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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 55m

A great deal happened today. But nothing more important than this. SCOTUS allows Trump Administration to continue sending detained migrants to third countries with which the migrants have no prior connection. Just appalling.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1h

This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2h

EASILY the most gob smacking thing — and fail — I’ve witnessed in more than two decades of covering Congressional hearings youtu.be/akMKzlfoEac?...

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GOP Hearing with Jack Smith Goes OFF THE RAILS

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2h

Sen. Eric Schmitt was so overzealous to try and get Jack Smith, a good and honest man who has done great work, that Schmitt embarrassed himself by accusing Smith of going to the wrong basketball game. You can't make this stuff up. And right wing media will pretend it never happened.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10h

Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection to reject the peaceful transfer of power & deny the people's will. He never should have been able to run again. GOP senators condemning Jack Smith for conducting a fact-based investigation as politics & worse are engaged in treachery of the worst order.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

NBC: “U of Michigan survey shows Americans feel worse about the economy than during the Covid-19 pandemic or 2008 financial crisis… Trump promised a ‘Golden Age’, but under Republicans Americans are struggling more than ever.” www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h

WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads

White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 7h

#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 5h

NEW AD: Today on House Hunters, Ken Paxton is shopping for a new house. Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii? (Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: It's hard these days for members of Congress to transcend the news cycle with viral moments in committee hearings. Sen. Schmitt today raised the bar with an allegation against Jack Smith that imploded in real time. w/ Chris Marquette www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.

The former special counsel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was marked by personal insults rather than new revelations.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 6h

NEW: Seems as though the full DC Circuit Court is poised to green-light Judge Boasberg's contempt investigation into the government for failing to turn the planes bound for CECOT around. Trump will then likely seek an emergency stay from SCOTUS. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Appeals court weighs fate of judge's contempt probe over Trump administration deportation flights

An appeals court is weighing whether a judge can continue investigating whether the Trump administration illegally flouted an order blocking the deportation of planeloads of Venezuelan migrants to El ...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 6h

Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 5h

The VERY conservative 11th Circuit unanimously refused to block the lower court's sanctions order against the DOJ in the Trump v IRS (that resulted in the slush fund) case.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 10h

Sen. SCHMITT: We have texts saying you attended an Atlanta Hawks game in February 2024. Former Special Counsel Jack Smith: I believe it was a Maryland-Iowa game. Sen. KLOBUCHAR: The Iowa HAWKeyes. Perhaps the Senator from Missouri should have looked at these texts more carefully.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

1. Eric Schmitt booked this show as a victory lap for his "gotcha" moment revealing "proof" that Jack Smith was at an Atlanta Hawks game. 2. That "proof" blew up in Schmitt's face. 3. Instead of cancelling this appearance, he dishonestly colludes with the hosts to pretend he did have that proof.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

It's one thing to be so incredibly incompetent as Eric Schmitt that your dramatic "GOTCHA" moment falls apart in real time. It is quite another thing to be so incredibly dishonest as Eric Schmitt that you then go on a right-wing show and pretend it didn't happen. "My job is to ask the questions."😜

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 8h

VICTORY: a unanimous 11th Circuit just REFUSED to stay sanctions on Trump & Co. over his $1.8B slush fund He sued his own govt & his own DOJ agreed to the payout. The court wasn't buying it! @democracydefendersaction.org & partners are proud to rep the 35 frm fed judges who blew the whistle 👇 -TN

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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 10h

Today before Senate.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 7h

It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 7h

Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15).

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 6h

Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 9h

Watchdog group Public Citizen files a formal FCC complaint about Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads “Broadcasters may be held liable for airing any ad that is in violation of federal law. Federal law explicitly prohibits using appropriated public funds for government propaganda"

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 9h

Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 9h

NEW: The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals declined "to immediately block sanctions against lawyers for Donald ‌Trump" after a federal judge found that the attorneys misused the court system in "settling" his IRS lawsuit. www.reuters.com/world/us-app...

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Appeals court declines to pause sanctions against Trump lawyers in IRS settlement

A US appeals court declined on Tuesday to immediately block sanctions against lawyers for Donald ‌Trump who a judge accused of misusing the court system in settling a lawsuit the Republican president...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 8h

The Trump regime's new AI assistant confirmed Donald is a convicted felon, Biden won the 2020 election, and Trump is in the Epstein files before it stopped answering political questions.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 9h

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 8h

There's a #GOPWarOnHealthCare and it's important that everyone knows that the Republicans all voted to kick 11.8 million Americans off Medicaid coverage over the next few years and 1.2 million off the ACA with 7 million more to come. Vote Blue!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.

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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.

The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 9h

Dying laughing at this chyron on MS NOW

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 8h

Former special counsel Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation.”

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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 9h

MS Now: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testifies to the Senate about his investigation into Trump's efforts to subvert the 2020 election and storage of classified documents. Spill the dirt, Jack! #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

Check out the very end of this, where a completely humiliated Eric Schmitt is red-faced with his hand shaking visibly.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h

A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the 2020 presidential race was stolen. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Election denier Kurt Olsen leaves DOJ after failing to find evidence of stolen election

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 9h

What are the chances that this Hawkeyes vs. Hawks mixup from Eric Schmitt was an AI hallucination resulting from somebody on the committee staff?

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 10h

The teams were wrong. The leagues were wrong. The gender of the players was wrong. The states the teams were from were wrong. The place the game was played was wrong. The imagined reason for attending the game was wrong.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 9h

Sen. BLUMENTHAL: I want to show you a picture of how Donald Trump stored classified documents. Is this how you should store them? Former Special Counsel Jack Smith: No. Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Trump took those documents without safeguarding them in even the most minimal way.

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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 9h

Sen. Schiff calls out Republican hypocrisy and their protection of Trump.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 9h

The anti-trans right always claims they're just trying to protect women's sports, but Jack Smith proved himself to be the real women's sports fan.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

wow -- Darline Graham cuts off Jack Smith just as Smith start explaining how her brother Lindsey in fact denounced Trump's lies about the 2020 election on the Senate floor

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 9h

This is the funniest thing that's ever happened in the Senate and also the greatest national exposure Maryland's athletic department has received in quite some time

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 9h

It’s really great that Eric Schmitt wasted everyone’s time because he can’t tell the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes, meanwhile people in Missouri are struggling to pay for utilities, gas, groceries, housing, and child care.

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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 9h

Sen. Darline Graham's gotcha moment falls apart.

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 9h

My favorite part of this is how Jack Smith is so utterly baffled by Schmitt's bonkers conspiracy theory that, when Klobuchar is like "the Iowa Hawkeyes, right?", his response is just "uh, I just wanted to see Caitlin Clark play Maryland."

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 9h

This Jack Smith hearing is such a transparently stupid attempt by the GOP to energize their base. It’s clearly backfiring. And barring some massive change in the war or the economy, nothing is going to save them in the midterms. They’re desperate for attention because their own voters are depressed.

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MS NOW @ms.now · 10h

"...one of the biggest gaslighting attempts we have ever seen in our 250 years as a country." Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, rips Republicans for their attacks on former Special Counsel Jack Smith and says they're 'perpetrating a lie' about the 2020 election. WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/live/H69_OqF...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10h

Not a peep when Trump sought to indict six members of Congress for making a video. Not a single grand juror voted to indict them. But that? My colleagues don’t care about that weaponization.”

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10h

Schiff is up. Apologizes to Jack Smith. “My colleagues have attacked you, but NONE of them have tried to deny what happened on January 6th. They attack you because they don’t want to address the facts. The Barr DoJ sought toll records without a peep from my colleagues.” 1/

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10h

TILLIS: is there anything you would have done differently? JACK: yes. One thing I was taught is you only do your talking in the courtroom. But if you stick to that, people can unfairly malign you and you can’t respond. But there are things being said that are untrue… 1/

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