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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

The Bari Weiss-ification of CBS News continues. Dennis Hastert was convicted of the sexual abuse of high school students under his supervision as a high school wrestling coach. Banking rules violations were his transfers of hush money payments which he misdescribed and which allowed

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 16h

In one month from now Trump will be openly seeking to overturn the Nov 3 results. We all know that is coming. That is why Democratic AGs should announce now that if anyone tries to interfere in their election--including Trump-they will prosecute under state law. Trump can't pardon state crimes!

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"Radical" Russ Belville @radicalruss.com · 14h

"Disgraced." Hastert was paying hush money to another man whom he sexually abused as a child when he was the child's wrestling coach. He later admitted to molesting 4 kids. He got 15 months for the financial crimes (served 13); 0 months for the sex crimes, as the statute of limitations expired. 👇🏻

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

it's such a perfect example of what is actually alito's hallmark as a justice, shoddy, sub-undergraduate thinking dressed up with five dollar words.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16h

Today is the day! The deadline to register to vote is October 5 in AZ, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, MS, MT, OH, TN, & TX. Check out all these resources & get prepared. #VotingIsPunk #VoteEarly

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14h

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.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 13h

Unfuckingbelievable.... violates every canon of good, independent pro-democracy journalism www.contrariannews.org/p/you-can-he...

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You Can Help Improve Legacy Media

🚨33 Days to the Midterms🚨

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass

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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...

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A Reckoning in Springfield

A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I love how he keeps trolling the White House like this. It reminds me of how I'd keep staring at my sister after she'd complain, "Mom, he's looking at me."

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

Trump’s Ohio speech tonight is at the Butler High School gym. Here is a photo of what it looks like on a regular day as posted by a user to Google Maps.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026

this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...” www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...

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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN

At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Diplomacy for private profit: More corruption in plain view. The Kushner/Witkoff talks with Russia nominally about ending the war in Ukraine are actually about a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives linked to Kushner and Witkoff. The deal, which is

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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/10/2026

Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine "have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner" reports @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Loser

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Every time Trump is asked about people struggling to pay rent, buy a home, afford groceries, health care and gas and he responds claiming this is the greatest economy ever and people on Wall Street are making tons of money speculating on AI, Republicans go down another point in the polls.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

remember the real rocket docket is when Republicans have to jam another corrupt justice on to SCOTUS in three weeks.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026

Not so sure Republicans want the Dobbs decision back in the spotlight like this as the Midterms approach…

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump could nominate the worst person with a law degree in America and this Republican senate will confirm that person. That includes Susan Collins, who always confirms Trump’s justices. The only chance you have to keep that person off the court is to elect Democratic senators.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Awkward.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026

"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fun facts: Chris Rufo’s grandmother was an Italian immigrant who, I’ve heard from a reliable source, never learned to speak English fluently. Rufo’s wife meanwhile is an immigrant from Thailand. And the director of the Manhattan Institute who employs him? The son of Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 02/10/2026

I’d seen several posts like this trying to explain the strange boxy bustle that sometimes appears under Trump’s jacket, and I was skeptical (largely because I didn’t think he would be coordinated enough to use it or circumspect enough to keep quiet about it) but then I saw this.

Trump standing in the Rose Garden wearing very obvious leg braces under his trousers

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026

Trump #TravelsWithNatalie yesterday (USA Today Networks)

pic of a smiling Ms Harp in the backseat of The Beast with Donald

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Like so many things in the Trump era, you can thank .. John Roberts for this entire mess. Had the worst chief justice in history not overseen the wholesale degradation & kneecapping of the lower courts, we wouldn’t be here. Just as much as Todd Blanche, Roberts owns this.." Important read:

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Looks like Trump’s new “steel plant” in IA, announced to shore up support in midterms from people his policies have crushed, where he said construction has already begun, is nowhere close to happening and contingent on Iowans giving tax breaks & incentives to a company in India.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

4. According to new reporting last night by MS Now, the text messages from 2024 from Smith's team that Eric Schmitt presented at Tuesday's hearing were provided by the US Department of Justice, which is to say, by US Attorney General Todd Blanche. www.ms.now/news/eric-sc...

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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.

As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/10/2026

Cornell University police in 2024 summarized hours of interviews with a woman who said she was attacked in the Chi Phi fraternity house into a document that excluded her unequivocal statement that she had been raped, documents show. A prosecutor did not pursue criminal charges based on the document.

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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped

Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal

The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There are plenty of laws that can cover this guys corrupt actions. the statutes of limitations shld all the checked. democracy dies without accountability.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026

BREAKING: judge dismisses case against reflecting pool defendant Davey Hearn WITH PREJUDICE- meaning the DoJ can’t ever bring charges against him in this matter. www.ms.now/deadline-whi...

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Judge permanently dismisses David Hearn Reflecting Pool indictment

The Trump Justice Department sought a temporary dismissal. Hearn wanted his charges tossed for good.

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Mabs A'Mabbin @mabsamabbin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“This is dumb, dumb, dumb beyond belief,” one former Trump campaign official told CNN in response to the ads the White House is now airing. “These guys are all gonna get subpoenaed. It’s gonna be bad." You had better believe it. 🔥

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

John Roberts' friend and defender is quoted in the piece, saying they shouldn't be shaming Roberts for the wreckage and ruin he's brought to this country because of "civility." The bullies always cry "civility" when the victims push back in the slightest.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

Minnesota Republican House candidate William Beck: "Even Trump is saying 'don't touch Social Security,' but that would solve a lot of our problems"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you want to see a witch hunt, watch Sen. Erik Schmitt attack Jack Smith. Schmitt makes false accusations, suggests being in Atlanta proves conspiracy, and when it becomes clear Smith was not in Atlanta at all, persists in name-calling. And no, he has no shame. www.nbcnews.com/video/republ...

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‘A total dirtbag’: GOP senator mistakenly accuses Smith of perjury over NBA game

Former special counsel Jack Smith’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing became tense after Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., presented a text message to Smith that he suggested showed he was in Atlanta for a b...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026

JUST IN: A federal judge just forced Trump’s DOJ to fast-track records involving Trump and the Epstein files, citing “possible questions about the government’s integrity that affect public confidence.” The records being sought are significant.

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Judge Forces DOJ’s Hand in Explosive Trump-Epstein Records Fight

A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to fast-track records involving Trump and the administration’s handling of the Epstein files, finding the fight raises “possible questions about the gove...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

omg. yes, they actually have video of him at the game. when does marshall mcluhan walk out and dunk on sen schmitt?

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He really did Schmitt himself didn't he.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

36 minutes before the hearing started.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...

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The Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part II

A quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality).

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026

The internet is erupting in mockery after Eric Schmitt’s spectacular Jack Smith faceplant. Now people are openly speculating: Did his team plant the glowing 2028 story AND coordinate with MAGA influencers in advance, expecting a victory lap that blew up in their faces?

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Eric Schmitt Gets Mercilessly Mocked Over ‘Planted’ Story After Jack Smith Faceplant

A glowing 2028 scoop dropped just before Schmitt’s disastrous “gotcha,” while right-wing influencers appeared ready to celebrate. After it blew up, the internet noticed.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026

TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Genuinely the worst campaign message I’ve ever seen

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