceX
The 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...
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jspecht99.bsky.social @jspecht99.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Open tryouts
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Ex-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.
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A disgruntled boss filed theft charges against her. When she went to court, ICE arrested her. | Baltimore Brew
BREW 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.
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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Remarkable 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...
Fox News Poll chart with title: "HOW CONCERNED ARE VOTERS ABOUT KEY ISSUES." Corruption in government leads with 88% extremely/very concerned.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I asked longshot GOP #COSEN challenger Mark Baisley how Coloradans can trust anything he says if he’s willing to push lies about election rigging.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
But giving water to voters waiting in long lines to vote is illegal
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AblativMeatshld @ablativmeatshld.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
A 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.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
James 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.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/10/2026
Trump spokesperson on Trump's $5k checks: "We'll see if that's a promise he delivers on"
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Raven @glittercropduster.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This is the asshole that beat that woman at the Trump rally in Ohio. Make sure he doesn't know a moment of peace again.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Troy 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"
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
White 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 reports
wsj.com
Exclusive | White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass Bar Exam
Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 15/10/2026
My 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...
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A Group of Men Cheered While a Man Raped a Woman at a UChicago Fraternity House
Will our system hold them accountable?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Mike 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."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
oh boy. Mike Collins is in trouble
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/10/2026
Sen. 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?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
OSSOFF: 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
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
Ossoff: "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."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Kash 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.com
Why Is Kash Patel Planning to Visit Russia?
Democrats in Congress are asking the FBI director to cancel the reported trip.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/10/2026
Palestine weekly: Gaza marks year of ‘ceasefire’ with more Israeli killing aje.news/7izk05
Palestine weekly: Gaza marks year of ‘ceasefire’ with more Israeli killing
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/10/2026
Holy 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.”
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UNITED24 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...
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Deloitte Erased $672M in Assets for Oligarch Abramovich, Investigation Reveals
Accounting giant Deloitte Cyprus helped hide $672 million in luxury assets for Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich through backdated financial documents.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Feds 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...
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Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer
Investigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate.
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 13/10/2026
Character.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
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Slate @slate.com · 13/10/2026
To 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/vSqD5Ra
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John Prine’s Wife Fiona Discusses Life Without Him
“I never felt unsafe in the world while he was with me.”
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Chicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ms Rachel from the top ropes
From Ms Rachel's account on Threads, she writes, "CORECIVIC, a company that makes hundreds of millions locking up KIDS in immigration detention
has a PAC that's sending campaign checks to Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
Susan Collins chairs the Senate committee that writes ICE's budget.
ICE is CoreCivic's customer.
The company gets paid out of a budget she controls, and it pays into her campaign."
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Unearthed 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.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13/10/2026
More 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/4yKLe4d
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More 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
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Trump Announces Ceasefire” is not journalism. “Trump Lied About Ceasefire Deal” is journalism
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026
Q: 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.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: 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.
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Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio
The 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...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
OHIO — 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 )
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Sarah Spain ✨ @sarahspain.com · 12/10/2026
GOTTDAMN
Kacey musgraves burns Kristi noem
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Rachel 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.org
The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The 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...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Oracle, 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.
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Meg Kinnard @megkinnardap.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents searched Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say.
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404 Media @404media.co · 12/10/2026
Magent 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.co
Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims
Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out.
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 11/10/2026
How 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...
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The rise of the Jim Crow theobros
How a growing network of Reformed pastors and influencers is blending segregationist theology, the manosphere, and internet outrage to monetize white supremacy.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/10/2026
The police said she lied about being raped. Then she hit record.
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Police 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.”
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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