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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 2h

House Speaker Mike Johnson is warning Republicans that if Democrats reclaim the House in November, one of their first moves could be an effort to impeach Trump. At long last, he stated a fact. Holy Mike will be out of a job while Trump is neutered. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Mike Johnson predicts Trump impeachment if Democrats win House

As Democrats lead in polling, House Speaker Mike Johnson warns that a House takeover could quickly lead to a Trump impeachment push.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 2h

"The dyed (red) diesel order sounds big, but most drivers won't benefit," Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. "States still enforce their own rules, it's not truly tax-free, and it doesn't add a single gallon of supply." www.usatoday.com/story/cars/r...

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What is red-dyed diesel, and will Trump's plans to lower prices work?

President Trump wants to lower diesel prices by boosting the use of tax-free red-dyed fuel. But critics wonder if the moves will lower prices much.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 3h

The distinction between brain death and a severe, potentially reversible neurological condition is critical. Someone who has been formally and correctly declared brain-dead cannot recover consciousness.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 3h

Attorney Randy Spivey said Pike was considered "brain dead" on Monday and the medical team was planning to remove life support the following day. But then she woke up and began speaking. ‘Angry and confused.’ Christa Pike still suffering after botched execution www.usatoday.com/story/news/c...

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‘Angry and confused.’ Christa Pike still suffering after botched execution

Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike appeared in court on Oct. 7 as they seek to preserve evidence from her botched execution.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 3h

Tropical Storm Isaias formed in the Gulf on Wednesday and is "quickly intensifying" as it makes its way toward the coast, where it's expected to make a U.S. landfall, the National Hurricane Center said in a late afternoon update. www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

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Tropical Storm Isaias forms in Gulf, could reach US as a hurricane

Isaias is forecast to bring strong winds and flooding rains to the Gulf Coast and Southeast by week's end and into the weekend, forecasters said.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 3h

ICE obtained approximately 99 million voter records from two major sources. Investigators examined voter-registration organizations. Records indicate voter data was shared with Palantir for potential use in an immigration enforcement system.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 3h

The findings offer one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections — an area primarily administered by state and local officials. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal

It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 12h

US trade deficit balloons to $105.6 billion. The deficit—the difference between the value of imports vs. exports—rose to its highest mark in over a year in August as the US continued to bring in goods tied to the AI boom, per data from the Commerce Department. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/t...

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Trade deficit hits $105.6 billion, widest since just before Trump tariffs enacted last year

That marked a 13.7% jump from July and was ahead of the Dow Jones consensus estimate for $102 billion.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 12h

With Election Day less than a month away, anti-voting lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines

The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Being President should not make you special in court. Treat him like every other litigant. Enough is enough. joycevance.substack.com/p/pat-robert...

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Pat Robertson Tried It While Campaigning. Will Trump Fare Any Better?

But he shouldn’t.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bakker’s original 45-year sentence was overturned, but his convictions were not. The appeals court specifically found that he had been fairly tried and convicted.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The downfall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker was caused by a combination of a major sex scandal, massive financial fraud, and lavish overspending that collapsed their PTL Club and Heritage USA empire in 1987.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Federal prosecutors and judges explicitly described Jim Bakker as a con man after he was convicted in 1989 of mail and wire fraud and conspiracy. Jim Bakker, televangelist disgraced by sex and financial scandals, dies. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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Jim Bakker, televangelist disgraced by sex and financial scandals, dies

Jim Bakker, the televangelist who built a multimillion-dollar evangelical broadcasting empire before scandals led to his public downfall, has died.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The U.S. measles outbreak continues to grow, with 3,887 cases reported nationwide in 2026, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000. www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

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This disease has now been declared an emergency. Maps show where it's spreading

The U.S. measles outbreak continues to grow, with 3,887 cases reported nationwide in 2026, according to the CDC.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The $194 million theft may not even be the most alarming part. How the hell someone with fabricated credentials got that far inside the CIA with that degree of access is the question I’d want answered next.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A former high-level CIA official has admitted to bilking the government out of nearly $194 million, including 600 pounds in gold bars and other funds splurged on fancy cars, luxury homes and jewelry. Former CIA op pleads guilty in $194M fraud scheme. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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Gold bars, fancy cars: Former CIA op pleads guilty in $194M fraud scheme

Court documents say David Rush, 49, created fake federal entities through which he requested gold bars and other funds spent on luxury goods.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Whatever anyone thinks about Pike or the death penalty generally, the state attempting to execute someone and instead leaving her critically injured but alive is a catastrophic failure of the process.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care," her attorneys said in a statement. "Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery." www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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'Against all odds': Christa Pike conscious and talking after botched execution

While Pike's attorneys said her condition is "medically unprecedented," they said her prognosis remains unclear and that "we expect a long recovery."

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members. We should be judged by how we treat those who are easiest to ignore, people who are poor, homeless, incarcerated, ill, and so on. But apparently, that’s not how it works under the apathetic Trump administration.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The 11 states that still back the Trump are Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. It’s not a coincidence that many of these same states are often found amongst the least educated.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A new state-by-state tracker from Civiqs shows Trump with positive net approval ratings in just 11 states, all of which have backed him in the last three presidential elections. Trump's approval ratings underwater in 39 states. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Trump's approval ratings underwater in 39 states

Only 11 states still give President Trump positive approval ratings as new polls show his national support near record lows ahead of midterms.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If Trump has his way and creates state-by-state lists of people eligible to vote in federal elections, millions of people who changed addresses could face disenfranchisement right before the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Moved recently? Under Trump’s voter eligibility lists, you could be disenfranchised

The millions of Americans who move states each year could be at risk of losing their right to vote from Trump's eligibility lists.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A sitting president chose two American cities, both in a state he routinely attacks politically, and uttered the words “let ’em take out” those cities while discussing an enemy nation. And his audience cheered.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“No biggie, it’s just our shithole president, inviting Iran to ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego”. Our daily Jeff Tiedrich share. Profanity Warning ‼️ open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...

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No biggie, it’s just our shithole president, inviting Iran to ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego

What the fuck is wrong with this guy?

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nope. You lose. Justice Samuel Alito recused himself after watchdog groups pointed out his large investments in fossil fuel companies.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Mail voting is supposedly dangerously fraudulent—until Republicans need to win an election. Then please mail those fuckers in.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump took a break this weekend from his nonstop, baseless accusations about mail voting fraud to remind his own supporters to cast their mail ballots in this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Trump backtracks and begs Republicans to vote by mail as Democrats’ odds of taking Congress improve

Trump’s latest demand that Republicans vote – even by mail – comes as polls show Democrats’ odds of taking both the House and Senate are improving.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump has created the perfect environment to do corrupt things without getting penalized. He has stacked the Supreme Court with sympathetic jurists. He has purged the Republican Party of naysayers. steady.substack.com/p/no-checks-...

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No Checks Only Blank Checks

Corruption is a Trump family affair

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This creep pleaded guilty to felony bank structuring. He withdrew $952,000 from his bank in increments under $10,000 to avoid federal reporting requirements. The money was used as hush money to conceal sexual abuse. He abused teen boys for more than 30 years. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Former disgraced House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has died at 84. He was the longest serving Republican speaker in history.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Despite the flood of activity, we won't see major changes to the way we cast ballots as we head to the polls for early voting this month. Courts and Congress have denied Trump his most-sought election reforms, including requiring proof of citizenship to vote and curbing mail voting.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Trump is trying to use all of the powers at his disposal to control the election results, and almost all of those efforts are illegal, but that has not deterred the administration. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Trump takes extraordinary steps to target midterms, alarming critics

Trump's election moves include a redistricting push, seeking to restrict voting and floating a $5,000 payment to every American adult if the GOP wins.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“I think the real problem is we have failed to notice how great everything is, probably because we can’t afford gas to drive around and see all the greatness, or maybe because we passed out at the grocery store when we saw a box of Frosted Mini-Wheats cost $9.19.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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Trump says economy is great. We should definitely trust him | Opinion

President Donald Trump's new line is that the economy is great. He has just failed at telling people how truly great it is.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marine accused of robbing and killing a woman on Okinawa, in the latest criminal case involving U.S. military personnel on the southern island where the heavy American troop presence is a sensitive issue. apnews.com/article/japa...

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US Marine's arrest in a killing on Okinawa triggers outrage in Japan

Japanese police say they have arrested a U.S. Marine accused of robbing and killing a woman on Okinawa.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Three of the current Supreme Court justices were handpicked by a president who was impeached twice, indicted four times, convicted on 34 felony counts, and tried to overturn an election. This court isn't legitimate. It is biased. It's a weapon. Built by corruption, for corruption.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The lawsuit from Boulder is one of dozens filed by states and local governments against energy companies in state courts that seek money damages for past and future harms that they allege are caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which has led to global warming.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As the Supreme Court returns to the bench today, it kicks off its new term with a major case involving an effort by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, to hold fossil-fuel producers accountable for the impacts of global climate change. www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...

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Supreme Court hears case today on energy companies' bid to end Boulder climate-change lawsuit

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday over a bid by Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy to block a lawsuit filed by the city and county of Boulder over the effects of climate change.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s already taken away Roe v. Wade, allowed dark money to pervade our politics, given Trump a pass from prosecution for January 6, and permitted partisan gerrymanders. How much worse can it get? joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

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The Week Ahead

October 4, 2026

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The Week Ahead

October 4, 2026

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

With less than a month left until the 2026 midterm elections, Democrats are favored by offshore oddsmakers to take control of both the House and the Senate. 2026 midterm election odds. Who's favored to win the House, Senate? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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2026 midterm election odds. Who's favored to win the House, Senate?

Offshore bookmakers are taking bets on which party will control Congress after the 2026 midterms. See the latest odds for the House and Senate.

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