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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 5h
"In 2013, Meta claimed $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Zuckerberg counted as a research expense because he helped invent new software, such as Facebook’s News Feed. The IRS is trying to claw back the company’s resulting $355 million tax savings" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Republicans say they want to end the war in Iran. They keep voting against resolutions calling for it to end. My latest for @ms.now
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"A television ad promoting President Donald Trump began airing on cable Wednesday saying it was paid for by the U.S. government, despite a federal prohibition on using taxpayer dollars for 'publicity or propaganda.'" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump ad airing with government funding despite law against ‘propaganda’
A TV ad boosting President Trump and saying that it was paid for by the U.S. government is airing in two major markets despite a federal law against using tax funds for "propaganda."
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MS NOW @ms.now · 24/09/2026
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly granted a temporary restraining order reinstating White House access to journalists working for MS NOW, CNN and Politico. The ruling is a victory for news organizations fighting to cover a president who has lashed out at the media. Read more from Fallon Gallagher:
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Judge orders White House to restore press access to MS NOW, CNN and Politico
The ruling is a victory for news organizations fighting to cover a president who has repeatedly lashed out at the media.
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
SCOOP: Justifying its ban of Politico, the White House said the news outlet used anonymous quotes from a "senior administration official." But those quotes were provided to Politico and other outlets by the White House during a background briefing. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The White House cited anonymous quotes in Politico ban. It was the source.
In a letter defending its ban of Politico, the White House critiqued a report based on a press call it conducted, where reporters were told not to name the speaker
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
MS NOW reporters spent the past two days asking Republicans on Capitol Hill about Trump's White House media ban. Reactions were mixed.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that ICE owes millions of dollars in unpaid bills to hospitals. Some detainees have been directly charged for care while in ICE custody and some have had appointments for lifesaving medical care delayed or canceled. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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ICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’
ICE owes millions of dollars in unpaid bills to hospitals and, in some cases, detainees themselves have been directly billed for care, records show.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One House Republican tells MS NOW: "We're gonna get crushed. The only question is by how much." Another House Republican tells MS NOW that if you're a Republican and you're not concerned about the midterms, "you're stupid." www.ms.now/news/crushed...
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‘We’re gonna get crushed’: Republicans privately say they’re doomed in the midterms
As the elections get closer and the political environment gets worse, Republicans are freaking out that their losses in November could be much worse than GOP leaders are acknowledging.
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MS NOW Public Relations @msnowcomms.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@ms.now statement on its journalists being denied access to the White House grounds:
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mike Johnson has now made this claim for at least the 11th time over the past 14 months. Except multiple metrics indicate this Congress is likely to go down as one of the least productive in history. bsky.app/profile/rieg...
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
New supercut for @ms.now: JD Vance to Democrats: Don't be like Trump
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026
Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Microsoft employees debated whether what OpenAI was doing represented the ‘largest theft of labor in human history’ and could create a ‘doom loop’ that could ultimately threaten the quality of the LLMs they were building” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/t...
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Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History
Newly unsealed court documents showed concern within Microsoft and OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop A.I. systems.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson has touted the historical productivity of this Congress at least 10 times over the past 14 months. Except nearly a half dozen metrics show that this Congress is likely to go down as one of the least productive in history. My latest for @ms.now
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
(AP) — Experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. apnews.com/article/un-h...
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
As the Iran war approaches the seven-month mark, I looked at how many times President Trump has declared victory even as the war has continued. I found at least 30 examples of Trump saying the U.S. had won the war. My latest supercut for @ms.now
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
WSJ editorial board FOIAs emails showing Sen. Katie Britt’s office privately seeking Trump tariff exemptions for Alabama — while she’s publicly praising the tariffs. www.wsj.com/opinion/kati...
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Opinion | One Senator’s Plea for Tariff Breaks
How protectionism works in practice: Public support, but seeking exemptions in private.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Trump has traded more securities than every member of Congress combined since he returned to office — even as he seeks to pass a stock-purchasing ban for lawmakers that would exclude him from any restrictions.” www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Trump Made 29,000 Securities Trades, More Than All of Congress
Donald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump today: the idea that “Robots will be marching into our cities” is a wild hoax Trump last week: posts multiple images of himself leading robots marching into cities
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
President Trump has promised more than a half dozen imminent foreign policy deals during his second term, but hundreds of days after those promises, none of those deals are complete. My latest supercut for @ms.now
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
McClatchy layoffs in newsrooms across the country: -Over 1/3 of Miami Herald newsroom staff -Nearly entire newsroom at El Nuevo Herald eliminated -1/3 of unionized workers cut at outlets in northwest -Most of newsroom of Lexington Herald-Leader cut www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/b...
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McClatchy Makes Deep Job Cuts to Newspapers Around the Country
The owner of The Miami Herald said subscriber interest did not support its current level of investment. One employee called the layoffs a “blood bath.”
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Republicans said their 2025 tax cuts would pay for themselves. But more than a year after the law was enacted, the federal deficit has grown and official projects show the legislation adding trillions more to the national debt. w/ @jackfitzdc.bsky.social www.ms.now/news/republi...
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Scientists say August was Earth’s hottest month they’ve measured apnews.com/article/heat...
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Global heat is stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured
The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
President Trump has promised to pay Americans if Republicans retain the House and the Senate in the midterms. It's at least the fourth payout he's pushed in his second term alone. My latest for @ms.now
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10/09/2026
White House advisers have raised privately with President Trump the prospect that the Iran war could drag on through the remainder of his term. on.wsj.com/4yncOEa
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Exclusive | Trump’s Top Advisers Confront Possibility That Iran War Lasts Through End of Term
The president still says he expects the war will end “immediately” after midterm elections this fall.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy, reported earning over $100 million from the entity that owns his stake in World Liberty Financial. His 2025 income from the holding company is more than three times what he reported in last year’s disclosure. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Steve Witkoff Earned More Than $100 Million From Entity Tied to Trump Crypto
The Trump envoy’s income surged in 2025, lifted by gains from World Liberty Financial.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Less than 100 days into his second term, Trump was bullish on the midterms: "We're going to do tremendously in [the] midterms." But by the start of 2026, Trump had already started to downplay them. My latest supercut for @ms.now:
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"There is more than a 10% chance that artificial intelligence could 'kill all humans,' an Anthropic safety researcher said Tuesday, hours after another employee said he was quitting the company over concerns that AI labs are 'gambling with our lives.'" www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/a...
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Anthropic researcher says AI has more than 10% chance of 'killing all humans' after colleague quits
An Anthropic safety researcher said there is a greater than 10% chance AI could "kill all humans" after a former colleague quits over safety concerns.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hegseth is Removing Military's Senior Leaders Faster Than Any Defense Secretary in Recent History www.military.com/hegseth-remo...
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DOD's Hegseth Removing Military's Senior Leaders Faster Than Any Recent Defense Secretary
The Pentagon defended Hegseth's various moves, telling Military.com it is part of his "statutory authority" and a non-story.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/09/2026
The UK has banned goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, saying settlers are conducting “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians.
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UK government bans goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank in a toughening of its stance
The U.K. government says that that it’s banning trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank where it says “settler terrorists” are carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In 2017, Paul Ryan said the Trump tax cuts would not increase the deficit: youtu.be/5K2g79V9bts?... Deficits grew each FY during Trump's first term. In 2025, CRFB said the tax cuts decreased revenue by more than projections at the time of TCJA: www.crfb.org/blogs/has-tc... x.com/SquawkCNBC/s...
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Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) on X
"The Overton window in our politics is open for all these crazy ideas," says @SpeakerRyan, "but it's closed for things like debt reduction. So, our politics are just fundamentally unserious right now." https://t.co/UoKunXMzhg
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“State lawmakers have already introduced at least 375 bills on data centers this year, according to an analysis of legislative records by The Washington Post..Roughly 3/4 of those bills introduced this year seek to restrict data centers in some way” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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How the data center backlash is growing in U.S. statehouses
Legislation is being introduced at a record pace as growing public opposition to data centers drives more proposals to restrict the tech giants.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
President Trump said his tariffs would balance the federal budget and help pay down the national debt. 18 months later, the federal debt hit a record $40 trillion and the deficit for FY26 has already exceeded the entire deficit for FY25, even as tariff revenue has risen. My latest for @ms.now:
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"According to US Code, '[o]nly the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on US currency and securities'—a law that sprung from a Colonial-era tradition against putting current presidents on American coins, to distance them from the British monarchy" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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U.S. Mint puts golden $1 coin with Trump’s image into circulation
The coins, meant to mark America’s 250th birthday, will also be sold on the Mint website at markups spanning roughly 50 percent to nearly 150 percent over their face value.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“Earth is soon going to exceed the safe temperature threshold agreed upon by the world in the 2015 Paris climate accord because of warming from the burning of coal, oil and gas” apnews.com/article/clim...
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Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone
In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Donald Trump Jr—who advises Kalshi & Polymarket—told GOP state attorneys general that prediction markets were adequately regulated federally. A spokesman later told NYT he “does not interface w/ the federal government on behalf of any company he advises.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/t...
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Prediction Markets and States Clashed, Setting Off a Furious Political Battle
A legal dispute over the future of Kalshi, Polymarket and others has drawn in the Trump administration, the president’s son and nearly every state attorney general.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al Nahyan and co-investors are behind an entity that owns the largest stake—49%—in the holding company that World Liberty Financial created to house its banking venture” www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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Exclusive | Trump Family’s New Crypto Bank Is Backed by Abu Dhabi Sheikh
The Emirati “spy sheikh” backs a 49% stake in the entity behind the new World Liberty bank.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
President Trump and congressional Republicans said his signature big beautiful bill would not increase the debt or deficit. One year later, the federal debt has hit a record $40 trillion and the deficit for FY 26 has already exceeded the entire deficit for FY 25. My latest:
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/08/2026
Exclusive: A former staffer for Rep. Mike Collins (R-Georgia) shared images in June and July on his X account of a swastika and one that depicts himself in Ku Klux Klan robes.
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A former Mike Collins staffer posted KKK and Nazi images. Some Republicans see a pattern.
Rep. Mike Collins (R-Georgia) is challenging Sen. Jon Ossoff (D). The former Collins staffer posted a swastika and shared an image of himself in what appear to be KKK robes.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"A tax on computer equipment in data centers is expected to generate..40% of Loudoun County’s total tax revenue. That has allowed the county to cut property taxes for residents—who have the highest median income in the country—by ~30% over the past decade" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/t...
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A County Got Rich From Data Centers. Some Question ‘At What Cost?’
Loudoun County, Va., hosts more than 250 data centers that bring in huge tax revenues. But some officials and residents worry the county has become too dependent on that cash.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The deaths of two unvaccinated people in Pennsylvania on Tuesday marked the first measles-associated deaths of 2026. Robert F Kennedy Jr has spent years spreading disinformation about the measles vaccine despite at times claiming he supports the vaccine. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Meta child safety features it will enforce: -Combined 2-hr daily limit w/ mandatory pauses for Instagram & Facebook -Restrict access from 12am-6am -Eliminate push notifications on school days from 8am-3pm -Limits on beauty filters & visible "like" counts variety.com/2026/digital...
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Meta to Pay up to $18 Billion in Settlement With States Over Social-Media Addiction Claims
Meta will pay up to $18 billion -- and implement broad child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook -- under a nationwide settlement with 52 attorneys general, including California's Rob Bonta.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The New York Times reports that the EPA plans to eliminate a federal requirement that states publicize and solicit public input on applications for air pollution permits for a range of industrial facilities, including new data centers. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/c...
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E.P.A. Moves to Curb Public Input on Air Pollution Permits for Data Centers
Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 25/08/2026
AP, Reuters call for accountability on anniversary of Gaza strike that killed journalists
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AP, Reuters call for accountability on anniversary of Gaza strike that killed journalists | The Associated Press
AP Executive Editor Julie Pace and Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni on Tuesday issued this joint statement: On the one-year anniversary of the
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Governors across the political spectrum have called for more oversight and regulation of AI data centers amid public backlash in recent months. But over the previous two years, those same governors touted and incentivized data center construction in their states. My latest:
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 25/08/2026
We've been getting a lot of questions about how the Internet Archive digitizes books. The short answer: page by page, by hand. You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it. Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/m...
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 24/08/2026
The bizarre intervention that suddenly got the DOJ to back off its yearslong pursuit of Live Nation. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4y2R4NW
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting ahead of midterms.
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Supreme Court clears the way for Trump mail voting order in advance of midterms
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to move ahead on his executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much his administration can implement before the fast-approaching midterm elections.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"In 2019, a budget of $10,000 to $15,000 bought a 4.7-year-old vehicle with about 58,000 miles. Today, that exact same dollar amount gets you a car averaging 8.7 years old with 98,000 miles." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Republicans spent years accusing President Biden and his family of corruption. Now those same Republicans are dismissing concerns about self-dealing from the Trump family. New @MSNOWNews supercut with @jackfitzdc.bsky.social www.ms.now/news/republi...
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