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Simple guy from Philadelphia interested in seeing democracy succeed.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1h
A federal judge has ruled that Roger Rogoff, the judicially appointed U.S. attorney in Seattle, has been illegally fired by the Trump admin and must be provisionally reinstated by the Justice Department.
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Trump illegally fired Seattle’s U.S. attorney, judge rules
The ruling is the latest in a string of decisions finding that the administration bent federal law to keep loyalists in key prosecutorial posts.
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 3h
A district court judge in Seattle has reinstated Roger Rogoff as U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, and prohibited the Trump administration from removing him until they have a Senate-confirmed replacement.
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Federal judge in Seattle reinstates fired U.S. attorney in rebuke to Trump administration
A district court judge in Seattle has reinstated Roger Rogoff as U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, and prohibited the Trump administration from removing him until they have a Senate-confirmed replacement. The region’s federal judges appointed Rogoff in July, but the Trump administration fired him minutes later.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
OPERATION: ALBATROSS is off to a roaring start.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 7h
The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 8h
Ladies and Gentleman, JD Joseph McCarthy Vance.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
#InterviewsWithNatalie time.com/article/2026...
Well, look, you know, this isn't like I'm building a building, which I can do out of my back pocket. It's easier to do that for me, and it's what I've been doing. This is a whole new world, probably mostly good, but some bad too. And it's a very powerful world. It's a very—potentially really could be good for medical. I mean, some of the things they're coming up with now that they never even thought about. But with good comes bad, and we want them, we want all of them to behave for themselves. Tomorrow's meeting. What time is that meeting tomorrow? Two?

Natalie Harp: Noon, in the East Room.

Trump: So we have everybody. Give me a list of the people at the meeting.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h
Reuters: FAMILY OF RENEE GOOD SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER FATAL MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTING BY IMMIGRATION AGENT
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 12h
I'm about to go live with Andrew Weissmann at 10 a.m. ET about Todd Blanche targeted nearly the entire District of Minnesota bench with misconduct complaints — and more broadly, the Trump DOJ's attacks on the judiciary. Watch LIVE buff.ly/xK7mWm8
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LIVE SOON: Blanche targets federal judges in Minnesota: Live with Andrew Weissmann
Starting Oct 1 at 10:00 AM EDT
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 14h
JUST FILED: Scary season for endangered Trump-aligned incumbents Big early vote numbers in battlegrounds Two Congressional probes launched into Trump's taxpayer-funded ads Questions about confession of Capitol Hill pipe bomb suspect macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/day-ahead-...
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DAY AHEAD - My Daily Editorial Note
October 1, 2026
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wrote about this a while back and ignore the headline (which I hated): www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/o...
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Opinion | The Very Good Reason People Like George Santos Lie About Nonsense (Gift Article)
If you’re laughing, it’s working.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anatomy of a screw-up The Eric Schmitt incident …. Just filed ===> youtu.be/PrzsEZERfvU?...
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Trump PANICS After Republican Gets HUMILIATED on Capitol Hill
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls
The judge said the Civil Rights Act does not authorize DOJ's demands for the Peach State’s unredacted voter roll.
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God @thegodshow.com · 30/09/2026
Kaitlan Collins just laughed in Scott Jennings' face.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Look who's in the Oval Office today! #MeetingsWithNatalie (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty)
pic of a beaming Ms Harp
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Heather Thomas @heatherthomasaf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We’re all gonna die stupid
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is the way. Please read.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The other day, Andrew Bailey, who stepped down as MO AG in hopes of becoming FBI Director, stepped down. REMARKABLY, one report said he routinely told Kash he was violating the Constitution. Today, DOJ did something profoundly corrupt in hopes of politicizing 8th C, which covers MO, MN, and IA.
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Philly @phillysky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Remember how @dansavage.bsky.social Google bombed Rick Santorum's name so it came up as the definition for ""the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex." I think there's the ability to do something similar with Schmitt. www.thebulwark.com/p/eric-schmi...
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Eric Schmitts the Bed
Plus: Trump’s dangerous, reckless embrace of AI.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
lol 🤣
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Don Comer @doncomer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hegseth says national security & military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midterms. They can't run a war but they can run our elections? Get the fuck back to your jobs you seditionist fucks!
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After listening to Eric Schmitt today, I think it's high time we instituted a measure whereby - if a speaking lawmaker makes a brazenly false assertion, an airhorn warning goes off - and if they do it again or double down on it, the floor underneath them opens, swallows them up, and they disappear.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15).
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An 11th Cir panel has refused to reverse the district judge & stay the sanctions she imposed on the plaintiffs in the slush fund case, Trump v IRS, strongly suggesting it was a collusive lawsuit designed to deliver relief to the parties.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
This is my favorite thing today. In second place is Senator Schmitt hoisting himself with his own petard during the Jack Smith hearing.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was skeptical of this take but making up some bullshit to accuse someone of a crime in defense of Trump only for it to completely fall apart, then acting outraged and refusing to apologize for any of it really does sound like Vance VP material.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: Sen. Eric Schmitt exposed Jack Smith — as a Caitlin Clark fan. Schmitt's erroneous effort to catch Smith in a lie resulted in Smith confirming he went to see Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes play the Terrapins in Maryland in 2023. w/ Chris Marquette www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Sen. Eric Schmitt pins down Jack Smith — as a Caitlin Clark fan
It appeared that the Missouri Republican misinterpreted a text message reference to the "hawks."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Chose love ❤️ youtu.be/R21EU8SKUM0
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John Legend - All of Me (Lyrics)
YouTube video by R&B Lyrics
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
JUST FILED: Jack Smith gets the opportunity to share his story -- and his findings in criminal probe of Trump -- at public hearing today Democrats are watching Senate race in Mississippi Another probe is launched into Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/day-ahead-...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jamie Raskin calls out the shitty ads as a crime (this was cited by CNN and other stories). This is the kind of Xitter post that I beg of @raskin.house.gov or other MoCs to cross-post over here -- not least bc more people over here are likely to magnify it.
Rep. Jamie Raskin

@RepRaskin
This may be felony criminal theft and conversion of government property for political campaign purposes. 18 U.S.C. § 1641. It is a Hatch Act violation for any government employees who worked on it or used government resources to make it. It is blatantly unethical under numerous federal ethics provisions proscribing the use of government resources for political campaigns.
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The White House is currently airing this video as an ad during commercial breaks on Fox News. 

It looks and sounds like a political spot and includes a disclaimer stating that it is paid for by the U.S. government.

The soundtrack: as images of Trump flash across the screen,

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jesus fucking Christ
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
New @jamestalarico.bsky.social ad just dropped.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here’s a book you can read by its cover: as pressing a topic as we have and the most thoughtful and clear Supreme Court expert writing it. Will be indispensable. 
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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@LemonSlayer @lemonslayer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Finally! An entire article on Trump's lifelong habitual lying.👇 www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p... Text-only version: lite.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Since no one will do it for me, please allow me a moment to gloat over winning my fantasy baseball championship Thank you for you attention to this matter!
"CHAMPION -- You won Baseball 2025" (I actually won the 2026 season -- thanks for nothing Yahoo)pic of me curb-stomping my competition in the finals 8 categories to 3
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s up! Our new film “Kill.Bury.Print” is streaming now on Peacock #KillBuryPrint trailer here: youtu.be/ZLfo4At-stg?... and here’s a clip:
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 27/09/2026
Your face-eating-leopard post of the day. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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ICE Raids in Beef Country Raise Fears of Higher Prices (Gift Article)
Cattle industry groups in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas and two Republican senators said the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement actions were hurting operations.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Philly @phillysky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Need to make this go viral on all social media platforms who refuse to post it.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
everyone who's ever joined in an online pile on should read this.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Talarico should do this every day until the election. It’s a good bit, and Paxton will be able to better relate to the rest of us getting all the text messages from Talarico.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kate has good details here about the corrupt Court's latest outrageous decision. But also what it does and what it doesn't. states can only use this in a pretty limited way for the next 90 days. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Use Beefed-Up Citizenship Verification System That Could Hurt Eligible Voters
The Supreme Court on Friday let the Trump administration use its newly-expanded...
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dgassen 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @dgassen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
He will never be a part of the “in” autocrats click. The level of intelligence required precludes the pedo POTUS. He is nothing more than a “mark” to them to play with.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board refuses to let up on Trump's outrageous abuses of power or get discouraged -- they are still hammering away! www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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Pardon me, Mr. President! | Editorial
Once used sparingly to temper justice with mercy, the presidential pardon has become a get-out-of-jail-free card for Trump supporters, no matter how corrupt or violent.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026
Two months after the CEO of defense contractor Navatek used a shell company to send $150,000 to the Susan Collins super PAC, the senator committed to getting Navatek $32 million in naval contracts, according to company emails.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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