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Thorsten Sterk @thorstensterk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
According to 852 randomly selected citizens, structural change in the Saarland is also a matter of citizen participation. #CitizensAssembly
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Saarland should keep using sortition
According to 852 randomly selected citizens, structural change in the Saarland is also a matter of citizen participation.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Does the truth matter any more? Truth, facts, and reality don’t seem to matter to a number of people northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Does the truth matter any more?
Truth, facts, and reality don’t seem to matter to a number of people…
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Police have arrested demonstrators outside the Labour Party conference More than 200 protesters sat outside the conference at the Liverpool Experience Campus, with many holding home-made banners which read: "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" www.gbnews.com/news/labour-...
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Labour Party Conference: Police make arrests as Palestine Action protesters target Labour conference
Protesters were sitting on the grass outside the annual conference in Liverpool
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Police arrest pro-Palestine Action protesters including elderly man outside Labour party conference More than 200 protesters sat outside the conference in Liverpool in support of the banned group www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Police arrest pro-Palestine Action protesters outside Labour party conference
More than 200 protesters sat outside the conference in Liverpool in support of the banned group
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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catester 🥌🚵🏻‍♀️🕉️🐾💻🎵🩷💜💙 🇺🇲 🇨🇦 @catester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Canadian Walmart Workers Make History: A Union Contract | Portside - portside.org/2026-09-25/c...
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Canadian Walmart Workers Make History: A Union Contract
Eight hundred workers at a Walmart distribution center in Mississauga, Ontario, succeeded where others have not: they are now working under a two-year contract with North America’s largest logistics g...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just updated this starter pack - Who else should I add?
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. In 2025, he made 1,794x more. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers? I will continue my boycott of Starbucks.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rob’s arrest comes as a video is published from himself, Palestine Action Co-Founder Huda Ammori, and Human Rights Barrister Michael Mansfield KC calling on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to Deproscribe Palestine Action. bsky.app/profile/defe...
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social did the country 2 big favors this week His talk with the Nvidia CEO revealed a shallow, glib, defensive man (and thus a technology) nowhere near safe maturity His talk with Abdul El-Sayed revealed a humane, responsive, and morally rich man ready for leadership
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Thorsten Sterk @thorstensterk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From Citizens’ Panel participant to Citizens’ Panel facilitator. What a wonderful story! 🥰 #CitizensAssembly
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A year ago, I participated in the European Citizens Panel on Intergenerational Fairness. What I witnessed wasn't just dialogue. It was democracy in action, thoughtfully facilitated, resulting in… ...
A year ago, I participated in the European Citizens Panel on Intergenerational Fairness. What I witnessed wasn't just dialogue. It was democracy in action, thoughtfully facilitated, resulting in propo...
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
[How the 'world' works no. 18363481...]
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump and the GOP's REAL base of support — the billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech and AI, Big Crypto, defense contractors, and Wall Street — know that the midterm elections may limit what they can get away with in the future. Understand the stakes and vote accordingly.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 25/09/2026
Sewage Watch – Protect our rivers and beaches On 14h September 2026 seventy MPs attended the water referendum debate, sixty-five spoke for the constituencies and there was standing room only… westenglandbylines.co.uk/features/bro...
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Sewage Watch – Protect our rivers and beaches
Since April 2023 Sewage Watch has been keeping a running log of press coverage on the state of sewage dumping into our rivers and onto our beaches
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Great response on the doorsteps in Holborn & St Pancras this evening - more & more people recognising that @zackpolanski.bsky.social will make a brilliant local MP. One more Labour backbencher changes nothing - the best way to make this Labour government braver, bolder & better is to #VoteGreen
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Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Plant-rich diets are the food system's electrification. Petrol cars only see 18-25% of their fuel energy get to the wheels; EVs 87-91%. Heat pumps are 2 or 3 times more efficient. Food has its own combustion engine: a chicken turns about 13% of its feed calories into food, worse than a petrol car.
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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 24/09/2026
Climate change is an emergency — we should call it what it is. I’ve written to the BBC urging them to be transparent in their coverage about this threat & how people can prepare. They must challenge those denying climate change as rigorously as those calling for low‑carbon energy policy.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 25/09/2026
It's this, btw. 900 square foot modular detention cells.
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ICE seeks ‘modular’ detention units for 50 field offices, saying increased arrests have exceeded its space
A request for information seeks ready-made detention, interview and courtroom units, with no limits on how many people the units would hold or for how long.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We’re at the “shipping container courts” stage of ICE’s mass expansion of the enforcement system.
Each detention unit would sit on asphalt or concrete behind an office's existing security fence, with a counter for processing people and a separate holding area fitted with a toilet and sink for detainees according to the draft work statement.
The agency also wants a 300-square-foot unit for interviewing people in custody and a 60-square-foot "Virtual Immigration Court Unit" for hearings run by the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Justice Department agency that operates the immigration courts.
Both must also be designed for their purpose before delivery.
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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Every American needs to watch this:
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Important piece by @fionaharvey.bsky.social on huge significance of the Report by UK Security Chiefs on rising climate & nature threats which has been shamefully suppressed by Government. Also the focus of my @therestpolitics.bsky.social mini-series, #WhenNatureBecomesASecurityThreat
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Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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Bürgerrat @buergerrat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Was sind die Chancen und Schwächen von Bürgerräten und was ist deren Rolle in einer zukunftsfähigen Demokratie? Um diese Frage geht es bei einer Veranstaltung am 2. Oktober um 18 Uhr in Rastatt. www.mehr-demokratie.de/mehr-wissen/... #Bürgerrat
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Bürgerräte – Frischer Wind für die Demokratie
Eine spannende Diskussionsrunde bringt den Politikwissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Uwe Wagschal von der Universität Freiburg, das langjährige Rastatter…
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hundreds will replicate this peaceful action outside Labour’s Liverpool conference on Sunday. Andy Burnham has a choice to make. Support the will of the people and overturn the ban or continue to arrest and prosecute thousands for peacefully protesting. wedonotcomply.org
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Saving Lives Is Not Terrorism - Defend Our Juries
🗓️ On September 27th, we are taking the defiance to Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference in Liverpool. For over a year now we’ve been getting arrested under the UK Terrorism Act in our thousands for holdi...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ABSOLUTE INSANITY Irish Children’s Laureate Chris Haughton has been arrested a number of times for peacefully holding a sign in opposition to the Labour government’s unjust proscription on direct action group Palestine Action. “Nobody wants this law. Just abandon it.”
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Laurie @ljmu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Let them ( ie us) eat cake”
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Spanien hat die ruinöse Verknüpfung zwischen Strompreisen und volatilen fossilen Brennstoffen durchbrochen – etwas, das seine europäischen Nachbarn dringend anstreben“, sagt Dr Chris Rosslowe, Senior Analyst beim Energiethinktank Ember. de.euronews.com/2026/09/11/e...
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„Enorme Fortschritte“: Mittelmeer wird zur erneuerbaren Energiehochburg für Ökostrom
Im Mittelmeerraum sind bereits mehr als 552 Gigawatt an Großprojekten für Solar- und Windkraft angekündigt oder in Entwicklung.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 24/09/2026
We endorse this excellent comment piece by @labourlewis.bsky.social on the glaring integrity gap in Tom Watson’s Palantir appointment. (And not just b/c it links to our reporting. 🙏) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 24/09/2026
There is no concrete evidence yet that Lennon is paid by Russia. But when Russian networks promote you, pro-Kremlin propagandists welcome you and you repeatedly parrot Moscow’s lines, the obvious question remains: Russian asset? Or just Putin’s useful idiot? hopenothate.org.uk/tommy-robins...
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Tommy Robinson: A Global Far-Right Figure
From Russia and America to Israel and the UAE, Lennon has built an increasingly powerful international network. We investigate the foreign politicians, wealthy backers and influence operations helping...
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 24/09/2026
Then this June he was back in Moscow, declaring: “Russia is not the enemy of Britain.”
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Laurie @ljmu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When murder in broad daylight becomes everyday occurrence it becomes “normal”. As mainstream media part of status quo power structure they are not interested.Only the people there, in the community, can stand up and ensure this does not become “normal”. People of Minneapolis showed it is possible
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Ruth Egeressy @ruthsustainable.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res... Citizen assemblies can bridge divides, foster collaboration, and humanize others amid conflict and uncertainty. Participants in Sweden’s first national climate assembly, organised by FAIRTRANS
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These trials form part of the thorn in the side of politicians and corporate funders who are desperate to silence peaceful protest while maintaining the illusion of “democracy”. We must defend our right to protest against government failures. Join us: actionnetwork.org/forms/intere...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Meanwhile, inside court, one of many Just Stop Oil trials is ongoing years after their nonviolent actions made headlines. Juries are regularly giving “not guilty” verdicts in these cases where people were charged for slowly walking in the road, often for just a few minutes…
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OUR CORE WORK CONTINUES Jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience. This 1670 legal principle is stated in a stone plaque inside the Old Bailey. Supporters in Oxford are today informing the public of that fact. 📸: @camerazoe.bsky.social
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Laurie @ljmu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As usual, looks for “cause” at wrong end. Addiction is result of personal circumstances, absence of education, secure home, community and job. Thinking we can “police “ it away, and have functioning society for majority is fantasy.
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 24/09/2026
A SEND emergency has been declared in Sunderland amid concerns about the “significant challenges” residents face in accessing support for children and young people | Chris Binding
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Sunderland City Council declares SEND emergency
A SEND emergency has been declared in Sunderland amid concerns about the “significant challenges” residents face in accessing support for children and young people
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Uncertainty hangs over Mayor, Lord Ben Houchen’s flagship Teesside International Airport this week, ultimately because of its inability to repay its huge debt to its parent body | Peter Morris
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New cloud hangs over Teesside International
Uncertainty hangs over Mayor, Lord Ben Houchen’s flagship Teesside International Airport this week, ultimately because of its inability to repay its huge debt to its parent body
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 23/09/2026
Waseem: This is what remains of my home in Gaza. 💔 I lost my home and everything I had, and today my children and I are struggling to survive. Please help us rebuild our lives. Any donation, no matter how small, can make a difference. 🙏❤️ gofund.me/35fdca7d
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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Next week I'll be at Labour Party Conference in Liverpool to share our work on green industrial strategy and public finance, including our new report on the UK's public finance ecosystem. Liverpool | 28–29 September | Schedule of public engagements below.
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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Unless someone starts polling at 40% the bare reality is that progressive parties have to work with each other. There is a Progressive Majority in this country. It either works together or fails apart.
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Laurie @ljmu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Instead of just “thinking” how to engage people , how about just DOING? It’s all ready, they do not even have to draft those Labour Party “advertising spin sound bites”with prescribed fantasy “solutions”. @nebriefing.bsky.social
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
4 X Postdoctoral Fellowships #ECPRMemberJobs 🎓 Doctoral degree granted between 30 September 2024 and 1 October 2026 🏫 Universität Konstanz ⌛ Monday 12 October 🔗 buff.ly/mRkXCDp #PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
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Postdoctoral Fellowship
The 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowships call has been launched. Deadline: 12 October 2026, 11:00 am CET. Please find the call text and the link to the online application portal in the box on the right.
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Democracy International e.V. @democracyintl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📣 SAVE THE DATE! How can influencers & social media help your European Citizens’ Initiative? Join our ECI Forum webinar to learn more! 📅 6 Oct | 12:30–13:30 CEST | 💻 Online 👉 Register: lnkd.in/e5nZsSbm #ECI #EuropeanCitizensInitiative #EUTakeTheInitiative
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 24/09/2026
For 40 years, our public services have delivered for shareholders, pension funds and private equity - and squeezed us It is time for legislation to force them to RAISE THEIR GAME OR GO BUST, and then take them into public ownership Read our NEW REPORT: vist.ly/5jnq4
A graphic with thee picture of Cat Hobbs, We Own It Director, and text that says "“Our key recommendation is that the government should use legislation - in particular an expanded special administration regime - to take back our assets by holding the current owners to account. Regulation cannot be a wishy washy compromise with the status quo.”
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... At last @drandrewboswell.bsky.social @xrglobal.bsky.social @sioldridge.bsky.social @rupertread.bsky.social @juststopoil.bsky.social
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 24/09/2026
The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built, or tens of thousands of jobs created across education, health or social sectors, if the resources used to expand data centres were directed elsewhere. jrnl.ie/7165266t
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Government report on data centres was 'flawed' and 'exaggerated', new research claims
The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built if the resources in the data centre build-out were directed elsewhere.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good to see Foreign Secretary presenting the findings of the suppressed Joint Intelligence Report on ecosystem collapse to other governments. But when is it going to be shared with the rest of us? We can’t prepare for what we don’t know - it should be published in full
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Laurie @ljmu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@reuters.com Journalists should consider looking ( and thinking) more deeply, and help readers understand , instead of serving superficial platidudes. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/759692...
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Prophecy by Carissa Véliz: 9780385550970 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“Lively. . . . Rousing. . . . Prophecy—roving, intelligent, irreducibly idiosyncratic—can expand our sense of possibility, starting now.” —The New York Times Book Review ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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