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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h
JUST IN: A federal judge just forced Trump’s DOJ to fast-track records involving Trump and the Epstein files, citing “possible questions about the government’s integrity that affect public confidence.” The records being sought are significant.
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Judge Forces DOJ’s Hand in Explosive Trump-Epstein Records Fight
A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to fast-track records involving Trump and the administration’s handling of the Epstein files, finding the fight raises “possible questions about the gove...
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 9h
The more Senate seats we can flip, the fewer Republicans it will take to aid the impeachment possibility of Trump's incompetent cabinet. Time to vote like maniacs!
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 9h
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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John Valencia @johnvalencia.bsky.social · 10h
If it wasn’t already crystal clear, they are going to use the military to remain in power. This is the purging of the remaining pockets of resistance within the military’s senior ranks. thehill.com/policy/defen...
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Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Penta…
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 12h
BREAKING: The Federal Reserve's Inspector General said it found no grounds for a criminal referral or administrative misconduct tied to cost overruns in a renovation project that drew scorn from President Trump and an investigation into Jerome Powell
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 9h
This is another big story today. I was waiting on @kelciemmorris.bsky.social's report, excellent as always, as I knew she was on it. —>
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 10h
NEW: Some Republicans, worried about their re-election bids, are "suddenly beginning to see ICE’s aggressive enforcement and lawlessness as politically toxic, something Americans have been signaling to pollsters since last summer." www.thebulwark.com/p/skittish-r...
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Skittish Republicans Discover That ICE Is Bad—for Their Campaigns
Some endangered incumbents are trying to outrun the electoral consequences of Trump’s immigration agenda.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h
CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @mluckovichajc)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 18h
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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ReMarkable @remarkable59.bsky.social · 18h
Rick Scott CEO…Columbia/HCA pleaded guilty to 14 felonies and paid approximately $1.7 billion in criminal fines, civil penalties and settlements in 2000–2002. At the time, the Justice Department described the case as the largest health-care fraud settlement in U.S. history.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
36 minutes before the hearing started.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (sound ) DAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2O26 #ICELAWLESSNESS You may have seen sketches but please listen as this horrific tragedy unfolds I can't imagine a 13 years old sitting there, then he bursts into tears & says "I have no one, I have nothing " How does the judge sleep at night?
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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026
Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.
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Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ
Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 22/09/2026
In Iowa, there are more concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) than grocery stores. Yet for most of the public, the location of nearby CAFOs and the amount of manure they may be producing is inaccessible. Until now.
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RAYGUN @raygunsite.com · 18h
Big news: we just landed the EXCLUSIVE merch deal for America's most secretive college/pro/mens/womens sports team! Only at RAYGUN: www.raygunsite.com PS: don't tell Eric Schmitt.... #RAYGUN #AtlantaHawkeyes
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17h
If you’re not from Missouri, you may not know that Eric Schmitt got his start in MAGA politics by suing public schools for mask mandates while their teachers died during a pandemic. The really strange thing? He never sued his own kids’ school for their mask mandate. He’s a piece of Schitt.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton keeps dodging James Talarico's requests to debate him, so Talarico last week offered to debate him on Fox News and went viral over it: "I'll go into the lion's den." Now neither Paxton nor Fox News are responding to Talarico's request. www.huffpost.com/entry/james-...
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James Talarico Challenged Ken Paxton To A Debate On Fox News. Neither Will Respond.
The Texas Democratic Senate nominee hasn’t gotten “any update” from the conservative news network about hosting a debate before November.
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Talk about a rarity of a feel-good story. So tell me again, Elon, why empathy is “the worst human weakness.” Had you been on the crashed plane, would you still say that?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
1/ On @lastweektonight.com, John Oliver cited our reporting w/ @texastribune.org about how Ken Paxton appeared to have violated Texas law. Paxton used an address where his estranged wife said he no longer lived while voting in 6 elections in the past 2 years: www.propublica.org/article/ken-...
John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a Texas Tribune headline from July 7, 2026 reads: “Ken Paxton vowed to crack down on 'illegal voting.' He may have violated Texas election law.” An article excerpt below says: "... appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections ...”
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In two weeks, Russell Brand goes on trial in the UK on rape and sexual assault charges in cases involving six women. Tomorrow in DC, he's appearing at a MAHA gathering to 'moderate' a discussion with Dr Oz about medicare and medicaid. What the hell?
1:55 to 2:25 pm Reforms at CMS

Chris Klomp Chief Counselor HHS

Mehmet Oz, Administrator CMS

Moderated by Russell BRand, comedian and brodcaster
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/09/2026
A strike by a Russian drone destroyed Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv. The FT witnessed several people scrambling for safety and climbing out of third-floor windows. ft.trib.al/fTb72h2
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THERE IT IS: Group of January 6 riot defendants have filed each filed federal civil lawsuits in DC seeking taxpayer-funded compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their righrs They claim they were "targeted..and punished" for "protected expressive" activity
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"“Imagine losing a third of a city’s firefighters and then wondering why downtown is burning...” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good times for Ken Paxton and Roger Marshall
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why do we allow big profitable companies to offload costs to the public? They should pay living wages and provide healthcare benefits.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
MTG has really been going after her own.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.
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ICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?
Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is belatedly troubled by the obvious results of her own actions.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Took long enough!
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Grassley has repeatedly made clear to Iowa GOP grandees that in the event of his death in office, he expects his grandson and designated heir, Pat Grassley, speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives, to succeed to his senate seat. Applying the principle of dynastic succession.
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 26/09/2026
Last night, russia has again attacked Kyiv, targeting residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure. Terror never stops — people rely on air defenses to protect them: u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not good guys
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here’s a video of a dog welcoming its owner home from the front – because we need something to keep us sane.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge (Trump-appointed Stephanie Gallagher) has held the Trump administration in contempt for deporting a man to El Salvador in violation of three court orders. She's ordering the government to return him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do you know how much the pay of CEOs at major companies has skyrocketed since 1978? 50%? 100%? 500%? Try 1,316% Meanwhile, the typical workers’ compensation increased only 28%. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Rob Sand @robsandia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Guys, I don't think she likes me 😞
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/09/2026
“So many Republican candidates in recent days have broken with Trump that it’s as if a secret memo went out announcing that the floodgates were officially open,” Susan B. Glasser writes. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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The Week Republicans Finally Panicked About Trump
President Trump is deeply unpopular and trapped in an unwon war of his own choosing. A reckoning—one far harsher than was expected, even a few months ago—seems imminent, Susan B. Glasser writes.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Possibly the best example of American democracy and governance in the era of Trump.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An important and heartbreaking perspective. I’m saddened that she had to learn the truth about her vote and support for Trump at such a terrible price, but I am grateful she is speaking out.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
UPDATE: Blanche was forced to file his Answer yesterday, which he did. We’re awaiting confirmation that Blanche delivered to Court the unredacted handwritten FBI notes, along with other materials he was ordered to give. Will know shortly. I’ll break it all down on my YouTube channel later today!
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026
NEW: Iowa GOP governor candidate Zach Lahn campaigns as a “family farmer” and rails against out-of-state investors. But records reviewed by MeidasTouch paint a very different picture.
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Zach Lahn is a Millionaire Investor Who is Running a Misleading Campaign Claiming to Be a Family Farmer
Iowa Gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn claims to be a family farmer, but in reality he is an investor and political consultant who doesn't live on his farm
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wait, a man who drove his wife to suicide by proving how popular he is with the ladies stole money from black kids for their health to fund an entourage to prove how important he is? It's *almost* as if RFK, Jr. is a truly horrible, insecure person!
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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