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Ceci Smith

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h
I've been covering the death penalty in depth for a dozen years now, and few nights have been as disturbing and dispiriting as tonight. This was a moral, ethical, and legal failure on several different fronts from many different actors. It wasn't *just* SCOTUS, though they sure were a key part.
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After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the execution
SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 16h
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 14h
Possibly the scariest thing ever uttered by a human.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 19h
The GOP has become little more than an extension of Trump’s ego. Every grievance becomes a party cause. Every slight demands loyalty. Every Republican is expected to orbit one man’s fragile, snowflake insecurity. At this point, it’s less a political party than an emotional-support group for Trump.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h
🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"This was elder care masquerading as world-saving policy, stringing together some of Trump’s favorite activities — proximity to power, document signings, and arbitrary renamings — for an entire day."
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Juliette Wade @juliettewade.com · 30/09/2026
"...statistically in Arkansas, between 52 and 54 percent of food stamps, or SNAP, recipients in the state are white, as are 57.8 percent of those on Medicaid. But Sanders’s program won’t solve any problems, as adding work requirements doesn’t reduce poverty, and in some cases, makes people poorer."
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump has said the Iran war is almost over at least 60 times. It's been 212 days. 19 service members are dead, 800+ wounded, $43 billion gone. We counted every broken promise with @votevets.org.
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Jonathan @jonathansocials.com · 28/09/2026
Kristan Hawkins helped kill Roe, then casually told a child rape victim to endure life-threatening pregnancy and C-section as a "sacrifice" for others' 90 years.
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Kristan Hawkins helped kill Roe. Now she's fighting to contr...
How the Charlie Kirk of abortion moved from the fringes to the mainstream....
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sen. Tim Kaine calls Trump's taxpayer-funded ads "sad," "illegal" bluevirginia.us/2026/09/afte...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 29/09/2026
Every AI CEO sounds like this.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 29/09/2026
The Trump administration paid for TV ads showing the president in a favorable light using money intended for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an official confirms to NBC News.
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Pro-Trump TV advertisements paid for with Customs and Border Protection money, official says
The ads, which the White House has described as “public service announcements,” drew bipartisan criticism for being paid for with taxpayer money.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Until the Reagan years, the SEC considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation. Now, NVIDIA has announced the largest buyback in American history — fueled by the data center boom. It's time to make buybacks illegal again.
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Stock Buybacks, Explained | Robert Reich
Robert Reich explains that Trump's corporate tax is going to stock buybacks, leaving most workers behind.Watch More: Tru
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
CRUZ: Do you have any evidence whatsoever to believe that I and 20% of Republicans in the Senate will engage in destruction or tampering with evidence or intimidation of potential witnesses? JACK SMITH: No. We had powerful evidence that Donald Trump and his associates would
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Naturally, when Amy Klobuchar tries to politely point out to Eric Schmitt that the entire premise of his grand conspiracy on Jack Smith might be mistaken because he was confusing the Atlanta Hawks with the Iowa Hawkeyes, Schmitt interrupts and starts yelling at Klobuchar. MAGA!
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The money Trump stole from taxpayers to make illegal ads came from CBP. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know this is shocking, but it never seems to work out for them when Republicans bring right-wing internet conspiracies into courtrooms or committee hearings where the opposition actually gets to see their “evidence” and respond to it. They fare much better with the cultists on X.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh man they’re gonna lobotomize it like they did to Grok. Giving it the “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” treatment for being too truthful
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Congressman Gabe Amo @amo.house.gov · 29/09/2026
Trump is spending $1,800,000,000 on a ballroom and his vanity projects. Instead, that money could pay for: 🍎607,000,000 school lunches 💡12,000,000 electric bills for a month 🩺88,000 Veterans medical expenses this year 🥪429,500 Americans’ SNAP benefits for a year Priorities.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last night Trump filed his DC Circuit appeal seeking to rename the Kennedy Center. "[W]ithout appropriate recognition [for Trump], the Kennedy Center will" continue its "race toward physical & financial ruin. The stakes are existential." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
In short, without appropriate recognition, the Kennedy Center will be
back where it was at the beginning-a financially insolvent facility and a
decrepit, dilapidated, crumbling building, that is bleeding hundreds of millions of dollars in losses and that continues to race toward physical and financial ruin.
The stakes are existential.
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Davey Wilbury @daveishere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
oh no, the scam everyone says is a scam may turn out to be a scam
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We absolutely, positively want a delusional, psychotic and psycopathic president talking about taking cities out with nuclear weapons. It’s all good, right? Nothing to see here, media?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨NEW EPISODE: The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can once again use a flawed database to help Republicans purge eligible voters from the rolls, just weeks before the midterms. Some are calling it a partial win. I see a warning. youtube.com/watch?v=wvhm...
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There is No Bright Side to Voter Suppression
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason."
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"What an odd moment in United States history.

A U.S. president is running an overtly political campaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.

Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So far Trump has tried to rig the midterms by: 1. Attempted to nationalize voter registration & voting requirements. 2. Mid-decade gerrymanders. 3. Tried to use the USPS to obstruct mail-in balloting. 4. Used taxpayer money for ads. 5. Intimidation of election officials.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is about as upset as a NYT reporter is allowed to get:”An admission that the American president offered to sell arms to China is extraordinary.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Uglyhead @uglyhead.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Kool-Aid Man Bursts Through Wall
Alt: Kool-Aid
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Phineas T. Moneybags 💰💰💰 @phineastmoneybags.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And she misspelled “Kool Aid”.
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Kool Aid Man Oh Yeah
ALT: Kool Aid Man Oh Yeah
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026
Punxsutawney Jill is sticking her head out a little early this cycle.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 27/09/2026
What an odd moment in United States history. A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government. Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My latest piece on Substack about punching bullies back in the nose by kicking them out of office: substack.com/@katiephang/...
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The Better Part of Valor is Discretion...But The Trump Regime Has Neither
Brazen, in-your-face grift has a cost...and the GOP is about to justifiably pay the price
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Maybe it was a mistake to give all the power to a bunch of people who don't really like people.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You’ve likely seen the news: The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. Almost as troubling: Plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision’s importance. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This week at Democracy Docket: The Supreme Court boosted Trump’s voter suppression. Legacy media shrugged
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. And plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision's importance.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
According to Trump, Iran wants to make a deal badly and is begging to surrender to him because they are completely destroyed but he doesn’t want to accept that so the war must continue and he will bomb them again very strongly and powerfully right after the midterm elections.
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BTW, if you're a Democrat and you're putting out messaging like this ("voters' disgust with the corruption in both parties"), WTF are you even thinking/doing with this "both sides" crap, especially when like 99%+++ of corruption in Washington right now is on the Trump/MAGA/GOP side??? Cut it out!
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JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 27/09/2026
Does everyone realize what a return on investment electing Trump was? Pardons. Insider info. Pay to play. Pay to exclude. War for sale, for fucks' sake. Next time, they will be lining up to spend billions to elect the next crooked as fuck puppet president. We cannot let that happen again.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CNN says its journalists have been barred from joining the press pool traveling with Trump this weekend. CNN reporters were scheduled to board Air Force One today to cover Trump’s trip to Knoxville for a college football game, but they’ve now been denied a spot in the traveling pool.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
a president planning military operations based entirely on election cycles is actually a giant scandal
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The Supreme Court’s decision Friday to revive the Trump administration’s expanded SAVE database for the midterms also suggests the justices may be eager to weaken one of federal law’s most important safeguards against last-minute voter purges." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
In SAVE ruling, Supreme Court signals path to weaken key protection against last-minute purges
A crucial voter protection could hinge on whether the Supreme Court wants to narrow the definition of “systematic” as applied to purges. And there’s reason to fear that it does.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are illegally bypassing the Endangered Species Act, allowing corporations to kill protected wildlife during commercial logging operations without penalty. Dismantling environmental law must stop. Demand action this Saturday morning: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
LIVE at 12:45 www.youtube.com/live/d-50teA...
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Revives Trump's Voter Purge Scheme
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Supreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purges
The decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order.
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The Cassandra Files (I told you so) @triedtowarnyou.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
SCOTUS is making him a dictator. www.democraticunderground.com/100221525918
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SCOTUS is making him a dictator. - Democratic Underground Forums
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Fight4Equality (Banned from X) @fights4justice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: Supreme Court Revives Trump's Voter Purge Scheme. In a dangerous decision for voters, SCOTUS authorized Trump admin to overhaul a fed'l immigration database into a centralized, deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. www.youtube.com/live/d-50teA...
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Revives Trump's Voter Purge Scheme
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
NEW: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the conservative majority for ignoring the harm voters will endure by allowing Trump to use a flawed system for voter purges. "The harm caused by burdening...lawful voters outweighs the nonexistent harm that the government experiences," she wrote.
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Jackson blasts Supreme Court decision reviving Trump voter-purge database
The U.S. Supreme Court’s three liberal justices argued the Court’s conservative majority ignored real harms to voters by reviving the Trump administration’s flawed centralized citizenship database Fri...
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Rebel Scum @jay-b-eazy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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CNN @cnn.com · 25/09/2026
Supreme Court says states can use a controversial citizenship data collection tool for reviewing voter rolls in a major win for Trump cnn.it/4ryr6Qi
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Texas transplant to California @gutbucket52.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
SCOTUS uses shadow docket to allow Trump administration to disrupt election to address wholly imaginary issue of non-citizens voting www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/09/scot...
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SCOTUS uses shadow docket to allow Trump administration to disrupt election to address wholly imaginary issue of non-citizens voting - Lawyers, Guns & Money
One thing I want the Democratic Congress to put near the top of their to-do list is to drag Roberts and the other five in front of various committees and grill them about all the very considerable dir...
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