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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On Friday the administration announced it is refusing to spend about a billion dollars Congress appropriated for programs that help the American people—a refusal the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) says is illegal—and on Saturday, Trump used taxpayer money for his own vanity ads.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026
Talking recently to family members of people snatched up and expelled to third countries by ICE, I learned: 1) All of those captured were in 287(g) jurisdictions; 2) None of the family members had known what 287(g) was and had erroneously thought people with no arrests were safe.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“.. One idea under discussion is insurance against losses on loans to upstart cloud computing companies, or “neoclouds”, if they default and the Nvidia chips pledged against their debt cannot be resold ..” @financialtimes.com $NVDA www.ft.com/content/d6a9...
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Congressman Gabe Amo @amo.house.gov · 29/09/2026
Trump is spending $1,800,000,000 on a ballroom and his vanity projects. Instead, that money could pay for: 🍎607,000,000 school lunches 💡12,000,000 electric bills for a month 🩺88,000 Veterans medical expenses this year 🥪429,500 Americans’ SNAP benefits for a year Priorities.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. How has MAGA Inc. raised an unprecedented amount of money? Let’s review:
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Each time laws go unenforced the incentives to be lawless increase.
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Twenty-four hours. Three states. Three people dead. Countless lives changed in seconds. “The choices that Trump regime has made since 1/2025 have increased the number of people who die in the field and in custody,” immigration atty and investigative journalist. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge
These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign
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Mom for Gliberty @fakegreekgrill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's ironic because the Trump admin completely vindicated gender studies as a field. Like we're all living through some sort of unethical gender studies experiment.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The arguments you've heard against California's billionaire tax are utter BS. Here to debunk them — and explain why you should vote YES on Prop 40 — is renowned economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ground beef hit a record $6.92 a pound. Then ICE swept through Kansas meatpacking towns, and the cattlemen in three red states stopped staying quiet. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-pard...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Adam Kidan went to federal prison with Jack Abramoff and was ordered to repay $21.7 million. Trump pardoned him in July. His money turned up in eight Republican Senate campaigns. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-pard...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's hard to read, but the "gotcha" texts seem to be his staff asking if their seats for the game are reserved. Like, that's it. Even if this were the Hawks game, there's absolutely nothing to it. What an incredible clown show.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remember Jack Abramoff? His old casino-boat partner was ordered to repay $21.7 million. Trump just pardoned him. The money trail of his former partner leads to Republican Senators: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-pard...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 29/09/2026
Even after last year's H.R. 1 boosted Pentagon spending to historic levels, Congress is considering spending $73 billion more to underwrite Trump’s war on Iran. On @nationalpriorities.bsky.social, our analysts break down how far that $73 billion could go funding SNAP and Medicaid instead.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 29/09/2026
Americans have paid $74.4 Billion more on gasoline & $47.5 Billion more on diesel since March 1 compared to a year ago. $122 Billion of disposable income gone up in smoke because elected Republicans refuse to say "no" to Trump.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donate to his Super PAC? He'll pardon your crimes. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll appoint you to a government position. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll grant you favorable regulatory rulings that help boost your bottom line. We must not become numb to this blatant corruption.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the 2020 presidential race was stolen. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election denier Kurt Olsen leaves DOJ after failing to find evidence of stolen election
A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fox and the Trump administration are using the narrative of a new migrant “caravan” to drive attention back to border security, a rare issue where Trump and his party retain an advantage in the polls, but one whose salience has fallen. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Fox News is running its midterms migrant caravan playbook again
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pete Hegseth prepares for general purge of all women, Blacks and Hispanics from the general officer ranks of the military service branches. thehill.com/policy/defen...
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Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Penta…
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026
"The Trump administration is going to bat for the prediction market industry, now tangled in lawsuits in at least 20 states." Don Jr. holds investments in both Kalshi and Polymarket David Moore for @sludge.bsky.social
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Trump's CFTC Is Suing States for Kalshi and Polymarket, Backed by Trump Jr.
The prediction market companies have been loading up on revolving-door lobbyists from both the Democratic and Republican sides, while ramping up their influence spending amid legal battles with state ...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Brett Meiselas: If we’re going to get into a “race” against China like with AI, why is it never like... We’re going to get into an affordable healthcare race! We’re going to get into an infrastructure race and beat them in high-speed rail! We’re going to beat China in the affordable housing race!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"gas prices have risen more in red states"
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MAGA candidate Gaea Powell convicted on 9 counts of election fraud 9/28/26 www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
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MAGA candidate in small Calif. town convicted on 9 counts of election fraud
It turns out this conservative candidate wasn't following election laws herself.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, the media, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h
Trump’s Pentagon is preparing to cut 20% of senior military posts as his top envoys discuss sanctions relief, energy deals, and economic cooperation with Putin’s team. The timing is raising serious questions.
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Trump's Hegseth Plans 20% Cut to Senior Military Posts as Putin Envoy Courts U.S.
As the Pentagon prepares to downgrade or eliminate senior billets by January 1, 2027, Trump officials are discussing Russian energy and economic cooperation while Moscow's war on Ukraine continues.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h
After heavy lobbying and huge donations from Big Tech, Trump killed a proposed Biden-era rule requiring AI companies to disclose their riskiest experiments to federal officials. Everything is for sale. This is worth a read: www.levernews.com/ai-regulation-was…
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AI Regulation Was Coming. Then Trump Killed It.
After a flood of tech industry cash, President Donald Trump killed a requirement that AI giants disclose their riskiest
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 22h
We in the U.S. can’t trust our own government not to attack and terrorize us, so the rest of the world understandably has even less reason to. Video: buff.ly/mrrJx43
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 21h
Trump pardoned Jack Abramoff's old business partner in July. We went through the federal filings and found the man's money in eight Republican Senate campaigns. Six belong to sitting senators.
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Trump Pardoned Abramoff’s Partner. We Found His Money In Eight Republican Senate Campaigns.
Also: a congressman on his way out files 26 impeachment charges against Trump, a carpenter beats ICE in Manhattan, and farm country picks a side.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21h
Ken Paxton desperately tried to defend his handling of a child predator case by claiming the defendant “served 60 days.” Then came the Community Note...
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Ken Paxton Defends Handling of Child Predator Case
Community Note: “Paxton's office initially recommended 1 day in jail.”
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21h
Most swing state GOP Senate candidates took $$ from Jack Abramoff's now pardoned partner.
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Teri King @volleygirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Adam Kidan went to federal prison with Jack Abramoff and was ordered to repay $21.7 million. Trump pardoned him in July. His money turned up in eight Republican Senate campaigns. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-pard...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15h
Trump's DOJ wants to deploy 1,000 election monitors for the midterms. But are they all trained personnel? “The same people that you saw on the streets in Minneapolis are the people who I am worried they are going to say are now the monitors from the DOJ,” Marc Elias says.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 14h
Okay. I’m out of jokes. John Kennedy talking about throwing up in his mouth made me throw up in mine. Eric Schmitt is a moron. Katie Britt is the Stepford wife we never asked for, and the GOP should stop wasting everyone’s time with performative bullshit when people are scared and suffering.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Donald Trump increased the price of gas, and now he wants you to have to buy more of it." Doesn't seem like a difficult messaging challenge for Democrats.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump officially rolled back fuel efficiency standards today. The new target for 2031 is about 34.5 miles per gallon, down from 50.4. That means more gas burned, more pollution, and more money out of drivers’ pockets. So much for making things affordable.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
(3/3) at that time, most women had been infected as children. It’s only now emerging as vaccination rates have taken a dive and measles outbreaks have become more common. Link: buff.ly/ZTF3uJo
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
(2/3) The growing outbreak is raising alarm among doctors who are treating the potentially deadly condition. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S…. Congenital measles was uncommon in the U.S. before the measles vaccine was introduced in the early 1960s because,
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
(1/3)Add congenital measles to the list of things that the Trump regime has led to. Per NBC News: At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why do we allow big profitable companies to offload costs to the public? They should pay living wages and provide healthcare benefits.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/09/2026
JUST IN: The Trump administration says easing these standards will make cars more affordable. Critics say it's not so simple and could be costly for the environment.
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The Trump administration weakens fuel efficiency standards for new cars
The Trump administration says easing these standards will make cars more affordable. Critics say it's not so simple and could be costly for the environment.
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: Federal Court blocks Trump Admin attempt to misuse homeland security funds to force states to bend to its efforts to interfere in local election processes. Big win for our clients, partners, and American voters. @protectdemocracy.org
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✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 @lovekat41.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Miramar, Florida Concentration camp has footage that leaked out from inside, by a whistle blower. This is inhumane, disgusting, and heartbreaking.🤢🤬 youtube.com/shorts/wcqyU...
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Maddow on WHISTLEBLOWER images from inside ICE 'prison camp'
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Jada Jones @jadajones57.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.
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