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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7h
The Supreme Court endorses extreme cruelty toward helpless immigrants. The 6 Republican justices must think the Dred Scott decision is their precedent. Win the midterms and unpack the court.
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US supreme court allows Trump officials to resume deportations to third countries
Conservative majority temporarily lifts lower-court decision as liberal justices dissent from ruling
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h
BREAKING NYT: Ken Paxton told a group of conservative donors and lobbyists last week that Trump's midterm convention in Dallas had hurt Paxton politically, according to an audio recording obtained by The Times. "[W]hen we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody's numbers dropped."
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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7h
It's a new American tradition: Elect a president and spend the next 4 years blaming the guy who's not president for everything the actual president does.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7h
Republicans have a real can't-do spirit.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16h
What emerges when you take a deep breath is a picture of what we all know by now to be true. This is not a president who is committed to governing, to public service. This is a smash and grab, and we are the victims. joycevance.substack.com/p/flooding-t...
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Flooding the Zone
Jack Smith kicked off his testimony on the Hill today like this: “I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including my decision to bring charges against President Trump.” He told senators that his...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16h
The only upside of this aggressive effort to deny the truth and back Trump’s efforts to destroy our democracy? Many of these henchmen reveal themselves to be incompetent and idiots.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15h
Marist's second poll of the week—from Michigan. —Abdul El-Sayed leads Mike Rogers 51% to 44%. —Jocelyn Benson leads John 53% to 41%. maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/midter...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15h
Can we go back to this part of the Schmitt poster: at best, what were these texts supposed to show or prove? i thought they’d be some mention of the Hawkeyes, however dumb they’d have been, but no, not even that. You couldn’t make them more boring if you tried.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h
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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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last night I wrote about consequences, and what happens when the courts give Trump a pass. I hope you'll take a moment to read it, especially in this moment where we see the Court isn't immune to public pressure—Justice Alito just recused from a case because of it.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. How has MAGA Inc. raised an unprecedented amount of money? Let’s review:
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
2. More in today's Popular Information:
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How MAGA Inc. raised so much money
Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump, who is constitutionally prohibited from running for president again, has raised over $400 million through his super PAC, MAGA Inc.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In a new court filing late last night, MS NOW, CNN, and Politico have asked a federal judge to extend an order that temporarily restored their press access. "The White House's words and actions leave little doubt that it will immediately reinstate a complete ban … if allowed the opportunity."
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MS NOW, CNN, Politico ask judge to extend block on Trump press ban
Judge Timothy Kelly has already blocked the ban until at least Oct. 8.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mike Johnson thinks denying health care to the poor is a "program integrity measure." Kicking Johnson out of the speaker's chair would be my idea of a program integrity measure.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans know the key to their power is getting people to disengage from participation in democracy.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. Democrats win control of the House and Senate. 2. Investigations and prosecutions begin. 3. Impeachment and removal proceedings. 4. Take back the billions of taxpayer money corruptly taken by the Trump family and their accomplices. 5. Rinse and repeat.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This week in my Stop the Presses newsletter I write about how the political media invite abuse from the dictator by their timid submissiveness.
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The press wear ‘kick me’ signs and wonder why Trump kicks them
The White House is emboldened to disrespect journalists because journalists disrespect themselves
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Imagine if congressional Republicans cared as much about poor people getting to see doctors as they care about limiting the paydays of college athletes.
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Senate passes college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers
The overwhelming 77-22 vote to pass the legislation is Congress’ strongest effort yet to set national regulations governing payments to college athletes for their names, images and likenesses and how ...
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Indivisible ATL @indivisibleatl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just six days left to register or check your registration for the midterms!
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Sesame Street: Count von Count Counts Six
Alt: Sesame Street: Count von Count Counts Six
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith says he stands by his decision to bring charges against Trump in the classified documents case. "If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions in the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January of 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wish everyone could see how disgusting, dishonest and just plain stupid Republicans are acting at this Jack Smith hearing.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sen. Amy Klobuchar just confirmed: Iowa played Maryland in College Park, MD. That's the basketball game Jack Smith seems to have attended. Atlanta was not involved. Republican Eric Schmitt claimed Smith went to a game in Atlanta so he could also meet with Fani Willis' team. It appears Schmitt lied.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sen. John Kennedy made an ass of himself at the Jack Smith hearing. He asked Smith if he believed in the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny. He asked Smith about the disappearance of union boss Jimmy Hoffa in 1975. Smith remained polite while this asshat performed his reprehensible routine.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy sh*t. Sen Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of going to an Atlanta Hawks bball game with the implication that he must of also met with then prosecutor Fani Willis BUT Smith went to an Iowa HAWKEYES game in Maryland instead. This GOP clown show is a disgrace.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar eviscerates Schmitt: "For a U.S. Senator to have false information and imply based on a confusion … and imply you're in another city that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia and then call you a dirt bag is something that deserves an apology."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The government's AI chatbot is able to say something that no Trump nominee is allowed to.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think I'm getting the hang of this.
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Indivisible ATL @indivisibleatl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The chaos is the point. The State Election Board is an unelected body of just 5 people with a pattern of weaponizing false claims of "fraud" to undermine faith in elections, esp here in Fulton County. They don't have the authority to do anything they proposed yesterday. But they can confuse folks.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection to reject the peaceful transfer of power & deny the people's will. He never should have been able to run again. GOP senators condemning Jack Smith for conducting a fact-based investigation as politics & worse are engaged in treachery of the worst order.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to the polls is illegal. And it’s deeply unpopular among voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Nearly half of Americans don’t want ICE at polls, survey shows
Nearly 40% of Americans surveyed also don't want national Guardsmen at polling places. Public dissent comes as three major lawsuits were filed to block federal interference at polling places this mont...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the 2020 presidential race was stolen. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election denier Kurt Olsen leaves DOJ after failing to find evidence of stolen election
A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt says There's no mention that Schmitt had all his facts wrong
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I will concede that the 2 stupidest Republican senators, Tommy Tuberville and Marsha Blackburn, probably don't know any better. The other 51, including Eric Schmitt, have made a conscious decision to blatantly lie to the American people to boost their careers.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Republican Party is as much an enemy of American democracy as the Soviets were during the Cold War.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wish Republican politicians had the capacity to be embarrassed by their dishonesty. The fact that they don't makes them more dangerous.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Tuesday allowed a pro-voting challenge to Louisiana’s proof-of-citizenship voter registration law to move forward, including claims that the law discriminates against voters based on national origin. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge greenlights challenge to Louisiana anti-voting law, citing discrimination claims
The judge found that the pro-voting plaintiffs had plausibly alleged that officials in Lafayette Parish discriminated against some registration applicants based on national origin.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Benny Johnson took Russian money to spread his right-wing lies. He claims he was duped. So is he spreading right-wing lies for free now?
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Well-known right-wing influencers duped to work for covert Russian operation, U.S. prosecutors say
The accusations mark the third straight presidential election in which U.S. authorities have unveiled politically charged details about the Kremlin's attempted interference in U.S. politics.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The author of this ill-timed, two-graph beat-sweetener is none other than Axios's co-founder, Jim VandeHei
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The MAGA Moron Brigade is on the case!
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Indivisible ATL @indivisibleatl.bsky.social · 20h
Counterfeit FDA inspections 😩 “The recalled meat was shipped to A&D Foods, a distributor in Georgia, before being further distributed to retail and restaurant locations nationwide…”
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Major pork, beef, and goat recall issued in highest-risk alert
Nearly 168,000 pounds of raw meat are being recalled nationwide over inspection violations.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h
NEW: The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge brought by the Democratic National Committee that could determine if state judges can extend polling hours after election-day disruptions threaten voting access. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear case on expanded voting hours during Election Day disruptions
The DNC is asking the justices to clarify whether Wisconsin courts can extend voting hours when election-day problems threaten voters’ constitutional right to vote.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 22h
Also, what was the alleged link between the Hawks game and Willis? Was she there?? Or was the allegation that he went to see a game in Atlanta so it must have been a secret meeting with Willis? I’m so confused on the evidentiary logic
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After Eric Schmitt lied and was corrected at the Jack Smith hearing, the NY Times called it a “misunderstanding.” This might be fair if Schmitt had a record of honesty (he doesn’t) and if Schmitt didn’t repeat the same lie after the hearing (he did). What the hell is the NY Times doing?
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Reporting from Washington
Jack Smith, who as special counsel twice charged Donald J. Trump with criminal offenses after his first term, defended his actions in testimony before Congress on Tuesday, as a Republican senator accused him of perjury based on what appeared to be the lawmaker’s misunderstanding about a basketball game involving the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The case at Cornell is the kind of higher ed issue in which the DOJ or DOE *should* open a Title IX investigation. In a normal world that’s whst would happen. Instead, we are in the upside down world where you won’t hear a peep from this administration
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another prominent Trump loyalist working on the 'grand conspiracy' investigation into Trump's perceived political foes has abruptly left the probe. Election denier Kurt Olsen's departure follows the abrupt quitting of Trump ally Joe diGenova earlier this month.
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DOJ probe into Trump foes sees another prominent departure
Kurt Olsen, who previously worked as Trump’s election security czar, resigned from the so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation Monday.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Plaintiffs fighting North Carolina’s newly passed absentee ballot rules filed for a preliminary injunction that would block the rules they called “disenfranchising” for the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Voting advocates keep fighting North Carolina mail ballot restrictions with midterms underway
The PI request comes as the county boards of elections across the state are set to start weekly meetings to process absentee ballots. There have been 93,402 mail ballots requested and 13,495 counted i...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is piloting a training program for Wisconsin election observers to identify discrepancies with voting machines, as the GOP piles additional scrutiny on voting processes in the swing state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP trained Wisconsin election observers to target voting machines in pivotal swing state
The new RNC program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities.
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