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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Here's the whole column for more on what's happening in York County www.inquirer.com/opinion/york...
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How York County became the most dangerous place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. | Will Bunch
Local cops working with ICE in York County, Pa. have made hundreds of arrests, with many more afraid to leave home.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/10/2026
Amid multiple reports alleging outright corruption, on-the-record quotes from Greek officials who seem to detest her grifting behavior, and the criminal use of “honey” in casual conversation, it appears that Kimberly Guilfoyle’s ambassadorship could be in peril.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle’s grifting scandal keeps getting worse
Trump’s ice-cold response to the “honey”-packed corruption allegations is pretty telling.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So thrilled to learn that our podcast Burn Order has won an Edward R. Murrow award! Thank you to the Radio Television Digital News Association @rtdna.bsky.social If you haven't listened to Burn Order yet, you can listen for free here, get transcripts of episodes, etc: www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"The decision by Trump to dissolve USAID — once the world’s largest humanitarian donor — gutted maternal and neonatal care, decimated nutrition programs for millions of pregnant women and children, and left scores of birthing centers devoid of equipment and medicine..." apnews.com/article/usai...
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USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying
The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy complications and deaths in Nepal.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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USA: Retired Anglican priest detained by ICE | ICN
A 78-year-old Colorado priest has been in ICE detention for almost a year. He is now malnourished, in a wheelchair, has a persistent cough, and with chest pain. The only treatment he gets is cough med...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“Last spring, I warned that America is trying to break us so they can own us. And I promised that that will never, ever happen,” Carney said. “We are keeping that promise. Canada is becoming stronger and less dependent on America.” www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
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U.S., Canada Spiral Toward Trade War
Canada responded to new U.S. tariffs with levies of its own as the two sides trade blame for collapse of talks.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump has a positive approval rating in precisely 3 out of 50 U.S. states: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"The inflated Nevada number and the subsequent absence of significant findings offer yet another example of Mr. Trump’s making an outrageous claim of widespread election fraud without the evidence to support it..." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
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Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can’t Prove It.
The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Democrats have now flipped 31 seats from red to blue since January 2025..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Democrats flip another legislative seat, winning in a district Trump carried by 18 points
House Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed Democratic special election victories as “anomalies.” That would be easier to believe if they didn’t keep happening.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
At "Rally for Democracy" protest in Mount Kisco New York, Aug 22 2026:
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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He Waited For His Son To Return From The USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol Arrested Him.
Immigration authorities arrested Luis Manuel Aviles, a handyman with a work permit whose son was serving as a sailor on the carrier at the time.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"A pseudo-democratic fiscal basketcase, whose only apparent foreign policy objective is domination for the gratification of its president’s slapdash vanity... "Trump’s world — a world of transaction and submission — is not the only world we all have to live in..." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/o...
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Opinion | Canada Said No to America. It Will Reverberate Far Beyond Its Borders.
Mark Carney has chosen suffering, but he did what Canadians elected him to do.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"GEO donated $1 million to Trump's PAC on July 16, three days after the company announced it had signed an $85m contract with ICE. "On July 29, GEO announced it had received another $80m ICE contract; two days later, GEO gave Trump's PAC an additional $413,000..." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts
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truthseeker19.bsky.social @truthseeker19.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Trump NEVER has to pay federal taxes ever again. Think about that for a moment. He's given himself, thanks to his criminal defense lawyer temporarily housed at the DOJ, a LICENSE TO STEAL from American taxpayers!!! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump’s DOJ promises that Trump’s IRS will drop cases against Trump over unpaid taxes
IRS is ‘forever barred and precluded’ from investigating the president, his family and companies as part of lawsuit settlement
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 20/05/2026
🚨 A newly revealed DOJ agreement reportedly “FOREVER” bars the U.S. government from pursuing certain future tax or legal claims against Trump, his family, trusts, and companies. 😳🇺🇸 Critics are calling the move unprecedented. #Trump #DOJ #Politics #BreakingNews #MAGA
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DOJ Quietly Signs Stunning Order That Could Shield Trump Family Forever — Critics Call It Unprecedented
A newly revealed Justice Department agreement tied to President Donald Trump is triggering outrage and alarm after reports emerged that the federal government has agreed to permanently block itself…
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Barry Nisman @bazbear2.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
what with this DOJ slush fund, this is incredible that tax paying supporters of the First Felon would take in Vance's statement, and in reading Pete's retort, they'd be oblivious. The word must be passed: Mr Bone Spurs is stealing from the US in front of millions of eyes
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
An investigation by ProPublica reveals for the first time how the Trump administration came to harness HSI’s personnel, technology and sweeping legal authority in service of its election agenda — and how meager the results have been.
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How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart
To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So fa...
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Whoa: Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment
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Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say
Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: A family member of a service member currently deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln shared messages with MeidasTouch detailing months without milk, meat arriving rotten, and a deployment with no end in sight.
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Rotten Meat, No Milk: Troops Detail Life Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln
Text messages shared with MeidasTouch by a family member of a service member currently deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln paint a bleak picture of daily
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/08/2026
SHOCK REPORT: Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid an extended Middle East deployment, as families sound the alarm over severe mental health struggles, exhaustion, food shortages, water contamination, deteriorating conditions, + more, per Military Times.
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Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say
Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Feed the sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln—and then bring them home—you incompetent, useless TV talk show chatterbox twit.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 12/08/2026
The USS Abraham Lincoln is supporting military operations in the Middle East against Iran.
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Mental Health Crisis Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln—As U.S. Sailors Mark More Than 260 Days At Sea
The USS Abraham Lincoln is supporting military operations in the Middle East against Iran.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Keep asking these questions, Peter Alexander. Bravo.
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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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Fmr. Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig: Trump has 'declared war on the rule of law' in America
Former U.S. Court of Appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig joins MSNBC’s Ali Velshi to discuss Chief Justice Roberts’ public rebuke of Donald Trump after he called for the impeachment of a judge who ruled a...
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Judge J. Michael Luttig: Remembering America's Core Values open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Judge J. Michael Luttig: Remembering America's Core Values
Here, the law is king.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/06/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Judge J. Michael Luttig tells MeidasTouch that a major shift has taken place in American politics—and credits the federal judiciary for bringing about “the effective end to this presidency.” Read his full statement:
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Fmr. Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig: Trump has 'declared war on the rule of law' in America youtu.be/Ty0_nV_Am88?...
Former U.S. Court of Appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 30/07/2026
After significant pressure from protesters for financing private prison companies that work with ICE, Citizens Bank has divested from CoreCivic and the GEO Group. “The pressure became too much for Citizens to bear, and they had to do the right thing.”
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Citizens Bank Cuts Ties to ICE Prison Companies GEO Group & CoreCivic After Grassroots De-ICE Campaign
A coalition of social justice organizations is celebrating a recent decision by Citizens Bank to divest from private prison companies that operate immigration jails for the federal government. The fin...
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De-ICE Action Network @de-ice.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Citizens Bank has announced it will exit its lending agreements with CoreCivic and GEO Group. This is an incredible win for everyone who refused to let a major bank finance the human suffering caused by ICE detention! Community resistance matters ✊
Graphic titled 'BREAKING' announcing that Citizens Bank is exiting its lending relationships with for-profit ICE prison companies CoreCivic and GEO Group. The background photo shows protesters outside a Citizens Bank branch holding signs reading 'Citizens: Get Out of ICE OR We Get Out of Citizens,' 'Citizens Bank No ICE Prisons,' and 'Citizens Bank Has Blood On Its Hands.' The 'De-ICE Citizens Bank' campaign logo appears in the bottom left, with the URL www.de-icecitizensbank.org in the bottom right.
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Axios @axios.com · 13/07/2026
NEW: Judge sanctions Trump's lawyers for IRS settlement, anti-weaponization fund
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Judge sanctions Trump's lawyers for IRS settlement, anti-weaponization fund
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams recommended attorney sanctions.
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Axios @axios.com · 13/07/2026
President Trump gave Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman his support for a highly unusual military action against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, according to U.S. officials.
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Scoop: Trump gave Saudi crown prince his backing for risky strikes on Houthis
President Trump signed off on a highly unusual Saudi strike against Iran-backed Houthis.
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Axios @axios.com · 13/07/2026
President Trump today signed orders reducing federal protections across nearly 3 million acres of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments.
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Trump cuts nearly 3 million acres from 2 Utah national monuments
Utah's biggest national monuments have been the object of political football for years.
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Axios @axios.com · 14/07/2026
Senators from both parties are rallying around a revised Russia sanctions package to honor the legacy of Lindsey Graham.
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Senate looks to honor Graham with Russia sanctions
Bipartisanship is rare in today's Senate. Lindsey Graham's sudden death may briefly revive it.
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Axios @axios.com · 14/07/2026
NEW: President Trump has walked back his demand for collecting a 20% toll from ships that transit through the strait of Hormuz. Instead, the president said Gulf States would make major investments in the U.S.
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Trump backtracks on Strait of Hormuz 20 tolls
Trump backtracks on Strait of Hormuz 20 tolls
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Axios @axios.com · 14/07/2026
SCOOP: This House Democrat wants reckoning over McConnell, Kean absences
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House Democrat wants reckoning after Mitch McConnell, Tom Kean Jr. absences
The "Duty of Transparency Act" would require lawmakers to disclose expected absences longer than three weeks.
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Axios @axios.com · 15/07/2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson is in an uncomfortably familiar spot: under pressure from President Trump, under fire from members and under the gun to advance a reconciliation bill in just a few days.
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House GOP's reconciliation 3.0 push hits early road bumps
Republicans remain divided over both the contents of the bill and the strategy behind it.
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Axios @axios.com · 15/07/2026
President Trump said ICE should continue using traffic stops to arrest immigrants after a recent directive suspended the tactic after 2 fatal shootings in Texas and Maine within a week.
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Trump reverses ICE traffic stop suspension after Maine, Houston shootings
DHS had suspended all officer-initiated vehicle stops after two fatal shootings.
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Axios @axios.com · 15/07/2026
NEW: Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration "mishandled" last year's release of the Epstein files.
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Vance: "We did" mishandle Epstein files release
Vance said: "We absolutely screwed up the comms of the Epstein files like we just did."
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Axios @axios.com · 15/07/2026
NEW: Blanche declined to explicitly rule out deploying federal agents to polling places, saying only that he would "follow the law."
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Blanche sidesteps questions on federal agents at election sites
Federal statutes sharply limit armed personnel at voting locations.
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Axios @axios.com · 16/07/2026
China is now viewed more favorably than the U.S. in most of the 36 countries surveyed by Pew. More respondents also expressed confidence in Xi Jinping than in President Trump — a reversal from the Biden years.
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China surpasses U.S. in global favorability, poll finds
The U.S. leads China in only six of the 36 countries surveyed.
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Axios @axios.com · 16/07/2026
NEW: Tillis withholds Blanche vote until AG pick meets Epstein survivors
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Tillis withholds Blanche vote until AG pick meets Epstein survivors
Tillis expects Blanche to meet survivors before the committee votes.
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Axios @axios.com · 16/07/2026
NEW: White House teleprompter operator investigated over alleged Kalshi trades on Trump speeches
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White House teleprompter operator investigated over alleged trades on Trump speeches
Federal regulators are investigating whether a White House teleprompter operator capitalized on his knowledge of President Trump's prepared speech text through trades on the prediction market Kalshi.
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Axios @axios.com · 16/07/2026
NEW: Trump's speech won't get wall-to-wall coverage from networks
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Some TV networks won't air Trump's speech live
The address, which is expected to center around election security, has put TV networks between a rock and a hard place.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 14/07/2026
Tomorrow, the Senate will take a key vote on the $1.1 TRILLION defense bill. It not only fails to rein in Trump’s Iran war, it also has a provision touted by PM Netanyahu to MANDATE more U.S. defense cooperation with Israel. None of this is in our national security interests. I will vote NO.
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Glenna Prowant 🚫👑 @brewitchin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
But two Republicans—Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. of New Jersey—have recently received months of paid sick leave, even though they have a track record of voting against it for U.S. workers. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Republicans love paid sick leave—for themselves
These Republicans have voted against paid sick leave for workers, but now they’re using it themselves.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
2/ More clarity:
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Trump fires independent elections workers in latest attack on U.S. election system
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes talks with Jen Psaki about what it means for the upcoming midterm election and U.S. elections broadly that Donald Trump has fired the last members of the bipar...
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Arizona secretary of state slams Trump’s election commission purge ahead of midterms www.ms.now/news/trump-e...
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Arizona secretary of state slams Trump’s election commission purge ahead of midterms
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes reacts after the president fired the last members of the Election Assistance Commission.
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11th Hour with Ali Velshi @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
@walshfreedom.bsky.social tells @velshi.com that Trump's attack on our elections makes him a traitor
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11th Hour with Ali Velshi @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
After her shock primary win Tuesday, @melatkirosco.bsky.social tells @velshi.com, "Not only is the money in our politics preventing us from passing the legislation that would make a meaningful difference for our working families, but that we don't even need it to begin with."
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