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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 07/10/2026
💔 Russian shelling in Kremenchuk destroyed a family home and killed two people. A mother sat beside the body of her son after firefighters pulled him from the rubble of their destroyed home, Suspilne reported.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
7/ Among the most jarring trends we found: 36 U.S. citizens were not allowed to contact their family or a lawyer.
36 U.S. citizens held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their family.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?
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lakegeneva.bsky.social @lakegeneva.bsky.social · 12h
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Three Years After October 7, I Moved Back to Nahal Oz
But if Israel’s election doesn’t bring change, I don’t see a future for my family here.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A Trump Jr.-linked startup got a $620 million Pentagon loan commitment after his venture firm invested. ProPublica says a White House adviser requested the loan; all sides deny favoritism. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
14-year-old Daniel Umanskyi was killed by a Russian drone on September 25,2026. His open notebook,with unfinished homework,was left lying on the table. Daniel was writing about the moral code of Volodymyr Monomakh&how unacceptable it is for the strong to hurt the weak. Deepest condolences. 📹:BBC
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Buy 500 Kavanaugh bobble heads. In various ways demonstrate the violence of these snatches. Then set it up outside SCOTUS. Add some Stop signs.
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lakegeneva.bsky.social @lakegeneva.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Hegseth’s One Percent
A cult of military superiority over civilians is not only unwarranted, but actively dangerous.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yesterday, bikers came to say goodbye to 14-year-old Illia Honcharov, who was killed by a Russian missile strike on his home in Vyshhorod, Kyiv region, on September 30. Illia loved motorcycles. His family asked bikers to join the farewell ceremony. Many answered the call.
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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is a wild thread from @editorialboard.bsky.social about the Eric Schmitt faceplant:
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A dozen GEO Group executives gave to Ashley Moody's fundraising committee after she voted for $45 billion in ICE jails. One of them used to run ICE. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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Decodïng Trolls @decodingtrolls.net · 02/10/2026
⚡️Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/podcast… In 1925 Hitler kept a sketchbook. Floor plans of museums and theatres. Sketches of tanks, artillery and warships, and a gigantic triumphal arch. The tanks and the arch are in the same sketchbook.
Quote card for the Decoding Trolls podcast “I am become meme.” (decodingtrolls.net). The card reads: In 1925 Hitler kept a sketchbook. Floor plans of museums and theatres. Sketches of tanks, artillery and warships, and a gigantic triumphal arch. The tanks and the arch are in the same sketchbook. Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/podcast-i-am-become-meme/id1786763279?i=1000789944036
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Right-wing media has pushed to send federal agents and the military to polling places and interfere with vote counting, but voting rights groups are pushing back.
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Who's calling for the Trump administration to send federal agents to polling places?
Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, right-wing media figures have called for President Donald Trump to deploy federal law enforcement, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, or the m...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Just as the words of Judge Edelman provide us a picture of the kind of America we should demand, Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump provide us a picture of the kind of future we will have if Americans fail to stand up and curb their power.” www.americaamerica.news/p/fighting-f...
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Fighting for the Future We Want
Listen to the words of Trump, Hegseth and a federal judge. They are a warning of two different fates for America after the midterms.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Jack Posobiec promoted the movement that preceded the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and repeatedly amplified material from a website the Treasury Department says received taskings from Russia’s FSB. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/vance-welc...
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Vance Welcomes Stop the Steal Promoter Tied to Jan. 6 Aboard Air Force Two
Posobiec promoted the movement that preceded Jan. 6 and repeatedly amplified material from a website the Treasury Department says received taskings from Russia’s FSB.
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Jared Rutecki @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amazing work by @propublica.org and partners illustrating the lack of regulations around microschools in some states. www.propublica.org/article/prop...
In Arkansas, all it took was a few clicks on the Arkansas secretary of state website, $45 and an American flag to form a bona fide private school with the Arkansas Times.
We established a school with Mountain State Spotlight in West Virginia after filing our new school's name and location with authorities on a piece of notebook paper, then exchanging a few emails.
And with The Assembly in North Carolina, we filed an online notice of intent to open a private school at Ponysaurus Brewing Co. in Durham, while perched on its metal bar stools, eyeing glasses of a crisp kolsch.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026
Patel, month after month, has been mostly failing at his original mission to weaponize the FBI against Trump’s political enemies, but he is certainly succeeding at turning the FBI into a laughingstock, which in some ways will likely prove even more damaging to our country over the long term.
motherjones.com
The disgrace and danger of Kash Patel
Here's the latest on the FBI director's raft of scandals—including, of course, the bestiality.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 01/10/2026
Ukraine is urging Washington to sanction Russian entities helping build Rassvet, Moscow’s planned Starlink rival. Kyiv’s acting ambassador to the U.S. says the network could enable Russia to target Ukrainian sites in "real time" if launched by late 2026. www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Ukraine urges US to sanction entities supporting Russia's Starlink rival
Ukraine is urging the United States to impose sanctions on several Russian entities that it says ​are helping develop Moscow's Rassvet satellite network as a domestic alternative to SpaceX's Starlink,...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
25th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
MAGA says they only want judges born in the US. Fine. Start with Trump’s BFF, Aileen Cannon, who was born in Cali, Colombia. Let’s see how long that rule lasts.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sen Ron Wyden is accusing DOJ and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding that AG Todd Blanche and FBI Dir Kash Patel immediately turn over every FBI interview report tied to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. Wyden reveals that his investigators
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📌NEWS: Pete Hegseth said that the Pentagon is eliminating 1 in 5 generals and admirals. 📌NOTE: Authoritarian regimes eliminate military leaders who they believe aren't loyal to the regime. 📌UPSHOT: This is a very concerning development in the GOP's ongoing attack on America and her Democracy.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TED CRUZ: “I’m a big believer in bribery. Bribery works in politics.” Maybe the first honest thing @tedcruz has ever said
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lakegeneva.bsky.social @lakegeneva.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
nytimes.com
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Remember, Freedom of the Press is granted to us by the Constitution. This is a right, not a privilege the President grants. #momsky#sheshed
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 28/09/2026
What does JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force have in common with Musk’s DOGE gambit? Both created online resources, ostensibly to show their purported successes, only to see their claims unravel under scrutiny. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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The embarrassing thing Vance’s fraud task force has in common with Musk’s DOGE gambit
Both initiatives created online resources that invited scrutiny. Both were unprepared for what happened next.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/09/2026
you can already hear the deficit hawks revving their engines for 2029
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
every republican president starts a war in the middle east and destroys the economy
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration cannot leverage grants meant to help prevent terrorist attacks to force states and local governments to adopt a slate of new anti-voting measures, a federal judge ruled Monday in a major win for voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge strikes down Trump’s bid to cut states’ anti-terror funds unless they impose new voting restrictions
The judge ruled that FEMA had no “authority to extract unfunded reforms from states in exchange for grants.”
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Watchdog group Democracy Forward files federal civil lawsuit against Defense Dept seeking records about Jennifer Hegseth's use of DOD staff, attendance at agency meetings, appearance on official calendars
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not sure it’s tenable if, going forward, every president knows that so long as they have firm control over DOJ, enough loyal senators to avoid removal, and are willing to issue blanket pardons on the way out, they can break any law they please while in office.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 28/09/2026
Well well well, I wonder how we got here, Mr. Karl Rove: www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
sacurrent.com
Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ice-buys-1...
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ICE buys $1.3 million in robot dogs from Connecticut company
The agency bought the robots without seeking competing bids, and chose a version built to detect chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: After a week of intensifying public pressure and reporting from Cornell’s independent daily newspaper, prosecutors in New York have reopened a criminal investigation into the alleged 2024 gang rape of a former student at the campus’s Chi Phi fraternity house.
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Prosecutors are revisiting allegations of gang rape at Cornell
Intense public outrage and reporting from the school's daily newspaper appear to have prompted the decision.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
2/ John Oliver also mentioned our recent investigation into Paxton’s financial disclosures. The Texas AG appears to have omitted rental income and multiple mortgages, potentially violating a federal ethics law. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ken-...
John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a Texas Tribune headline from September 4, 2026 reads: “Ken Paxton omits rental income and mortgages from financial disclosures, obscuring his wealth.” It's paired alongside a photo of Texas AG Ken Paxton, wearing a dark suit with a light blue tie, holding a microphone to his face.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
1/ On @lastweektonight.com, John Oliver cited our reporting w/ @texastribune.org about how Ken Paxton appeared to have violated Texas law. Paxton used an address where his estranged wife said he no longer lived while voting in 6 elections in the past 2 years: www.propublica.org/article/ken-...
John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a Texas Tribune headline from July 7, 2026 reads: “Ken Paxton vowed to crack down on 'illegal voting.' He may have violated Texas election law.” An article excerpt below says: "... appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections ...”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If Democrats retake Congress this November, a top priority should be investigating the Trump family's many shady business deals. Perhaps they can start with Eric and Don Jr.'s ties to defense companies receiving lucrative government contracts?
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FORZA ELENA GUNCHEVA @elenaultras.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Spent 5 hours today in a Bellingcat workshop. Big thanks to @msramalho.bsky.social for the session, learned a lot and found it genuinely useful.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Private medical company Dobrobut has announced six of its employees were injured in the inexplicable attack on the company's HQ in Kyiv this afternoon. In total, 7 people were wounded. Here is the company's statement, along with latest photos of the scene of Russia's strike.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kyiv ** Breaking news ** Russia has now hit Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv. The strikes get worse, the genocide continues, because the west is too timid.
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ozahjc.bsky.social @ozahjc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New: Nevada GOP congressional candidate David Flippo has failed to file legally required financial disclosures for years. Previously unreported records raise many questions about the nearly $2.5 million he has reported putting into his campaigns. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
The mysterious millions powering a Nevada Republican’s bid for Congress
David Flippo, who has reported funneling nearly $2.5 million to his campaigns, has repeatedly failed to file financial disclosure forms since 2023.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026
George W. Bush had plenty of opportunities to speak up. January 6th. The January 6th Committee. Trump’s return to power. Mostly silence. But now he’s stepping back into politics to help Republican senators get reelected? Yeah. I have some thoughts.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Designing an Arc-de-Trump with a snipers' nest? Trying to ban reporters from the White House? Refusing to say how many Americans have died in his wars? It's so painfully clear that Trump has lost his mind.
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Has Donald Trump Finally Lost It?
Donald Trump’s mental decline has gotten worse.Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?And why won’t they
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/09/2026
In April 2026, the Supreme Court effectively ended the Voting Rights Act, opening the door to an all-white Congressional delegation from the South. The decision has startling parallels with Plessy v Ferguson, the decision that established “separate but equal.”
motherjones.com
Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
MLB signs more international players from the Dominican Republic than any other country. Despite widespread acknowledgement that Dominican baseball needs to be overhauled, the industry has only gotten worse. Read the full story:
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How the Dominican Baseball Factory Traps Young Players and Their Families With False Promises
Teams make handshake deals with players as young as 11 while moneylenders prey on their families. The industry is corrupt, but Major League Baseball and the players union have done little about it.
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