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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18h
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis privately tore into Trump in texts obtained by Politico:
Graphic featuring Donald Trump on the left and Republican Sen. Thom Tillis on the right, with two large iMessage-style text bubbles attributed to Tillis overlaid across the bottom. In the first message, Tillis tells Trump that Trump “NEVER” threatened him with a primary challenge, says Trump may have him confused with other Republicans he has threatened, and adds that if Trump had threatened him directly, he would have told him to “fck yourself” and immediately announced his retirement. He ends, “Save those threats and head games for cowards and fools.” In the second message, Tillis writes, “I still want to help but I don’t take this bullsht from anyone, including you Mr. President,” adding, “Save that sh*t for the cowards who don’t care if you fail. I care if you fail and right now we are failing.”
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18h
More than a year after the Trump administration attempted to dismantle Voice of America, it is paying an estimated $1.6 million a week to keep 420 of its staffers on administrative leave, according to a State Department inspector general report.
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Trump administration is paying $1.6 million a week to keep Voice of America staff on leave
Hundreds of VOA staffers have been on paid leave since the agency sidelined them in March 2025.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Sam Kamin @sjkamin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Mr Senator, I know ball. I’ve played ball. I’ve cleansed myself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka to rid myself of the bad Clem Haskins juju and will rah rah rah for Ski U Mah against all opponents, including the HawkEYES of Iowa. You, sir, do not know ball. Dirtbag.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
New @jamestalarico.bsky.social ad just dropped.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
everyone who's ever joined in an online pile on should read this.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Unreal. White House apparently continues to block access to the reporters. Judge Kelly has ordered them to explain what’s going on by 12:30 pm et.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 23/09/2026
Sen. Jon Husted: “The war needs to come to an end as quickly as possible so that we can lower gas prices” Sen. Jon Husted when he could've voted to do just that:
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At her 22-week ultrasound, Amanda Jablonski learned their daughter had developed without a skull or a brain. There was no chance for survival, and every day Amanda stayed pregnant was a threat to her health and life. Under TN law, she was denied an abortion. www.wbir.com/article/news...
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In case anyone was wondering why Trump is pushing AI so hard and doesn’t want any government regulation.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Allegations against Lauren Boebert include sexual relations with Congressional employees, hush money payments, and thousands of dollars in misused official and campaign funds. Here's the redacted complaint: media.coloradotimesrecorder.com/wp-content/u...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 19/09/2026
As Trump tries to ban CNN from the White House, it would be a massive mistake to cave on the Paramount merger. The last thing we need is another Trump-controlled media conglomerate abusing its power to stomp out competition. This is a dangerous merger. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Paramount and California AG Bonta Reportedly in ‘Advanced Talks’ to Settle Antitrust Suit
Paramount Skydance is in "advanced talks" with California Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle the 12-state antitrust suit that's holding up its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the WSJ reported.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
🚨 OBAMA ON AI: Barack Obama warns that commercial pressures facing AI companies are at odds with what society needs, and calls for a serious bipartisan conversation on how government should respond: “We have to do it fast.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
🚨 Obama rejects the argument that the market and lawsuits alone can keep AI companies in check: “That’s not how we treat airlines, or drug companies, or food companies.” He says there’s “no replacement” for effective government regulation.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
🚨 SCOOP: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a sweeping package of new election laws aimed at protecting ballots, voting equipment, vote-by-mail and the chain of custody ahead of the November election, including new felony penalties for interference.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Absolutely horrific: Thanks to a false intelligence "generated with the help of artificial intelligence," the US military nearly carried out an operation aboard a Chinese ship because the incorrect intelligence said it was carrying nukes, according to @cnn.com. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's pretty damn impressive how much ground Mayor Mamdani has been able to cover after only nine months in office on a wide range of basic quality-of-life issues in NYC. I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing. (thread)
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cost of diesel for a typical Los Angeles-to-Dallas truckload: $1,430 — up about $600, or 72%, from the day before the Feb. 28 strikes on Iran.” @bloomberg.com ⛽️
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
(2/2) Get your ballot as soon as it is available and either vote in person early, drop it off in person, or if you must mail it do it with weeks still to get it in. Make a plan. VOTE. Check the status of your registration at iwillvote.com
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I Will Vote
Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
footage is making the rounds on Facebook of a canvasser wearing a Stronger Maine shirt (a super PAC that supports Susan Collins) stealing a package yesterday
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 16/09/2026
LP Sr Advisor Stuart Stevens has a message for Dems when they regain power: Do not move on. Hold this administration accountable. Watch him on MSNOW below.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Americans' right to vote is sacred. No president or institution can take it away, and it's good news that the Supreme Court has affirmed that fact. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Supreme Court says Trump can’t enforce new mail-in ballot regulation
The decision means a Postal Service measure that could lead to ballots’ not being sent to voters won’t be in effect for this November’s midterm elections.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/09/2026
Per Kelsey Reichmann at @courthousenews.bsky.social, Supreme Court DENIES Trump’s emergency request to restrict mail-in ballots for midterm election. Alito and Thomas dissent.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
September 11 Update
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BREAKING NYT: Investigators may have broken state laws under the direction of top Trump Homeland Security leaders by posing as voters as part of an expansive effort to find noncitizens on the nation's voter rolls, according to a federal whistleblower's account just released.
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Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search For Voter Fraud
Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Epstein files cover up is now just brute censorship.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) told a federal judge Friday it’s appealing a scorching court order against President Donald Trump’s attempt to sue himself to create an almost $2 billion fund for his political allies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Attorney General Blanche said Trump’s ‘weaponization fund’ was dead. Now DOJ is appealing
The DOJ said Friday it's appealing a judge's finding that Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against his own administration was "improper."
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...
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Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin Chronicle
Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is the interview the FCC would not allow Jimmy Kimmel to air this week. It’s now on YouTube. Let’s make sure lots of people see it anyway. See link to watch. Link: buff.ly/ts5AZk5
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
SCOTUS needs an amicus brief on this as they consider whether to transfer control of our elections into his hands 🙄
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨VICTORY: Supreme Court BLOCKS Missouri GOP gerrymander for the 2026 midterms. A huge victory for voters and our clients. I could not be prouder of the Elias Law Group team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...
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🚨Onder v. Missouri
Learn more here.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yes, of course he's aware. Hello? www.citizen.org/article/dona...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 08/09/2026
There has been a shift in the foundation of Trump's support within the GOP. I had started to notice it, and now the polls are reflecting it.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Curious how facts like this are all over the English press, but in US print media not to be found
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
For those following the panic about the German election - in which an overtly neo-Nazi party declared an extremist group by Germany's intelligence service won big in an election in one of Germany's 16 federal states . . . here are some reasons not to panic:
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Andrew M. | Founder & Advisor 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 @andrewmfounder.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A reminder as people hit the road for Labor Day weekend.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In case you were wondering what those surveillance cameras would be used for… Video: buff.ly/aegvchv
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 05/09/2026
I love it when an insane story about Pete Hegseth subjecting 50 members of the Joint Staff to polygraph tests in a leak investigation…ends up leaking! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
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Pentagon Subjects Roughly 50 Members of the Joint Staff to Polygraph Tests in Expanded Leak Hunt (Gift Article)
The aggressive effort comes in the wake of news reports about the military’s diminished stocks of crucial munitions as the U.S. fights Iran.
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Bethann @bethannn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Their job is to deliver the mail, not to make decisions about WHAT mail to deliver.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/09/2026
Donald Trump is making it more expensive to raise a family. Back-to-school prices are up 11% compared to last year: Notebooks: +23% Index cards: +22% Lunchboxes: +27% Sandwich bread: +22% Apple juice: +20% Animal crackers: +16%
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026
CNN: You're not going to trust mail voting if SCOTUS allows this? BLUMENTHAL: I won't. And I think most Americans will view mail voting as lacking credibility because the Postal Service is gonna be screening your ballot & sending them back if it finds a single discrepancy, & you may not know
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
2. Meanwhile, many detainees are not getting critical care and are dying in custody at an alarming rate.
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UPDATE: ICE is leaving hospitals with millions in unpaid bills
Last year, Popular Information broke the news that on October 3, 2025, U.S.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/09/2026
Breaking News: A whistle-blower at the U.S. Postal Service said Trump officials were defying court orders with a “secretive, rushed” effort affecting voting by mail.
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Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/08/2026
Here is a Q and A I did with a US Air Force pilot, where you see the toll it takes on them, and more importantly, their families www.adamkinzinger.com/p/special-re...
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Special Report: Anonymous Q&A With Deployed Soldier
I talk with a member of our armed forces about the challenges of this current deployment and the need for direction in our present military efforts.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
You can’t reform this. Abolish ICE.
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lauraleigh16.bsky.social @lauraleigh16.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Pass it on.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/08/2026
DeSantis stole $10M from poor children and funneled it into republican political campaigns. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...
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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.
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