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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This was the 28th time #SCOTUS has granted emergency relief to the Trump administration since 1/20/25. That matches the total number of grants during the entirety of the first Trump administration. And both of those totals dwarf the *four* grants of relief (two each) during the Bush & Obama admins.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Brilliant bloopers from BETWEEN TWO FERNS #ZachGalifianakis
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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
She was a resident in med school who'd just had a baby, and Theresa Brooks was out knocking doors for Barack Obama. She was *that* inspired. How does a mom-of-three, doctor, small business owner and city council member find time to run for state Senate?? mallorymcmorrow.substack.com/p/in-the-are...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The New York Times remains laser-focused on ignoring the horrible things horrible people are doing to us. Coming Up Next: "Pol Pot's Favorite Footwear."
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/09/2026
You may have seen some polls this week showing Democrats doing well in key races across the country. I took a look for myself and came to one conclusion: Grab your surfboard, the blue wave is coming. (link below)
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mike Rogers told Michiganders he was an assembly line autoworker who made Chrysler LeBarons. Turns out it was a complete lie. Shameful.
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Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. • Michigan Advance
Rogers says he built Chrysler vehicles on an assembly line. Records show his work was at an aftermarket facility that modified vehicles after they left the factory.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It now costs the truck drivers on average $1,200 to fill up a single tank because of the war in Iran. Mike Rogers said it's a win-win-win. Are you winning?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/09/2026
Today's Kinzinger Report is out and we cover: - Trump's own judge blocks his press ban - MAGA influencers tuning out Trump - China may now have pieces of our F-35 - Trump invites Putin to the G20 at his golf club open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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BREAKING: Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Press Ban, MAGA Podcasters Move On From Trump, Senate Map Swings Toward Democrats, and more...
Top Stories for September 24, 2026.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
Judges say: No really, stop doing third-country removals immediately. And ICE flights are kinda still landing in third-country removal countries??? prospect.org/2026/09/24/j...
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Judges Reject ICE’s Underhanded Attempt to Maintain Third-Country Removals - The American Prospect
An appeals court made clear deportation flights to third countries must stop immediately, but flight data showed ICE may be violating the order.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You can thank Mike Rogers and his boss Donald Trump for your $5 gas and $7 diesel.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
50 percent tariffs for our beloved neighbor and historic ally, Canada. A red carpet and a military flyover for Communist China’s leader. Donald Trump is a sick man and a danger to America.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026
ICE snatched up a Senegalese college basketball player with an ACL injury in a Kentucky airport. She’s “in so much pain” and needs surgery, but is being transferred from camp to camp with little more than ibuprofen. www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...
A picture of Amina Seck in her Kentucky State jersey on a basketball court.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2013: $380,000 Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2026: $14,600,000 He cashed in and sold out Michiganders.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump stole taxpayer $$ to destroy the White House and replace it with a firetrap and too few ladies stalls. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
McCrery informed the White House that Trump’s ballroom design did not meet fire safety codes, which require the majority of guests to be able to quickly exit through the main entrance during an emergency, according to the people and documents. The architect also pointed out that alternative emergency exit routes out of the building were insufficient, and that there was little in the design to prevent a kitchen fire from rapidly spreading into the event space on the floor above.

In addition to fire safety concerns, Trump’s desired ballroom design did not include enough toilets to accommodate the structure’s maximum occupancy, according to documents, and there were few options for adding more, as the event space occupied most of the building’s footprint. One early ballroom design featured just seven stalls in the women’s bathroom.
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Rock and Roll Garage @rockandrollgarage.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy 77 birthday to Bruce Springsteen! 📸Rob DeMartin
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I sell books. He cuts grass. We clean up well. Wife. Mom of five. Ready to represent the people! Let's build a new vision for our country where we all get to thrive and flourish. Not just the 1%. Those shoes cost $17 and the dress came from Red Velvet Boutique, a Black Woman Owned Business in Jax.
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BLUE IS MISSING IN THE BRONX: last seen at Prospect Ave and E 182nd St, he's 20 pounds and chipped: 985113013934836. If you've seen or found him please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT BLUE!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 20/09/2026
The Third-Country Removal Tracker has been updated with last week's ICE flights to Costa Rica and Paraguay. Crossing fingers that, with the appeals court decision, this may be the last update for awhile. We'll see. gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all...
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Tracking All of Trump’s Known Third-Country Removals
Trump's ICE has expelled an estimated 23,000 people to countries where they have no ties. Find out where they are going, what happens to them, and who profits.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
White House correspondents, D.C. bureau chiefs, and media execs: The German government expelled Dorothy Thompson from the country in August 1934. She's remembered and respected today for her important coverage and analysis over the next decade of the German regime. Be like Dorothy Thompson.
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Taegan Goddard @politicalwire.com · 19/09/2026
Nobel Economists Throw Support Behind Billionaire Tax politicalwire.com/2026/09/19/nobel-…
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"She *lived* for her job. "For 40 years. "And now it’s gone." -- Dave Barry, writing about how his wife, longtime Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman, just got laid off by "two corporate guys she did not know, who did not know her." davebarry.substack.com/p/michelle
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Michelle
A tribute.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As gas prices in Michigan hit $5/gallon and diesel hits a record $6.59, it shouldn't be this hard to buy gas, groceries, or afford healthcare. Our economy has been rigged against the very people who make it work. I'm running for Senate to change that.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hey White House Correspondents' Association -- is *this enough?
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If I said we have a broken political system, it'd be the least memorable thing I said all day. We all know it. We all say it. The question is: Why do we act like it isn't? It can't go on like this.
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Chris Dickenson @cpdickenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Instead of “Russians go the polls” the headlines should be “Putin stages another fake election”.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 17/09/2026
America has an affordability crisis, an AI crisis, and an ongoing war with Iran. Mike Johnson's solution? Send lawmakers home.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🗣️ SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “It pays to be a Trump — THE MAR-A-LAGO MAFIA 🔥 really has taken 🇺🇸 corruption to spectacular new heights.” Junior’s drone company… Kushner’s Saudi Billions… Trump’s UAE crypto bribes… Ossoff calls out some of the ways the Trumps are selling out America.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a major win for voters, the Supreme Court Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate its mail voting restrictions ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to revive mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms, in huge win for voters
Read more here.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I said this years ago. It's been obvious. It remains obvious. It's a tragedy for our country.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: Now remember Trump promised to lower prices on day one. But last week, the broken old man threw a two-day party in Texas while it costs more than ever to fill up your truck, to stock your fridge, and to power your home.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Fun fact"
Since Roe v Wade was overturned, more women have been prosecuted for miscarriages than men for being in the Epstein files.
Over 22 to O.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 12/09/2026
Ahmed Soliman has been held by Equatoguinean police for two days now. His US lawyers tell me they still don’t know where he is, but they believe he and another third-country national taken with him are alive, and that they are being denied food and water.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It was an MLM convention. Anyone whose Dad ever sold Amway knows what this was. The downlines have tapped out their networks and are dropping off, garages full of product they can’t move and broken homes waiting for them when they get back.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
DHS posted a racist graphic attacking "Mr. Singh," a last name that many Sikh Michiganders carry proudly. It is unacceptable to demonize and profile entire communities. No Michigander should be targeted simply because of their name. Hate and bigotry will not stand.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026
The people ICE abandoned on Malabo are being disappeared, DHS copy-pastes the same statement they sent me two days ago, meanwhile a new ICE jet flies overhead and expels more third-country nationals a couple hundred miles away in Cameroon. It’s too much, man.
"When an individual is no longer in ICE custody then
ICE will no longer be responsible for them. This is common sense.
"For specific questions on the agreement, we refer to the State Department.""When an individual is no longer in ICE custody then
ICE will no longer be responsible for them. This is common sense.
"For specific questions on the agreement, we refer to the State Department."An FR24 map showing N120LW flying past Malabo and landing in Yaoundé.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Biden checks his watch at a ceremony and Fox does nonstop segments on it for weeks. But Trump falls asleep repeatedly at the 9/11 ceremony and they won’t even show it. But national broadcast news networks won’t show it either because that would be impolite.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 was a heinous attack. Things worse than 9/11 that we have actively supported: hundreds of thousands of innocent dead in Iraq, thousands of innocent dead in Afghanistan, hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths during COVID due to political decisions by Trump, tens of thousands of innocent...
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
James Talarico: Tarrant County, the largest swing county in the state of Texas, is closing 92 polling locations. They’ve suspended a million voter registrations in our state. To anyone in Texas watching this — I’m urging you to check your voter registration online and make a plan to vote early.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026
25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Stop stop stop treating this $5k check thing like it’s real. It’s just…not.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026
25 years after the horrific terror attacks of September 11th, 2001, we remember the New Yorkers we lost and honor the extraordinary heroism and selflessness that carried our city forward.
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