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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h
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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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 19h
I think it's very interesting that the NYPD released video of these maniacs.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 19h
Just a reminder that whenever Trump says that inflation started with Biden, what he neglects to say was that it was a result of efforts to offset his incredibly botched handling of COVID and the economic consequences it triggered.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 19h
One day after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Association of Evangelicals came out against the Pentagon’s plan to livestream an execution, Pope Leo has published a tweet reiterating the Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty.
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The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment: effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
To recap: Drag Shows ❌ Miss Rachel ❌ Books ❌ Public executions ✅
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
Signs you’re a war criminal: You attack the court that goes after war criminals
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shit! 😳 Let’s make this nationwide.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Mt. Pleasant! YOU did that. WE are going to win.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 21h
Here is your assignment for today: Go to this link and buy a coffee for @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social: buymeacoffee.com/kateinkharkiv She has been keeping us all informed from Kharkiv for years now—in English. Follow and support her please.
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Hi, my name is Kate. I live in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Trying to keep the world informed about Ukrainian perspective of war, tell the world how war feels for a regular citizen in a city that gets mercilessl
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 09/10/2026
Hard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 23h
🚨🗳️👇 #dc
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Peter Montgomery @petemontdc.com · 23h
Looks like Team Trump is timing its ban on abortion drugs to come after the midterms and long before 2028. Their base is demanding it but most Americans support access to abortion
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
An idea:
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Holy shit FOUR members of the ethics committee in Denmark that gave the green light to allow the widely-condemned RFK Jr-funded trial to proceed in Guinea-Bissau have now resigned in protest This quote is 🔥 Great reporting by @melodyschreiber.com www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Stig Børsen Hansen, a founding member who was one of two reviewers who presented the study to the Danish committee, resigned from the group in protest on Friday, citing major ethical issues with the study.

“You are now enrolling newborns in a lottery to test a hypothesis,” Hansen said. The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage. “They contract hepatitis B in the context of being part of a research project,” Hansen said, which made their infection happen, in effect, “by design”.

Three other members of the committee have also resigned in protest.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h
🔥 “What did HIS health care book say? Did you read it? He doesn’t have one. I actually write my ideas down… he takes money from Blue Cross Blue Shield.” Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social eviscerates Mike Rogers on health care, and expertly makes the case for #MedicareForAllNOW
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 22h
Trump turned down his own candidates' plan to bring diesel prices down. A week later he got on the phone with Vladimir Putin. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-is-d...
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 22h
Paxton Said in Deposition That Donor Gave Him Stocks to Please God www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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Paxton Said in Deposition That Donor Gave Him Stocks to Please God (Gift Article)
The leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s investments and his tactics for defending himself.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 22h
A Texas Democratic Governor Hinojosa is a real game changer for Texas and national politics
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Six months ago:
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DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...
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The Verge @theverge.com · 09/10/2026
The Pentagon is planning to livestream the execution of a convicted shooter, but the FCC Chairman says that the agency will ‘defer to Secretary Hegseth’ about if it will be broadcast. www.theverge.com/policy/10089...
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Brendan Carr says he’ll let Pete Hegseth decide whether TV networks can air the public execution
Carr is deferring.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If nothing else, just read the opening paragraphs of the new @vevalenz.bsky.social piece. This sort of casual cruelty, and worse, is so common in U.S. jails/prisons that to most it barely registers as scandalous—but it is, and this reporting really matters: boltsmag.org/california-p...
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A livestreamed execution. A call to “fight back” against Somali neighbors. A crowd cheering the imagined destruction of LA and San Diego. The Trump regime is upping the violence and spectacle, but that’s quite a tell. My write-up in the link in the comments.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: A judge ruled the DOJ's policy of collecting states' unredacted voter rolls and urging them to remove voters flagged as ineligible is illegal. "This policy...has left untold numbers of disenfranchised voters in its wake and inflicted injuries to the Plaintiffs' privacy," the court wrote.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Again, you (& I) live in a country where there are concentration camps & people are being disappeared. We can argue about what exactly to call this particular form of partially autocratic political regime, but it’s not a full democracy.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 09/10/2026
So a bunch of guys in plainclothes surrounded a man in a car and shot him, then the government disappeared him and refuses to release any information about his condition or whereabouts
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026
huh, interesting that vance thinks this is the worst terrorist attack and not oklahoma city
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICC President Tomoko Akane responds to sanctions imposed by the rogue United States, ICC will not back down: "We'll be judged by history for the choices we make today." “The International Court will continue its work undeterred, with the firm resolve that justice must prevail.”
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A Long Walk Home @lwhome.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hey Farmers . . . Trump is sticking it to you yet again! And your Republican congressional representatives cower and do nothing as always. It’s time to vote for somebody else. Democrats want to help farmers. And they are not afraid of Trump! www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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New Trump rules will make it harder for farmers to access US funds for energy projects
President Donald Trump's looming changes to ​a rural energy program that has distributed billions of dollars in recent years will make it harder for many farmers to access funds ‌for such things as so...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Trump: "I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November ... "
I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Robert Faturechi @robert-faturechi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New: A private equity executive took a top Pentagon role. Then a firm he has close ties to landed a $281 Million no-bid contract from the unit he runs. www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: A pro-voting group is suing ICE for failing to respond to FOIA requests regarding the agency's increased involvement in investigating voter fraud. The lawsuit comes after the group had already submitted multiple FOIA requests seeking documents that disclose those efforts.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.
A vertical graphic on a white background displays an October 9, 2026, joint statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The full statement, presented in black serif text, reaffirms unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), strongly opposes U.S. sanctions against the Court, warns of their impact on its work, staff, and families, and pledges continued support for international justice, accountability, and the rules-based international system.Marco Rubio, mouth agape, as he announces sweeping sanctions on the ICC to try to punish them for acknowledging Bibi Netanyahu’s war crimes
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hey Wikipedia, tell me about Francis Bellamy, the minister who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance that Linda McMahon wants school children to recite every morning.
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"championed 'the rights of working people and the equal distribution of economic resources, which he believed was inherent in the teachings of Jesus!"[6. In 1891, Bellamy was
"forced from his Boston pulpit for preaching against the evils of capitalism" [3] and eventually stopped attending church altogether after moving to Florida, reportedly because of the racism he witnessed there. '0! Francis's
career as a preacher ended because of his tendency to describe Jesus as a socialist. In the 21st century, Bellamy is considered an early American democratic socialist.""]
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WokeWendy @harleygirl1988.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hinson and Miller-Meeks sure get their steps in everyday running away from their constituents. 🤣 #iowa
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Iowa Senate Democrats @iowasenatedems.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Iowa's elections have always been safe and secure. When our Republican officials kowtowed to federal overreach they put Iowans' private data at risk, all while dozens of other states refused and were supported by the courts.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
People are picked up on their way to work, handcuffed, and taken to a warehouse, leaving their families searching for answers. There is something deeply disturbing about treating human beings like something to be stored away.
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I can’t help but notice that ICE keeps claiming that people it shoots were trying to ram the agents with a car, and then video keeps proving that’s a lie.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Chris LaCivita co-managed Trump's 2024 campaign. The Times says he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to advise a Putin-aligned government in Bosnia last week. Trump's reaction was one sentence long. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-logger-j...
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trying to clear up confusion: Here is the statewide statistical report for Iowa's 2022 election. sos.iowa.gov/elections/pd... Share of Iowans casting ballots: about 41.6% Rs, 34% Ds, 23.5% independents. Turnout rate by partisan affiliation: 66.8% GOP turnout, 60% Dem turnout, 38% no-party turnout
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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Brenna Bird should have never brought this case. It could chill people from speaking up as election volunteers. It was also a waste of taxpayer money to bring and try the case. Joey Norris should be compensated for his time and the money he had to spend.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Troy Jackson used to cut timber for a living. Tuesday night he looked across a debate stage at Susan Collins and said one sentence about a fire and a cup of water. Now the logger is ahead of her. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-logger-j...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
STATEMENT OF ABBE LOWELL AND NORM EISEN, COUNSEL FOR FED GOVERNOR LISA COOK, IN RESPONSE TO WHITE HOUSE "HEARING" ANNOUNCEMENT
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/10/2026
Two things are true: 1. There’s emerging debate here, but it’s entirely plausible there’s a polling error this cycle that is falsely showing Dems over-performing, only for things to look different in election night. 2. You better believe a lot of Republicans really, really hope that’s the case.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reviewed Ken Paxton's travel records dating back to 2015. Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million. The outlets could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to actual state business.
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Total collapse at Moscow’s airports 🛩 🚫 Ukrainian sources report that Ukraine has initiated its long-promised operation to disrupt russian air traffic. Delayed at the request of our partners, but now finally underway.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We can't have a functional democracy when the president lies constantly and invents wacko conspiracies that never happened. He has turned our country into a madhouse. Vote against all Republicans to bring some level of sanity back.
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