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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: At rare en banc argument, DC Circuit seems inclined to let Judge Boasberg resume his contempt inquiry re the deportations to CECOT in El Salvador last year. Also, judges question whether Trump admin is making Kristi Noem a 'sacirifical lamb' www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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Appeals court seems likely to let Boasberg’s contempt probe continue

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump's hand is looking real nasty today (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty)

Trump at his America dot gov event today

zoom in on his hand, which looks like something you'd see in an open casket

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

wow -- Darline Graham cuts off Jack Smith just as Smith start explaining how her brother Lindsey in fact denounced Trump's lies about the 2020 election on the Senate floor

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Ricketts: "This year we're on track to have record trade with Canad-- er, ah, South Korea"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

CHARLIE KIRK SHOW: Dang! So you had texts from Smith's team confirming he was going to a Hawks game, and he acted dumbfounded? ERIC SCHMITT: It was the only NBA game going on in Atlanta. He claimed later he was at another game. My job is to ask the questions (All of Schmitt's "facts" were wrong!)

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 11h

Watchdog group Public Citizen files a formal FCC complaint about Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads “Broadcasters may be held liable for airing any ad that is in violation of federal law. Federal law explicitly prohibits using appropriated public funds for government propaganda"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Elon Musk is sitting right by Trump

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "You're gonna see that data centers are gonna be very popular"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump is flanked by, among others, Jensen Huang and Musk, with Mike Johnson visible behind them as reporters are hustled out of the room

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h

Another prominent Trump loyalist working on the 'grand conspiracy' investigation into Trump's perceived political foes has abruptly left the probe. Election denier Kurt Olsen's departure follows the abrupt quitting of Trump ally Joe diGenova earlier this month.

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DOJ probe into Trump foes sees another prominent departure

Kurt Olsen, who previously worked as Trump’s election security czar, resigned from the so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation Monday.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Roses are red If posts aren't loading and you're asking why

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 9h

For the briefest, teeny-tiniest moment in Trump v. J.G.G. it looked like this SCOTUS majority would at least recognize that noncitizens have due process rights to notice and an opportunity to challenge summary removals. They have spent every day since then running away from the idea.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 15h

I don't even want this malignant sociopath talking about nuclear strikes on cities, much less having the authority and capacity to personally order them. Which, um, he has.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

CNN: Anything you can do about Trump using taxpayer dollars for his new ad? DURBIN: I wish. I hope it's challenged in court. I think it's the only place to go.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15h

jfc

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14h

To be honest, "Idiocracy" understated the kind of threat stupid government poses.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Mike Johnson on what Republicans will do if they hold the House: "What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

John Kennedy keeps asking Jack Smith questions about his wife. Smith repeatedly tells him he's not going to talk about his family.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

actual questions from John Kennedy to Jack Smith: "Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy? How about the Easter bunny?"

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 14h

Republicans keep bringing Jack Smith back to tell the truth to them, for some reason. Masochists.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "You got me for nothing. I don't take my salary." (Trump has made billions in crypto schemes while president)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump on his new America dot gov website: "It cannot in theory be hacked into. And when they figure a way to do that, we'll end it, because they always figure a way, right?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "Super intelligence, or SI. And that's the official name in the United States. I'll be signing a very powerful executive order. I spoke to President Xi. He loves it ... 'Artificial intelligence' is like the news. Fake news. I'm going to call them artificial news."

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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 14h

Genuinely thought this was a one-and-done thing and he’d moved on so everyone would forget he said it

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Sen. Eric Schmitt asks Jack Smith to tell him what he's writing down in his notes, but then even he realizes he went too far and says, "never mind"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

scenes from an authoritarian cult -- Trump signs an EO, and then all of his cronies keep clapping and clapping for him since none of them wants to be the first one to stop

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.

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White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers

The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A federal judge just blocked FEMA from withholding anti-terrorism funds from local governments that don't change how they run elections. It's the latest blow to Trump's attempts to rewrite election rules.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So is Todd gonna personally present the case to the Ft. Pierce grand jury or….? Because if you can’t even persuade Joe DiGenova or Kurt Olsen to do it….who’s left?

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

JUST FILED: The dire warning from the nation’s food banks The situation is worse than you might think youtu.be/-I0LLITQius?...

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I Just Got an URGENT WARNING from Food Banks on Trump's War...

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

OAN: "The GOP chair of the GA Peanut Commission backs Ossoff ... Donald Chase said Ossoff has his vote, adding he likes to support people he believes in. Chase said he's still a conservative R, but claims character matters, and he wants someone in the Senate who will take the institution seriously"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Mamdani on what he was thinking about while he stared off into space as Trump ranted and raved next: "In that moment, I'm just thinking about 12,000 homes, 30,000 jobs, largest housing development since the early 1970s... we also spoke about Haitian NYers... they're a part of the fabric of the city"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Mamdani in response to Kimmel asking him to send Trump a selfie of the two of them: "I love you, but I love housing more"

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 17h

JUST FILED: Jack Smith gets the opportunity to share his story -- and his findings in criminal probe of Trump -- at public hearing today Democrats are watching Senate race in Mississippi Another probe is launched into Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/day-ahead-...

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

UPDATE: Chief Justice Roberts puts administration's trans prison policies emergency appeal on a fairly slow burn. Gives trans advocates until a week from Thursday, 4 P.M., to respond.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The latest AAA gas price map shows a particularly bleak picture in the battleground states of Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Alaska

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Pentagon's public tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased this week without explanation from Trump's Defense Department. The total number of troops now wounded during the war is 861, according to DCAS.

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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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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Experienced FBI counterterrorism experts were punished for refusing to investigate something that, at most, warranted the attention of the DC Metro police.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Acosta: This is a Category 5 fuck-up of epic proportions. It is likely to go down as the worst presidency that we have ever witnessed in this country’s history. That tops the first administration that ended with an insurrection.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

NYC Deputy Mayor Julie Su: I think that’s part of the magic of Mayor Mamdani. What he believes deeply in is that government has an active role to play in shaping the economy, in shaping the city, and in making sure that working people have what they deserve.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sherrod Brown: Data centers really show whose side you’re on. Are you going to do the bidding of those companies from out of state that don’t give a damn about local communities? Or are you going to stand with the public?

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 27/09/2026

"It would be more accurate to say that what the U.S. is doing to Cuba is illegal, it is indefensible, and it is indecent." Joy Gordon explains how the Trump Administration's sanctions against Cuba are resulting in starvation and misery. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sieg...

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Siege Warfare by Other Means: The U.S. Economic Measures Against Cuba

How the Trump Administration is using starvation and misery to achieve regime change in Cuba.

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