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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 2h
Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 8h
Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...
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PIID

70B06C26F00001137
In Progress
(11 months remain)
Unlinked Award
Awarding Agency
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Recipient
LMD AGENCY, INC.
5950 SYMPHONY WOODS RD STE 500
COLUMBIA, MD 21044-3592
UNITED STATES
Congressional District: MD-03
Related Awards
Parent Award Unique Key
CONT_IDV_70Z02323ACGRC0001_7008
Dates
Today
Start Date
Sep 20, 2026
Current End Date
Sep 19, 2027
Potential End Date
Sep 19, 2027
$ Award Amounts
$20.0 Million
Current Award Amount
$20.0 Million
Obligated Amount
$20.0 Million
Potential Award Amount
Outlayed Amount
$0.00
Obligated Amount
$20,000,000.00
Current Award Amount
$20,000,000.00
Potential Award Amount
$20,000,000.00
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NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
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54 : Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
5418: Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services
541810: Advertising Agencies
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SERVICES
R: SUPPORT SVCS (PROF, ADMIN, MGMT)
R7: MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
R701: SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: ADVERTISING
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h
this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1h
A White House plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding approved by Congress using a controversial budgeting maneuver faces a legal challenge on the eve of the end of the fiscal year, when the money is set to expire
bloom.bg
Trump Sued Over Move to Claw Back Federal Funds Set to Expire
A White House plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding approved by Congress using a controversial budgeting maneuver faces a legal challenge on the eve of the end of the fiscal year, when the money is set to expire.
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Colin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 1h
this is specifically what Twitter was re-engineered to do, btw. it exists almost solely to threaten anyone at the flashpoint of a nascent social movement.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h
It appears a nerve has been struck
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1h
If you live in Florida — or anywhere for that matter — you should take a look at this data linked below which shows how the sugar industry is not paying its fair share to clean up the Everglades. Outrageous. Data Here: bit.ly/4xDIogh
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 3h
I feel like the right side of his face droops more with every passing day (or TIA)— there’s no hiding now that something quite neurologically serious is happening now.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 4h
Susan Rice: this is what an informed, highly intelligent veteran of govt sounds like on AI, China and Iran... one day such people could return to govt. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com
What Do Dictators and Rogue AI Have in Common? Trump's Overwhelming Love
Ambassador Susan Rice warns that unregulated AI will kill civilians and arm hostile parties.
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 3h
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee blocked a bipartisan effort to prevent President Donald Trump from demolishing the Kennedy Center.
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GOP senator blocks effort to bar Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee blocked a bipartisan effort to prevent President Donald Trump from demolishing the Kennedy Center.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 14h
The racists like it when ya say "Sleepy Joe" But FOX makes sure that the racists never know....
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14h
As old man Grassley talks about Tim Thibault, remember that Thibault was the guy who opened the investigation into Clinton Foundation based on Clinton Cash. Grassley claims he's a partisan Dem.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 14h
New Democratic candidate talking point just dropped.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 23h
How it started/how it’s going
Trevor Lee
@VoteTrevorLee
Thanks @nickshirleyy for hoodie.
We're cleaning up the fraud in UtahBREAKING: Utah state Rep. Trevor Lee has been charged with mortgage and communications fraud ksl.com/article/
516296... #utpol @KSLcom @KSL5TV
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h
Here's the CNN story that cites it. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
cnn.com
Trump personally helped orchestrate taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies, source says | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has personally driven the controversial, tax-payer funded video ads promoting himself and his administration’s policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a ...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h
Tho I actually like this post better. IMO, one smart response to these ads is to taunt GOP MoCs that Trump is still sitting on mountains of $$ and instead using taxpayer dollars to remind voters what a corrupt asshole he is.
The inept White House political propagandists are using our money on government-sponsored campaign TV ads for the sinking GOP. The latest commercial tries to rally the dwindling MAGA base by reminding them that Trump once posed as a fighter against warmongers and a corrupt political establishment, but the recycled ad just sharply reminds everyone that the lying Trump is the war-maker-in-chief and presides over the most corrupt presidential administration in U.S. history. You can’t use our tax dollars to fool us.
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NEW: The Trump admin is airing *another* taxpayer-funded political ad, & this time, it's from his 2024 campaign.

Trump says in the ad: "We will demolish the deep state, expel the warmongers from our government... We will rout the fake news media..."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h
Jamie Raskin calls out the shitty ads as a crime (this was cited by CNN and other stories). This is the kind of Xitter post that I beg of @raskin.house.gov or other MoCs to cross-post over here -- not least bc more people over here are likely to magnify it.
Rep. Jamie Raskin

@RepRaskin
This may be felony criminal theft and conversion of government property for political campaign purposes. 18 U.S.C. § 1641. It is a Hatch Act violation for any government employees who worked on it or used government resources to make it. It is blatantly unethical under numerous federal ethics provisions proscribing the use of government resources for political campaigns.
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Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
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The White House is currently airing this video as an ad during commercial breaks on Fox News. 

It looks and sounds like a political spot and includes a disclaimer stating that it is paid for by the U.S. government.

The soundtrack: as images of Trump flash across the screen,

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 16h
2. Among other things, the letter demands that the Trump administration stop using the song and account for every airing and dollar spent.
bit.ly
SCOOP: Trump White House Hit With Cease-and-Desist Over Unauthorized Use of Song in Taxpayer-Funded Ad
JMSN’s attorneys are demanding that the Trump administration stop using “Love Me” in a government-funded ad, take down existing copies and account for every airing and dollar spent.
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Dreamliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 16h
What Abdul said. Every word.
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Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 16h
maybe the least unsurprising story, given Lahn's wife has basically said she has no interest in moving to Iowa and their alleged home in-state is in the middle of nowhere.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 15h
Representing JMSN is @normeisen.bsky.social, who is working alongside three attorneys from Ballard Spahr LLP, a prominent media, entertainment and First Amendment law firm.
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Then do it now.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
okay, strong closing message
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The world might look very different right now if Judge Boasberg had been able to hold contempt proceedings in 2025 & the administration had been held accountable. Instead, emboldened by his success, Trump continues to treat the courts like a game to be played. joycevance.substack.com/p/consequenc...
joycevance.substack.com
Consequences
Last Thursday, the White House, almost as soon as Judge Kelly entered his order forcing the administration to restore access to CNN, MSNOW, and Politico, began searching for play in the joints.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Trump is selling nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia despite reported US intelligence that the Saudis still want a bomb—while the Trumps have taken billions in bribes from the Saudis. This is Trump corruption at the expense of US national security. Stop the deal.
Saudi Arabia Open to Possibly Developing Nuclear Weapons
An intelligence assessment examined Saudi Arabia’s military ambitions as Congress reviews a new civilian nuclear deal between the U.S. and the kingdom
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yet another leading Georgia Republican officeholder has endorsed Democrat Jon Ossoff for re-election. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ajc.com
Georgia Peanut Commission chair is latest Republican to back Jon Ossoff
Donald Chase has voted for Republicans for nearly his entire adult life. He joins other Republican officials, including the mayors of Tifton and Valdosta, in backing Ossoff.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Marco Rubio: "Anything that had a chance of making money in Cuba was controlled by the Cuban military and the Cuban communist party to line the pockets of a handful of individuals at the expense of the entire country"
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's kind of crazy that the Natalie Harp news cycle raised some extremely valid questions about the extent of her influence on our octogenarian narcoleptic, none were answered and the press just stopped wondering.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The theft by a hacking group of reams of sensitive personal data involving potentially tens of thousands of former and current FBI employees is emerging as one of the worst breaches of sensitive government information, leaving the FBI rushing to protect its personnel. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
nytimes.com
Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump has... -Run blatantly political ads using taxpayer money -Shuttered a longstanding arts & culture institution because he can’t put his name on the building -Hung banners with his face on them from a government building If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Donald Trump, 80, slumped behind the Resolute Desk as he struggled to keep his eyes open during his own Oval Office event.
www2.thedailybeast.com
Trump, 80, Struggles to Stay Awake During Event He Calls ‘Historic’
Donald Trump struggled to keep his eyes open.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
trib.al
Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why would an aspiring autocrat want to support the cultivation of critical thinking?
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
what does he have to do to get fired?? this is what happens when croynism controls
nytimes.com
Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: 8 prosecutors just quit this case, lol
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
A massive FBI data breach. Taxpayer-funded Trump ads. Midterm warning signs. Rates surging. Marines injured in an Iranian strike. Russia’s attacks. And some of Trump’s most devoted supporters finally turning on him. Plus, an important note from us about these Bulletins and the next five weeks.
meidasplus.com
Today in Politics, Bulletin 469. 9/28/26
… Before we get into today’s Bulletin, first a programming note.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: At least six (I'm hearing 8) prosecutors - including Kurt Olsen - have QUIT the "Grand Conspiracy" case in Florida overseen by Judge Aileen Cannon. I know this is the Daily Mail, but there are well-placed sources. Waiting for more developments. www.dailymail.com/news/us-poli...
dailymail.com
Trump 'grand conspiracy' case in crisis amid mass exit
Trump loyalist Kurt Olsen has resigned from the 'grand conspiracy' probe in Miami, along with at least six other prosecutors assigned to the investigation.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.
washingtonsun.com
White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers
The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump fell asleep in the Oval Office again...
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 28/09/2026
Sen. John Kennedy says politicians should not have buildings named after them while alive. "I think that would settle a lot of this controversy."
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GOP senator says buildings shouldn't be named after living politicians
Sen. John Kennedy says politicians should not have buildings named after them while alive. "I think that would settle a lot of this controversy."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
"Most presidents engage in diplomacy in order to advance the interests of the United States and/or their political standing and that of their party. Trump, though, mostly seems to chase the narcissistic thrill of standing on the world stage and feeling important."
publicnotice.co
Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him
Kowtowing to tyrants makes him think he’s strong.
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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer @princejvstin.com · 28/09/2026
I am reminded of the NATO photo op in his first term where he pushed himself to the front.
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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOP Consultants : what do you mean she just fucking tweeted it out
Marjorie Taylor Greene
We have not seen a caravan headed to the U.S.
southern border in several years, why now?
Oh yeah, there is an election coming and the
GOP needs to scare you into voting because
nothing else is working.

Anthony Aguero Live
Over 400 aliens predominantly from
Honduras entered Mexico on Thursday,
ready to make their way to the US southern
border ... Here's footage of the caravan.
Someone is incentivizing this movement, t ...

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CNN @cnn.com · 28/09/2026
Grocery prices are up, not “way down,” since former President Joe Biden left office. | Fact check: cnn.it/4xUDA65
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Where could these men have gotten such a sense of entitlement about touching women?
youtube.com
Trump On Tape: I Grab Women "By The Pu**y”
YouTube video by TDC
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...
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