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Renee Blumstein, Ph.D.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10h
Executing a search warrant while early voting is underway in Minnesota, on an old, moldy "crime" is all you need to know about the motivation here. Absolutely no reason not to wait until the second week of November. It's abundantly clear that this is about politics, not a legitimate prosecution.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13h
The Trump administration must stop buying and airing taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump for the pivotal midterm elections, a federal judge said in a win for pro-democracy groups. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda ads halted by federal judge
The Trump administration must stop buying and airing taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump for the pivotal midterm elections, a federal judge said in a win for pro-democracy ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Zelenskyy on Fox News: "If President Trump wants to change the leader in Ukraine, he has to know that only our people can change ... [but] now we have attacks each day. We're speaking about thousands of drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles. How can people vote?"
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 13h
Elon Musk was violating his visa when he started his first business here and very likely obtained his U.S. citizenship through fraud. Where is that investigation?
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Hoarse Whisperer @therealhoarse.bsky.social · 13h
Today seems like fitting day to point out that Trump’s great grandfather was a fugitive and his mother overstayed a “vacation” as an immigrant. His grandfather was a crook and so was his father. If we want to clear the country of corrupt immigrant families, he should be first.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 13h
Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.
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Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 13h
America has become an authoritarian state.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12h
Absolutely insane levels of spending by Elon Musk to help Republicans this fall, the New York Times documents. $276 million just since this summer, most of which to help Senate Republicans. Single-handedly destroying records and swamping Dem candidates. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/10/2026
This new Sherrod Brown ad debunks a anti trans ad while tying the Republican senate candidate to Jeffrey Epstein. THIS is how you fight back against anti trans ads.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/10/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com As artificial intelligence grows more powerful, the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants to ask the right questions about what it means for humanity. He took Times Opinion to the UN and, along the way, answered five pressing questions about A.I.
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Opinion | We Had Questions About A.I. Joseph Gordon-Levitt Had Answers.
The actor takes Times Opinion to the United Nations to explore what’s at stake with A.I.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And the five-year-old boy who was in the car? His mom says he's "traumatized" and hasn't spoken since the shooting. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/n...
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In one stupid phone call to Putin on his birthday, Trump gave him EVERYTHING. He normalized Russian fuel exports, showed contempt for the Lindsey Graham Russian sanctions act he just signed into law, shifted blame to Ukraine, and gave Putin a lifeline by allowing spare parts for his refineries.🙄🤬
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Read the full piece and consider becoming a paid subscriber to support my work: plus.briantylercohen.com/p/abc-news-h...
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ABC News Hands Massive Gift to Trump Family
ABC pulled a critical story on Don Jr. without explanation. I think it’s clear why.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
BREAKING: The Pentagon acknowledged that the number of troops who have died in the Middle East during its operations against Iran is higher than previously reported, and updated the official count to include two more noncombat deaths, per WaPo
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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Donald Trump is using the presidency to shape financial regulations for an industry that made him $1.4 BILLION. Listen to Scott Greytak of @transparencyusa.bsky.social lay out this obvious conflict of interest. Oversight Dems are ready to fight this corruption on day one in the majority.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
Trump just handed Putin a lifeline weeks before the midterms. Energy analysts say his Russian diesel deal won’t meaningfully lower prices. And a tanker that left Russia weeks before the announcement raises an even bigger question: How long was this in the works?
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Trump Reopens U.S. Market to Putin’s Diesel — Consumers Get Little Relief
Days after the White House invoked an emergency to ease diesel costs, Trump promised Russia new fuel sales as analysts warned the arrangement is unlikely to move prices.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/10/2026
U.S. soldiers wounded in an Iranian drone strike tell the AP the military's medical system failed them: “I was just kind of on my own, at least it felt like that.”
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And FEMA's down 4500 employees.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
He always planned to violate US sanctions to benefit our adversary who he thinks is his friend. This may not technically be treason, but it sure seems treasonous to me. I'm so disappointed that the press isn't calling this out and asking about it in every interview with Trump and every politician.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
Listen to the MeidasTouch Podcast! Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/34NcOzU...
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The MeidasTouch Podcast
News Podcast · Updated Daily · Ben, Brett and Jordy Meiselas are three brothers with very unique backgrounds! Ben is a top lawyer and Colin Kaepernick’s business partner. Brett is a two-time Emmy awar...
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Politico @politico.com · 10/10/2026
Legally in the US, Hong Kong citizens caught in ICE crackdown politi.co/4yMafw6
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Legally in the US, Hong Kong citizens caught in ICE crackdown politi.co/4yMafw6
Legally in the US, Hong Kong citizens caught in ICE crackdown politi.co/4yMafw6
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
From eminent child psychiatrist @jonathanslater.bsky.social: “Blaming screens is a convenient way to avoid harder,deeper issues: inadequate mental health care and a system that chronically underfunds treatment.” I’m a Child Psychiatrist. Screens Are Not the Problem. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...
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Opinion | I’m a Child Psychiatrist. Screens Are Not the Problem.
If we make screens the villain, then we let the people who control children’s health care — Congress, insurers and health systems — off the hook for their failures.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
Ben Meiselas: And here's a compilation of Trump saying many times that if any country bought oil from Russia, he would go after them...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Under-radar stakes: Supreme Court elections. Justices who’ve upheld restrictions on abortion are up next month in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Texas. Justices who have sided with abortion access are up in Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Wyoming.
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Your State-by-State Guide to the 2026 Supreme Court Elections - Bolts
Abortion, redistricting, and ballot access remain heated issues as voters face dozens of supreme court races across 32 states this year.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
12 killed. 309 injured. Including an American death. All while Trump claims the war is "over" and demands a Nobel Peace Prize.
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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And now Trump wants to fund Putin's war effort to hit more Ukrainian civilian targets.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/10/2026
Jon Husted took more than $115,000 from Jeffrey Epstein's longtime financial backer Les Wexner, including a maximum donation last year. Then he voted against releasing the Epstein files. @timmiller.bsky.social digs into the Ohio senator's troubling ties to Wexner.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
👀 You don't say?! The puppet R electeds don't care that Trump is compromised by Putin, is a traitor, & must be removed. 🗳️ Bounce them Nov 3. Trump's enabling Russia to arm Iran to KILL OUR SERVICEMEMBERS; no doubt Trump's handed intelligence to Putin. AND Ka$h's off to Russia... 🧾 t2m.co/sPJrZeH
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEWS: Elon Musk begins election interference efforts in Colorado and Wisconsin. His PAC begins dumping money to trick voters nationwide. This is important. Trump and Putin have 'love' affair. Trump calls for regime change in Ukraine. Republicans rebuke him. Senate Republicans are in trouble.
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NEWS: Musk Launches Election Interference Campaign, Trump Demands Regime Change in Ukraine, Senate Republicans in Trouble
Hey everyone, it’s Saturday evening and today might have been one of the most consequential days of this entire stretch.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Check out Democracy Docket's YouTube Channel. More than 818,000 people have already subscribed. How about you? www.youtube.com/democracydoc...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
BREAKING NYT: The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.
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Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Having untaxed billionaires is a policy choice.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 10/10/2026
We went from sanctioning Russian oil to buying it in three weeks. Instead of ending his disastrous war in Iran, Trump is now funding Russia's war in Ukraine. We used to hold dictators and autocrats accountable. Now our president negotiated a deal to fund Putin's unjust war.
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Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets
President Donald Trump has few options to reduce diesel prices given the destruction done to refineries by the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The ‘Mean Girls’ Presidency www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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Video: Opinion | The ‘Mean Girls’ Presidency
We are living through the Regina George administration, argues the Opinion contributing writer Molly Jong-Fast. Yes, the very one from “Mean Girls.” President Trump’s administration is filled with wan...
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Millions of Americans literally bet their life that RFK Jr, a complete crackpot, knew science better than the CDC and Jonas Salk and just about every living doctor
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Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.com · 08/10/2026
A secret NYC location. Live music. A speakeasy for Ukraine 🇺🇦 Join us Oct 15 for a live Gaslit Nation taping with @razomforukraine.org CEO Dora Chomiak. Tickets/silent auction tax deductible. Get a sneak peek of my new book A Reasonable Guide for Unreasonable Women www.eventbrite.com/e/people-pow...
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People Power: Ukraine’s “Unreasonable” Women
A live Gaslit Nation taping at Razom celebrating Ukrainian women, with a preview of Andrea Chalupa’s new book and live jazz.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Please call your senators and reps of either party and express outrage about this. Most of them will agree with you, whether they'll admit it or not. There needs to be pushback.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The United States is now importing fuel from Russia, per President Trump.
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 09/10/2026
UPDATED RESOURCE for student organizers and young leaders, we've added actionable guidance on ⬇️ ➡️ Spotting misinformation & AI ➡️ Navigating campus free speech ➡️ Knowing your rights and handling intimidation 🔗 Get our Gen Z Election Defense Toolkit protectdemocracy.org/gen-z-toolkit
The image is a graphic titled "Gen Z Election Defense Toolkit" with text on "Youth voter disenfranchisement can show up in different ways." It lists three categories: "Misinformation & Access," "Threats to Campus Free Speech," and "Voter intimidation," each with brief descriptions on how to navigate these challenges.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 09/10/2026
Catch the new show 'Grand Theft America' with American Hunters and Anglers’ Aaron Murphy, Brin Merkley, Barrett Kaiser, and Land Tawney, as they fight back against the administration to preserve, protect, and promote our public lands. LIVE at 5pm EST on our YouTube: bit.ly/40qGBOl
A graphic titled "Grand Theft America" featuring the text "American Hunters & Anglers." The design includes illustrations of a mountain, a river, and a tree. The logo of The Lincoln Project Network is visible in the corner. The background is dark green.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt just days before unveiling a new space-travel policy. The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by the Trump admin's actions — and led by Elon Musk.
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Joshua Gutoff @jgutoff.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Are you familiar with the work that Dr. Peter Hotez has done on this? For example: peterhotez.org/combatingant...
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Combating Antisemitism
On Antiscience and AntisemitismDownload Science Tikkun: A Bioscience Pandemic Framework in a Hebrew Tradition of Global Repair Science Tikkun A Bioscience Pandemic Framework in a Hebrew Tradition o…
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This week the President of the United States said he had chosen not to go after Biden, Obama and Clinton, and that he could do whatever he wants. No charge. No investigation. Just a reminder of where the leash is. I wrote about why this one is different.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 09/10/2026
It’s not just Donald Trump. It’s the Republican Party. Tired of this shit? Show them this November. youtu.be/iqFjrxJvUEA
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NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: They Defended Him
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 09/10/2026
The rise in inflation on everyday goods came entirely from Trump’s tariffs, New York Fed research found. New analysis shows the tariffs raised consumer prices by 2.9% by February. Without the tariffs, prices on the goods studied would’ve fallen.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
The FBI was ordered to investigate Californians exercising their First Amendment rights. Ordered by the Trump White House. And federal resources were diverted from cases involving drug trafficking and violent crime in order to further the administration’s cruel agenda.
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FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
California holds the key to the House majority. But it also is slow to count slow late arriving mail-in ballots. Put your mail-in ballots into drop boxes instead or vote early in person, and we can remove Trump’s ability to leverage the lag after Election Day.
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