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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why?
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
LSU found a man responsible for r*ping a woman and decided suspension was too harsh. Kendall was a freshman when a football player assaulted her in his on-campus dorm in October 2025. She went to the hospital for a r*pe kit. She filed a Title IX complaint in January.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026
Katie Phang: "Get the fuck out of here. Are you kidding me? You think it's a good use of taxpayers time and money to be able to do illegal redactions and withholds that are now forcing me to have to go and sue? Are you joking? But this is how Todd Blanche thinks."
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Missed this story about Trump's efforts to elect his buddy Bolsonaro Jr in Brazil. The US is also heavily tampering in Bolivia right now. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Brazil briefed French, German officials on alleged US, Russian election interference
A French and German delegation travelled this month to Brasilia, where intelligence officials briefed them on alleged ​US and Russian interference before Brazil's election, according to sources and do...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
Dial-a-chud
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/10/2026
Many people assumed both of Florida’s Senate seats would stay deeply red for the foreseeable future. But Angie Nixon’s people-powered campaign is proving why we need to keep up the fight!
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The petty-ass bullshit this administration inflicts on people just trying to live their livea is truly something to behold
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These two lawsuits brought by Renee Nicole Good’s family are exceptionally well-written and legally compelling. Well worth the read, I promise. I break down both complaints in this episode: youtu.be/2kU7_-Yt-Ig?...
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Trump HIT With TWO NEW LAWSUITS Over DEADLY ICE SHOOTING!!
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Parkbench @parkbenchnyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@emptywheel.bsky.social in case you missed it, this seems right in your wheelhouse www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@katiephang.bsky.social is having so much fun with this lawsuit and I'm here for it.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Protestors Benny Defamed Finally Come After Him emptywheel.net/2026/10/02/t...
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The Protestors Benny Defamed Finally Come After Him - emptywheel
Now that protestors Benny Johnson slandered a year are suing, maybe we'll learn exactly who funds Benny and how much.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I definitely think it possible Trump would be so shameless as to appoint Aileen Cannon. Which makes the current timing of the hearing on lawsuit to liberate the stolen documents report, November 2, of interest.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is why I know that Marcy's Ball of Thread series is so crucially important right now. America is selling out Ukraine and all our allies, and the only Americans who will benefit are named Trump and maybe Wikoff.
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How Putin grabbed Trump by his balls
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sure looks like the Secretary of the Interior is about to invoke emergency wartime powers to use taxpayer funds to build a bunch of data centers on public land, without any public input: wessiler.substack.com/p/whats-doug...
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What’s Doug Burgum Doing With Defense Production Act Authority?
It sure looks like things are adding up for widespread data center construction on public lands, without public input
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: a federal court in Seattle just slapped down Trump for illegally firing the U.S. Attorney there! We @democracydefendersfund.org & were proud with Ashurst Perkins to file a brief for dozens of BIPARTISAN former US attorneys advocating this outcome storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Brief of Former United States Attorneys as Amici Curiae – #23, Att. #2 in Rogoff v. Trump (W.D. Wash., 2:26-cv-02566) – CourtListener.com
MOTION for Leave to File Brief as Amci Curiae, filed by Amicus Former United States as Amici Curiae. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order, # 2 Brief of Former United States Attorneys as Amici Curiae) Noti...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You really can’t make this shit up.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I missed this in the Constitution.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I really wouldn't mind if Pope Bob excommunicated all the fascist Catholics on SCOTUS.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🎉🎉🎉
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Actually reviewing the checks that Chuck Grassley released yesterday to gauge how many people clearly asked Trump to do something other than pay Melania's dress designer with the money. Someone in the The Villages was using "Stop the Steal" by 11/20/20.
A $100 check made out to Trump for President, dated Nov. 20, 2020. The memo line reads "Stop the Steal" 

The address is mostly redacted but shows it was from The Villages in Florida.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reup: Yesterday Chuck Grassley claimed to be outraged that, along with all the other comms Jack Smith obtained when accessing devices of witnesses and criminals, he got journalists' request for comment. Chuck is trying to cover up how Trump defrauded MAGAts. emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/c...
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Chuck Grassley and Far Right Propagandists Covering Up How Trump Defrauded MAGAts - emptywheel
Far right propagandists and Chuck Grassley are outraged that journalists' communications -- communications that showed Trump defrauding MAGAt voters -- were among the things Jack Smith obtained from t...
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you're angry about the men at Cornell University, wait until I tell you about the men in the White House, the Pentagon, health and human services, and on the Supreme Court.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026
53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.
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Mayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYC
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think this investigation needs an independent prosecutor to conduct a thorough, transparent investigation into Jane Doe's allegations.
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Deb Haaland @debhaalandnm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My grandparents survived the terrible abuse of the Federal Indian Boarding School Era. That trauma wasn't isolated to the past—it was carried down through my family all the way to me. And there are so many families like my own across Indian Country.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
During the World Cup.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Not a peep when Trump sought to indict six members of Congress for making a video. Not a single grand juror voted to indict them. But that? My colleagues don’t care about that weaponization.”
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From Josh Helfgott: ICE detained a Los Angeles car washer and father of four for six months. His kids ended up in therapy, his family lost its income, and he is still fighting to stay in the country. José Padilla, 41, was detained by ICE on January 27 while he
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers... and then vilify the officers. " - Jack Smith
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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SiLveRFoxXx @silv3rfoxxx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How about, go fuck yourselves you traitorous fucks? newrepublic.com/post/215934/...
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January 6 Rioters Claim They Were “Punished,” Demand Restitution
Rioters who attacked the Capitol now want compensation from taxpayers.
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Rose❤️🇨🇦Part owner of Canada.🇨🇦❤️ @scotfreeme.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Poland had some wise words, for Russia. They can puff out their chests all they like, they can keep killing... But this Polish Foreign Minister is 💯 correct. They will never win.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shit. When you've lost Kurt Olsen...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’d missed SG Sauer’s sly attempt to impugn Justices Jackson in his DHS v D.V.D petition. Thanks for lifting that up @stevevladeck.bsky.social . open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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253. Introducing “The Court We Need”
My second book about the Supreme Court offers a more nuanced diagnosis of exactly what’s wrong with the institution—and how (and why) we should fix it.
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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 28/09/2026
The right to vote was won through generations of feminist activism, and it remains one of our most powerful tools for shaping the future. Here’s how to protect it in the 2026 midterms.
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We Fought Too Hard for This Vote. Here's How We Protect It.
The right to vote was won through generations of feminist activism, and it remains one of our most powerful tools for shaping the future. Here’s how to protect it in the 2026 midterms.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇 👇 👇
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Evil. Shame on everyone who voted for this.👇
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Sarah Ladd @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The @kentuckylantern.com is: -Free to read -Free for other outlets to republish.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here's the CNN story that cites it. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Trump personally helped orchestrate taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies, source says | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has personally driven the controversial, tax-payer funded video ads promoting himself and his administration’s policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a ...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jamie Raskin calls out the shitty ads as a crime (this was cited by CNN and other stories). This is the kind of Xitter post that I beg of @raskin.house.gov or other MoCs to cross-post over here -- not least bc more people over here are likely to magnify it.
Rep. Jamie Raskin

@RepRaskin
This may be felony criminal theft and conversion of government property for political campaign purposes. 18 U.S.C. § 1641. It is a Hatch Act violation for any government employees who worked on it or used government resources to make it. It is blatantly unethical under numerous federal ethics provisions proscribing the use of government resources for political campaigns.
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The White House is currently airing this video as an ad during commercial breaks on Fox News. 

It looks and sounds like a political spot and includes a disclaimer stating that it is paid for by the U.S. government.

The soundtrack: as images of Trump flash across the screen,

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tho I actually like this post better. IMO, one smart response to these ads is to taunt GOP MoCs that Trump is still sitting on mountains of $$ and instead using taxpayer dollars to remind voters what a corrupt asshole he is.
The inept White House political propagandists are using our money on government-sponsored campaign TV ads for the sinking GOP. The latest commercial tries to rally the dwindling MAGA base by reminding them that Trump once posed as a fighter against warmongers and a corrupt political establishment, but the recycled ad just sharply reminds everyone that the lying Trump is the war-maker-in-chief and presides over the most corrupt presidential administration in U.S. history. You can’t use our tax dollars to fool us.
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NEW: The Trump admin is airing *another* taxpayer-funded political ad, & this time, it's from his 2024 campaign.

Trump says in the ad: "We will demolish the deep state, expel the warmongers from our government... We will rout the fake news media..."

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wow! Can we clone this man? Asking for every American City! 😍
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