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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 21m
Takeaways from his week campaigning: Trump is betting it all on his brand. Trump rallies are not standing-room-only anymore. The president is unhappy with his rally coverage. His speeches are still riddled with half-truths, falsehoods and claims that need context. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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At Trump’s Rallies, a Familiar Mix of Rituals and a Plea to ‘Please Pretend’ (Gift Article)
President Trump is doggedly lending his support to Republican candidates facing a rough midterm season. He is the same campaigner he has always been, but his crowds have changed.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h
"One way to understand the class alliance that has coalesced around this project is to think of it as the meeting of those who have given up waiting for the promises of modernization to be realized, and those who have stopped pretending that the promises they made were real. On one side, there are
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How to watch Brazil this month
Four illustrious guides to a crucial cycle
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h
those juggling several jobs, working informally or in the gig economy, dealing with the economic downturn of the post-2015 period, strained public services and unaccountable institutions. To these, Bolsonarismo offers, if not clear material advantages, the promise that, if they cannot count on the
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h
state, the state will at least get off their backs, leaving them free to manage their own risks as they see fit. Bolsonarismo also offers the unhindered exercise of whatever little power they have, in however small a sphere that may be — even if it is just by telling jokes about minorities.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h
"A failing, 80-year-old sociopath, surrounded by loyalists and bitter-enders, facing the end of his rule, while the world burns. The period of maximum danger may still lie ahead of us."
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The Forces of Trumpism Are in Disarray
This is what it looks like when a movement begins to come apart.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h
The beginning of the end of Putin? Police in Moscow detained about 60 people at a rally Sun held by Russia’s Kremlin-friendly Communist Party, the party said. The party said in a statement that the detentions happened as the rally was ending, and that its Moscow branch was working to get those who
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Dozens detained at a rally in Moscow held by Kremlin-friendly Communist Party, party says
Police in Moscow have detained about 60 people, mostly young, as a rally held by Russia’s Kremlin-friendly Communist Party was ending.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h
were detained—mostly young people—released. The rally marked the anniversary of the Kremlin’s 1993 crushing of a parliamentary uprising. Ostorozhno Novosti said protesters chanted slogans including “Freedom for political prisoners,” “For fair elections,” and “Down with the Tsar.”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 57m
José Javier Rodríguez tears into the Florida GOP's prisons scam. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 33m
Vladimir Putin wants to break the NATO alliance, and he’s testing how much aggression members will tolerate. Last week Estonia accused the Russians of sabotaging a defense company in its capital city of Tallinn in August. www.wsj.com/opinion/russ...
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Opinion | The Latest Russian Sabotage in Europe
Arsonists targeted a defense-robotics company in Estonia.
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 54m
Evan Gershkovich's memoir“This Cursed Beautiful Land” is one of a handful of recent books whose ultimate subject is nostalgia for a country overtaken by authoritarianism. ... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/b...
nytimes.com
A Deeply Reported and Enthralling Memoir, Written From a Russian Jail
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oil and gas flows are increasing through the Strait of Hormuz. A tanker captain's first-hand account of the perilous journey shows how www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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No Lights, No Radio: Getting Oil Through Hormuz Is a Risky Job
A tanker captain’s first-hand account shows why flows from the Middle East are rising, despite the dangers of Iranian drones and missiles.
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What the Ship: Hormuz Attacks Escalate as Container Lines Return to Suez 🚢Strait of Hormuz Escalation 🚢Return to the Suez Canal 🚢Gulf Oil Export Paradox 🚢Crackdown on the Dark Fleet 🚢Somali Piracy & Crew Safety Video: youtu.be/nVHVc7ZZuss
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h
Trump is holding the G7 at his own golf resort so he can shovel more money from the US treasury into his private pocket, and collect from other governments, too. This time no one says a word about it, even though everyone thinks it's record-breaking corruption and sleaze.
nytimes.com
How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h
When you’re an American soldier, you go to work every day, and step back like 20 or 30 years with tech.” Dan Driscoll wanted to modernize the military. Pete Hegseth forced him out. The former Secretary of the Army speaks for the first time since resigning in September. Hegseth's big problem
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He Wanted to Modernize the Military. Pete Hegseth Forced Him Out
Dan Driscoll speaks for the first time since resigning as Secretary of the Army amid Pete Hegseth's purge of military leaders from the Pentagon.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h
with Driscoll, however, was his fear that Driscoll's friend JD Vance was conniving to get Discoll appointed to replace him as secretary of defense.
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 3h
Struve, a 23-year-old farmer in Woodward, Iowa, operates his family farm that produces 4 crops oats across roughly 500 acres. Filling up his 7tractors, 2 semitrailer trucks and a combine harvester for the year cost about $11,500 in 2025. This year, it will cost $18,000. www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
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How Gas, Diesel and Electricity Prices Are Squeezing American Voters
Many say energy prices are top of mind as they head to the ballot box in November.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h
Organized crime groups, mostly narcotraficantes, exercise conditions of control or effective governance over 30% of Mexico—through the collection of fees, checkpoints, control of markets or co-option of local authorities. This is the conclusion of a major independent analysis.
reforma.com
Controla crimen 30% de territorio
El crimen organizado ejerce condiciones de control o 'gobernanza efectiva' en alrededor del 30% del territorio nacional, a través de cuotas.
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 5h
Daedalus spent about $83 million to buy the pair, but resold them to the DHSfor $106 million, the documents show. The agency also paid the company $45 million apiece for a pair of 17-year-old Boeing 737 passenger planes... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 9h
Commanders are directed to give servicemembers “maximum scheduling flexibility” to register and vote by granting a one-day “stand down” to their personnel no later than Oct. 15. servicemembers should be granted similar flexibility in future election years... www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
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Hegseth Gives U.S. Troops a Day Off to Vote
Commanders were told to grant a one-day “stand down” so their personnel can vote no later than Oct. 15.
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Politico @politico.com · 9h
Buttigieg’s midterm blitz is helping him think about his future politi.co/4ebltlm
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Buttigieg’s midterm blitz is helping him think about his future politi.co/4ebltlm
Buttigieg’s midterm blitz is helping him think about his future politi.co/4ebltlm
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Politico @politico.com · 11h
RFK Jr.’s movement is in disarray politi.co/471Vucf
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RFK Jr.’s movement is in disarray politi.co/471Vucf
RFK Jr.’s movement is in disarray politi.co/471Vucf
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 23h
Forgot to tag @douglaswburns.bsky.social here!
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23h
Russia has imposed strict limits on the freedom of young men in a move that paves the way for mass military mobilisation, a leaked document suggests. Conscription laws require ­men aged between 18 and 30 to sign up with enlistment offices so they can be called up to fight if needed.
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Russia limits young men’s freedom, fuelling mobilisation fear
A document seen by The Sunday Times suggests Putin is making life harder for conscription dodgers
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11h
Amanda Carpenter: Trump and Johnson have collaborated to destroy Congress' powers. “If a president can both spend money Congress refused to give him and refuse to spend money Congress ordered him to spend, Congress no longer has the spending power because the president has arrogated it to himself.”
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Why You Must Care About the Ballroom
Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11h
Trump embezzled funds appropriated to pay for the funerals of policemen and used it to pay for political ads for himself that he ran on Rupert Murdoch TV. youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11h
The Idaho Way: A child in an Idaho faith-healing family died of a treatable condition. Then another died — and another, and another. Idaho’s child abuse laws contain such broad religious exemptions that authorities didn’t intervene — before or after the deaths.
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h
already have a preemptive pardon issued by my father-in-law in my breast pocket. And there's nothing whatsoever you can do about it. Because the Imperial Family is above the law and above any effort to hold us accountable for anything we do.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h
The shorter Kushner: you're wasting your time with all these exposés about my dealings with the Russians, Serbians, Albanians, Bosnians, Saudis, Emiratis and Qataris. I can do as I like, and I can evoke the power and authority of the US when I do it. I will never face accountability. In fact, I
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h
The Democratic Mayor of New York and his Republican rival join together for a public service announcement recommending that New Yorkers all get th seasonal flu vaccination and an updated COVID vaccination. A really remarkable thing that got little public attention. abc7ny.com/post/nyc-may...
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Mayor Mamdani holds hands with onetime rival Curtis Sliwa to get flu shot in Fort Greene
An apparent bromance has continued to blossom for the one-time political rivals.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h
Alito has gone on tour with White House-loyal media outlets. It's his rehabilitation campaign, which apparently his friends at the WSJ urged him to undertake. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h
In Vidalia, OH, Dr Trump issues a prescription to those in attendance.
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 10h
...Every idling minute was income lost: One driver sprinted from his truck into the concourse. Inside, nobody was lingering. Three rows of brown pleather armchairs facing a TV were unusually empty on this afternoon. The 14 showers went mostly unused. www.wsj.com/economy/truc...
wsj.com
Truckers Are Using Every Trick They Can to Survive Soaring Diesel Prices
A day at a truck stop in Texas shows an industry essential to the U.S. economy under tremendous pressure.
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 12h
Donalds was once expected to win comfortably over Democrat David Jolly. Now Donalds was telling donors over a steak dinner that the contest was a battle, according to several attendees.. www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
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Byron Donalds Walks a Tightrope of Trump Loyalty in Florida’s Race for Governor
The GOP congressman is poised to become a MAGA power broker if he wins his tightening contest.
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 21h
WSJ Editorial Board: Sen. Curtis’s letter is the best preview we’ve seen of what the next two years will be like in Washington if the GOP loses the House or Senate...Some Republicans will want to distance themselves from whatever honest graft is discovered. www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
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Opinion | Don Jr.’s Star Turn Is Coming
The Trump family businesses will be in the spotlight on Capitol Hill for the next two years.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
California's leading GOP newspaper excoriates Steve Hilton, citing his ads using sexualized young women. This is slutty, smutty and stupid says the Orange County Register. www.ocregister.com/2026/10/02/s...
ocregister.com
Steve Hilton’s anti-Becerra attack site collapses under a lazy lie
No wonder California is a one-party state.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Derek Wulf, GOP nominee for LG and Iowa House Agriculture Committee chair, has said his troubles reflect the hard times facing many farmers. But his refinancing fell apart, and there's nothing typical about cattle being malnourished like this. Read more: www.bleedingheartland.com/static/media...
photo of page from October 1, 2026 court filing by receiver managing Derek Wulf's farm assets
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
While we're waiting for Iowa Senate floor debate on the big economic incentives bill, here's some other news that broke today: The receiver appointed to manage Derek Wulf's farm assets filed his inventory with Black Hawk County District Court. Read it here: www.bleedingheartland.com/static/media...
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
GOP State Senator Dan Dawson (chair of Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee) delivered the #ialegis speech of the day. Said Governor Kim Reynolds "negotiated against the Iowa taxpayer." He slammed "the largest corporate giveaway" in state history. Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF9f...
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Iowa Senate Republican's epic speech against tax incentive bill
YouTube video by Bleeding Heartland
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It got overshadowed by the special legislative session, but thanks to KCCI's Amanda Rooker, we recently learned more about why the Black Hawk County Sheriff's office investigated possible fraud by Derek Wulf, who's now the GOP nominee for lieutenant gov. Wulf's bank made the referral in February.
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Rob Sand @robsandia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Numbers don't lie.
A graphic showing that over 93% of Zach Lahn's campaign contributions come from out-of-state donors vs 61% of Rob Sand's campaign contributions coming from the state of Iowa.
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
fascinating-- The WSJ's breakdown showing the Boeing 737 MAX’s speed, angles and G-force loads is based on second-by-second satellite tracking data from Flightradar24. www.wsj.com/business/air...
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How a Boeing 737 MAX Survived a Nosedive Traveling at the Speed of Sound
The jet lost key tail sections after an extreme plunge, but its structure largely held up and enabled pilots to safely land.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
White Sox win. Pope happy.
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
emergency ax onboard---confirmed: www.wsj.com/world/flydub...
wsj.com
FlyDubai Attacker Used ‘Crash Ax,’ a Common Fixture on Many Jets
The ax required by regulators is intended for emergencies but puts a weapon in reach for attackers.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"At some point—or at many points—during the work week, Sen Jon Ossoff sets aside a block of several hours dedicated to calling Georgians who are not expecting a call from him. The calls go to pastors, small-town mayors, farmers or whomever his last batch of calls suggested he call next. They may be
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The quiet habit behind Sen. Jon Ossoff’s success
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff sets aside a block of several hours dedicated to calling Georgians who are not expecting a call from him. The results are showing up in the polls.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Democrats or Republicans or not political at all. The cold calls are a habit Ossoff developed early in his time in the Senate as a way to not just stay connected to the state while he was in Washington, but also to get a better understanding of the people and issues
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mishandling appropriated funds in this manner is a felony.
nytimes.com
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Heather Delaney Reese: "The President said he felt bad for the men accused of committing horrific crimes against a woman who reported being sexually assaulted. He said nothing about the courage it took for her to come forward or the trauma she has endured."
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The President's decline is in a freefall
At 3:54 pm Donald Trump emerged from the White House with freshly colored hair and makeup, as Marine One's engine roared in the background. He walked directly over to the waiting press, threw his hand...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A chart covering the latest Kushner/Witkoff grift.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Matt Wuerker, Politico
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
David Whamond
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