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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Trump's eyes are getting very heavy
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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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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"A senior prosecutor working on the so-called grand conspiracy investigation into a wide array of President Trump’s enemies has resigned from the case, adding to the turmoil that has recently plagued the inquiry" On the heels of diGenova's departure. Along with lead FBI agent's departing the team.
nytimes.com
Second Prosecutor Quits Trump’s ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case
The resignation adds to the setbacks to the most sweeping effort by the Justice Department to fulfill the president’s desire to take revenge against the federal officials who have investigated him.
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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 29/09/2026
Are you sure, Marco? Are you sure that's not you featured in a deranged AI slop image posted by your boss featuring him planting an American flag next to a sign that reads "GREENLAND: US TERRITORY"?
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another day, another trashy ad from another pop-up Trump super PAC attacking Sherrod Brown. This one brings two specific talking points straining credulity from votes 15 years apart. Let’s break this one down. (Thread)
Text from ad mailed in Ohio:

Paid for by No Going Back PAC Inc. and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. www.NoGoingBackPAC.org
1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW • P.O. Box #27018 • Washington, DC 20038Text from bullshit attack ad against Sherrod Brown:

CAREER POLITICIAN
SHERROD BROWN:
NY:
+5.55 A1.35%
+2,15 +1.21%
+182.45 +0.47%
+35.11
+0.68%
+105,88
+0.65%
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TAKES YOUR TAX DOLLARS
GIVES THEM TO WALL STREET.
RAISED THE GAS TAX
VOTED TO SEND YOUR
30% WHILE AMERICANS
TAX DOLLARS TO WALL
STRUGGLED.1
STREET BANKERS.?
Bailouts for big banks. Higher taxes for you. Sherrod Brown works for the insiders and special interests, not for you.
REJECT THE CAREER POLITICIAN WHO SOLD US OUT. REJECT SHERROD BROWN.
HO O Moto HAOG HAOG Detor C Deterson Foundation Foundation: 3/16/21:2 H.R. Roll Call Call 10/1/08More text from bullshit political ad attacking Sherrod Brown:

RAISED THE GAS TAX 30%.'
SHERROD BROWN
RAISED YOUR TAXES.
GAVE YOUR MONEY TO WALL STREET.
SHERROD'S RECORD
VOTED TO SEND YOUR
NOT
TAX DOLLARS TO WALL
LOOKING OUT
STREET BANKERS.2
FOR US.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
John Oliver lists off just some of Ken Paxton’s scandals: “Paxton spent nearly 9 years under indictment for securities fraud... He was also accused of bribery and abuse of office by eight of his own top deputies... But wait, because I'm still not done.”
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Journalists observe this on a daily basis, and not one of them asks the question: “Why.”
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Utah Gerrymandering enthusiast state Rep. Trevor Lee resigned from the Legislature Monday, hours after prosecutors charged him with multiple felonies tied to an alleged scheme to fraudulently secure a home loan. www.rawstory.com/gop-gerryman...
rawstory.com
Republican who backed illegal gerrymander scheme resigns over felony fraud charges: report
Utah state Rep. Trevor Lee resigned from the Legislature Monday, hours after prosecutors charged him with multiple felonies tied to an alleged scheme to fraudulently secure a home loan.The Utah Attorn...
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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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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Another fossil fuel con job. Any savings on the front end get eaten up and spat out by excess costs of fuel, which go to — oh, right — Trump’s big corrupt fossil fuel donors. Fuel economy standards have saved drivers hundreds of billions of dollars. www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
washingtonpost.com
Trump says new fuel economy rules will cut car prices. Analysts are doubtful.
In rolling back fuel efficiency standards, the administration said the average new vehicle price in 2031 should be reduced by $1,300.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
Whoa! This part makes the story worse. Trump didn’t just appear in taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies. He personally helped orchestrate them, including helping choose the imagery and video. OUR TAX DOLLARS. HIS PROPAGANDA.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/09/2026
A letter shows how the coal industry pressed the Trump administration to keep coal plants open using emergency powers.
nyti.ms
The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.
In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The conspiracy to prove a conspiracy is falling apart, it seems. This is another Trump hoax.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 29/09/2026
For years we've heard that Biden created a "Ministry of Truth," which didn't actually happen. But, I still hear people talking about it. But then Trump directed his FCC boss to be a literal Minister of Truth and the story disappeared within a day or two. What are we even doing here?
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Earlier this evening a federal jury struck down a brazenly unconstitutional traffic stop scheme "that turned mass surveillance of American drivers into a pipeline of pretextual traffic stops and unconstitutional searches." ij.org/press-releas...
The unconstitutional program ran in five steps: First, surveillance cameras across the state and country recorded license plates and logged when and where cars went. Second, analysts and anonymous tipsters flagged ordinary travel, like driving toward the border and back, as suspicious. Third, Bexar County sheriff’s deputies invented a traffic violation to justify pulling over the flagged driver. Fourth, deputies pulled drivers into their front seats, interrogated them and asked consent to search their car. Finally, fifth, if the driver refused to consent to a search, a K-9 alert from a manipulated dog supplied the probable cause to search anyway. This practice happened for four years to countless motorists.
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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A new CNN KFile investigation finds two past accounts from Texas GOP candidate Bo French calling for public executions of government officials, Obama, Adam Schiff, and more. Repeatedly asked Texas GOP, Paxton, Abbott campaigns if they stood by him and got no response. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
cnn.com
KFile: Texas GOP candidate Bo French has a history of calling for public executions | CNN Politics
Bo French, the Republican nominee for one of Texas’ most powerful statewide offices, is facing bipartisan criticism over a racist post about the crowd at a University of Texas football game.
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CNN @cnn.com · 28/09/2026
Grocery prices are up, not “way down,” since former President Joe Biden left office. | Fact check: cnn.it/4xUDA65
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Bob Burgess @bobburgess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Some of that gold, The Times found, is linked to miners who pay gang protection money. That allows criminals to profit from the administration’s signature deal. And American financiers are investing in a mine tied to gangsters as part of a deal brokered by the Trump administration."
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Pablo Torre @pablo.show · 29/09/2026
Prominent megachurch pastor Craig Groeschel has just cancelled his scheduled appearances at four upcoming Life Surge events, following our investigation with @motherjones.com @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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CNN @cnn.com · 27/09/2026
The Trump administration is moving to cancel $810 million of funding that has been appropriated by Congress for refugees, immigrants and other services it argues are unnecessary, according to a spokesperson for the Office of Management and Budget. cnn.it/4daJ0me
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 22/09/2026
Zelensky rejected historical justifications for Russia’s war, saying: “If you want to end a war, don’t start it in the first place.” He argued Putin is not winning on the battlefield and needs to show results to Russian society, questioning how the war can be justified without victories. #Ukraine
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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
SCOOP: the ICE officer who shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in Austin wasn't wearing his body cam. The officer is a new recruit hired by the agency last year 🔽 www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
theatlantic.com
The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam
The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 22/09/2026
This Byron Donalds?
Congressman Byron Donalds
@RepDonaldsPress
Today, we celebrate America's Presidents for their dedication, leadership, and service to our nation.

I proudly stand with President Trump as we fight to Make America Great Again and codify our America First Agenda.

Happy Presidents' Day🇺🇸
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
To me, this feels like an extension of DOGE. Big claims about fraud, using data-matching to drop people from coverage. Without actual data, or investigation, it is impossible to refute the claims, but such transparency is unlikely to be forthcoming.
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 22/09/2026
what happens when a disgraced mobster gets installed atop a once-great democracy? the compromised asset reverse engineers Kremlin sabotage and turns it loose on perceived enemies via @mikeelk.bsky.social paydayreport.com/trump-traini...
paydayreport.com
Trump Training Influencers to Attack Lula -- Brazilian Intelligence Warns of Massive Interference -- SEIU Leaders Call for Regan to Step Down
Trump is training influencers and journalists to attack Lula.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky says Trump’s DOJ exposed her private information in its massive Epstein file release. Her lawyers alerted the government. The files came down. Then, she says, her information was exposed again. Now she’s speaking out.
meidasnews.com
Epstein Survivor Says Trump’s DOJ Exposed Her Private Information Twice
After releasing nearly 3.5 million Epstein-related pages, the Justice Department acknowledged that redactions had to be fixed while Danielle Bensky says the failures repeatedly exposed survivors inste...
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good news: a federal judge just paused Wilber's deportation. The government shouldn’t be allowed to shoot you from an unmarked vehicle and then cover it up by deporting you. Keep speaking out, it's working.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The explanations here from the Bureau are certainly plausible. Maybe even have been correct. Without the investigation, however, we simply will never know. And Patel gutting public corruption units made sure we will never know.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
hard to interpret this statement as anything other than Trump threatening to nuke Iran: "It'll end so quickly your head will spin"
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
All 31 leading cancer centers responding to a new survey. reported shortages of at least one cancer drug, and nearly two-thirds said they resorted to mitigation strategies to keep patients on their
recommended treatments.
But in many cases, those mitigation strategies weren't enough. Ninety percent of centers reported that treatment plans had to be modified because of drug shortages, creating additional insurance
hurdles that may have delayed care.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 22/09/2026
🚨 UPDATE: A joint venture of SK2 LLC and Rudiarius won a $655M contract today to expand detention sites at what ICE calls the "Mega Hub DC": Aguadilla, Broadview, Guantánamo Bay, Huntsville, Oakdale, St. Thomas and Honolulu. SK2, by the way, was ICE's property broker for the warehouse scheme.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@murphycartoons.bsky.social
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The cost of hiring a very large crude carrier from the Gulf to Asia has risen to $1.1mm a day, up from ~$100,000 at the start of the year. Costs on other routes not directly impacted by the US-Iran war, such as the Gulf of Mexico to Asia, have also surged 400–500% y/y.
bloomberg.com
The Next Inflation Shock: $1 Million-a-Day Oil Tankers
Former President Bill Clinton once said that when a crisis breaks out, the first thing everyone in Washington asks is, “Where is the nearest [aircraft] carrier?” That remains a critical question as th...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
WIRED: “Census Bureau Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank — home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person, used for drawing congressional districts + allocating federal funding…” Nothing to see here, folks! 😕🤷🏼
wired.com
The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 21/09/2026
We need help standing up TOGETHER against this Vought takeover. This means academic and biotech/pharma scientists AND institutions. We CANNOT do this alone. There is already too much political interference in science from this regime.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.
nbcnews.com
Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump said his war with Iran would last 6 weeks. More than 6 months later, the war is still waging, and Americans have paid an extra $100 billion for gas and diesel and at least another $60 billion for essentials like groceries and mortgages.
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.
wbur.org
Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records
Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New from Lauren Supplee at Can We Still Govern? The US government had gradually become better at producing and using evidence. This evidence-based infrastructure is largely invisible, important, and one more thing gutted by Trump. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-system...
donmoynihan.substack.com
The System for Using Evidence to Improve Federal Programs Has Been Gutted
Here’s How We Fix It
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Donald Trump is now the first president in American history to own and regulate his own bank. Just one more opportunity to feast off the American people.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A “free press” means that the President does not get to make this distinction. A “free press” that is only free if it agrees with me is not free.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just joining the Russian economic sphere I guess.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Canada is a NATO ally and member of FVEY Belarus is enabling Russian aggression against Ukraine
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
theatlantic.com
Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yeah: the Unitary Executive theory of removals is dumb because the President must faithfully execute the laws—including civil rights law—and firing people because of race and gender violates civil rights law. People really need to read Federalist Paper No. 69.
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