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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: Trump’s DOJ put a convicted election hacker on poll duty. Yes, really.
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Trump’s DOJ Put Convicted Election Hacker on Poll Duty
As Harmeet Dhillon rebuilds the Civil Rights Division after roughly 300 career employees left, Justice Department records place David Michael Levin in the federal election-monitoring operation.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Kim Guillyfoyle asking a donor for $100K to cover her credit card debt before starting in her new role as Ambassador to Greece. "Deters didn’t ultimately make the payment, telling Guilfoyle it would cost him his marriage." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How is she still broke? This sounds so chaotic
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Guillfoyle was pretty clearly trading on her connection with Trump to solicit payments in order to help a Republican donor get the IRS to quash a tax dispute. Massively corrupt! We used to take this sort of shit seriously!
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Looks like Deters, who was banned from a Cincinnati courthouse for threatening to burn it down, is burning something down: the career of Kimberly Guilfoyle.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yeah. He’s real eager to clarify what he really meant.
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Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Virtually every president has complained about the press. Trump says that reporters who irk him "should be arrested." Can't you see that his instincts are authoritarian? I know a lot of "anti-anti-Trumpers." Can't you see it, my friends? Doesn't it matter?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have one house.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow, good luck with this, Roger. I didn't have her arrested for owning me $50. I had her arrested for not showing up to court when I sued her for $50. kansasreflector.com/2026/09/28/r...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sen. Roger Marshall says he didn't have the pregnant patient arrested over a $50 late bill. THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS AND DEFAMATORY!!! He had her arrested for not showing up to court when he sued her for being late for $50.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Trump: "We're gonna be signing a document today renaming artificial intelligence, because it's not artificial. We're gonna be naming it Super Intelligence. Officially renaming it."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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thefirstamerican.bsky.social @thefirstamerican.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purges
The decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Eighth Circuit has ordered the district court to reinstate Missouri’s 2025 congressional map. But before folks freak out, it also ordered that court to pause such a ruling for long enough that the challengers can (and will) seek further review from #SCOTUS: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
To allow for appellate review, the district court should administratively stay its permanent injunction until September 28, 2026, at 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time. Without any stay, Secretary Hoskins and local election authorities would be required to immediately begin implementing the 2025 map before the Supreme Court receives or decides any appeal. And without a limit to the stay, PNP could wait to file its petition for a writ of certiorari until the December 21, 2026, due date, see
SUP. CT. R. 13.1, thus preventing the Supreme Court from considering the merits of this case until after Missouri has conducted the November 2026 general election. The mandate shall issue forthwith
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CNN @cnn.com · 22/09/2026
The “Priests Against Genocide” group, an international coalition of Catholic clergy, marched through the streets of Rome on Tuesday to urge Catholic Church leaders to take a stronger stance against Israel’s war in Gaza. CNN’s Christopher Lamb reports.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docket Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: Over half a million voters registered in a single day last week
At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docke...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
"The FBI in 2025 under President Trump shut down an inquiry into allegations that a political adviser to Senator Susan Collins had participated in a scheme to funnel illegal campaign contributions from a defense contractor seeking lucrative federal contracts"
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins (Gift Article)
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 15/09/2026
The Victory of the Tax Cheats.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Donald Trump admits what DOJ and most of the legacy media refuse to. The U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot rule was a partisan effort to help the GOP. SCOTUS' decision was, in his words: "a big loss for Republicans."
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thefirstamerican.bsky.social @thefirstamerican.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
You don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rules www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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You don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rules
A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 04/09/2026
A Missouri state House candidate who won his Republican primary by fewer than three dozen votes is accused of trying to plant cocaine and Adderall on his opponent before the election.
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Missouri candidate wanted campaign manager to plant cocaine in opponent’s car, authorities say
The state GOP chairman said Republican Thomas Christopher Ross should immediately drop out of the race, calling the allegations “serious and deeply troubling.”
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Today's song is "My Favorite Things," performed by John Coltrane Quintet in 1961, with Eric Dolphy/Flute, Evin Jones/Drums, McCoy Tyner/Piano, Reggie Workman/Bass. First w/Trane on Soprano Sax. Addition of Dolphy & interplay w Trane make it quite different from album. #GAM youtu.be/-j4owPa6w1I?...
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John Coltrane Quintet • “My Favorite Things” • 1961 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]
YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66
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thefirstamerican.bsky.social @thefirstamerican.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Europe Protests as U.S. Invites Russian Minister to Finance Meeting
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Here is Trump's progression: Fake polls➡️Fake voters➡️Fake results➡️Fake winners🟰Real suppression, real lies, real subversion and real violence.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/08/2026
In its new rule to implement Trump’s anti-mail voting order, USPS compared mail ballots to fake bombs. “There is nothing about a piece of paper with markings on it that is at all like a fake explosive,” Marc Elias says. Help us hold USPS accountable: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/08/2026
NEW: In a win for North Carolina voters, a slate of anti-voting measures is unlikely to take effect before the midterms after the public raised enough objections to trigger a review by state lawmakers. The restrictions would have made it easier to throw out voters' ballots.
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Public objections pause new voting restrictions in North Carolina – at least for now
The voting restrictions approved by the Republican-controlled Rules Review Commission include tightening ID requirements to register to vote and stricter mail voting standards.
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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
... Disorderly yen markets can trigger forced unwinds, which could destabilize global markets and ultimately raise borrowing costs for American families and businesses.” #economy #japan #markets #yen #fx 2 of 2
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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Two Yen-related updates: 1. The yen has weakened to 160 per US dollar again, which is bound to fuel intervention speculation (CNBC chart below). 2. In a letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that “Japan is a major holder of U.S. Treasuries…. 1 of 2
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 28/08/2026
"For more than a year, the National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer." www.notus.org/agencies/tru...
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Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer
The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Good lord.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If they bought favors and influence with money, they should be worried.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge temporarily blocked USPS from enforcing key parts of Trump’s final mail ballot rule — another blow to his anti-voting push ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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Federal judge blocks Trump's anti-mail voting order again, citing risk to states and voters
The judge found that voting rights groups and Democratic-led states are likely to succeed in showing USPS lacked authority to impose new federal requirements on mail voting before the 2026 midterms.
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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Aaaaand Round 2 has begun: “[T]he USPS’s interest in correcting an unsubstantiated problem through likely unconstitutional means is dwarfed by the overwhelming risk of pervasive disenfranchisement of citizens who need access to mail ballots in order to vote.” Onto CA1, then back to SCOTUS.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Trump advisers are telling him his polling is cratering because...voters aren't aware of his stupendous achievements, per The Atlantic. So he's ordered up ads for the midterms that are *all about him.* Brilliant! On the pod, @monacharen.bsky.social rips this apart: newrepublic.com/article/2147...
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Trump Unravels as Leaks Reveal How Aides Feed Him Crackpot Poll Hopium
As new reporting shows how Trump advisers shield him from bad midterm news, a shrewd decoder of MAGA crazy explains why he will never, ever allow Republicans to get distance from him.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"the money, which was supposed to be used to provide health insurance for poor children, was instead hastily passed through multiple organizations before eventually landing in the bank accounts of two political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida." www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...
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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Pro-death defines the GOP
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
She “declined?” “Declined”? You can’t just decline to get a security clearance. You either get one or you don’t have a job. So much dysfunction in this White House. When will the GOP have had enough? Why risk the country for this? www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
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Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year
The close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff.
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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 11/08/2026
Trump's high school pal, Peter Ticktin, filed a lawsuit on behalf of some January 6ers recently, and it is batshit insane. I have only read a 10th of this so far, look at these gems
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 10/08/2026
Trump is raiding wildfire prevention funding to pay for his vanity projects while over 2.3 million acres burn in Oregon
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/08/2026
NEW: Internal National Park Service records obtained by MeidasTouch’s Scott MacFarlane reveal more than $400 MILLION has been steered toward Trump’s White House and D.C. projects, while funding for major national parks is being slashed.
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Trump Turns National Parks into Piggybank
Cutbacks and Setbacks Hammer America's National Parks in the Shadow of Trump's Vanity Projects
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/08/2026
Meiselas: Trump is terrified of the BBC right now. And he's definitely choking. Trump is scrambling to stop the BBC from digging into the finances of his businesses after a judge ordered him to turn them over. You like saying you can take BBC but you can't handle it. You're scared of BBC, Donald.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/08/2026
The legacy media tells us that “career civil servants” are protecting our elections. But who do those civil servants work for? 🤔 “They work for Donald Trump’s administration,” Marc Elias says, “and Donald Trump wants to subvert the outcome of the election.” demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
So now the next step is to find out what Capital One's months-long anti-money laundering review by professionals with decades of law enforcement experience discovered about Trump's 300+ accounts...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The only good Republican is an ex-Republican.
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