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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
How Trump’s crypto venture and Iran’s top exchange tapped into the same industry networks - www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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How Trump’s crypto venture and Iran’s top exchange tapped into the same industry networks
When customers of Iran’s largest crypto exchange needed to move billions of dollars, networks created by two of the industry’s biggest players served as conduits.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Updated the omnibus -- Trump has named **25** current or former Fox employees to high-ranking positions since he was elected president — and more seem sure to follow. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
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A comprehensive review of the revolving door between Fox and the second Trump administration
President Donald Trump’s unprecedented relationship with Fox News is once again creating a revolving door between the right-wing propaganda network and his administration. Trump has named 25 current o...
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 30/04/2026
"Modernizing" is the best term It's about bringing SCOTUS into the present, since they are so hell-bent on dragging us back to the past
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
substack.com/@adamkinzing...
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Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger)
Hasn’t whined about needing a ballroom to feel safe
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 28/04/2026
1/ So angry. First, this is what "elections have consequences" really looks like. In addition to big stuff like wars and Liberation Day tariffs, the whole vast US machinery of state is now working everywhere, on everything, to make the world worse in every way. Thanks guys.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/04/2026
BALDWIN: Why are you sending programs that support elementary schools & elementary school students to the Dept of Labor? LINDA McMAHON: Education should provide an opportunity for children once they have finished their education to enter the workforce B: We're talking about elementary students
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
How Trump is moving to control US elections, one state at a time - www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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How Trump is moving to control U.S. elections, one state at a time
Reuters uncovered a Trump administration effort to gain federal control over elections, historically run locally, in at least eight states – using investigations, raids and demands for access to ballo...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Trump just fired the entire National Science Board. The members will be replaced with the most malignant anti-science shitbirds imaginable. I thought science wasn’t supposed to be political, right?
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Trump ousts National Science Board members
Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their position was being terminated.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This is a good time to re-read the decision in Carroll v. Trump.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Appeals court says Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal, agreeing with lower court
An appeals court has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access, a key pillar of the Republican president’s plan to crack down on migration at the southern border of the...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 24/04/2026
The US Justice Department said ‌it is taking actions to strengthen the federal death penalty, including firing squads and readopting the lethal injection protocol reut.rs/4cFoDfH
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Justice Department readopts firing squads in US federal executions
The U.S. ​Department of Justice said ‌on Friday it is taking actions to strengthen the federal ​death penalty, including ​firing squads and readopting the ⁠lethal injection protocol.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
apnews.com/article/fede...
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Justice Department drops criminal probe of Fed chair Powell, likely clearing way for Warsh
The Justice Department has ended its probe into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of his successor, Kevin Warsh. U.S.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns
American Lung Association report comes amid Trump EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Exclusive: Trump’s DOJ has cut thousands of law-enforcement jobs while vowing to get tough on crime   - www.reuters.com/world/trumps...
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Exclusive: Trump’s DOJ has cut thousands of law-enforcement jobs while vowing to get tough on crime
The Trump administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from some of the nation’s top law-enforcement agencies, even as it vowed to crack down on crime, according to ​records obtained by Reuters.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Republicans don’t want people to see this video before the midterms: Multiple clips of Donald Trump promising half price electricity bills within one year. Have your energy bills gone down 50%?
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Everybody bitches about paywalls GOP senator worth an estimated $20M complains he can't get past The Atlantic's paywall www.rawstory.com/kennedy-pate...
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GOP senator worth an estimated $20M complains he can't get past The Atlantic's paywall
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) made a surprising remark on Tuesday during a CNN live broadcast about how he couldn't access an explosive report about FBI Director Kash Patel in The Atlantic, complaining abo...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/04/2026
BENNET: Do you agree that 89% of children who died from flu were unvaccinated? RFK Jr: I don't know the exact number BENNET: That is the exact number, Secretary Kennedy RFK Jr: *death growls* BENNET: You took down the HHS communications promoting the flu vaccine. Do you regret that?
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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Data centers are expensive, unpopular — and could be a tipping point in the midterms
Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections.
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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Amazon promised a lot of new jobs in Virginia in exchange for public subsidies, but failed to hit its annual job growth mark for third year, ending 2025 with 73 fewer new positions vs 1,600 new jobs projected for the year under its incentive agreement with state wapo.st/3QOsNdS
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Amazon is behind on jobs promised for funding to build Virginia headquarters
The company expected to be nearly halfway to its goal of 25,000 new jobs in the area by 2038. It has created a little more than 7,000.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
www.npr.org/2026/04/19/n...
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Real estate investors are buying up long-term care facilities. Residents can suffer
Real estate investment trusts are landlords for thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals. Some select the managers and keep close watch but deny blame for bad care.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
apnews.com/article/next...
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Federal judge blocks Nexstar-Tegna TV station merger until antitrust lawsuit is settled
A federal judge has blocked the $6.2 billion merger between local television giants Nexstar Media Group and Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
www.npr.org/2026/04/17/n...
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Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation
An NPR analysis shows how immigrants' attempts to live or work legally in the U.S. are caught in a bureaucratic morass.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Hey kids, it's TACO Friday again! Congratulations, we're renegotiating a worse deal than Obama's! apnews.com/live/iran-wa...
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Live updates: President Trump and Iran’s foreign minister say the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire, which began at midnight.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Pope James David Vance the First
The vice president has decided he’s a more accomplished theologian than Leo XIV.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Making money on real estate deals? Color me shocked. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Jared Kushner’s Mysterious Role in the Trump Administration
Is the president’s son-in-law carrying out the public’s business or pursuing his own private interests?
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Exclusive: Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX - www.reuters.com/business/med...
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Exclusive: Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX
Last August, U.S. Navy officials carrying out a test of unmanned vessels realized they had hit a single point of failure: Starlink. A global outage across Elon Musk’s satellite network ​affecting mill...
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
apnews.com/article/prou...
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Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys
The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members...
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
www.npr.org/2026/04/13/n...
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How a $75 billion windfall from Congress has insulated ICE
Last year, Congress approved $75 billion for immigration enforcement. That money has allowed ICE to operate nearly unfettered during a record-long shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 14/04/2026
China's March crude oil imports unscathed by Iran war, gas imports hit a multi-year low reut.rs/483ptSa
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China's March crude oil imports unscathed by Iran war, gas imports hit a multi-year low
China's March crude oil imports fell 2.8% from ‌a year earlier due to a high base, official data showed on Tuesday, while the Iran war curbed refinery runs with Middle East supply disruptions expected to weigh on April imports.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
But no, no, it's not a cult. You all just have TDS.
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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Margaret Thatcher's lie "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." The reality "It seems that you eventually need a socialist to clean up the mess.” Zohran Mamdani
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Weird to me that this is the thing everyone cites, because there's so much that's so much worse. In 1974 the first laws against marital rape were passed, but all 50 states did not classify it as a crime/remove the exemption until 1993.
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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This! 💯
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Jesuit Priest Epically Blasts Pete Hegseth's Claim That God Is Providing 'Miraculous Protection' To U.S. Soldiers In Iran War
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Video: How Trump’s Advisers Felt About Going to War With Iran
Our reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan discuss how individual members of President Trump’s administration felt in the leadup to the war in Iran, and how they communicated their thoughts to Mr. Trump.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger)
I wanna point out something serious. The admin has been complaining about Iran winning the information war. This same administration shut down Voice of America, and other information operations the US govt does. It’s a self goal. Actions have consequences
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Trump promised to cut electric costs in half. Bills in energy-rich West Virginia now top mortgages
West Virginia resident Rebecca Michalski struggles with soaring electricity bills that exceed her income.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Republicans have devolved into the party of vindictive assholes apnews.com/article/new-...
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Louisiana GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated man
A New Orleans man exonerated after serving nearly 30 years in prison has a new fight on his hands. Calvin Duncan has been elected as the city's new clerk of criminal court, but now Republican lawmakers are racing to eliminate the position.
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Lissie @fairydogma.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
How convenient.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Exclusive: Chinese business hired lobbying firm with ties to Don Jr, then scored a win in Washington - www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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How US communities have responded to plans to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is reviewing plans to convert warehouses into detention facilities for immigrants.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
www.npr.org/2026/04/07/n...
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A year after 'Liberation Day,' Trump's tariffs are hurting small businesses
Many small-business owners say the uncertainty that goes along with the high cost of the Trump administration's emergency tariffs is driving away customers and eating into profits.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Only Losers Play the Madman
Does Trump seem crazy? Sure. Credible, not so much.
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
apnews.com/article/poly...
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Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump's announcement
A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of...
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
substack.com/@tompowelljr...
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Tom Powel Jr (@tompowelljr)
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump Looks Frantic
So much bluster signifying nothing
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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Trump's Defeat in Iran
It's consistent with how other countries, organizations, and people have defeated him
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Patrick Lavery @patlavery.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
www.npr.org/2026/04/07/n...
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ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware
In a letter sent last week, ICE's top official indicated to members of Congress the agency is using a spyware tool to intercept encrypted messages of fentanyl traffickers.
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