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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'
J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ah, this may be it: 1989 Teamsters were put under federal oversight bc they’d been mobbed up forever. Ever since they’ve looked to Repubs to help them end the consent decree. Nothing was more important to them I looked, & sure enough, DOJ just ended federal oversight teamster.org/2026/09/u-s-...
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U.S. District Court Grants End to 37-Year Federal Monitorship of Teamsters Union
(WASHINGTON) – After nearly four decades, the U.S. government has officially ended federal monitorship of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, followin
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 13h
NBC News/Telemundo poll: Latino voters overwhelmingly disapprove of the president’s handling of the cost of living (78%), the economy (74%), foreign policy (68%) and immigration (69%). Trump’s best issue of the five tested is border security — where 58% disapprove. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15h
Trump is holding the G7 at his own golf resort so he can shovel more money from the US treasury into his private pocket, and collect from other governments, too. This time no one says a word about it, even though everyone thinks it's record-breaking corruption and sleaze.
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How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 14h
Big news: Donald Trump has spent the past 18 months misappropriating taxpayer dollars for personal gain. I'm not just a journalist. I am also a lawyer. I map out exactly all the ways Trump misused taxpayer funds, and how a future prosecutor, or a future Congress could investigate him. Subscribe:
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Major Deep Dive: Trump Is Defying Congress' Power of the Purse. Here’s a Roadmap for Investigating His Misuse of Taxpayer Funds
He was once forced to pay $2 million for misusing his own charity's money for politics. Now it's the federal Treasury. Here's the roadmap Congress needs.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h
Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
Trump claims he's "among the highest IQs anywhere in the world"
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h
NEWS: After losing a major court fight, Trump and Todd Blanche’s DOJ is now begging a federal judge to kill Katie Phang’s Epstein files lawsuit altogether.
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Trump’s DOJ Begs Judge To Kill Epstein Files Case After Court Loss in Phang Lawsuit
The Justice Department now argues that journalist Katie Phang cannot use federal administrative law to force further disclosure.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 16h
Schmitt: Did you attend a concert wearing an anti-Trump shirt? Smith: I wore a “No Kings” shirt. It used to be a bipartisan American sentiment.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 22h
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
From the attack on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021, to the grocery aisle today, there is a straight line. We have an affordability crisis *because* we have a corruption crisis. You can't fix one without fixing the other. A THREAD.
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Theprogressive ✊️ @treadres.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
He thinks he can erase history. He will become history, but history will survive.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He’s boycotting Walmart because they’re selling Obama jackets. Ohana is the Hawaiian word for family. He’s one of the people who didn’t know there’s a “B” in dumb.
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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 23h
www.politico.com/news/2024/10...
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GOP-linked firm gathers info on people suing the oil industry. It won’t say why.
An opposition research group appears to be trying to undermine a lawsuit that accuses oil companies of causing a deadly heat wave in Oregon.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A violent chain of events subjected a FlyDubai Boeing 737 MAX jet to enough speed and gravitational force that could tear it to pieces—but it didn’t. Here’s how the jet survived. www.wsj.com/business/air...
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How a Boeing 737 MAX Survived a Nosedive Traveling at the Speed of Sound
The jet lost key tail sections after an extreme plunge, but its structure largely held up and enabled pilots to safely land.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.
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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
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ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It is profoundly grotesque that Jared Kushner plays at diplomacy while he also profits from bombing children in Gaza “In his..diplomatic role in the Trump administration, Kushner..helped broker a peace deal between Israel and Hamas, though Israel has continued to launch daily strikes against Gaza”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICYMI — country music star Zach Bryan and his band wore “Free Palestine” shirts at Robert Kraft’s stadium (From @yasharali.bsky.social )
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The President of the United States said he felt bad for the men accused of committing horrific crimes against a woman who reported being sexually assaulted. He said nothing about the courage it took for her to come forward or the trauma she has endured." open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
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The President's decline is in a freefall
At 3:54 pm Donald Trump emerged from the White House with freshly colored hair and makeup, as Marine One's engine roared in the background. He walked directly over to the waiting press, threw his hand...
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"If House Republicans are going to pull off an upset in November, they say it would come down to the party’s massive cash advantage and its aggressive gerrymandering push." Eg, not on policies or the will of a democratic electorate. www.cnn.com/2026/10/03/p...
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A growing number of House Republicans privately believe they won’t win the House | CNN Politics
Four weeks to Election Day, a growing number of House Republicans privately fear their chances of holding onto the majority are vanishing and have begun focusing on how to limit the size of a potentia...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Renee Nicole Good's family has now filed TWO lawsuits, alleging a conspiracy between Greg Bovino, Stephen Miller, & others to deprive people of their rights & killing Renee in furtherance of that conspiracy. Why discovery will bring accountability for Renee’s murder: youtu.be/2kU7_-Yt-Ig?...
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Trump HIT With TWO NEW LAWSUITS Over DEADLY ICE SHOOTING!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Diplomacy for private profit: More corruption in plain view. The Kushner/Witkoff talks with Russia nominally about ending the war in Ukraine are actually about a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives linked to Kushner and Witkoff. The deal, which is
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Again, you can always detect some faint embarrassment from Democrats when they talk about the ballroom, but “the president demolished a big part of the White House to build himself a palace with bribes from enemy powers” is, by an order of magnitude, the worst corruption scandal in US history
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A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Something big may be happening: Trump's world-historical misrule may be creating the conditions for the emergence of a coalition similar to the one that ousted Viktor Orban earlier this year: Anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian, pro-democracy. I made this case here: newrepublic.com/article/2161...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
“You could call it deception, misrepresentation, but frankly it’s fraud. What [Boulder is] saying is, the companies lied about what they knew about the dangers of climate change. Fraud is the heart of it.”
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Burned cattle, drought, smoke-choked pastures—and the SCOTUS case to make Exxon and Suncor pay
“Government can’t fix everything, but it's the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“.. His views changed after DOGE busted into federal agencies to shut them down and Congress had failed to respond. “If that could happen in broad daylight with no response, then no organization was safe,” he said. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/mic...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I missed this in the Constitution.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
Unelected Republicans in Georgia are asking Todd Blanche to declare their voting machines illegal. DOJ has no authority to interfere with state-run elections, but I doubt that will stop them from trying. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 01/10/2026
here's a fun stat for the orbital data center curious: Google's latest analysis of launch prices for space data centers suggests Starship will have to fly 1,800 times to drive the learning curve for cost reductions down to $200 per kg. techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/g...
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Google thinks SpaceX's Starship has to launch 1,800 times before space data centers get off the ground | TechCrunch
Google launched its first advanced chip into orbit to pave the way for space data centers.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tech Executives At AI Roundtable Donated Over $200 Million To Trump’s Super PAC and Pet Projects www.citizen.org/news/tech-ex...
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Tech Executives At AI Roundtable Donated Over $200 Million To Trump’s Super PAC and Pet Projects - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Big Tech executives met with Donald Trump for a meeting about the threats posed by…
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. 92 percent of the 2025 tariffs were passed on to US producers and consumers in the form of higher prices, compared with 81 percent for the 2018–2019 tariffs." @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...
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Bob Burgess @bobburgess.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Brace for more food inflation:
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Old Dog @the-old-dog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So, you're saying one guy could have stopped inflation by just not doing anything?
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 01/10/2026
On foreign policy, Trump has lived down to the expectations of his most pessimistic skeptics and broken every promise he gave or implied to his base (via Bloomberg Opinion)
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Trump’s Legacy at Halftime: Weakness Through War
With the congressional midterm elections nigh and the midpoint of Donald Trump’s second presidency not far behind, it’s time to ask: How does Trump’s foreign policy measure up so far? And where is it likely to go once he’s a lame duck?
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My new link roundup focusing on courts and the approaching midterm elections, including warrants to seize ballots, last-minute investigations, and a judge's ruling against the use of federal funding holdbacks to pressure states into cooperating with the feds.
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Election Policy Roundup #31: The Courts and the Midterms
Roundup of links on courts and the approaching midterm elections, including warrants to seize ballots, last-minute investigations, and a ruling against using federal funding holdbacks to pressure stat...
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Steve Liesman @steveliesman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The reason fed interest rate hikes hit the economy with long and variable lags is because it takes time for the overnight rate to affect long-term rates and for those rates to affect the economy. It seems early to say the economy has been remarkably resilient in the face of higher yields.
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unawarewolf.bsky.social @unawarewolf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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WIRED @wired.com · 01/10/2026
Bruce Blakeman, the Republican nominee for New York governor, has received millions of dollars in donations from the family and businesses of James Dolan, the owner of Madison Square Garden.
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Madison Square Garden’s James Dolan Is Spending Big on New York’s Governor Race
James Dolan has put surveillance at the center of his sports and entertainment empire. Now he’s getting involved in GOP politics by backing a candidate who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers.
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Old Dog @the-old-dog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WTAF?
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Old Dog @the-old-dog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think we know who the bad guys are here.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Those in attendance...received a book called “The War Department Field Manual,” a compilation of Hegseth’s past speeches. In a forward written by President Trump, the troops were told: “As your commander in chief, I will not ask you to fight dumb wars.” Perfect www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Five Takeaways From Hegseth’s Speech
The defense secretary gave a “State of the Force” address to hundreds of officers and enlisted servicemembers at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
This is wrong: Trump and Republicans in Congress gave BILLIONS in tax breaks to Big Tech companies building AI data centers. So YOUR tax dollars are subsidizing their AI data centers — at the same time you pay higher electricity and water bills.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Whether he is watching too much Fox News or acting for other reasons, Justice Alito seems to be emotionally unable to rationally examine the actual evidence in the cases before him to see if they support his voter fraud arguments." democracyproject.org/posts/exorci...
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Exorcising Justice Alito’s Voter Fraud Boogeyman
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.
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Mainer 📎 @mainelife.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But here’s the thing: he got his sound bite. Immediately after the hearing, he was all over right wing media, with edited tape that completely distorts the situation. Of course they cut it right after the dirt bag quote. The GOP Can. Not. Be. Trusted. About anything. Vote them all out.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Absolutely. The core question that I try to raise in this piece is whether the anti-ICE and anti-Trump sentiment creates an opening for a new kind of pro-immigrant consensus, a new kind of moral language on this issue. Talarico seems to be betting that the answer is Yes
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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