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Scott McAlister

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h
This part
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19h
It's difficult to keep track of all the ways in which Laura Loomer is an incendiary racist.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h
I guess he missed Hegseth’s speech at Quantico this week.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
JD Vance, a professed Christian, continues to demonize undocumented immigrants in a pathetic attempt to distract voters from the ways he and Donald Trump have decimated our economy, dragged us into an illegal war, and abandoned the needs of the people... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-hell-wi...
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To Hell With The Hateful, Heretical Christianity of JD Vance
I don’t imagine Jesus was the litigious type, but if he were on the planet right now, I’m pretty sure he’d sue JD Vance for false association or identity theft.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026
Ken Paxton, one of the Republican party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, was recorded privately telling donors that President Trump’s midterm convention had hurt his Texas Senate campaign.
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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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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yup. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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MAGA Senator Humiliated After Attempt to Corner Jack Smith Backfires Comically
Eric Schmitt thought he was cornering former Special Counsel Jack Smith over a conspiracy theory about his prosecution of Donald Trump. He was wrong.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amy Klobuchar is not letting her MAGA colleague off the hook after he concocted a crazy theory that was exposed as being dead wrong
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Klobuchar Piles on Humiliated MAGA Senator After Major Gaffe
Amy Klobuchar is not letting her MAGA colleague off the hook after he concocted a crazy theory that was exposed as being dead wrong.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
The exact moment I knew Republican attacks on Jack Smith were a colossal mistake.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm hopeful it'll be updated at some point, but amazingly, the Washington Post's first stab at covering this hearing finds room to include Schmitt calling Smith a "dirtbag" and several other GOP slams against Smith-- but zero on Schmitt's Hawks blunder www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Jack Smith clashes with senators over Trump probes, says he will not be silenced
Jack Smith returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to defend his derailed efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump, telling lawmakers he would not “be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 29/09/2026
Sean Hannity posted a clip of Sen. Eric Schmitt grilling Jack Smith — then deleted it after footage emerged showing Schmitt had the wrong city, the wrong league, and the wrong night.
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'This is what you like!' Fury after Sean Hannity backpedals defense of Jack Smith attack
Fox News host Sean Hannity sparked fury Tuesday after he deleted a controversial post on his social media account. Hannity posted a clip from an exchange between former special counsel Jack Smith and Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) from a hearing held Tuesday. In the clip, Schmitt accuses Smith of attendin...
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Trump just gutted nearly $1B in funding for kids, K-12, small businesses, & health and clean-air research Billions for his vanity projects? No problem Programs that help Americans? Apparently, that’s too far We will fight these illegal cuts. We will not let Trump rob the American people blind.
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Trump Proposes $810 Million in Education and Health Cuts, Defying Congress
The attempted clawback represents the second time in as many years that the White House has sought to cancel funding approved by lawmakers.
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A CNN @kfile.bsky.social investigation unearthed since-removed posts from Texas GOP candidate Bo French that repeatedly advocated public executions for political opponents, including former President Barack Obama 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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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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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 27/09/2026
As the French wine industry reaches a crisis point, key players are considering new markets, products and generations.
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France’s wine production nears a 70-year low, leaving winemakers with tough choices
As the French wine industry reaches a crisis point, key players are considering new markets, products and generations.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
👇👇👇👇
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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The only way NWA #Arkansas can keep teachers is to build subsidized housing - maybe they could pay a good salary to teachers if they weren't shovels AR education $$ out the door to unaccountable home schooling www.nwaonline.com/news/2026/se...
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McAuley Place’s opening celebrated; Bentonville development aiming to offer teachers affordable living options to see first residents in October | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
BENTONVILLE -- When the first residents move into McAuley Place next month, Michaela Owens will be among them.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/09/2026
SCOTUS was wrong to allow Trump to overhaul a federal system to initiate voter registration purges, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in her dissent. Jackson said the court’s decision could potentially disenfranchise legitimate voters, including naturalized citizens: demdock.com/4xFjBIx
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 26/09/2026
Trump’s tariff regime was meant to bring manufacturing back to America. A $5,000 bicycle shows how his levies are undermining that goal.
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A $5,000 Bike Shows Why It’s Hard to Build in America
Trump’s tariff regime was meant to bring manufacturing back to America. A $5,000 bicycle shows how his levies are undermining that goal.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 26/09/2026
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) faces an ethics complaint over her husband's role at an insurance lobbying group, as a new poll showed her trailing her Democratic Senate rival.
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Key midterm Republican rocked by ethics complaint as she slips behind Dem in polling
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) faces an ethics complaint over her husband's role at an insurance lobbying group, as a new poll showed her trailing her Democratic Senate rival.Brian Lemek, executive director of the watchdog group Defend The Vote, asked the House Office of Congressional Conduct to investig...
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CNN @cnn.com · 26/09/2026
A data breach of the Pentagon's vast HR system has exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information of current and former military personnel, raising counterintelligence concerns among national security experts. cnn.it/3VwCAaU
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/09/2026
Exclusive: The White House blocked CNN from traveling with President Trump on Air Force One for a Saturday trip to Tennessee, according to two people familiar with the matter. A federal judge had temporarily restored access to the White House on Thursday.
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White House blocks CNN from trip on Air Force One
The White House’s decision puts the state of the rotational TV pool, which resumed on Friday, in jeopardy once more.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Another priority for Trump was painting the exterior columns white in place of what he had deemed a “fake gold color.” Former employees report that the center diverted money — $1.4 million — that had been allocated for the waterproofing repairs to finance the $4.4 million column repainting project.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 25/09/2026
The outlets had their White House press credentials removed last week, though a judge lifted the ban against them Thursday.
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CNN And MS NOW Barred From White House State Dinner Despite Judge Lifting Ban
The outlets had their White House press credentials removed last week, though a judge lifted the ban against them Thursday.
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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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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026
Between 2015 and 2025, at least 15 children in an Idaho faith-healing sect died of treatable conditions. State law allows that to happen: Parents who say their faith prohibits giving their children lifesaving medical care can’t be prosecuted.
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Idaho Law Protects Faith Healers. It Wasn’t Always That Way.
From at least the 1880s through the early 1970s, it was illegal for parents in Idaho to choose prayer over medical care when a child’s life was at stake.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trumpism, in a nutshell.👇
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As we suspected:
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nevada officials say that DHS never provided them with a list of 15,903 individuals. Instead, they got a smaller batch of roughly 6,000, identified only by a voter case number. “DHS still has not provided any additional verifiable information for the individuals it suggests are noncitizens."
The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that the 6,218 individuals had “the highest number of matching attributes” to a potential noncitizen in their records, and that the smaller tranche of voters “was at the request of Nevada. They wanted to start with a subset less than the 15,903 registrants DHS originally identified.”

Nevada officials disputed that claim, and records reviewed by the Times did not show Nevada making that request.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Minnesotans (like most people) don’t like their politicians saying they’re embarrassed by the state 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
L - Tom Emmer in 2024 on the House subpoenaing Hunter Biden. R - Tom Emmer today on why the House shouldn’t investigate Don Jr: He’s a private citizen.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 24/09/2026
Starbucks to close 250 stores in North America this week
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Starbucks to close 250 stores in North America this week
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A real image. Amazing. A gift from the Meme heavens.
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A Wild Lib Appeared @awildlibappeared.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is a damn good billboard. Other Dem campaigns should replicate it to target their own Republican opponents. #MTAL #BlueWave2026
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
• A new private membership club in Washington, D.C., co-founded by Donald Trump Jr. is charging a $500,000 membership fee — and there’s already a waiting list. • The club, called Executive Branch, held a launch party on Saturday night that included at least a half dozen members of President
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Donald Trump Jr. co-founds new private members club, Executive Branch, with a $500,000 fee
Executive Branch held a launch party that included members of President Donald Trump's administration as well as wealthy CEOs, tech founders and policy experts.
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This will be lied 24/7 on Trump TV...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What Say You,Senator Collins.....?
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A data error in TX delays the processing of 10,000s of registrations. Election officials assure folks they’ll be able to vote as long as they submitted a registration on time (<Oct 5). But this admin error is likely to seed rumors & conspiracy theories on both sides. www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...
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Error means unknown number of Texas voter registrations haven’t been processed yet
It’s unknown how many prospective voters have been affected.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tom Cotton, the Neo Confederate offspring of Arkansas slaveholders, had a major accomplishment in the senate, which was insuring that US military installations were named for other slaveholders who betrayed the country. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The compassion of Ken Paxton
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Steven Cheung told the Daily Beast that the CNN anchor is “a racist and a r----d.”
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White House Melts Down at CNN Host With Vile Slur
Erin Burnett had compared the president’s 24/7 stream to a certain dictator’s state-run TV.
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When Trump's super PAC has to defend 10point red seats, the survival math has officially flipped. Crossing him is safer than sinking with him. Sharp read by @paulwaldman.bsky.social @atrupar.com ‘s Public Notice is independent media at its best. Grab their anniversary deal and subscribe today!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
CNN pulled a clip of Michele Tafoya recently saying "I've never said I was embarrassed to be from Minnesota" and then displays an unearthed and deleted tweet of her saying "I am embarrassed to be from Minnesota" 🥴
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can’t wait to see what he’s gonna be saying next week.👇
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE is removing detainees with final deportation orders from its online tracking system. This makes it nearly impossible for their lawyers and families to contact them, which could prevent them from using all their constitutionally protected legal options. Trump’s cruelty is endless.
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Immigrants with final deportation orders disappear from ICE detainee locator
The change will make it harder for many families and attorneys to determine where an immigrant is being held after being
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