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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Todd Blanche now says "one-sided news" is a national security threat worth barring the press over. That's not a legal standard. It's a viewpoint test. I didn’t go to law school…and didn’t need to, to know that the First Amendment exists to STOP government from judging which coverage is balanced.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/09/2026

"This sort of behavior is entirely in character for the Trump administration—and, as it happens, a vivid example of the very kind of interference that the architects of agencies like NIH were desperate to avoid in the first place." ICYMI @citizencohn.bsky.social:

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This Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Medical Research

Future cures and America’s innovation lead are in jeopardy thanks to Donald Trump and Russ Vought’s latest scheme.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Read the document (Gift Article)

Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We’re at the “shipping container courts” stage of ICE’s mass expansion of the enforcement system.

Each detention unit would sit on asphalt or concrete behind an office's existing security fence, with a counter for processing people and a separate holding area fitted with a toilet and sink for detainees according to the draft work statement.
The agency also wants a 300-square-foot unit for interviewing people in custody and a 60-square-foot "Virtual Immigration Court Unit" for hearings run by the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Justice Department agency that operates the immigration courts.
Both must also be designed for their purpose before delivery.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 25/09/2026

Exclusive: The Venezuelan oil company backed by the Pentagon is racing to boost its production in the Latin American country and is poised within months to challenge Chevron’s longstanding position as the largest private producer there. on.wsj.com/3T2G04A

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Exclusive | Pentagon-Backed Oil Company Is Set to Vie for Chevron’s Crown in Venezuela

The rise of a U.S.-backed oil company in Venezuela has frustrated executives at Chevron, which has long been the dominant producer there.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hegseth continues to manipulate the numbers of dead and wounded in the Iran War. The tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased by 37 without explanation from DOD. That includes 29 Navy sailors and eight Marines, according to the Pentagon’s database.

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Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war

With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026

tell me the summit accomplished jack shit without telling me the summit accomplished jack shit

Very productive meeting with President Xi for both the U.S.A. and China. Tremendous things will be happening. Like almost everyone else, he seemed to like calling the poorly and inaccurately named Artificial Intelligence to a far more accurate and important name, SUPER INTELLIGENCE. That would be “SUPER!” Everyone last night agreed, also. President DJT

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/09/2026

🚨NEW: The Supreme Court blames Denny Hoskins for causing Missouri’s redistricting mess: he knew the risks and plowed ahead anyway. Now he’s been held in contempt, sued by voters — and the GOP map is blocked for November. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Supreme Court smacks down Denny Hoskins for creating Missouri’s redistricting mess

The finding is an especially rough ending to a redistricting saga in which Hoskins repeatedly tried to preserve Missouri Republicans’ 2025 congressional gerrymander — only to be rebuked by the state…

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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Dolly Day! 👸🏼 Let’s work 9 to 5 to get out the vote! Voter registration deadline: October 5 Early voting begins: October 14 Final day of early voting: October 29 General election: November 3 Get involved: act.votejustinj.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/09/2026

We’re honored to do our part to help bring more attention to the outrages that our government is perpetrating in our name. We’re honored that so many of you are part of this effort. More broadly, we sincerely thank you for making this all possible.

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Why We’re Going to Springfield

There’s honor in this fight.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/09/2026

Instead of standing up to Trump’s deportation and death machine that has brutalized their workers, DoorDash is lobbying for the regime’s legislative priorities — including a bill to weaken DC home rule. Delete your account and app until DoorDash speaks out against ICE’s brutality and violence.

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Delete DoorDash: our demands

Our demands for DoorDash on ICE raids, H.R. 9720, and the DC task force. How to close your account until it answers.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is a sharp prediction from @aselrod.bsky.social: In the post-Trump era, many MAGA commentators will try to leave the stench of their support for him behind. "Some chunk of the far-right commentariat will try to make safe passage back to mainstream media. We should not let them." Indeed!

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In a major breakthrough, GOP Sen (soon to be governor of Alabama) Tommy Tuberville announces dramatically that the mortal threat facing Alabama is no longer Blacks, Hispanics or trans children: now it's "furry culture," which is focused in airplane cockpits across the country. Who knew?

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 24/09/2026

Don Jr.-backed drone-parts manufacturer congratulates Eric Trump-backed drone manufacturer on winning a DoD contract.

Unusual Machines
@UnusualMachines
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More momentum for XTEND. 🚀

Congrats to the team on another important U.S. defense milestone. Proud to be an investor and supplier. 🦅

$UMAC $XTND #Drones #DefenseTech
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+2.42%
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@XTEND_XR
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XTEND has been awarded Phase III of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Modular Kinetic Lethal Drone (MKLD) program.

The award follows XTEND’s recent Gauntlet II top-performer selection under the Drone Dominance Program.

Read more: xtend.me/xtend-secures-…

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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Dan Sullivan says cost diesel cost is “just too damn high.” Weird,since he voted 12 times to keep the war going that’s spiking it. Valdez is paying $6.75/gall for his math homework. Alaska doesn’t need his sudden concern,it needs him gone. Vote Peltola #BlueWaveIn40Days #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wiley Nickel (D-NC) makes such a valid point here about voting all the way down ballot and not leaving any race without a vote. In 2020 Cherie Beasley lost her election for NC Supreme Court by 401 votes. Let’s get a #BlueWaveIn40Days by voting for every Democrat on the ballot.

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 24/09/2026

9/24 ProPublica’s reporters say Senator Collins is now making “incorrect and misleading claims” #maine #MEpolitics

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Stephen Miller’s Office of Remigration was deliberately named to announce to the world that white nationalism is now the basis for US immigration policy. If Dems win power, they should defund it. They should also defund third-country deportations. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2157...

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 24/09/2026

Highlighting the growing list of people killed by federal agents, members of Congress heard from family members of those killed on the Trump administration’s pattern of obstruction and lies about the shootings and victims, calling it “dual assassination.” ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/24/r...

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Families of ICE victims tell panel that falsehoods, obstruction amount to ‘dual assassinations’ • Ohio Capital Journal

Highlighting the growing list of people killed by federal immigration agents, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree and other Democratic members of Congress on Tuesday heard from family members of those killed…

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 24/09/2026

An investigation has found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing uninformed plans to increase detention capacity, and the total will likely rise due to ongoing mismanagement.

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ICE is wasting tens of millions of dollars on 'uninformed' detention projects, report finds

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

ED HENRY: This AI race-- SEBASTIAN GORKA: No no no no no no no. Sorry. It's SI. As of this week, it's Super Intelligence. ED HENRY: Thank you for the clarification from the White House

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026

A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the first Trump presidency. (Published July)

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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/09/2026

@samsteindc.bsky.social reacts to Sen. Tommy Tuberville taking to the Senate floor to warn that airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the "furry community." "There's not a furry epidemic in our airplanes. Folks, get a grip."

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It now costs the truck drivers on average $1,200 to fill up a single tank because of the war in Iran. Mike Rogers said it's a win-win-win. Are you winning?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/09/2026

@samsteindc.bsky.social on the NYT reporting about the Trump administration's unfounded claims of voter fraud in Nevada: "It goes to show you that a lot of what's coming from the administration is bunk. They're ginning up ideas and cases of voter fraud that don't actually exist."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: A nonpartisan network of former military and civilian leaders is warning that hundreds of thousands of overseas voters could be disenfranchised if a new USPS rule based on the president’s order is allowed to stand. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Thousands of overseas voters could be disenfranchised by Trump mail voting rule, advocates warn

The fate of the USPS rule currently hangs in the balance before the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Sean Hannity’s selection to lead coverage of the midterms convention is a clear signal that Fox plans to produce a GOP infomercial, and it is functionally equivalent to simply letting the Republican National Committee program the coverage. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

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Fox News is treating the GOP's midterm convention as a very special episode of Hannity

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hey remember when Scott Jennings said that he had a long phone conversation about policy with a hospitalized Mitch McConnell and then the senator didn't appear on video for several months?

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 09/09/2026

Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy, reported earning more than $100 million from the entity that owns his stake in World Liberty Financial, according to a new financial disclosure on.wsj.com/4xQMqCQ

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Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy, reported earning more than $100 million from the entity that owns his stake in World Liberty Financial, according to a new financial disclosure

The Trump envoy’s income surged in 2025, lifted by gains from World Liberty Financial.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: Missouri’s top election official asked a federal district court to shield him from a state supreme court order that he explain why he should not be held in contempt of court for telling local officials to use a gerrymandered election map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Missouri election chief asks federal judge to shield him from contempt charges after defying state supreme court

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ last-minute request injects even more chaos into an election process he has spent the last year attempting to undermine in order to deliver the gerrymandered...

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Joe Morelle @morelle.house.gov · 09/09/2026

Presidents do not control our elections. The American people do. I’m leading a bipartisan group of 261 current and former Members of Congress in a brief before the Supreme Court challenging new federal restrictions on voting by mail. Read more:

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CONGRESSMAN MORELLE LEADS BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO BLOCK TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER LIMITING MAIL IN VOTING

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Today, Congressman Joe Morelle, the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, mobilized current and former Members of Congress in a court filing challenging the legality...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026

For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Over 170,00 Salvadorans were set to lose TPS today, a status they've had for 25 years. But DHS hasn't made any announcement about termination or extension. Now this vague comment was given to reporters, the only public info. A shocking level of callousness over a decision which affects so many.

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tells me that #TPS recipients from El Salvador will continue to have protections until a decision is made about the program. Those protections were set to expire today. This will likely be a small relief to about 200,000 in the U.S.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The creepy weird billionaire dork who funds a worldwide white supremacist movement, runs a CSAM website and destroyed our government thinks that there must be some kind of grand (((Jewish-funded))) conspiracy to make people hate him. Sure, man. Sure.

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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel

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