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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
Trump just had a massive meltdown over losing the Nobel Peace Prize to South African anti-apartheid jurist Navi Pillay. Trump attacked Pillay, admitted he knows nothing about her, claimed he deserves EIGHT Nobel Peace Prizes, took credit for preventing wars around the world,… 1/
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Documents released by a watchdog group suggest that despite Trump's promise to fund Freedom 250 events through private donations, taxpayers largely footed the bill. The budget estimates leave open questions about where tens of millions in private donations ended up.
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Trump Raised Big Bucks for Freedom 250 — But Most Events Appear to be Funded by Taxpayers
Newly released documents raise questions about what happened to the corporate and private donations.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is actually scandalous behavior and no one involved should work anywhere near journalism ever again. #MEpolitics @sulliview.bsky.social @froomkin.bsky.social @jayrosen.bsky.social @oliverdarcy.bsky.social @brianstelter.bsky.social
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
NEW: A private-equity executive took a top Pentagon role to help secure weapons contracts and critical minerals for the Department of Defense. After he joined, a firm he has ties to began landing major military contracts.
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The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 09/10/2026
A source familiar with the matter said the article was taken down while reporting is being finalized.
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ABC Article On Trump’s Sons’ Pentagon-Linked Investments Removed After It Was Published ‘Prematurely’
A source familiar with the matter said the article was taken down while reporting is being finalized.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump made 517 personal trades of stocks, bonds, or other financial funds in August — including purchases between $1 million and $5 million each in Microsoft, McDonald's and Comcast stock.
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SpaceX, Palantir, McDonald’s: Trump Made 517 Personal Financial Trades in August
Federal records detail the president’s latest stock and bond spree.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn't leave a paper trail.
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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We can't eat road salt.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Most people use AmEX for the points. In the Amb. Kimberly Guilfoyle texts, it's so the money "won't show" I was an ambassador myself & I've never seen anything like this She denies it, but you can smell this one from Athens! More on @CNN.com 👇
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
About last night's debate...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. “Please.” @wsj.com 🇬🇷 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oops. #MEpolitics
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Maine Republican Paul LePage Violates Federal Financial Disclosure Law
The former governor is months late revealing his personal finances. His campaign says Congress will receive the disclosure Tuesday.
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 06/10/2026
10/6 The story of Senator Susan Collins refusing to meet with 17 female Maine elected officials who went to DC to talk to her about Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination #maine #MEpolitics
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Power means nothing if you won't use it when the people of Maine need it. Maine deserves better. Maine deserves change. We have the chance to build a government that serves the people, not the ultra-wealthy. Let’s go win this thing.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In the last hours of Kristi Noem's tenure as Homeland Security secretary, her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes from the man's firm at a substantial markup, documents show.
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh. #MEpolitics
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The 5 Senators—Including Maine's Susan Collins—With The Biggest Investments In Data Centers
Forbes examined financial disclosures for every sitting Senator. We found 26 Senators with at least $7 million in investments tied directly to the data center buildout, including Sheldon Whitehouse an...
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Senator Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire and now she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Facts not in dispute: Susan Collins finance director and her husband's boss BOTH colluded with a felon donor to obtain separate illegal campaign donations. Denying this amounts to 'wrongdoing' is just further confirmation that Collins's moral compass is broken. #MEpolitics
News Center Maine headline: Sen. Collins rejects corruption allegations tied to 2020 campaign, calling them 'completely baseless'
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is publicly pushing back against allegations involving her 2020 reelection...
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pro Publica’s bombshell report is as detailed a story about government corruption as you’re going to get. And Susan Collins is right in the middle of it.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The New York Times reported in August that Susan Collins met with one of these dark money groups at a DC townhouse owned by Oracle. (Can't make this stuff up!) What was said at the meeting? Who are the people behind the dark money group? Only Susan Collins knows! tinyurl.com/ywn24d67 #MEpolitics
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Matt Dunlap @dunlap4congress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cynthia Phinney of the Maine AFL-CIO wrote about why elections like this one matter, and why she's backing candidates like Matt Dunlap who've pledged to fight for the PRO Act and give workers a fair shot at organizing.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls
The judge said the Civil Rights Act does not authorize DOJ's demands for the Peach State’s unredacted voter roll.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you need a refresher about the issues involved in release of Vol. 2 of Jack Smith’s report, you’re not alone. The case was briefed months ago, but has been sitting on the court’s docket waiting for oral argument. I wrote about it back then: joycevance.substack.com/p/trumps-pas...
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Trump's Past Is Catching Up With Him
We’ve discussed Trump’s ongoing efforts to prevent the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on the now-dismissed classified documents prosecution against the president.
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 30/09/2026
9/30 Mainer and professor of American history Heather Cox Richardson says Senate race in Maine is about “reclaiming our democracy” #maine #MEpolitics
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Matt Dunlap @dunlap4congress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sabato's Crystal Ball just moved this race from Likely R to Lean R. This race is winnable, but only with your help. Chip in now and help us close it out 👇️
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Matt Dunlap's race is important because it's a potential flip. But it's also important because if Dunlap pulls it off it will be a repudiation of Jared Golden-ism and the DC establishment groupthink that assumes the way to win tough districts is to adopt GOP stances and badmouth Dems. #MEpolitics
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 30/09/2026
Thirty people who say they endured sexual abuse while incarcerated as minors sued the state Tuesday for negligence, accusing officials of hiring, training, and supervision failures that created a decades-long “culture of abuse” in New Jersey’s youth prisons.
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Dozens more lawsuits filed over sex abuse in NJ youth jails
Thirty people who say they endured sexual abuse while incarcerated as minors sued the state Tuesday for negligence, accusing officials of hiring, training, and supervision failures that created a decades-long “culture of abuse” in New Jersey’s youth prisons.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's our turn to be concerned about Susan Collins.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is clear that Democrats are set to sweep control of Congress in free and fair elections. It is also clear that Trump and the GOP are working to make sure the elections are not free and fair. I founded Democracy Docket to help you stay informed to fight back. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@propublica.org provided receipts that Susan Collins campaign conspired with a felon/donor to commit campaign finance crimes; Collins maintains her team did nothing wrong but hasn't spoken to the specifics; and the staffer still works for Collins. How is this sustainable? #MEpolitics
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One week after this was published: Is Amy Abbott continuing to serve as the finance director on Susan Collins 2026 campaign? If so why hasn't she been dismissed? Has anyone asked? #MEpolitics
ProPublica article: The principals settled on hosting Collins for a publicity event at Navatek’s Maine headquarters in August 2019, where she posed for pictures with Kao and a model of the company’s experimental boat. Behind the scenes, the FBI saw in emails and company records, Kao orchestrated over $40,000 in donations from extended family in advance of the event. To avoid the legal cap on individual campaign contributions, the emails show, he told Collins’ team to reallocate his excess contributions to his father — which an agent highlighted and noted is against election law in a presentation to prosecutors — and sent them his father’s full name and address.

“This is perfect,” Amy Abbott, the reelection campaign finance director, emailed Kao after discussing his father’s contribution. “We are so grateful for ALL the Kao support!”
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't buy me love. Not even w/ your tax dollars The White House put JMSN's "Love Me" under a govt-funded ad about Trump & never asked. We're sending the song back @democracydefendersaction.org & @Ballard are fighting for JMSN Full scoop @yasharali.bsky.social👇 -TN
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SCOOP: Trump White House Hit With Cease-and-Desist Over Unauthorized Use of Song in Taxpayer-Funded Ad
JMSN’s attorneys are demanding that the Trump administration stop using “Love Me” in a government-funded ad, take down existing copies and account for every airing and dollar spent.
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Jordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Across Maine, Republicans are running for office as fake "independents." Not because they changed. Because they know an R can't win where they're running. We need to unmask them. Who’s the one in your district? I'll start in the replies. #mepolitics
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Absolute madness that a week after @propublica.org story's we still have no clue why Susan Collins's husband Tom Daffron has been getting $$$ from the guy running the super PAC she's legally barred from coordinating with -- or how much he's received. We just know it's more than $1,000. #MEpolitics
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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We have completely lost the plot in America, when seven men can drug and gang rape a woman who was in no condition to give consent and so much of the concern is for the “men’s” futures. There needs to he a reckoning when it comes to male-first framing and societal expectations.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
Men—we need to talk: •Timothy Hudson raped & killed his stepsister—he got pretrial release •7 men at Cornell drugged, trafficked, & raped a woman—they faced no consequences •An American man annihilates his entire family—every 5 days Women are not safe around men www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
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Women Are Not Safe Around Men
This is a fact. The data is unambiguous and the solutions exist. The only thing missing is the will to act.
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New: FBI in internal memo says it believes ShinyHunters may have stolen private data on all employees. Fears of longterm consequences of breach magnify as hackers threaten to leak everything online by end of Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees (Gift Article)
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 29/09/2026
OpenAI cancels release of newest model due to safety concerns
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OpenAI cancels release of newest model due to safety concerns
In a statement from OpenAI's head of safety systems Saachi Jain, the latest version 'didn't quite meet the bar'” It had become more persistent in completing tasks, but OpenAI needed to balance that capability against unauthorized behavior.
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WBUR @wbur.org · 29/09/2026
New York prosecutors are reopening an investigation into an alleged rape case at Cornell University in 2024. The alleged victim recently filed a lawsuit against seven members of Chi Phi fraternity.
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Prosecutors are reopening a Cornell fraternity rape case. Here's what we know
New York prosecutors are reopening an investigation into an alleged rape case at Cornell University in 2024. The alleged victim recently filed a lawsuit against seven members of Chi Phi fraternity.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Katie Phang breaks down one of the most disturbing pieces of evidence in the new Cornell sex assault lawsuit: an alleged fraternity Snapchat message referring to the plaintiff as “free p***y upstairs.” Phang zeroes in on another detail: someone apparently photographed the Snapchat from another phone
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Calling Scott Reed and Susan Collins husband Tom Daffron 'former business partners' is highly misleading. As the next sentence makes clear, Reed paid Daffron (for what?!) quite recently. And last week Collins's campaign manager said "they're still working together"! tinyurl.com/2pja4fhj #MEpolitics
Press Herald article: The super PAC, called the 1820 PAC, was controlled by Scott Reed, a friend and former business partner of Collins’ husband, Tom Daffron. Financial disclosures from Collins show Daffron was paid at least $1,000 for consulting work last year at Chesapeake Enterprises.
This cycle, Reed is chairman of Pine Tree Results, a super PAC spending millions to reelect Collins.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Happy to be speaking with @hcrichardson.bsky.social tonight!
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Bangor Daily News @bangordailynews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Because the FBI was reportedly not allowed to complete this investigation, political operatives have taken over the narrative, with speculation and political attacks replacing factual information from government investigators." www.bangordailynews.com/2026/09/24/o...
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Editorial: Shutting down FBI investigation shortchanged Maine voters
“Because the FBI was reportedly not allowed to complete this investigation, political operatives have taken over the narrative, with speculation and political attacks replacing factual information…
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