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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 13m
Death! Cameras! Action! steveschmidt.substack.com/p/death-came...
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Death! Cameras! Action!
PLUS: Timothy Snyder joins me for a conversation TODAY at 12 pm ET
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 43m
Random Stories. Or Are They? joycevance.substack.com/p/random-sto...
joycevance.substack.com
Random Stories. Or Are They?
Trump is calling in the election-denier faithful to meet with him in advance of the midterm elections.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
October 6, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-6-...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 6, 2026
Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
ms.now
Opinion | Trump's $500 refund checks are an even cheaper trick than you think
Trump’s gimmicky checks are hitting mailboxes. The letters they come with are brazen disinformation.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pat Robertson Tried It While Campaigning. Will Trump Fare Any Better? joycevance.substack.com/p/pat-robert...
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Pat Robertson Tried It While Campaigning. Will Trump Fare Any Better?
But he shouldn’t.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
apnews.com/article/guar...
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Guardians' bats go cold again, wasting Gavin Williams' 11 strikeouts in Game 2 loss
The Cleveland Guardians are struggling on offense at a crucial time. Despite winning their third straight AL Central title with a late-season surge, their bats have gone cold in the postseason.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
elections.ny.gov/early-voting...
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Early Voting
Learn about in-person Early Voting in New York State
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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34 Missing Children, Teens From LI Rescued In Massive 3-Day Operation: Officials
"Every missing child deserves our full attention, and every family deserves answers."
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The loser’s coup steveschmidt.substack.com/p/the-losers...
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The loser’s coup
PLUS: Join Jamie Davis, Louisiana Senate candidate, and me TODAY at 1:30 pm ET
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
October 5, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-5-...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 5, 2026
Last night, on October 4, U.S.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes apnews.com/article/iran...
apnews.com
Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes
The U.S. military is moving roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
October 4, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-4-...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 4, 2026
On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The best way to be sure your vote counts is to vote early and in person. www.vote.org
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Over a dozen states have important voter registration deadlines today. Check your registration and make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com. Then ask friends and neighbors to do the same.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Week Ahead joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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The Week Ahead
October 4, 2026
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Once and for all steveschmidt.substack.com/p/once-and-f...
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Once and for all
Trump threatens to defeat his fellow Americans permanently
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What Trump’s homelessness policy means for the most vulnerable apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
What Trump’s homelessness policy means for the most vulnerable
The Trump administration is shifting federal policy and dollars away from the “Housing First” approach that has been at the heart of federal homelessness policy.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New Yorkers, avoid any risk of Election Day shenanigans and mail-in ballot interference by voting early! elections.ny.gov/early-voting
elections.ny.gov
Early Voting
Learn about in-person Early Voting in New York State
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
October 3, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-3-...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 3, 2026
On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...” www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Start with the mirror, Sam steveschmidt.substack.com/p/start-with...
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Start with the mirror, Sam
The last desperate card for MAGA senators facing defeat and repudiation is the Supreme Court.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.ms.now/opinion/if-c...
ms.now
Opinion | If claims from Renee Good lawsuits are true, ICE didn't give her a chance
Cedric Alexander: The two most troubling allegations from the new Renee Good lawsuits
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A federal district court just held that police use of Flock cameras without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
constitutionally collect this information about one car-and its driver-by
following that vehicle on public roadways over a month. But this leaves the
question of why is it the government's business where everyone goes all the
time? The government cannot go snooping through our personal lives and
business without an adequate basis to do so. That is what the Supreme Court
has said since its decision in Katz through its decision in Chatrie this year,
nearly sixty years later. It is not too much to draw the line at indiscriminate
mass surveillance.
No doubt, ALPR technology comes with remarkable benefits that the
Court cannot ignore. But the Fourth Amendment requires courts to draw a line when the cost is too great. Alaniz's search in just the ALPR system
provided him with more than 50 individual records of Kyle's whereabouts
across the country for an entire month. The Court finds that because the
ALPR systems Alaniz used to search Kyle's historical location information
intruded on her reasonable expectation of privacy in the whole of her physical
movements, it was a search under the Fourth Amendment. Based on the
information in the record, the only reason Alaniz conducted that search was
because he saw her license plate was from California. That search was not
supported by probable cause, and it was done without a warrant in violation
of Kyle's Fourth Amendment rights. That search also has a nexus to the
remainder of the traffic stop because Alaniz began following Kyle's car while
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 03/10/2026
Economist Justin Wolfers says today’s lackluster jobs report reflects Trump’s immigration policies: “American population growth has stopped overnight, which really does change our economy in really fundamental ways.”
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 03/10/2026
On the anniversary of Thurgood Marshall becoming the first Black Supreme Court Justice, we look at how a man once shut out by segregation spent his life opening doors for others.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 03/10/2026
Trump is going on a red-state campaign tour, which may feel pointless, except red state Republicans may be in trouble. Senate Republicans' campaign arm is diverting $8 million in ad spending to Kansas, in fear that incumbent Roger Marshall is in danger of losing his seat.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The man who took out full page ads demanding the death penalty for five Black and Latino teenagers falsely accused of rape is out here worried that the seven majority white Cornell frat boys accused of rape "won't get a fair shake".
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Oatsie @alexcsinger86.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Imagine if President Obama had flown around the country with a substitute wife because Michelle hated his guts. The media would have filed impeachment papers themselves
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump wants the Supreme Court to rule that DHS can imprison-indefinitely-immigrants who enter the US illegally He wants ICE to arrest millions of migrants and keep them incarcerated-maybe for years-until they can be deported Even if they have legal status In violation of their due process rights
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
October 2, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-2-...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 2, 2026
Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump’s last close-up steveschmidt.substack.com/p/trumps-las...
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Trump’s last close-up
The gold, the mirror and the men who mistake a stage set for power
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Another Bad Day in Court for Trump joycevance.substack.com/p/another-ba...
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Another Bad Day in Court for Trump
Today, as Trump was busy trying (and failing) to convince his own people that “affordability” is a word made up by Democrats, the courts were having a field day with him.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
September 30, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 30, 2026
A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fake news. Real cash. Your cash. steveschmidt.substack.com/p/fake-news-...
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Fake news. Real cash. Your cash.
‘Tis true, which doesn’t make it any less fantastical.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
apnews.com/article/rene...
apnews.com
Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis
Renee Good’s family has sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration office...
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hawkward! steveschmidt.substack.com/p/hawkward?r...
steveschmidt.substack.com
Hawkward!
Eric Schmitt shoots an airball at Jack Smith as Washington talks him up for VP
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
September 29, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Flooding the Zone 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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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.propublica.org/article/disa...
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not his army steveschmidt.substack.com/p/not-his-ar...
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Not his army
The lesson George Washington left America 237 years ago
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Taxpayers have funded nearly $1.5M in pro-Trump ads. Criticism is mounting, including from the GOP apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Taxpayers have funded nearly $1.5M in pro-Trump ads. Criticism is mounting, including from the GOP
AdImpact says three taxpayer-funded ads promoting President Donald Trump are nearing a cost of at least $1.5 million.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
September 28, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 28, 2026
It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Consequences joycevance.substack.com/p/consequenc...
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Consequences
Last Thursday, the White House, almost as soon as Judge Kelly entered his order forcing the administration to restore access to CNN, MSNOW, and Politico, began searching for play in the joints.
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
propublica.org
The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump's mail voting crackdown tests Postal Service leader who says he's 'not political' apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Trump's mail voting crackdown tests Postal Service leader who says he's 'not political'
Before he was the top U.S. Postal Service official, David Steiner criticized Donald Trump's leadership style after seeing him on "The Apprentice."
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Sean Mitus @smmitus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump asked China's president if he wanted to buy US arms, ambassador says apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump asked China's president if he wanted to buy US arms, ambassador says
President Donald Trump has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States, the U.S. ambassador to China said.
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