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Mike Bentley

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 3h
UPDATE: Trump was asked what state Zacharia passed the bar exam. Trump deferred to Zacharia to answer. Zacharia said, "When I moved to China." Which makes absolutely no sense. She appears to waive away follow up questions. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Stock holdings now exceed the value of primary residences in the U.S. Yet the typical family's home is worth five times their stock portfolio. In other words, the gains from the stock market boom are going to the top.
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THX•1138 @ithx1138.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We stand with
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/10/2026
U.S. soldiers wounded in an Iranian drone strike tell the AP the military's medical system failed them: “I was just kind of on my own, at least it felt like that.”
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Three weeks ago: @pbsnews.org #Russia www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
"Our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not." And this is about one of his *good* ideas. The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social:
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Trump Accounts Were a GOOD Idea. He Just Made It an Icky One.
What started as a bipartisan savings concept now comes with stocks you can’t reject, a five-year lockup, and some very happy billionaires.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
this is fucked up
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Consumer sentiment is at 48, the fourth-lowest reading since 1952. It was almost double that at this point in Bush’s second term and didn’t even fall this low during the 2008 financial crisis. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“.. the energy watchdog said these 100mn barrels would come from the 400mn barrel stock release agreed in March, and would not include additional barrels.” @financialtimes.com ⛽️ www.ft.com/content/2761...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to the government's official contract reporting. abcnews.com/Politics/tru...
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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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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The best way to be sure your vote counts is to vote early and in person. www.vote.org
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Amelia Malpas @malpas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This enrages me so deeply I don't know what to say. Being able to control your body is *the* most basic freedom, one which is necessary for the exercise of all other freedoms possible in a liberal democratic society
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This K is alive and well! Labor compensation vs. corporate profits JPMAM
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 03/10/2026
Trump corrupted America's most innovative institution, the National Science Foundation, by stealing $1.4B mandated by Congress for research. 🧪 🧵
A photo of Trump in front of the U.S. National Science Foundation entrance, overlaid headline that reads "Trump admin stole $1.4B for world changing science against the will of congress", with a Stand Up for Science logo beneath it.
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/10/2026
A CNN investigation has found that while Jared Kushner acted as a key Middle East peace negotiator, his private equity firm held the largest stake in an Israeli company backing businesses tied to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, including its largest arms manufacturer. cnn.it/4AIwBQs
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump: "The one thing we have is oil is a little high, but oil is much lower than it was for Biden" (Energy prices are much higher now than they were when Biden left office)
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 01/10/2026
Can irony kill you?
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Corporate profits now represent 14.9% of GDP, the highest share on record going back to 1947 Citadel Rubner
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Mike Bentley @mdbentley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A good listen.
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404 Media @404media.co · 01/10/2026
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/usps-to-put-...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. They’ve already started building,” Trump said. “.. That’s not true, according to TV6 Investigates’ review of Lee County land records. The review found no major property purchases tied to the project this year.” @kwqc.com #Iowa www.kwqc.com/2026/09/29/t....
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Morning Joe @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In the wake of Republican Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt’s failed “gotcha” moment with former special counsel Jack Smith, MS NOW reports that staff warned the lawmaker that text messages provided to the committee were unvetted.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
They are shutting this down by the end of the day.
Can the president build a giant triumphal arch in Washington
DC without congressional authorization?

No. Not on federal park or public grounds in the District of Columbia without express authority of Congress. I
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's a good day to google "Foxconn," "Wisconsin," "Trump," "2018," "13,000 jobs" and "didn't happen, didn't even come close"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Trump lies: "Oil will come dropping down as soon as Iran gives up, as soon as the war is over, which will be soon. Prices for groceries have come way down for Biden. Almost every price has come way down. And remember one thing -- oil is less expensive now than it was under the Biden administration."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For decades Americans in Republican counties have died sooner than those living in Democratic ones Now they’re dying faster than they’re being born These are policy choices
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/09/2026
Trump’s Arctic adviser has a social feed filled with foreign news accounts, sometimes from outlets sympathetic to Putin. In May, he reposted a video of Putin taken by Russian state media, an action a policy expert later called “super-loaded.”
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How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s ag...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We don’t need our journalistic watchdogs to have “access” to Trump Everyone in the press room should walk out in protest … and source up.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The White House Press Corps should've walked out as soon as the Trump regime banned the Associated Press for calling the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of Mexico." That was Feb 15, 2025. The first month of Trump Term II. Not surprising that abandoning principles for weak acquiescence led to more abuse.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Statement from the Radio Television Digital News Association:
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hey White House Correspondents' Association -- is *this enough?
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When the public finally learns the full accounting of the damage done in this war, it’ll probably be too late to hold anyone in the Trump administration accountable. But this is insane. And they’re lying to the American people.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Kloza: ⛽️
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Kennedy Center Shakedown
The only appropriate response is to refuse to accede to his demands.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
(WSJ) - American oil executives warned for months that the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz was bound to cause a fuel crisis. Now, they say it is here. @wsj.com $CVX www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Don Jr's extravagant 3-day wedding was bankrolled by Russian oligarch and Putin crony Umar Kremlev, per @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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CNN @cnn.com · 13/09/2026
Teachers across the US are citing growing concerns over what they're saying is a reading crisis. CNN's Isabel Rosales reports.
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Mike Bentley @mdbentley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is stupid.
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Convicted sex offender offered opening prayer at rally for GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina" "Pastor Daimon L. King is a registered sex offender, twice sentenced to prison for convictions involving children, according to state and court records." apnews.com/article/what...
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This contractor has far more integrity than the crook who hired them. They can admit mistakes and don’t like to see other people suffer for them
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.
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