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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 8h

UPDATE: Despite being ordered by Judge Sullivan to produce a certified list of the contents of the Administrative Record by Oct. 1st, Todd Blanche once again has decided he doesn't want to comply. I explain why Blanche would want to avoid producing this court-ordered info: youtu.be/junhrisxRlg?...

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🚨AG Blanche IGNORES JUDGE'S ORDERS And TRIES To DELAY MY Epstein LAWSUIT!!

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 4h

Renee Nicole Good's family has now filed TWO lawsuits, alleging a conspiracy between Greg Bovino, Stephen Miller, & others to deprive people of their rights & killing Renee in furtherance of that conspiracy. Why discovery will bring accountability for Renee’s murder: youtu.be/2kU7_-Yt-Ig?...

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Trump HIT With TWO NEW LAWSUITS Over DEADLY ICE SHOOTING!!

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/09/2026

"internal financial documents show that ticket sales steeply declined after Mr. Trump’s takeover of the institution, and plunged even further after his name was added to the building" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/a...

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Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say (Gift Article)

In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026

Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...

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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe

Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026

Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water

The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".

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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover @firinglineshow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What should the next president do with Trump’s White House ballroom? “Knock it down” says @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu. She argues the ballroom is about more than architecture: “It’s Trump seeking to remake the institution itself.”

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 27/09/2026

An alliance of ideologues and grifters is remaking U.S. foreign policy, from Iran and Ukraine to Venezuela and Cuba. On @firinglineshow.bsky.social Watch here: youtu.be/4okBq3W_E-o

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Anne Applebaum | Full Episode 9.25.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover @firinglineshow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Architecture is not incidental or accidental. It reflects who we are." @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu argues President Trump's White House renovations are damaging the ideas behind America. "It's changing what it means to be an American president." Follow on Apple: shorturl.at/nQU2k

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 01/10/2026

I talked to Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer about the radical transformation of US foreign policy, away from a process designed to help all Americans and towards the interests of a few people in the administration or close to the president youtu.be/vn4i_Jk_khc?...

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Anne Applebaum on the Grifters and Ideologues Behind Trump’s Agenda

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/10/2026

A deep dive into the Baltic states' extensive preparations for a Russian invasion, from @isaacstanbecker who tracks "the emergence of a new order, in which Ukraine matters as much to the security of Europe as the United States" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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The Baltic States Prepare for War

Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are readying themselves to fend off a Russian attack—with the help of the United States, or without it.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h

Playbook: Sen. Thom Tillis lashed out in private texts to Trump earlier this year, saying he refused to take his "bullshit" and that, had Trump directly threatened him with a primary challenge, he would've "immediately told you to fuck yourself" and announced his retirement early.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

A $250,000 donation to a pro-Ken Paxton super PAC came from a businessman whose dad got pardoned by Trump — and who used a fake name and rented mailbox on the donation record.

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Who was behind a $250K mystery donation to super PAC backing Ken Paxton?

The Texas Senate hopeful has ties to the donor’s family going back decades.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING MS NOW: Kash Patel has commissioned a classified report examining purported past FBI shortcomings — including in the Russia and special counsel probes — in what current and former officials see as the Trump admin's latest effort to rewrite history in Trump's favor.

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Kash Patel commissions classified, internal FBI report to examine department ‘failures’

Sources tell MS NOW the ‘Patel Report’ may be the latest effort to re-write history in President Trump’s favor.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5h

A judge dismissed a federal case that accused a Jamaican national of illegally voting — finding the law criminalizing noncitizen voting was unconstitutional and delivering a blow to ‌the Trump admin.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

The Trump admin will undoubtedly appeal this case to the 11th Circuit. I have no clue how that will turn out. Florida has its own noncitizen voting crime, so even if this decision is upheld, the defendant could still be prosecuted; and the immigration consequences (deportation) remain the same.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

Suuuuper interesting, I was not tracking this. The judge found the law criminalizing noncitizen voting is a voter qualification statute, and therefore outside of Congress’s power. Surprisingly, this is an issue of first impression! Decision is here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The best reading of the actual statute that underpins this criminal case yields an inescapable
conclusion: 18 U.S.C. S 611 is a voter qualification statute, and the Constitution does not authorize
Congress to legislate voter qualifications for federal elections. Except for very specific constitutional
provisions (that cannot support this statute; we will go through them, Congress has no power to say
who can vote or who cannot vote in federal elections-that foundational power is reserved for the States,
and limits Congress.
Some legal principles are so fundamental that they form American constitutional bedrock, and
this case reveals a big one: When you're prosecuted based on a law that Congress did not have the
authority to pass, the prosecution cannot stand. That principle in federal law harkens back to cases
like Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137, 180 (1803), and United States v. Hudson, 11 U.S. 32, 34 (1812), and
has had explicit and unbroken support in criminal cases since Ex Parte Siebold, 100 U.S. 371, 376-77
(1879) ("An unconstitutional law is void, and is as no law. An offence created by it is not a crime. A
conviction under it is not merely erroneous, but is illegal and void, and cannot be a legal cause of
imprisonment."). The principle is so fundamental that it even predates our constitutional republic; it
lies at the very heart of our constitutional heritage. See, e.g., Bayard v. Singleton, 1 N.C. 5, 9-10 (1787) (striking down a legislative act as unconstitutional and holding that a court cannot enforce an
unconstitutional law in any type of proceeding). This principle acts as a shield for every person facing
criminal prosecution in the United States, citizen and non-citizen alike. That shield protects the
Defendant here, and none of the Government's arguments break through it.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 4h

Whoa. A Biden-appointed judge in the southern district of Florida just ruled that the 1996 federal law criminalizing voting by non-citizens is unconstitutional. 👀

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Bob Cobb @igneous.bsky.social · 9h

The Store from 1983 is a really good documentary about this store. Really good if you like christmas stuff too www.imdb.com/title/tt0086...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

The manager was right — some longtime shoppers closed their accounts in protest — but Marcus stuck with his decision. At the time of the flagship's closure, the Main Street store had been open for 112 years.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

These victories were achieved through the efforts of Civil Rights activists, along with support from Neiman Marcus president Stanley Marcus, who was an early advocate for desegregation. The Neiman Marcus Dallas store manager purportedly warned Marcus that he would destroy his business this way.

A Black man protesting in front of a department store in San Diego, California. He's wearing a suit and holding a sign that says "We March Protesting the Indignity and Humility of Jim Crow." There are some people behind him.

Stanley Marcus smoking a pipe. He's wearing a striped suit.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

The downtown Neiman Marcus flagship was one of the first major Dallas businesses that broke with these practices. In 1961, the company desegregated its Zodiac Room, a swanky lunch spot frequented by Dallas elites. Later, they welcomed Black shoppers to come and buy clothes without restrictions.

The Zodiac Room restaurant on the sixth floor of Neiman Marcus in Dallas. The photo shows a bunch of tables covered in white tablecloth and leather covered seats.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

For instance, they had to try on clothes over their clothes, put on protective covers when trying on hats, or weren't allowed to make returns once they brought the clothes home. These policies stemmed from racist fears that white customers would refuse merchandise previously worn by Black shoppers.

Department Store, Mobile, Alabama, 1956

By Gordon Parks

Promised gift of The Gordon Parks FoundationJoanne Wilson, one of the Thorntons’ daughters, is shown standing with her niece in front of a department store in downtown Mobile. The pair is impeccably dressed in light, summery frocks. The jarring neon of the “Colored Entrance” sign looming above them clashes with the two young women’s elegant appearance, transforming a casual afternoon outing into an example of overt discrimination. Notice the fallen strap of Wilson’s slip. Though this detail might appear discordant with the rest of the picture, its inclusion may have been strategic: it allowed Parks to emphasize the humanity of his subjects.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 5h

The name of the investigation into the fraudulent elector scheme was "Arctic Frost." Arctic Frost is a type of orange. Senator Blackburn accuses Smith of mocking Trump's orange complexion. lol

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 4h

I just got a notification that my ballot has been mailed to me. Let's see how long it takes to get here! I live in California, where everyone is mailed a ballot.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h

WASHINGTON (AP) — Court prohibits Trump administration from building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region, for now.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 8h

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Kill. Bury. Print. - Montclair Film Festival

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 9h

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11h

Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: The U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, missing expectations. The unemployment rate grew to 4.2%, up slightly from the previous month. Economists had expected 4.1%.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11h

FLAG AJC: Georgia's Republican-led State Election Board has sent a letter to top Trump officials (Blanche, Dhillon, Mullin) asking the admin to (1) force changes to the state's voting system before November and (2) investigate Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

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Georgia board asks Trump administration to investigate voting machines

The State Election Board's executive director, in a letter, asked the Trump administration to examine Georgia's voting machines and prohibit QR-code vote counting.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10h

Two people detained outside a Chicago-area immigration detention center last year are suing right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson for defamation, saying he falsely portrayed them as violent extremists who assaulted federal officers.

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MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’

Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING NYT: The top super PAC for Senate Republicans is canceling all the remaining ads it had booked in North Carolina as of Friday — shifting away tens of millions of dollars in a move that signals that Republicans no longer see a path to winning the state this fall.

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Republicans Pull Money From North Carolina Senate Race As Midterm Prospects Dim

The Senate Leadership Fund is diverting money to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party as it seeks to hold its majority.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h

WASHINGTON (AP) - 2026 Kennedy Center Honors to be held at downtown Washington arena amid fight over adding Trump's name to building.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The NY Times has obtained more than 1,000 pages from Cornell’s Title IX investigation into the 2024 alleged gang rape of Jane Doe. Those documents include interviews of 6 of the 7 fraternity brothers. I bring you the latest on this investigation and what to expect next. youtu.be/xwA2mCsX_sM?...

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WOW! BOMBSHELL Documents REVEAL NEW Details Of Cornell ASSAULT INVESTIGATION

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The most detailed release of documents thus far in the Cornell rape investigation includes interviews of 6 of the 7 fraternity members: youtu.be/xwA2mCsX_sM?...

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WOW! BOMBSHELL Documents REVEAL NEW Details Of Cornell ASSAULT INVESTIGATION

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

BREAKING: NY Governor, Kathy Hochul, has named NY Attorney General, Letitia James, as the Special Prosecutor to investigate the Cornell rape case. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...

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Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case

Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We’re just 33 days out from the November Midterms & Texas Gubernatorial candidate, @ginafortexas.bsky.social, is blazing a trail to the finish line. She joins me for the latest in her campaign, including how she plans to end the Abbott Corruption Tax for Texans. youtu.be/oT8xuPUBO8Y?...

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Trump SCRAMBLES As Texas Gov. GREG ABBOTT’s Elon Musk TIES BACKFIRE!!

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 12h

"Employers added 29,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, slower than expected growth...Growth in average hourly earnings fell to 3% on an annual basis in September, well below the current rate of inflation." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...

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Jobs Report Live Updates: Growth Cools and Unemployment Rises to 4.2%

U.S. employers added 29,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent, as inflation has maintained pressure on markets and raised costs.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 12h

They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

Similarly, people keep asking me if immigration will get much better if Democrats retake Congress and the answer is "probably not." ICE is largely insulated from Congressional pushback (the 2026 budget reconciliation bill funded them through 2029) and hearings and subpoenas can only do so much.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 14h

This 👇

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 12h

"The USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and the USS Makin Island Amphibious Group are headed to the Middle East. ... A U.S. official told the Associated Press that some 7,000 sailors and 2,000 U.S. Marines were on their way as part of the deployment."

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Live Updates: Trump vows Iran war will end "right after the election" or sooner, as 9,000 troops head to Mideast

Some 9,000 more U.S. forces head for the Middle East as Trump vows the war will end "right after the election," if not sooner.

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