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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I think it's important to note that this wasn't just the same week, the vote was a week later, and the sketchy car crash didn't become public until almost a week after that. So the whole time the council was ignoring the public, they were also hiding this OBVIOUS need for civilian oversight as well.
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michaelfsheils.bsky.social @michaelfsheils.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Opinion | ‘The First Time I Voted for Donald Trump, I Thought It Was Going to Make a Difference’ (Gift Article)
In Georgia, where Black voters could help decide control of the Senate, Mara Gay asks what they want from America and the Democratic Party.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Epstein survivor Dani Bensky on meeting with Blanche:   "Todd Blanche treated the meeting as a mere 'check-the-box' exercise intended to secure votes for his confirmation. He danced around his wording, repeatedly interrupted us and could not commit to anything that would demonstrate good faith."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Statement from Annie Farmer on meeting with Todd Blanche: "After meeting with Todd Blanche, I feel even more confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the United States' Attorney General. "I found him abrasive, condescending, and intentionally noncommittal to survivors."
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Mr. Blanche gave bizarre excuses for not meeting with Jeffrey Epstein's victims – yet he spent two days personally eliciting testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell." Liz Oyer
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has found probable cause that Elon Musk violated the state's election bribery law by promising voters $1 million payouts ahead of the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election — referring two complaints to the Brown County District Attorney.
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michaelfsheils.bsky.social @michaelfsheils.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
People who vote Republican believe fairy tales and enjoy being lied to. They don't want to live on earth or face the reality that the rest of the 8+ Billion people on this planet are experiencing. Delusional, cult behavior.
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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It’s impossible to move the debate forward when one side is committed to upholding a disinformation-fueled, dehumanizing false reality that leads to the state-sanctioned street killings of innocent people. There are not two sides to this particular story. Full stop.
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 16/07/2026
Epstein survivor: I found my name in two places in the first Epstein Files release. In the next release, the redactions were far worse. The Files displayed my name, phone number, and more. These documents contain disturbing yet incomplete accounts of my abuse. It was humiliating.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Please explain to me how the same senators who voted for the Epstein Transparency Acf would now vote to confirm the man who’s leading the continuing coverup of the Epstein files.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
How do you think it would have been covered if President Obama had to pay $5 million to a woman he sexually abused and defamed? Do you think the White House press would have asked him about it?
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Its funny how everyone's idea of heaven is a complete untouched paradise, crystal clear waters, lush green forests, enough food for everyone, classless, moneyless, stateless, a Utopia of peace, unity and happiness. But here on earth it's considered a leftist ideology.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 16/07/2026
So what changed? The Senate passed the Epstein Transparency Act - unanimously. Now, some of those very same senators are lining up to confirm Todd Blanche — the same man who's been leading the Epstein cover-up. We deserve better.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Rep. Thomas Massie has announced he'll introduce the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, a bill to give state AGs, DAs, 'authorized state officers,' and victims the right to sue DOJ for "unlawfully withholding, redacting, delaying, concealing, removing, or failing to publish Epstein-related records."
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 16/07/2026
Trump Is Building a White House Helipad. He Sought No Approvals. By Luke Broadwater and Marco Hernandez July 16, 2026 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Inside Trump’s Swift Construction of a White House Helipad
The president has bypassed a review or approval process in his swift effort to build a granite helipad on the South Lawn.
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Washington City Paper @wcp.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
On Tuesday, the D.C. Council passed the RESALE Act, which aims to rein in unscrupulous sellers on third-party ticket sites. The legislation also caps the resold ticket price at a 10 percent markup from the original price—a major win for consumers, venues, and artists.
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Ticket to Paradise? The D.C. Council Unanimously Passes Law To Protect Consumers
The RESALE Act of 2025 aims to rein in unscrupulous sellers on third-party ticket sites and succeeded at capping resale ticket prices.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 16/07/2026
Political cartoon. Blanche sits before a committee hearing with a giant billboard covering his face that reads: "Need a fixer Attorney General? He's on Trump's side...Not Yours. 1-800-LAW-HACK. Call Todd Blanche!" A speech bubble says, "...Any questions?"
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Heatwaves. Wildfire smoke. A parasite outbreak. It's moments like these where we need competent and thoughtful leadership to protect people. Yet at the federal level we have a regime run by a man obsessed with lining his own pockets and spewing lies about an election that happened 6 years ago.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
NEW: Republican Thom Tillis says Todd Blanche has to meet with Epstein survivors before he'll vote to confirm Blanche. "This is a very important part of getting to yes. There should not be any reason why … if he said that he would do it today, then he can certainly do it over the next two weeks."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/07/2026
OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/07/2026
If the head of US intelligence isn't able to say who won the election in 2020, then maybe he shouldn't be head of US intelligence.
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My theory? Department of the Interior is so embarrassed by the Reflecting Pool debacle that they're desperate to avoid any further scandal ahead of the big July 4 celebrations. wessiler.substack.com/p/national-p...
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National Park Visitors Are Dying, And DOI Is Covering It Up
With the workforce in national parks down at least 15 percent, something had to give, and the administration doesn’t want you to know about it
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
FLAG: The Postmaster General confirmed at a Senate hearing that under a new proposed rule, the Postal Service would not deliver mail-in ballots in states that decline to hand over sensitive data about voters to the federal government. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Postmaster general confirms plan to block ballots in states that balk at Trump’s demands
That it’s even possible that the Postal Service might refuse to deliver ballots unless states comply with Trump’s demands is breathtaking.
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TPainTheElder @tpainetheelder.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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Optimistic Justice Warrior @rozoruminations.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I am slowly starting to care about America's 250th birthday because of the work of Great Americans like @hcrichardson.bsky.social, those creating @250to250.bsky.social vignettes, and working at our wonderful American museums www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... and www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-18/a...
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10 museums to visit for America’s 250th anniversary
From Arkansas to Washington DC, museums across the US are grappling with what it means to celebrate the country
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I would like a side-by-side account of the cost of: the Iran war, the reflecting pool, the ballroom, the Qatari plane, the WWE fight; DOJ settlement payoffs (like to Ashli Babbitt) and any other vanity projects I'm missing; compared with all of the "waste and fraud" supposedly saved by the DOGE cuts
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Perfect
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
“We are deeply disturbed to learn so many senior members of the Trump administration gathered in the Situation Room to discuss the release of the Epstein Files as a reputational problem… we are separately concerned Todd Blanche was at that table.”
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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 13/06/2026
I've never heard a huge crowd do a countdown to the moment when the government violates a court order before.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Just past midnight, the MSNOW stream from the Kennedy Center alone has 99k viewers. Watching a bunch or construction workers standing on some scaffolding.
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 13/06/2026
This is truly pathetic.
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michaelfsheils.bsky.social @michaelfsheils.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Double freedom rockets on display at MSG tomorrow night 🇺🇸
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The good news: You are still allowed to bring your middle fingers.
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michaelfsheils.bsky.social @michaelfsheils.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Kyle Clark gotta be one of the best debate moderators we got in this country. Watching these candidates get spun around and embarrassed in front of a live audience, right to their face, is refreshing. Pretty sad that these type of people are running for elected office and lie so much tho
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Colorado GOP gubernatorial primary candidate Rep. Scott Bottoms has claimed without evidence that there are 50,000 Venezuelan gang members in Colorado alone (10-20x the worldwide estimate) and that rural sheriffs are preparing to deputize Special Forces veterans to fight the gang.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Victor Marx, frontrunner for the GOP nod for CO Gov, makes astonishing claims about his accomplishments. He’s either had one of the most extraordinary lives in human history or he’s a liar and a fraud. When I asked how voters should decide, he joked that his dog would bite me.
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michaelfsheils.bsky.social @michaelfsheils.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A terrific conversation on Pablo Torre Finds Out with investigative journalist Julie K Brown. Hard to overstate the importance of her work covering Jeffrey Epstein. youtu.be/-reCUSwuzVg?...
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Hot on the Trail of Jeffrey Epstein with Reporter Julie K. Brown | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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michaelfsheils.bsky.social @michaelfsheils.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
😂😂😂 🤣🤣🤣 👍🏻👍🏻 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Lutnick paid off Republicans before his Epstein testimony. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...
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Lutnick Donated $5 Million to House Republicans Before Epstein Testimony
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POTUS @sentientpotato.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
bro he lost *white men* lmao
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
An extraordinary rebuke of Todd Blanche and his Justice Department. Federal judge dismisses the indictment of Abrego Garcia (an exceedingly rare outcome in a criminal case). Finding of vindictive prosecution and "an abuse of prosecuting power." The opinion name checks Blanche nearly 30 times.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News
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michaelfsheils.bsky.social @michaelfsheils.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
wapo.st/4wEWSNv (gift link / no paywall)
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Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence
Tulsi Gabbard abruptly resigned as director of national intelligence, saying she is leaving the post because of her husband's illness.
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michaelfsheils.bsky.social @michaelfsheils.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
(gift link) wapo.st/3OVVoh4
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They’re not saying someone should kill Trump. But they’re coming close.
Deliberately vague internet memes about violence against prominent people have become increasingly popular, and experts fear they will encourage actual attacks.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Please note this. The argument that threatening genocide and the murder of tens of millions of people forced Iran to the table, and is therefore not just defensible but actually *good,* is becoming a go-to line from Trumpworld Hegseth also just said it. We have to take on that argument at its roots.
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michaelfsheils.bsky.social @michaelfsheils.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
"After the appalling Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023, the Israelis prevented any international journalists from entering Gaza to see what was happening throughout the entire period of the war. As a result, the job of reporting on the day-to-day events was done by local journalists..
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
"I’s too bad that it takes something actually happening to the president to make him feel empathy for this community," a school board member in Newtown, Connecticut tells me. You should check out this story, it's quite a glimpse into Trump's transactionalism and utter lack of principles:
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michaelfsheils.bsky.social @michaelfsheils.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
An in-depth conversation between Julie K Brown and Nicole Wallace youtu.be/UXGlXnCKlZU?...
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‘Blown every door open’: She broke the Epstein story — and she has more
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Pete Hegseth wants to live in a world in which the US military can drop bombs on scores of children and face no serious media scrutiny for it. His vile claim that he can't wait for David Ellison to run CNN shows he pines for oligarchic control of media. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2077...
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Raging at Media, Pete Hegseth Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
He wants “patriotic” coverage of the Iran War. He doesn’t understand: in a democracy, coverage that asks difficult questions of the government is itself “patriotic.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Billionaire control of the media is a danger to us all. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...
nytimes.com
Pete Hegseth Says ‘the Sooner David Ellison’ Buys CNN, ‘the Better’
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