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Thurston Nuggs IV

@thurstonnuggsiv.bsky.social
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Girl and dog Dad, eccentric (the good kind, I hope), transit fan, politics-nut and Toronto dude. I love Canada. Elbows up. Keep your crypto to yourself. Quotes attributed to historical figures are often the work of the people who skeet them. ~ Aristotle

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 13h
The Wild West approach to dockless e-bikes cannot continue. I'm setting out my plan to improve safety and data sharing, tackle poor parking and create consistent standards across London. TfL licensing is the key to making these schemes safer and better managed.
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Sadiq Khan announces London-wide crackdown on e-bikes 'Wild West'
Mayor of London lays out plans for a licensing scheme for e-bike operators in the capital amid anger at badly parked or abandoned bikes
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 11h
PM Carney announced a strategy to create a Canadian-based military procurement system. Why would we cut Don Jr. buy in on the action? Would we let Putin buy in? Contact Defence Minister David McGuinty. Tell him to shut this scheme down @largemanabroad.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/G8dK4...
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DON JR'S DRONE SCHEME FOR CANADA
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 14h
No matter what happens in the 2026 midterms -- or even the 2028 presidential election -- Canadians will never trust the United States the way it used to. The north remembers. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/o...
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America still doesn't understand how deep the rift goes
Memo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 23h
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EXCLUSIVE: Bari Weiss 'Likely Out' at CBS After Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger as 'Anti-Woke' Editor Blamed for Torpedoing '60 Minutes'
Bari Weiss has been blamed for 60 Minutes' slide in viewership this season after making sweeping changes to the news network.
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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So many Texans voted for this guy so many times.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The press wear “kick me” signs and wonder why Trump kicks them. If they had more self-respect, they’d get less disrespect. My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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The press wear ‘kick me’ signs and wonder why Trump kicks them
The White House is emboldened to disrespect journalists because journalists disrespect themselves
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.
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Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.
Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
something most democrats still dont understand is that "fuck off" is a perfectly valid response to 99.999999999% of the right's criticisms, which are always made in bad faith
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“An Award for Scholars Who Tell the Truth” Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (inhale) uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccck (inhale) Yooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I mostly post about Catholics, but these Evangelicals are dangerous, too. After reading this, I feel like I need a shower. religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...
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The rise of the Jim Crow theobros
(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ...
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
So the message of this research out of China, where you were seeing a lot of kids using A.I. to help them, was that when they were using the A.I., they were getting things done faster. But it turned out that the skills they were learning were not holding, that their actual personal performance, at least in the way we traditionally measure it, was degrading.

What do you think when you hear that?

The last part — I completely agree. Try to get a kid to do long division right now. The multiplication table is starting to be forgotten. Doing square roots, my goodness. Basic math is being forgotten. Does it matter?

That’s my question for you.

Yeah. I don’t think it does. I don’t think it does.

But there must be some set of skills that matter.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybe not those. We’re going to discover new ones. Just maybe not those.

There are a lot of skills that don’t matter. My first confession, I actually don’t know my address.And I ——

I don’t really believe that to be true.

It’s completely true. Janine will tell you and Lori will tell you.

One day I had to pump gas — it was a few years ago. They needed my ZIP code, and I panicked. I didn’t know my ZIP code. I don’t know my telephone number. I forget these things. I can live with it.

But let me take the other side because I don’t want to fall into a thing where, because some skills can be safely offloaded ——

Yeah.

I also can’t get anywhere without a mapping system now. Never could, frankly. But I’m a big reader. And one of the skills I really value, one of the capacities I have that I really value is an attention span formed on physical books.

You’re a big reader. I’ve read about the kind of reading you do. And there is, prior to A.I., a lot of concern and noticing among college professors and others that the way people use the internet has probably shortened attention spans.
Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Yeah. Well, I think that we’re going to lose some finer intellectual dexterity, but we’re going to be better systems thinkers.

Today’s engineers are far better systems thinkers than I was when I graduated from school. But I was a much better transistor thinker.

What do you mean by systems thinker?

They think of large systems. Today’s computers have trillions, hundreds of trillions of transistors in them. When I first graduated from school, the first chip I worked on had 200 transistors. I knew every one of them by name. No engineer does that today. Most engineers now work well above the transistor, well above the functionality, and they’re cobbling things together to do things.

So you need to think much more about systems and interactions of systems. So some of the lower-level knowledge is gone.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2013: $380,000 Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2026: $14,600,000 He cashed in and sold out Michiganders.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Arrest him. Immediately.
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Albanese says OpenAI hacked Medicare and told Australia months later via email to generic inbox
Prime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026
Republicans everywhere are abandoning Donald Trump. I’m just going to say what you’re thinking: TOO LATE. They kissed his ass, defended the indefensible, and helped build this monster. Now they can choke on the consequences.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 23/09/2026
Exclusive: Federal prosecutors are investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime lawyer and accountant, who now control what’s left of his fortune.
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Federal Prosecutors Open Probe Into Jeffrey Epstein’s Executors
Prosecutors have questioned Epstein victims about his longtime accountant and lawyer. Both of them have denied wrongdoing.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
About effing time! Now publish it www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please help spread the word. Rory does great work, and I have the feeling this request is building on a story that matters a lot to our democracy.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is who he is, and his supporters are who they are. Donald Trump is a r*pist. He will always be a r*pist. His supporters will always have passionately supported a r*pist. They cannot be excused for that. They cannot be forgiven for that. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump is a Rapist. His Followers Can Never Be Forgiven For Supporting Him.
(Warning: this article contains depictions of sexual violence and may be triggering for survivors of assault)
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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Thurston Nuggs IV @thurstonnuggsiv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
To paraphrase Lindsey Graham, if Toronto elects Brad Bradford for mayor, we'll deserve him.
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Jordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 20/09/2026
I honestly can’t think of a better metaphor than the Department of War inviting a guy who padded his boxing records with scrubs right until he got hospitalized by someone who could actually fight
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Last Thursday, we welcomed Logan and Jake Paul to the Pentagon to meet with our warriors.
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/09/2026
Turning the Triumphal Arch that shouldn’t be built in the first place into a military drone sniper facility is insane. And I can’t help but think this is part of Trump’s plan to maintain power. You can read between the lines on that one.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh for fuck’s sake
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Thurston Nuggs IV @thurstonnuggsiv.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And she wept #Toronto #TOphoto
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Thurston Nuggs IV @thurstonnuggsiv.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Bottoms up #TOphoto #Toronto
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Thurston Nuggs IV @thurstonnuggsiv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The lap of luxury #Toronto #TOphoto
An ornately-designed, beautifully-lit courtyard at night.
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Thurston Nuggs IV @thurstonnuggsiv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#Toronto #TOphoto Birds on a wire
A windowless building with birds lining the roof's edge, with a phone line in front of it also with birds on it.
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Thurston Nuggs IV @thurstonnuggsiv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#Toronto #TOphoto
A flight of stairs in a stadium tunnel leading to upper deck seating at dusk. The walls are reflective and mirror the stairs. Two shadowy figures are descending towards the photographer.
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Thurston Nuggs IV @thurstonnuggsiv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#Toronto #TOphoto
A picture of several highrises peeking-out from some trees in the foreground on a foggy night.
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 21/08/2026
"If trans people want a boycott of The New York Times, where's the call to do so?" Here is a declaration laying out how the NYT is a key driver of trans genocide, why boycotts work and why anyone who gives a damn about trans lives and rights must boycott The New York Times.
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Boycott The New York Times
For years The New York Times has relentlessly pushed anti-trans propaganda, playing a significant role in the escalating genocide against us. It's far past time for a call to action: anyone who cares ...
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 17/09/2026
A federal judge just put Todd Blanche on the clock. September 24. Hand over the handwritten FBI interview notes tied to allegations involving Donald Trump or risk contempt. The Epstein files are NOT going away. And @katiephang.bsky.social is doing outstanding work to make sure of it. 🔥👏🏽 #SheShed
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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
a poorly drawn cat doing an impressive splita tabby-and-white cat sitting on a tiled floor while doing a split
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Henry Giroux @girouxh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My latest piece on Monsters and memory- www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/18/w...
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When Monsters Walk Among Us
More than four decades ago, the Greek composer and public intellectual Manos Hadjidakis issued a warning that now reads less like a reflection on fascism than a prophecy of our own time. The greatest ...
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
MAGA is dragging her already. These are the same people she aligned with—now they are calling for her to be deported. This is what happens when people of color who believe they have a seat at the table of white supremacy. Once you disagree—they turn on you. www.mediaite.com/politics/dep...
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‘Deport Her ASAP’: MAGA Rages at House Republican Turning On Trump Over Immigration
"This is an absolute betrayal of Trump and his 77 million voters. President Trump should immediately revoke all support and endorsement of this woman"
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the part many Americans -- including the Bezosites at the Washington Post -- don't understand. Canadians don't see this just as a Trump thing. It's that America elected him twice, and the second time with an even bigger mandate. The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Vote like your life depends on it. Because it does.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Republicans have to instruct Mitch McConnell to vote "yes" on a bill after he nearly votes "no" with Democrats
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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 16/09/2026
To much fanfare, McDonald’s, Subway and Taco Bell all pledged to cut routine antibiotics from their beef ten years ago. None of the companies have delivered. None will even say whether they’re still trying. @byng.bsky.social reports: buff.ly/ODEW00D
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McDonald’s, Subway and Taco Bell Fail to Meet Antibiotic Reduction Commitments
The fast food giants are silent on whether they’re still pursuing targets set a decade ago.
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh no, Canada has disappointed Susan Collins.
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Republican senator warns Carney: Closer ties to EU hurts chance of trade deal with U.S. | CBC News
A long-serving Republican senator from a border state is warning Prime Minister Mark Carney against strengthening Canada's economic and political ties to the European Union.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/09/2026
yes. i would wager that these people genuinely believe that the country is MAGA and that there is a vast and untapped audience to be appealed to. incidentally, these people also exist in an impenetrable bubble of sycophants.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14/09/2026
Ovechkin takes part in Putin propaganda party video. Remember that when you watch him play.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 15/09/2026
Jim Stanford: “This claim of interprovincial subsidization is completely false. Alberta pays no money to Quebec, or to any other province. The Alberta government, like other provinces, receives huge transfers from Ottawa to help pay for health care and other programs.” thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee
The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With Trump unleashing insane tirades against regulating AI, Obama just urged Dems to adopt a comprehensive position on it, warning that failure to act now will be "dangerous." Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2154...
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The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving
Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Members of Congress are starting to officially demand answers on the corrupt Yosemite land giveaway. That happens when 11,600 furious constituents flood their inboxes demanding an investigation. The dam is breaking. Keep the pressure on and push us to 12,000: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Arrest him?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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