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auntyr.bsky.social @auntyr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know what? I have absolutely no problem posting this. I hope it follows them for years.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Outrage erupted this weekend after a lawsuit was filed by a young woman against Cornell University & several defendants alleging she was gang raped at a fraternity. I explain the law, provide the facts, & discuss why it’s important the local DA now reopens the case: youtu.be/ZzKWgFvqEEo?...
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DISTURBING Cornell ASSAULT Investigation REOPENED After BOMBSHELL New LAWSUIT!!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13h
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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 16h
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 14h
🚨Exclusive🚨: I have exculpatory evidence in what is easily the dumbest congressional oversight episode of the year...maybe the decade. I was at the Iowa v. MD game & just looked at my pics & sure enough, someone who looks like Jack Smith is sitting in Sec 109, Row 1. Complete & total vindication!
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 13h
Rather than use its immense platform to issue an *actual* informative public service announcement addressing Americans’ pressing needs, the White House is using a government-funded PSA as a veneer to spread partisan propaganda.
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The Illegality of Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded “Public Service Announcements”
Any consequences will likely depend on Congress
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 13h
The White House recently released another ad in a series of videos that it calls “public service announcements.” It’s yet another example of the Trump administration illegally using federal funds and authority as a tool of partisan electoral politics and retribution.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 12h
This is a human rights abuse worthy of prosecution under intentional law. Minimally, they should be impeached and removed for this alone.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12h
NEW: We launched this tracker in May, when ICE's detentions had been rejected about 10,000 times by federal courts. It's doubled in less than five months. See and sort the latest numbers, plus read the rulings. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 12h
NEW: At rare en banc argument, DC Circuit seems inclined to let Judge Boasberg resume his contempt inquiry re the deportations to CECOT in El Salvador last year. Also, judges question whether Trump admin is making Kristi Noem a 'sacirifical lamb' www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Appeals court seems likely to let Boasberg’s contempt probe continue
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 28/09/2026
The wife of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly has a “heavy hand” in national defense decisions — without holding an appointed or employed position at DoD. We’re suing to uncover the administration’s attempt to hide documents that would reveal the extent of her role.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 28/09/2026
YOU CAN'T USE TAXPAYER FUNDS ON PROPAGANDA YOU CAN'T USE TAXPAYER FUNDS ON PROPAGANDA YOU CAN'T USE TAXPAYER FUNDS ON PROPAGANDA
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Ethics expert: President Trump spent taxpayer funds on ‘political propaganda’
YouTube video by ABC News
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Whoa:
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Randall Eliason @rdeliason.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
20 years ago, Bush fired several U.S. Attorneys for failing to pursue election fraud cases against Democrats. It was a major scandal that led to a special counsel and multiple resignations. When Trump's DOJ threatened to do the same thing, it barely registered. www.sidebarsblog.com/p/doj-report...
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DOJ Reportedly Threatens to Fire Prosecutors Who Decline Voter Fraud Cases
An update to an old Republican playbook
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Supreme Court allows Trump to use expanded federal database that would allow states to check on voters' citizenship status, although impact limited ahead of the election: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use expanded database for potential voter purges
Critics have said the data could lead to U.S. citizens being kicked off the voter rolls, but the justices noted the law prohibits broad voter purges in the weeks leading up to an election.
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LSAClassOf2000 @lsaclassof2000.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've heard this story before. He worked for former Michigan Congressman Dick Chrysler, who owned a business in Brighton that did aftermarket upgrades to mostly Chrysler brands, so he basically did sunroofs and convertible tops for K-cars and the odd LeBaron. It was not a union shop, as I recall.
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 25/09/2026
Dr. Oz is on my flight right now. He is sitting in the very first seat, front row. I saw him get on the plane. So when I stepped off the jetway onto the plane I approached him and put my hand out. What the man in charge of healthcare for the people on the very margins of society said…was revealing
Dr. Oz on flight
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Judges should award attorneys fees to media defendants in cases like this. The case is frivolous and it is transparently an effort to chill reporting protected by the First Amendment, as the NYT’s lawyers say. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b...
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Florida Files Lawsuit Against The New York Times
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To be clear, Mr. Attorney General, the 1st Cir struck down your policy after full adversary briefing on 9/18. Rather than seek clarification on whether it took effect immediately, you tried to fly still more people to 3d countries so it would be too late for them. On 9/23 it found out & stopped you.
Without even allowing the government a chance to respond, and in the dark of night, a federal appeals court blocked us from conducting all third-country removals of illegal aliens, an entirely legal and invaluable tool to stem the tide of illegal immigration. We will immediately seek relief from the Supreme Court, which previously granted a stay in this very same case.
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Randall Eliason @rdeliason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My latest on Sidebars: DOJ reportedly threatened to fire prosecutors who decline voter fraud cases. 20 years ago, the Bush DOJ fired U.S. Attorneys for failing to pursue voter fraud cases against Democrats. Republicans are running plays from an old playbook. www.sidebarsblog.com/p/doj-report...
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DOJ Reportedly Threatens to Fire Prosecutors Who Decline Voter Fraud Cases
An update to an old Republican playbook
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 25/09/2026
Since Trump was re-elected in 2024, the Trump Organization has announced plans for 13 new international developments, essentially doubling the number of owned and branded foreign properties in the Trump Org's portfolio.
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The Trump Organization has announced 13 foreign developments since Trump won back the presidency - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CREW is tracking all the foreign projects that the Trump Organization has announced since Trump became a candidate for president in 2022.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reupping for the EU crowd. Trump's DOJ is going to try to veto a DSA judgement against Elon, basically forcing the EU to adhere to US pro-Nazi social media policies.
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The rule changes the State Dept has proposed aren't final yet. They'll be formally published in the Federal Register 30 days after Congress got notice this week, and then there will be another 30 days for public comment
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DOJ alerted a judge that the State Dept. notified Congress about expanding access to passport records for "voter eligibility" uses, but didn't share full details. Bloomberg obtained the doc, which IDs users as fed/state/local gov't agencies as well as non-profits www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US Seeks to Expand Access to Passport Records for Voter Checks
The US State Department is moving to give state and local officials, as well as potentially some nonprofit organizations, access to passport records to verify voters’ citizenship.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DOJ wants to violate the Privacy Act to share passport information under the same bullshit excuse, to investigate voting registration. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US Seeks to Expand Access to Passport Records for Voter Checks
The US State Department is moving to give state and local officials, as well as potentially some nonprofit organizations, access to passport records to verify voters’ citizenship.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) will face “legal consequences” after the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that his seizure of roughly 650,000 ballots violated state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California Attorney General vows ‘legal consequences’ for GOP sheriff who seized ballots
The ballot seizure case highlights the risks to democracy when election deniers in positions of authority abuse their power to interfere with vote counting. Bianco seized an estimated 650,000 ballots ...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So, it turns out that now CNN and CBS News are under the control of the Ellison family, they are considering asking Elon Musk to join them. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
Plus, an ICE charter plane that was in the air when the appeals court said its bar on third-country removals was effective immediately, has since landed in two known TCR countries—Ghana and Liberia. Story to come at @prospect.org
An FR24 map showing N50JE landing in Accra, Ghana. An FR24 map showing N50JE landing in Monrovia, Liberia.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: The plane appearing to have been scheduled to fly third-country nationals to 3 African countries today—before an appeals court prohibited it last night—has taken off, landed at Gitmo (Somalis in ICE camp there) and is now in San Juan, a common refueling stop for ICE flights to Africa.
An FR24 map showing N352BH landing at Gitmo. An FR24 map showing N352BH going from Gitmo to San Juan.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Is DHS defying court orders again? Six days before en banc DC Circuit hears argument on whether Judge Boasberg can finally investigate DHS/DOJ defiance of his order of 3/15/25, which sent 137 Venezuelans to CECOT with no due process?
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 23/09/2026
It's imperative that Congress confronts Trump's dangerous conflicts of interest by banning him from earning outside income. Americans need to trust that our government, and especially our president, is working in their best interests, not anyone else’s.
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Stopping Trump’s profiteering: How to actually ban presidents from earning outside income - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
It is imperative for Congress to make it a priority to address President Trump’s dangerous conflicts of interest.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 23/09/2026
Just a reminder to any senator saying Don Jr. is not selling access to the presidency: Don Jr. started a private club called Executive Branch within months of Trump retaking office, with appearances by Trump cabinet members. How much more obvious does it need to get?
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Scoop: The anonymous source behind a POLITICO story that the White House is now using to justify a ban on the outlet was none other than JD Vance himself. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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The Source Behind The Ban
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
About damn time
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Here's the Haberman interview. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Maggie Haberman Says Trump’s Inner Circle Is Counting on Pardons
The longtime Trump chronicler and New York Times reporter talks about the midterms, the president’s “un-reality bubble,” and his frustration with the war in Iran.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a sweeping package of election laws Saturday, including a measure making it a felony to seize ballots, election records or voting technology before an election is certified. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California enacts new election safeguards against potential Trump interference in midterms
It’s the latest move by the Golden State to prevent law enforcement or federal officials from disrupting the counting of votes ahead of the midterms.
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 19/09/2026
The First Amendment does not care whether or not a president likes his media coverage. This overreach is unlawful and unconstitutional. We will continue to support and fight for the free press and journalists. ⬇️
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 15/09/2026
A federal judge REFUSED to pause her sanctions order pending appeal in Trump v. IRS, the collusive lawsuit that purported to justify Trump's insurrectionist slush fund and tax amnesty. Doc buff.ly/7C9aUwv
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 15/09/2026
It's a reminder that shouldn't have to be said, but one @skyeperryman.bsky.social boldly told Congress today: President Trump's bribery and corruption are both unlawful and harmful to the American people.
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump administration "plans to argue Monday that greenhouse gases from power plants do not endanger human health or the environment" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨Happening Now🚨 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Mail voting live updates: Judge weighs fate of Trump’s anti-voting executive order
This morning's hearing may be the most consequential moment yet in the months-long legal fight over Trump's attempt to restrict mail voting before the midterms.
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Max Wilson @maxwilson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Judge Allows Google To Keep Chrome But Orders It To Share Search Data With Competitors. www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
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Google Monopoly Case: Judge Says Company Can Keep Chrome
Federal prosecutors pushed a judge to force Google to sell its Chrome browser after the company was ruled as a monopolist in court last year.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday that ICE agents could enter polling places to make arrests this November, raising fresh concerns about the Trump administration contemplating actions that federal law has long prohibited. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS chief says ICE could make arrests at polling places — ignoring federal ban on armed agents at voting sites
Under federal law, an official who orders, brings or keeps “troops or armed men” at a location where a general or special election is taking place can face up to five years in prison and disqualificat...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is such an important story.👇 Opponents of President Donald Trump’s dangerous executive order restricting mail voting say there’s a simple motivation behind the scheme: Democrats vote by mail more than Republicans. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Democrats use mail voting more than Republicans. That’s why Trump is attacking it
In 2024, 37% of Democrats reported voting by mail compared to 24% of Republicans, according to the MIT Election Data and Science Lab.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So here we are, 6 years later and Trump: >Has purged the military of independent voices AND elevated pro-Jan6 Generals >Is building a bunker >Invaded DC with National Guard
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
As a reminder why it's not good that Laura Loomer has the ability to purge people, read this absolutely spectacular piece from Julia Curlee, some of the best writing I've read recently. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The essential feature of our national park system is “its essential democracy … the preservation of the scenery, of the forests, of the wilderness …for the people as a whole instead of leaving the enjoyment thereof to be confined to the very rich who can control private reserves.” - T Roosevelt
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