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Paul Skudlarek

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Paul Skudlarek @pskud.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What’s happening with those sideburns? Looks like he used paint to connect his head hair to his beard hair.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/10/2026
Trump even lies about the most obviously false shit. It’s a disorder.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
Jared Kushner is complaining about fake news that's allegedly been written about him. Rest assured, this piece is 100% factual.
motherjones.com
How Jared Kushner used his position to hop in bed with autocrats
And sell out America.
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In NY, there is a bill that would repeal the voluntary intoxication loophole in rape law. It pass the NY Senate unanimously the past 2 years. But one man--assembly speaker Carl Heastie--has blocked it from getting a vote in the NY Assembly. @inaeoh.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
The loophole that likely doomed the Cornell rape case before it even started
Accusers who voluntarily drink have little protection under an antiquated law many see as victim-blaming.
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Dr. Susan G (she/her) @madtownmama.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This post from JWV is definitely worth your time to read.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 02/10/2026
Pam Bondi ran Justice Department business from an email alias named after her grandmother, Grace Maye. DOJ says it's for security, and it can also make FOIA searches miss the documents. Somebody get Grandma Grace a lawyer.
rawstory.com
Pam Bondi’s hidden email alias exposed in practice that can 'undermine transparency'
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi conducted government business using her grandmother’s name as an email alias — a longstanding Justice Department practice that can complicate access to public records...
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Paul Skudlarek @pskud.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Creepy Donny
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Gross. How much creepy behavior does Patel have to get caught in before he gets booted?
newrepublic.com
Kash Patel Caught With Suspected Double Agent at Alina Habba’s Wedding
The FBI director was spotted in a photo with an FBI informant suspected of being a double agent.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 01/10/2026
Fuckface fired a US attorney by email less than an hour after Seattle's federal judges appointed him, and a judge just ordered the man back. The law doesn't let a petty tyrant pick every prosecutor. Blanche and the DOJ are barred from touching him. Good. Choke on it.
alternet.org
Trump loses in court again as judge wrecks his power to fire prosecutors
Rejecting a core tenet of the administration's executive power grab, a federal judge blocks the White House from purging independent prosecutors who bypass Senate confirmation.
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New Hampshire Bulletin @newhampshirebulletin.com · 30/09/2026
As median home prices continue to hit record highs, workers in the Granite State are increasingly being priced out of the cities they serve. From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics
newhampshirebulletin.com
New Hampshire’s sluggish housing growth is leading to longer commutes, report suggests • New Hampshire Bulletin
There is a growing gap in New Hampshire between how much it costs for housing and how much residents are earning — and nowhere is it clearer than in the cities.
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Globe New Hampshire @globenh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Four transgender children from lower-income families in New Hampshire filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging a new Medicaid rule that will soon block coverage for the gender-affirming medication their doctors view as medically necessary.
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Four transgender youths in N.H. sue Trump administration over Medicaid ban on gender-affirming care for minors - The Boston Globe
The patients, who range in age from 11 to 15, and their parents allege the Trump administration violated their constitutional rights and broke the law by adopting an arbitrary policy for political reasons.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Judge had the discretion to dismiss WITHOUT prejudice but in a censure of how prosecutors played loose & fast with what they knew to be the evidence in this case, has dismissed WITH prejudice. The gov’t is out of business in this one.
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davidmeuse.bsky.social @davidmeuse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A new report adds “helps mass shooters plan their massacres more efficiently” and “gives mass shooters tips on how to fire their weapons faster” to the list of reasons why AI companies need to be more tightly regulated. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
usatoday.com
Will AI make US mass shootings worse? It already has, report says
Advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety’s new report details how AI has been used by mass shooters. The group is calling on AI companies to improve safety measures.
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Paul Skudlarek @pskud.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Imagine having to sit through that without a tomato to throw
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Paul Skudlarek @pskud.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well done
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Paul Skudlarek @pskud.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What’s a Palmer Luckey?
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Paul Skudlarek @pskud.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Love it. All that’s missing is that she should be shown dunking on Sen Schmitt.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 29/09/2026
Buried lede: among those speaking out against this is Gregory Baylor, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, a major conservative Christian legal group: “The government shouldn’t punish people who pursue socially valuable callings just because in its judgment they don’t earn enough money.”
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know it’s hard to imagine but before Trump came on the scene and wrecked government folks in these roles didn’t jump ship after a year. They often were long time Bureau officials who served without media attention for years.
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New Hampshire Bulletin @newhampshirebulletin.com · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress. From @jennifershutt.bsky.social
newhampshirebulletin.com
Trump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more • New Hampshire Bulletin
The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At this moment Elon Musk alone is worth $893,449,882,001
macfarlanenews.substack.com
“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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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed a sweeping California package cracking down on public corruption, crypto fraud, ticket scams, privacy abuses and more, including a new law barring public officials from launching meme coins.
meidasnews.com
Newsom Signs Sweeping Anti-Corruption Package Cracking Down on Meme Coins, Crypto Fraud, and Self-Dealing by Public Officials
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of anti-corruption and consumer protection legislation, MeidasTouch has exclusively learned, delivering one of
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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.”
houstonchronicle.com
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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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
John Roberts has spent his entire career trying to kill the Voting Rights Act. Now his Republican-appointed majority is dusting off arguments once used to destroy Reconstruction to roll back the gains made during the civil rights era. The latest from @AriBerman & @pemalevy: tinyurl.com/3m6nawpj
Mother Jones magazine cover linking the Roberts Supreme Court to a revival of Jim Crow: a black judicial robe hangs next to a white KKK hooded robe with a hand reaching toward it; headline "The Southern Strategy" and subhead "Jim Crow was dead and buried. Then came the Roberts court."
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
latest in a long running series of Republicans discovering that Republican policy preferences are bad when they’re applied to their loved ones
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New Hampshire Public Radio @nhpr.org · 22/09/2026
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport will hold two open house-style public meetings Sept. 23-24 in Londonderry and Manchester to hear from community members about the future of the airport.
nhpr.org
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport seeks public input as it updates its master plan
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport will hold two open house-style public meetings Sept. 23-24 in Londonderry and Manchester to hear from residents, airport travelers, businesses, and community groups.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So the check has a typo in the payer’s name (“WOMEN SCIENTIST AND ENGINEERS”) … AND it’s numbered “1001” … AND the sender’s address looks shady AF (“UNIT 2394”) … AND did anyone in Susan Collins’ camp think hmmm?
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Paul Skudlarek @pskud.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I think I’m now a fan of the Trump media ban
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Missouri abruptly dropped a federal lawsuit Friday that sought to exclude some noncitizens from being included in the population count used to allocate seats in Congress and Electoral College votes among the states. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Missouri drops GOP-led bid to rig elections by excluding undocumented from census count
Hanaway launched the case with sweeping claims that noncitizens were improperly taking representation away from U.S. citizens and that states with large immigrant populations were benefiting at Missou...
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Politico @politico.com · 20/09/2026
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
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Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
theatlantic.com
Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Paul Skudlarek @pskud.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A vexing question for an Admin that hates questions
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Paul Skudlarek @pskud.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is why they do.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
motherjones.com
The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The language here largely defends DOJ’s choice to use obstruction charges against J6 defendants and downplays the significance of the Supreme Court ruling. A far different tone than what J6 defendants and Trump allies have used the last two years.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
🚨NEW: Todd Blanche has filed an appeal of Judge Emmet Sullivan’s order requiring him to turn over unredacted handwritten FBI notes and take other steps in Katie Phang’s Epstein files lawsuit by September 24. Phang says Blanche is continuing his “Herculean efforts” to avoid turning over the files.
meidasnews.com
Todd Blanche Fights Judge’s Order for Unredacted FBI Notes as Deadline Looms
Attorney General Todd Blanche is appealing a federal judge’s latest order in journalist and attorney Katie Phang’s lawsuit over the Justice Department’s
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Rep. Sean Casten @casten.house.gov · 16/09/2026
I pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for answers about billions of dollars from Venezuelan oil sales routed through a Qatari bank account and who ultimately has access to those funds. The American people deserve transparency about where this money is going and who is benefiting from it.
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 15/09/2026
I oppose this legislation because I worry that the passage of inadequate cryptocurrency regulation will give Americans a false sense of security and fail to protect consumers from the corruption, fraud, and money laundering that is all too rampant in this industry.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Russian oligarch, who is besties w/Putin, bankrolled Don Trump Jr.’s wedding to Bettina Anderson, the daughter of the banker who vouched for Jeffrey Epstein’s character. The details, incl. a trip down memory lane on Jr.’s proclivities to associate himself w/Russian things: youtu.be/rcPPCdo-gLc?...
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Don Jr. SCRAMBLES After BOMBSHELL PUTIN Connection REVEALED!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Real wage growth was negative for the fifth consecutive month in August.
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Politico @politico.com · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump tried to shut down a growing push for AI regulation, saying a ‘STRONG AND SMART’ president is the only guardrail needed.
politico.com
Trump tries to shut down AI regulation push
He said the U.S. has already done enough, amid calls from leaders to slow the production of artificial intelligence over the weekend.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 13/09/2026
He was called 'MAGA's Man' in Latin America. Now he's charged with hiring hitmen to murder his girlfriend
latimes.com
He was called 'MAGA's Man' in Latin America. Now he's charged with hiring hitmen to murder his girlfriend
Fernando Cerimedo, a prominent Latin American right-wing digital strategist, was arrested in Bolivia for allegedly orchestrating the attempted murder of his pregnant mistress to prevent her from exposing his criminal conduct.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/09/2026
If Ukraine would just surrender we could get on with making business deals
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Crow: While the elite and the wealthy and the privileged in the rooms across the street, where Donald Trump is hanging out, make money off the American people’s backs, it’s the American working class that does the fighting, that does the dying, and pays for all of it.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 11/09/2026
Breaking: Saudi Arabia shut down a crucial pipeline that allowed oil exports to circumvent the Strait of Hormuz, saying it had been attacked multiple times on.wsj.com/4yT1JLB
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Saudi Arabia Shuts Down Pipeline That Was a Crucial Hormuz Bypass
The East-West pipeline—which can carry up to 7 million barrels of oil a day—came under attack as Middle East violence continued to flare.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Trump lunges toward and growls at a reporter (a woman) who asked him about why he's offering money to voters if his economic policies are working (Andrew Harnik/Getty)
pic of an orange-faced Trump leaning forward with an angry look on his face as he snaps at a reporter
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 10/09/2026
Putting aside Jeffress’ garbage rhetoric, the fact that he’s on the stage at all is indefensible: Mitt Romney accurately labeled this guy “a religious bigot,” and Chris Christie said to associate with Jeffress was “beneath the office of president of the United States.” tinyurl.com/yu82cnbu
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
SCOTUS needs an amicus brief on this as they consider whether to transfer control of our elections into his hands 🙄
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