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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 8h
Critics were left stunned Saturday after learning that Green Party congressional candidate Matthew Arndt of Wisconsin may face a hate crime enhancement after launching into an anti-Israel tirade during a suspected road rage incident.
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Shock as congressional hopeful faces possible hate crime charge after anti-Israel outburst
Critics were left stunned Saturday after learning that Green Party congressional candidate Matthew Arndt of Wisconsin may face a hate crime enhancement after launching into an anti-Israel tirade during a suspected road rage incident.“This is a blatant [First Amendment] violation,” argued Jenin Youne...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11h
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US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing
Trump suggests Volodymyr Zelenskyy should be replaced after Ukraine’s leader criticised diesel deal with Moscow
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11h
“Witkoff and Kushner raised the possibility that intelligence sharing could be cut off if Kyiv did not heed Washington’s warning to halt the strikes” on Russian refineries. “It was a firm request from POTUS. “Hours later, Ukrainian forces struck the Yug Rusi oil terminal in Rostov-on-Don.”
US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing
Trump suggests Volodymyr Zelenskyy should be replaced after Ukraine's leader criticised diesel deal with Moscow
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 11h
Trump: “It’s amazing. I can say the stupidest things, and you’ll clap and say, ‘We love you so much!’” It’s actually a tragedy for the entire world. And we’re all paying a very high price for it.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 11h
It's a good time for Americans to figure out how we got to the point where the president of the United States is effectively a Russian agent. And so much of it traces back to Putin's attack on the 2016 elections.
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How Russia grabbed Trump and his cronies by the nuts in 2016
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h
Hours after President Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel, a Russian attack in Ukraine, on Saturday killed at least 20 people. The Kremlin said there would be no immediate resumption of discussions to end the war. Trump said Ukraine should “get a new president.” trib.al/6soAOJj
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 9h
This appears to be the new national parks/federal lands entry pass.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 21h
One day after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Association of Evangelicals came out against the Pentagon’s plan to livestream an execution, Pope Leo has published a tweet reiterating the Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty.
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The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment: effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption.
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 11h
Incoming White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia said her job is about President Donald Trump, not herself, praising his policies as “the most effective, most exciting.” She also revealed that Trump showed her where the planned White House ballroom will be.
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 11h
New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman took a shot at Gov. Kathy Hochul’s tech knowledge, declaring that any 12-year-old Black child in the state knows more about computers than she ever will.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 12h
From the Department of Retribution: The Justice Department is investigating whether TV networks violated federal antitrust laws when they briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump. @dmccabe.bsky.social @benmullin.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...
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Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was examining whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 19h
El-Sayed Spars With Sen John Kennedy on Social Media: ‘Wears His Bed Sheets Out at Night’
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El-Sayed Spars With Sen John Kennedy on Social Media: ‘Wears His Bed Sheets Out at Night’
Abdul El-Sayed (D) hit back on social media at Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) for suggesting he was a fan of 9/11 terrorist Osama bin Laden. The post El-Sayed Spars With Sen John Kennedy on Social Media: ‘Wears His Bed Sheets Out at Night’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 18h
UKMTO ADVISORY 161-26
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 17h
Trump arrives in Tennessee for a campaign rally I continue so say that these photojournalists know exactly what they’re doing Photo by Eric Lee/Reuters
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 12h
Mike Tyson credited President Donald Trump for his success, saying, “There’s no way I would be here if it wasn’t for a president like Donald Trump.”
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 23h
According to OSINT: Several causalities at RUH Terminal 3 about an hour ago
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 10/10/2026
Trump Just Can’t Believe He Lost Out on Nobel Peace Prize: ‘WOW!’
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Trump Just Can’t Believe He Lost Out on Nobel Peace Prize: ‘WOW!’
The President is venting his apparent shock at losing out on the renown Nobel Peace Prize in an early morning Truth Social post. The post Trump Just Can’t Believe He Lost Out on Nobel Peace Prize: ‘WOW!’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Bill Maher on Nidal Hasan: You say yes for the execution, you just don't like that it's public. Thom Tillis: No, we've got to stop that. This is bullshit. This is performative at the worst level, Sara Eisen: It's also what our enemies do.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
JUST IN: Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett allows BBC to serve subpoenas on Don Jr., Ivanka & Jared in Trump's lawsuit over editing of 2020 election documentary. BBC said ordinary service methods were frustrated by Secret Service. Now can serve by certified mail & through counsel.
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 10/10/2026
‘Who Can Stop Him?’ Kash Patel’s Upcoming Russia Trip Reportedly Sparks Alarm Inside FBI
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‘Who Can Stop Him?’ Kash Patel’s Upcoming Russia Trip Reportedly Sparks Alarm Inside FBI
According to a Friday report by The Atlantic, FBI officials have privately urged bureau leadership to abandon the trip, which is expected to begin next week. The post ‘Who Can Stop Him?’ Kash Patel’s Upcoming Russia Trip Reportedly Sparks Alarm Inside FBI first appeared on Mediaite.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump does an incoherent ramble as a confused audience listens in complete silence: "And you know what they're doing? They go straight down, you know, you can make those drill bits talk. You can make 'em sing, you can make them go, they go down."
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"This is what failure looks like." @schumer.senate.gov, @shaheen.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov call Trump's diesel deal with Putin "a total betrayal of Ukraine, our European allies and American national security." www.foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/re...
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Shaheen, Schumer, Warren Slam President Trump’s Disastrous Diesel ‘Deal’ with Putin | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 09/10/2026
Five ways to tell if market trouble lies ahead ft.trib.al/m1HAsRJ
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Five ways to tell if market trouble lies ahead
The cost of credit default swaps for AI companies looking to borrow is rising
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 09/10/2026
US 10-year Treasury yields risk hitting 6% for first time since 2000, Pimco says ft.trib.al/EegwPNh
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US 10-year Treasury yields risk hitting 6% for first time since 2000, Pimco says
Bond giant’s investment chief warns that further sharp rise in borrowing costs is ‘feasible’ as market participants are forced to unwind losing bets
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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Jon Ossoff: There was an infant who had to go into intensive care because that child's mother was deported while that child was still breastfeeding. These are human rights abuses that Mike Collins and Donald Trump bear responsibility for.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Q: Should there be term limits in Congress. Mr. Jackson? JACKSON: Absolutely I mean we have them in Maine. They work well. I definitely think Congress should have the same. Q: Senator Collins? COLLINS: No, I don't think there should be. I think that's what you have elections for.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Q: Senator Collins, who do you think should be the leader of your party in the Senate? COLLINS: John Thune. Q: Mr. Jackson? JACKSON: I'm not even sure who else is running but I've already told Senator Schumer that I'm not going to support him.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 07/10/2026
Democratic Senate candidate Hallie Shoffner said that after 450 days on the campaign trail, she hasn’t been asked once about daylight saving time. “Arkansans are talking about gas prices and grocery prices and healthcare,” she said.
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WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore @wbaltv11.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
STREAM: Sparks ignite from the start at MPT/WBAL-TV 2026 Maryland gubernatorial debate | Follow Live Updates: bit.ly/4i7KccE 
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson: Senator Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out. She stood with Trump whenever he wanted. We're not going to have any rural healthcare left because of the $3 billion in cuts that we're going to be having.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 06/10/2026
Trump mangles MAGA gov's name to his face as he racks up string of mental flubs at rally
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Trump mangles MAGA gov's name to his face as he racks up string of mental flubs at rally
A confused President Donald Trump appeared to blend the name of his own endorsed governor with one of his favorite political targets at a Monday night rally in Nebraska, one of several stumbles during a speech that ran nearly 90 minutes, according to The Daily Beast.The 80-year-old president travele...
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump aboard Marine One following his arrival from Grand Island, Nebraska Photo by Nathan Howard/Reuters
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump returns to the White House and carefully disembarks Marine One  He looks tired
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New Maine Senate poll — Marist Jackson 51% Collins 47% *** Independents: Jackson+7 Non-college: Collins+22 College grads: Jackson+46 *** Trump approval: 40/59 Generic ballot: D+9 maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/u...
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why is this not a huge headline everywhere?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 06/10/2026
DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin Says He Used ChatGPT To Learn Democrats’ Plan to Make U.S. ‘A Socialist Country’
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DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin Says He Used ChatGPT To Learn Democrats’ Plan to Make U.S. ‘A Socialist Country’
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said he consulted AI to ascertain the Democratic Party's supposed plan to "change our republic to a socialist country."  The post DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin Says He Used ChatGPT To Learn Democrats’ Plan to Make U.S. ‘A Socialist Country’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 05/10/2026
JUST IN: Ex-Republican Congressman and House Speaker Dennis Hastert Dead at 84
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JUST IN: Ex-Republican Congressman and House Speaker Dennis Hastert Dead at 84
Former Congressman Dennis Hastert, a Republican leader whose career ended in disgrace when he was accused of molesting five boys, has died.  The post JUST IN: Ex-Republican Congressman and House Speaker Dennis Hastert Dead at 84 first appeared on Mediaite.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 05/10/2026
A Georgia Election Board employee has allegedly gone rogue and requested that the feds intervene in his state's election.
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Things Get Messy in Georgia After Election Board Director Writes Letter to Todd Blanche
Georgia Election Board Employee Allegedly Goes Rogue, Requests Federal Intervention Last week,...
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 05/10/2026
Trump Flat Out Declares ‘Voting in America is CORRUPT’ in Stunning Post
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Trump Flat Out Declares ‘Voting in America is CORRUPT’ in Stunning Post
The president offered no evidence for his claim of corruption but highlighted that Brazil’s results were available “shortly after the vote closed. The post Trump Flat Out Declares ‘Voting in America is CORRUPT’ in Stunning Post first appeared on Mediaite.
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith Spotted at Anti-Trump Concert Wearing ‘No Kings’ Shirt — Just Days After He Was Grilled in Senate Hearing
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Jack Smith Spotted at Anti-Trump Concert Wearing ‘No Kings’ Shirt — Just Days After He Was Grilled in Senate Hearing
After getting grilled by Congress last week, Jack Smith opted to decompress by rocking out to some of his favorite anti-Trump artists like Bruce Springsteen The post Jack Smith Spotted at Anti-Trump Concert Wearing ‘No Kings’ Shirt — Just Days After He Was Grilled in Senate Hearing first appeared on Mediaite.
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 04/10/2026
Vivek Ramaswamy Roasted for Botched Attempt at Picking Up a Child During Trump Rally: ‘Worse Than Dukakis in the Tank’
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Vivek Ramaswamy Roasted for Botched Attempt at Picking Up a Child During Trump Rally: ‘Worse Than Dukakis in the Tank’
Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has recently found himself on the wrong end of some viral moments. On Saturday, it happened again. The post Vivek Ramaswamy Roasted for Botched Attempt at Picking Up a Child During Trump Rally: ‘Worse Than Dukakis in the Tank’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 03/10/2026
NEW — Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Jolly says he would consider a mid-decade congressional redraw if elected, arguing Democrats could “claw back four or six congressional seats,” per @politico.com.
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 04/10/2026
Trump asks his supporters at a rally tonight in Ohio to "just pretend" he is on the ballot: “Even if you hate Jon Husted, even if you hate Vivek Ramaswamy, you're gonna go out, you're gonna vote.”
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“We’ve landed at a place where legacy media learned the value of organizing, understanding that banning 1 or 2 or 3 outlets gives Trump tacit permission to ban anyone who doesn’t curry favor with him. It gives any future president tacit permission to ban anyone who doesn’t curry favor with them.”
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Trump’s Free Press Ban Instantly Backfires
The President punished outlets whose reporting he called “fake news.” Instead of controlling the narrative, Trump lost his most precious commodity.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you’re into pedophile protecting conmen responsible for record high gas prices and the lowest job growth in modern US history sucking up to communist dictators, then yeah, this goes hard.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court GRANTS People Not Politicians stay application, ordering the 2022 map to be in effect for the midterms! A victory for Elias Law Group, our clients People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn, and the people of Missouri. www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...
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🚨Onder v. Missouri
Learn more here.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Breaking News: The US only added 29,000 jobs in September. They were expecting 84,000. Unemployment is also up. www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
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