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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 7h
UPDATE: After deciding this weekend to block Politico from riding on Air Force One, White House staffers called numerous outlets to ask one to fill the primary print slot for the out-of-town pool rotation. Each of those outlets declined to step in. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
White House blocks Politico from Air Force One trip, cannot secure replacement
President Donald Trump will travel without a primary print pool reporter for the first time in recent memory.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 6h
First time voters, sound off in the chat — why are you excited to make your voice heard this election? Make sure you have everything you need to cast your ballot at aclu.org/vote_2026
"8.5 million youth who were too young to vote in 2024 can vote for the first time in 2026.  Source: Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement."  Photo of young people walking next to a sign that says "Vote" with an arrow. Defending our vote logo. ACLU logo. Burgundy circles with two filled in red as if on a ballot.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9h
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 8h
Holy shit.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h
NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.
propublica.org
How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 11h
YES! The Hastert Rule is THE SOLE REASON the House did not pass immigration reform in 2013-2014 when Boehner had every opportunity to pass immigration reform. Even factoring out the pedophilia (which you shouldn't), he did just as much damage as Gingrich did.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 13h
Truly incredible that this is how the media is choosing to eulogize the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in US history, who was a serial sexual abuser of children. For all the talk about "deep state" plots to abuse children, no one even remembers this case.
From CBS News: "Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h
pedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...
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Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h
Spot the difference
Side-by-side comparison of three social media posts announcing the death of former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert at age 84. On the left, Fox News posts, “BREAKING: Dennis Hastert, longest-serving Republican House speaker, dead at 84,” above a photo of Hastert raising his hand at a microphone. In the center, CBS News posts, “Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died,” above a photo of Hastert walking through the U.S. Capitol. On the right, MeidasTouch posts, “Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a ‘serial child molester.’ He was a registered sex offender.” The MeidasTouch post includes an image of Hastert speaking from the House floor with a C-SPAN chyron identifying him as Speaker of the House.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12h
It is my honor and privilege to announce that President @barackobama.bsky.social is joining us on the trail in Detroit on Saturday, October 24. Get. Ready.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14h
Turns out it was two bedrooms. My bad!
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This was Special Counsel Jack Smith yesterday at the ‘Power to the People’ concert and wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt with people wanting to shake his hand. American hero. 💙👊
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Alex S @alexsavard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
All of these are excellent @kevinmkruse.bsky.social, but the diss about Elon has already been goated.
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Sameer Ashar @sameer-ashar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is my nephew, please forward to your networks, esp any University of Maryland students.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 05/10/2026
a monstrously wicked man
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mahmoud Khalil is detailing his life’s story and his experience in ICE detention in his new memoir. He joined me to talk about why he decided to write this book, and the betrayal he felt when the country he chose as home turned against him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wG6...
youtube.com
‘I FELT BETRAYED’: Mahmoud Khalil on his ICE detention and a lifetime of displacement
YouTube video by MS NOW
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 04/10/2026
DOGE thought it could just walk in and take over the United States Institute of Peace—until chief security officer Colin O’Brien decided to block their way.
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Essay | Exclusive | Michael Lewis on the Lone Security Guard Who Resisted DOGE
In an exclusive excerpt from “Blockers,” the inside story of the high-stakes D.C. standoff where security chief Colin O’Brien fought off DOGE operatives.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Goddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In light of that Atlantic article going around featuring the traumatized truck driver who hit Pierre Damas Bel, I'll re-up what I wrote a month ago. craigcalcaterra.com/blog/there-i...
craigcalcaterra.com
Blood on J.D. Vance’s hands
A young Haitian man walked in front of a truck. His blood is on J.D. Vance’s hands
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
Trump on Democrats: "They are a bunch of dumb son of a bitches"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My man looks like a beluga whale pitching Bitcoin
Elon Musk, douchy and doughy and pale
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CNN @cnn.com · 04/10/2026
After Cornell University's president Michael Kotlikoff broke his silence with a video statement on Saturday, three Cornell students spoke with CNN's Taylor Galgano about their initial reactions.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
theatlantic.com
A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
More Democrats need to be telling the online casino owners behind Polymarket to shut the fuck up
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 16/09/2026
ANGIE NIXON DID NOT COME TO PLAY. LETS GOOOOO! Click below and donate to her campaign for us senate❤️✊🏽 secure.actblue.com/donate/frien...
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is a powerful article. Infuriating how every time the trucker was trying to find empathy for Pierre and Haitians in general, his girlfriend and mom kept intervening with some racist logic or conspiracy.
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sen. Ron Johnson blocked the Senate from passing a bill Wednesday to restore $810 million in federal funding President Donald Trump nixed Friday without Congress’ consent and stop him from using the controversial budget tactic again. www.politico.com/live-updates...
politico.com
Ron Johnson blocks vote to stop Trump’s funding cancellations
Democrats tried to pass a bill to revive $810 million Trump unilaterally canceled and prevent similar clawbacks.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lots of blue on this chart from the New York Times
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 02/10/2026
Will is 100% right. Has happened to multiple clients of mine. One judge (not my case) has said that this isn't really release and ordered the person *actually* released. But it's forcing us habeas attorneys to win our cases twice (or more)
On September 9, 2026, Respondents permitted Pablo F. to exit the building where 
he was detained, but he was immediately swarmed by four ICE officers and handcuffed as 
soon as he stepped outside. (Doc. No. 25-3 at 4:48:45–4:49:26.)3
 The officers drove him
to the back of the Whipple building and returned him to a holding cell. (Doc. No. 21 ¶¶ 8–
9; Doc. No. 25 ¶ 5.) During this encounter, officers dislocated Pablo F.’s shoulder. (Doc. 
No. 21 ¶ 7.)4
 Pablo F. now bringsthis Motion seeking to enforce the Court’s Order granting 
the Petition.Again, Respondents make no attempt whatsoever to support their assertion that 
Pablo F. was released. Absent any such argument, the Court cannot agree that a reasonable 
person would have felt free to leave when exiting the detention facility and immediately 
being stopped by ICE officers. Likewise, absent some argument, the Court necessarily 
concludes that Pablo F. was subject to restraints not shared by the public generally when 
he took one step outside of the detention facility and was immediately stopped by ICE 
officers who forcibly returned him to a detention cell. Because Respondents do not make 
any legal argument that Pablo F. was ever meaningfully released from custody, the Court 
grants the motion and orders Pablo F.’s release.6
6 To be clear, Pablo F. is not arguing, and the Court is not concluding, that an order of 
release in a habeas matter renders unlawful any future arrests. Rather, the Court reaches 
the narrow conclusion that because Respondents advance no legal argument in this case to 
support their assertion that Pablo F. was released from custody, and because the 
uncontested facts show that ICE officers immediately swarmed Pablo F. as soon as he 
stepped out of the building, Pablo F. was not released from custody.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026
Attendees listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Alabama REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
nytimes.com
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Autopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the back
The report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One woman's name has appeared in FEC records 126,739 times — including 1,011 times in reports filed by U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri.
missouriindependent.com
FEC questions thousands of donations to Eric Schmitt tied to prolific online donors • Missouri Independent
The FEC sent three letters this year to U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt’s campaign asking about donations that appear to exceed federal limits.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Scoop: Podcaster Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation over his ICE ride-along videos calling protesters "terrorists." www.ms.now/news/benny-j...
ms.now
MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’
Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 02/10/2026
The chart explains AI hype more than any chart that's ever been charted.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
(in a voice raspy with exhaustion) imagine ... if ... if ... Joe Biden ...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis privately tore into Trump in texts obtained by Politico:
Graphic featuring Donald Trump on the left and Republican Sen. Thom Tillis on the right, with two large iMessage-style text bubbles attributed to Tillis overlaid across the bottom. In the first message, Tillis tells Trump that Trump “NEVER” threatened him with a primary challenge, says Trump may have him confused with other Republicans he has threatened, and adds that if Trump had threatened him directly, he would have told him to “fck yourself” and immediately announced his retirement. He ends, “Save those threats and head games for cowards and fools.” In the second message, Tillis writes, “I still want to help but I don’t take this bullsht from anyone, including you Mr. President,” adding, “Save that sh*t for the cowards who don’t care if you fail. I care if you fail and right now we are failing.”
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Call the Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline at 844-WHOS-KEN. Learn about his record and leave him a voicemail. (It’s a real number.)
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
washingtonsun.com
White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
During a sworn deposition, Rep. Max Miller declined to answer questions about whether he pushed a girl down the stairs in high school. Emily Moreno’s lawyer asked: “If the incident never occurred, why are you afraid of answering the question?” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Nicole Micheroni @nicolemicheroni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2 years later, here’s what the Trump campaign’s promise of mass deportation looks like on the ground: prioritizing young people who filed for asylum as children 10 years ago who now speak perfect English and are at the forefront of American cancer research. Ask me how I know
abcnews.com
JD Vance says mass deportations should 'start with 1 million,' defends 'thought experiment' giving parents extra votes
GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance spoke with ABC News' Jonathan Karl about a wide variety of topics including immigration and his views on childless Americans.
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
NEW: Governor Kathy Hochul has named Letitia James special prosecutor to investigate the Cornell rapers. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
nytimes.com
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
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