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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Read the document (Gift Article)

Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter

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teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social @teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Meischa was Roger Marshall's patient. This is her story.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."

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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle

It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Welp. According to Semafor, David Ellison has discussed bringing Elon Musk on as an investor in Paramount's merger with Warner Bros., which could mean Musk could have a stake in CBS News and CNN. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

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Exclusive: Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investment

A cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 22/09/2026

UPDATE: I just listened to the press conference with Oz & Vance...and sure enough, just as I suspected, they're apparently relying heavily on AN AI MODEL to "decide" which ACA enrollees meet the financial eligibility standards and which ones don't.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with.

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

After reading (as you should!) the @propublica.org barnburner on Susan Collins, consider this from RDP in 2021: Biden Needs to Fire the FBI Director prospect.org/2021/04/28/b...

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Biden Needs to Fire the FBI Director - The American Prospect

Trump-appointed FBI director Chris Wray cannot be trusted to handle the continued surge in white supremacist violence and terror.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 18/09/2026

"Several Trump Org executives who had previously traveled to the island to explore real estate deals and who even registered the Trump trademark there in 2008 have in recent months returned to Cuba under the aegis of Dominari Holdings for meetings" Lee Schlenker, Ed Augustin for @theguardian.com

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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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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Bo and Sunny Obama romp around the White House grounds in 2013

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Host: A Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin secretly bankrolled much of Don Jr's wedding, including hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026

Kremlev’s previously unreported relationship with Trump Jr. represents an extraordinary development: a member of Putin’s circle financially supporting the president’s son and gaining intimate access to the Trump family.

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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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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 10/09/2026

The gutting of local journalism continues. I started as an intern at the Lexington Herald-Leader, which laid off a majority of its reporters today. The McClatchy company was bought by a hedge fund that promised to be a good steward of journalism. And here we are... www.lpm.org/news/2026-09...

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McClatchy guts Lexington Herald-Leader newsroom, among nationwide layoffs

McClatchy laid off 13 journalists at the Lexington Herald-Leader, a majority of its reporters, as a part of its deep, nationwide layoffs.

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Status @status.news · 09/09/2026

Brian Williams had some choice words for a pair of recent New York Times headlines at the Status Summit. More from the event coming soon on Youtube.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If only the media had as much interest in the world's richest person, the primary funder of the Republican Party, who spoke at Trump's Inauguration and gave a Sieg Heil, once again declaring his belief "white solidarity is the only way to survive" as they do some Twitch streamer.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's like cuntnado. So many absolutely terrible people destroying themselves. James fucking Johnson. You absolutely fucking love to see it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXut...

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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"We just don't have British resident donors, British entities, that would support us. That's the grim reality" "There are a lot of people in your position who, for completely understandable reasons, can't declare ... the reality is we can easily get away with it ... [Le Carre]" - James Orr 10m40s

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🧊✈️ YOUR DAILY DIVERT 😬 ⚠️ A GlobalX jet (tail: N319NV) bound for San Diego makes circles in the sky after takeoff before aborting its mission & returning to the ICE hub in Harlingen 👀

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/09/2026

Every. day. Everyday one of these ICE charter planes has to abort takeoff, or do an emergency return, or has a decompression, or gets stuck somewhere for 20+ hours with shackled immigrant passengers trapped onboard. And we never find out why. There is no transparency.

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

NEW/SCOOP: After a yearlong #FOIA battle, I finally obtained Ghislaine Maxwell's prison transfer form from BOP. But the agency redacted its rationale for moving the convicted sex offender to a minimum-security prison Read it in this special edition of FOIA Files 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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Ghislaine Maxwell’s Prison Transfer Application Released

FOIA Files obtained a copy of the document from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The agency redacted its justification for moving the convicted sex offender to a less-restrictive minimum-security prison...

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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 02/09/2026

Yet another layer of the Epstein coverup has been revealed. This one involves Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison transfer, days after her private meeting with Todd Blanche. youtube.com/shorts/QqKua...

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Another layer of the Epstein coverup revealed

YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Amazing. It seems that plagiarism is only a problem for The Times when black people do it

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

ICYMI, I dug up the full story of the death of Darline Graham's parents back when she was 11 years old, which she cited as an argument against "government-run health care." But what happened to her parents actually makes a strong case FOR government health care: newrepublic.com/article/2148...

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What Darline Graham’s Ugly, Viral Outburst About Death Really Reveals

The senator’s parents died when she was a kid. That’s tragic. But it’s also tragic that she’s against the kind of care that could help untold numbers of people avoid that fate today.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

New, at Can We Still Govern?: I talked to Annie Lowrey about her new book, "The Time Tax" on the administrative burdens that people encounter when they interact with the safety net. On HR1: "People are going to die. Health clinics are going to shut down." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/annie-lowr...

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Annie Lowrey on the Time Tax

A new book details the scale of the administrative burdens we face

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2026

it is in fact just the media, which has devoted more attention to this than it has to the fact that multiple republican lawmakers are dealing with “we hired nazis” scandals and that the “we hired nazis” problem extends to the white house

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Gavin Newsom is trying to cap liability for utility companies that cause wildfires. A front group called "Wildfire Victims First" pushing for the bailout has "victim" members who get payouts from the industry and is run by Newsom's former comms director. Story by @jamesjbaratta.bsky.social.

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Wildfire Survivors Push Back Against Newsom-Led Utility Bailout - The American Prospect

At the end of the legislative session, the Democratic governor and presidential hopeful wants to cap liability for power companies that start deadly fires.

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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

SCOOP: Trump officials are pressuring the National Park Service to find a way to give a small piece of Yosemite to a private developer. The land would be used for a road, to give the developer rare private access to the heart of the park.

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Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer

The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Darline Graham said that because her own parents died when she was a kid, people today shouldn't expect "government health care." So I dug up the real story of the death of Darline/Lindsey's parents. It makes a strong case FOR government health care. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2148...

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What Darline Graham’s Ugly, Viral Outburst About Death Really Reveals

The senator’s parents died when she was a kid. That’s tragic. But it’s also tragic that she’s against the kind of care that could help untold numbers of people avoid that fate today.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Periodic reminder that there is a vaccine-level breakthrough for DUI that would save lives and result in less need to send people to jail that we don’t adopt because of a combination of elected officials and the California ACLU thinking driving drunk is human right.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 27/08/2026

REMINDER: Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in now 73 days. Yet he still: •Has his job •Gets paid, and •Gets free world-class healthcare The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, & against guaranteed paid leave—gets all three as he needs it most.😐

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

NEW: Victor Marx's campaign won't say where supporters' money goes when they buy campaign merch or $1300 meetings with Marx himself. Our investigation linked the online shop to an out-of-state company with hidden owners. Then we found a document revealing the owner: Victor Marx.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Matthews: When I was working on the campaign for a year, and then at the White House for the last seven months of the first administration, the only person I never met was Melania Trump. It was this known thing that she was just not around, and she didn’t want to be around.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/04/2026

Ossoff: "Iran's ballistic missiles and drones are not destroyed. The regime is intact, along with its ability to throttle the global energy supply. Along with its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, which it only assembled after Donald Trump shredded President Obama's Iran deal."

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**°•.FAFO.•°** @fafo-ez-one.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Jon Ossoff: "Never let them forget: They hunted the vice president to kill him. They built a gallows on the Capitol lawn. They assaulted police officers with flagpoles and bear spray, and they tried to seize the presidency for Donald Trump."

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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover @firinglineshow.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"He's the most corrupt president in U.S. history...and it's not even close." "Everyone Is Lying to You for Money" director @benmckenzie.bsky.social assesses President Trump's crypto ventures—and the profits he has reportedly made off of them since returning to office.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/08/2026

Parts of Indiana have been without power for 9–10 days due to storms. Tens of thousands are currently in the dark (peak was over 300,000). Puerto Rico has been rationing water for 13+ days due to severe drought. Trump has not said a word about either crisis. Not a tweet. A “Truth.” Nothing

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/08/2026

part of me wonders if the discrepancy here is intentional, as the message it sends is “you are failing as a parent if you can’t feed your family like this on just 20 dollars.” also, there is a version of this meal that is much more affordable, but it relies on canned salmon and…

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Any Democrat running against an incumbent Republican should find their old quotes about how great DOGE will be to hang around their neck. It’s a treasure just waiting to be dug up.

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MS NOW @ms.now · 19/08/2026

EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s closest aide, Natalie Harp, declined multiple times over more than a year to seek a routine security clearance normally obtained by West Wing staffers to work at the White House, sources tell MS NOW.