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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 24m
He's already reportedly sold the artwork he stole from the White House in 2021, and needs some cash.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26m
“.. defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to the government's official contract reporting. abcnews.com/Politics/tru...
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 23m
Sen. Tillis writes that at least 30 Republican senators have expressed reservations about many of Mr. Trump's actions, but usually are only willing to speak up privately, fearing that if the president decides to target them, their days will be numbered www.cbsnews.com/news/senator...
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Sen. Thom Tillis says that, without checks on power, "we will have a sort of dictator king if we're not careful"
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, retiring soon, says without checks on power, U.S. democracy is at risk. He discusses his fears for the future of U.S. democracy and his relationship with President Trump.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 23m
Hunter Biden says wtf
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22m
The people determine whether the dictator rules—not the other way around. trib.al/Leg8zDe
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15h
*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 8h
“This is the first time the United States has declined to invite in OSCE monitors since they began observing US elections. The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly president…said that the Trump administration’s decision ‘represents a significant departure from an established democratic practice.’”
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15h
Trump is declining international election monitors in the United States for first time in over two decades, aligning the country with Russia. Trump will instead deploy his own election monitors to polling sites across the country. www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 16h
Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Diesel export ban may be lifted in October for some Russian companies - IFX
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“.. days after co-founder Palmer Luckey was named to a Pentagon future weapons task force.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/a...
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 23h
‘Voters from the left and the right are finding a common, populist ground targeting American corporations. And this anger is going beyond just Big Tech.’ www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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From Left and Right, American Populism Is Coming for Corporate America
Plus, why the GOP pins its Senate hopes on New Hampshire, and threat of Iranian drone attack prompts U.S. to fly its B-1 bombers out of U.K.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h
The NY Fed examines how tariffs affected inflation and finds that, without them, goods prices would have declined as of last February. libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/10/how-...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h
“.. The housing market, he said in February 2025, will ‘unfreeze’ within weeks ..” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h
“.. the latest example of Trump advisers profiting from far-right politicians abroad who have sought favor from the U.S. president ..” @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 6h
Bragging about something he didn’t do makes you waste time talking about that and not what he’s actually doing. Also makes him seem powerful in ways he is not. If the orgs are honest and have more lawyers, investigators and technicians than we do- we really have to reckon with what they tell us.
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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 23h
Any tampering with machines or votes has been ruled out by the orgs I named. Did Musk target mailings with lies to some voters yes. But somehow we have to reckon with the fact that American voters did this. Some currently compose the 35-40% who still say they approve of the job Trump is doing.
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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My judgment is that he was speaking an if-then clause— but garbled the words. As he does.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
12/ We spent months compiling every case we could find of immigration agents detaining Americans. We did it because the government hasn't. And now, we're sharing every one of those cases with you. Explore our database: propub.li/4egbSK2
Screenshot of database titled "Explore All Incidents Where Citizens Were Detained." Text below explains that this is every incident ProPublica could find in which one or more citizens were reportedly detained between January 2025 and September 2026. There are 506 citizens' cases in the database, and users can sort by what the incidents involve, where the incident is located, and the recency of the case.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
13/ Collectively, these cases show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, federal agents have run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens too. Read our investigation:
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Annie Altman @anniealtman108.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
First Hour of My Deposition - Ann Altman v Sam Altman 4:25-cv-00017-ZMB youtu.be/akjrfwYPvy8?...
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First Hour of My Deposition - Ann Altman v Sam Altman 4:25-cv-00017-ZMB
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’d missed this: Annie Altman, Sam Altman’s sister who alleges in civil lawsuits that he ​sexually abused her repeatedly — starting when she was 3 years old — uploaded the first hour of her deposition to Instagram (and YouTube) this weekend. It has about 38k likes. www.instagram.com/reels/DeAx3h...
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Annie Altman (she/her/human) on Instagram: "First Hour of My Deposition - Ann Altman v Sam Altman 4:25-cv-00017-ZMB Wearing my Dad’s fleece ❤️ Grateful to share this and also upset to once again hav...
39K likes, 916 comments - anniealtman108 on October 2, 2026: "First Hour of My Deposition - Ann Altman v Sam Altman 4:25-cv-00017-ZMB Wearing my Dad’s fleece ❤️ Grateful to share this and also upset...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Three elected Alabama public officials, all Republicans, were running a human trafficking ring. They were arrested and booked this weekend. weartv.com/news/local/a...
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Three Alabama officials among 17 arrested in Atmore undercover prostitution sting
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Ala. -- Three public officials in Alabama were among the 17 people arrested Friday in a multi-day undercover prostitution sting in Escambia Cou
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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sorry, antivirals. “But they are still not readily available *including in countries where Ebola is endemic.*” Don’t want you to be overconfident, Caveman. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-c...
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MSF calls for global emergency stockpile of Ebola treatments
A decade after the world’s deadliest outbreak, treatments have been developed but aren’t available to people who need them most.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ed Martin says that Tina Peters met with Trump in the Oval Office today to discuss election integrity and “the plans” for the upcoming midterms elections.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/10/2026
Jessica Killin, a Democrat running for Congress in a competitive Colorado district, released an ad that features the family of Virginia Giuffre, one of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent victims, and criticizes Rep. Jeff Crank for blocking the release of Epstein files.
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Family of Epstein Victim Appears in Ad Targeting Republican
In a tough new ad for the Democrat running against Representative Jeff Crank, the brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre say the congressman refused to meet with them.
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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ah yes, first thing you think when you think “Dalai Lama.”
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NPR @npr.org · 06/10/2026
Musk's company, SpaceX, and Luckey's company Anduril, could potentially benefit from recommendations made in the study about future autonomous weapon systems. n.pr/4AUVhFG
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Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey's new Pentagon roles raise ethics worries
Musk's company, SpaceX, and Luckey's company Anduril, could potentially benefit from recommendations made in the study about future autonomous weapon systems.
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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m not sure why we are refusing to hear the Brennan Center, the ACLU and Marc Elias at Democracy Docket tell us that “changing votes” with the machines didn’t happen and won’t. Musk and the GOP have other methods of trying to hijack democracy. Let’s not waste time on this.
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 05/10/2026
’For many Americans, this feels like the wrong kind of boom — marred by a rising cost of living and driven mainly by the wealthiest consumers and by heavy investment in AI, which the electorate has come to hate and fear more intensely than any previous tech breakthrough.‘ www.ft.com/content/8f45...
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Why a booming economy is not helping Trump
Anxiety about AI and affordability has turned his populist party into a popular target
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WIKIPEDIA OPERATOR SAYS OPENAI'S ROGUE AGENTS POSSIBLY TIED TO DATA SERVICE DISRUPTION IN MAY
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Q: Your approval with Latino voters has dropped— Trump: No, no. You're fake news. My poll numbers are great. Your whole outfit is fake and so are you
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
EVERCORE: “.. We expect Trump will continue to test the bounds of executive authority irrespective of what happens in the midterms. .. And, in fact, freed from the politics of the midterms and focused on his long-term legacy, he will likely become even more emboldened in some areas.”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
(qutoed in Woodward and Bernstein's “The Final Days,” p. 462)
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/10/2026
Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine "have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner" reports @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Only there are not enough doses of antibiotics for any sizeable outbreak.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: For the first time in 10 months, the U.S. admitted a refugee who is not a white South African. In September, the U.S. admitted 3,386 white South Africans and two Afghans (in D.C.) In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 16,287 white South Africans, five Afghans, and nobody else.
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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ooh please do.
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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Is there a competition for the most vile thing one could say?
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Remember: if the New York Times writes headlines exactly the way you want them to, fascism will be defeated
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is all hands on deck! Pneumatic plague is airborne and nearly always fatal if untreated. Wiped out 150 million, half of Europe, way back when. Treatable with antibiotics, but we don't have enough antibiotics. Also from a lab in Russia, where they still have weaponized plague. Total nightmare.
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Reports of a plague outbreak in Russia follow the death of a researcher
Several hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been shut down and up to 200 workers have been quarantined.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/10/2026
It's only the first round but I can't believe Brazil did everything right going after Jair Bolsanaro over his attempted coup only to be on the verge of electing his corrupt dipshit son.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“.. Asked specifically where he diverges from Anthropic and its CEO Dario Amodei, Altman said, ‘we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency.’” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump’s ballroom must be instantly torn down for rule of law, fire code hazards, damnatio memoriae, and symbolic reassertion that We the People are sovereign. But also clearly for national security. Like the bribe plane from Qatar, we know foreign interests are involved but don’t know all they did.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When did I first clock Russell Thurlow Vought? He was the guy who stopped the payments to Ukraine that led to first Trump impeachment, abcnews.com/amp/Politics....
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Democrats seek to question Trump budget chief in Ukraine impeachment probe
House Democrats are seeking to interview White House budget director Russell Vought on Oct. 25, according to a copy of a letter obtained by ABC News.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And it also explains why key Adminstration stand up behind and him and clap like seals: if they turn on him, he won’t pardon them.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In her last hours as DHS Secy, Noem's agency bought 5 planes from a donor at markups. In all, DHS gave $900M in contracts to that donor’s companies during her term. One plane had electronic bidets, 2 bedrooms, bar, wine chiller, a manta-ray skin table. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Congratulations, fake Christians.
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