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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
Hey TN media— will anyone ask @MarshaBlackburn why she ducked 🦆 Jack Smith after whining about him for YEARS? A TVA photo op instead of doing her job on Judiciary committee🤔? Did she not want to remind us she tried to pocket MILLIONS from taxpayers over him doing HIS job? 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 4h
Susan Collins's campaign took a check from Leon Black three days after the Times exposed his Epstein payments. It wasn't the last check from the Black household. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-billiona...
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 4h
To speed up mass deportations, the Trump administration didn't just launch raids—it stripped $200M+ from nonprofit legal aid groups, bringing them to the brink of collapse. Here’s how immigrant legal defense barely survived the campaign to kneecap them:
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First Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.
How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.
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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · 4h
You're probably seeing daily footage of explosions, fires and casualties in Kyiv. Footage that doesn't look like it's coming out of a European capital. I'm going live with Ryan McBeth on why Kyiv looks like a frontline city and if Russia's strategy is working. 12pm ET / 5pm BST Tune in live:
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LIVE SOON: Why Kyiv looks like a frontline city
Starting Sep 30 at 12:00 PM EDT
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 4h
Despite the sabotage, legal aid groups are holding the line—on limited funds—to ensure migrants aren't forced into court alone. As one attorney put it, helping a client access due process and get a fair shot "alone is worth celebrating." Read the full story by @kpaoletta.bsky.social:
motherjones.com
First Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.
How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h
Tony Perkins’s remarks hit on one theme repeatedly: Notwithstanding the Dobbs decision, the right-to-life fight is not over. Trump and today's Republicans, it seems, might beg to differ. ICYMI @cheetah.bsky.social:
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An Evangelical Kingmaker Is Lost in the Age of Trump
Four years after Dobbs, evangelical leaders are confronting a Republican party increasingly uninterested in abortion.
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404 Media @404media.co · 4h
How local cops are forced to feed their license plate data to the feds, the two loudest birds on the planet, and a very strange video from the FBI.
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How the Feds Get Your Data
How local cops are forced to feed their license plate data to the feds, the two loudest birds on the planet, and a very strange video from the FBI.
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 4h
Trump’s changes to SNAP and Medicaid, including new eligibility and work requirements, are poised to cost states billions and have heightened fears that more Americans will lose access to the nation’s safety net. Visit our dedicated trend page for more. www.newsfromthestates.com/rising-trend...
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Medicaid/SNAP | News From The States
The Trump administration’s tax and spending plan, signed last year, made major changes to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid, including new eligibility and work…
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4h
Great interview by @alletson.bsky.social
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h
On the same day Trump announces that top tech firms have signed an accord to "self-police" their own AI development, we learned that OpenAI employees and security researchers were reportedly ignored when they brought safety concerns to the company's top executives. See the problem here?
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.
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Semper Supra @sempersupra.bsky.social · 4h
For those poo-pooing Talarico's use of Biblical terms, give me a fuck'n break! 1-This is who he is. It isn't an act like Oxford-educated Senator Foghorn Leghorn's accent. 2-Campaigns are abt striking a clear contrast btw you & your opponent. Contrasting Paxton to Biblical terms is a no-brainer!
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 4h
Tom Cotton's campaign took Leon Black's money in 2022. By then, Black's own firm had already put his payments to Epstein at $158 million. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-billiona...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4h
But in case you do: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/c...
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See How El Niño Is Washing Ashore in California (Gift Article)
An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach Southern California and continue north, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
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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Steve Sheffey @stevesheffey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Instead of adopting the flawed IHRA definition, checking a box, and moving on, @mayor.nyc.gov is taking meaningful, concrete action to fight antisemitism. Other municipalities should take note, take antisemitism seriously, and follow his lead.
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Strautz1 @strautz1.bsky.social · 14h
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h
Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.
Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 15h
Eric Schmitt’s conspiracy theory, slander and b-ball ignorance yesterday was humiliating. But also remember who he is: a natcon with a blood-and-soil belief that the only real Americans are descended from white Christians who immigrated before the mid-1800s. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14h
Rob Sand starts every event on his 99-county tour of Iowa by leading a round of applause for the Republicans in the room, and for the independents and Democrats, too.
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Rob Sand says he isn’t trying to turn Iowa blue. It just might happen anyway.
In a midterms wave fueled by resistance and revenge, the Democratic candidate for governor is singing a different tune.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14h
An entire party of clowns. I'm old enough to remember back when I disagreed with many of their policies, but at least they were adults.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 14h
US President Donald Trump talked up his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after he was asked about North Korea's reported nuclear weapons.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14h
still a 🤯 statement to make
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h
A video of Alabama Republican Senator Katie Britt looking visibly stunned during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing circulated on social media after her colleague, GOP Senator Eric Schmitt, stumbled badly in his questioning of former special counsel Jack Smith.
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Katie Britt’s reaction says it all as Jack Smith gotcha moment goes up in flames - AOL
The exchange unravelled after Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt mistook a Caitlin Clark college basketball game in Maryland for an NBA game in Atlanta
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Fox News agrees to host a debate between me and Ken Paxton — because the people of Texas deserve it. They're just waiting on Paxton to agree. Ball's in your court, Ken.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 15h
Okay. I’m out of jokes. John Kennedy talking about throwing up in his mouth made me throw up in mine. Eric Schmitt is a moron. Katie Britt is the Stepford wife we never asked for, and the GOP should stop wasting everyone’s time with performative bullshit when people are scared and suffering.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 14h
In many red states, it's simply a question of whether you can get Trump's endorsement. So we wind up with idiots like Eric Schmitt, Tuberville and Darline Graham, if she wins I mean, Georgia Republicans nominated Herschel Walker because Trump told them to, for G-d's sake. And he almost beat Ossoff
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h
Great ad.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 21h
An appeals panel Friday seemed inclined to agree that more than 100 Venezuelan men Trump sent to a brutal prison in El Salvador are entitled to due process hearings to challenge their removal, which was made under an archaic 18th-century wartime law ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/28/r...
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Venezuelan men shipped to brutal prison under Alien Enemies Act ask court for due process • Ohio Capital Journal
An appeals panel Friday seemed inclined to agree that more than 100 Venezuelan men the Trump administration sent to a brutal prison in El Salvador are entitled to due process hearings to challenge…
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22h
Missed this Greg Sargent joint exploring options to shut down or curtail Stephen Miller’s ethnic cleansing office within State, should Democrats retake the House
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 21h
But where will Trump find someone else who's as incompetent and loyal as Ka$h?
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 21h
just a reminder that Schmitt hired the guy who was too much of a Nazi for Ron DeSantis
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• This article is more than 2 months old
Republican senator employs aide fired by DeSantis over neo-Nazi imagery
Nate Hochman, staffer for Eric Schmitt, also peddled far-right conspiracy theories as experts decry rise in extremism
Jason Wilson
Fri 6 Jun 2025 08.00 EDT
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 21h
If you want more on Schmitt’s incredible dishonesty and stupidity I reviewed his book www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-li...
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A Litigation Playbook for Narrative Warfare
Eric Schmitt’s “The Last Line of Defense” casts courts as stages for political spectacle rather than forums for justice—and rewrites the evidentiary record along the way.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 20h
Eric Schmitt is a dishonest hack and incredible POS and after years of him attacking me & my team I’m happy to see people realize it. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-li...
lawfaremedia.org
A Litigation Playbook for Narrative Warfare
Eric Schmitt’s “The Last Line of Defense” casts courts as stages for political spectacle rather than forums for justice—and rewrites the evidentiary record along the way.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar: “For a US senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team … and imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you a dirtbag, is something that deserves an apology.”
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21h
WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
wsj.com
Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 20h
Here's an incredible example of how far DOJ and ICE will go in their failed attempts to prosecute the people they shoot. Also of the surveillance state. chicagoreader.com/news/ice-flo...
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Feds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions - Chicago Reader
During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 21h
Hundred percent, and it's likely his hitler youth staffers put it together. They really thought they'd done something here. What a clown show.
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David Frank DeLuca @davidfrankdeluca.bsky.social · 21h
I called Sen. Eric Schmitt's office and asked the staffer who answered if the senator was a war hawk or a chicken hawk, or both. I told her I would hold until she got an answer from the senator. I encourage you to do it too. Here's his number in Washington DC: (202) 224-5721.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 20h
Later in the thread. Two problems: (1) many of these folks are *not* undocumented—they’re just removable; and (2) in any event, whether they received the process that is due before being deported to somewhere they might be tortured is, in fact, much of what’s *actually being litigated.*
“To be clear, this is a big win for President Trump and gives him an important tool to ensure that illegal aliens are promptly removed after receiving all process due.”
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21h
There is a cottage industry on that other site of people in official government legal jobs affirmatively misstating or misrepresenting what rulings are about and then expressing surprise that anyone could possibly disagree. Just the latest example—from the Solicitor General of Iowa:
“Can President Trump use lawful authority granted by Congress to deport illegal aliens to third countries? The Supreme Court has stayed an order saying no twice, now stayed a permanent injunction for a third time. Oddly, 6-3 despite a similar posture to the Missouri First map”
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20h
Senator Eric Schmitt accused Smith of having shady meetings while in Atlanta for a professional basketball game. In reality, Smith was in Maryland on the date in question for a college basketball game. trib.al/lzvaNZV
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GOP Senator Tries to Trap Jack Smith—and Gets Every Detail Wrong
Senator Eric Schmitt accused Smith of having shady meetings while in Atlanta for a professional basketball game. In reality, Smith was in Maryland on the date in question for a college basketball game.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 20h
Wired just did a story noting that an influencer named Kurt Schlichter is a “civilian government advisor” (?) to Hegseth. This dude has been around forever in internet time and writes the worst novels that are basically Turner Diaries fanfic www.wired.com/story/a-pent...
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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 20h
Talked to @stuartpstevens.bsky.social youtu.be/SSDsrx025yM?...
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Jack Smith DETROYS Trump's Act w/ Stuart Stevens
YouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"So by all means, Democrats: Go out and win your blue wave. But when you come back to Washington, let’s not write off the possibility of working to toss out America’s aspiring dictator." www.thebulwark.com/p/impeach-hi...
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Impeach Him Again
There’s never been a better time.
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