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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 9h
No wonder she was mad at him for putting it in writing. Dude has the receipts.
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 9h
Steve Cohen already wrote the articles. A whole list. They are sitting there. Tell your members the first thing a new Congress does in January is move them. The letter is drafted. Add your name now so that vote is not optional.
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress to Impeach Trump
Contact Congress today!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Trump is having a hard time getting into his speech in Texas because he keeps getting interrupted by demonstrators. This is at least the fourth one.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h
🚨BREAKING: Trump was hit with a second lawsuit over taxpayer-funded propaganda ads promoting him ahead of the midterms. The new case says DHS diverted $20 million meant for border-security commemorations to pay for the spots.
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Trump hit with second lawsuit over taxpayer-funded political propaganda ads
The lawsuit came the same day the Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a separate challenge seeking to stop the administration from using federal funds for the ad campaign.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/10/2026
Three men jailed for raping teenage girl before fleeing UK in back of lorry
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Three men jailed for raping teenage girl before fleeing UK in back of lorry
Trio and 17-year-old boy convicted of rape after they persuaded girl to travel into Bristol alone and got her drunk Three men who raped a 17-year-old girl before escaping from the UK to France in the back of a lorry have been jailed for a total of 33 years. Mehrab Safi, 21, Salman Habibkheil and Awal Ahmadzai, both 19, and a 17-year-old boy plied the girl with alcohol after she had been persuaded to travel into Bristol alone, and all four raped her at a house in the city. Continue reading...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/10/2026
Ukrainians are turning to weeds for sustenance in a town where bodies are reportedly eaten by feral dogs.
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Trapped in occupied Oleshky: Ukrainians face hunger, drones and landmines
Ukrainians are turning to weeds for sustenance in a town where bodies are reportedly eaten by feral dogs.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Terrific reporting by Andrew Egger from Ohio--from Pierre Damas Bel's funeral in Springfield, and Trump's rally that evening. "They buried Pierre Damas Bel on Saturday. That night, Donald Trump came to town to take a victory lap on the policies that killed him." www.thebulwark.com/p/a-death-a-...
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A Death. A Funeral. And the Trump Rally Down the Block.
On the day Springfield held a funeral for Pierre Damas Bel, the president held a rally 25 miles away. We went to both.
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Meidas Rick ❌🚫🇺🇸🇮🇪🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Which is exactly why he’s afraid to release all of them. The ones already released did enough damage to him. But ironically, the rest of the files will bring down a LOT of his millionaire/billionaire backers, CEOs, and most of those in high positions within his regime. It’s just a matter of time.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
A child in an Idaho faith-healing family died of a treatable condition. Then another died — and another, and another. Idaho’s child abuse laws contain such broad religious exemptions that authorities didn’t intervene — before or after the deaths.
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Absentee ballot voters in Montana won’t have to comply with an onerous birthdate verification requirement after a state court blocked the measure Friday night, ruling that it violates the state constitution. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Montana court blocks onerous mail voting law that caused thousands of rejected absentee ballots last year
The mail voting measure led to nearly 3,000 mail ballots getting rejected in the Nov. 2025 election, in a state where 80% of voters vote absentee.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To everyone who's stood by my friend Davey Hearn: he's so grateful & so are we Davey says if it can happen to him, it can happen to anybody, & you showed up like you knew it @democracydefendersfund.org, @washlitgroup.bsky.social & Steptoe are proud to stand w/ him & w/ you Davey on GMA👇 -TN
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 02/10/2026
Big Tech companies like Flock Safety have built a mass surveillance system to harvest Americans’ private and personal data without their consent. I’m proud to introduce the Ban Flock Act with @sanders.senate.gov to enforce our constitutional right to privacy.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So Americans pay more taxes in order to get AI centers in their backyards. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Killer Pete Hegseth? “Forget equality. Forget expertise. Forget decades of experience. Forget the law to achieve his violent ends. Expect more of this unless Dems take over Congress. And if they do: The hunger to impeach to him may turn into real action.” www.americaamerica.news/p/fighting-f...
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Fighting for the Future We Want
Listen to the words of Trump, Hegseth and a federal judge. They are a warning of two different fates for America after the midterms.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Employers added 29,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, slower than expected growth...Growth in average hourly earnings fell to 3% on an annual basis in September, well below the current rate of inflation." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Jobs Report Live Updates: Growth Cools and Unemployment Rises to 4.2%
U.S. employers added 29,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent, as inflation has maintained pressure on markets and raised costs.
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Colleen Redding @creddingvye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Impeach Vought
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Renee Good’s family is suing ICE agent Jonathan Ross and senior Trump officials, it states that her killing was the product of Operation Metro Surge. Ross fired three shots at Renee; nine months later, he is uncharged and back at work.
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Renee Good's family sues ICE agent Jonathan Ross, Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem under the 1871 Klan Act
Renee Good's family sued ICE agent Jonathan Ross, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem and Tom Homan on 1 October, over her killing in Minneapolis advanced a conspiracy against Somali and Hispanic Minnesotans....
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 02/10/2026
This is an incredible and much needed step towards justice. Bring the heat!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/09/2026
"And the sign says long-haired freaky people need not apply..." I just aged myself.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Melania trump spent MONTHS trying to bankrupt a single mom over a tweet about Epstein. She wanted a public apology, a takedown, AND MILLIONS!!! @JoJoFromJerz joins me to tell HER side. 🔥 LIVE on my YouTube at 6:30PM ET!
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
July 1, 2024. John Roberts writes that a president can't be prosecuted for official acts. 6 to 3. Trump has acted like a king ever since. Tell Congress to impeach him: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well, well, well. Look whose checks Susan Collins kept. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-billiona...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is clear that Democrats are set to sweep control of Congress in free and fair elections. It is also clear that Trump and the GOP are working to make sure the elections are not free and fair. I founded Democracy Docket to help you stay informed to fight back. demdock.com/4w6emld
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valerietyi.bsky.social @valerietyi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Of course.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 30/09/2026
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled's $300 billion wealth fund is a key player in the UAE's “Zero Hormuz” strategy — spending heavily on ports and infrastructure to redraw trade routes in the Gulf. Read more: bloom.bg/4yqwQOE 📷: Haruna Furuhashi/Pool/Getty Images
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
NEW: 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 that’s not what happened.
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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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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump defenders in the Senate are a disgrace. They can’t event set a perjury trap without ensnaring themselves. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart (Gift Article)
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
CODA: @mattgertz.bsky.social catches Rs revving up the old migrant caravan again. This makes it more urgent for Dems to speak to the fact that immigrants are getting viciously demonized and subjected to cruelty/injustice all around us. Let's not get inured to it: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Fox News is running its midterms migrant caravan playbook again
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As we talk about what happened at Cornell, please take a moment to learn about how a young LSU student is fighting for help against that school’s storied football program
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Student journalists across this country have been churning out some of the best journalism these last couple years Thinking of the radio crew covering the encampments in New York, UCLA crew doing the same, not to mention groundbreaking investigation after investigation Brilliant, the best of us
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Jim Metcalf @thermochronic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This really summarizes the “I did my own research” dudes
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NYT: Ken Paxton told a group of conservative donors and lobbyists last week that Trump's midterm convention in Dallas had hurt Paxton politically, according to an audio recording obtained by The Times. "[W]hen we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody's numbers dropped."
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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Trump’s agenda—the masked ICE thugs snatching grandmas and children, the killings of U.S. citizens, the overt white nationalism in official government communications—has opened the door to creating a new pro-immigrant consensus, even in a place Trump won overwhelmingly.” @gregsargent.bsky.social
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you need to catch up on the whole controversy with GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt not knowing his sports and embarrassing himself while attempting to slander a public servant today, I made a 20 min. video explainer. Yes, 20 minutes. And I enjoyed the hell out of making it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfjN...
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GOP Senator Eric Schmitt + Most Embarrassing Moment Ever in a Congressional Hearing (FULL EXPLAINER)
YouTube video by Charlotte Clymer
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They can lose your plan and sit on the files. Demand the release. The letter’s already written. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Tell Congress: Demand AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files now
Contact Congress today!
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They canceled votes so they wouldn’t have to impeach Pete Hegseth. Ask yours why healthcare and this vote both got the same treatment.
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Tell Congress: Impeach Pete Hegseth
Contact Congress today!
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Court keeps covering for a Congress that won’t cover you. Ask your Representative why they still haven’t signed onto the articles.
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Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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Sam Jones @samjownes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thirty-five days. The checks have names on them. The Iowa Senate seat is in play. Share this before they hope you move on.
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Trump Pardoned Abramoff’s Partner. We Found His Money In Eight Republican Senate Campaigns.
Also: a congressman on his way out files 26 impeachment charges against Trump, a carpenter beats ICE in Manhattan, and farm country picks a side.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/09/2026
Proud of the CDCers who fought to get this vital info out! 30% of our workforce is gone. Heartbroken by the loss of brilliant scientists, institutional knowledge, & frankly my friends, colleagues, & mentors. An understaffed CDC harms the public & leaves the US vulnerable. Rebuilding will take years
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
Sen. Eric Schmitt is an international laughingstock. He’s up for reelection in 2028, so we’ll have to work on him later.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Senator Eric Schmidt Putz You owe Jack Smith an apology and a big THANK YOU @amyklobuchar.com SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR WOMEN KNOW
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 28/09/2026
Just in case it wasn’t clear, when they say the U.S. Government’s paying for this, that’s YOUR taxpayer dollars they’re using. I’ll say this as many times as I need to: it is ILLEGAL to use American taxpayer dollars from the government to pay for candidates’ or parties’ political ads.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.
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GOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His Face
Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over supposed evidence placing him at an Atlanta Hawks game. There was just one problem: It was the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals.
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That's right, assholes. Just keep pretending he's not fast asleep in the middle of the day.
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