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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 6h
When Linus asked me how he could make the world a better place, it made me think: What could the world look like if more adults asked that question every day?
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 6h
BREAKING: a federal court in Seattle just slapped down Trump for illegally firing the U.S. Attorney there! We @democracydefendersfund.org & were proud with Ashurst Perkins to file a brief for dozens of BIPARTISAN former US attorneys advocating this outcome storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Brief of Former United States Attorneys as Amici Curiae – #23, Att. #2 in Rogoff v. Trump (W.D. Wash., 2:26-cv-02566) – CourtListener.com
MOTION for Leave to File Brief as Amci Curiae, filed by Amicus Former United States as Amici Curiae. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order, # 2 Brief of Former United States Attorneys as Amici Curiae) Noti...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 5h
The enshittification of Disney.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 7h
PUTIN: RUSSIA NEEDS SECURITY GUARANTEES OVER UKRAINE
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Forbes @forbes.com · 7h
Since taking office in 2015, Paxton has taken over 275 out-of-state trips.
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Ken Paxton’s Lavish Travel Has Reportedly Cost Texas Taxpayers $1.9 Million—Masters, Napa, Europe Among Trips
Since taking office in 2015, Paxton has taken over 275 out-of-state trips.
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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 7h
Dreamers are our neighbors, our friends, our coworkers. It has been one of the great privileges of my life to fight for their protection under the Dream Act, and it was my honor to join @unitedwedream.org last night to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its introduction.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 8h
The family of Renee Good filed a pair of lawsuits against the federal government and top Trump administration officials Thursday morning, seeking compensation and a trial to determine the liability of several federal officials in Good’s killing.
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Family of Renee Good sues federal government, Trump officials over killing • Minnesota Reformer
The family of Renee Good filed a pair of lawsuits against the federal government and top Trump administration officials Thursday morning, seeking compensation and a trial to determine the liability of...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h
* CARNEY: NEW PIPELINE TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON OIL EXPORTS TO US 🇨🇦 @bloomberg.com
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 9h
Chief Justice John Roberts has a dissenting opinion in his very own home: his daughter’s.
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Conservative Justice's Daughter Outs Herself as Secret Liberal
John Roberts’ daughter backs blue.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9h
More than 50 years after Watergate, the Justice Department is reaching back into history to consider whether Richard Nixon was treated unfairly on.wsj.com/4ADM7NH
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More than 50 years after Watergate, the Justice Department is reaching back into history to consider whether Richard Nixon was treated unfairly
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9h
Mortgage rates posted their biggest one-week jump in four years, soaring to 7.28% in another blow to the housing market.
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Mortgage Rates Surge, Notching Largest Weekly Gain in Four Years
The rise to 7.28% follows the bond-market rout and deals another blow to a limping housing market.
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 10h
Social Media Harms Democracy by Spreading Rumors, Survey Shows www.usnews.com/news/world/a...
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News for 38 Year Olds @newsfor38yearolds.com · 15h
WATCH: GOP super PAC quietly launches outlandish smear against Talarico Public Information popular.info/p/watch-gop-super-pac-…
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WATCH: GOP super PAC quietly launches outlandish smear against Talarico
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 11h
STATEMENT ON JUDGE'S DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST DAVEY HEARN
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 11h
Yesterday I tried to fast track my bill to ban data center development on public lands, like this one in Oregon. Republicans blocked it. In case there was any doubt, it’s clear Republicans are all in on Trump’s plan to hijack your public lands for data centers.
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Data centers proposed on federal land in eastern Oregon, western states • Oregon Capital Chronicle
A data center proposed on BLM land near Hermiston would be the first on federal public land in Oregon, one of dozen proposed in six western states.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 11h
JUST IN: Judge Aileen Cannon (Trump/FLSD) has denied, for failure to confer with the parties in the criminal case, a motion several ex-FBI agents filed seeking to clarify whether they are gagged about discussing Mar-a-Lago probe as part of 'grand conspiracy' investigation
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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 22h
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike reportedly still alive and in “agony” after an execution attempt with two doses of lethal drugs was halted by an emergency motion. This is inhumane. (X link) x.com/shannonrwatt...
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Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) on X
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike reportedly still alive and in “agony” after an execution attempt with two doses of lethal drugs was halted by an emergency motion. This is inhumane.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22h
A federal judge has now granted Paramount's settlement agreement with 12 states that sued over the company's takeover of Warner Bros.
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Judge approves Paramount's settlement with states over Warner buyout, allowing merger to soon close
A federal judge has now granted Paramount’s settlement agreement with 12 states that sued over the company’s takeover of Warner Bros.
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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 01/10/2026
Around a thousand nurses showed up to protest ICE and AI-giant Palantir.
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Nurses show they can 'be disruptive too' during ICE protest in downtown SF
Around a thousand nurses showed up to protest ICE and AI-giant Palantir.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ron Wyden has accused the Justice Department and the FBI of a cover-up.
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Senator Corners Trump Goons on Secret Epstein Interview
Ron Wyden has accused the Justice Department and the FBI of a cover-up.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ICYMI: The Hawaii National Guard rescued 19 people during five missions over the weekend as flooding hit parts of the state after Hurricane Nolo dumped up to 20 inches of rain in some places. (from @wyattwolson.bsky.social)
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Hawaii National Guard rescues 19 people from flooding during Hurricane Nolo
Hawaii National Guard crews rescued 19 people during five missions on the Big Island after Hurricane Nolo dumped 10 to 20 inches of the region.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The anticipated closing date of the Paramount-Warner merger is Tuesday, October 6th. ir.wbd.com/news-and-eve...
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Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery Announce Anticipated Closing Date of Paramount Merger
Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ: PSKY) ("PSKY") and Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBD) ("WBD" or "Warner Bros. Discovery") today announced that the merger (the "Merger") contemplated by...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/10/2026
A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house told campus police that she could "say with 100% confidence I was raped."
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Transcript shows woman told Cornell police 2 years ago she was 100% confident she was raped
A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house told campus police that she could “say with 100% confidence I was raped.”
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When you intended to do a racism but you accidentally did a sundowning instead
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
According to two CBS sources, Matt Gutman has been sent to Israel to crash a '60 Minutes' story about the attempted plane hijacking for this Sunday. (Crash is '60 Minutes' shorthand for turning around a news story in a matter of days.)
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows Tennessee's execution of Christa Gail Pike to go forward, overturning a last-minute stay.
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US Supreme Court allows Christa Gail Pike’s execution in Tennessee to go forward
The judges said they want to review whether her allegations of sexual abuse and rape as a child were fully considered before she was sentenced to death.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/09/2026
Donald Trump’s handpicked board has spent all the money the prestigious institution has. trib.al/ueMXjmE
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New Details Show Trump Is Running the Kennedy Center Into the Ground
Donald Trump’s handpicked board has spent all the money the prestigious institution has.
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“A massive power grab”: White House proposal threatens funding that helps disabled Americans vote www.salon.com/2026/09/30/a...
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“A massive power grab”: White House proposal threatens funding that helps disabled Americans vote - Salon.com
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget is part of the Trump admin’s broader efforts to restrict voting
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026
Kristi Noem, the former South Dakota governor whom President Trump fired as homeland security secretary in March, has filed for divorce from her husband, Bryon Noem, after 34 years of marriage.
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Kristi Noem Files for Divorce From Bryon Noem After 34 Years of Marriage
Ms. Noem, a former homeland security secretary and governor of South Dakota, filed court papers there seeking to end her marriage to Bryon Noem, an insurance salesman.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Blanche: "Today, we're also announcing that just a few minutes ago the DOJ filed a judicial misconduct complaint with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals against all but one district court judge in the District of Minnesota for violating various judicial canons."
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
US ends military mission in Iraq #TheHill
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US ends military mission in Iraq
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Trump is standing like no human has ever stood before
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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Abdul El-Sayed is going after MAHA voters. He’s a doctor! RFK Jr? He’s a zero.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026
I'm absolutely fascinated by "journalism" that can't seem to tell readers an obvious truth. Like the fact this is absolutely meaningless bullshit designed to pre-empt real oversight
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Trump releases AI accord with tech executives
President Donald Trump released a document on Tuesday that his administration cast as an accord ​on artificial intelligence and which he said earlier was signed by ‌him and tech executives that he met...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump is leaving America exposed to dangerous viruses: digital, biological and diplomatic,” our columnist @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social says. “Something bad is going to happen to us as a result. We and our children are going to pay for this, and not only at the gas pump.”
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Opinion | Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways
On the technological, diplomatic and biological fronts, Trump is creating a disaster.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d... “Don’t ever get immune to the inhumanity and dehumanization of what the Trump/Miller project is doing to children and families,” said one advocate.
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we allow this injustice to continue? The Trump administration's fast-tracked deport...
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😱 Holy Hell — James Talarico is greeted by a standing ovation of 50,000+ football fans in Texas. Trump is cooked.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Picture of him with me would probably be worse for him tbh
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Appeals court rejects bid by Trump & his lawyers to immediately lift sanctions over IRS leak lawsuit that judge found collusive & crafted just as vehicle for settlement. 3-0. Judges Jordan (Obama), Rosenbaum (Obama), Newsom (Trump) www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to block sanctions over IRS settlement
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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth to announce a 20% cut to generals and admirals
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Hegseth to announce a 20% cut to generals and admirals
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to call for a 20% cut in the number of generals and admirals across the U.S. military on Wednesday, a Pentagon official told CBS News.
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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 30/09/2026
Jane Doe in Cornell University case told campus police, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped," transcript shows
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Jane Doe in Cornell University case told campus police, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped," transcript shows
We're getting new insight into how Cornell University Police handled the case of an alleged fraternity gang rape back in 2024.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 29/09/2026
The Treasury Department will automatically enroll tens of millions of children in the government’s new Trump Accounts as soon as this week, replacing the previous structure that required parents or guardians to sign up. on.wsj.com/4ypehKI
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Treasury Will Auto-Enroll 60 Million Children in Trump Accounts
The auto-enrollment change replaces the previous structure, which required parents or guardians to sign up.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 29/09/2026
JUST IN: US appeals court declines to pause sanctions against Trump lawyers in IRS settlement reut.rs/3VWex5k
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In October 2018, Fox hosts began warning viewers that a migrant caravan was moving through Central America with plans to “storm our border” — and urged Trump to make that “caravan” a central issue for that year’s midterm elections. It's happening again. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Fox News is running its midterms migrant caravan playbook again
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Despite repeated warnings about its ties to the Kremlin, Rubio gave a tech company a new contract—on the same day it filed a lawsuit against the former employee who publicly raised the issue.
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Rubio Hired Tech Firm Months After Its Alleged Russia Ties First Emerged
The deal came on the same day the company filed a $1.85 million lawsuit against the former employee who first raised concerns.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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