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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: If Trump and Hegseth weren’t trying to kick trans people out of the military, a Navy board recently wrote of a trans women that it “without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service," lawyers revealed today. www.lawdork.com/i/219495792/...

Absent ALNAV 011/26, the board without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service.
• If separated from Naval Service, the board recommends waiving recoupment of debt associated with service education program costs based on LT Winchell's demonstrated exemplary service.
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Jan Gray @jangray.bsky.social · 14h

SI stands for Système international en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...

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Marc Thiele @marcthiele.com · 08/10/2026

Just found out that a lot of people don‘t know that you can use a ”C7 figure‑8 power cord“ with any Apple power adapter in case you forgot your travel adapter. Way cheaper to get one of those usually than a full travel adapter. #travelhacks

White Apple power adapter on a dark desk with its plug attachment removed, showing the two‑pin power inlet. A black figure‑8 power cord lies next to it, unplugged.

White Apple power adapter on a dark desk with a black figure‑8 power cord plugged into its power inlet.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

El-Sayed: "Weak, cowardly, won't stand up until his poll numbers drop ... he has the audacity to do an ad looking at the drugs prices in Canada, expect he voted four times to keep you from buying the prescriptions drugs in Canada. It's incoherent."

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Before he was appointed, Kash Patel was flagged by FBI counterintelligence agents as being deeply enmeshed in influence operations run by the Russians and Chinese. After he took over, Patel began systematically eliminating all Russian and Chinese counterintelligence capacity. What to make of that?

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As Trump focuses the FBI on immigration, counterintelligence is falling behind

The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.

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535 News @535news.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For years, Hill reporters assumed he was a former House parliamentarian or staffer. He was a 19-year-old college student in England. Meet @ringwiss.bsky.social.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

WHOA. This is big news. Mr. Soliman is a 31-year-old gay man from Egypt who came here at 3 with a green card. He lost his green card after a conviction, but an immigration judge found that he would be persecuted in Egypt and barred sending him there. He's locked in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea now.

A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties, in a decision that could have far-reaching implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump administration’s third-country removal scheme.

Arizona District Court Judge John C. Hinderaker, a Trump appointee, ruled that DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and “must facilitate Plaintiff’s release from custody in Equatorial Guinea and return to the United States and must ensure his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to Equatorial Guinea.”

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026

NEW: DHS officials discussed deporting up to 400 noncitizens in New Jersey who voted in elections after being accidentally registered by the state. The exchange comes after New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill disclosed in July that a software failure incorrectly registered over 6k noncitizens to vote.

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ICE officials strategized how to deport 400 noncitizens who voted in New Jersey as a result of state error

ICE officials discussed how to deport up to 400 noncitizens in New Jersey who voted in elections after being accidentally registered through a state software error, new internal government documents s...

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When he’s never held accountable, THIS happens. I can’t wait for him to learn that isn’t true. (Also—doesn’t it sound like something a spoiled little kid would say? Like, literally?)

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026

⚠️ ICE documents obtained through a FOIA lawsuit show the agency: 🔺 Collected tens of millions of voter records 🔺 Considered sending undercover agents to go after voting nonprofits 🔺 Weighed investigating voting machines 👀➡️ demdock.com/4ybyK4L

The image shows large red text stating "48.4M," with smaller text below explaining that this is the number of records obtained by ICE from a noted election denier, related to an alleged voter fraud hunt before the 2026 midterms.

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Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"The HSI reports show that Heather Honey, a DHS official who came to prominence denying President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, obtained 48.4 million records through 'independent sources of information.' Additionally, HSI drew upon some 50.6 million records from the Department of Justice."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This was one of the more diabolical Trump admin moves on immigration; ordering ICE to stop taking biometrics for detained immigrants seeking immigration benefits from USCIS, which meant that the agency would deny their applications by default.

In December 2025, USCIS announced that DHS would stop collecting biometrics related
to USCIS immigration applications for people in its custody. ECF No. 14-2; ECF No. 14-3 at 2-
3. In its press release, USCIS said that going forward DHS "generally will not take biometrics of detained aliens unless they are in removal proceedings and have a pending application or petition filed with the Executive Office for Immigration Review." ECF No. 14-2. That means DHS would continue to collect biometrics only for certain applications for relief, including those that can be made to immigration courts (which fall within the Executive Office for Immigration Review), but not for applications for many kinds of immigration status, including the plaintiffs' applications
(which must be submitted to and determined by USCIS). See 8 C.F.R. § 245.2(a)(1) (adjustment

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Terrible Maps :bot: @terriblemaps.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Believe it or not, America's 5 largest cities lie perfectly on a 4th-degree polynomial

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 08/10/2026

Me: I need a collapsible PVDC-coated liner and chemical resistant faucet for an automotive chemical sensitive to oxygen American company: Whats your DUNS, $650 minimum, set up your account here for approval Chinese company: We ship for 6 dollar get there 9 day

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn't leave a paper trail.

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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account

Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

me, an immigrant, watching people who said immigrants are corrupting america engage in actual corrupt behavior

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Chat is it good when an Ambassadorial nominee writes "Stop papering all these things. It’s really dangerous ... if you write an email or a text about, l’m gonna kill you cause I love you but you’re so out of control" to the man who paid her $300,000 to help resolve his tax issues with the IRS?

That same month, Guilfoyle sent a congratulatory note to Long after his confirmation as IRS commissioner. She attached a letter Deters had written outlining his tax dispute: “Don Jr. and I are very close with Eric Deters and his wife and I know he sent you a letter,” she wrote. “I am hoping I know how busy you are that you could give some time and attention to it.”

Two days later, Deters sent her a photo of a printed memo addressed to her: “I have paid you $300,000 over the years,” he wrote. “As of this memo, I have not received one favor. I am not naive or a sucker. I need results.”

In response, she told Deters to “stop papering all these things. It’s really dangerous.”

“Just call me on signal,” she wrote.

As for Long, she would call him the next day, she assured Deters. “I wrote him a very nice message. Told him how important it was that you’re close to me and to don.”

“Also very privately,” she continued, “if you write an email or a text about, l’m gonna kill you cause I love you but you’re so out of control.”

That afternoon she texted an update: Long had written her back.

“BOOM,” she added.

A week later, on July 3, she placed two missed calls to Deters’ phone, and sent him instructions on how to wire money to an American Express account.

“Your needing $100,000 urgent unfortunately is not going to work,” he wrote. “I can’t do this without getting a divorce.”

“I’ve been calling you for over a week straight,” she replied. “You could be here meeting with Billy Long.”

Long is now the U.S. ambassador to Iceland. Embassy officials there referred reporters to a State Department media office that didn’t respond to a request for comment.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Haha wow is this comically corrupt. /he didn't end up paying her the money because he said he'd get in trouble with his wife.

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Dana Mattioli
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Drew Hinshaw
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Rebecca Ballhaus
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Joe Parkinson
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Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn’t leave a paper trail.

“It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. “Please.”

Underneath is a screenshot of a text. First text is a link to an American Express instructions PDF. Next text says: "You can just send it here. It won't show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express that's all that will show." Final text: "Please."

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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Interview by @richardorange.bsky.social at the Local with legal chief at Sweden's Migration Agency shows withdrawal agreement may not have been applied in its decisions over deporting Brits, lawyers tell him. Fascinating read for anyone following the cases www.thelocal.se/20261002/but...

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'But what are the rules?': My interview with the Swedish Migration Agency's legal chief

When Richard Orange was granted an interview on Brexit rules with the Migration Agency's legal chief on his fourth attempt, it didn't exactly go as planned. But according to EU lawyers it nonetheless ...

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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Abbott continued, “ProPublica bought it hook, line, and sinker.” But of course, we didn’t take Kao’s word, either. Over many months, we reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and interviewed dozens of people connected to the story. Then we published the receipts.

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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026

4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.

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Thomas Brewster @thomasbrewster.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🚨NEW🚨 A man abused access to a BMW app to mess with his ex-wife's car, turning the engine on and off, opening and closing windows to let rain in, and track her location. She says BMW dealership told her there was no way to remove his access, so go buy a new car. www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...

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How A Man Used A BMW App To Terrorize His Ex-Wife

A domestic abuse survivor’s ex-husband used his access to her BMW’s connected smartphone app to open car doors and windows, start the engine and track her location. She claims BMW didn’t help.

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Éibhear Ó hAnluain @eibhear.gibiris.org · 05/10/2026

Pleeeeeeeaaaaaaase tell me that all those "you should need a government ID to access the internet" people are rethinking this position now. [We know they aren't. Ed.]

The first two paragraphs of the linked-to story:

"Denmark has suffered a major data breach that has given unauthorised individuals access to names, addresses and personal identification numbers belonging to about 8.8 million people registered in the country’s central population database.

"The breach occurred after unidentified individuals misused a private Danish company’s legitimate access to search the Central Person Register (CPR), the government said in a statement Monday."

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 06/10/2026

In June, Belgium’s diamond industry gifted Trump an 18-karat gold ring encrusted with 321 diamonds and 75 gemstones. A month later, European diamonds got an exemption from Trump’s tariffs. We don’t know where the ring is today. Where did it go? Did Trump keep it for himself?

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 06/10/2026

We're now halfway through @kkomaitis.bsky.social's amazing 10 part series on "The Metric is Not The Mission" and each piece seems better than the last...

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 06/10/2026

Scandal unfolding in Germany: Police has arrested the former head of the BND, Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, August Hanning, on suspicion of espionage. Hanning was the agency's chief from 1998 to 2005. www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...

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(S+) August Hanning: Ex-BND-Chef verhaftet – Verdacht auf Landesverräterische Ausspähung

Nach Informationen von SPIEGEL und SPIEGEL TV haben Fahnder den ehemaligen BND-Präsidenten August Hanning festgenommen. Der frühere Spitzenbeamte soll jahrelang privat Geheiminformationen von seinem a...

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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

August Hanning, BND-Chef von 1998 bis 2005, ist festgenommen worden. Er soll von 2010 bis 2022, gegen Bezahlung, fast 2.000 geheime Dokumente von seinem ehemaligen Büroleiter erhalten haben: www.zdfheute.de/politik/deut...

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Eigenes Land verraten? Ex-BND-Chef August Hannig wegen Spionageverdachts festgenommen

Ermittler haben am Morgen den ehemaligen BND-Präsidenten August Hanning festgenommen. Er steht unter Spionageverdacht.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The guy sneering at "your precious liberal arts degree" majored in Philosophy at Harvard

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The UK Daily Mail obviously did not like the results of its own poll. Its own graphic portrays 75% as less than 50%. #UKPolitics #Brexit #EuropeanUnion

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Jalopnik @jalopnik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In 1985, a crew of five British Royal Marines removed a first-gen Ford Escort's inline-4, bolted it back in, and drove the car for 32 yards in just 42 seconds.

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The Unofficial World Record For Fastest Engine Swap Still Stands Over 40 Years Later - Jalopnik

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Jake Adelstein @tokyovice.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Japan just told the foreigners here, who learned the language, paid taxes, raised kids, buried the years — you were too slow. No permanent residency. Not because you didn't earn it, but because it's easier to blame 3% of the population than govern tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/takaichi-j...

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Welcome to Japanistan, where the foreign residents who buried their lives here aren't welcome anymore. It's not a kind policy–and not even a wise one

The Japanese government, under rabid nationalist Sanae Takaichi and her half-American minister, have effectively made permanent residence impossible for many.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tucker: “I never understood why 🇬🇧 fought World War 2?” 😕 Rees-Mogg: “It was good vs. evil…We did the right thing…” Tucker: “Has 🇬🇧 benefitted?” RM: “We defeated Hitler… We’d all be speaking German…” Tucker: “Who cares?” 🤔

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Clark Kent @lokodolo.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

Artist Jerell Gantt www.etsy.com/listing/4584...

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 03/10/2026

Just bumping into this again with people _reflexively_ using the word "grape" or a 🍇 emoji and not even realizing they're doing it. It's all part of the same system, where the men running these companies make platforms that don't even let people accurately describe the crimes that they enable.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is fucking beastly. Collins is from Alabama.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

But ice cream shops can’t give a free cone to someone with an “I voted” sticker

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026

JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump straight up doxxed Senator Tom Cotton this morning

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This breathtaking NYT story about Trump's Russian entanglements includes three people who've been part of the operation to cultivate Trump since 2015: Bryan Lanza, Sheikh Tahoon, and Kirill Dmitriev. This is literally the culmination of the original plan. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies

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