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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 5h

ha!! www.ms.now/news/a-gop-p...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'll be on MS NOW with @nicollewallace.bsky.social at 5PM Eastern tonight/Friday -- see you there! @deadlinewh.bsky.social

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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 24/09/2026

Judge Kelly basically says the government’s invocation of “national security” as a reason to ban the media is BS and not the true reason for the Trump media ban. Nor is national security furthered by the ban. Immediate reinstatement ordered.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

1/That didn’t take long: Judge Kelly enters a 14-day temp injunction based only on due process. CNN, MSNOW & Politico get their hard passes back while briefing for a prelim injunc happens. No stay of the order b/c it’s likely not appealable the Judge says. joycevance.substack.com/p/king-trump...

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King Trump: Privileges, Not Rights

It’s all about whether the press can criticize the president

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

BREAKING: We won! And we get discovery into this crazy demolition threat to boot. Kudos to our wonderful client @repbeatty.bsky.social and to my colleagues at DDF and WLG. Formal statement to follow.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

At the top, Lac Ontario identified on a map from 1688. On the bottom, the announcement in February 1867 that the new province would take its name from Lake Ontario.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to compel Washington, D.C. to provide the DOJ with access to its complete voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-21 in these cases. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...

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🚨 United States of America v. Evans

Learn more.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/08/2026

FYI: Blanche rescinded the ORDER establishing the slush fund, not the underlying “settlement.” The settlement says any changes must be agreed to by ALL parties, not just Todd. This “rescission” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Today, in violations of the rule of law that would be sufficient for impeachment in any other American presidency but aren't in this one because pathological partisan loyalty has rotted the constitutional order:

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I feel like some White House reporter needs to ask Trump about the fact that his DOJ has lost 16 straight cases to access state voter rolls and that in 7 of the cases it was before judges he nominated. Oh and point out that I am still not tired of winning.

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

New reporting from the Portland Press Herald and the AP reveal the violent history of the ICE agent who fatally shot a 25-year-old father in Maine—and raises urgent questions about how he was hired.

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HOW did ICE hire him? Bombshell report reveals violent past of agent in Maine shooting

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. Thanks. demdock.com/4w6emld

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Lawrence O'Donnell @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I watched the whole insane thing so you didn’t have to. It was a 25 minute pitch for one piece of legislation that the Republican Senate refuses to pass. Included gems like “We are winning big in Iran.” msnow at 10pm

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Congressman Raul Ruiz, MD @repraulruizmd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Step one in the authoritarian playbook is to sow mistrust in our elections to justify not accepting the will of the people and imposing their own.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 17/07/2026

Trump does not believe in fair and free elections. He believes in one thing: authoritarianism.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In 2020, Trump lied before the election, lied after the election and -- when he lost in court -- incited a violent insurrection at the Capitol. Right now, he is lying and losing in court ahead of 2026. He is going to escalate and we need to be ready.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

WOW. The ex-wife of the ICE officer who shot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine has come forward to say that he had mental health issues and was abusive in their relationship. She says after the shooting he called asking her to vouch for him — instead, she went to the press.

Ashley Brouillette told the Portland Press Herald in a phone interview Thursday afternoon that her ex-husband called admitting to the shooting and defending his actions. The Press Herald reviewed a screenshot of incoming calls Ashley Brouillette received from her ex-husband’s current wife’s Facebook account on Wednesday.

“He was asking me to lie for him and to cover for his character,” Ashley Brouillette said. “I told him that I was not going to lie for him. And then he tried to say that it was a justified shooting because the guy tried to hit him with his car.”

She said she has seen videos of Brouillette on the scene of the shooting and confirmed that was him on scene, telling him: “nowhere in there does it show that this man charged at you with a car.”

“In his head it’s justified. He’s unusually calm about it,” she said.

Ashley Brouillette told a reporter that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship. She said that she’s been inundated with calls, since reports of Brouillette’s involvement began circulating online, threatening her and her family.

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

When institutions fall short, people still deserve the facts. Here’s what every family should know about Cyclospora—and how to stay safe.

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Good to know this week that DHS has a 2-death limit.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We cannot accept the reckless use of deadly force by federal agents as normal. There is a pattern of this administration misleading the public and withholding key facts after these killings.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Elias Law Group has defeated DOJ lawsuits to access state voter files in: California Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Wisconsin DOJ has not won a single case. It is 0-12.

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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Wow -thought this was a gag- but actual idiots holding the reins behind the scenes🤦‍♀️(on the Democratic side)wtf -now Platner makes sense www.threads.com/@jreakle/pos...

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Joshua Reed Eakle (@jreakle) on Threads

Meet the team who vetted Graham Platner. Their reaction after the interviewer asks about the Nazi tattoo speaks volumes.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

“What kind of man would cheat at this golf?” 😂

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MS NOW @ms.now · 02/07/2026

MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: "There is no way I'm going to be intimidated." Former special counsel Jack Smith tells @nicollewallace.bsky.social why it's important for him to speak out.

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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 29/06/2026

In the Slaughter case today, the S. Ct signals that civil service protections for DOJ and myriad other government agencies are a nullity, in favor of the "vigor" and "secrecy" of presidential power. This decision will have huge consequences for our government and system of checks and balances.

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Ted Lieu @tedlieu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

It is simply a FACT that a jury found trump had sexually abused E. Jean Carroll.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 25/06/2026

Trump is having tourists arrested over imaginary vandalism.

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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

SCOOP: A priest who is close to Trump successfully lobbied him to grant clemency to the fraudster David Gentile. Gentile privately indicated Father Frank Mann was paid for his help. EDNY prosecutors opened an investigation into the commutation. But it was closed by Trump political appointees.

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Trump Administration Shuttered a Criminal Probe Into Fraudster’s Clemency

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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Xfinity @comcast TV outage in Boston,MA ...looking on Downdetector appears to be out across the country (DC,NJ, Chicago, CA, FL) But comcast outage map not load😑 #xfinity

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Graph of Strait of Hormuz crossings since June 2025. See that little spike all the way on the right? The one that's much lower than the leftward 2/3 of the graph, and immediately crashes back down? That's what the US government and quite a bit of US media tell us is fully open, with normal traffic.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/06/2026

The $1.7 million no-bid contract to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool went to a company ultimately owned by Trump donor John J. Cafaro, who previously pleaded guilty in separate federal cases involving bribery and campaign finance violations. The company's name? Greenwater Services.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026

Trump struggles to clasp the Medal of Honor to Major Nicholas Dockery -- and then ties it?

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Isabel, booonyavirus wonk @isabelott.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

An interesting thread from a month ago that predicted exactly what we’re seeing in the reflecting pool now (peeling up, prolific microbial activity)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026

Obama on the message of the 250th: "In a newly independent US, there will be no kings"

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Still my President

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

President Obama: "No one is above the law or beneath its protection." "Our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our Constitution."

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

FAKE WEATHER!!! THE CLOUDS ARE RIGGED!!

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

VICTORY! Trump’s name is off the Kennedy Center They can hang a tarp over the sign but they cannot tarp over the fact that no one is above the law The Kennedys memorial always belonged to the American people -TN

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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Workers putting up tarps to prevent the public seeing his name removed😑 Well joke will be on them because the main event was always Scaffolding At least we can all cheer for the sounds of the removal of the letters at 4am...maybe the clink of a letter hitting the ground

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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

From @chrislhayes.bsky.social tonight: Trump and Musk took a chainsaw to the obscure government programs that kept flesh-eating screwworms away from American farms. And now that failure could hit farmers, ranchers, & your grocery bill. #ETTD #flyLarva #Lucky2BVegetarian youtube.com/watch?v=_vI3...

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Musk’s ‘chainsaw’ meets the flesh-eating bug crisis

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 11/06/2026

Clayton defended Trump’s anti-weaponization slush fund and echoed false attacks on the integrity of our elections. Trump didn’t pick him to serve America’s intelligence community, but to weaponize it against Trump's political enemies and help steal the election. I'm voting no.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 11/06/2026

Trump just nominated Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence. When first eyed for SDNY US Attorney, Clayton’s predecessor Geoff Berman called him “unqualified.” But Clayton has Trump’s most prized qualification: He just boosted election conspiracy theories on TV.

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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A "generic Democrat" is not an actual thing...has no past, no personality, no sex, no relatives who may have screwed up in the past... once "generic Democrat" becomes an actual candidate his or her personhood, past, and connections brings them down a few percentage points🤷‍♀️

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

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