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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Pro-voting group prepares hundreds of volunteers to monitor Texas voting
With Texans facing more than their share of potential hurdles in this year’s midterm elections, pro-voting groups are hard at work preparing to back them up at the polls.
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@David @david5300.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
thehill.com
Just how bad are midterm polls for Republicans?
Voters are dissatisfied with Republican governance, skeptical of Trump and increasingly willing to consider Democratic alternatives.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
Trump is now running pro-Iran War propaganda commercials on Fox News paid by for taxpayer dollars
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
58 deaths. Outrageous. Should never happen in America.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
IOWA FIRST… FROM KANSAS? Zach Lahn is running for governor of Iowa while maintaining a home in Wichita. He voted in Kansas in 2018, 2020 and 2022, then registered in Iowa in 2024. Flight records reviewed by the Des Moines Register showed his plane making frequent trips back to Wichita.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance...
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If only it had been this way. Justice denied! 👇 👇 👇 👇
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
You think this is bad? The worst effects are already scheduled to kick in AFTER Election Day. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.
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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why won’t network evening news broadcasts show their audience video of Trump dozing off during press events in the Oval Office in the middle of the day while people are talking, as he’s done dozens and dozen of times? Is that not newsworthy? Is it impolite? Will you lose access?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump continues to steal your money to pay for political ads while media companies continue to be co-conspirators to a crime by accepting the stolen funds.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Media companies who accept taxpayer money for Trump’s illegal campaign ads should be investigated and prosecuted if appropriate. Media executives accepting this money should be subpoenaed to appear before a Democratic Congress to explain why they are complicit in a crime.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes, Republicans. The entire news cycle on your moronic Jack Smith hearing will now be dominated by Eric Schmitt’s basketball game buffoonery and John ‘Foghorn Leghorn’ Kennedy asking Smith about the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy. Brilliant job, once again by the feckless fools.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 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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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/09/2026
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation," former special counsel Jack Smith said during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. to.pbs.org/4hwiB3E
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WATCH: Jack Smith says he would prosecute Trump again for 'serious crimes against our nation'
Smith, who in 2022 led investigations into Trump and secured two indictments, said he made decisions in the case "without regard” for Trump’s “political association activities, beliefs, or candidacy i...
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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 29/09/2026
Oh I guess it's illegal for hawks to have eyes now huh
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: A US appeals court has refused to halt a Florida federal judge’s decision to penalize President Trump and his lawyers for “bad faith” conduct in pursuing a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and reaching a deal to end it buff.ly/OXdHNe2 Order: buff.ly/tgeDcj4
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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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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
politico dunking on eric schmitt like jalen johnson
politico.com
Eric Schmitt pins down Jack Smith — as a Caitlin Clark fan
It appeared that the Missouri Republican misinterpreted a text message reference to the "hawks."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
Wonderful! Investigating tens of thousands of incidents! Now there's no reason to panic, and we can all relax! Right...
motherjones.com
Rest assured: AI companies say they're investigating tens of thousands of rogue bot incidents
They're also working with the Trump administration to remove AI regulation and obtain military contracts.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation” 2 year olds In deportation hearings Without lawyers Hillary was right. Trump and his followers-in particular ICE-are truly deplorable
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇 👇 👇
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool looks like today after a $17M deliberate fuck up and the orange felon won’t stop until he destroys everything. Makes me sick to my stomach every day.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
Meta’s AI agent Muse gives out user’s home address without permission, sending buyer to his house
theguardian.com
Meta’s AI agent Muse gives out user’s home address without permission, sending buyer to his house
The new AI agent, Muse, was released last week and has been downloaded by 3 million users
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
Well at least everyone agrees about one thing. "Using taxpayer dollars to run ominous campaign ads of the President has been done before and is completely legal…in banana republics."
motherjones.com
Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads are receiving bipartisan criticism
On Sunday, the president aired an ad saying he would “demolish the deep state” and “cast out the communists, Marxists, and fascists.”
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Do not go lightly into the midterms.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOP Consultants : what do you mean she just fucking tweeted it out
Marjorie Taylor Greene
We have not seen a caravan headed to the U.S.
southern border in several years, why now?
Oh yeah, there is an election coming and the
GOP needs to scare you into voting because
nothing else is working.

Anthony Aguero Live
Over 400 aliens predominantly from
Honduras entered Mexico on Thursday,
ready to make their way to the US southern
border ... Here's footage of the caravan.
Someone is incentivizing this movement, t ...

@mt ... . 1d

@Anth ... . 1d
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
“First of all, the polls are fake.” On Monday, Trump predictably called Iowa Republicans’ lackluster polling numbers “fake” news and blamed the Biden admin for the high prices that farmers are experiencing. Never mind that he started a war in Iran that’s sent energy and fertilizer costs soaring.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
IOWA FARMERS UNION: “.. I’ve never seen farmers more pissed. .. That was the maddest I’ve seen farmers in a long time.” @washingtonsun.bsky.social www.washingtonsun.com/trump-white-...
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is interesting wcfcourier.com/news/state-r...
wcfcourier.com
Iowa Farmers Union endorses Democrats in all federal elections
The Iowa Farmers Union announced its endorsements of the five Iowa Democrats running for Congress.
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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am incredibly honored to have the endorsement of the Iowa Farmers Union. Farmers across Iowa are hurting because of the reckless policies coming out of Washington. Politicians like Ashley Hinson are failing our Iowa farmers. They deserve better.
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who’s in charge of the hen house? The Pentagon was hacked, beginning in October 2025, the data of approximately 4 mil Military personnel have been compromised. From social security numbers to service members’ occupational specialties.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Susan Collins has been lying to us for almost 30 years.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 24/09/2026
A ruling is expected soon in a lawsuit filed by MS NOW, CNN, and Politico after Donald Trump banned these outlets from the White House. George Washington University Law Professor Mary Anne Franks tells Ali Velshi that Trump's actions show "he's afraid of anyone who is not his lackey."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/09/2026
Artificial intelligence agents for OpenAI infiltrated a government-run public health care website in Australia in June and accessed nonpublic information, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday.
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Australia Says OpenAI ‘Infiltrated’ Public Health Care Portal
Australia is exploring potential legal action after an artificial intelligence agent accessed nonpublic information on the country’s universal health care system.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ALERT: Federal judge Tim Kelly orders Trump White House to RESTORE the press passes of CNN, MSNOW and Politico Judge: "Plaintiffs are also likely to succeed in showing that their hard passes were revoked without constitutionally adequate due process"
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Trump administration has filed a supplemental notice in the CNN/Politico/MSNow lawsuit and.... Someone had to have been high to think this was a good idea
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The prohibition on viewpoint discrimination by government is as central to the American experiment as any provision of the Bill of Rights: the government may not punish or reward speech because of the speaker’s viewpoint."
harrylitman.substack.com
High and Petty
The Trump administration’s repeated acts of viewpoint discrimination damage democracy, even though they will not stand.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
final rebuttal by Plaintiffs: all of a sudden this is a national security case. Trump never said that when he barred the 3. Pres Trump's so-called national security determinations -- he didn't. the gov just put those in later in declarations in case. Basically the argument is that the gov is lying
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Judge Kelly (Trump appointee) issues order blocking White House press ban. "Plaintiffs—and the public—have an abiding interest in maintaining the status quo ante given the importance of the free press, which 'stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people.'"
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Order on Motion for TRO AND Set/Reset Deadlines – #24 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
Temporary Restraining Order. See Order for details. Signed by Judge Timothy J. Kelly on 9/24/26. (lctjk2) (Entered: 09/24/2026)
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Eight US Navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during a period that included when the ships undertook combat operations against Iran and the carrier set a modern record for its time at sea.
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Eight sailors assigned to US carrier group that fought in Iran war attempted suicide, Navy secretary tells Congress | CNN Politics
Eight US Navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during a period that included when the ships undertook combat operations against Iran and the carrier...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026
Trump is apparently fine with his gaudy ballroom being a deathtrap. Of course, he is. An architect warned him about inadequate emergency exits, fire containment, and noncompliance with building safety code. Trump’s response: “I am the code.”
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Before midnight, DOJ told Judge Kelly the press ban of CNN, MSNow, Politico is based on their National Security reporting. But examples are core First Amendment protected reporting. First howler: WH says it is b/c POLITICO reported GOP Convention was a political disaster.
"In September 2026, Politico Playbook relied on unnamed sources to paint the Republican midterm convention in Dallas as a disaster."
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 23/09/2026
New Main Justice: "Meshuganah!" The White House banned CNN, POLITICO, and MS NOW from its grounds. This isn't about three networks — it' about whether the government gets to decide what you hear. Full episode on Substack: weissmann.substack.com/p/meshuganah
Main Justice podcast cover art, episode title Meshuganah: Press Bans, Vanity Projects, and the Midterms.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 24/09/2026
Judge lifts Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico reut.rs/4ycc4Sz
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Judge lifts Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico
A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump ​on Thursday to restore White ‌House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, ​saying his ban on ​the three media outlets was likely ⁠unconstitutional. In a major setback ​for Trump in one of ​his biggest battles with the media, US District Judge Tim Kelly issued ​his order in a ​lawsuit that the news organizations filed ‌contesting ⁠the ban that the Republican president announced on September 18. Trump had said on social ​media that ​the ⁠three outlets "shouldn't be able to constantly write or ​report FICTION and LIES," ​and ⁠Justice Department lawyers had sought to justify the ban ⁠on ​national security grounds
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