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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 12h
Is there a cleverer way that Ukraine could have hit back at Trump doing a dirty oil deal with Putin to help him with gas prices in the midterms than turning off the army of Russian propagandists posing as heartland Americans with concerns about trans socialists?
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
23. "There were swaths of empty seats at the 10,000-capacity athletic center where Mr Trump spoke on Friday," she wrote. "In Ohio a day later, several areas of an upper deck were empty by the time Mr Trump finished speaking at a 4,500-capacity high school student activity center."
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
a big part of ossoff's rhetorical success is it doesnt contain the compromise and caveats that are a baked-in part of democratic party rhetoric. theres no pretending that his opponent is just misguided or will be pulled back from the edge by "the good republicans." ossoff is saying "fuck this guy"
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Six months ago:
theonion.com
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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Scott Jennings responded to getting denied the press sec job by opening his heart to Mitch McConnell during their latest emotional 20 minute call
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
this is miller.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 09/10/2026
Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...
Proposal	Favor or oppose
Favor	Oppose
Enforce strict ethics code for justices	89	10
Limited terms for justices	79	21
Increase number of justices	53	47
Marquette Law School Poll, national survey: Sept. 2-9, 2026
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
At this stage it doesn't matter to me if this guy is cosplaying. I want a person who talks like this and then promises to back it up to be the next president. If there's somebody who winds up being more convincing than him in the next year or so, I'll vote for that person instead.
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Finally, someone calling this Senator a task on her decades long “concern“scam. She will not use her power to protect her constituents
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I have no idea what this means but I am here for it
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Attys for Olympian & exonerated Reflecting Pool defendant David Hearn write 25-page letter to Inspector Generals of DOJ and Dept of Interior seeking investigation of circumstances of Hearn's arrest, detention & indictment. ... 1/2 www.democracydefendersfund.org/wp-content/u...
Request for Concurrent Inspector General Investigations into the Events Surrounding the Arrest and Prosecution of David Carter Hearn, Case No.
2026, CF2 010237, Superior Court of the District of Columbia (2026)
Dear Mr. Berthiaume and Ms. Brzymialkiewicz:
We write to request that the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General
("DOJ OIG") and the Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General ("DOI OIG") promptly undertake coordinated, independent investigations into:
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The NY Fed examines how tariffs affected inflation and finds that, without them, goods prices would have declined as of last February. libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/10/how-...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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The Economist @economist.com · 03/10/2026
As theatrical antagonists, White House reporters serve the president’s interests more than the public’s. Donald Trump’s attack on the press corps is an opening to do away with antiquated, corrupting and infantilising rituals bit.ly/4hC4pWR Illustration: David Simonds
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When did I first clock Russell Thurlow Vought? He was the guy who stopped the payments to Ukraine that led to first Trump impeachment, abcnews.com/amp/Politics....
abcnews.com
Democrats seek to question Trump budget chief in Ukraine impeachment probe
House Democrats are seeking to interview White House budget director Russell Vought on Oct. 25, according to a copy of a letter obtained by ABC News.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anyone who reads Time's recent interview with Trump would clearly conclude that the biggest story on Earth, this day and every day, is that the President of the United States is seriously unwell and allowed to continue in office - unfit, untethered, and unchecked. Unbelievable.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Everytime, the modern Republican Party has done something constitutionally crappy, even after they have pardoned said constitutional crap, we are then supposed to pretend that it was not constitutional crap. Nope: Nixon was a crook and J6’ers were a bunch of rioters who tried to Hang Mike Pence.
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is bonkers. time.com/article/2026...
time.com
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 01/10/2026
If only our nation's press had accurately reported on Trump's catastrophic cognitive decline, when it mattered - during the election campaign. ... But they had their hands full handwringing about Biden.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The polls are bleak for them. Normies don't read the daily wire. Their base is eroding.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump’s attacks on CNN raise new questions about Joe Biden’s mental state. by Jake Tapper
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.
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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Voter fraud" is a lie.
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New fed ex ad about to drop
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What does being diverted mean? How? By whom? “Oh we were headed for sydney but we missed the exit?”
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Brewing constitutional crisis.
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This should be the end of Gavin Newsom. It might not be.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/09/2026
The owner of a top BBQ joint in Texas decided to cut brisket, the top-selling item, from the menu rather than institute a $10 markup for customers. The decision was fueled not just by the skyrocketing price of brisket but by inflation.
washingtonpost.com
A top Texas smokehouse is cutting brisket from its menu amid soaring beef prices
Butter’s BBQ in Sinton, Texas, says brisket is eating up 70 percent of its total grocery costs.
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Jean-Michel Connard @torriangray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I do believe the tide is turning, but so many people have been hurt or killed, and so many people will still be hurt or killed before this admin is behind us. I have such a complicated mix of intolerable emotions about all of this and about us.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
nytimes.com
F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23/09/2026
Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon says the DOJ is close to enlisting 1,000 federal election monitors to observe the upcoming midterms. But in a recent interview, Dhillon called the federal officials “observers” instead of “monitors.” Here’s why the distinction is important: demdock.com/4romNad
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This would be like Vermont taking maple syrup off of the breakfast menu.
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arr @arr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This makes me hopeful. This number is aspirational but nowhere near out of reach: a working professional could realistically cash out their 401k and buy off a public official. Owning a senator is more attainable for most Americans than home ownership.
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Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is how it should be done. But with 5-10 folks. (They would pay for themselves.)
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 21/09/2026
We're going to see more of these bogus stories trying to rehabilitate the image of DOGE bros who happily did massive damage. The premise of "oh we really thought we were helping" is a lie.
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yes. Slow growth vs rapid shrinkage.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Chinese carmaker BYD unveils a recharge as fast as filling up with gas. Original post
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Briefly detained” = beat half to death
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So... China's been stockpiling oil, our military is being degraded daily, the good officers are being pushed out, and we're just... shipping classified technology to Beijing. Great. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Hill investigates after F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong
The incident raises the possibility that top secret weapons technology may have been exposed to a foreign adversary — including China.
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Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This tells me they’ve already written off districts with a five point margin or less… and are now trying to protect those in the 5-15 point range… out of desperation… their internal numbers are telling them that these races are all toss ups.
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Cait Conley @caitfornewyork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Instead of letting the SALT deduction cap expire at the end of 2025, Mike Lawler voted to make it a permanent tax on working families to fund tax breaks for billionaires. When it comes to career political operative Mike Lawler, take everything he says with a grain of salt.
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The R's are drowning. The D's should be throwing anvils.
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rumpolesghost.bsky.social @rumpolesghost.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This level of stupid is a strategic jackpot for our adversaries. Like hitting the fucking Powerball numbers.
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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'd go further: at this point, the NYT and other mainstream journalistic outlets -- given their business-related need to continuously ship both-sides polarization porn -- are doing way more than El-Sayed is to keep Piker relevant and make him a more influential figure than he otherwise might be
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