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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now members of Congress are being denied the ability to see the damage at these bases because there's a coverup underway. There's a coverup underway to try to hide the cost of this war and the debacle it has caused in the region."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h
The Pentagon has again quietly raised the number of U.S. casualties during operations related to the Iran war. The military now is reporting that 21 U.S. service members have been killed, up from 18, and 865 have been wounded, up by 98 since August.
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Pentagon Again Increases Number of U.S. Casualties in Iran War
In an unannounced change, the Defense Department is now acknowledging troops who died or were wounded in support roles.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12h
Do you know how hard it is to lose the war if you're the United States? It's about as unlikely as bankrupting a casino.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
interestingly, trump approved GA's disaster declaration for isaias today within hours
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Trump Tells Crowd in North Carolina They Won’t Get FEMA Funding If They Don’t Vote for Republican Candidate
While at a rally in North Carolina to support Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley, President Donald Trump said if Whatley wasn’t elected he’d withhold FEMA funding from the state.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/10/2026
The crypto industry has spent a “staggering amount of money” to influence politics, the documentarian Ben McKenzie tells Charlie Warzel. “And they're doing the same thing now with the midterms.” Watch Galaxy Brain: youtu.be/hnTI_RqIERE
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett @doggett.house.gov · 09/10/2026
[1/2] Instead of using the new sanctions Congress authorized against Putin, Trump is sanctioning the International Criminal Court, which seeks Putin’s arrest for abducting Ukrainian children. www.reuters.com/world/us-imp...
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EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges.
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maryfhodson.bsky.social @maryfhodson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😳
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In Trump's second term, Bezos has received... -Huge new tax cuts for himself and Amazon -Millions of dollars in new Blue Origin federal contracts -A slap-on-the wrist FTC settlement for Amazon -A gutted NLRB led by a union-busting lawyer No wonder he's been such a Trump sycophant.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 08/10/2026
Many people in Donald Trump’s orbit view their positions not as public service but as a profit center—and the latest examples came this week, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
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Trump’s Team of Mercenaries
People around the president are using their roles to cash in. They learned it by watching him.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)
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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. 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 (Gift Article)
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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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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maryfhodson.bsky.social @maryfhodson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump wanted to sell weapons to china? Can’t wait for this traitor, this enemy within, to be impeached and removed
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 29/09/2026
On almost every measure of educational success from pre-K to postgrad, boys and young men now lag well behind their female classmates. But there’s a simple way to help boys do better, Richard V. Reeves argues: Start them a year later than girls. (From 2022)
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Redshirt the Boys
Why boys should start school a year later than girls
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/09/2026
The post-Enron auditor reforms are being rolled back ft.trib.al/xNwRWgJ | opinion
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The post-Enron auditor reforms are being rolled back
Regulators plan to further limit audit requirement imposed under Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Kamel’s call to Netanyahu’s office came just days before the attack, the Arab government officials said. The Egyptians continued to warn Israel up until 48 hours before the attack, one of these officials said."
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Now would be a good time for @pallone.house.gov to send Fox a letter promising an investigation into why they accepted this ad and how much they got paid to run it.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cough…John Roberts did this…cough
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
He can't raise the retirement age without Congress. Vote.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hmmm…deporting brown and black people to Africa and importing white people from Africa. Wonder what could possibly be going on here…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
CNN statement: @cnn.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If you're wondering why Trump is all of a sudden pushing AI and dismissing concerns about its safety as a "hoax," just look at his stock trades.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“.. led by declines in the stockpiles of France and Canada.” @bloomberg.com 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And … less than twenty-four hours later, there it is.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/09/2026
Trump and Rubio allies are vying for control of Cuba’s assets if regime falls
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Trump and Rubio allies are vying for control of Cuba’s assets if regime falls
Washington and Florida insiders are exploring lucrative deals for a post-communist Cuba crushed by ever-increasing US sanctions
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: We have updated the Court with the latest developments in Trump's apparent moves to demolish the Kennedy Center  The EXISTING INJUNCTION prevents demolition The Court has ordered the government to say what the hell it is doing by 10 AM @repbeatty.bsky.social, DDA & WLG will fight this!
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In a normal, functioning democracy, this would end his presidency tonight.
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GovExec @govexec.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Nearly $10 billion. That’s what agencies spent on paid administrative leave for federal workers in 2025. Erich Wagner follows the money to see what GAO found. buff.ly/so4LNwS
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Agencies spent nearly $10 billion for feds not to work in 2025
The use of paid administrative leave as part of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, an effort to entice federal workers to quit, across government in 2025 was 435% higher than…
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/09/2026
Breaking News: President Trump said he would cancel a $257 million renovation of the Kennedy Center if his name wasn’t added to the building.
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Trump Fights Back After Judge Says Name Must Stay Off Kennedy Center
President Trump threatened to cancel a $257 million renovation of the performing arts venue if the judge’s ban was not overturned.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As if they weren't bad enough, AI data centers — which Trump strongly supports — could drive a surge in "forever chemical" production. And that's after Trump's EPA already approved new forever chemical pesticides and rolled back limits on them in our drinking water. "Make America Healthy Again."
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Research Warns of Surge in Cancer-Causing Forever Chemicals From AI Data Center Build-Out | Common Dreams
Experts warn of a global surge in PFAS production driven by AI and data centers.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So a big part of Iran Contra and one of the (many) reasons it was illegal was that third party fund weren’t deposited into the U.S. Treasury
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kelsey ables @kelseyables.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NEWS: The White House is following through on plans to place signs outside the Smithsonian's American History Museum accusing it of partisan bias. They're prepping about a dozen signs, costing around $84,000, per DOI. More: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Trump’s Warning Signs Are Coming to the Smithsonian
In a letter, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said that visitors “should know” about a museum director’s ideological bias.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A minor detail is missing from the headline.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/09/2026
Dario Amodei, who co-founded Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, called for a global slowdown of artificial intelligence development in a 3,800-word essay on Saturday. His appeal for a pause follows months of escalating concerns across the technology industry. nyti.ms/4AatwIK
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Post Edited: Miles Parks NPR Exclusive: “Ballot seizures seemed impossible. But judges and officials are prepping for them now” electionlawblog.org/2026/miles-park…
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/09/2026
NEW: The Trump administration has quietly removed a key option used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots. It’s the latest step in an ongoing effort by the administration to make voting more difficult for certain groups of overseas voters who are thought to support Democrats.
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Trump administration makes it harder for some overseas voters to request a ballot
It’s the latest step in an ongoing effort by the administration and the national GOP to make voting more difficult for — or in some cases, to outright disenfranchise — certain groups of overseas voter...
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Holly 🇺🇸🦅 @msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US paid $32m to five countries to accept about 300 deportees, report shows
Some of the world’s most corrupt countries have received huge payments in third-country deportation scheme
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/09/2026
If Trump can’t get USPS to disenfranchise voters through mail voting the way he wants, the story won’t end there. “He’ll escalate,” Marc Elias says. “He’ll do something even more extreme … because that’s what Donald Trump does.” Don’t miss a single update: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They hated Hegseth even before this…
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/09/2026
"'Trump wants to control the Fed, which would also mean controlling the German gold reserves in the U.S.,' a representative of Germany’s Taxpayers Federation said. 'It’s our money, it should be brought back.'"
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Europe’s Gold Fled the Nazis. Now It’s Fleeing Trump.
Our allies once trusted America to safeguard their reserves. Now they worry the president might freeze them.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The insanity of this… no words.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/09/2026
"From the standpoint of legitimacy, nothing has changed. Rodríguez runs Venezuela with the same cronies who worked for Maduro. She has never won an honest election. Polls show that Venezuelans overwhelmingly oppose her." Well, one thing has changed:
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Trump Is Keeping Venezuela’s Dictatorship in Business
Delcy Rodríguez sends him oil. He protects her from elections.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 04/09/2026
So the White House has a new online “arcade” where you can pretend to be an ICE agent and terrorize people of color. It’s obviously disgusting but the really insidious thing is they’re trying to make this kind of discourse acceptable in our politics. We aren’t having it.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The current state of play
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Not recommended for bedtime reading
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A January 6 rioters who filmed himself drinking Fireball in Nancy Pelosi's office visited another government office this week: Todd Blanche's. It sure doesn't sound like the payout fund for insurrectionists is dead.
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Paulette Feeney ❌️👑 @pauletteparis1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is horrendous! 🤬
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