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Thunderbird MBA Int’l Biz. Author. #Cats. Food. Wine. Planet lover (this one). #Resister #BlueCrew #FB No DMs What’s-his-name is like a child accustomed to a shovel in a sandbox, handed the baton of a symphony orchestra.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
Ken Paxton desperately tried to defend his handling of a child predator case by claiming the defendant “served 60 days.” Then came the Community Note...
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Ken Paxton Defends Handling of Child Predator Case
Community Note: “Paxton's office initially recommended 1 day in jail.”
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 6h
A legend in his own mind.
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Lawrence @ldog562.bsky.social · 7h
Trump agrees to end court fight against $5m verdict in E Jean Carroll case. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump agrees to end court fight against $5m verdict in E Jean Carroll case
The verdict stems from Carroll’s 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against Trump
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 9h
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 10h
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Trump’s Latest Appeal to Russia Could Outrage Even His Allies
Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 10h
“The sources added that Patel consistently kept Bailey at arm's length and cut him out of meetings the deputy FBI director should attend because Bailey was constantly flagging things that were unconstitutional.” www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi...
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Top FBI official Andrew Bailey, who was once widely seen as Patel successor, resigns
Bailey was originally brought in to help ease tensions between former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 10h
We know what’s-his-name would never contemplate doing something unethical or illegal. 😑
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10h
1. Garland had to sue for testimony of 14 critical witnesses w/o which there'd be no case. The court took a year to rule 2. Garland began investigating Trump when he got to DOJ. He did not wait 2 years 3. Twitter delayed the probe 4 months 4. The J6 cmte delayed it by another 2 months 5. SCOTUS
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 13h
I’m sure the staffers involved in this were hired based on merit alone. Only the best and brightest.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12h
Schiff is up. Apologizes to Jack Smith. “My colleagues have attacked you, but NONE of them have tried to deny what happened on January 6th. They attack you because they don’t want to address the facts. The Barr DoJ sought toll records without a peep from my colleagues.” 1/
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11h
NEW: The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals declined "​to immediately block sanctions against lawyers for Donald ‌Trump" after a federal judge found that the attorneys misused the court system in "settling" his IRS lawsuit. www.reuters.com/world/us-app...
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Appeals court declines to pause sanctions against Trump lawyers in IRS settlement
A US appeals court declined on Tuesday ​to immediately block sanctions against lawyers for Donald ‌Trump who a judge accused of misusing the court system in settling a lawsuit the Republican president...
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 11h
“After originally confirming that Trump’s name is in the Epstein files, that Democrat Joe Biden beat him in the 2020 election and that climate change is largely human-caused, it subsequently refused to answer the questions, saying it didn’t answer political inquiries.” apnews.com/live/trump-c...
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Live updates: Trump’s new AI-powered ‘America.gov’ pivots political answers moments after launch
President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled the AI-powered America.gov site to simplify access to government information, but the site began modifying its answers on who won the 2020 election.
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 11h
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge greenlights challenge to Louisiana anti-voting law, citing discrimination claims
The judge found that the pro-voting plaintiffs had plausibly alleged that officials in Lafayette Parish discriminated against some registration applicants based on national origin.
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 11h
What could go wrong? “OpenAI agents hacked US government websites and the Australian Medicare website this summer, reporting recently revealed.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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RFK Jr outlines expansive vision for collecting US health data at Maha event
Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 11h
Slava Ukraine www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Ukrainian forces advance in key eastern battlefield, senior commander says
Ukraine's military has recaptured more territory from Russian forces in the north of the Donetsk region, in an ‌operation aimed at complicating Moscow's assault on Ukraine's key eastern strongholds.
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 11h
Blatantly WTF apnews.com/article/trum...
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Taxpayers have funded nearly $1.5M in pro-Trump ads. Criticism is mounting, including from the GOP
AdImpact says three taxpayer-funded ads promoting President Donald Trump are nearing a cost of at least $1.5 million.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions in the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January of 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Richard @sablue52.bsky.social · 14h
F***ing Democrats just need to slam dunk this Republican POS and defend Smith. Play some f***ing offense.
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 13h
Mike Lee is not a patriot. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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US senator blocks bill to ban Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center without Congress’s approval
Mike Lee objected to the safeguard against the demolition of any presidential memorial Congress designates
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 13h
1/ Brazil may be showing us the future of election interference. First, Catholic bishops lose access to X. Days later, Meta shuts down Lula’s campaign ads. Coincidence? Maybe. I think not. But the vulnerability this exposes is real. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 15h
"Congress, if you're listening...." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms | David Walbert
Republicans could lean on congressional procedure to defy the will of voters. But if they try that, the Senate has a clear way to fight back
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 15h
Who reads the fine print, amrite? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Anthropic ‘warns of existential AI risks to humanity’ in IPO document
Reported admission to investors of AI’s ‘self-preserving behaviours’ comes as company prepares for a potential $2tn flotation
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 15h
The worse it gets, the worse it gets. @hcrichardson.bsky.social chronicles the death spiral of the regime. Do you like your tax dollars paying for his political ads while people are thrown off health insurance? Sure to be popular.😑 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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👑Maricella Brooks🌊🦅 @fireeyebooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@fireeyebooks.bsky.social @petelewis136.bsky.social @thepurplebauer.bsky.social @alaskagal.bsky.social @lyndapole.bsky.social @enrich12.bsky.social @helenmaryme.bsky.social @ldogld.bsky.social @bakingfool.bsky.social @jonherrick.bsky.social @sheilaharris.bsky.social @robbyjoe.bsky.social 💙🕊️
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Massie hits out at Trump over TV ads: ‘This is legal... in banana republics’
The Republican Representative and other critics accuse the president of misusing taxpayer dollars to pay for the pre-midterms commercials, which prominently feature the commander-in-chief
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed US government sites in unexpected ways
OpenAI announced it has halted development of its latest artificial intelligence models hours after it disclosed its agents scouring federal government website acted in unexpected ways that suggest a ...
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i'm in. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Gouged: why Americans are being ripped off – and what to do about it
How can we fix our pricing crisis? Economic sociologist Lindsay Owens urges tough new rules – and a consumer uprising
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They seem nice.😑 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Decades of fossil fuel influence paved way for Trump’s assault on university research, study says
Fossil fuel firms have spent years trying to regulate climate research by donating to US universities, study authors argue
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No accident. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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John Fetterman accidentally calls himself ‘a lifelong Republican’
Social and news media commenters seize on senator’s gaffe, with some characterizing it as a Freudian slip
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stephen Miller is coming for us all. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The senator's complacent response to open allegations of bribery sends voters a very clear and disrespectful message," the editorial declared. ttps://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/susan-collins-gets-brutal-warning-210046010.html
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Susan Collins Gets a Brutal Warning From Home-State Paper
Embattled Maine Sen. Susan Collins has been accused of disrespecting voters ahead of the midterms. In a scathing editorial, the Portland Press Herald called out Collins, 73, over her handling of revel...
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MI Mary 🐸 @mimary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Datacenter developers accused of skirting key US pollution rules
Firms manipulating process to avoid emission controls and scrutiny of their projects, environmental groups warn
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Acosta: I think he is in full freak-out mode, sort of like that German movie Downfall, where the Allied forces are advancing on Berlin… I’m almost picturing Trump in sort of the same mindset right now. You know, “This poll says this, sir. This poll says that, sir,” and he’s losing his shit.
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Kinley 🦋 Brenda @bluthrunthru.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
After meeting 50+new Resister friends on my Starter Pack yesterday, I had to do another one today to include them and give them a boost!🚀🚀 Also included some long-standing Bluesky friends and Community builders!! 🙌🙌 #BreakfastCrew #BlueCrew go.bsky.app/7P451YD
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They’ve controlled every branch of government for two years, yet somehow Biden is responsible for their tariffs and the war in Iran they’ve been losing.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
“Judges simply don’t believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys and the like,” a former federal judge said. “I don’t think...in the history of jurisprudence in the United States, we’ve ever seen anything close to this.” (Pub. July)
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 27/09/2026
Surveillance is not safety. Flock cameras are tracking Texans everywhere they drive, all without a warrant. Our freedom and privacy shouldn't be the price we pay for Big Tech's surveillance network.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Todd Blanche now says "one-sided news" is a national security threat worth barring the press over. That's not a legal standard. It's a viewpoint test. I didn’t go to law school…and didn’t need to, to know that the First Amendment exists to STOP government from judging which coverage is balanced.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women:
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Paywalled - but you get the idea. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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How Trump Became Mob Boss of the United States
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in United States history. He's been preparing to use the government for self-enrichment his entire life.
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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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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I was very honored to receive The American Book Award in Berkeley CA this weekend for Separation of Church and Hate. With the great @wajali.bsky.social, and the back of Ishmael Reed’s head.
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