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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h
This is awesome. If your vote didn’t matter Republicans wouldn’t be trying so hard to stop you.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Y’all have been in charge for decades @marshablackburn literally wtf are you talking about
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Ex-Congressman Matt Gaetz is accused of sex trafficking. www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/10/15/e...
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Ex-Florida congressman Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking young women
Two women filed a federal civil lawsuit accusing former Congressman Matt Gaetz of a sex trafficking and drug scheme. Gaetz denies the allegations.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Adventures in passive voice headlines. (The article itself only mentions Karoline Leavitt, the single voluntary departure, twice.)
High-Ranking Women are Leaving the Trump Administration
In the president's second term, those heading for the exits are female officials.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I think people need to make this comparison RIGHT NOW. Is Elon paying $300M to elect right wingers bc otherwise they'll denaturalize and deport him? Probably not, but if their voters learn he is, it might make the $$ creepy. [Tho I think people need to focus on the child porn Grok makes]
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Rep. Ilhan Omar has been targeted again and again by President Trump, VP Vance and their political allies. Now, her home has been raided by Trump’s DHS, as part of an investigation of immigration paperwork filled out by her father when Omar was a child. Will this hurt her reelection bid? No way.
thenation.com
Minnesota Has Ilhan Omar’s Back
Minnesotans say the raid on Omar’s home was all about politics. They also argue that it will backfire and generate boosted turnout for DFL candidates.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
My name is not the reason we're paying $5/gallon for gas. My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries. My name is not the reason you can't afford your mortgage or rent. My name is not the reason you can't see a doctor. Their policies are the reason.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 14/10/2026
BREAKING: We just sued Jared Kushner for unlawfully acting as one of the country's top diplomats without undergoing Senate confirmation or filing financial disclosures. It’s abundantly clear that he should be blocked from performing this outsized role: www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action...
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TonyHQ @tonyhq1985.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Spectacular. Yesterday, NYT implied Habba's new hubby married her to keep a concrete contract under Delcy Rodriguez. Today Axios suggests that hubby is trying to take Ric Grenell (who USED to be his tie to VZ) out by claiming Grenell snatched a Kennedy Center donation.
Even as he was meeting Ms. Habba, Mr. Mildon was navigating the shifting political landscape in Venezuela after Ms. Rodríguez had been put in power by the Americans. His spokesman said Mr. Mildon had always supported Ms. Rodríguez, who served as Mr. Maduro’s vice president until his arrest.

But several people who met Mr. Mildon in Washington last year, before Mr. Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces, said Mr. Mildon had praised Mr. Saab, her ruling party rival, presenting him as Venezuela’s pre-eminent power broker and the key to a peaceful resolution of the conflict with the United States.

As it turns out, Mr. Mildon had backed the wrong side.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio sidelined Mr. Grenell and persuaded Mr. Trump to adopt a more aggressive stance toward Mr. Maduro. Mr. Rubio settled on Ms. Rodríguez as Mr. Maduro’s successor, and set in motion plans for a military operation that would topple the Venezuelan president and install her in power.

Mr. Maduro dismissed the growing threats from the White House as a bluff, right until U.S. military aircraft attacked Caracas in the early hours of Jan. 3.President Trump has directed his White House counsel to examine explosive allegations dropped on him Friday in the Oval Office:

Former Trump attorney Alina Habba told the president that another one of his top advisers — former Kennedy Center leader Ric Grenell — failed to deposit a multimillion-dollar donation that her billionaire husband made to the center a year ago, according to four senior administration officials and three insiders briefed on the controversy.
Grenell denied the accusations as "absurd" and a "lie."
Habba and her husband, Turhan Mildon, declined to comment through a spokesperson.
Why it matters: The extraordinary row between the two top-tier presidential advisers and former allies provides a rare and acrimonious behind-the-scenes glimpse into the intersection of power, influence and money in Trump's Washington.

The total value of the contribution in question: nearly $6 million, White House sources said Habba told them.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Thirty years ago, Susan Collins promised Maine voters she’d serve only two terms. Now she’s a multimillionaire asking them for a sixth. Her current net worth is estimated to be roughly $6.8 million. Not bad for a Senate salary of $174,000 per year.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Again: don’t get complacent. Polls look great, but polls don’t vote. Ignore this shit and vote like we’re down by 3%
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Unsurprisingly, the judge who approved at least the DC warrants on Ilhan Omar imposed restrictions based on precedents in the district, precedents that come from Scott Perry. It took 15 months to access comms from the phone on which Perry plotted voter fraud. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/14/p...
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Exclusive: Judge limited Justice Department access to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s records in sprawling immigration fraud probe | CNN Politics
The Trump administration pushed for an unusually aggressive search of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s house in recent days in an immigration fraud probe that targets the congresswoman, possible false statements mad...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
If the investigation is out of MN it means it is run by the very same HSI agents who have been lying over and over to judges. If they got a warrant in DC anyway, it's all the more problematic.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I guess us “little persons” are supposed to be grateful the oil companies are making bank from our misery
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: With the threat of federal election interference looming large over the midterms, Senate Democrats plan to send more than 100 congressional staff to observe voting sites in nine states — the first program of its kind for the upper chamber. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Senate Dems will send over 100 election observers to nine states for midterms
Observers will be on the ground to document voter interference efforts, along with threats against election workers, disinformation tactics and any other attempts to meddle with voting.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Make no mistake — they want to deport congresswoman @repilhan.bsky.social We are very far off the cliff. 🇺🇸 😳 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 14/10/2026
Commentary from @writerbonnie.com Public parks aren’t development opportunities  kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/14/p...
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Commentary: Public parks aren’t development opportunities  • Kentucky Lantern
The University of Louisville appears to be eyeing Stansbury Park for its own use, not a public good.
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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 14/10/2026
Millions of farmland acres around the country are expected to change hands in the next few decades.
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As family farms decline and the climate heats up, farmers weigh what to do with their land
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Comer’s latest oversight target: ‘Activist’ jurors in D.C. courts
The House Oversight Committee chair said the panel launched an investigation into “politicized jury nullification initiatives by left-wing activist groups” in D.C.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades
Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Amen girl!!!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“I think we did have an agreement to stop Iran from having nukes before Trump tore it up… only one of us up here has been accused of fraud by the fbi…” 🔥 @troyjackson207 brings the thunder to Susan Collins
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Note, the reason this matters (and I second the kudos to @juddlegum.bsky.social) is bc AFTER SHE CAME BACK she may have represented herself as a real lawyer.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Oop Texts show Kimberly Guilfoyle may have raised $3M for Jan. 6 rally - Daily Kos share.google/2EevcRH9a9MF...
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Texts show Kimberly Guilfoyle may have raised $3M for Jan. 6 rally
Alleged messages show Guilfoyle boasting of $3M in Jan. 6 rally funding. Explore the ongoing investigation and new revelations now.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & partners just sued ICE over a nasty catch-22 ICE detains people, takes their IDs & work papers, releases them, keeps the papers. Now they can't work & risk getting picked up again for having no ID We're going to court to get it ALL back -TN
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eugeniat2.bsky.social @eugeniat2.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Staying Strong 🌞 “ I will not be silenced.” #IlhanOmar 🌞 Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Oh no. And poor Enrique Tarrio had assured us all he had an ETA exemption, in spite of his fraud and terrorism and gun crime convictions. Whatever injustice might have caused these travel difficulties?
Enrique Tarrio
@NobleOne
The UK has banned me from entering their country. I can’t even land to switch planes…

But it didn’t end there. I am now stuck in Warsaw because 
@British_Airways
 has an “issue” with me flying. I’ve missed two flights because of unknown reasons.

As much as I love Poland I’ve been away from home for two weeks. I wasn’t even given the common courtesy to be notified in advance about this issue. Now I’m stuck abroad.

@USAmbPoland
 can I get some assistance here?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Perfect
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
💪Demonstration against Palestinian genocide in Tokyo, Japan - Humanitarians demanding sanctions against Israel🇵🇸😢🇱🇧
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Huh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even.
My RT of a Katie Miller tweet which RTed the NYPost coverage of the Ilhan Omar raid. 

She said: Promise made, promise kept.
I said: Katie Miller is not going to do very well in a deposition.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky on bombing the Russian data centers: “It’s pretty clear where the bots were coming from.”
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: “Don’t attack us. Don’t kill our children. We will stop attacking your diesel. I think it’s a fair deal.”
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelenskyy might be saving our democracy. The mad genius is bombing Russian data centers linked to FAKE NEWS bot farms. Without them, Putin’s midterm influence will accidentally fall from a 30th floor window. I 💙 Ukraine 🇺🇦
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
For those pushing Dems to start making a stink about Elon's fundraising @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social is now doing that.
Josh Turek vs. Elon Musk.
Working-Class Underdog vs. World’s Richest Man. 🥊💥🥊

Who’s your money on?

For context: Elon Musk is unleashing a firehose of cash to boost vulnerable Republicans in the battle for the Senate majority, including my MAGA opponent here in Iowa.

Why’s he so focused on this race in particular, you ask?

Well, I’m what MAGA billionaires like Musk fear most:

A candidate who’s not a millionaire and isn’t trying to become one.
A leader with a well-calibrated moral compass and strength of character.
A senator who can’t be bought.
Basically, an honest and up-sitting public servant.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We've been boiled frogs for so long this never gets mentioned. But this violates DOJ policies that have been in place for decades, ones that Defense Attorney Todd Blanche said should have extended for the entirety of the time his client had declared his candidacy. (Tho I think this was DHS.)
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Elon Musk committing election fraud agan. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/10/p...
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Elon Musk’s PAC is spreading inaccurate voting information, election officials say | CNN Politics
Election officials in Colorado and Washington state have issued public warnings about inaccurate information from the group tied to Musk.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What actual DOJ weaponization looks like. We are very far off the cliff.
abcnews.com
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s residence searched as part of ongoing criminal investigation, DOJ says
A Department of Justice spokesperson said the search was part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Marsha is the anti-Dolly
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🧊✈️ SEATTLE: A girl in chains boards an ICE-chartered GlobalX airplane (tail: N630VA) at Boeing Field, to be transported south to Arizona 👀
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Fixed it for Trump.
Trump's post announcing a diesel deal with Russia. I've covered up false claims he made with grey boxes, and in yellow text written what is true, including that "receiving bribes from Vladimir Putin" is his greatest priority.
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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Authoritarianism is less likely to take hold when the population visibly refuses it. Use your voice next weekend.
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No Kings
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I agree that this is a BFD. But I think it gives Trump too much agency. This was baked in for quite some time and I expect Lindsey Graham's death is what accelerated it. Putin is no doubt offering Trump a way out of his Iran disaster, which ALWAYS required scapegoating Ukraine.
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