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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 23h
Dutch law enforcement has arrested a leader of ShinyHunters, the international cybercrime group that claimed to have hacked an FBI website and stolen sensitive personal information on agents, according to Dutch authorities and the FBI.
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FBI sends warning to cybercrime group that hacked it after Dutch arrest of ‘leader’
The bureau is not explicitly tying the Dutch man’s arrest to the FBI hack, but is using it to warn other ShinyHunters members.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 29/09/2026
Think we're on the verge of the Eric Schmitt Hawks-Hawkeye mess up breaking through, please poll the normie in your life to check.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 29/09/2026
Kurt Olsen, an attorney involved with efforts to overturn the 2020 election results who had recently been involved in the Justice Department's so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation targeting officials who investigated Donald Trump, has resigned, two sources familiar with the matter tell NBC.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 28/09/2026
Both of the FBI’s first co-deputy directors who held the positions when they were first established a year ago are now out, and only one (replacement) co-deputy (who has a more traditional FBI background) remains.
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Andrew Bailey, who joined FBI in unusual ‘co-deputy’ position, to leave bureau
The former Missouri attorney general joined the bureau in a newly created “co-deputy director” position last year before the departure of Dan Bongino.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 25/09/2026
JUDGE SANDBAGS JAMES COMEY SEASHELLS TRIAL DATE: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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James Comey seashells case delayed until early 2027
The former FBI director’s team has moved to dismiss the case for a variety of reasons, including their claim that it is driven by Donald Trump’s animus.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 25/09/2026
TIDE TURN: James Comey seashells arraignment delayed until January 2027, and the judge isn't even setting a trial date yet, saying motions for vindictive/selective prosecution etc. "now are ripe for decision."
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#74 in United States v. Comey (E.D.N.C., 4:26-cr-00016) – CourtListener.com
ORDER granting 69 Motion to Continue as to James Brien Comey Jr. (1) The motion is ALLOWED. Following arraignment, upon a not guilty plea, the court then will set the trial date and corresponding fili...
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 23/09/2026
THREAD: CNN et al. v. Trump et al. underway Judge Timothy Kelly says he's giving 15-20 minutes to each side. "I have to start with the DC Circuit precedent that exists." He mentions he took up the Acosta case, and was surprised by precedent giving journalists pre deprevation due process rights.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 23/09/2026
"A representative of the group claimed to NBC News that they hacked the FBI’s job portal Monday and then gained access to other agency programs, stealing between 2 and 3 terabytes of files." @kevincollier.bsky.social:
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FBI investigating hacking group’s claim of massive breach of agent info
ShinyHunters, a cyber-extortion outfit, said that it had hacked into the FBI’s jobs portal and used that access to steal a major tranche of sensitive files.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New: hackers say they have personal data on all FBI employees and spouses. I got a sample of 5,000 alleged employees, including name, physical address, phone number, and in some cases spouses. Could be a massive national security and counterintelligence risk www.404media.co/we-hacked-th...
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‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees
A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 22/09/2026
Postal worker tossed 300 mail-in ballots in a parking lot garbage out of ‘laziness’
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Postal worker tossed 300 mail-in ballots in a parking lot garbage out of ‘laziness’
The Justice Department has been seeking to highlight its efforts to promote “election integrity” ahead of the midterms, when the GOP faces a rough electoral picture.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 22/09/2026
Victoria Toensing, the 84-year-old wife of Joe diGenova, was until recently a DOJ employee and also had a FOIA suit pending in DC federal court, and there was a last-minute scramble for a deadline extension. A federal judge is displeased that happened so late in the game.
MINUTE ORDER: The Court has reviewed the 21 Notice, which provides no reason why the Parties waited until the day before the Defendant's deadline to move for an extension. And as of 7:00PM on the date of the Defendant's deadline, counsel for the Defendant had not yet drafted a motion for filing. Yet the Parties represent that the Defendant seeks an extension "solely to avoid briefing where it may not ultimately be necessary." Surely counsel for the Defendant was aware of that fact prior to the Sunday before her deadline. The Court reminds counsel for the Defendant, Tara Derbisz, of her duty of candor to the Court and expects that she will take steps to prevent a similar occurrence in the future. The Court GRANTS IN PART the 20 Motion nunc pro tunc. The Defendant shall move for summary judgment by October 5, 2026. The Plaintiff shall oppose and cross-move for summary judgment by October 26, 2026. The Defendant shall reply and cross-oppose by November 9, 2026. The Plaintiff shall cross-reply by November 16, 2026. Signed by Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan on 9/22/2026. (lcsls2)
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 22/09/2026
A federal grand jury indicted a Tennessee Bluesky user for allegedly threatening ICE agents. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
four and a half minutes of pure pleasure #GoBirds 🦅
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Eagles strip sack on Tom Brady - Local Announcers / Multiple Languages
YouTube video by Bill Kuehler
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 21/09/2026
Just a beautiful lede on this piece. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
There is a certain YouTube clip that I
watch from time to time, when I need a
pick-me-up, or when I'm in a giddy mood and want to push it further—to the upper reaches of euphoria. The video, from 2018, is titled "Eagles strip sack on Tom Brady - Local Announcers / Multiple Languages," and it captures seven seconds from the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LII, as witnessed by stunned sportscasters across the globe.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The US will soon have the world's only triumphal arch whose features were driven by litigation strategy.
At the strong request of the United States Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch, planned since the Civil War Era many years ago, at the Receptive Circle adjoining the Arlington Memorial Bridge, into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas, and additionally have and hold large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage. There will be no facility like this anywhere in the World. Out of the 59 top cities and Capitals, Washington, D.C., IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD THAT DOES NOT HAVE A TRIUMPHAL ARCH, but it will now and, by far, the greatest of them all! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Microsoft employees debated whether what OpenAI was doing represented the ‘largest theft of labor in human history’ and could create a ‘doom loop’ that could ultimately threaten the quality of the LLMs they were building” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/t...
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Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History
Newly unsealed court documents showed concern within Microsoft and OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop A.I. systems.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 18/09/2026
‘Seismic shift’: Todd Blanche’s political appearances shatter another DOJ norm
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‘Seismic shift’: Todd Blanche’s political appearances shatter another DOJ norm
Justice Department veterans say the attorney general’s recent political activities fuel the appearance of a lack of independence from the White House.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 17/09/2026
‘Godfather of AI’ warns Congress has ‘maybe a year’ left to regulate AI
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‘Godfather of AI’ warns Congress has ‘maybe a year’ left to regulate AI
There appeared to be a lot of talk about artificial intelligence and little progress on Capitol Hill this week. But members remain hopeful that Congress can act.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 17/09/2026
"The condemnation of Judge Micko by Trump-aligned media outlets was followed by a series of violent threats, which have not been previously reported. In the interview, Judge Schiltz revealed that Judge Micko and his family had to be moved to a secure location, where they remained for several days."
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Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns (Gift Article)
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 16/09/2026
On Jan. 6: “It’s a huge unhealed wound that continues to separate the two sides of the aisle.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/m...
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‘You’re Elected to Fight and Kill the Other Side’: How Congress Lost Its Way (Gift Article)
Members from both parties say the legislative branch has descended into a state of dysfunction in the Trump era.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW: At appeals court argument in Virginia, clues emerge about little-noticed Trump DOJ move to uncover reporter's sources. LinkedIn is fighting effort to get data on contacts with 6 unnamed users. more w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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DOJ seeking reporter’s LinkedIn records in secretive First Amendment court fight
The fight comes at a sensitive moment for national media, which has seen reporters targeted by subpoenas and search warrants in leak probes.
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It’s hard to imagine any other beat in any other US city being covered as obsessively as the Philly sports media covers the Eagles. But is that coverage actually good? And is it good for Philly & its residents? Tom McGrath takes a smart look at those questions at @phillymag.com & isn’t so sure.
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The Biggest Game in Town: Inside the Eagles Media-Industrial Complex
30 news outlets. 250 stories (and TikToks and podcasts and posts and prognostications) a day, 24/7. Three hundred and sixty-five days a year. How much Eagles news can — or should — one city consume?
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 15/09/2026
“The government is not going to disclose what it’s destroying,” John Brennan’s lawyer said in court on Monday. “There’s a lot of really underhanded stuff going on in this investigation.”
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Trump loyalist subpoenaed John Brennan before resignation last week
The former CIA director’s team is trying to convince a federal judge in D.C. to force the Justice Department to preserve records they may use to make vindictive prosecution accusations.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 14/09/2026
DHS watchdog finds immigrants held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in outdoor cages the size of phone booths
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DHS watchdog finds immigrants held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in outdoor cages the size of phone booths
The cages, called “calming areas,” were used for detainees to “reflect on their behavior choices, manage their emotions, reduce stress and practice self-directed behavior,” according to the inspector ...
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 14/09/2026
"Opinion is like cement. It’s soft at first, but it hardens over time. The single best example I’ve ever seen of this maxim is the Republican reaction to the events of January 6, 2021." @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on one of the stunningly effective effort to shift the narrative after J6:
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How MAGA Bewildered Voters Into Its Alternate Reality
The years-long project to discredit fact-based media and replace it with MAGA slop has been disastrously successful.
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
25 years later and The Onion’s ParentCorner 9/11 explainer from immediately after the attack is a better understanding of the threat environment than the one produced by the U.S. government.
An Onion article titled “Talking to your child about the WTC attack,” which is filled with real good info.
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW: Senate campaign staffer used Nazi soldiers as profile photo: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Ohio Senate campaign staffer used Nazi soldiers as profile photo
A top staffer for Sen. Jon Husted's reelection campaign recently made a playlist of songs in honor of White colonists in Rhodesia and wore a Nazi uniform.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is "disagreements develop among Trump officials devoted to indicting the president's foes" not "Joe diGenova, welcome to the resistance."
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 11/09/2026
👀 👀 👀 Spent 15 minutes on the phone with Joe diGenova this morning, who acknowledged there was a specific event that sparked his resignation yesterday amid a clash with Main Justice.
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Trump loyalist probing Mar-a-Lago search says DOJ tensions sparked his resignation
“Lanes got crossed,” Joe diGenova told NBC News after his departure from the Justice Department.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim's son: “I think the one parting thing I want to leave everyone with is that you do my dad’s legacy and the legacy of all these victims no honor by using this tragedy to spread hate.” “I want to use the little platform I have to ask for that to please stop."
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9/11 victim's son says tragedy should not be used to 'spread hate'
In seemingly unscripted remarks at the ground zero memorial, the son of a Staten Island man killed on 9/11 urged people nationwide to “please stop” using
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 11/09/2026
“It was an honor and a privilege to serve the president and the department,” Joe diGenova told me. “I’m moving on.”
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Prosecutor who led ‘grand conspiracy’ probe of Trump targets resigns without charging anyone
Joe diGenova, 81, was part of a group that tried to overturn the 2020 election.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 10/09/2026
Netanyahu faces storm over report he ignored warning ahead of Oct. 7 attacks
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Netanyahu faces storm over report he ignored warning ahead of Oct. 7 attacks
Gadi Eisenkot, a former military commander who has emerged as Netanyahu’s main rival in the Oct. 27 election, accused him of evading responsibility for security lapses.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Real Americans are watching the game on NBC right now with an over-the-air antenna while second-screening social media.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 09/09/2026
Trump administration fires prosecutor in dropped case against politically-linked Indian billionaire
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Trump administration fires prosecutor in dropped case against politically-linked Indian billionaire
Gautam Adani had faced a criminal case that Trump administration moved to drop.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 09/09/2026
Slightly worried Jeanine Pirro thinks my name is “Not You.”
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 09/09/2026
“In military justice, if a convicted prisoner dies while appealing, the conviction is vacated. He would die innocent in the eyes of the law. A conviction through a guilty plea could prevent that possibility.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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A Place Where Memories of the 9/11 Victims Have Faded Away (Gift Article)
Relatives who traveled to the U.S. Navy base in Guantánamo Bay left memory stones and messages for those killed in the attacks 25 years ago.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 08/09/2026
“Make no mistake: The communications environment around this fall is going to be horrific. There will be vast quantities of noise, just garbage nonsense coming out of the federal government.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Trump administration gives DOJ civil rights unit a new focus: Voter fraud
Federal election monitors traditionally focused on protecting the voting rights of marginalized groups are getting additional marching orders for the midterms.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 04/09/2026
Rally in support of Olympic canoeist David Hearn ahead of 2:30 hearing in his Reflecting Pool case.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 04/09/2026
A reminder that the Maria Bartiromo butterfly effect caused Cassidy Hutchinson to have to clean ketchup off the White House wall.
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By 2020, Bartiromo's star wasn't shining so brightly anymore.
Ailes had been out of the company for four years, dead for three.* Fox had renewed her reported $6 million contract in 2019, but now there were questions of whether she was worth the cost and how low she was willing to go for ratings. "What happened to Maria Bartiromo?" read one headline.* Some of the talk came from within Fox itself: a senior vice president at Fox News said Bartiromo had "gop conspiracy theorists in her ear" and was saying "crazy wrong shit," while Fox Business News president Lauren Petterson said Bartiromo should "get off social [media) all together.?46
Bartiromo believed it was "easier to get good ratings when you are giving your audience something they want to hear." She agreed with her producer, who said after the election that Barti-romo's audience "doesn't want to hear about a peaceful transition." On the day of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping presser, Bartiromo received and read an email from someone who claimed they were a "ghost" who could "time-travel in a semiconscious state" and received messages from "the wind." She later called it "kooky" and "nonsense."
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
One federal judge was so worried for their and their family’s safety after being the target of intense threats — more than 700 received — that they built a safe room in their house after someone posted the floor plans to their home on the internet.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.
The front page of The Onion's September edition from September 2001 featuring the headline "U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We're At War With."
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Susan Collins tells Politico’s Jonathan Martin that Trump still mentions her vote to convict him after Jan. 6: “Believe me, the president brings up that vote almost every single time I see him.” Regardless, Trump has endorsed Collins for reelection—unlike other Rs who voted to impeach or convict.
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I had been unaware of this pretty disturbing incident of DHS taking a "trophy photo" of a man arrested by CBP in Minnesota (DOJ appears to have since moved to dismiss the case against him) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Recent disclosures in another federal prosecution in this District provide
substantial reason to believe that these photographs were not merely routine arrest
documentation. In United States v. Jama, No. 26-mj-53 (MJD/LIB), court-ordered
supplemental discovery revealed that DHS agents photographed a handcuffed defendant
during his transportation to the Whipple Federal Building on January 23, 2026. The
photograph showed two tactical-clad agents posing with the handcuffed defendant while
displaying “victory” signs. More significantly, the discovery included contemporaneous
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CASE 0:26-cr-00025-LMP-DLM Doc. 756 Filed 08/31/26 Page 4 of 18
communications expressly requesting that agents obtain a “Trophy pic” with the
defendant because doing so was “super important to JOC,” referring to DHS’s Joint
Operations Center or leadership. See Defendant’s Response in Supp. of U.S. Mtn. to
Dismiss with Prejudice at 17-19, Doc. 66 (filed June 25, 2026), United States v. Jama,
No. 26-mj-53 (MJD/LIB)After agents transmitted an initial photograph, a coordinating agent requested that
they retake it because JOC “really wants” a photograph with HSI agents positioned on
either side of the defendant. Agents thereafter complied, photographing the handcuffed
defendant facing the camera with two HSI agents positioned beside him. See Id. The
resulting photograph was then circulated through what appeared to be a separate chat
involving the individual who had requested the “trophy pic,” where agents reacted to the
photograph with heart emojis. See Id
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 01/09/2026
“We have seen on the corporate side a shift in capitulation to the administration,” Kaepernick says, which he says in turn has had an effect on athletes.
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Colin Kaepernick’s unfinished business
In an exclusive interview with NBC News, the former quarterback opens up about the NFL, racism, politics and the 10 years since he took a knee.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 31/08/2026
“Construction of the ballroom has proceeded apace for the better part of a year," dissented Chief Justice John Roberts. "That construction is likely unlawful."
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Supreme Court allows Trump to move forward with White House ballroom construction
Challengers argued that the president needed Congress’ approval to build the ballroom.
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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian government roles. They include Rob Maness, Kurt Schlicter and Tom Anderson, better known as Cynical Publius. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 27/08/2026
In which The Daily Caller purports to claim exclusivity on an amicus brief that hit the docket two days ago (which includes a dead link to the author's desktop): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 27/08/2026
A reminder that 19 years ago was core Bradley Schlozman time.
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