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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 21h
President Donald Trump was advised by Tina Peters, a convicted former Colorado election clerk, to seize ballots nationwide, according to her attorney, who says Trump won't "relinquish control again.
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Trump advised to 'seize ballots' across US as he won't 'relinquish control again': report
President Donald Trump was advised by Tina Peters, a convicted former Colorado election clerk, to seize ballots nationwide, according to her attorney, who says Trump won't "relinquish control again."Kyle Clark, an anchor at Denver's 9NEWS, reported Thursday that Peters met with Trump at the White Ho...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Former DOJ official Bruce Swartz explains why Trump’s $5000 “dividend” is illegal and is not covered by immunity from prosecution.  www.justsecurity.org/159770/aucti...
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Auctioning Democracy: Trump’s Promise of a $5,000 “Dividend”
Trump's pledge to pay $5,000 to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress could violate federal criminal law.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 06/10/2026
CONTEXT: At a Nebraskan rally, Trump admitted that U.S. prices were "a little bit high" amid the war in Iran, but it would end soon. “It’s a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe! They can take out a city, let ‘em take out Los Angeles, let ‘em take out San Diego!”
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Putin-Trump was the most successful covert operation in modern history. David Corn on today's "To the Contrary" Podcast.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 06/10/2026
Donald Trump's suggestion that he would let Iran attack Los Angeles or San Diego at a Nebraska rally on Monday night led MS NOW's Jonathan Lemire to raise the possibility that the president might be teasing out something.
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Dark theory emerges about origin of Trump's 'take out' LA and San Diego blurt
Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would let Iran attack Los Angeles or San Diego at a Nebraska rally on Monday night led MS NOW’s Jonathan Lemire to raise the possibility that the president might be teasing out something.During a “Morning Joe” panel discussion that focused an extensive amount of tim...
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 06/10/2026
NEW: Olympic canoeist who went through "nightmare" Reflecting Pool case is pushing two government watchdogs to probe "incompetence and wrongdoing."
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Former Olympic canoeist asks government watchdogs to probe ‘nightmare’ Reflecting Pool case
The Trump administration’s “sprint” to charge Olympic canoeist David “Davey” Hearn, his attorneys wrote, “mirrored the rushed renovation itself.”
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump Makes His Supporters Pledge to "Cheat Like Hell" in Upcoming Elections! youtu.be/pVxNTAAz0rE?...
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Trump Finally Puts the Lie to His Mail-In Voting BS!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: judge dismisses case against reflecting pool defendant Davey Hearn WITH PREJUDICE- meaning the DoJ can’t ever bring charges against him in this matter. www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
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Judge permanently dismisses David Hearn Reflecting Pool indictment
The Trump Justice Department sought a temporary dismissal. Hearn wanted his charges tossed for good.
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CNN International PR @cnnipr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jared Kushner's private equity company is the largest shareholder in an Israeli firm with Israeli military links, a CNN investigation has found. He is also negotiating a deal for Gaza. New reporting from CNN's Katie Polglase, Allegra Goodwin, and Majlie de Puy Kamp edition.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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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
South Korea says Trump is lying
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Remember when Judge Cannon blocked release of Vol. II of Jack Smith’s report? The part about the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case? Now there’s an encouraging update & you’ll want to know all about it. joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-vo...
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Finally. Volume II.
Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago report should be public. Donald Trump wants to keep that from happening.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 01/10/2026
The White House's "Trump TV," which was supposed to fill the information gap after President Donald Trump banned Politico, CNN and MS NOW, has already fallen on hard times, with viewership sometimes sitting at fewer than 100 MAGA fans watching.
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Trump TV viewer numbers have plummeted to a 'genuinely embarrassing' level: analyst
The White House's "Trump TV," which was supposed to fill the information gap after President Donald Trump banned Politico, CNN and MS NOW, has already fallen on hard times, with viewership sometimes sitting at fewer than 100 MAGA fans watching.According to an analysis by the Daily Beast, Trump TV ha...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Samuel Alito has recused himself from a Supreme Court climate case, after ethics watchdogs uncovered his fossil fuel stockholdings. Instead of relying on the justices to occasionally do the right thing, we need Congress to enact real SCOTUS reform.
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How to Fix a Broken Supreme Court | Robert Reich
Justice Roberts refused to testify in a hearing on SCOTUS ethics.Thomas and Alito accepted luxury vacations from GOP meg
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
End the war in Iran. Keep America's truckers on the road.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
We’re making all Meidas+ news updates completely paywall-free through the midterm elections. Quality information shouldn’t be locked away right now. This may hurt our business, but some things are more important. Spread the word and join us: meidasplus.com
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
NEW: As diesel prices hit record highs, Georgia GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson admitted in court that the “America First Refining” oil refinery he co-owns with MAGA figures including Donald Trump Jr. is set to send its fuel to India, per AJC.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 01/10/2026
Devout GOP pundit says he's voting for Democrats: My party needs to 'hit rock bottom'
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Devout GOP pundit says he's voting for Democrats: My party needs to 'hit rock bottom'
Longtime conservative writer Matt K. Lewis said he's finally had enough of the Republican Party under President Donald Trump, publicly announcing in a new column that he'll be voting for Democrats across the board this November, a first in his decades of voting history.Lewis, a self-described lifelo...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 01/10/2026
In a new Time Magazine interview, Trump refused to rule out declaring a state of emergency before the midterms, expressed regret over his own Supreme Court picks, and melted down at reporters for not asking positive questions.
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Trump's wild new interview sets off firestorm of reactions: 'Biden was more coherent'
A new interview with President Donald Trump kicked off a firestorm of reaction on social media.The 80-year-old president melted down on Time senior political correspondent Eric Cortellessa and editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs during the lengthy sit-down after they failed, in his estimation, to ask positiv...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hahahahahahahaha this ad is awesome
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 30/09/2026
The editorial board of Missouri's largest newspaper joined the pile-on after Sen. Eric Schmitt embarrassed himself during his interrogation of former special counsel Jack Smith on national TV. "Eric Schmitt couldn't possibly embarrass himself and his constituents any more than he already has."
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'Sloppy' GOP Sen. Schmitt pilloried by home state paper over 'cringey' public humiliation
The editorial board of Missouri's largest newspaper joined the pile-on after Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) embarrassed himself during his interrogation of former special counsel Jack Smith on national TV.Schmitt, who previously didn't have much of a national profile, accused Smith of perjury while going ...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I questioned the government chatbot about Trump’s attacks on voting. Here’s what it said. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-17907830690...
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Even Trump's AI won't back his election lies
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One small, but powerful way that LLM's are supercharging scamming is by allowing scammers to write perfect context-appropriate prose - emails, invitations, "hey checking in" - that before AI would have this slightly *off* uncanniness that would alert the victim. No longer!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026
NEW: A nonpartisan watchdog asked a court to force the Trump administration to hand over records on its claims that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states. The request comes after Trump alleged that his administration found 278k noncitizens on the rolls.
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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Trump promised he would halve energy prices within his first year in office
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: In a 53-47 vote, Senate Republicans failed to pass an anti-voting measure that would have required voters to provide photo ID to cast ballots. The vote follows repeated failures by the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act, an anti-voting bill Trump has called his “No. 1 priority.”
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GOP voter ID bill falls short in Senate
The floor stunt attempted to give Republicans facing tough reelection fights something to campaign on as voters sour on the GOP’s willingness to acquiesce to Trump on artificial intelligence, the war ...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Katie Phang breaks down one of the most disturbing pieces of evidence in the new Cornell sex assault lawsuit: an alleged fraternity Snapchat message referring to the plaintiff as “free p***y upstairs.” Phang zeroes in on another detail: someone apparently photographed the Snapchat from another phone
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New: FBI in internal memo says it believes ShinyHunters may have stolen private data on all employees. Fears of longterm consequences of breach magnify as hackers threaten to leak everything online by end of Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees (Gift Article)
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 28/09/2026
Donald Trump's comments about arrests near a British airbase prompted a stark warning from a UK political editor, who questioned on Monday whether allies can count on the president to keep sensitive information from reaching the wrong hands.
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Trump's 'roughshod' remarks prompt stark warning from editor: 'Hardly out of character'
Donald Trump’s comments about arrests near a British airbase prompted a stark warning from a UK political editor, who questioned on Monday whether allies can count on the president to keep sensitive information from reaching the wrong hands.The international situation unfolded after five men were ar...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 27/09/2026
ICE officers around the country got verbal orders this weekend to stop arresting immigrants who have no criminal record.
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ICE agents 'shocked and frustrated' after being told to 'scale back' in internal memo
ICE officers around the country got verbal orders this weekend to stop arresting immigrants who have no criminal record. According to Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin, the Trump administration now says the guidance was a mistake and has reversed it.Jennie Taer broke the story Saturday for The Dai...
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Blue Line @theblueline.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 27/09/2026
President Donald Trump said this weekend that the U.S. now has "the best" poverty, and critics online quickly made fun of the line.
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Trump in trouble after blurting out 'best poverty' boast: 'Not the flex you think'
President Donald Trump said this weekend that the U.S. now has "the best" poverty, and critics online quickly made fun of the line."We have the best, uhh, I guess you could say poverty," Trump told reporters in a clip that independent journalist Aaron Rupar shared on X on Sunday. "They talk poverty....
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 27/09/2026
The Trump administration is eyeing Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming as the site for its latest construction project, two insiders told The Washington Post, and onlookers were left furious.
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Outrage as Trump admin eyes cherished site for next construction project: 'Deeply insane'
The Trump administration is eyeing Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming as the site for its latest construction project, two insiders told The Washington Post, and onlookers were left furious.According to the Post, the Trump administration is considering constructing a baseball stadium in Grand Teto...
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Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My latest Substack on Judge Kelly's order to immediately restore the White House hard passes of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico reporters, and the early morning fire drill when the administration, incredibly, failed to comply.
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A Trump Judge Orders the Administration to Reinstate CNN, MS NOW, and Politico
After delay, the White House has now complied.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special redistricting election after pursuing debunked claims of a massive ballot discrepancy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to return seized ballots, affirms state’s power over local law enforcement
The twin rulings stand to make it significantly harder for local law enforcement to create election chaos and use unsubstantiated fraud claims to seize ballots outside California’s established electio...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026
Xi Jinping invoked the “Thucydides Trap” right to Trump’s face, a reference to the clash between a rising power and a declining one. The message Xi was sending was unmistakable: China is the ascending power. America is declining. This is at least the second time Xi has raised this in front of Trump.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bensky: I had met one woman who had been to 42 Trump rallies—she’s very well known in the community. And she said that when Trump had said, “Are we still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” that something in her switched. She said, “I can’t support him. I can’t support MAGA.”
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tom Massie posted a calendar labeling the days of work Mike Johnson canceled because of him.
Tom Massie tweet:

Here’s a calendar to show the days 
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 has cancelled in Congress. September 17 was canceled to avoid a vote on my Hegseth impeachment. The last two weeks in September were canceled to avoid a vote on releasing more Epstein files. He’s closing Congress to stop me.

Below there is a congressional calendar from July to December. 

July 1-2 are labeled Rules retreat.
September 17 is labeled Hegseth Holiday.
September 22 to October 2 are labeled Epstein Recess.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 21/09/2026
"Can you imagine?" A lifelong conservative Republican told 60 Minutes that a proposed data center is the first issue in his adult life to directly affect him. The clip has 4 million views — and a lot of people have thoughts.
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'I mean, wow': Lifelong Republican's '60 Minutes' confession becomes a lightning rod
A lifelong conservative Republican drew accusations of privilege after telling 60 Minutes that a data center is the first issue in his adult life to directly affect him.Dave Lowe lives beside a proposed 800-acre data center campus in Red Oak, Texas. He spoke to correspondent Norah O'Donnell for a 60...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Broadcast media show collective action is the best way to stand up to a bully. My thoughts in @opinion.bloomberg.com . www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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The Press Struck Back at Trump With the Ultimate Weapon
President Donald Trump surely knows by now that spontaneously banning media from the White House is illegal. He even has alternative — and legitimate — methods to revoke credentials that wouldn’t be s...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026
ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.
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Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody.
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Blue Line @theblueline.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Newton, Kansas. The want to personally thank you, Marshall.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hussain Albukhaiti: Trump should have known as well where Iran was going to retaliate. They do have missiles. I mean, a child would know that they would retaliate against your bases.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
US Intelligence has definitively linked commercial Chinese satellite imagery to the Iranian attack on a Jordan airbase that killed 3 US service members. 1/
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