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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1h
Ukraine said that its internet terminals abruptly stopped working, preventing it from fending off a Russian attack. trib.al/FG3Qidu
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Trump White House Made Horrific Decision to Cut Ukraine’s Internet
Ukraine said that its internet terminals abruptly stopped working, preventing it from fending off a Russian attack.
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lucaswaldron.bsky.social @lucaswaldron.bsky.social · 1h
New maps! "How Judges Eviscerated Trump’s DOJ Voter Data Lawsuits" for @propublica.org One judge (appointed by W Bush) said: "Clearly, this demand is devoid of any factual basis." projects.propublica.org/trump-doj-vo...
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How Judges Eviscerated Trump’s DOJ Voter Data Lawsuits — ProPublica
Over the past year, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has sued 30 states and Washington, D.C., to demand their unredacted voter rolls. The vast majority of cases have been thrown out.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h
Tucker Carlson may not be a secret Nazi. But he’s an overt racist, conspiracy monger, Hitler defender, Putin supporter, and far-right extremist.
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Whitewashing Tucker Carlson
The New York Times and NPR recently failed to convey just how extreme the former Fox host's has become.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 1h
Trump’s comments about a possible self-pardon matter, but don't overlook his talk about sweeping pardons for his team. Corruption is already a systemic problem. The signal he’s sending to political appointees throughout the executive branch is likely to make matters worse www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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‘I’m allowed to do a self-pardon’: Trump opens the door to pardons for staff and himself
Systemic government corruption is already a problem in the Trump era. The signal he’s sending to his team is likely to make matters worse.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 1h
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 59m
Trump can try to blame the media all he wants because we know he never accepts responsibility for anything, but the Zacharia debacle was 100% his fault for appointing some utterly unqualified for a senior government position because he liked how she looked on Fox. Again.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 4h
REMINDER: Today by 12 pm ET, Todd Blanche shall submit, in REDACTED form, to the Court for in camera review the FBI interview notes for the South Carolina woman who alleges she was 13 years old when she was sexually and physically abused by Donald Trump. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31m
Records show that Trump hasn’t paid a single dollar out of his own pocket for the ballroom, despite repeatedly insisting that he was going to pay for it when the project was announced. But if you go to a Trump rally the attendees will insist that he paid for the whole thing.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20h
The former Republican congressman was this close to becoming attorney general. trib.al/plefGuz
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Two Women Accuse Matt Gaetz of Sex Trafficking in New Lawsuit
The former Republican congressman was this close to becoming attorney general.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 20h
Trump called Democrats "communists" during the GOP's midterm convention last month. But backstage, GOP leaders feted an actual ex-communist -who was until recently barred from entering the US due to alleged corruption. What was he doing there? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The State Department called him "corrupt." Trump officials feted him in Dallas.
Albania's opposition leader, recently barred from the US, made it to the GOP's "midterm convention."
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 19h
DEI has been replaced by “whatever looks like Ivanka”.
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Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove @kamlager-dove.house.gov · 19h
Our fundamental rights are increasingly threatened by this administration.   I'm proud to have earned a 100% voting record from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights this year.   I'll continue fighting to protect the civil and human rights of all people in the United States.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Susan Collins expresses no regrets for voting to confirm RFK Jr
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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 18h
Trump’s October Surprise is a pivot to Putin… My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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Trump’s October Surprise Is a Pivot to Putin
No one thinks Russian diesel can save the Republicans, so why is the President doing it?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18h
NEW: The order to throttle Starlink (Starshield) came from the White House to the Pentagon. I still think Elon was involved, though. He’s currently a Pentagon employee as well www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
Trump wants to make sure it’s as easy as possible for his friend Putin to bomb apartment buildings and kill children. He’s not just the worst president in history, he’s the most evil person to ever serve at the highest level of government. Vote out his weak Republican enablers.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
Putin’s greatest ally is Donald Trump. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
You can play whatever semantic games you want. But when you go on TV and identify yourself as a lawyer or attorney but you never passed a bar exam, represented a client, appeared in court, or signed a pleading, you know you are intentionally trying to fool the audience.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17h
“Similar past claims..of illegal voters have fallen apart..Last month election officials in Nevada said that they had examined a list..of 185 names of supposed noncitizens who had been improperly registered to vote & found that every person on the list was a..citizen. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...
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Trump Administration Sues California Over Voter Rolls (Gift Article)
The lawsuit seeks to temporarily block the state from counting mail ballots of voters it claims are likely noncitizens, opening a new front in the administration’s legal fights with election officials...
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Trump proffered sanctions relief for Russian diesel fuel, called on Ukraine to oust its leader and pressured Kyiv to stop striking Russian oil facilities. Putin, in return, offered more war. @paulsonne.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/w...
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Trump Hands Victories to Putin, Who Offers More War in Return
Russia has reaped a diesel deal and an increase in U.S. pressure on Ukraine as President Trump’s political needs align with his longstanding inclinations toward Russia.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
UPDATE: Trump was asked what state Zacharia passed the bar exam. Trump deferred to Zacharia to answer. Zacharia said, "When I moved to China." Which makes absolutely no sense. She appears to waive away follow up questions. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It’s just seems like you ought to at least know SOMETHING about the government, civics or policy to get appointed as a US Senator from SC or a WH Press Secretary. But no, that doesn’t seem to be necessary for Republicans.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 12/10/2026
A brief timeline on the White House misappropriating public funds for propagandistic campaign ads: Oct 5: Trump says he’ll stop using taxpayer money Oct 6 –11: Trump doesn’t actually stop Oct 12: A federal judge tells Trump he has to stop Oct 13: Trump still doesn’t stop www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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On publicly funded ads, Team Trump reportedly blew past court deadline
A federal judge told the White House to stop airing the ads by Sunday night. So why did they continue on Monday morning?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/09/2026
Maricopa County, Arizona, often sends out more than 2 million ballots in its initial mailing. Under new regulations ordered by Trump, it’s possible that one ballot with a bad barcode or wrong voter information could delay the entire batch.
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New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement
In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Imagine serving your country as a soldier for decades, rising to the height of the profession, and then being forced, by a drunkard TV talk show host with a hairstylist and beautician, to sit for a polygraph like some kind of common criminal
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/09/2026
We toured Trump’s DC vanity projects. It’s a mess. Come with us on a video tour around Donald Trump’s DC and see for yourself.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/09/2026
Just an FYI: the judge didn’t block the USPS ballot scanning rule from going into effect, she blocked them from making it mandatory. Make sure you have a back up plan to vote.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/09/2026
You don't have a right to safe drinking water, a US court just ruled. A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.
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You don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rules
A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Behind closed doors, Fetterman shows little interest in the job, keeping a light daily schedule, often refusing to meet with constituents and fellow lawmakers, or canceling at the last minute, according to records and interviews. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Behind Closed Doors, John Fetterman Shows Little Interest in the Work of a Senator
The first-term senator, poised to be a possible swing vote, churns through staff as he alienates fellow Democrats and defends Israel.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/09/2026
In December, the Pentagon’s personnel chief announced a “review of the operational effectiveness” of ground combat units in the Army and Marine Corps. Now, that study is raising fears among military researchers and advocates for service women.
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Hegseth's study of women in combat is designed to reach one conclusion
“It was a flawed design from the get-go,”
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 05/09/2026
Sources agree that Hegseth is firing the leaders behind modernization efforts. Instead “… he’s talking about muscles, dudes in dresses, testosterone,” a defense official in Europe said. trib.al/x2N070S
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Pete Hegseth Cares More About Grooming Standards Than Readiness
The defense secretary’s obsession with the culture war is coming at the expense of the military’s ability to fight actual wars.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Trump administration pushed back on a federal judge’s finding that states cannot realistically comply with sweeping new USPS mail voting restrictions before the midterms, telling an appeals court that election officials’ concerns are overstated. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump DOJ says states can handle last-minute mail voting overhaul, asks appeals court to narrow block
DOJ argued that states facing the earliest deadlines for mailing ballots have not shown compliance is impossible.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026
Orndorff’s story is part of a larger investigation into how the AAU fails to protect its young athletes. After a 2011 child sexual abuse scandal, the organization promised “historic” reforms. But ProPublica and @washingtonpost.com found that many of those promises were never fulfilled:
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A Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened.
More than a decade after the Amateur Athletic Union promised to implement “historic child protection measures,” it still hasn’t done so, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids at risk. Some AAU…
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/09/2026
He sits up there and says we’ve won the war. Inflation’s no big deal. Affordability isn’t a thing. Data centers are great. The U.S. is the “hottest” country. As the American people cry out for help, he’s obsessed with building monuments to himself. trib.al/tIEAdor
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/09/2026
I haven’t been indicted yet.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/09/2026
The founders of the Nesconset memorial, whose official name is 9/11 Responders Remembered Park, say it is the first space in the country honoring those whose lives were cut short from illnesses linked to their work at Ground Zero.
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The Other 9/11 Memorial
One man's fight to commemorate the 9/11 health disasters that, for many responders, have never ended.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/09/2026
The costs go way beyond gas. Delivery fees are up and diapers, baby wipes, and stuffed animals are likely next.
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The Iran war’s other bill—and you’re paying It
The costs go way beyond gas. Delivery fees are up and diapers, baby wipes, and stuffed animals are likely next.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Occasional reminder that there is an ICC arrest warrant against Putin for war crimes in connection with the mass abduction of Ukrainian children.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Fetterman is only in the senate because Dems in PA and nationally had his back when he was incapable of campaigning. And now, with all the things Trump is doing, he dedicates all his time and energy (which isn’t much) incoherently trashing Dems on Fox & Newsmax every single day.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday that ICE agents could enter polling places to make arrests this November, raising fresh concerns about the Trump administration contemplating actions that federal law has long prohibited. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS chief says ICE could make arrests at polling places — ignoring federal ban on armed agents at voting sites
Under federal law, an official who orders, brings or keeps “troops or armed men” at a location where a general or special election is taking place can face up to five years in prison and disqualificat...
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 02/09/2026
Fetterman, six days ago, "I don't understand it. I'm more popular with Republicans. I don't know why Democrats are upset with me." Fetterman, today:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Turns out Donald Trump's approval ratings are also Joe Biden's fault. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Under Trump, protected wild horses are going to slaughter. A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (Gift Article)
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Republican Senator from Montana. Trump constantly hurts farmers and ranchers. Then Republicans make us pay them billions in welfare to bail them out.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As we have seen in Texas, Florida, and other places, Republicans can control everything for 30 years in their states and still blame Democrats for their failures, so what Republicans are doing nationally is their standard playbook. They accept responsibility for nothing.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21/08/2026
LEAKED: News of Trump-ordered redesigns (that will waste billions of dollars) are now joined by reports of the U.S. Navy considering renaming an aircraft carrier that was set to honor a Black sailor at Pearl Harbor. trib.al/OUyj2gk
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/08/2026
Those midterms cannot come soon enough.
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Trump’s minions say he’s mulling new tax breaks—they're mainly for the rich
The guy has impeccable timing, and yep, that's a joke.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/08/2026
Natalie Harp’s job is to keep Trump happy so he can focus on being a brutal autocrat. She's a taxpayer-funded enabler. Reporting on her is no different than reporting on Leavitt or Bondi. She's not off-limits. And she has faster access to quality mental health care than any of us. END/
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It still just kills me—I mean it's completely insane—that Trump was allowed to let an arrogant billionaire who'd spent almost $300 million to put him in office just swoop in and wreak havoc on the government and its ability to function, costing the nation immensely. Savings? Precisely the opposite.
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Elon Musk’s DOGE promised savings, but it's cost us a fortune
A new report from the Government Accountability Office misses the point entirely.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/08/2026
Finally.
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Republicans are realizing that no one wants data centers
The AI industry "could use a little public relations help," Trump acknowledged Wednesday.
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