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Scott Thurm

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Retired journo. WSJ, Wired, The Information et al

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump has said the Iran war is almost over at least 60 times. It's been 212 days. 19 service members are dead, 800+ wounded, $43 billion gone. We counted every broken promise with @votevets.org.
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Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Smith was(n’t) at a Hawks game. Ray Epps was at the Capitol on January 6. BClinton and Loretta Lynch were on a tarmac. To Republicans, these are case-closed moments proving *absolute* guilt. But two Russian assets meeting with Don Jr and Jared in Trump Tower in 2016? “Nothing to see here…”
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Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today's "White House Accord on Super Intelligence" #smh
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pete Hegseth announced on Monday that he is directing the military to defend the US midterm elections from foreign interference, but the CISA agency in charge of this has been gutted. Here's what it all means: shero.substack.com/p/hegseth-pr...
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Hegseth Pretends to Care About Election Integrity after Gutting CISA
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo on Monday directing the military to defend the US midterm elections from foreign interference.
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Again, gas prices spiked in 2022-23 because Russia invaded Ukraine which caused a major disruption in global supply. Then they came down. Biden didn’t cause it. Gas prices rose in 2026 due solely to the stupidity of Trump who started a war in the Middle East.
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz! [SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
At least 6 babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stuff like this makes me pessimistic about the near term prospects of turning the Republicans back into any kind of basically normal political party. The whole next generation has been essentially selected for bigotry & derangement.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“.. Very good one sentence summary of the economy.” - Kyra Scanlon
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Donald Trump increased the price of gas, and now he wants you to have to buy more of it." Doesn't seem like a difficult messaging challenge for Democrats.
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nobody seems to bat an eye that Rufo's podcast partner is a longtime anonymous troll who called gays "f*ggots," referred to Asians as "mongoloids," and explicitly sees his partnership with Rufo as a strategy of normalizing what most of us would see as bigotry www.vox.com/politics/368...
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An inside look at how the far right is mainstreaming itself
An radical troll got unmasked — and then spilled the beans.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An AI-enhanced version of a grainy image that appears to be authentic and shows several men being arrested in relation to the ongoing incident at RAF Fairford is currently being shared on multiple platforms. A SynthID check reveals that the enhanced image was generated with OpenAI.
AI-enhanced version of an authentic image showing arrests at RAF Fairford
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Ben Edwards @bostonhistory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
'Shameful': Russian Dissident Blasts Trump's G20 Invite to Putin www.cnn.com/2026/09/26/u...
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‘Shameful’: Russian Dissident Blasts Trump’s G20 Invite to Putin | CNN
Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza slams President Trump’s “shameful” and “despicable” invite to Vladimir Putin for December’s G20 summit in Miami. Speaking with Erin Burnett, the dissident...
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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A new CNN KFile investigation finds two past accounts from Texas GOP candidate Bo French calling for public executions of government officials, Obama, Adam Schiff, and more. Repeatedly asked Texas GOP, Paxton, Abbott campaigns if they stood by him and got no response. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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KFile: Texas GOP candidate Bo French has a history of calling for public executions | CNN Politics
Bo French, the Republican nominee for one of Texas’ most powerful statewide offices, is facing bipartisan criticism over a racist post about the crowd at a University of Texas football game.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.
A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rise of 287(g) programs has meant that ICE is increasingly using local police as a very significant force multiplier, with up to 1 in 8 arrests of noncitizens in the interior now being carried out by state and local police. This is going to have profound impacts on community relations.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026
"Authoritarian, conservative, and reactionary networks have been among the principal drivers of the surge in distrust, conspiracism, and anti-scientific sentiment." Yes: contemporary polarization is driven by a deliberate campaign to destroy trust in core institutions & epistemic standards.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You know this. I am a Jewish Michigander who is a strong supporter of Abdul Al-Sayed. I am not alone. More than 800 of us have signed onto the letter below. docs.google.com/document/u/1...
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Michigan Jews for Democracy Signatories
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Kennedy: "I don't think any public official, including Trump or Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves ... I may end up with a sombrero on my head, but I also think we ought to have a rule that no politician can have a building named after him when he's alive"
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 27/09/2026
What an odd moment in United States history. A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government. Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The GOP cut funding to the IRS because *audits work* and they fundamentally don't believe rich people should have to play by the rules.
Line chart titled "Revenue per audit," subtitled "In-person audits, 2010-2014." It plots average revenue and average cost per audit by taxpayer income percentile, poorer to richer, from the 0–5th percentile to the top 0.1%. Source: Boning et al. 2023, "A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution."

Across the bottom half of the income distribution, revenue and cost track closely, both around $3,000–$6,000 per audit. Above the median, revenue pulls ahead of cost: about $10,000 vs. $5,000 near the 90th percentile, and about $17,000 vs. $8,000 at the 95th–99th. At the top, revenue jumps to about $31,000 for the 99–99.9th percentile and about $90,000 for the top 0.1%.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 27/09/2026
"America was designed with dangers like Donald Trump in mind... We are watching America’s first real challenger to its systems, safety nets and security against a leader resembling a mad English king." Read more from Oscar Robshaw here: bit.ly/3TbWjvX
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A federal judge has declared that the Trump administration unlawfully terminated $7 billion in grant funding for clean energy programs in disadvantaged communities. insideclimatenews.org/news/2109202...
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Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Administration Over Canceled Clean Energy Grants - Inside Climate News
The Solar for All program was intended to provide dozens of grants for clean energy programs in underserved communities. The Trump-appointed judge said the program’s termination was unlawful.
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Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After further reporting by @nataliaecm.bsky.social, we now know this error affected at least 200,000 should-be Texas voters. What a mess.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So much of what we are confronting today is best understood by the actions undertaken by white communities in response to integration orders. White supremacy is a form of democratic nihilism. Every institution, norm, and value of democracy will be sacrificed for it. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Sep. 27, 1958 | White Little Rock Voters Choose to Close Public Schools Rather Than Integrate
Learn more about our history of racial injustice
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
amazing -- Karl Rove lists Paxton's scandals: "The corrupt business guy gives him a fake Uber account and the records of that are now in his impeachment proceedings, so we know how often he went to have sex with Laura Olsen. I mean, can you make this shit up?"
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But Article 14. Lest we forget one of the reasons the UN was created. “Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.” www.un.org/en/about-us/...
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights | United Nations
A milestone document in the history of human rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. It has been translated...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In an effort to protect the GOP’s gerrymander, Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) argued that changing congressional maps after the primary would plunge the state into electoral chaos. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court smacks down Denny Hoskins for creating Missouri’s redistricting mess
The finding is an especially rough ending to a redistricting saga in which Hoskins repeatedly tried to preserve Missouri Republicans’ 2025 congressional gerrymander — only to be rebuked by the state S...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Utah Valley Univ “repeatedly tried to raise security concerns ahead of Charlie Kirk’s appearance on campus last year. “But Kirk’s team brushed those warnings off.” His organization “insisted on having it in the open campus courtyard” despite the school’s warnings. www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
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New report: Utah Valley University tried to warn Charlie Kirk’s staff of risks, but team ignored concerns
UVU’s police chief had texted Charlie Kirk’s private security adviser to meet about final safety measures for the event. That meeting “did not occur,” according to the independent review.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/09/2026
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was warned of an impending Hamas attack in 2023 by the UAE. The information wasn't passed on to Israeli security officials.
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Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7
The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials said.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/09/2026
Jeez. The court may have stopped some third-country removals at the last second yesterday, but ICE recalibrated quickly. Sept. 24 saw the most ICE flights+removals in the months I've been keeping a daily log. --at least 90 flights --at least 18 removals, including Haiti --plus a stop at Gitmo
A map of North and Central America showing dozens of flights emanating out ICE Air's hub of Alexandria, LA
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 25/09/2026
Holy forking shirt balls
Since I was not present, I was a convenient target to be scapegoated and publicly vilified. You
recklessly agreed in court that I had committed misconduct without even asking for my account,
fully reviewing the record or briefing the law. That evening, you sent an office-wide email laying
responsibility at my feet for a felony prosecution that you personally directed over my objection
that the case was better suited to misdemeanor charges. You then publicly announced an
investigation of my conduct spanning twenty years. These inexplicable actions severely damaged
a reputation I worked hard to build over decades and have damaged my prospects for future
employment and income.
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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 25/09/2026
If the ballroom construction is such a sensitive national security matter, why is Trump inviting the Chinese delegation on a tour???
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 24/09/2026
🚨 MONTANA: Unsubsidized ACA enrollees are gonna be hit with average rate hikes of 23% next year after Congressional Republicans allowed the enhanced subsidies to expire last December: acasignups.net/rate_changes...
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2027 Rate Changes - Montana: +23.3% indy market; +18.0% sm. group (FINAL)
Originally posted 8/11/26 ACA exchange enrollment has dropped by more than 11% in Montana since Congressional Republicans allowed the enhanced federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year. Init...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Prosecutor who was the sacrificial lamb in the Broadview Six Case files motion with the court in which she claims US Attorney Boutros knew everything, approved everything, demanded felony charges over her objections. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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'Broadview Six' prosecutor breaks silence, says she 'owns' mistakes but there's 'no basis' for smears
Lawyers for former federal prosecutor Sheri Mecklenburg say she retired Thursday from the Justice Department — a week before a federal judge is expected to hold a crucial hearing over the mishandling ...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction upbraiding ICE for mass arrests that have strained detention facilities and forced detainees all over the country into "overcrowded, squalid, and degrading rooms for excessive periods of time" www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
OMG -- under questioning from Hassan, Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton refuses to acknowledge that Trump can ever be wrong about anything even after she's confronted with a specific example of something Trump is clearly wrong about
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I want to emphasize once again that today in the Kharkiv region, Russia murdered six people who were simply sorting vegetables at a storage facility. With not one, but three drones! They also injured 12 others, some of whom are in critical condition in the hospital.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 24/09/2026
Don Jr.-backed drone-parts manufacturer congratulates Eric Trump-backed drone manufacturer on winning a DoD contract.
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XTEND has been awarded Phase III of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Modular Kinetic Lethal Drone (MKLD) program.

The award follows XTEND’s recent Gauntlet II top-performer selection under the Drone Dominance Program.

Read more: xtend.me/xtend-secures-…
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨New: With data added from more states, we now estimate that about 2 million fewer kids are receiving SNAP in the wake of deep cuts enacted in last year’s Republican reconciliation law. Overall, more than 5 million people have lost SNAP since July 2025. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Harmful 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law Is Implemented
SNAP participation nationwide fell by roughly 5 million people (12 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and May 2026, based on the latest month of data.
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