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Lois @loislew.bsky.social · 15h
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Lois @loislew.bsky.social · 15h
The coup continues.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
Unelected Republicans in Georgia are asking Todd Blanche to declare their voting machines illegal. DOJ has no authority to interfere with state-run elections, but I doubt that will stop them from trying. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 19h
Awkward.
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 23h
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A federal judge has ruled that Roger Rogoff, the judicially appointed U.S. attorney in Seattle, has been illegally fired by the Trump admin and must be provisionally reinstated by the Justice Department.
washingtonpost.com
Trump illegally fired Seattle’s U.S. attorney, judge rules
The ruling is the latest in a string of decisions finding that the administration bent federal law to keep loyalists in key prosecutorial posts.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h
The White House is coordinating with the Justice Department to hide its abortion agenda from voters until after they've voted in order to try to influence the results of the election.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21h
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h
The Golden Age rolls on … bsky.app/profile/atru...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23h
NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school. But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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ashoko.bsky.social @ashoko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Super Intelligence:
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Nora Dunn @beatlebomb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‘Ready to Blow His Stack’: How Biden Nearly Cut Off Netanyahu Over Gaza www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u... He should have cut him off.
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‘Ready to Blow His Stack’: How Biden Nearly Cut Off Netanyahu Over Gaza
Brett McGurk, who was the top Middle East adviser to President Joseph R. Biden Jr., offered the first inside-the-room account of American efforts to manage the Gaza war.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
New in PN: The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges "What 'canons' did all but one of MN's district court judges violate? Well, they spoke to the Times and made Trump sad. You won't be surprised to learn this is not in fact a violation, but that isn’t going to stop Blanche, now is it?"
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The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges
Blanche created a new rule out of thin air and is mad it’s not being followed.
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Xenta @xenta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: Ivanka Trump is reportedly thinking about campaigning for GOP candidates to warn voters that a Democratic Congress will subpoena her husband's texts about his secret deals in Russia and the Middle East, audit their finances, and investigate her Albanian Epstein island. Go: InteractInk.com
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
🚨 NEW BULLETIN: Renee Good lawsuits, Trump’s approval collapse continues, GOP midterm alarms grow, Kushner’s Gaza conflict of interest, Hegseth’s Christian nationalist speech, Trump’s fake “deal,” soaring Treasury yields, and much more…
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 471. 10/1/26
… Renee Good’s partner and family have filed two lawsuits stemming from her death - one against at the ICE agent who shot her and a several senior Trump admin officials, the other against the federal ...
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New reporting reveals three more instances where Ken Paxton offered plea deals to people accused of sexual assault or trafficking.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AIPAC decided they were going to set a record on the amount of money they spent against me in the primary election. $70 million. Do you know what we could do with $70 million?
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
tfw you decide to pivot after spent months hyping the threat of Hasan Piker and it didn't hurt Democrats' midterm polling.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
The war has been going on for 7 months now btw
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
South Korea says Trump is lying
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Mr. Elias @theeliasrework.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The FBI is hiding over 5 million files that expose Donald Trump to the Epstein files. The withholding of Child sex trafficking information is the point to help Pedophiles that are being used to enrich Donald Trump and billionaires. The Republicans know this. Vote them all out.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This keeps happening.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reuters: FAMILY OF RENEE GOOD SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER FATAL MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTING BY IMMIGRATION AGENT
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Eating multiple pounds of Texas brisket at a time when Texans can't afford it... expect this photo to go viral in the Texas races in which the GOP is already floundering.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Could you imagine if Biden… Could you imagine if Biden… Could you imagine if Biden…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.
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Xenta @xenta.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This morning a russian jet-powered drone hit a school in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district There was a fire at the site The children were in the shelter during the strike russian war criminals continue to target schools and kindergartens Real scumbags😡
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Xenta @xenta.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Throughout October 1, russian forces launched 97 attack drones, including 66 jet-powered and Gerbera drones Air defense neutralized 78 drones, including 55 jet-powered targets This is a good result, so there's hope the situation with jet-powered drones may improve
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Joe Biden was way more coherent than this even in the debate. time.com/article/2026...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Donald Trump is using the U.S. treasury and our tax dollars like it’s his personal piggy bank. And just like he squandered hundreds of millions given to him by dear old dad, he’s squandering our money now.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 01/10/2026
Russian drone hits school in Ukraine’s Kyiv as Moscow presses air assault aje.news/e8mkim
Russian drone hits school in Ukraine’s Kyiv as Moscow presses air assault
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Enten: "Congratulations to Ken Paxton. You are the least popular Texas Senate GOP nominee this century. No one was even in the negative, and you're at -16."
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Susanne democratic socialist @momoftwo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is why independent journalists like Aaron Rupar and Public Notice are so vital. Subscribe.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
time.com
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Torturously Okay: Dead and Loving It @torturouslyokay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Natalie turning up with no previous indication she was there made me literally guffaw
Natalie Harp, without introduction, interjects some details into Trump’s Time Magazine interview
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Manhattan judge denied bail to Yehonatan Ovadia, a 35-year-old father of five and member of the ultraorthodox Satmar sect, as Trump seeks his deportation because of his open criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu, which apparently is a deporting offense.
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Satmar member facing deportation over anti-Israel protest to stay in ICE custody
A Manhattan judge denied bail to Yehonatan Ovadia, a 35-year-old father of five and member of the anti-Zionist Satmar sect, as the Trump administration seeks his deportation over a November 2023 prote...
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yup. Though I think the more troubling aspect is that it's not that nobody *can* stop him -- it's that those who can, don't want to, and therefore will do nothing to rein him in.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
James Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This morning, the Justice Department went after nearly an entire state's federal bench, all at once. The judges had said the government wasn't following court orders. The response was to try to remove the judges. Here's why every American should be paying attention. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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