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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Stephen Miller asked the bureau to allow agents to go undercover in his Virginia neighborhood's political activist group, several sources with knowledge of the matter told CBS News."
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Trump adviser Stephen Miller spoke to agents at recent FBI training on domestic terrorism, sources say
Stephen Miller spoke at a training session at FBI headquarters just days before prosecutors criminally charged a man with making disturbing calls and texts to his wife, sources told CBS News.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Megan Wachspress @meganwachspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If this isn't the most brutal of metaphors for the status of women in US politics in 2026. She's brave for running against MAGA and brave for reporting and I am wishing Greene-Placentia all the strength and healing I can.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
WATCH: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica revealed the existence of the case for the first time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg
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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW EPISODE: When asked earlier this year if he regretted not seizing voting machines and ballots after the 2020 election, Donald Trump said, "Well, I should have." Now he's telling us exactly what he plans to do in this year's midterms, and this time, we should believe him. youtu.be/MBLiMjSXros
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Trump Just Admitted His Post-Election Plans. Believe Him.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 05/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Russian forces bombed a Turkish civilian cargo ship in neutral waters of the Black Sea with attack drones, Zelenskyy reported.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
things are going great bsky.app/profile/kyiv...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Really cool tool from @popular.info to crowdsource who is paying for what campaign ads. paidforby.info
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Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Putin’s fascination with the medieval takes the next step. www.newsweek.com/suspected-pl...
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Suspected Plague Death at Russian Lab Sparks ‘Anti-Epidemic’ Lockdown
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Abdul El-Sayed published a health platform proposing bans on pesticides that are already banned in Europe, support for the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act, and opposition to legal immunity for agrochemical manufacturers. 🧵
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
who trump really cares about:
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Someone slam a book and startle him straight to hell. 🔥
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is how you do it, @mayor.nyc.gov
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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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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow!!! What a full house in Maine! Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for promoting Troy Jackson. Maine peeps, it is time to vote for someone who cares for you!
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another day, another trashy ad from another pop-up Trump super PAC attacking Sherrod Brown. This one brings two specific talking points straining credulity from votes 15 years apart. Let’s break this one down. (Thread)
Text from ad mailed in Ohio:

Paid for by No Going Back PAC Inc. and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. www.NoGoingBackPAC.org
1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW • P.O. Box #27018 • Washington, DC 20038Text from bullshit attack ad against Sherrod Brown:

CAREER POLITICIAN
SHERROD BROWN:
NY:
+5.55 A1.35%
+2,15 +1.21%
+182.45 +0.47%
+35.11
+0.68%
+105,88
+0.65%
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YSE
TAKES YOUR TAX DOLLARS
GIVES THEM TO WALL STREET.
RAISED THE GAS TAX
VOTED TO SEND YOUR
30% WHILE AMERICANS
TAX DOLLARS TO WALL
STRUGGLED.1
STREET BANKERS.?
Bailouts for big banks. Higher taxes for you. Sherrod Brown works for the insiders and special interests, not for you.
REJECT THE CAREER POLITICIAN WHO SOLD US OUT. REJECT SHERROD BROWN.
HO O Moto HAOG HAOG Detor C Deterson Foundation Foundation: 3/16/21:2 H.R. Roll Call Call 10/1/08More text from bullshit political ad attacking Sherrod Brown:

RAISED THE GAS TAX 30%.'
SHERROD BROWN
RAISED YOUR TAXES.
GAVE YOUR MONEY TO WALL STREET.
SHERROD'S RECORD
VOTED TO SEND YOUR
NOT
TAX DOLLARS TO WALL
LOOKING OUT
STREET BANKERS.2
FOR US.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
please let Ken keep talking
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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 23/09/2026
Extremely disturbing news about the lawyer defending Donald Trump’s media ban. Watch this sitting down, and please help spread the word. youtube.com/shorts/veF5d...
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Trump’s media ban gets even more disturbing
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.
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POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access
The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri...
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hey Democrats, if this is your consultant’s advice... FIRE THEM.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 22/09/2026
Postal worker tossed 300 mail-in ballots in a parking lot garbage out of ‘laziness’
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Postal worker tossed 300 mail-in ballots in a parking lot garbage out of ‘laziness’
The Justice Department has been seeking to highlight its efforts to promote “election integrity” ahead of the midterms, when the GOP faces a rough electoral picture.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's OK, I think she's learned her lesson
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
should be day 2 stories if Maine/national media pick up on fact Collins' lobbyist husband, Tom Daffron, worked closely - for years - with Scott Reed, a key player in the corruption scandal @andrewperez.bsky.social & @martinpengelly.bsky.social wrote about that in June zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...
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Susan Collins’s Husband Worked for the Lobbyist Running Her Super PAC
The Maine senator's husband apparently consulted last year for the lobbyist leading Pine Tree Results PAC, documents show.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is a very basic, common sense, rational clip of Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed making really solid points about how Trump can't read a room and just do his job to lower the price of gas, but the fact that Fox News is playing this is pretty amazing.
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jimmbuzz.bsky.social @jimmbuzz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Very juicy. Can State AGs take up this and the related cases? Surely bribery and corruption must also be State crimes? Do Senators have (partial) immunity from trial?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
21/ Reed did not respond to detailed questions. In an email, he wrote that he never communicated with Collins or her staff about Kao and/or Navatek. Navatek founder Steven Loui said Kao’s methods were “unethical and illegal” and that Navatek fully complied with law enforcement.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
20/ Collins’ deputy chief of staff said that her office “vigorously” denies allegations of bribery and pay-for-play made by Kao, that Collins’ campaign was not part of the discussions between Kao and the super PAC, and that her office “fully cooperated” with the FBI.
Collins’ office did not specifically address questions about the Corner Bakery meeting, the senator’s relationship with Kao and the millions she helped appropriate for Navatek.

Annie Clark, Collins’ deputy chief of staff, told ProPublica in an email that Collins’ office “vigorously” denies allegations of bribery and pay-for-play made by Kao, calling his claims “outlandish.” Collins’ campaign was not part of the discussions between Kao and the super PAC, and her office “fully cooperated” with the FBI investigation, Clark said.

“The fact that the FBI and Biden-led Department of Justice thoroughly examined the Navatek matter demonstrates this,” Clark wrote. “These issues were resolved in 2021 and concluded when the Collins campaign disgorged the illegal contributions that Martin Kao had made without our knowledge.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
19/ The FBI added that the Trump administration removed agents only “if they have been found to have acted unethically, undermined the mission, or engaged in weaponization of law enforcement.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
18/ The White House referred us to the FBI. A spokesperson said the FBI “ultimately found nothing implicating Senator Collins” or her campaign. The FBI did not address questions about the new phase of the inquiry prompted by Kao’s account.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
16/ Collins is once again fighting to keep her seat, in a race that could determine control of the Senate. We’re continuing to report. If you have information about political dealmaking in Washington, contact us on Signal at 917-512-0201. www.propublica.org/tips/
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How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
15/ ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. We reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and have independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. This is the first piece of an ongoing series:
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
14/ He eviscerated the specialized FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption investigations, some of which were involved in Trump-related cases. And the government stopped talking to an informant who had offered a road map to corruption in Congress.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
13/ By the end of 2024, FBI agents had enough evidence to pursue a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers of both political parties. They asked their supervisors to approve a new investigation. Then Trump returned to the White House.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
12/ Here’s a crazy part: Kao told the FBI that the company’s government work was of no real value. Its research under his stewardship resulted in products Navatek knew the military would never buy, former employees said. One example: This 3D-printed boat Collins is posing with 👇
Sen. Susan Collins, wearing a blue suit and red shirt, stands in front of a 3D-printed boat while holding a broken champagne bottle during a publicity event. The boat has the University of Maine logo and is emblazoned with the text "3Dirigo." Behind Collins are a group of applauding people, including a woman holding a Guinness World Records plaque.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
11/ Even Navatek’s executives were surprised at how far their money went in D.C. “It was eye-opening for me, frankly. ‘Oh my God, all of it is for sale. It’s all for sale,’” former executive Eric Schiff said.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
10/ Of all the politicians Navatek courted, Collins was its most important patron. At times, Kao and his associates cut checks to Collins’ campaign within 24 hours of the annual defense spending bill, which funds military contracts, clearing a key Senate hurdle.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
9/ That cafe meeting, Kao asserted, was just one episode in a sprawling pay-to-play operation in Congress. He and his close associates donated nearly $900K to dozens of politicians, allowing Navatek to establish operations in half a dozen states with $40M+ a year in government funds.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
8/ Facing years in prison, Kao recounted the cafe meeting to the FBI in 2022, hoping to reduce his sentence by revealing the scheme. What he told them has never before become public.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
7/ But then, Kao got caught. The FBI had seen through his shell company ruse, and in 2022 a grand jury indicted him for making illegal campaign contributions. No one working for Collins was charged.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
6/ Weeks later, Kao tells his team Collins committed to getting the company $32M in naval contracts.
A check for $150,000 to 1820 PAC, a pro-Collins super PAC, from the Society of Young Women Scientist and Engineers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
5/ Kao wants assurance Collins would know he was behind it, and according to Kao, Reed confirms that she would. Seven days after the super PAC cashes the check, one of Reed’s subordinates emails a Navatek lobbyist: “Senator Collins would like to call Martin to thank him.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
4/ To skirt campaign finance laws and conceal the source of the funds, Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, sends an initial $150K to the pro-Collins super PAC (1820 PAC) using a shell company. Reed knows Kao is behind the donation. “Very smart,” he says in an email viewed by ProPublica.
Emails Between Martin Kao and Scott Reed, Discussing Contributions to the Susan Collins Super PAC, 1820 PAC

“Hi Scott: Had a chance to discuss 1820 with my CFO and attorney last night. They are suggesting setting up a separate new LLC to make the donations. Name of new LLC: Society of Young Women Scientists and Engineers.

In my personal real estate investments, we often use LLCs that can be set up to "facilitate" transactions. They are super vague and very difficult to get any background info on. Totally legal and typically used in real estate transactions to conceal the identity of buyer/seller. Wanted to get your thoughts/concerns.”
— email from Martin Kao to Scott Reed, Nov. 22, 2019

“Very smart and glad your counsel understands. Thanks for doing this.”
— email from Scott Reed to Martin Kao, Nov. 22, 2019

“Great! We will proceed on getting this set up ASAP. Have a nice weekend.”
— email from Martin Kao to Scott Reed, Nov. 22, 2019
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
3/ This is risky. Government contractors are banned from making political contributions. For the company to offer donations to Collins in exchange for an official action, or for Collins to accept, would constitute criminal bribery.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
2/ Our story starts in 2019. Collins is at risk of losing her seat. A year earlier, she helped Navatek land a multimillion-dollar Navy contract in Maine. Scott Reed, head of the pro-Collins super PAC, meets with Navatek execs in a D.C. cafe and asks for a $500K donation.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...
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GOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mike Rogers was a leading advocate for boosting opioid prescriptions. He took over $1M from Big Pharma. He has always prioritized personal profit over the health and safety of Michiganders. That's not public safety. Watch our new ad, "Safe."
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