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As I first reported on Monday, Katie Zacharia is not a lawyer and has never been licensed to practice law. The WSJ reports that she took the California Bar Exam but failed. Nevertheless, Zacharia appeared on media programs for YEARS and repeatedly called herself a lawyer. Here's a super cut:

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1h

“Talarico says he was sick with the flu, but don’t believe the lies—I was held captive with him in the Ohio State Penitentiary for the Criminally Insane,” said Trump. “They made the guy wear a muzzle after he bit off my face.” theonion.com/trump-claims...

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Trump Claims He Shared Cell With James Talarico In Insane Asylum

WASHINGTON—As he described their five-day stint in a padded room and warned Americans against voting for the U.S. Senate candidate, President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that he shared a cell with J...

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1h

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia did not pass the California bar exam when she took it after graduating from law school, according to a senior administration official.

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Katie Zacharia did not pass the bar exam, senior administration official says

A Trump administration official argued that the White House press secretary could technically be considered a “lawyer.” Legal experts have disputed that argument.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1h

NEW(ish): Many of you read and shared our story on the Maryland sheriff who, for twenty years, has targeted immigrants in his county an hour from DC. We have translated and published the article in Spanish to be accessible to more readers: boltsmag.org/frederick-ma...

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Cómo un sheriff de Maryland persiguió inmigrantes mucho antes de que se dispararan las redadas del ICE - Bolts

El sheriff del condado de Frederick, Maryland, quien este año se vuelve a encontrar cara a cara con los votantes, convirtió su oficina en un medio para ampliar la capacidad operativa del ICE.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2h

This is fantastic -- Mark is a hero of American journalism

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

EKWUEME: “.. US crude inventories post their biggest draw since the start of the war. - Expected: +0.2 million barrels - Actual: -8.5 million barrels” ⛽️

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2h

The belligerent ICE agent also caused thousands of dollars in damages to a neighbor’s car. He said he had just finished paying off the loan. The damage “doesn’t matter,” said the Navy veteran. "I’m more afraid for my neighbor and neighborhood because of the intruder.”

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ICE agent threw California homeowner, 72, into side of a car, attacked his daughter, D.A. says

The Fresno County district attorney’s office announced Tuesday that David Gonzalez III was being charged with assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, elder abuse, vandalism and battery...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Cait Conley hammers Mike Lawler: "I do not need you to mansplain ... You still haven't condemned the behavior of Max Miller, your buddy. I don't think those types of folks belong in Congress, and I don't believe that people who condone that type of behavior belong in Congress either."

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 2h

An attempted attack on a Hindu temple came amid a weeks-long right-wing frenzy over "The Indian Question"; police found a manifesto from the alleged shooter "containing statements expressing white supremacist and extremist ideologies."

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2h

Across the country, hospitals under financial strain are shuttering their delivery units, putting expectant mothers at greater risk. As Trump’s cuts to Medicaid take effect, these “maternity care deserts” will only grow. trib.al/8S8tHEG

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The Increasingly Long Drive to Give Birth in Rural America

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2h

Under President Trump, we are ending affirmitve aktion and bringing back the maritokrisy. by Katie Zacharia

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3h

Donors of $333 million to the ballroom include "contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member." From @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4yiUDPx

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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom

The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h

NEW Miami Herald: Two women have filed a federal civil lawsuit accusing Matt Gaetz and two others of participating in an alleged sex trafficking scheme involving young women, drugs and traveling across state lines. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

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Ex-Florida congressman Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking young women

The lawsuit alleges the two women were supplied with drugs, traveled across state lines and were paid to have sex with men, including Gaetz.

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 2h

‘The cost of protecting CoreWeave’s debt against default for five years rose by as much as 74.5 basis points to 1194.5 basis points. That’s the highest intraday level on record with swaps pricing in a more than 60% chance of default within the next five years.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Randolph Potts @rpotts-sawubona.blacksky.app · 19h

Jasmine Bernard, 17, speaks out on health impacts of data centers in Memphis. She and others addressed the Memphis City Council about air that smells like rotten eggs, worsening asthma & increasing hospital visits. She & others called for a moratorium on new data center development. The Mayor choked

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 5h

Trump: “I travel with doctors. If people get sick in the audience, they leave them alone. You know what they call them? Collateral damage. That person right over there looks like shit. He looks ready to have a heart attack. If he did, my doctors would leave him alone.” Courtesy @acyn.bsky.social

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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 14h

Today's filing: in the last 24 hours, Elon's super PAC added $4,513,280.22 in new spending. Fully $3.94 million of that went to Texas Senate. Musk's super PAC alone has now spent $22,719,081.92 against @jamestalarico.bsky.social

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 3h

I’m not dead. I sleep sometimes. Sleep comes very close to death, everyone knows that. The dead walk in dreams, everyone knows that. They come to you alive, and they say things. They walk out of death into the dreams.

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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you, President Obama, for your support and for helping us Push for Change in Iowa. Together, we can win this race, change this state, and change this country. Join us: Turek4Iowa.com

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 4h

Ballroom-size scoop from @washingtonpost.com’s Jonathan O’Connell, Sarah Blaskey and @aaronschaffer.com: the secret list of major donors to Trump’s flagship project Among the revelations — $25M apiece from Apple and Nvidia, and numerous gifts from people + firms with business before Trump

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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom

The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.

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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 4h

BIG: Syrian intelligence forces have arrested Ali Kayali, also known as Mihrac Ural, who is accused of being the main figure behind the 2013 Baniyas massacre.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4h

Ex-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.

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A disgruntled boss filed theft charges against her. When she went to court, ICE arrested her. | Baltimore Brew

BREW EXCLUSIVE: A $12.08 dispute over a McDonald’s meal leads to the arrest of a 25-year-old by ICE agents in the Carroll County District courthouse.

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WNBA @wnba.com · 4h

They believed they could compete for a championship before the season even started. Now, the Atlanta Dream have a chance to bring one home 🏆 Tune into Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, Saturday at 3:30pm/ET on NBC!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

The vote marked the second time the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) denied students at the nation’s largest historically Black university, with over 15,000 students, a midterms voting site. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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North Carolina early voting begins, with students targeted by suppression schemes

Ultimately, voters described the roadblocks as a feature, not a bug, of the state’s electoral system — one that’s littered with so much confusion that some may decide to stay home and not vote at all.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

The ICE officer who faces charges for road raging in Minneapolis (pulling a gun on a random motorist who blocked him from driving his unmarked SUV on the shoulder) broke into tears on the stand and said he was under a lot of stress, ok?

Morgan, who was abruptly called up to the Twin Cities from Washington, D.C., said he did not want to join the surge because he was unfamiliar with the area and had heard reports of animosity toward immigration officers.

“I’m not used to that, I’ve never seen something like that in policing,” he said.

The agent broke down in tears while testifying about feeling unsafe and overwhelmed during Operation Metro Surge, describing the atmosphere as a “riot” where he faced relentless harassment, racial slurs and threats of death.

Through a shaky voice, Morgan described the toll his brief deployment took on him and his family.

“I’ve never experienced something like this before,” he said. “I had to take my daughter out of school… because I did the job I’m supposed to do.”

Morgan’s second-degree assault charges stem from a Feb. 5 incident during the surge, when state prosecutors say he illegally drove an unmarked SUV on a Minneapolis freeway shoulder before pointing a firearm at the occupants of a white Cadillac that repeatedly swerved to block him.

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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you, Dana, for courageously sharing what you and your husband went through to get the abortion care you needed later in pregnancy. Your story has stayed with me. You helped so many people understand why these deeply personal decisions belong with a patient and their doctor...

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Democrat House Committees (mirror) @demhousecomms.govpeeps.us · 5h

Oversight Dems tweeted: Ruben Ray Martinez was wrongfully shot and killed by ICE agents last March—and DHS LIED about the shooting, concealing ICE's involvement. Listen to Ruben's mother Rachel Reyes tell @RepEmilyRandall about the need for independent oversight of this out-of-control agency.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Let me be specific: Donald Trump is an f-ing traitor. He is in cahoots with Putin and Russia to break our democratic ally, Ukraine, which makes all of us less safe. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...

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Ukraine’s Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia Escalates

A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026

Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19h

Ahead of the 2024 election, @andykroll.bsky.social got his hands on some secret tapes of Trump's budget director, Russell Vought. One thing Vought said hit Kroll like a ton of bricks: that he wanted to put government workers “in trauma.” Listen to this episode: propub.li/4yO4q11

“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. … When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work.” —Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget

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Jesi🃏♠️🔥 @luciferjesit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.

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John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 19h

Six days after ICE shot him in the Bronx, Oscar Belgal remains in MDC Brooklyn, and still hasn’t gotten surgery to remove the bullet in his neck. “He has experienced a loss of sensation in half of his face, as well as hearing loss in his left ear.” Gift link: www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/14/l...

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ICE never identified themselves during NYC shooting of Oscar Belgal, who still has bullet in neck: lawyers

The Legal Aid Society, which now represents the 28-year-old father, filed a habeas corpus petition in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday, seeking his “immediate release on reasonable conditions.”

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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 18h

Voting rights groups say Texas had failed to send almost 600,000 online voter registrations to county registrars as of last month, which could affect voters in the midterms.

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Voting Rights Groups Say Texas Failed to Process Voter Registrations

A lawsuit says counties “must now scramble to process this deluge of last-minute voter registrations ahead of the November 2026 election.”

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 19h

Censoring news the boss doesn’t like is not part the *normal editing process* It’s editorial interference full stop. www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...

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"If you can't answer to that hierarchy ... that is called insubordination, and it's legal grounds for firing," Shayndi Raice warns in leaked audio of a

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 21h

Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff knew in 2024 that a student had reported being gang raped at a fraternity house, but never followed up to learn what had happened to her or whether any of the accused students had been punished. to.pbs.org/4ypJJaO

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Cornell president admits he never followed up on gang rape allegation ahead of no-confidence debate

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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 19h

Proud to be joined by workers from the Bricklayers, Sheet Metal Workers, and the North Shore AFL-CIO this afternoon in Cleveland. I’m proud to fight for them and grateful for their support.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20h

The wealthiest in our country should pay their fair share into Social Security. Scrap the cap!

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20h

“The lawsuit also says that OpenAI ‘grooms’ kids to share highly personal information about their health, relationships, photos of their faces and bodies, voice recordings, dreams, emotions, fears and insecurities.”

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OpenAI Sued Over Children’s Data Used to Train ChatGPT - CNET

The lawsuit says ChatGPT continued to chat with a 12-year-old, even rating her looks.

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 20h

He's really going to keep pretending he can knock out two rallies a day like he used to. This one was bad, one of the worst I've seen. Dead crowd, jokes not landing, memory lapses, rambling and repetitive stories he's told for years. Montana tonight will be worse.

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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 14/10/2026

I'm demanding that Darline Graham cut her family's business ties to China and recuse herself from any Senate votes involving trade with China or policy toward the Chinese Military. South Carolinians deserve full disclosure.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22h

Chicago! Tonight! An Onion Free Handouts party. RSVP below. A few spots opened up, so be quick. Free booze, free newspapers, free food. Come hang, I will be there.

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Chicago: A Party for the 99% · Luma

The wealth gap in our country is ever-widening. To stave off a revolution, we invite you to a party to honor the 99% of Americans who hold virtually no wealth…

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Mike Rogers wife out here trying to by votes for $10 gas cards in Michigan Could this be more desperate? And How is this legal?

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