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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026
As budget director, Russell Vought has often ignored Congress by … not signing the checks. At other times, he’s been able to take money Congress intended for one thing and use it for something else by justifying it as a “national emergency.” Listen to our latest episode:
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Podcast: Who’s the Shadow President?
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Full Swing @ceembee.bsky.social · 3h
Every gathering in the Oval Office lately is like the Star Wars bar scene.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 4h
Just another day in the Presidency as directed by Fellini.
Trump nodding, Susan Dell emoting.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3h
🚨BREAKING: ICE is already appearing near voting sites as voting rights groups reinforce their lawsuit to keep armed federal agents away from the polls in November.
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ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls
Among the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 3h
Sexual harassment from Trump? Who would have guessed? www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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Scott Bessent reveals that Trump makes jokes about him being gay — to Melania’s friends
The out Cabinet matter insisted his sexuality played no role in Cabinet appointment, but did keep him out of the U.S. Naval Academy.
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ElieMar @eliemar.bsky.social · 2h
The Trump family is corrupt & looting #usa Sons get MILLIONS in Goverment contracts Trump trading stock in BILLIONS in office Trump/3 Sons own WLF a Crypto empire illegally getting BILLIONS from Middle East kingdoms Kurshner huge investor in arms manufacturers in Israel for Trump Iran War Vote🩵
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h
Hey look, more blatant corruption. I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.
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Roger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 52m
The city of Elizabeth, Louisiana is about to elect Republican Christopher Paul as their police chief. Christopher Paul is out on bail right now for 2 counts of child rape.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1h
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 12h
The ammunition drain was highly specific. The US dipped into its emergency stockpile in Israel, shifting tens of thousands of 155mm shells straight to the IDF. For Ukraine, it meant a sudden, measurable drop in the critical artillery needed for its front lines, as detailed by Axios 👇
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Scoop: U.S. to send Israel artillery shells initially destined for Ukraine
Israel said it urgently needs artillery shells to prepare for a ground invasion in Gaza.
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Larry Colvin @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 10h
$165 million a year in taxpayer contracts to run detention camps, then $1.4 million flows straight back to Trump’s super PAC the following month. That’s your money, laundered through a prison company, landing right back in Trump’s political war chest. #TrumpsCorruptionCostsUS #VoteBlue #Blues
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Larry Colvin @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 10h
🚨SHARE THIS FAR AND WIDE 🚨 Paul LePage is running for Congress in #ME02 - this man is NOT fit for office! We have options: VOTE ➡️Matthew Dunlap #VoteBlue #Blues
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 48m
The problem is he believes this.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 48m
US approves over $2bn in weapons sales to Egypt, Kuwait and UAE - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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US approves over $2bn in weapons sales to Egypt, Kuwait and UAE
<article data-history-node-id="448987" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-approves-over-2bn-weapons-sales-egypt-kuwait-and-uae" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-approves-over-2bn-weapons-sales-egypt-kuwait-and-uae" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">US approves over $2bn in weapons sales to Egypt, Kuwait and UAE</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The US State Department notified Congress last week that it approved the sale of more than $2bn in US weapons systems to Egypt, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.</p> <p>Kuwait will buy an estimated $400m worth of repair services and parts for Patriot air-defence systems it operates, the State Department said in a statement on Friday.</p> <p>The State Department also approved Egypt’s purchase of more than 2,000 FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missiles and up to 200 Javelin launch units. The sale will come with support equipment including simulation rounds, spare parts, and US government technical assistance. The sale is estimated to cost $832m.</p> <p>The priciest purchase among the tranche was approved for the UAE to purchase up to 10,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System-IIs (APKWS-II). The laser-guided kits are for both air-to-air and air-to-ground configurations. The sale is estimated to cost $1.04bn.</p> <p>The US announced all the sales on Friday. "The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region," the State Department said in the statement.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-approves-over-2bn-weapons-sales-egypt-kuwait-and-uae">US approves over $2bn in weapons sales to Egypt, Kuwait and UAE</a></h3> <div alt="Egyptian army tanks are deployed along the border with the Gaza Strip in el-Arish, in the north Sinai Peninsula, on 4 July 2024 (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="fadd2780-4189-419c-bfe7-08c8a93616d5" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/Egypt-Tanks-AFP-2025.jpg" width="1200" height="674" alt="Egyptian army tanks are deployed along the border with the Gaza Strip in el-Arish, in the north Sinai Peninsula, on 4 July 2024 (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 47m
In two weeks.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 47m
Oil prices rose on fresh concerns about Middle East supplies, before falling on the possible release of more reserves.
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US stocks slide as oil prices fluctuate over renewed Iran war fears
Oil prices rose on fresh concerns about Middle East supplies, before falling on the possible release of more reserves.
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orb @orbthursday.bsky.social · 29m
i get it
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orb @orbthursday.bsky.social · 32m
we simply must be in a simulation. it’s a fkkkin’ star trek episode.
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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 46m
One more time with feeling
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 46m
Most people use AmEX for the points. In the Amb. Kimberly Guilfoyle texts, it's so the money "won't show" I was an ambassador myself & I've never seen anything like this She denies it, but you can smell this one from Athens! More on @CNN.com 👇
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Bangor Daily News @bangordailynews.bsky.social · 46m
They say people are detained at the Maine ICE facility every day. via @portlandpressherald
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ICE watchers stand guard all day, every day outside Scarborough facility
They say people are detained at the Maine ICE facility every day.
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Roger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 49m
The people who LITERALLY tried to prosecute a guy for creating "8647" with seashells are big mad that people don't know "let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego" was just a 'joke'. 🖕🖕🤡🖕🖕
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2h
🚨BREAKING: Trump was hit with a second lawsuit over taxpayer-funded propaganda ads promoting him ahead of the midterms. The new case says DHS diverted $20 million meant for border-security commemorations to pay for the spots.
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Trump hit with second lawsuit over taxpayer-funded political propaganda ads
The lawsuit came the same day the Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a separate challenge seeking to stop the administration from using federal funds for the ad campaign.
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Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal.com · 5h
NEW: Dan Scavino — President Donald Trump’s longtime White House social media guru — scored a seven-figure payday last year from the president’s social media company, according to records reviewed by the @washingtonsun.com. www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/d...
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White House Social Media Guru Earned at Least $1 Million From a Trump Media Investment
Deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino reported seven-figure capital gains from stock in the company behind Truth Social.
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 17h
Susan Collins is showing just how out of touch she is. “I spent a whole year without health insurance…in ‘94” That was 3 decades ago, Susan, when insurance was $1500 annually… Thanks to Susan’s vote that helped pass Trump’s murderous budget bill, premiums are $1500 a month now for some folks.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h
Psycho. He’s an absolute psycho.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11h
BREAKING WaPo: Trump wants to transform his West Palm Beach golf club into a presidential retreat modeled after Camp David. 
The plan calls for a parcel of the private club to be designated a permanent, official sanctuary for foreign leaders and future U.S. presidents.
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Trump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf club into the new Camp David
The plan calls for the federal government to be granted part of the property, with the rest maintained as a private course.
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#VeryAsian Eric @ektaka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A sad visual metaphor for what Trump and his Republicans are doing to our 250 year old democracy...🤬
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 8h
She has no satisfying excuses for her abjet sellout to Trump
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Signs the Blue Wave Is Coming
And affordability is no hoax.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 8h
If ever there were a pathological and profoundly dangerous statement uttered any adult, this is it: "I can do whatever I want..."
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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
“It will never stop pissing me off how much trump is going to walk away from this presidency as a ‘real’ billionaire in a way he never was before, and it will be solely because of the public office.” @swin24.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/swin... bsky.app/profile/thor... bsky.app/profile/ifin...
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Trump thinks it was 'stupid' to not cash in more during first term: Rolling Stone
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 23h
TKO!!!
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Twenty-four hours later, Trump says he's not reimbursing the Treasury for the money he embezzled to run political ads on Fox News.
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Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads
A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A 2.5-meter-tall statue depicting a naked, gold-covered Donald Trump has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The satirical sculpture, titled "Orange Plague" and also called "King of Injustice," shows Trump sitting on the shoulders of another man.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23h
*adds to the impeachment proceedings list*
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ElizabethC 💙🐸 @econklin44.bsky.social · 23h
Well done, Troy. As Collins tried to demonstrate the ways she’s pushed back against unpopular Trump actions, he said that none of it was enough: “Mainers can’t afford to pay their bills with a press release or a strongly worded letter.” #ProudBlue
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Federal agents swarmed a protest encampment today, arresting a dozen people and allowing contractors to remove a live protester from, then cut down, an ancient, giant cottonwood "Grandmother Tree" to make way for border wall construction. Protesters had been at the site near Lochiel, AZ for 71 days.
Image: Protesters and Border Patrol agents square off Monday morning near Lochiel, AZ. In the background, a cherrypicker removes a protester from a cottonwood tree that minutes later was brought down.
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Republican Crimes Tracker @gopcrimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We're tracking every prominent Republican credibly accused of a sex crime including sexual assault since 2000 with almost 350 added so far.
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Republican Sex Crimes List - GOP Sex Criminals
Constantly updated list of sex crimes by Republican politicians and conservatives with many men guilty of abhorrent behavior against women sentenced to prison.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Machiavellian is gonna Machiavelli.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Never forget about this tweet…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From Hopium: - New Gallup Party ID has Ds up 50%-39%, among our highest showings in past 35 years - Troy Jackson is up 4, 51%-47%, in new Marist poll - Early Early Vote data is encouraging - “Elections are decided in November, but they’re won in October” 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/dems-up-11...
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Dems Up 11 In Gallup Party ID, Troy Jackson Up 4 In Maine, “Elections are decided in November, but they’re won in October”
Upcoming Live Events - Sarah Trone Garriott (IA-3) today at 115pm ET, Maine’s Devon Anderson-Murphy Wed at 115pm, and Janelle Stelson (PA-10) Thursday at 115pm
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In case facts still matter…
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Reuters @reuters.com · 06/10/2026
Planned Moldova-Romania power line to be named after Trump reut.rs/4hwTb79
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Planned Moldova-Romania power line to be named after Trump
A planned high-voltage power line linking Romania and Moldova will be named the "Trump ​Liberty Line," the US embassy in Chisinau ‌said on Monday, making it the latest infrastructure project to bear the name of US President Donald Trump.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump’s Epstein nightmare getting 'much bigger': analyst President Donald Trump may be facing a Jeffrey Epstein problem that refuses to stay buried, and one analyst believes it could explode into something far more damaging after the midterm elections.
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Trump’s Epstein nightmare getting 'much bigger': analyst
President Donald Trump may be facing a Jeffrey Epstein problem that refuses to stay buried, and one analyst believes it could explode into something far more damaging after the midterm elections.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Eight years ago today, Susan Collins voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. He went on to help overturn Roe v. Wade. She still says she doesn’t regret her vote. Give her something to regret on November 3. Vote her out.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
REPORTER: Why are you telling your supporters to vote by mail if you think it's fraud? TRUMP: I'd rather have them vote in person, but they can vote by mail if they want. But there is a lot of cheating in vote by mail. REPORTER: There's no evidence TRUMP: You are fake news
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
Q: Your approval rating with Latino voters has dropped down to 27% TRUMP: You're fake news. You're CNN. My poll numbers are great. All you have to do is look at the crowds we're drawing.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.
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