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@rosemb57.bsky.social
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Austin, Texas. Believer in truth, justice and fair play. Pro-democracy. Retired educator and school district administrator

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1h
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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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 5h
BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & Jacobson Lawyers Group just sued HUD for 10 housing nonprofits Trump's HUD delayed their grants for months while they kept helping families facing foreclosure. Then it canceled $56M outright Unlawful & unkind in equal measure -- See you in court👇 -TN
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 9h
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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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 5h
The VERY conservative 11th Circuit unanimously refused to block the lower court's sanctions order against the DOJ in the Trump v IRS (that resulted in the slush fund) case.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 6h
NEW AD: Today on House Hunters, Ken Paxton is shopping for a new house. Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii? (Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h
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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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h
> @variety.com variety.com/2026/digital...
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 9h
Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h
Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury for denying he attended a Feb. 3, 2024 Atlanta Hawks vs. Golden State Warriors game. Turns out, Jack Smith was actually at an Iowa Hawkeyes game in Maryland, watching Caitlin Clark play. @samsteindc.bsky.social breaks down Schmitt's humiliation:
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 8h
FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...
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The Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part II
A quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality).
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 22h
A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican. www.ms.now/news/russia-...
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A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms
The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10h
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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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 11h
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 13h
Jack Smith looked straight at the Senate and said what Trump’s enablers have spent years trying to bury: There was proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump committed crimes against this country. Smith said he’d prosecute him again today. Because the evidence doesn’t give a damn about your red hat
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Wendy the Woke @nomorex61.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Billionaire donors are trying to buy the race for Paxton. Don’t let them win. Your vote is your power, make sure to use it! Talarico is the candidate that who will work for voters not billionaire donors. #Shshed www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Paxton, Trailing Talarico in Polls, Tacks Toward the Center in Texas
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h
Sen. Amy Klobuchar just confirmed: Iowa played Maryland in College Park, MD. That's the basketball game Jack Smith seems to have attended. Atlanta was not involved. Republican Eric Schmitt claimed Smith went to a game in Atlanta so he could also meet with Fani Willis' team. It appears Schmitt lied.
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Gregory D @keepitreal1967.bsky.social · 11h
Senate Judiciary Committee questioning Jack Smith is seriously backfiring on Republicans as Democratic leaders hammer the reality of what Donald Trump did on J6 and surrounding time frame of his and other Republicans did to try to overturn the results of the 2020 Election! I'm loving that for them!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12h
OMG: Republican Senator Schmitt accused Jack Smith of being in ATL to conspire with Fani Willis b/c he got a text from JP Cooney about a “Hawks” game (Falcons?). Schmitt had a big visual aid but didn’t keep it up long. BUT smith was at an IOWA HAWKEYES game to see Caitlin Clark in Maryland HAHAHA
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 11h
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h
IOWA FIRST… FROM KANSAS? Zach Lahn is running for governor of Iowa while maintaining a home in Wichita. He voted in Kansas in 2018, 2020 and 2022, then registered in Iowa in 2024. Flight records reviewed by the Des Moines Register showed his plane making frequent trips back to Wichita.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h
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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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 11h
This morning Special Counsel Jack Smith confirmed yet again that the orange felon committed serious crimes beyond a reasonable doubt regarding the 2020 election and said he will not be silenced by threats and stands by his findings.
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Kevin Haggerty @kevinrhaggerty.bsky.social · 12h
Jack Smith is testifying before the Senate this morning, and a GOP Senator just grilled him about being at an Atlanta Hawks game in ATL, and accused him of perjury bc he denied this was the case. Turns out, it was an Iowa HAWKEYES game in Maryland. These are the most unserious people ever.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
🤡 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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RevDaniel @revdaniel.bsky.social · 23h
The Cornell 7 we’re all talking about? That story was broken in the work of Cereese Qusba, who is a reporter at The Ithaca Voice and a news editor at The Cornell Daily Sun, two independent newspapers. She is still herself, a student at Cornell University.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
In a new court filing late last night, MS NOW, CNN, and Politico have asked a federal judge to extend an order that temporarily restored their press access. "The White House's words and actions leave little doubt that it will immediately reinstate a complete ban … if allowed the opportunity."
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MS NOW, CNN, Politico ask judge to extend block on Trump press ban
Judge Timothy Kelly has already blocked the ban until at least Oct. 8.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h
Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals.
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💙❤️💙Mia💙❤️💙 @mommamia.bsky.social · 12h
One would think that the GOP would seek to bury that Jack Smith found it necessary to investigate republicans for their shady behavior connected to Trump attempting to overturn the election. Instead, they bring it up over and over to remind us of their nefarious behavior & assumed privilege. 
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Chron.com @chron.com · 12h
The Senate hopeful also noted there's "plenty of open space" in Texas for data centers.
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Ken Paxton brags child predator 'served 60 days' in wild campaign pitch
The Senate hopeful also noted there's "plenty of open space" in Texas for data centers.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h
Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 15h
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 12h
The Trump Organization has announced plans for 13 new international developments in nine foreign countries since Trump's reelection—creating massive conflicts of interest: www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12h
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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WIRED @wired.com · 15h
Anthropic’s newly unveiled IPO prospectus warns that its technology poses an “existential risk to humanity,” after a summer of hacking incidents where rogue agents broke containment and hacked business and government systems.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PIMCO: Our view continues to be that the House will easily flip in November .. .. Given that many key metrics are increasingly pointing to a wave election, including the Generic Ballot, the enthusiasm gap, as well as Trump’s approval ratings, we very much could see the Senate flip ..”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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Tony @tiletony.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rush Limbaugh said this if Bill Clinton was elected. Sean Hannity said this if both Obama and Biden were elected. It didn't happen. But they still roll this tired shit out.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h
NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 14h
1. How has MAGA Inc. raised an unprecedented amount of money? Let’s review:
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 14h
A new Alex Gibney documentary calls Elon Musk out. His lawyers sent threat letters before the premiere. But the numbers don't lie. Musk spent $278 MILLION in 2024. 100 billionaire families dumped $2.6 BILLION into federal elections. That is one of every six dollars spent.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance...
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 23h
A reminder that KKK criminal Ken Paxton offered a 1 day prison sentence in Texas for a child rapist and a judge gave that rapist a 60 day sentence which ended up being reduced to 29 days for good behavior. Ken provides protection for pedophiles as well as crooks.
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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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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans really love Community Notes. It’s the only thing keeping their posts remotely connected to reality.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump Administration is cutting off federal student loans for arts, social work, and religious studies degrees ( source la times) They deem those degrees are "low-paying....so wrong We already have a shortage in critical fields like : CHILD WELFARE SCHOOL SUPPORT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
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