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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 16h
This is illegal and (a) it’s not even close to defensible and (b) shouldn’t be tolerated.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19h
What even is GOP’s sales pitch for the midterms? Inflation - up Gas prices - way up War in Ukraine - still going War in Iran - still going Houthis - out of control Beef prices - record highs Public health - people are dying from the fucking measles No wins to speak of.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 17h
Watchdog group @citizensforethics.org files legal challenge, asking court to block Jared Kushner from serving as Trump envoy They allege he's “breaking the law by acting as one of the country’s top diplomats without undergoing Senate confirmation or filing financial disclosures.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17h
They both did it.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 13/10/2026
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David Jolly @davidjolly.bsky.social · 18h
I know that serving in elected office means you have an obligation to everybody, not just to your party. That’s why the values I fight for have always been consistent: the economy should work for everybody and everyone’s rights should be protected and their dignity respected.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 21h
Five hundred people on hunger strike inside a for-profit ICE concentration camp in Georgia.
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Approximately 500 participate in hunger strike at Folkston immigration detention center - The Current
Approximately 500 detainees at a private ICE facility in Folkston, Georgia, launched a hunger strike to protest poor living conditions and alleged asylum protocol violations while awaiting judicial he...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This is disgusting, but not unexpected. The Trump administration is putting their thumb on the scales for Putin, despite the fact that it’s Russia violating the energy ceasefire. 
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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Trump’s face after his new press secretary said she passed the bar in China
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Scoop: Lesley Stahl's "60 Minutes" piece on the extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank spurred HEATED clashes behind the scenes at CBS News, with Bari Weiss "very, very hands-on." Stahl grew so frustrated, she floated quitting. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
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Bari’s Stahl Showdown
Two recent clashes over Israel coverage have roiled Bari Weiss' CBS News, Status has learned, with one confrontation even pushing legendary “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl to the brink of quit...
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Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
We're at the "torturing my enemies" part of the authoritarian takeover of America, if anyone's keeping score.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 12/10/2026
Biggest takeaway from a decade reporting on the Trump's businesses: Norms ain't laws. And laws ain’t shit unless they’re enforced quickly and proportionately.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12/10/2026
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an abrupt attempt to force Ukraine to surrender and to save the Russian economy, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues:
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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is a significant worsening of our current state of constitutional collapse. I know it feels like there are so many, and there are, but in terms of crossing the Rubicon moments this one's up there.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: Trump and Marco Rubio are weighing firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, according to a U.S. official.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Iran War is costing Americans $2,000 per household according to analysis by Moody's Analytics and Brown University.
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 12/10/2026
More than 400 trees were cut down in D.C.'s East Potomac Park this weekend. A furious federal judge said the government failed to give proper notice of the work amid an ongoing lawsuit.
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Furious judge orders freeze after 400 trees are cut down in East Potomac Park
The Trump administration says the tree removal has nothing to do with the president’s plan to renovate the park into a championship-level golf course.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?
Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 12/10/2026
Late Friday — a time notorious for politicians trying to bury news they don’t want the public to notice — Hegseth’s Pentagon quietly acknowledged a tragic fact: The actual number of U.S. fatalities in the war with Iran is 21, not 18. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Hegseth’s Pentagon quietly reverses course, revises tally of U.S. war fatalities
“There is no excuse for a mistake of this magnitude,” two key congressional Democrats said about the updated total of war casualties.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
With Ilhan Omar search: DOJ Inspector General report (on Comey's misdeeds): "[V]arious witnesses testified that the Department has a longstanding unwritten practice to avoid overt law enforcement and prosecutorial activities close to an election, typically within 60 or 90 days of Election Day."
II. Department Policies and Practices Governing Investigative Activities in Advance of an 

Election Department policies require all Department officials to “enforce the laws...in a neutral and impartial manner” and to remain “particularly sensitive to safeguarding the Department’s reputation for fairness, neutrality, and nonpartisanship.” Various policies also address investigative activities timed to affect an election and require that prosecutors and agents consult with the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section (PIN) before taking overt investigative steps in advance of a primary or general election. No Department policy contains a specific prohibition on overt investigative steps within a particular period before an election. Nevertheless, various witnesses testified that the Department has a longstanding unwritten practice to avoid overt law enforcement and prosecutorial activities close to an election, typically within 60 or 90 days of Election Day. We discuss relevant Department policies and practices below.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is really interesting if accurate. Anyone see confirmation?
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Seven Senators on Sen Foreign Relations Committee, including 4 Republicans, denounce Trump's decision to import Russian diesel, saying it "runs directly counter" to 2022 statute.
Seven Senators on Sen Foreign Relations Committee, including 4 Republicans, denounce Trump's decision to import Russian diesel, saying it "runs directly counter" to 2022 statute.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Well, it’s a quick take, and no doubt data will come in, but it sure looks like based on today’s evidence that a lot of pro-Trump and pro-AfD bot work depends directly on Russian data centers.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is absolutely sick.
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Julia Curlee @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
For not the first time, the world’s collective response to the U.S. President is — what the hell are you talking about?
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Francis Ford Copulate @francis-f-copulate.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
see?
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Blanking out this name, which you can find easily in NYT story (or ALT). Point is that this 63-year-old person was comfortable being quoted saying that live-streamed firing squad execution would be "awesome." MAGA is really boiling down to 'the base.' www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...
“It’s awesome,” said Myra Ellis, a 63-year-old retired banker from Benton, Ill., who said she plans to watch the execution. “It’s the start of our country getting clean. Anybody that goes onto our military bases and kills our service members deserves to die.”
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump begging Putin for a symbolic (and illegal) gift of diesel fuel shows only that he wants others to feel as grateful to Putin as he does.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Mamdani: "We are talking a federal agency that is ripping families apart, that's willing to endanger the lives of a 5 year old child as well as any New Yorker in the surrounding area, % then after the fact, seeks to blame the person and the city at large as opposed to reflect upon their own actions"
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Brilliant ad from Troy Jackson’s campaign. It sets politics aside and gives people resources and direction on heating their homes this winter, given the shortages caused by the war in Iran.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/10/2026
U.S. soldiers wounded in an Iranian drone strike tell the AP the military's medical system failed them: “I was just kind of on my own, at least it felt like that.”
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Donald Trump is using the presidency to shape financial regulations for an industry that made him $1.4 BILLION. Listen to Scott Greytak of @transparencyusa.bsky.social lay out this obvious conflict of interest. Oversight Dems are ready to fight this corruption on day one in the majority.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
There's a reason Trump's FDA is pushing their review of the abortion pill into next year: The midterms. They don't want to tell women, before they vote in a few weeks, that they are about to lose their ability to obtain abortion medication. Vote blue, no matter who. www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/h...
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FDA says its safety review of abortion pill will continue into next year | CNN
The Food and Drug Administration says its ongoing safety review of the nation’s main abortion pill will continue into next year, a timeline that was quickly condemned by abortion opponents hoping to s...
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is a big deal. DC fed judge says that DOJ's pursuit (and use) of the state voter files is unlawful, on a bunch of different grounds. And effectively confirms that for the 18 states that submitted files willingly, whoever collected the files at DOJ Civil Rights committed federal crimes.
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Memorandum & Opinion – #51 in COMMON CAUSE v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01352) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION re the 29 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and the 32 Motion to Dismiss, or in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment. See the attached document for details. Signed by Judge Spark...
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just being told that The Independent's US division is laying off a large number of employees today and that it impacts pretty much every department, including the news desk, culture, politics, etc. Some journalists have already posted that they've been let go, such as @ericmgarcia.bsky.social.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
(We were not close. He was a friendly and generous guy, the last email I got from him he was raising money to buy an ambulance for Syrian citizens. I prayed for him at my house of worship every Sunday for two years. He loved peace and people and he would hate every minute of this.)
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 09/10/2026
Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...
Proposal	Favor or oppose
Favor	Oppose
Enforce strict ethics code for justices	89	10
Limited terms for justices	79	21
Increase number of justices	53	47
Marquette Law School Poll, national survey: Sept. 2-9, 2026
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I’m literally at a loss for words
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
FIRST LOOK: Sailors man the rails on the deck of USS Abraham Lincoln as it sails into port at NAS North Island, Ca. 📸: Alison Bath #Flashes
US Sailors in dress whites man the rails of the USS Abraham Lincoln. (Alison Bath/Stars and Stripes)The USS Abraham Lincoln as it sails into port at NAS North Island, Ca. (Alison Bath/Stars and Stripes)The USS Abraham Lincoln as it sails into port at NAS North Island, Ca. (Alison Bath/Stars and Stripes)The USS Abraham Lincoln as it sails into port at NAS North Island, Ca. (Alison Bath/Stars and Stripes)
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Who needs a Nobel when people make up new fake awards for you?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: We knew in April that DOJ was investigating Hutchinson. Now NBC reports they are seeking a grand jury indictment for lying to Congress. The thing is, she didn't lie to Congress. She testified truthfully about what someone else told her. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Justice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson
The former Trump aide was a star witness before the Jan. 6 committee. The case is being pursued by the Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon.
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Steve the Dog🐾 @stevethedogcivics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Excerpted from 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 October 7, 2026 by @hcrichardson.bsky.social ⁣ heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-7-... Please share. 🐾⁣ Steve⁣ ⁣ #LettersFromAnAmerican #protectdemocracy
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Let’s use Signal. No one will ever see our messages that way
“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.”
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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Russian drones have struck a Turkish vessel called 'ROYAD MAMMADOV' off the coast of Romania, which was carrying Ukrainian grain to Italy. The Captain and one other crewmember were killed and 11 others were rescued.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Here's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
*adds to the impeachment proceedings list*
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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s hard to say one is a “train to nowhere” but the other is not.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The president’s bonkers rant about Southern California has Democrats seeing red all over again.
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Trump Hit With Fresh Call for 25th Amendment After Wild Offer
The president’s bonkers rant about Southern California has Democrats seeing red all over again.
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Governor Josh Shapiro @governor.pa.gov · 06/10/2026
Reminder: If you’re an eligible voter in Pennsylvania, you can vote safely and securely by mail this November. Pass it on — and visit pa.gov/vote for more information.
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