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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13h
“What a crock of sh*t!” Katie Phang torches Todd Blanche after he declares, “There’s not a prosecutor in this country that should ever, ever violate a court order,” pointing to the Trump DOJ’s documented noncompliance with court orders in her OWN Epstein files lawsuit.
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Eric Schmitt @erschm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
U.S. forces formally withdrew from Iraq today, ending a two-decade military presence that stoked years of devastating bloodshed, and leaving Iraq to an uncertain future www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w...
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After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future
Some Iraqis are celebrating the end of an American military presence that unleashed waves of bloodshed. Others fear what happens next for their country, trapped between Washington and Tehran.
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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 12h
Fuck Elbridge Colby Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting Some of Europe’s biggest defense spenders — and U.S. allies — were not invited to a Pentagon-led meeting to discuss the alliance. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting
Some of Europe’s biggest defense spenders — and U.S. allies — were not invited to a Pentagon-led meeting to discuss the alliance.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 19h
After Trump used taxpayer money to air one of his literal campaign ads, FCC Chair Brendan Carr shrugged off the scandal, saying the propaganda was just a “normal PSA.” It’s ridiculous to the point of being insulting. It’s as if these guys think Americans are idiots. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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FCC’s Carr brushes off concerns about Trump’s taxpayer-paid election ads
To see literal campaign propaganda as “normal PSAs” is obviously preposterous — except to Trump’s FCC chair.
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 29/09/2026
Why the press needs to ask Susan Collins a LOT of questions substack.com/note/m-ba0e9...
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Alex + Andrew Weissmann LIVE!
A recording from Andrew Weissmann and Alex Wagner's live video
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h
TRUMP VOTER: “Trump is a bald-faced liar. That's all I can say nicely… I was planning to retire, and I went back to work just to cover my insurance, my gas, and the price of food that keeps going up.”
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
CODA: @mattgertz.bsky.social catches Rs revving up the old migrant caravan again. This makes it more urgent for Dems to speak to the fact that immigrants are getting viciously demonized and subjected to cruelty/injustice all around us. Let's not get inured to it: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Fox News is running its midterms migrant caravan playbook again
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Most Americans are pro-immigrant,” Talarico says. “Throughout US history, immigrants have always made us richer and stronger.” Trump's barbarities have opened the way to a new consensus. Talarico is giving voice to it in moral language that Dems can learn from. 5/5 newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Talarico has an immigration plan that in its broad strokes is very humane and pro-immigrant. He says our border should be like a "front porch" with a "lock" and a "welcome mat." Both of those are important. The "welcome mat" in his plan deserves more attention. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've obtained new data showing that in 3 House districts in South Texas, big majorities of Latinos are swinging hard against Trump on immigration. This is where the "multiracial working-class realignment" behind Trump restrictionism was said to be happening. 3/ newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The other day, Talarico leaned hard into the case for immigration as a positive good for our country in a way you rarely hear from Dems. He has a real theory of the case: Trump's cruelty and barbarism have opened space for new moral arguments, a new consensus. 2/ newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22h
😳 On 9/29/26, Argentina’s Supreme cleared the way for President Javier Milei’s administration to scrap historical restrictions on foreign land ownership, opening the door to the likes of Peter Thiel & Sam Altman who have shown great interest in the region … 1/ share.google/t7nTsPAkbpC8...
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Supreme Ct clears way for Milei to scrap limits on foreign land purchases
Opposition parties condemn the ruling, question its scope and warn that it leaves the door open to unrestricted foreign ownership of rural land.
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Tilman @tilmane.bsky.social · 20h
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 20h
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
5/ “Founders Fund [founded by Peter Thiel], Dragoneer Each Commit $1 Billion–Plus to OpenAI Deal” 7/23/25 www.theinformation.com/articles/fou...
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Founders Fund, Dragoneer Each Commit $1 Billion–Plus to OpenAI Deal
As OpenAI tries to raise a record-breaking $40 billion in equity funding this year, it’s getting help from more of its existing investors. Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and Dragoneer Investment Group ha...
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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In December 2015, OpenAl was founded as the nonprofit organization OpenAl, Inc., '71 by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Trevor Blackwell, Vicki Cheung, Andrej Karpathy, Durk Kingma, John Schulman, Pamela Vagata, and Wojciech Zaremba, with Musk and Altman as the co-chairs. 18][19] A total of $1 billion in capital was pledged by Musk, Altman, Greg Brockman, Reid Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Peter Thiel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Infosys. 201[211 However, the actual capital collected significantly lagged pledges. According to tax filings, only $133 million had been received by 2021.|22]
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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OpenAI targets Argentina's freezing Patagonia for $25 billion 500MW Stargate AI data center — Green Capital and FlexDomes prep 120 to 3,000MW wind-powered server farms to skirt US backlash
Is Argentina the answer to data center opposition?
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
2/ Link:
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Elon Musk And Peter Thiel Launch OpenAI, A Non-Profit Artificial Intelligence Research Company
In a very quick announcement via Twitter, Elon Musk revealed a brand new initiative; OpenAI OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence research company which describes its mission as "to advance d...
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sam Altman’s OpenAI—launched by Peter Thiel & Elon Musk in 2015—“targets Argentina's freezing Patagonia for $25 billion 500MW Stargate AI data center” … 9/9/26 … 1/
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Stargate Al data center — Green Ca...Elon Musk And Peter Thiel Launch OpenAl, A NonProfit Artificial Intelligence
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h
Actually reviewing the checks that Chuck Grassley released yesterday to gauge how many people clearly asked Trump to do something other than pay Melania's dress designer with the money. Someone in the The Villages was using "Stop the Steal" by 11/20/20.
A $100 check made out to Trump for President, dated Nov. 20, 2020. The memo line reads "Stop the Steal" 

The address is mostly redacted but shows it was from The Villages in Florida.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 20h
195,000 applications have already been submitted, with more than 65,000 entered into the Register. According to the World Bank, Ukraine's economic losses from the war as of the end of 2025 amounted to about $195 billion. This figure continues to grow with each new shelling.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 20h
🇺🇦 International Register of Damages Caused by Russian Aggression Against Ukraine has opened applications for all 43 categories, — PM Koretsky Of 43 categories, 21 are intended for individuals, 11 for legal entities, 11 for state.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20h
That expression you have while witnessing spectacular incompetence.
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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Prosecute everyone involved
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
Moed Tov! Суккот муборак! Today I joined Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov in Kew Gardens to distribute free food to New Yorkers in honor of Sukkot. Thank you to Rabbi Nisanov for the reminder that community and service deepen our most joyful holidays.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All medical staff have been forced to withdraw from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza as Israeli tanks move towards the facility. There is supposed to be a ceasefire in Gaza, but War Criminal Israel will level one of the last hospitals with its tanks and no one will even say anything
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/09/2026
In the middle of a workday, a Russian drone struck the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv, setting the top two floors on fire and forcing people to crawl out of windows to await rescue. The attack killed at least two people and injured six.
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Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center
A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.
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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How America Became Antifascist Franklin D. Roosevelt was slow to confront the threat of Fascism. A new history explores how he—and the country—finally came around. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... Bypass: archive.is/2haZx
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How America Became Antifascist
Franklin D. Roosevelt was slow to confront the threat of Fascism. A new history explores how he—and the country—finally came around.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
By the way, Israel is still bulldozing hospitals in Gaza and targeting civilians And because we allowed Zionists & Israeli agents to buy our politicians, we are just gonna keep on helping them commit genocide, with the talking heads here quibbling about how the word genocide makes some people FEEL
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 28/09/2026
The idea was given a fresh sense of urgency with President Volodymyr Zelensky's claim that Kyiv faces a $27 billion hole in its budget for 2026.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 28/09/2026
Months after the idea of directly using Russian assets was shot down in Brussels, Sweden led a new push on Aug. 27 to reopen the question as a way to deliver new support to Ukraine without hurting EU taxpayers and voters.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 28/09/2026
There has been little movement in EU circles on the question of using over 200 billion euros ($227 billion) of immobilized Russian assets since Sweden reopened the topic a month ago, but those wanting to move the matter forward are increasingly going public with their ideas.
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Unfreezing Europe's Russian assets debate
There has been little movement in EU circles on the question of using over 200 billion euros ($227 billion) of immobilized Russian assets since Sweden reopened the topic a month ago, but those wanting...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brutal: One Iowa GOP strategist privately tells WaPo that the midterms could be a "wipeout." That supports what we reported on the potential for big Dem gains in rural areas, based on what the Iowa Dem chair told us on the pod (see my thread below).
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Molten Irony (Wade) @ginsengity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Iran should propose opening the Strait of Hormuz as soon as the MAGA administration releases all of the #EpsteinFiles. I'm serious. Then voters would know there's an easy way to end the war.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 28/09/2026
⚡️ Russian drone strikes near Ukraine-Poland border crossing in Volyn Oblast. Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the drone struck Ukrainian territory around 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Dorohusk crossing and did not enter Polish airspace.
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Russian drone strikes near Ukraine-Poland border crossing in Volyn Oblast
Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the drone struck Ukrainian territory around 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Dorohusk crossing and did not enter Polish airspace.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
extortion, forcing the EU to drop sanctions against Putin's pet. Throughout all of this, Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev (who succeeded to the job through dynastic succession) presents himself as a Western friend and ally, and major European media embrace this ludicrous charade.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How the Kremlin extorts what it wants from the EU. (1) Putin leans on Azerbaijan to take some French citizens hostage, (2) Azerbaijan then tells France it will release the hostages only if the EU lifts sanctions on Alisher Usmanov, a Russian oligarch close to Putin, (3) France gives in to the
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France forces the EU to lift sanctions on a Russian oligarch
Azerbaijan exacts a ransom for detained French nationals
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Lolo the Dreaded Court Jester @thelolo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OH SHIT we're starting EARLY tomorrow all, just saw the JACK SMITH testimony at 5:30AM PT so RISE AND GRIND, DEMOCRAFTY GIRLIES! bring your coffee and weed: www.youtube.com/live/U4gHvQd...
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wake 'n bake with lolo
YouTube video by Lolo’s Lounge
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/09/2026
A strike by a Russian drone destroyed Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv. The FT witnessed several people scrambling for safety and climbing out of third-floor windows. ft.trib.al/fTb72h2
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Martin Gardner @mglovesfun.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Complaint – #1 in EISENHART v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03350) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against All Defendants with Jury Demand ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-12701481) filed by LISA EISENHART. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons, # 3 Summons, # 4 Summons,...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THERE IT IS: Group of January 6 riot defendants have filed each filed federal civil lawsuits in DC seeking taxpayer-funded compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their righrs They claim they were "targeted..and punished" for "protected expressive" activity
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/09/2026
Russia’s escalating hybrid campaign against Europe ft.trib.al/whznzyj | opinion
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Russia’s escalating hybrid campaign against Europe
European countries need a robust response to Moscow’s increasingly brazen actions
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The White House press bans aren’t about ethics in journalism. They're about what Trump wants from the press: servile propaganda that parrots only what he and his allies say about his administration.
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Trump’s press grievances are based in their refusal to do propaganda
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've heard enough today. Listen up: A U.S. president does not have the legal authority to declare martial law to control, postpone, or cancel an election. Got it?
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Marcus SOBER 5 YEARS @papacitogordo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The current president of the United States of America is a liar.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For the Texans out there - vote Talarico if you want to change the 30 years of decline in your state
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Before the week begins, I have a specific request: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Dcmfox @dcmfox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
WTF? Japan is trialing a drug that regrows human teeth by blocking USAG-1—a protein that keeps dormant tooth buds switched off. Phase I is done. Phase IIa in children with congenital tooth loss is next. If it works, dentures and implants could become obsolete.
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