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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 13h
As @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social says, "bring back shame."
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 12h
An Atlanta prosecutor engaged in misconduct, and yet you VISITED Atlanta. (He did not.) Curious!
Famous frame from Matt Bors' "Mr. Gotcha" cartoon, in which Mr. Gotcha, peeping out from the top of a well with a big shit-eating grin on his face, catches a haggard and downtrodden medieval peasant saying, "We should improve society somewhat," and responds, "Yet you participate in society. Curious! I am very intelligent."
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026
Somehow "the guy who buys struggling publications and fills them with fake journalists that publish thousands of articles of AI slop to overwhelm google? turns out he goes way back with Ghislaine Maxwell, the collaborator of Jeffrey Epstein" feels like the ultimate and most exhausting 2026 sentence
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 13h
Is President Trump mentioned repeatedly in the Epstein case files?

Yes. Official materials say President Trump's name appears in the released Epstein-related files. A mention is not proof of a crime.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 12h
Does the president have the unilateral authority to tear down large parts of the White House?

No. Federal law does not give the President unlimited power to demolish or rebuild large parts of the White House on his own. I cannot give legal advice.
Main legal limit
• Congress has plenary authority over federal property and the District of Columbia.
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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 13h
Very funny to try to attack Smith by making him out to be, like, a superhero that travels the world convicting corrupt presidents
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 14h
A brave hero, who took real risks to defend democracy and the American Constitution. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 12h
Dear god... GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt clearly loses his shit after it's revealed by Sen. Klobuchar that Schmitt confused the Iowa Hawkeyes college basketball team with the Atlanta Hawks NBA team in his attempt to claim Jack Smith was in Atlanta and colluded with Fani Willis. I'm gobsmacked. Holy shit.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 12h
President Donald Trump’s extreme unpopularity has the Republican Party seemingly on course for a midterm elections drubbing. For Fox News, that means it's migrant caravan time. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 12h
I was distressed to learn while writing this piece that the 2018 midterms were 8 years ago.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 12h
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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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 12h
Fox and the Trump administration are using the narrative of a new migrant “caravan” to drive attention back to border security, a rare issue where Trump and his party retain an advantage in the polls, but one whose salience has fallen. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Fox News is running its midterms migrant caravan playbook again
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 17h
We're getting what Stephen Miller wanted without the in-your-face stuff the media can't help but cover. And I honestly think that's hurting Trump too, with his base. One of the few things they were enjoying!
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Why Stephen Miller sees any defeat as an excuse to get even more racist
Or what he learned from internet gutter racists.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"This laughably insane thing I am saying is *not* a conspiracy theory."
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The cost of going into business with a dictatorship for no other pretense than theft and graft will cost us more than any imaginable benefit for America. And as @sanho.bsky.social keeps saying, the more money that flows into the oil fields, the more an insurgency becomes likely.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
Texas peeps You may have recently registered and think it’s a done deal. Read the below. Urgently double check that you’re actually registered to vote. 👉🏾 Iwillvote.com 
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Cat Alyst 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 (they/them) @catalystmeow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Adamson said she wasn't offered water until around the five-hour mark of her detainment, and no one asked whether she needed to use the bathroom.” CBP is interrogating more and more travelers, claiming they're attempting to vote illegally. Fascists love to scapegoat. #USDemocracy #MomSky #CdnPoli
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Canadian citizen and U.S. permanent resident detained at border crossing, questioned for hours about voting | CBC News
Paige Adamson was on her way home from a birthday dinner in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Sept. 15 when she was stopped at the Point Roberts border crossing and questioned about voting for hours. Lawyers are r...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
NEW: The aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and the floods in Texas’ Hill Country expose weaknesses in federal and state policies that allow people to live in dangerous areas where homes could be swept away.
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Two Years After Hurricane Helene, People Are Still Allowed to Live in Harm’s Way
The aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and the floods in Texas’ Hill Country expose weaknesses in federal and state policies that allow people to live in dangerous areas where homes could...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At this moment Elon Musk alone is worth $893,449,882,001
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Alternative hed: A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns. This Time, You Paid For It.
A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government The ad, which experts said could break federal law, shows President Trump vowing to "expel the warmongers" from the government, even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've grown quite impatient with the utter refusal of some reporters to speak directly and the overreliance on weak, nondescript words like "odd" and "interesting"
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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There's a social media scam featuring AI-generated injured soldiers shilling moody goods. Be on the lookout. Great story from Nick Stapleton for BBC Morning Live. AI detection and sense-checking from me and @shayan86.bsky.social
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
makes a huge amount of sense... she would be awesome candidate, clear the field and help shake up Senate www.axios.com/2026/09/27/a...
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AOC test-runs a Senate bid in upstate New York
She says her goal is to "transform the state."
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 27/09/2026
Fewest women I've ever seen in a single event space, and I cover comic conventions for a living.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/09/2026
NEW: This week SCOTUS greenlit a flawed database for the Trump administration to purge voters from the rolls. While some claim the impacts will be minimal, it’s a good bet some red states will work with Trump to purge as aggressively as they can get away with.
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This week at Democracy Docket: The Supreme Court boosted Trump’s voter suppression. Legacy media shrugged
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. And plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision's importance.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ukrainian Defenders managed to carry out one of the largest drone operations to deliver food to residents of occupied #Oleshky, where Russia has created a humanitarian catastrophe&continues to hold around 2,000 residents hostage,including nearly 50 children 📹Kherson Regional Military Administration
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AMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"They had 20% fewer emergency department visits and 31% fewer hospitalizations than similar patients who did not receive meals." www.npr.org/2026/09/26/n...
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Meal deliveries can save money and improve health. Will they survive Medicaid cuts?
Some states deliver meals to Medicaid patients that address their dietary needs. Evidence shows it aids recovery and saves healthcare costs, but federal budget cuts may lead some states to cancel it.
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Chris Conaton @conatonc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”
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Texas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.
Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
DOJ is officially trying to veto the Digital Services Act in Europe, intervening to prevent clear fines on Musk. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...
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United States Files Request to Intervene in Case Brought by X Corp. and Elon Musk Seeking to Annul Decision by European Commission
The United States filed an application to intervene in the captioned cases, X Internet and X Holdings v. Commission, Case No. T-114/26 and Musk v. Commission, Case No. T-121/26, before the General Cou...
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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ is out now, thanks for reading & sharing. Link to subscribe: noelcasler.substack.com/p/last-flowe...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/09/2026
Over 85,000 people have asked their local NHS Trust to say no to Palantir. Time is running out, so every email counts. Will you email your local trust and ask them to stand against Palantir? notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/ema…
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TN-9: @justinjpearson.bsky.social calls out Brent Taylor for being too “scared” to debate him
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
“Judges simply don’t believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys and the like,” a former federal judge said. “I don’t think...in the history of jurisprudence in the United States, we’ve ever seen anything close to this.” (Pub. July)
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
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Brian Poindexter For Congress @poindexterforcongress.com · 26/09/2026
Health care you can afford. Gas prices that don’t break the bank. Wages that keep up with prices. A secure retirement for everyone who works hard. That’s why I’m running.
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Brian Poindexter For Congress @poindexterforcongress.com · 15/09/2026
I joined doctors and nurses to warn health care premiums are going up next year. Max Miller voted to cut health care to pay for billionaire tax cuts. We can't afford his policies anymore.
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🔫Scott Martin🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 26/09/2026
Meanwhile a mass death threat was sent to Islamic schools across Ontario saying Muslims will either be deported or “slaughtered” and we don’t have a national reckoning about Islamoaphobia
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Police investigating threatening email sent to Muslim schools across Canada | CBC News
Regional police forces in Ontario have launched an investigation into an email sent to Islamic schools across Canada over the course of this week, which threatened to kill Muslims unless they are depo...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Jennifer Berry Hawes @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On this 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Helene, I'm thinking about the amazing people I met in western NC reporting this story for @propublica.org I hope it offers lessons learned that help avoid another such tragic loss of life. www.propublica.org/article/hurr...
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Helene’s Unheard Warnings
As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few ...
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The idea that people want AI oversight to happen "all of a sudden" ignores years of research, warnings, and policy efforts. The delay hasn’t been a lack of awareness; it’s been because of years of industry lobbying against regulation, political resistance, and inaction.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I saw Wilber in ICE detention yesterday, in a wheelchair with a bullet still in his body. Here’s what’s next: He needs surgery. And ICE needs to cooperate with the independent investigation.
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Liberty and Justice for All @libertyjustice.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I checked last week at Kaiser, no COVID vaccines, but they have flu shots so I got that. They said they're seeing cases of flu and COVID coming in the door. #COVID, #Flu, #Vaccines
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AutoZone workers have won their union election yesterday, despite the corporate campaign against it
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
Advocates say the delays mean people are left waiting in prisonlike detention facilities that are riddled with allegations about spoiled food, beatings and medical neglect. “People are left hungry,” said the wife of a detainee in Mississippi.
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These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be dep...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“.. “We need to get some other voices in there to push back a little bit on this stuff,” said Nancy Danner, who farms thousands of acres of corn and soybeans with her husband, Kevin, in western Iowa. “We need as many changes as we can get.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That a Musk-owned X is incompatible with democracy should really go without saying
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 26/09/2026
Microsoft's data center subcontractor in New Jersey illegally runs a bunch of gas "backup" generators on site, figuring they won't get caught or will just eat the wrist-slap fines if they do. Regulatory enforcement is so bad that a third party had to take drone images to get the state to act.
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New Jersey datacenter fined $1.1m after visual investigation showed dozens of unpermitted generators
State regulator’s record fine for DataOne facility in Vineland follows Floodlight investigation with the Guardian
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Spineless wimps. They never learn.
nytimes.com
TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
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