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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 10h
“And such a trip, when the House is out of session until the midterms, doesn’t look good at a time when Americans are struggling with the expensive cost of groceries and sky-high gas prices, and can’t afford vacations to Europe.”
newrepublic.com
Mike Johnson Aide Abruptly Cancels Luxury Staff Trip Ahead of Midterms
A bipartisan group of staffers were set to galavant around Italy and France just weeks before the elections.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The fact that a weekend Fox host is still at the helm just gets more frightening. It’s like South Park and The Onion playing out in real life. 🙄😳
newrepublic.com
Hegseth Announces Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich Will Help Lead Military
Pete Hegseth revealed that the men will help direct a project to determine the future of the military.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Don’t use trump’s government AI chatbot (America dot gov) He programmed it to prevent it from debunking his many lies.
newrepublic.com
Trump Reprograms Government AI Chatbot to Stop Fact-Checking His Lies
Trump officials seem to have realized their AI chatbot was correcting the president’s biggest lies.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mike Rogers and Donald Trump think that their proximity to power is worth more than your ability to live your life. It’s why we have to stand up to Bad Men…
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The arrogance and hubris.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rot starts at the top.
propublica.org
The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Fractures have begun to form among the Front Row Joes, a group of steadfast Trump supporters that devote their lives to attending every single one of the president’s rallies.” (Not enough of them and way late…)
newrepublic.com
“He Can’t Be Trusted”: Trump’s Most Loyal Front-Row Fans Turn on Him
Donald Trump is losing the people who regularly sit in the front row at his rallies.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“The most preposterous guest was Laura Ingraham. On television she warns Americans that communists are coming for their country. At the White House she dressed for a dinner honoring the man who actually leads the Chinese Communist Party.” — Steve Schmidt
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Holly 🇺🇸🦅 @msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The China State Dinner was held in the East Room. The billionaire's dined on gourmet food and lavish accommodations, while many pay little to no taxes. Meanwhile, taxpayers are forced to pay for a new ballroom when they can't afford rent, gas or food? #VoteBlue #SheShed
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Democrats Aren’t Perfect — but It’s Easy to Prove Republicans Are the Problem” Vote Blue 🇺🇸💙
allenclifton.substack.com
Democrats Aren’t Perfect — but It’s Easy to Prove Republicans Are the Problem
I’ll be the first to admit that the Democratic Party isn’t perfect — far from it. I’m not looking for “flawless” from a political party or our politicians.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Although blocked by other courts, “in a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of Americans’ personal information to initiate registration purges.”
democracydocket.com
Supreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purges
The decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump used taxpayer funds for this ad campaign about himself, calling it a “public service announcement.”
newrepublic.com
You Just Paid for This Deranged “Love Me” Ad by Trump
Trump used taxpayer funds for this ad campaign about himself, calling it a “public service announcement.”
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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Texas voters who supported Trump and their views on Paxton. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And this is from Republican writer Jim Geraghty.
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | JD Vance might as well admit it: The GOP failed
Trumpism is exhausted, and if there’s going to be a “Vance-ism,” the clock is ticking.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Enough already! 😒😡
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“I am the code,” Trump said.
newrepublic.com
Trump Fought With Architect Over Ballroom Death Trap Until He Quit
Trump believes building codes don’t apply to him or the White House ballroom.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Donald Trump is not America; he is just the person representing us to the world right now. He does not get to decide what this country ultimately becomes. We do. …In 41 days, we will be voting to show not just each other that we still know who we are, but also the world.“
open.substack.com
Donald Trump is an international embarrassment
At 1:47 this afternoon, during one of the most anticipated meetings of the United Nations General Assembly, Donald Trump sat beside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, wearing an oversized suit t...
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Exactly.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He’s throwing an actual state dinner for a communist country that has targeted our troops and, according to him, helped rig the 2020 election. 😡
apnews.com
Trump used to slam China. Here's why he's now rolling out the red carpet for Xi
When Donald Trump ran for office a decade ago, he called China a menace to the U.S. economy. Today, the Republican president has changed his tune.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
VOTE in the midterms!
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Ultimately, the Greenland deal stands as a case study in modern political theater. It illustrates how easily an administration focused on headlines over substance can be pacified by clever allies.”
theanthonydavis.substack.com
The Emperor’s New Accord
How Denmark Outmaneuvered Trump into Re-Signing the Status Quo over Greenland.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Help get more of these billboards up in Texas! Donate to TurnLeft if you can. turnleftpac.org?link_id
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
EPA is working so cities and citizens do not have time for input on data centers before they start building. Get mad and speak up.
bostonglobe.com
EPA moves to curb public input on data centers - The Boston Globe
Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
More illegal grifting. This time Rubio and friends are in on it.
newrepublic.com
Trump and Rubio’s Friends Secretly Prepping to Cash in on Cuba
Trump Organization executives have been spotted traveling to the island.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
He did not have the capacity to vote. “McConnell has been repeatedly photographed with a blank gaze and his mouth hanging open, including just after his Farm Bill vote. He does not seem lucid or aware—save for the occasional wave toward the camera”
newrepublic.com
What Mitch McConnell Looked Like After He Had to Be Told How to Vote
The 84-year-old senator appeared vacant and out of it right after the vote.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Should we be in NATO?" "A lot of Americans are questioning it"? She is as bad as Bartiromo. Where do these people come from? 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity. —"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
status.news
Bari’s ‘60’ Bust
Bari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This would not be happening if Speaker Mike Johnson thought his own party didn't have enough votes to impeach Pete Hegseth. Pete is such a wildly incompetent buffoon, his own party wants to kick him to the curb. #CabinetOfClowns.
newrepublic.com
House Cancels Votes to Avoid Embarrassment Over Hegseth Impeachment
Republicans are sending members of Congress home early to avoid a vote on the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 17/09/2026
The Republican Party no longer has principles, only a lust for power and money. LP Sr Advisor Stuart Stevens highlights the GOP decay on MSNOW:
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Kennedy Center Demolish” Fvck him.
newrepublic.com
Photographer Exposes Trump’s Kennedy Center Plan—and It’s a Bombshell
And a witness spotted a forklift repeatedly crashing into the building’s pillars.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
EPA is working so cities and citizens do not have time for input on data centers before they start building. Get mad and speak up.
bostonglobe.com
EPA moves to curb public input on data centers - The Boston Globe
Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects.
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 15/09/2026
Trump Surgeon General nominees Drs. Nicole Saphier, Casey Means, and Janette Nesheiwat made big money from selling snake oil marketed as supplements. Saphier disclosed $270k of income from her supplement company Drop RX. One product has kava kava root, a substance prohibited by the US military.
theguardian.com
US surgeon general nominee made $270,000 from supplement company
Tobacco investments raise new concerns about Dr Nicole Saphier ahead of confirmation hearing
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our Congress members on more taxpayer-paid vacation until the mid-terms to avoid doing its job. Rep. Massie’s impeachment bills would embarrass Pete…
newrepublic.com
House Cancels Votes to Avoid Embarrassment Over Hegseth Impeachment
Republicans are sending members of Congress home early to avoid a vote on the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Cleveland City Council this week mocked his penchant for rebranding maps, voting to pass a resolution renaming part of Lake Erie as the “Gulf of Cleveland.” 😅
huffpost.com
Cleveland City Council Gives Trump A Taste Of His Own Rebranding Medicine
Ripples of laughter broke out across the chamber as Council Member Kris Harsh delivered a hilariously deadpan case for a name change.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The trump-appointed judge ruled that citizens do not have a constitutional right to clean drinking water or even the right to truthful information from officials during a public health crisis.
theanthonydavis.substack.com
Poison in the Pipes
As the government guts environmental protections and courts reject constitutional rights to non-toxic water, vulnerable communities bear the deadly toll of systemic neglect.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
His hand picked Board is happy to shut it down if the orange menace can’t have his name on it.
jimacosta.com
Trump Allies Vote To Close Kennedy Center Immediately Amid Fight To Add Trump's Name
Trump Led The Meeting
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/09/2026
A headline that's aged like a fine wine.
motherjones.com
Kash Patel, the FBI's agent of chaos
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Should we be in NATO?" "A lot of Americans are questioning it"? She is as bad as Bartiromo. Where do these people come from? 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Vote, America, and make it real!
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We great again yet? 😏 “Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, “I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.”
newrepublic.com
ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines
The ICE agents reportedly said they didn’t care after being told the two teenagers were citizens.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14/09/2026
The threats to free and fair elections are real and growing more serious by the day, Marc Elias writes. What once seemed like an abstract threat has now become concrete. The risk of a rigged election is no longer unthinkable. The need for action can no longer be denied: demdock.com/4cHT3im
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It is all so fvcked up. The billionaire’s “previously unreported relationship with Trump Jr. represents an extraordinary development: a member of Putin’s circle financially supporting the president’s son and gaining intimate access to the Trump family.”
propublica.org
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
SoCal Strategies releases a new poll showing Talarico in the lead in Texas's Senate race after it showed him losing in June. James Talarico 50% Ken Paxton 45% Talarico went up 3 points and Paxton dropped 4 points socalstrategies.substack.com/p/new-socal-...
socalstrategies.substack.com
New SoCal Strategies Poll: James Talarico Takes the Lead in Texas
Toplines
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Vote JON ROSENTHAL for Tx RR Commissioner! Don’t let Bo French, an openly white supremicist with no qualifications, be in charge of Tx energy. Not even Abbott is for him.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
Bo Doesn’t Know
The white supremacy of Texas Republicans.
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This says it all about him — and his voters who obediently raised their hands with smiles on their faces.
newrepublic.com
Trump Makes Crowd Swear Pledge to “Cheat Like Hell” This Election
Donald Trump led the audience at the Republican midterm convention in a chilling oath.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
Donald Trump and Joe Biden at 9/11 ceremonies today. Trump in DC. Biden in NYC. (REUTERS)
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
youtu.be
Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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lkivett @lkivett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What if Mike Johnson refuses to swear in the newly elected House Dems on Jan. 3rd?
judgeluttig327269.substack.com
January 3, 2027 - The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
House Republicans are poised to claim that the midterm elections were stolen from them when they meet on January 3 to decide which Members-elect will be seated in the 120th Congress
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