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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list.
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Rege @rjserinko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russle Vought confuses himself with Congress.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Andy Kroll @andykroll.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: We dive deep into Trump "shadow president" Russ Vought in the new episode of PAPER TRAIL, @propublica.org's podcast. I'm so excited about this. You will hear Vought - on tape! - in a way you haven't before. Pls listen — and subscribe to PAPER TRAIL www.propublica.org/podcast/who-...
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Who’s the Shadow President?
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 01/10/2026
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says that new pro-Trump TV ads paid for with government funds don’t “merit any sort of FCC review.”
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FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’
Brendan Carr said the ads are “normal-course public service announcements” and nothing that would “merit any sort of” review by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Talking about "the Indian Question," like Texas Republican Bo French's racist tweet, is intended to suggest that multi-racial democracy is "a problem," rather than a centerpiece of the post-WWII American political tradition. FWIW, Chris Rufo's wife is an immigrant from Thailand.
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Like body-cams exposed criminals, social media is exposing how many Americans have been displaced by foreigners. It's everywhere and far worse than any of us could imagine.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Your taxpayer dollars are being illegally spent to air a literal Trump 2024 campaign ad.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cough…John Roberts did this…cough
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026
Class solidarity.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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John Zuraw @jzuraw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Steve Inskeep ending a goddamn NPR hour interviewing Tucker Carlson. Either Inskeep didn't come prepared to challenge Carlson on his record of antisemitic claims and antisemitic guests, or Inskeep just didn't bother with all that.
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🇺🇦🇲🇩🇵🇱🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪Zelensky: Russia has claims against our neighbor Moldova. It constantly threatens Poland and Baltic states. Russia shows no respect for the statehood of the countries of South Caucasus and Central Asia. And sadly, people in Syria and across Africa know very well what Russian killers are.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE shot Wilber Perez in the back. Now, Wilber can’t move the left side of his body. How does paralyzing a DoorDash driver make anyone more safe?
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm sure the DOJ that thinks 86 47 constitutes a threat will be all over this.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🗣️🇬🇧 PM Burnham: Kremlin spends around £1.3 billion each year on manipulating information. We’re talking about an insidious campaign that reaches into people’s homes and twists what they feel about their own country and community, creating a narrative of decline, stoking division and sowing despair.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I found watching Trump’s UN speech today deeply depressing. It is a matter of national shame and humiliation that he is our president. Every country in the world, friend and foe alike, sees we are governed by a vainglorious fool.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Renee Good's mom: "I am a registered Republican. I voted for President Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect citizens -- innocents like our family and the others here. Certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness."
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
3/ Same vibe. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
There it is. RFK Jr’s son, “Finn” Kennedy recently launched his own investment fund focused on AI in healthcare. It should surprise no one that he worked at 8VC—the investment fund launched by Peter Thiel’s Palantir co-founder (Joe Lonsdale)—in 2025. 4/24/26 … 1/ www.facebook.com/financialtim...
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US health secretary's son launches investment fund tied to health movement
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US health secretary's son launches investment fund tied to health movement
Child of Robert F Kennedy Jr seeks $100mn in capital raise...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🇵🇱❗️Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski: We know what it is like to live under Russian domination, and we know what it is like today to live under Russian occupation. Five million Ukrainians live under Russian occupation, and we know what happens there:
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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wow. That is so ugly.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We will vote to rebuke him so decisively no president will dare such abuses again for centuries.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Kash Patel tells Blumenthal he's "unaware" of ProPublica's bombshell report that a Russian oligarch who is close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr's wedding and says, "public reporting is generally is inaccurate ... I don't track public reporting"
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In upside-down world, Justice Alito blames "the plaintiff States and the courts" for causing the late timing of USPS' attempt to interfere in mail voting by suing to stop it. Unmentioned by Alito: USPS issued the rule in violation of an injunction. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Second, the plaintiff States and the courts bear a substantial share of the blame for the rule’s timing. In April, the plaintiff States sued to challenge the President’s internal directive to subordinates mandating a rulemaking. For months, this litigation cast a cloud over the Government’s ability to issue a final rule. The District Court entered several injunctions months later prohibiting the Government from undertaking that rulemaking.  Not only was the Government subject to months of premature litigation and a series of injunctions that this Court later determined were likely issued without jurisdiction, the Government had to wait nearly another full month for this Court to issue its decision so holding.  Indeed, this Court spent from late July to the end of August drafting nearly 40 pages of opinions, including two dissents, despite the Government’s public notice that it would not publish a final rule while subject to the injunctions, see 91 Fed. Reg. 44880, and its representation that it had a strong interest in issuing its rule in early- to mid-August to allow time to implement it.  The plaintiff States cannot claim the timing of the rule tilts the equities
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 15/09/2026
Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
___, (slip op., at 9) (internal quotation marks omitted).
As for the equities, the Government has a strong interest
in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also “en-
hance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail” in order to better
detect election fraud. 91 Fed. Reg. 54972. On the other side
of the balance, the plaintiff States invoke the practical ef-
fects of implementing the rule close to the midterm elec-
tions. I take that problem very seriously, but it is not
enough to convince me to deny the application.
First, as the District Court acknowledged, the States dis-
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Once exceptionally rare, illegal deportations — in defiance of court orders or due to ICE screw-ups — are now a routine part of President Trump's mass deportation push. It happened 3 times this past week and more at least 30 times in recent months. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/09/2026
Trump: "The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!"
The only control or “guardrails” that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades! The Trump Administration has stopped AI “people” from doing bad, or potentially bad, “things,“ like Dario (Anthropic!), who is now pretending to be a “perfect little angel” - and we will continue to do so! We already have tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power over these companies! There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China. WHOEVER WINS AI, WINS! We are leading China, and all others, and will continue to do so. Conspiracy Theorists, Treasonists, Traitors, and Leakers, BEWARE! Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🇵🇱 Polish Prime Minister Tusk said that Russia may attempt new attacks against the country in the near future. "The coming weeks and months will be a period of very intensified actions by Russia. We cannot rule out that this escalation will also affect our territory."
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🇵🇱🇺🇦Polish FM Sikorski: I personally believe that it was unfortunate for Zelensky to name a military unit after UPA. UPA had an ideology of one nation, understood as country without national minorities. And it carried out ethnic cleansing campaign in which tens of thousands of people were murdered.
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🇵🇱👀 Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski: China is taking over the Russian market. Russia will become a very, very junior partner to China. If I were a Russian nationalist, I would be horrified of this.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
"The mainstream media, is, unsurprisingly, not covering itself in glory as it struggles to avoid saying that either the president’s brain has completely left the station or that he’s a mendacious liar who knows no bounds, or both."
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The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure
It’s not “disputed.” He’s delusional.
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🇧🇾 Today, Russian drones decided to head west. Most of them are flying along the Belarusian border. The head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence recently said the Belarusians started switching the repeaters back on.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Germany names a Russian intelligence operative among the Leipzig airport bomb suspects Investigators believe he ran the preparation and logistics. He entered through Türkiye, was never surveilled, and is now back in Russia. 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/12/a...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🇺🇦 The first-ever battle of unmanned naval boats. Ukrainian Sargan destroys Russian drone. Navy's unmanned naval boat Sargan 3000, equipped with an automatic RWS “Protector” 12.7 mm turret, successfully destroyed target.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/09/2026
On the Trump administration's "sweeping campaign to control speech in America" through lawsuits, regulation and threats: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...
nytimes.com
How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech (Gift Article)
President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
❗🇺🇦 The number of injured of the Russian attack on the Odesa region has increased to 35 people 🙏 State Emergency Service workers rescued 13 people, including two children. Two more people have not been contacted. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇳 WSJ: U.S. officials say Iran obtained high-resolution satellite imagery from Chinese entities before a July 17 ballistic-missile strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan that killed 3 US soldiers and wounded four others. They have not accused the Chinese government of directly taking part.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🇨🇳 Rutte: If China were to move against Taiwan, Xi Jinping would first call his junior partner, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow to keep us busy here. You would have a situation where the Indo-Pacific and Europe are more and more interconnected.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 11/09/2026
⚡️Zelensky calls for stronger US sanctions against Russia, says Ukraine must engage in peace talks with Moscow.
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Zelensky calls for stronger US sanctions against Russia, says Ukraine must engage in peace talks with Moscow
"Strong decisions from the U.S. President's administration are crucial. Personal decisions from President Trump are also very much desired," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Not beating the cult allegations
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026
Trump pays tribute to Medal of Honor recipients: "The thing I really want is I want is, myself, a congressional Medal of Honor. And I've studied it. I'd give it to myself, I'd have no problem, but I'm not allowed to."
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🇩🇪❗️🇺🇸 Merz canceled a phone call with Trump after he congratulated AfD on its election victory in Saxony-Anhalt — The Guardian Trump congratulated AfD and called for "making Germany great again". Merz has repeatedly spoken out against "interfering in or commenting on domestic political situation."
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's always the way, isn't it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Graph shows far right support higher where the number of foreign nationals is lowest
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Jesse Lee @jessecharleslee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As GOP postures against data centers, here’s what their moneyman Elon Musk just demanded at G20 on data centers: “It is pretty straightforward, you have to have an environment that is relatively free of regulation. New things must be default legal instead of default illegal.”
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