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Popular Information @popular.info · 24/09/2026
“The top donors in American politics have poured in more than $1.7 billion to influence this election cycle so far, and the latest numbers show a last-minute rush of money from benefactors of the GOP.”
washingtonpost.com
Meet the megadonors pouring more than $1.7 billion into the 2026 elections
Billionaires and Elon Musk, who recently temporarily achieved trillionaire status, make up the top individual donors.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump and the GOP's REAL base of support — the billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech and AI, Big Crypto, defense contractors, and Wall Street — know that the midterm elections may limit what they can get away with in the future. Understand the stakes and vote accordingly.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
if Trump truly isn't planning to illegally stay in office past 2029, what explains the US government paying for these Trump campaign ads to run on TV? they're just wasting taxpayer dollars to soothe his ego?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
Trump: "We appreciate the fair coverage. It's been very fair." (He literally banned journalists from covering the summit ... )
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Xi … couldn’t help but admire the confidence with which Trump now uttered rudimentary English sentences and estimating that the president had probably expanded his vocabulary to at least 100 words."
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Having a free press is essential to a democracy. That’s why Donald Trump wants to do away with the free press. Here’s what you need to know now: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Hard Pass
Just after midnight last night, Judge Kelly entered an order directing the president to unban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House grounds.
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lcahill.bsky.social @lcahill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#HOPE
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
Q: Mr President, did you call on President Xi to stop buying oil from Iran? TRUMP: ... Q: What about guardrails on AI? TRUMP: ... Q: Why are you banning media outlets? TRUMP: ... Q: Should US taxpayers pay for ads about you? TRUMP: *walks away*
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
Ambassador to China David Perdue: "In some ways, the best thing that we accomplished in this visit is to continue the conversation" (So they got nothing ... )
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
CBS: The Army is requesting military planning aimed for Cuba. Is the US preparing for military action? STATE DEPT SPOX TOMMY PIGOTT: We're always going to guided by the national interest of the US. The president has a wide array of options (Not a no!)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
David Ellison is considering recruiting Elon Musk to invest in Paramount-Warner Bros. once the merger goes through. Hello? We’ve already seen how Elon turned Twitter into a cesspool of right-wing, outright racist content. Billionaires controlling our media is bad for everyone but the billionaires.
variety.com
David Ellison Mulls Tapping Elon Musk for Paramount Investment While Closing in on Warner Bros. Takeover: Report
David Ellison, seeking fresh capital for a merged Paramount-Warner Bros., is considering reaching out to tech mogul Elon
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Talarico: “Ken Paxton has been dodging debates all year, and it’s why today I’m challenging Ken Paxton to a debate on Fox News … I’ll go into the lion’s den because I know what I believe.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
"Free Hong Kong! Free Hong Kong! Free Tibet!" -- anti-Xi protesters are making their voices heard ahead of tonight's state dinner
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power. Remember this.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
yikes: Trump's hands -- both of them -- are looking rough tonight (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty)
pic of Trump's handszoom in on the right one, which is caked with concealing makeup from wrist to fingerszoom in on left  hand, which is bruised and red
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
Elon Musk is at the White House for the state dinner with Xi (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
pic of Musk milling around with Marco Rubio in foreground and the Google CEO as well
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
1/ Lots going on this morning as banned journalists reenter the WH following an emergency motion. I explained the issues last night: joycevance.substack.com/p/king-trump...
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King Trump: Privileges, Not Rights
It’s all about whether the press can criticize the president
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Trump: "We had a great meeting and he has great interest in granite. He likes granite. He's an expert on stone. And he loves good granite. Thank you very much."
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 24/09/2026
Whatdya think about 2 more years of whatever this is?
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lcahill.bsky.social @lcahill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
He’s never ever joking
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kicking out the free press is what fragile authoritarians do. Not American presidents. www.instagram.com/reels/DdovJZ...
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The Freedom Desk on Instagram: "President Donald Trump’s effort to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House is “deeply disturbing,” former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told The Washingt...
6,744 likes, 88 comments - thefreedomdesk on September 23, 2026: "President Donald Trump’s effort to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House is “deeply disturbing,” former Secretary of State...
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 24/09/2026
In the past week Trump has banned free press, launched state-run media, attacked the international criminal court, and literally rolled out the red carpet for a communist. Trump is the communist.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 24/09/2026
CNN: "Right now the Chinese communist state media are allowed on the White House grounds, but we are not. I think that says it all." TRUMP IS THE COMMUNIST.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
SANDERS: Trump claims we pay lowest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Wow! Is he telling the truth? OVERTON: There has been immense progress- S: Do we pay lowest prices like POTUS said? You just told us you're gonna stand up to him O: We have seen- S: Is it true? O: *more dissembling*
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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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Murphy: "On April 30 -- a Thursday -- Reynolds makes an $8m donation. On Saturday, they have lunch w/POTUS & tell him they want a change in rules for flavored vapes. The president calls FDA commissioner & HHS sec, & on Tuesday new guidance is issued paving way to the sale of flavored vapes ... "
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MURRAY: The Trump admin falsely labeled birth control as abortion. Do you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient? OVERTON: If confirmed, I'll be fully briefed M: That's not an answer. The prospect of an FDA commissioner who doesn't know that birth control isn't an abortion is deeply alarming O: 😊
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
OMG -- under questioning from Hassan, Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton refuses to acknowledge that Trump can ever be wrong about anything even after she's confronted with a specific example of something Trump is clearly wrong about
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
BALDWIN: Do you believe mifepristone is safe and effective? OVERTON: It has been approved by the FDA BALDWIN: So you can't answer the question
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
BLUNT ROCHESTER: Trump says vaccines the size of soda bottles are poured into a child's body. Is that true? OVERTON: ... BR: What would you say? OVERTON: The products licensed by the FDA are safe and effective BR: And they're not the size of a soda bottle either
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Elizabeth Warren: "It's gonna look like whatever Xi Jinping wants it to look like. Donald Trump loves to bully when he's talking to the press. He loves to bully when he's front of a big crowd. But face to face is there any evidence that he has ever been tough with another dictator?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Elizabeth Warren on Republicans opposing Trump: "I just don't think anybody is fooled at this point. They have bowed down to Donald Trump over this war over and over and over and over. They own it."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not only did Trump's reckless tariffs and inflationary war with Iran help drive up beef prices, but his administration's assault on food safety has made the meat consumers are buying even less safe to eat. Are you "good with that?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Melania Trump: "We have a direct channel with Russia"
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kings grant privileges. Constitutions grant rights. The difference is stark. And un-American. Today, a Judge held a hearing on whether the press can still criticize the president. Here’s what happened: joycevance.substack.com/p/king-trump...
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King Trump: Privileges, Not Rights
It’s all about whether the press can criticize the president
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
"Let me bring in Marc Beckman, he is the Exclusive Senior Adviser to Melania Trump"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
"Trump cheats in every aspect of his life. He cheated on his taxes & wives. He cheated his way out of military service & into the WH. He cheated contractors & donors who made contributions to his now-banned charity. And he cheats at the sport that distinctly relies upon personal integrity: golf."
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“Cheat like hell”
Trump is proof that cheaters often win.
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Jacob Gardenswartz @reporterjacobg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Per source involved in protests against the Triumphal Arch, new fencing @ Memorial Circle went up yesterday night - opponents claim in violation of a court order requiring Trump admin to give notice before any construction (I'll note it's unclear if fencing counts for that) 1/2
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lcahill.bsky.social @lcahill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He is not well.
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please comment and share if you are working to rebuild the pillars of American democracy.
political cartoon of Trump using a sledge hammer to destroy the pillars of American democracy: the legislative branch, the executive branch, the judicial branch, and the free press
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins was at the center of a major bribery probe for steering millions in contracts to a company whose CEO illegally funneled thousands to her campaign. Then Trump took office and gutted the FBI and DOJ units investigating her. Is this what "being moderate" looks like?
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping po
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 22/09/2026
Byron Donalds removed every mention of Trump and his endorsement from his website. What happened ;/
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lcahill.bsky.social @lcahill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For someone constantly caught up in renaming things, you’d think he’d get the distinction here
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
"This war is nothing short of a political disaster for Donald Trump" -- new CNN polling shows only 26% approve of how Trump is handling his war against Iran, down from 33% in March
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
😬 Trump's brags are being met with total silence at the UN
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Trump to the UN: "Do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly? Do I drive them into hell?"
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Oh, he really REALLY doesn't know how to pronounce it
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Trump to the UN: "I have settled eight wars"
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