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Mirror Politics @politics.mirror.co.uk · 09/10/2026
Britain has reaffirmed its "continued and unwavering support" for the International Criminal Court (ICC) alongside its G7 allies, after the US imposed sanctions on the tribunal.
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UK and allies stand up to Donald Trump and US over ICC sanctions
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Forbes @forbes.com · 09/10/2026
A source familiar with the matter said the article was taken down while reporting is being finalized.
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ABC Article On Trump’s Sons’ Pentagon-Linked Investments Removed After It Was Published ‘Prematurely’
A source familiar with the matter said the article was taken down while reporting is being finalized.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 09/10/2026
On October 9, the United States government sanctioned the International Criminal Court, citing ICC jurisdiction over crimes by US nationals abroad. This is an unprecedented assault on global justice and the rule of law. Read HRW's statement: bit.ly/4zuGQqh
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 09/10/2026
Newly released documents suggest taxpayers covered most of the cost of the Trump administration’s Freedom 250 celebrations, leaving unanswered where tens of millions of dollars in private donations went, according to The Washington Sun.
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Millions in donations unaccounted for after disastrous Freedom 250 festivities: watchdog
Newly released documents suggest taxpayers covered most of the cost of the Trump administration’s Freedom 250 celebrations, leaving unanswered where tens of millions of dollars in private donations went, according to The Washington Sun.The watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibi...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 09/10/2026
OpenAI shares a report, previewed exclusively by NBC News, documenting foreign influence campaigns that used ChatGPT to varying degrees.
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Russian operation that used ChatGPT tricked schools, a politician and media, OpenAI says
OpenAI says the campaign is the most far-reaching influence operation it has disrupted.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: When SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act, Republicans across the South launched a campaign to erase Black voting power. But the region is changing — and Southern organizers and Democrats should see it as a chance to secure fair representation, @fairfightaction.bsky.social writes.
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After GOP gerrymanders and the backlash they sparked, the South is the new battleground for voting rights
The year 2026 presents a major opportunity to elect a Democratic Congress that can restore voting rights protections and ban partisan gerrymandering.
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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 08/10/2026
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee is demanding his colleagues across the aisle apologize to former special counsel Jack Smith after Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt launched false accusations at a recent hearing, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
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US Senate Dems demand apology from Chuck Grassley to Jack Smith for attacks at hearing • West Virginia Watch
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee is demanding his colleagues across the aisle apologize to former special counsel Jack Smith after Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt launched…
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 08/10/2026
DNC sues the Trump administration over its taxpayer-funded advertisements that portray President Trump in a favorable light, alleging the ads violate federal laws on government spending and propaganda.
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DNC sues administration over taxpayer-funded pro-Trump TV ads
Trump announced this week that he and his PAC, MAGA Inc., would pay for the ads moving forward following bipartisan criticism.
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IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 08/10/2026
Former President Barack Obama is reprising his role as the Democrats "closer-in-chief" as the midterms approach as he's set to campaign alongside Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit later this month.
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Barack Obama leaves Trump humiliated with major power play before midterms
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/10/2026
Democrats are pushing to win power in state legislatures across the country, forcing Republicans to play defense. They could break up full GOP control in as many as six states and win unified control in as many as seven of their own, a Post analysis found. wapo.st/4AVFpT0
An infographic depicting potential Democrat gains in state legislatures, highlighting Minnesota, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Each state lists current party control and potential shifts in the governor's office and house/assembly. Minnesota: Democratic governor, house/assembly 67D-67R with potential Democratic gain of 1-10 for control. Nevada: Republican governor, house 13D-8R with Democratic gain needed to flip. Pennsylvania: Democratic governor, house 23D-27R with 3D to flip. The Washington Post is credited.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/10/2026
As Trump’s rallies fail to ally GOP midterm fears, the author of a piece on his diminishing stature explains how his cascading failures are driving away his supporters right when he needs them most. trib.al/C8tijDF
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Transcript: Trump Tirade over Shrinking Rally Crowds Emasculates MAGA
As Trump’s rallies fail to ally GOP midterm fears, the author of a piece on his diminishing stature explains how his cascading failures are driving away his supporters right when he needs them most.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/10/2026
Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
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Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists
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Mirror Politics @politics.mirror.co.uk · 06/10/2026
Donald Trump has spent years screaming “traitor” at anyone who refuses to worship at his feet, tossing the word around with the frenzied enthusiasm of a playground bully.
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'Trump’s sickest ever betrayal - telling a foreign enemy to kill his own'
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IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 04/10/2026
Donald Trump reportedly harbors a "major" insecurity he's desperate to conceal from the public - and Vladimir Putin may possess evidence of it, it's been claimed.
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Trump's 'insecurity' laid bare as Putin 'may have evidence' of issue he fears
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 04/10/2026
During her final days as Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem "delivered a windfall to one of her political donors" by authorizing the purchase of five airplanes at what experts said were significant markups, The New York Times reported Sunday.
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Shock as Kristi Noem's final act as DHS secretary revealed: 'Striking symbol of waste'
During her final days as Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem “delivered a windfall to one of her political donors” by authorizing the purchase of five airplanes at what experts said were significant markups, The New York Times reported Sunday.The purchase of luxury jets by the Homeland Security...
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 30/09/2026
OPINION: "Trump’s Sept. 18 announcement that CNN, MS NOW and Politico would be barred from the White House is not a personality clash or a disposable social-media provocation. It is an attack on the machinery by which Americans learn whether their government is telling the truth," Abbott writes.
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Opinion | Trump Continues to Weaken Independent Journalism
Van Abbott writes about President Donald Trump’s assault on independent journalism through banning several news outlets from the White House.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026
NEW: Republicans went ballistic when New Jersey admitted to an error that allowed fewer than 400 noncitizens to vote since 2023. But when 72,000 mail ballots were rejected across six states in the 2026 primaries over technical issues, the GOP remained silent. Democracy Docket breaks down the data👇
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A few noncitizen votes are a scandal. But thousands of rejected ballots are business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 31/12/2025
Half way through the Jack Smith transcript and it’s become abundantly clear why Jim Jordan didn’t want public testimony. Jordan spends a lot of time whining about the toll subpoenas, and Jack Smith shuts him down every time.
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Marilyn Munster @heyfren.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Whoever the presidential candidates are I think this is a really good idea.
Picture of Jack Smith with the caption: If you want my vote, pledge to make Jack Smith attorney general and to prosecute them all.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/10/2025
NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Release the Jack Smith report.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Release the Jack Smith transcript.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
BREAKING: Jack Smith:
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/09/2026
A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was sexually assaulted in 2024 by seven students after being plied with alcohol and drugs.
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 29/09/2026
A private ranch that wants 2,000 acres of federal land in Colorado has spent $200,000 to lobby a congressman
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A private ranch that wants 2,000 acres of federal land in Colorado has spent $200,000 to lobby a congressman
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026
Rep. Mike Collins, the Trump-endorsed GOP candidate for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat, said he was “fine” with the idea of federal troops at voting sites. In reality, deploying armed federal agents to polling places isn’t “fine” — it’s illegal: demdock.com/4ykNqzg
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 29/09/2026
Reporting Confirms: Stupid Over-Reliance On Palantir AI Helped Lead To US Bombing Of Iranian Schoolgirls In the piece Dave Willner and I published last... www.techdirt.com/2026/09/29/reporti…
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Reporting Confirms: Stupid Over-Reliance On Palantir AI Helped Lead To US Bombing Of Iranian Schoolgirls
In the piece Dave Willner and I published last week about why "the apocalypse won't be sexy," we discussed how the real threat wasn't "rogue" out of control AI tools, but rather humans doing stupid shit, sometimes because they stop thinking in the presence of these AI machines. A deeply reported Bloomberg article by Ben...
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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 29/09/2026
"We don't know which agency paid to produce and place these ads, But it's difficult to see what legitimate government purpose is served by spending taxpayer dollars on ads whose only apparent purpose is to promote the president and reinforce his political message weeks before an election."
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Trump's new ads look like campaign spots. Taxpayers are paying for them.
With midterm voting underway, the distinction between public service announcements and campaign ads blurs.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 28/09/2026
There’s a very specific demographic out there that voted Trump in 2024 but really doesn’t like spending $179 to fill their tanks. trib.al/c5uugdI
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We Now Know the Word That’s Going to Bury Donald Trump This November
There’s a very specific demographic out there that voted Trump in 2024 but really doesn’t like spending $179 to fill their tanks.
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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 28/09/2026
Opinion: The seizure of Auchan and Nestlé is an unmistakable signal that even playing by the rules won't protect foreign businesses from forced nationalization in Russia, warns Charles Hecker.
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Moscow's Audacious Asset Grab Is a Warning to Western Companies - The Moscow Times
Opinion | Two more Western giants have fallen to the Kremlin.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 25/09/2026
Ukraine has been significantly ramping up its use of ground robots to compensate for its manpower disadvantage against the Russian military.
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Robots make combat airdrops, clear mines as Ukraine defeats Russian pincer
Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi has erased Russian gains with the help of robots.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/09/2026
The Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections. n.pr/4dRATLp
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The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks
The Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 25/09/2026
“No one thinks self-regulation is enough,” Gates told “Meet the Press.”
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Bill Gates Warns AI Is ‘Powerful’ Enough To ‘Cause A Billion Deaths’
“No one thinks self-regulation is enough,” Gates told “Meet the Press.”
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Axios @axios.com · 25/09/2026
House Republicans are on track to lose their majority just a little over one month out from the midterm elections, according to a nonpartisan election forecaster.
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House Republicans on track to lose majority
Cook now projects Democrats are most likely to gain between five and 15 seats
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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 25/09/2026
U.S. reporter and former Moscow Times journalist Evan Gershkovich, in his first detailed published account of his arrest in Russia in 2023, says he was the victim of an elaborate sting operation by the FSB.
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Evan Gershkovich Says His Arrest in Russia Was Carefully Planned FSB Sting - The Moscow Times
U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich, in his first detailed published account of his arrest in Russia in 2023, says he was the victim of an elaborate sting operation by the FSB security service.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/09/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com President Trump “has nurtured racial hostility, blessed those who voice their disdain of minorities and immigrants and sought, in every way he could, to remake the U.S. government into an instrument of prejudice,” Thomas Edsall writes.
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Opinion | Trump Makes Republicans More Racist and Democrats Less So
The president is recasting the U.S. government as an instrument of prejudice.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 22/09/2026
⚡️Ukraine strikes Russian drone storage and launch site in Oryol Oblast, damages 5 launchers. The strike targeted a facility near the settlement of Tsymbulova in Oryol Oblast, roughly 150 kilometers (93 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
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Ukraine strikes Russian drone storage and launch site in Oryol Oblast, damages 5 launchers
The strike targeted a facility near the settlement of Tsymbulova in Oryol Oblast, roughly 150 kilometers (93 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/09/2026
It’s now increasingly obvious that Trump and his administration view AI technology as something akin to a large, dangerous dog that only a masculine owner can control.
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The Trump administration’s hard-on for AI, explained
“No dooming. America will be AI DOMINANT!”
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 22/09/2026
ANALYSIS | Trump at UN pitches himself as the world’s leader but stone-faced General Assembly isn’t buying it
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Trump pitches himself as the world’s leader in bizarre U.N. rant
The president’s bizarre and bombastic speech to the world comes as his popularity at home is at the lowest level of his decade-long political career, writes Andrew Feinberg
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The Economist @economist.com · 21/09/2026
Polling for the party out of power usually improves over the midterm cycle. But in 2026 Democrats’ are moving into landslide territory. Explore our polls bit.ly/3THJvxt
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/09/2026
Our country faces many pressing issues in 2026. Voter fraud is not one of them. “This is a made-up problem by Donald Trump to create a permission structure to make it harder for you to vote and easier for him to cheat,” Marc Elias says. Help us fight back: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 17/09/2026
Philosopher and author Susan Neiman says Stephen Miller’s comment that we live in a world “that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power” echoes two sources — Nazi legal theorist Carl Schmitt and Athenian perpetrators of genocide.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/09/2026
The Macklemore-Ed Sheeran dispute is a corporate threat to free speech.
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The Macklemore-Ed Sheeran Dispute is a corporate threat to free speech
Billionaire Robert Kraft allegedly pressured Ed Sheeran to remove Macklemore—and all the other opening acts who dropped out in solidarity—from the tour.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 16/09/2026
What will a Pentagon-controlled Stars & Stripes look like? Look no further than what happened to once-independent prison newspapers transformed into propaganda outlets. FPF contributor Jeremy Busby explains.
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The Stars and Stripes firings look familiar to those behind bars
What censorship of prison newspapers can tell us of where the military news outlet may be headed
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 16/09/2026
A bipartisan effort to release more information about convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is gaining traction — and spurring serious concerns within the White House, according to two GOP lawmakers.
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Trump panics as 'final signature' for Epstein files bill sequel within reach: lawmakers
A House-led effort to release more information about convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is gaining traction — and spurring serious concerns within the White House, according to two GOP lawmakers.In July, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) filed a successor to their successful ...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 16/09/2026
Writer and actor, 40, had long struggled with endometriosis before undergoing total hysterectomy at age 31
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Girls creator Lena Dunham welcomes baby girl delivered via surrogate
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/09/2026
Check out the full report here ⬇️
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Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series
The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/09/2026
Another Kash Patel hearing, another day he's not asked about the $25,000 he got from a Russian-linked propagandist. @davidcorn.bsky.social reports in this video from 2025:
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