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Trump’s DOJ was hammered by 11 federal appeals court judges as the full D.C. Circuit weighs allowing Judge Boasberg to resume his criminal contempt probe over the deportation flights sent to El Salvador.

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Trump’s DOJ Gets Hammered Over Deportation Flights, Contempt Probe May Resume

Eleven D.C. Circuit judges pressed the administration’s lawyer over who ordered protected detainees flown to El Salvador after Judge James Boasberg told the planes to turn around.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 6h

NEW. Phillips O'Brien explains the problem isn't merely Trump and Hegseth. "The military didn’t prepare for this war. So the military bears [some] responsibility for failures...And I don’t know now whether they are capable of speaking truth to power." youtu.be/-pp7dTdIB1U?...

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Phillips O'Brien on Ukraine, Iran, and What's Next

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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 21h

In case anyone was wondering how the U.S. has lost the war it started with Iran Embarrassing

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 19h

they also like what he is doing to the USA. They want Trump to continue doing exactly what he is doing. Taiwan should be nervous.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 19h

Midweek update is out, first part free. The US distance blockade of Iran might be seen as a classic case of the US winning a battle but losing a war. Also, the Xi-Trump summit revealed that not only can the Chinese humiliate Trump… phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/midweek-up...

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Midweek Update #29: The American Distance Blockade: Establishing The Best Possible Terms For US Withdrawal

The Xi-Trump Summit, Keeping The US Fat, Weak And Consuming; Taiwan Should Be Nervous

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WIRED @wired.com · 18h

Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it. www.wired.com/story/how-is...

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How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank

Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.

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Stephen Bawks @bawks.com · 18h

Too bad it's not blue sky. Also Lanterns is freaking awesome.

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Maine Morning Star @mainemorningstar.com · 29/09/2026

Most judges on a federal appeals court seemed inclined Tuesday to allow a federal judge to continue investigating Trump officials for possible criminal contempt-of-court charges for defying a judicial order by sending more than 100 Venezuelan men to a brutal Salvadoran prison last year.

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Appeals court poised to allow contempt probe of DHS deportation flights to El Salvador • Maine Morning Star

Most judges on a federal appeals court seemed inclined during oral arguments Tuesday to allow a federal judge to continue investigating Trump officials for possible criminal contempt-of-court charges…

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 30/09/2026

DoorDash isn't shy about using their lobbying power to get what they want, but when it comes to their drivers being gunned down by ICE, they're silent. Join us in demanding DoorDash speak out against ICE violence and push for Wilber's immediate release: share.indvs.org/tool...

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

3/ Aasaf threatened that the militias would close “the ports” of all countries participating in the “blockade” on Iranian flights and shoot down any hostile aircraft in Iraqi airspace.

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2/ Kataib Hezbollah Security Chief Abu Mujahid Aasaf threatened in a September 28 statement to overthrow the Iraqi federal government “by all means” if it works against Iranian and Iranian-backed Iraqi militia interests in Iraq.

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NEW: Houthi and Yemeni government-aligned forces have reportedly ordered general mobilizations to reinforce frontlines across Yemen, which may signal long-term Houthi intent to continue advances in Taiz Governorate and along the Red Sea coast. (1/4) Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate09...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Actually you did vote for this, dipshit

Erick Erickson: Talked to a friend whose business has been hit hard by diesel and tariffs. He vented, "I voted for him, but I didn't vote for this." Real frustration out there.
1:16 PM • 9/29/26 • 5.5K Views

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026

Ken Paxton desperately tried to defend his handling of a child predator case by claiming the defendant “served 60 days.” Then came the Community Note...

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Ken Paxton Defends Handling of Child Predator Case

Community Note: “Paxton's office initially recommended 1 day in jail.”

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Shock to us all: Creepy Big Tech CEO goes full steam ahead on “pervert glasses.”

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith explains that the phone records for some members of Congress "corroborated evidence that we had that the president, President Donald Trump and his co-conspirators were seeking to exploit the violence on January 6th in furtherance of their criminal scheme." www.youtube.com/live/zNc5VMP...

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LIVE: Jack Smith appears before Senate Judiciary Committee

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Maine Public @mainepublic.org · 29/09/2026

As heating oil prices hit record highs, Mainers are eyeing winter with growing trepidation www.mainepublic.org/business-and-ec…

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026

The VERY conservative 11th Circuit unanimously refused to block the lower court's sanctions order against the DOJ in the Trump v IRS (that resulted in the slush fund) case.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026

In a letter sent to the company this week, US Rep. Jamie Raskin accused Apple of “working with the government to violate its customers’ First Amendment rights to record and report on the activities of their own government." arstechnica.visitlink.me/zit76N

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Apple pressured to explain Trump role in ICE-tracking app removals

Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've been counting on the officer corps to refuse orders if they are told to deploy in support of another Trump coup attempt. But is Hegseth purging the military of the officers who would say no? This is a hugely important question. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

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Hegseth to Announce 20% Cut to Senior Officer Ranks

The defense secretary will announce the move on Wednesday during a speech to a handpicked group of lower-ranked officers and enlisted troops.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/09/2026

There's less need to stress about advertisers following where you go online when you have Privacy Badger installed. privacybadger.org/

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Privacy Badger

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026

A man charged with rape and sexual assault casually joking about consent at an official event with Trump White House officials.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026

🚨 WOW: Marjorie Taylor Greene used a Cameo video to unload on GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan over the Epstein files and foreign wars. "This one is for Senator Dan Sullivan from one of your constituents in Alaska, who is very America First and really sick of the RINOs and very sick of the party."

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026

The Trump regime's new AI assistant confirmed Donald is a convicted felon, Biden won the 2020 election, and Trump is in the Epstein files before it stopped answering political questions.

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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026

“The experiments are still in the queue. The PR is already live,” says one expert. www.wired.com/story/anthro...

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Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?

“The experiments are still in the queue. The PR is already live,” says one expert.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026

Trump’s Pentagon is preparing to cut 20% of senior military posts as his top envoys discuss sanctions relief, energy deals, and economic cooperation with Putin’s team. The timing is raising serious questions.

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Trump's Hegseth Plans 20% Cut to Senior Military Posts as Putin Envoy Courts U.S.

As the Pentagon prepares to downgrade or eliminate senior billets by January 1, 2027, Trump officials are discussing Russian energy and economic cooperation while Moscow's war on Ukraine continues.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026

1. Garland had to sue for testimony of 14 critical witnesses w/o which there'd be no case. The court took a year to rule 2. Garland began investigating Trump when he got to DOJ. He did not wait 2 years 3. Twitter delayed the probe 4 months 4. The J6 cmte delayed it by another 2 months 5. SCOTUS

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Trump voter: "I would call [Trump] a bald-faced liar. That's all I can say nicely. I've already retired from one company, and I went back to work to cover my insurance, gas, and the price of food that keeps going up…It really sucks."

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026

The delayed release of the company's updated model comes at a delicate time for OpenAI’s public safety reputation: arstechnica.visitlink.me/Q3kdU2

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OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to release

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026

The company devoted almost a third of its lengthy S-1 filing to detailing “risk factors,” including the potential of increasingly advanced AI models to manipulate, blackmail, and exhibit other unpredictable behaviors: arstechnica.visitlink.me/GATAU1

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Anthropic’s IPO pitch includes a warning about human extinction

The Claude maker warns its own models could resist shutdowns and cause catastrophic harm.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026

The order ran through a Coast Guard ad contract with LMD. On Sept. 21, that contract was changed to let CBP use it and its ceiling was raised by $25 million. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_I...

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026

Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...

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70B06C26F00001137
In Progress
(11 months remain)
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Awarding Agency
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Recipient
LMD AGENCY, INC.
5950 SYMPHONY WOODS RD STE 500
COLUMBIA, MD 21044-3592
UNITED STATES
Congressional District: MD-03
Related Awards
Parent Award Unique Key
CONT_IDV_70Z02323ACGRC0001_7008
Dates
Today
Start Date
Sep 20, 2026
Current End Date
Sep 19, 2027
Potential End Date
Sep 19, 2027
$ Award Amounts
$20.0 Million
Current Award Amount
$20.0 Million
Obligated Amount
$20.0 Million
Potential Award Amount
Outlayed Amount
$0.00
Obligated Amount
$20,000,000.00
Current Award Amount
$20,000,000.00
Potential Award Amount
$20,000,000.00
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NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)Code
54 : Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
5418: Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services
541810: Advertising Agencies
Product or Service Code(PSC)
SERVICES
R: SUPPORT SVCS (PROF, ADMIN, MGMT)
R7: MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
R701: SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: ADVERTISING
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The average cost of a domestic airline ticket in the U.S. is $405, up from $302 a year ago.

Graph showing a steep rise in average airfares in 2026, from below $300 at the start to $405 today.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Russell Brand is currently charged in the UK with 3 counts of rape, 3 counts of sex assault, and 1 count of indecent assault. He is set for trial in London in two weeks.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington: We have failed to live up to the command in Deuteronomy, “you shall not violate the rights of the alien or the orphan,” and to the words on the Statue of Liberty. And so “we are losing our soul as a nation.” www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-los...

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‘We Are Losing Our Soul as a Nation’

What we saw in Springfield, Ohio.

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