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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 21h
It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes"
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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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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 23h
You can always count on Susan Collins to be "troubled" by the policies her votes have enabled
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Tomato Szn @bskylife.bsky.social · 22h
It’s not the most important part of this story but there is a Reel with film of Smith at the Iowa game in question. www.instagram.com/reel/Dd4epJb...
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Senate In Session on Instagram: "We found the receipts. . . . . . @senericschmitt #jacksmith #proof #senate #hawkeyes #womenscollegebasketball"
436 likes, 41 comments - senateinsession on September 29, 2026: "We found the receipts. . . . . . @senericschmitt #jacksmith #proof #senate #hawkeyes #womenscollegebasketball".
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia is bombing museums, apartment buildings, hospitals, research facilities, schools, and parks. Ukraine is bombing military targets and refineries. Guess which one Trump has been complaining about?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Kennedy: "I don't think any public official, including Trump or Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves ... I may end up with a sombrero on my head, but I also think we ought to have a rule that no politician can have a building named after him when he's alive"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister: "In 2015, we had a deal, we remained committed to that deal, it was the US that withdrew with zero justification"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#MedicareForAllNOW
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026
This admin has spent years going after science. It proposed the largest cut in NASA’s history, about a quarter of the agency and half of its science programs. But last month, a groundbreaking telescope left the launch pad anyway. And the story of how it got there is our good news this Sunday.
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Peter @peter-speeder1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
WTAF is wrong with these people?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think this shows how monumentally stupid JD Vance is, that he walked right into that. Anyone with any clue could have seen that set-up a mile away.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“The president of the United States barred American reporters because he labeled them a threat to national security, while welcoming Chinese reporters who answer to the communist dictatorship in Beijing.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
nytimes.com
In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So.
The showdown over President Trump’s partial media ban played out as he welcomed President Xi Jinping, whose government is ranked among the most repressive in the world.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Peter @peter-speeder1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cuba is failing due to OUR blockade! Trump is causing the failure he is complaining about!
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump dragged us into a war with Iran with no idea what he was doing. We deserve answers about why he got us in this mess, but this Administration has none to give.
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Peter @peter-speeder1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not a Tucker fan, but this is worth a listen. He lays out the Israeli objectives and the issues very well.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 25/09/2026
Sept 2024: Trump promises, “We’re going to bring [mortgage rates] down very fast. ... We will drive down the rates, so you will be able to pay 2% again.” Sept 2026: Trump’s war pushes mortgage rates to 7% as he stops talking about the issue. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Mortgage rates reach 7%, despite Trump’s misguided 2024 campaign promises
Until fairly recently, the president wanted the public to see him as directly responsible for mortgage rates. I think we know why he changed course.
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Feathered Stone @stonefeathers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is Nazi rhetoric. Not similar. Not Nazi-like. It’s straight up lebensraum.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We got real serious problems with these morons dismantling our economy. Even discussing a remote possibility of handing out $5,000 checks is insane, never mind spending many billions so Hegseth can have more missiles to shoot at people to feel like a real boy.
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The real cowards are the one’s who stayed!
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Progressive Dissent @jeffshmeff86.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Peter @peter-speeder1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This needs far more coverage. I'm no Tucker fan, but Trump's answers and reactions to Tucker's questions and statements clearly show Trump SIMPLY DOES NOT CARE about anybody but himself and his "legacy." Yeah, we all know that, but it's more wood for the fire ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
OMG -- under questioning from Hassan, Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton refuses to acknowledge that Trump can ever be wrong about anything even after she's confronted with a specific example of something Trump is clearly wrong about
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
50 percent tariffs for our beloved neighbor and historic ally, Canada. A red carpet and a military flyover for Communist China’s leader. Donald Trump is a sick man and a danger to America.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
This isn't about fraud. It's about kicking people off their health insurance which will drive up prices for everyone. The GOP health care plan is—and has always been—to destroy Obamacare.
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Vance’s Task Force Strips 750,000 ACA Enrollments Over Accusations of Fraud
Some insurance brokers will also be suspended over accusations that they erroneously enrolled the individuals.
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Anfield77 @anfield77.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Coach Tommy is the Marsha Blackburn of Ron Johnsons.
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 23/09/2026
“What begins as a temporary exception can gradually become part of the normal machinery of government.” After nearly four decades in national security, Martha Duncan examines why emergency powers must remain “extraordinary, accountable, and temporary.” Read more here: zurl.co/J52Ez
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God @thegodshow.com · 23/09/2026
Jesse Watters just disrespected the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, in the worst way possible.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The United States, which once freed prisoners from Germany's concentration camps, is now siding with the war criminals—and obstructing those who would hold them into account. Shameful—if this administration had any shame.
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US prepares to sanction the ICC, that indicted Russia's Putin and Israel's Netanyahu for war crimes
Trump is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court itself, potentially cutting it off from U.S. banking, technology and services. The US has already sanctioned 13 ICC officials and ...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 22/09/2026
Just in: Trump reported making another 1,158 stock trades in July 2026. It appears he violated the Stock Act, again, by failing to report all of his trades within 45 days. extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden...
Screenshot of the front page of his OGE 278
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
nytimes.com
F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Cuban delegation walks out on Trump 🇨🇺
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica."
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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
this might be the single worst thing ever uttered at a UN General Assembly certainly the worst thing said by the leader of a purported democracy
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Boasting of an illegal war and the war crime of pillage.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Ossoff: "The congressman voted to accelerate the insolvency of Social Security so that he could pass anothe tax break for his wealthy donors and corporate America. And so step one to strengthening Social Security is to repeal the Collins-Trump law."
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 21/09/2026
If European countries & other signatories to the International Criminal Court have any self-respect, they'd sanction Rubio & Trump for obstructing investigations of Netanyahu's war crimes.
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Exclusive | Trump Ramps Up Bid to Dismantle International Criminal Court
The U.S. administration is preparing sweeping sanctions that would cut the court off from much of the global financial system.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“We are fed up with ICE & DHS telling us lies… NO MORE TRAFFIC STOPS BY ICE.” Wilber’s lawyer says he was sideswiped and shot by ICE without any clue who they even were — and ICE then immediately lied about what happened (again)
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Senator Whitehouse on the Senate floor right now talking about Epstein and Trump ties to Russia. www.youtube.com/live/zML49aB...
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US Congress LIVE: “There Is a Cover-Up Afoot” | Sen. Whitehouse Exposes Trump, Epstein, Russia Ties
YouTube video by The Financial Express
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/09/2026
And there you have it. Trump in the 20s.
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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: Leo Garcia Venegas, detained three times by DHS, just won a major victory in his case. The court stayed three DHS policies: Immigration agents can no longer raid construction sites without a warrant, round up workers based on how they look, and refuse to let them go after they show a REAL ID.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tom Massie posted a calendar labeling the days of work Mike Johnson canceled because of him.
Tom Massie tweet:

Here’s a calendar to show the days 
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 has cancelled in Congress. September 17 was canceled to avoid a vote on my Hegseth impeachment. The last two weeks in September were canceled to avoid a vote on releasing more Epstein files. He’s closing Congress to stop me.

Below there is a congressional calendar from July to December. 

July 1-2 are labeled Rules retreat.
September 17 is labeled Hegseth Holiday.
September 22 to October 2 are labeled Epstein Recess.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026
ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.
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Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This isn’t funny.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 20/09/2026
Putting a drone launching site directly in the landing path for DCA is a stupid, dangerous, and unworkable idea. Trump clearly expects to lose a lawsuit and therefore wants to set up a pretext to argue that the arch is tied to national security. Which is obviously idiotic.
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