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Tami Halcomb

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Oklahoma State University Universität Regensburg The University of Texas at Austin League of Women Voters - Austin (TX) Area --> LWV St. Croix Valley (WI)

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12h
So ... how did the NYT headline their story "Trump’s New Press Secretary: Not-Quite Attorney at Law" and include the sentence, "So here’s the truth about Katie Zacharia, not-quite attorney-at-law" when the story explains there is no evidence she has ever been an attorney? No "not-quite" about it.
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Katie Zacharia Is Trump’s New Press Secretary. But Is She a Lawyer? (Gift Article)
Katie Zacharia told The New York Times that the confusion over her legal credentials was the result of one big misunderstanding.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12h
Today in “neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
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ACLU @aclu.org · 12h
Automatic license plate readers are only the tip of the surveillance industrial complex iceberg. Flock's cameras already track our every move, and now they're trying to put microphones on them as well. We won't be fooled. All of this dystopian tech must go.
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Flock CEO says its microphones detect 'just gunshots' — its website says different | TechCrunch
Langley’s comments come amid mounting scrutiny of Flock from privacy advocates, including the ACLU, and members of the public who are concerned about the misuse of its technology.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 12h
Senate Republicans’ top super PAC predicted last year that it could cost up to $200 million to boost Ken Paxton in Texas — estimates that have proven to be remarkably accurate, according to new financial disclosures.
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Senate Republicans Have Dumped $148 million — So Far — to Help Paxton
John Thune's super PAC will likely spend $200 million before Election Day, as it predicted last year.
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 13h
The United States just effectively switched sides in Russia’s war against Ukraine. In this week's Shatterbelt Brief column for Independence Avenue Media, I unpack the reasons and implications - neither of which are good (hint: follow the money). www.indavemedia.com/commentary-t...
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Commentary: The Week That Shook Ukraine
The Shatterbelt Brief is a weekly column by Brian Whitmore examining the shifting political and geopolitical dynamics of Eastern Europe
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h
What do all these corporations have in common? Nvidia Apple Google Lockheed Martin Microsoft Palantir They all donated at least $10 million to Trump’s vanity ballroom — and they all stand to benefit from his policies. Is this Trump’s most corrupt grift yet?
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 18h
On Wednesday, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser’s campaign announced the backing of 16 current and former elected Republicans.
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Democrat Phil Weiser wins unlikely endorsements from prominent Republicans, statewide police union
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 15h
The countdown to ski season is officially on after two Front Range ski resorts began snowmaking operations this week.
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Snowmaking kicks off at Summit County ski resorts
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18h
If you want my analysis of how right-wing extremism exploits the weaknesses in American journalism, subscribe to my Stop the Presses newsletter. The weekly essay is free, but you can throw in a few bucks if you want to support the cause and get bonus features. Either way, give it a try.
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Stop the Presses | Mark Jacob | Substack
A weekly newsletter about how right-wing extremism has exploited the weaknesses in American journalism, and what we can do about it. Click to read Stop the Presses, by Mark Jacob, a Substack publicati...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18h
I don’t understand why the NY Times let me rant against the Times on its own website. Healy seems like a sincere person, and I give him credit for making it happen. But the NY Times needs to stop pretending this is some brief detour in American politics when, in fact, a dictatorship is descending.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18h
🧵🧵🧵 The NY Times posted a 15-minute video today in which I got to tell NYT what’s wrong with its coverage. They said they saw my critical posts on Bluesky and invited me to do a video with them to air my grievances. Weird, right? I didn’t hold back. I blasted their sanewashing of MAGA extremism.
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Video: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About Trump
In this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12h
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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 12h
Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign:
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
We’re simply not getting out of it endless downward spiral into incompetence & authoritarianism if we don’t stop rewarding this behavior ex post & don’t punish it when it’s happening. We’ve tried that approach for 25/50/160 years. It had completely failed.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Anyway, a major reason this is happening now is because Sean Spicer paid no penalty for lying & got a fancy Harvard fellowship, Sarah Huckabee Sanders paid no penalty for lying & berating reporters & went on to elite gigs & a governorship, & we totally fail at elite accountability & must stop that.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The signal feature of 🇺🇸 politics in my adult lifetime has been the glaring divide b/w competently staffed administrations & Congresses that try to actually govern when Dems are in office, & corrupt/criminal ideological kakistocrats when the GOP is. News coverage simply does not reflect that feature.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Again, imagine if the national media covered American politics through the lens of which party actually competently staffed & governed the country when it was in power, instead of covering it as horse races, theater, & grading on a curve for the One Special Boy & the far right authoritarian party.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
WOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue."
In conducting this hearing, the Court is not called upon to resolve factual disputes between
the parties. The facts set forth in this Memorandum Opinion and Order were proposed by the
Plaintiff, unobjected to by the Government, and then deemed admitted by the Court. Dkts. 74, 75,
77.2 These facts establish that high-ranking government officials, including then Secretary of DHS
Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, engaged in a coordinated public relations campaign to impugn the
personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans. For reasons unfathomable to this Court,
officials chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an
impeccable record of public service. In short, Ms. Comans was professionally targeted and
personally attacked by government officials for no legitimate reason. The attacks against Ms.
Comans were based entirely on false information, and many government officials knew the
accusations were untrue at the time they were made. With no regard for the truth and with no
consideration for the personal and professional effect on Ms. Comans, government officials
exploited their access to mass media outlets to broadcast false information. These false
statements reached hundreds of millions of people. The purpose of this Order is, to the best of
this Court’s ability, to correct the public record and establish as a matter of law that the
statements made by these officials about Ms. Comans were objectively and demonstrably false.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Ossoff: "In my view, based upon the evidence I've seen thus far, the president's misconduct, abuse of power, and corruption, already exceed any prior standard for impeachment."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Ossoff: "I want everybody who is clipping this debate to roll that tape. You stood here right on this stage and you said 'a total ban, no exceptions, even for rape, even for incest, even to save the mother's life.' That was your position and now you are changing it."
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Tami Halcomb @tamihalcomb.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Russia, Russia, Russia Trump’s relationship with Moscow remains very weird... anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/russia-rus...
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Russia, Russia, Russia
Trump’s relationship with Moscow remains very weird
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“It looks dangerously like the construction of an internal spying agency,” said Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. prospect.org/2026/10/14/i...
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ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program - The American Prospect
Under ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14/10/2026
A hurricane near Mexico’s west coast, named Simon, cemented 2026’s place in the record books as the busiest year for storm activity in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean. wapo.st/4snb505
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 14/10/2026
The dead heat in Kansas, which hasn’t elected a Democratic senator in nearly a century, “is a microcosm of all of Republicans’ problems nationally,” said a national GOP pollster.
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Republicans Are Trying to Spend Their Way Out of Disaster in Kansas
“It’s hard to believe we’re messing around in Kansas,” one Republican strategist said.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 14/10/2026
Convicted Belgian Cocaine Boss Poured Millions Into Luxury Dubai Properties
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Convicted Belgian Cocaine Boss Poured Millions Into Luxury Dubai Properties
A Belgian drug lord spent millions of dollars investing in luxury real estate in Dubai. Belgian authorities successfully extradited him today, but it’s unclear what has happened to the profits he reaped...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 14/10/2026
Bank of America Fined $1.21B Over AML Failures
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Bank of America Fined $1.21B Over AML Failures
U.S. regulators imposed more than $1.21 billion in penalties on Bank of America over failures in its anti-money laundering controls and apparent sanctions violations. The bank admitted to willfully violating...
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 14/10/2026
Es geht um viel Geld, den Umgang mit China und den russischen Angriffskrieg: Friedrich Merz gibt zum bevorstehenden EU-Gipfel eine Regierungserklärung ab. Der Auftritt des Kanzlers und die anschließende Aussprache, live.
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Friedrich Merz: Regierungserklärung des Kanzlers im Livestream
Es geht um viel Geld, den Umgang mit China und den russischen Angriffskrieg: Friedrich Merz gibt zum bevorstehenden EU-Gipfel eine Regierungserklärung ab. Der Auftritt des Kanzlers und die anschließende Aussprache, live.
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Meta has censored more than 1,000 pro-Lula accounts during the Brazilian Presidential Election. Evidence shows that the social media giant clearly interfered in the election. paydayreport.com/meta-censors...
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Meta Censors Over 1,080 Pro-Lula Accounts During Brazilian Presidential Election
Evidence shows the social media giant clearly interfered in the Brazilian Presidential Election
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
RENMAC: “.. The good news is that housing resale activity can't go that much lower. The bad news is that recent data indicates that existing sales are likely to take another step down in Q4. Mortgage purchase apps have declined for six consecutive weeks, sliding by 11.7% over this period.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics.
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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 14/10/2026
Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps of Ukraine’s air assault forces said the Starlink restrictions presented several operational problems, including difficulties during drone take-offs and making them vulnerable to Russian air defences. It said “some missions had to be cancelled.”
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Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps
Moscow ignores Donald Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ while Kyiv’s forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk’s satellite network
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Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.com · 14/10/2026
Beware false friends. Starlink gives Ukraine just enough of what it needs, then withholds the rest. Musk wants to be embedded in Ukraine to spy on its cutting edge innovation and likely trade what Intel it has for friendly terms from Russia
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michnutrish.bsky.social @michnutrish.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#VisibilityBrigade #kansas #democracy #usa @maddow.bsky.social @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @thegodshow.com @emmatk.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social #vets #inflation #vote #corruption #midterms #election #resist #protest #democrats #independents @ms.now
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 14/10/2026
Jon Ossoff wouldn't let Mike Collins wriggle out of answering a question about whether he still believed Trump won in 2020.
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Ossoff Won’t Let Collins Off the Hook on His Election Denial
Three Moments From Last Night’s Ossoff-Collins Debate Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) and...
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 14/10/2026
Republicans are spending $15 million defending a Nebraska Senate seat in a state Trump won by 20 points. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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GOP frantically tries to shore up dark red seats
Republicans have now cut off spending for GOP lawmakers they view as DOA as they try to maintain other, redder seats.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
CATO has a “Government Ownership Dashboard”: “.. 35 equity-stake deals since last June.” @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.cato.org/restoring-fr...
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
New from me in @prospect.org: ICE is fast-tracking a new domestic spy program that surveillance experts told me would give the agency even more power to terrorize anyone and everyone.
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ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program - The American Prospect
Under ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 14/10/2026
The global cocaine trade is flourishing. U.S. airstrikes merely redirected the flow.
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Why U.S. Airstrikes Are Failing to Stop the Global Cocaine Boom
Smugglers are shifting routes and using new tactics to evade military targeting, resulting in record supplies and plunging prices.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 14/10/2026
🚨 Russia launched a massive attack targeting all Kyiv’s power plants.
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Russia Targets All Three of Kyiv’s Heat and Power Plants in Massive Missile Attack
Russian forces struck all three Kyiv combined heat and power plants, with over 39 missiles and 120 drones causing major power outages across Ukraine.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Page One @washingtonpost.com
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Shame! kyivindependent.com/this-cannot-...
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'This cannot be a coincidence' — Ukraine's Starlink access restricted without warning, Zelensky adviser says
Ukraine relies on Starlink to operate its mid-strike drones in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
* CONTAINER SHIP SINKS NEAR STRAIT OF HORMUZ AFTER BEING HIT BY PROJECTILE, MARITIME SECURITY SOURCES SAY @reuters.com
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“.. a technological advance that would raise the threat posed by the Iran-backed group.” @wsj.com #Houthis www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Over on Earth 2, counterintelligence folks asked many questions along those lines.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/10/2026
The best explanation for Trump’s affection for Russia is likely the simplest one, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues:
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Trump’s Affection for Russia Is No Mystery
The best explanation is the least complicated one.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Can’t Allow Elon Musk the Power to Intervene in Wars No individual should be able to disrupt military ops like Musk did with Ukraine’s. I wrote that when he did it in 2023. Was told the problem was contract rules. Nope. Happened again. The problem is too much power, esp for an enemy of democracy.
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The U.S. Government Can’t Allow Elon Musk the Power to Intervene in Wars
The billionaire’s interference in Ukrainian military operations shows he’s a national security risk. No private citizen should have that much power.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#tariffs 🇺🇸 www.foxnews.com/politics/ame...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Excellent piece by @jamellebouie.net
Rank-and-file Democrats — and, I’d wager, a substantial portion of the voting public — do not want compromise and cooperation. They want accountability. And if we hope to confine Trumpism to the ash-heap of history, then accountability is the only choice there is to make.
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
You betcha Tom Tiffany loves data centers.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
JD Vance running around the country saying he’s fighting health care fraud while his nominee for the senate in TX who he completely supports is partying in Dubai with a guy whole stole over $300 million in health care fraud and gave Paxton $190,000. This is the Republican Party.
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