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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 7h
BREAKING: A complaint has been filed with the California Bar against White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, citing Popular Information’s reporting, for “the Unauthorized Practice of Law and for Holding Herself Out as Entitled to Practice Law.”
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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 5h
Yeah, it's already worse. Zacharia evidently listed herself as General Counsel for a Cali nonprofit, seeming to violate the Cali Bus & Prof Code rule barring "anyone who is not an active licensee of the State Bar to hold themselves out as practicing or entitled to practice law."
campaignforaccountability.org
New Bar Complaint over WH Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Lawyer Claims
The complaint asks if Zacharia violated the law by saying she's a lawyer, despite reporting indicating she's never been admitted to practice law in the U.S.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
And there it is …
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h
Feels like we don’t talk enough about how Peter Thiel, who puppeteers JD Vance and funds Trump, has written that he “no longer believes freedom and democracy are compatible” We are literally being run by people who oppose our very system of government. www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/p...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h
If Trump and Musk succeed in putting a knife into the ribs of Ukraine, it will be a permanent stain on the U.S. and a reminder that no country should ever trust us again.
nytimes.com
Ukraine’s Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia Escalates (Gift Article)
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 3h
🚨 A federal judge has halted Trump's attempts to close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in MD.   For decades, experts at BARC have protected our food & farmers, including from threats like cyclospora.   We'll keep working to protect BARC & these dedicated civil servants.
wjla.com
Judge halts Trump admin. plan that permanently closes key USDA research center in Maryland
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration plan to reorganize the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which included plans to shut down the Belt
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h
Mike Rogers wife out here trying to by votes for $10 gas cards in Michigan Could this be more desperate? And How is this legal?
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jstreetdotorg.bsky.social @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social · 5h
ICYMI in @politico.com: GA-SEN — “J Street Action Fund is rolling out an ad that references news reports alleging ties to white nationalism within Collins’ personal and political orbits. It’s the group’s first general-election ad of the cycle.” www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 5h
Piers Morgan: Do you feel betrayed? Zelensky: Yes. / Stand with Ukraine
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 5h
1/2 Judge Kelly helps point the way in press ban case. It's in the legal weeds, but has big implications for future litigation as more courts do this. Following a signal from Supreme Court and Chief Justice Roberts, the district court looks behind the pretext of POTUS motives.
As the Supreme Court explained in considering the government’s explanation in a different context, the Court is “not required to exhibit a naiveté from which ordinary citizens are free.” Dep’t of Com. v. New York, 588 U.S. 752, 785 (2019). Freed from such a naiveté, it is not hard to conclude that President Trump likely banned Plaintiffs from the White House because he believes that their reporting is generally inaccurate and biased against him. For that reason, all told, Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on their First Amendment retaliation claim.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h
Honestly my first reaction when these morons were all falling for the grifters’ latest hoax was that Talarico should let it go for a while to see how many Republicans would take the bait and start saying outrageously idiotic and foolish things. He did and they did.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 9h
Donald Trump has singlehandedly fucked up this economy. HIS tariffs, HIS war, HIS mass deportations. This is all on HIM.👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
"Ukrainian troops have been caught off guard by restrictions on Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet systems that disrupted frontline operations, while Kyiv received no warning from its partners of a Russian missile attack on its energy facilities for the second day running."
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Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps
Moscow ignores Donald Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ while Kyiv’s forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk’s satellite network
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 9h
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 10h
It’s Ukraine and the rest of the free world vs. Putin, Musk, and Trump. Shame on us America. Shame on us.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 15h
Ukraine spent 5 years developing their defense from Russia around Starlink, and last night, Musk cut it off to help Putin. The halls of power in Europe need to understand that Musk, Trump and Putin aim for total dissolution of democracy, and the primary target is Europe. @jayinkyiv.bsky.social
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h
Pretty clear that Trump/Hegseth are doing everything they can to force Ukraine to surrender to Putin by withholding all US assistance while actively helping fund the Russian war machine to kill as many civilians as possible including kids. What a dark, evil chapter in US history.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h
UPDATE: The Trump tax is still very real
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 13h
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h
🚨 BREAKING: Inflation comes in HOT. September inflation surged to 3.7% year over year, with core inflation also exceeding forecasts. Prices jumped 0.6% in just ONE MONTH. Meanwhile, real earnings fell 0.5% in September.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
So much winning.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 9h
In a communist system, the government owns the means of production. The Cato Institute is tracking how the Trump regime is steadily acquiring shares of private companies, taking ownership of the means of production.
cato.org
Government Ownership Dashboard
This tool tracks every deal announced by the US government to acquire an equity stake in a private US company, including the terms of each deal and primary source documents, if any.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 21h
The president of the United States is a Russian asset, he’s compromised, he’s a traitor to this country, Putin has shit on him, he’s on Putin’s side, and he’s not on the side of the free world. And the media in America is afraid to even put any of this out there for discussion.👇
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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 15h
👊🏾❤️💯
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 8h
If the disruption really is some kind of political intervention, this is only further proof that Europeans—or anyone in the world—can’t rely on any of Musk’s products, as they will be at the whims of the technocrat that still finds himself at Trump’s beck and call. newrepublic.com/post/216600/...
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Ukraine Loses Starlink Access as Musk Says Zelenskiy Went “Too Far”
SpaceX suddenly throttled access to Starlink with no warning, Ukraine says.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 9h
The good news: More people are waking up to the dishonesty and incompetence of the Trump regime. The bad news: Dictators become more dangerous when people wake up to their dishonesty and incompetence. My Stop the Presses newsletter assesses the outlook 3 weeks from the midterms.
stopthepresses.news
Be optimistic about the midterms, but be unsurprised if Trump pulls a coup
It’s a dangerous time when a dictator feels threatened by rising public outrage
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h
Trump has cut off intelligence to Ukraine so that Putin can more easily bomb civilians including children.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 23h
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
This can’t be true because Trump and the Republicans running for office have been telling me that prices have been coming down thanks to the leadership and brilliance of Trump, Bessent and Lutnick.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 8h
Russia was attacking Ukraine overnight. Ukrainian forces say Elon Musk’s SpaceX restricted their military satellite service without warning, disrupting critical drone missions. Ukrainian adviser Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov says the restrictions affected Starshield, the military version of Starlink,
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 9h
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Ukrainian soldiers in combat have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted
Outage of terminals managed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX comes as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine without any advance warning from US
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: TRO granted! Court has halted the Trump admin tree removal at E. Potomac Golf Links, where we are contesting the dumping of toxic East Wing debris & creation of a hideous Trump golf course Huge win for clients & cocounsel Democracy Forward, Lowell & Assoc, & us at Democracy Defenders
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/10/2026
🚨 NEWS: Trump is backing out of a scheduled deposition with BBC lawyers THIS FRIDAY, citing “matters of national importance” after weeks of radio silence. His team now wants to delay his testimony until JANUARY 2027—after discovery closes—and the BBC is asking a judge to FORCE him to testify.
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lahiker.bsky.social @lahiker.bsky.social · 8h
With a little dementia on top.
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Joona @joonaj.bsky.social · 16h
Dark triad components: - Narcissism: grandiosity, pride, egotism, and a lack of empathy. - Machiavellianism: manipulativeness, indifference to morality, lack of empathy, and a calculated focus on self-interest. - Psychopathy: impulsivity, selfishness, callous and unemotional traits, remorselessness.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration is threatening legal action against California if it doesn’t immediately purge voters alleged by the administration to be noncitizens. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Trump administration threatens to sue California over alleged noncitizens on rolls
A DOJ spokesperson confirmed to Democracy Docket that the department “has sent letters to California election officials demanding immediate action to ensure that noncitizens do not vote in the upcomin...
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Truth 💥
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
New in PN: Republicans learn to love DOJ weaponization "With early voting underway, Omar got agents at her door at 6am, when her 14-year-old was inside, over a theory cooked up on an anonymous message board. Republicans never objected to weaponizing the DOJ. They just wanted custody of the weapon."
publicnotice.co
Republicans learn to love DOJ weaponization
Just kidding, they always love it when they’re holding the weapon.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 9h
Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
NEW: The US theft of Venezuelan oil resources appears to bring the Pentagon its own source of money — something that should be understood as another milestone in the collapse of constitutional government.
forever-wars.com
The Dawn Of The Self-Funding Pentagon
It's not like the military is cash-starved from Congress. But it looks a lot like it's going to make money off Venezuelan oil
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 16h
Trump, Witkoff, Kushner, musk, are doing everything to help terrorist Russia murder Ukrainians. Siding with terrorists, restricting Starlink on top of funding genocide. This is beyond outrageous
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 20h
1/ Cutting disability questions from the National Health Interview Survey means making millions of disabled people invisible. Without accurate data, health disparities are obscured & funding and services are put at risk. You can’t meet needs you choose not to measure. 😒 #DisabilityRights
disabilityscoop.com
CDC Plans To Drop Disability Questions From Federal Health Survey
A proposed revamp of a key federal survey could lead to a drastic undercount of Americans with developmental disabilities, advocates warn.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 20h
"The Pentagon has named one of its own public affairs officials to run the publication Stars & Stripes, and he will keep his Pentagon job while doing it. This places a single official inside both the office that shapes the military's message, and the newsroom charged with covering it independently"
military.com
Pentagon PR Official Takes Over Stars and Stripes Months After Editor, Publisher Kicked Out
Christian Devine, an executive director and principal adviser in the Pentagon's public affairs office, was appointed weeks after terminations.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The interesting thing about Paxton is the wide variety of his scandals. Most politicians specialize in one thing, eg, bribery or sexual misconduct, but Paxton is truly a master of many arts: ✅ Abuse of office ✅ Securities fraud ✅ Infidelity ✅ Partying with alleged felons ✅ Stealing fountain pens
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I'm really glad to see folks outside of my nerdy corner of the world highlighting the way Trump may be using Venezuela to create a self-funding Pentagon. Trump's effort flies in the face of the key reason Congress has the power of the purse -- to keep the executive from self-funding the military.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
Trump is now signing pardons on stage at his rally in Alaska (note that the documents are brought on stage by Natalie!)
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 21h
When Washington walked away, we expanded healthcare access and freed 500,000 people from the crushing burden of medical debt. Lower costs, more coverage, and real peace of mind for Illinois families.
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