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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 15h
For real 👇
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9h
Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org
propublica.org
Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 16h
Again, I never again want to hear the Republicans claim the mantle of, or be referred to as, the "party of national security." This, as with threatening to invade our NATO allies, should have long ago immediately ended his presidency. It also should again now.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h
He knew. He intentionally stiffed them because he’s an arrogant prick who sues his OB/GYN patients. They repeatedly tried to get the bill paid. Then someone posted their pleas on social media. A bunch of us retweeted it. It went viral. ONLY THEN did this scumbag pay.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 21h
Despite ongoing lawsuit seeking to stop Trump overhaul of DC's East Potomac Park, the National Park Service has notified the court that it's going to take down nearly 530 trees at the site Team Trump is pursuing plan to redevelop the golf course on site
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 14h
No American should have to walk past soldiers to vote!
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Those tariffs that were meant to bring jobs back to the U.S. also slowed job creation ...
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Trump bet tariffs would bring back American factory jobs. New report says it didn't work
A new report claims Trump's Liberation Day tariffs suppressed hiring by up to 1 million jobs and cost American families roughly $1,000 more in 2025.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
Gov. Spanberger on Trump's executive order on dyed diesel: “Who pays that deferred tax and when? Is it the farmer? Is it the vendor?” “If the president and his supporters in Congress actually wanted to meaningfully impact the cost of diesel, they would end the Iran war.”
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
TRUMPY PUTTING THREE NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS BLOCKING A LEGAL BALLOT DROP BOX IS CLEARLY ILLEGAL. THEY DOING THI ALL OVER DC? DC NEEDS TO GET THEM MOVED, EVEN IF MEANS ARRESTING THEM AND PUTTING THEM IN JAIL/
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 08/10/2026
🚨🚨🚨 Republican Healthcare Disaster Update: Up to TWELVE MILLION Americans have *already* lost healthcare coverage since Trump returned to power: acasignups.net/26/10/08/rep...
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Republican Healthcare Disaster Update: Up to TWELVE MILLION Americans have already lost healthcare coverage under Trump 2.0
Last month I ran a detailed analysis of the most comprehensive, up-to-date effectuated enrollment data for Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare & ACA exchange healthcare coverage changes since January 2025 (when ...
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Senator Collins pledged to serve 2 terms in Congress and yet, here we are, 30 years later. Let's retire Susan Collins once and for all.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 09/10/2026
The president hasn’t stopped those taxpayer-funded advertisements, despite promising he would. trib.al/6CMhoIo
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Trump Is Still Airing Campaign Ads With Your Money by the Way
The president hasn’t stopped those taxpayer-funded advertisements, despite promising he would.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
🚨 ANALYSIS: Trump eased sanctions on Russian diesel weeks before the midterms, despite analysts doubting the deal will meaningfully lower prices. Zelenskyy accuses Trump of using Ukraine’s peace talks as a “smokescreen” for his Putin deal. The full story is worse than you think.
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BREAKING: The Truth About Trump’s Oil Deal With Putin
Trump eases sanctions on Russian diesel as energy analysts question the deal and Zelenskyy accuses him of betraying Ukraine.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump's plan to lower diesel prices:⁣ ⁣ Take diesel from farmers.⁣ ⁣ Give it to truckers.⁣ ⁣ Make farmers pay more.⁣ ⁣ Declare victory in the midterms newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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America Doesn’t Have a Shortage of Red Dye
The president’s new diesel order knocks down the wall between two pools of fuel, but does nothing to refill it.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Your Democratic vote may not count if Elon can help it. Elon joined Petey at the defense department. Let me tell you why that concerns me. Elon is back again for 2026 midterms to mess it up for Democrats. Now partnering with the military. WTAF?! THIS FUCKING ASSHOLE, WHO’S NOT EVEN AN AMERICAN…👇
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Blue Woman Voting 📎 @bluewomanvoting123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Treason. Disgusting. Zero doubts this was always the plan. Cut off Middle East oil so Putin could supply at record prices to pay for his war. Trump and the GOP doing all they can to help Putin will the war against Ukraine.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Kash Patel's visit to Moscow is being hosted by the FSB, the successor to the KGB, once chaired by Putin and in whose operations he continues to take a strong personal interest. The FSB has Patel's goat, it's safe to say. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
theatlantic.com
Why Is Kash Patel Planning to Visit Russia?
Democrats in Congress are asking the FBI director to cancel the reported trip.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The pattern is simple and it is everywhere now: donate to Trump or do business with his family, and the rules stop applying to you. Skip the donation, and the rules suddenly apply with a vengeance. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
On Putin's birthday, moreover, Trump gave him: (1) an end to sanctions; (2) a drawdown of US troops defending NATO; and (3) a sleazy, super corrupt LUKoil deal—and this is just what we know so far.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW on MS NOW: The FBI plans to offer the UFC an exclusive one-year contract to train its special agents in hand-to-hand combat. UFC chief executive Dana White has long been a Trump ally. "This is just Patel giving his friend Dana White a lucrative contract."
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Patel’s FBI wants to give UFC exclusive contract to train agents
CEO Dana White has long been an ally of President Donald Trump and his administration. Agents would be trained in hand-to-hand combat.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Republicans gave corporations a huge tax cut. The deficit exploded again. Now they want to blow another massive hole by borrowing billions more for weapons to feed the endless series of Republican wars. The national credit card is maxed out while Republicans enrich themselves.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/10/2026
Ken Paxton is calling for cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. This man has least 15 properties across five states, but you are the one living beyond your means.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: If Trump and Hegseth weren’t trying to kick trans people out of the military, a Navy board recently wrote of a trans women that it “without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service," lawyers revealed today. www.lawdork.com/i/219495792/...
Absent ALNAV 011/26, the board without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service.
• If separated from Naval Service, the board recommends waiving recoupment of debt associated with service education program costs based on LT Winchell's demonstrated exemplary service.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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404 Media @404media.co · 09/10/2026
Today, "The Social Reckoning" hits theaters. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social sat down with Frances Haugen, one of the real-life whistleblowers the movie based on about why she exposed how Facebook’s algorithm was pushing people toward hate groups. Watch our interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB3I...
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The US is joining these countries in public executions: Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
NEW: A private-equity executive took a top Pentagon role to help secure weapons contracts and critical minerals for the Department of Defense. After he joined, a firm he has ties to began landing major military contracts.
propublica.org
The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
This is as treasonous as it gets
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Presidents use blind trusts so nobody has to wonder if the guy setting economic policy is trading on it Trump skipped that part —- Thousands of stock trades, nearly $2B in his pocket later Nothing like it in American history More on @cnn.com 👇 -TN
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 09/10/2026
Yesterday, JD Vance, a Yale Law grad, couldn't define what "socialism" means. Instead of defining it, Vance talked about boys in girls sports. This admin has devalued its words, and would be admitting to supporting the same policies they attack others for if they told the truth. Link below ⬇️
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.org
propublica.org
Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Markwayne Mullin is clutching a stress ball as he takes questions about the latest ICE shooting
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 08/10/2026
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Trump Mobile doesn't seem to have FCC authorization for phone service, senator says
After hack and data breach, senator asks why Trump Mobile lacks some FCC filings.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
propublica.org
Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨Holy shit, brilliant animators just made a devastating ad against Republican corruption: “A massive flood of money… impacts every part of our democracy.” Trump’s corruption is putting our democracy, our rights, and our future up for sale. VOTE. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The daughter of Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, works for a US lobbying firm with a $35K-a-month contract to represent Republika Srpska. Here she is with its interior minister, a figure aligned with the pro-Russian government. www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump says the Kennedy Center is too dangerous to walk into Unless you play in the National Symphony, which rehearses there most weekdays @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG are still in court w/ @repbeatty.bsky.social. Say one thing, do another, as we told @nytimes.com👇 -TN
nytimes.com
If the Kennedy Center Is ‘Dangerous,’ Why Is the Symphony Rehearsing There?
The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that President Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Billionaire David Reuben says he quit UK for Monaco ... actually already there since 2014. Worth £28bn, objects to non-dom tax changes. Doesn't want to be taxed on the same basis as UK residents Super-rich happy to make profits in the UK, want special treatment, hold govts to ransom.
theguardian.com
‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 08/10/2026
Crooked Susan Collins took thousands of dollars from a medical company before giving them a $4.5 million contract. This is now her 3rd alleged pay-to-play story in the last 2 weeks. bit.ly/47LYauM
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NEW: Collins Took Campaign Cash From Pharma Executive's Family in Potential Straw Donor Scheme - Maine Democratic Party
Zeteo: Collins <3 Contractor Cash
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
> @cnbc.com #Tariffs www.cnbc.com/2026/10/08/i...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Trump was hit with a second lawsuit over taxpayer-funded propaganda ads promoting him ahead of the midterms. The new case says DHS diverted $20 million meant for border-security commemorations to pay for the spots.
democracydocket.com
Trump hit with second lawsuit over taxpayer-funded political propaganda ads
The lawsuit came the same day the Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a separate challenge seeking to stop the administration from using federal funds for the ad campaign.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I hope you’re sitting down for this. Remember when President Pedo promised to stop using taxpayer money for ads? Well, he lied again.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm sure Brendan Carr will be right on this
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 07/10/2026
Texans shouldn’t have to wonder who’s watching every time they get behind the wheel. Flock cameras are spreading across our state, collecting information on millions of vehicles, whether the driver is suspected of a crime or not.
Graphic showing a close-up of a Flock surveillance camera against a blue background. A Texas flag icon appears in the upper right, with a small photo of Clayton Tucker centered above the text. Large text reads, “Texas is second in the nation with number of Flock surveillance cameras.”
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