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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20h
The vote marked the second time the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) denied students at the nation’s largest historically Black university, with over 15,000 students, a midterms voting site. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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North Carolina early voting begins, with students targeted by suppression schemes
Ultimately, voters described the roadblocks as a feature, not a bug, of the state’s electoral system — one that’s littered with so much confusion that some may decide to stay home and not vote at all.
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Thought I'd share this post from a friend which is a more nuanced version of the frustration among mathematicians about how the "mathocalypse" was executed. karagila.org/2026/openai-... I think all nerds are currently processing it.
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OpenAI, the Partition Principle, and mathematics
By the time I got out of bed yesterday, I had three people ask me if I'd seen the OpenAI announcement that the Partition Principle does not (...)
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Michael Bitzer @bowtiepolitics.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Most in NC say their life has gotten worse since 2024, WRAL/WSOC Poll shows. And most blame Trump. Only 17% of NC adults said their life has improved since the 2024 elections. Likely voters this year said the main issue motivating them is the economy. #ncpol #ncsen www.wral.com/news/nccapit...
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Most in NC say their life has gotten worse since 2024, WRAL/WSOC Poll shows. And most blame Trump
Only 17% of North Carolina adults said their life has improved since the 2024 elections when President Donald Trump retook office, the poll found. Likely voters this year said the main issue motivatin...
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Wilson @wc-thats-me.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Ukrainian soldiers in combat have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted
Outage of terminals managed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX comes as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine without any advance warning from US
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NC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · 13/10/2026
Days after Gov. Josh Stein signed legislation to suspend the state’s 41-cent per gallon gas tax, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson put gas stations on notice to pass the savings along to consumers and not try to pad their own pockets. #ncpol #GasTax #nc
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NC Attorney General creates new complaint tool for gas tax cheats • NC Newsline
Days after Gov. Josh Stein signed legislation to suspend the state’s 41-cent per gallon gas tax, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson put gas stations on notice to pass the savings along to co...
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"There's something uniquely despicable about lying a nation into war, treating citizens as fools, and the selfless patriots who serve as pawns." Jon Ossoff exposes the cover-up of combat casualties and false threat claims that dragged America into a disastrous conflict. #momsky#sheshed
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
After reading the news about today’s call between trump and putin, I want to show you this sculpture INDIFFERENCE THAT KILLS Yurii Myrko Ceramics, artist’s own technique
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Sharing this because NYers who are unenthusiastic about casting a vote for Kathy Hochul need to know that the alternative, Bruce Blakeman, is a genuinely evil piece of shit. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/n...
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Blakeman Launches Graphic Attack on Mamdani in Meeting With Hasidic Jews (Gift Article)
While seeking support from Hasidic leaders, the Republican candidate for governor, Bruce Blakeman, said Mayor Zohran Mamdani would not act if riots hit their community.
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Chicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ms Rachel from the top ropes
From Ms Rachel's account on Threads, she writes, "CORECIVIC, a company that makes hundreds of millions locking up KIDS in immigration detention
has a PAC that's sending campaign checks to Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
Susan Collins chairs the Senate committee that writes ICE's budget.
ICE is CoreCivic's customer.
The company gets paid out of a budget she controls, and it pays into her campaign."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/10/2026
David Flippo failed to reveal his assets for years. His largest known investment is in a company co-founded by a businessman who has been accused of fraud and who has helped bankroll his campaign.
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David Flippo has close ties to accused fraudster whose company spent lavishly on his behalf
Arizona Land Reserve, which the Nevada Republican listed as one of his biggest assets on his financial disclosure, cut $50,000 checks to conservative groups that endorsed him.
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Wake County Indivisible @wakencindivisible.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Early voting starts this Thursday! Find all Wake County early voting sites with their days and hours to vote here. If you are registered to vote in Wake County, you can vote at ANY of these early voting sites. Bring your ID and get ready to vote!
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Guess who was one of the biggest spreaders of that bogus claim about Talarico supposedly disappearing to Ohio? As @annamerlan.bsky.social reports, "The biggest election disinformation risk in the next few weeks is Elon Musk." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk
The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.
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Clay Jones @claytoonz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Who will the Great Pumpkin order Todd Blanche to go after next? #ToddBlanche #Trump #DOJ #IlhanOmar #Halloween #GreatPumpkin
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Democrats Abroad UK @demsabroaduk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Anita Earls is mounting a fierce re-election bid for the North Carolina Supreme Court in a crucial swing state; she's fighting to protect fundamental rights and an independent judiciary. If you’re a North Carolina voter living overseas get voting details: www.votefromabroad.org/states/North...
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 12/10/2026
Russia struck power plants in Kharkiv and Kyiv shortly after Trump announced an energy truce, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. www.kyivpost.com/post/86763
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Russia Strikes Ukrainian Power Plants After Trump Announces Energy Truce, Zelensky Says
Zelensky welcomed the announced agreement and said Ukraine was ready to halt strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, but called for Moscow to do the same.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“'The recent decisions to shutter nearly complete offshore wind projects and to pay Total Energies hundreds of millions of dollars to renounce wind leases are an assault on logic and the American taxpayer,' he wrote...” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"The 2.25m barrels of diesel Putin offered Trump will have zero net impact on the world price of diesel. But accepting them will collapse the US-led sanctions regime on Russia—and align Trump with Putin against Ukraine's attacks on Russian energy production..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Kash Patel Colluded with Russian Spies to Frame Jim Comey, and He Probably Will Again emptywheel.net/2026/10/11/k...
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Kash Patel Colluded with Russian Spies to Frame Jim Comey, and He Probably Will Again - emptywheel
Kash Patel has spent almost a decade using Russian disinformation to try to frame Trump's adversaries -- first Hillary Clinton, then Jim Comey. That means, when Kash goes to Russia this week, they wil...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
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Stephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Holy hell. Anthropic's AI model submitted a false tip about a HOMICIDE to the Philadelphia Police Department's online public tip form. The release today from the PPD:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Asked and answered 👀
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 08/10/2026
Thailand’s Queen Suthida made history today, becoming the first reigning queen to fly a fighter jet solo. And she already had more than 1,100 flight hours under her belt! ✈️ #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
Two photos of Thailand’s Queen Suthida in a fighter jet, one showing her in flight wearing a helmet and oxygen mask, and another showing her smiling from the cockpit. Text announces her historic solo fighter jet flight.
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Turning 26, changing jobs, or getting a divorce shouldn't strip away your healthcare. Abdul El-Sayed is right: it is corrupt to force working families into medical debt while health insurance CEOs pocket tens of millions in bonuses every year off our premiums and deductibles #momsky#sheshed
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 08/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Federal officers have shot a man in New York City.
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Federal Officers Shoot Man in The Bronx, NYPD Says
The person was being conscious and being treated at a nearby hospital, police said.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/10/2026
Recently unearthed records show that, in one set of trials carried out by the US Army, the electric shock gloves caused “overwhelmingly immediate” pain to soldiers in a mock forced cell extraction scenario, who then reported that “just seeing the glove” frightened them into obedience.
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Study: Shock gloves traumatized Army volunteers
After tests, military personnel said "just seeing the glove" that ICE plans to adopt scared them into obedience.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump says the Kennedy Center is too dangerous to walk into Unless you play in the National Symphony, which rehearses there most weekdays @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG are still in court w/ @repbeatty.bsky.social. Say one thing, do another, as we told @nytimes.com👇 -TN
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If the Kennedy Center Is ‘Dangerous,’ Why Is the Symphony Rehearsing There?
The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that President Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“We’re in really new territory with consumer protection regulations,” said Paul Hudson, the president of FlyersRights.org, one of the largest U.S. advocacy groups for air travelers. “It’s shaping up to be a wholesale reversal of consumer protection for airline passengers.”
nytimes.com
How the Trump Administration Is Eroding Airline Passengers’ Rights
Under Sean Duffy, the Transportation Department has worked to roll back consumer protections. Passenger advocates say the changes favor airlines.
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Russia Increases Attacks on Ukraine Using an Updated Arsenal www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: Russia Increases Attacks on Ukraine Using an Updated Arsenal
Russia’s increasing pace of assaults on Ukrainian cities in recent months has been intensified by an expansion and advancements in Russia’s weapons.
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Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Steve Witkoff & Jared Kushner, who are notionally negotiating to end the Russia/Ukraine war, have 'expanded' their talks to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit 'Middle Eastern business executives with ties to'....Jared Kushner & Steve Witkoff." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
⚡️ Head of the Investigation Department of Ukrainska Pravda Mykhailo Tkach was detained in Vienna during an editorial assignment His colleague, cameraman Yaroslav Bondarenko, has disappeared from contact.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🇺🇸‼️🇮🇷 NYT: The Pentagon has drafted plans for a three-day campaign of intense strikes against Iran, targeting its missile and drone arsenal, energy facilities and Revolutionary Guard headquarters.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
😡 Russians attacked Ivano-Frankivsk, one person died, - Mayor
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#CostOfTrumpsCorruption Show this to folks who only watch Fox News. You don’t need TikTok to view it.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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praying mantis @gentlem.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
⚠️trigger warning: rape ⚠️ www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres... Bernadette Green-Placentia, Dem congressional candidate for #Arizona district 8, publicly discloses details of being raped & beaten by 2 men in August. She reported it to Maricopa Co LE 2 wks after. She was fixing campaign signs.
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is worrying news. But anxiety is not a strategy. Join @indivisible.org's midterm election protection program to help make sure we're ready for whatever tricks Trump tries to hold on to power. indivisible.org/campaigns/ou...
MS NOW: Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
ICE over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote. The internal documents, obtained by the Democracy Forward, showed that ICE's investigative arm also contemplated sending undercover agents to investigate the organizations.
democracydocket.com
ICE probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NYFed: By February 2026, Trump's tariffs had contributed 2.9 percentage points to consumer goods price inflation; without tariffs, goods prices would have fallen slightly. The tariffs raised the cost of imported goods AND their domestically-produced competitors.
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How Fast Do Tariffs Pass Through into Consumer Prices? - Liberty Street Economics
A look at how much of U.S. tariffs reach consumers and how quickly, tracing tariffs through import, domestic producer, and retail prices.
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise Etherpad and Use Wiki Tools as Proxies thehackernews.com/2026/10/wiki...
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Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise Etherpad and Use Wiki Tools as Proxies
Wikimedia says rogue OpenAI agents edited wikis, tried to compromise Etherpad, and sent millions of automated requests to its APIs.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"The Archdiocese of St. Louis has filed a lawsuit ... claims that the Ste. Genevieve County Jail and ICE have violated the First Amendment rights of immigrant detainees by preventing Catholic priests from delivering communion, hearing confessions and celebrating Mass." fox2now.com/news/missour...
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Archdiocese of St. Louis sues ICE officials over blocked religious services
The Archdiocese of St. Louis has filed a lawsuit against Ste. Genevieve County officials and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leadership over alleged restrictions on Catholic religiou…
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
👀⚖️ #fbi
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New whistleblower complaint: The Trump admin pushed the FBI to investigate Los Angeles protesters in violation of their constitutional rights and the bureau's policies, a former FBI supervisor alleges in a new whistleblower complaint.
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FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 07/10/2026
Since Trump and his ilk came back to power he's been working to cut science across the federal government. This withdrawal from an international partnership is directly the result of that. NASA has little choice, but it still sucks—especially since I am (or, was) on the VenSAR science team. (2/2)
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: A Florida lawyer who previously pleaded guilty to illegally accessing election websites monitored the primary election in Maricopa County, Arizona for the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to records viewed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ lawyer convicted of hacking election sites monitored voting in Maricopa County, Arizona
The involvement of the two lawyers in a state where President Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results adds to concerns that the administration’s monitoring program for the fall — which it ha...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice tapped criminal prosecutors and an FBI official to watch voters in Arizona’s primary elections earlier this year in a major break from past norms, according to records reviewed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona’s primary, documents reveal
The deployments mark a major break from past departmental norms.
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AMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@brianstelter.bsky.social @jaketapper.bsky.social -- This certainly seems like something people should be aware of...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. 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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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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