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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h
🚨BREAKING: A Florida lawyer who previously pleaded guilty to illegally accessing election websites monitored the primary election in Maricopa County, Arizona for the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to records viewed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ lawyer convicted of hacking election sites monitored voting in Maricopa County, Arizona
The involvement of the two lawyers in a state where President Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results adds to concerns that the administration’s monitoring program for the fall — which it ha...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 06/10/2026
⚡️South Korea shipped fuel to Russia via sanctioned vessels. Over 176,000 tonnes of fuel from South Korean ports were loaded onto sanctioned Russian tankers, based on analysis of port records and ship-tracking data by The Guardian.
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South Korea shipping fuel to Russia via sanctioned vessels, media reports
Potentially undermining sanctions, over 176,000 tonnes of fuel, mostly diesel, from South Korean ports were loaded onto sanctioned Russian tankers, based on analysis of port records and ship-tracking ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The breast cancer center appealed thousands of Blue Cross reimbursements for being too low. At trial, the insurer revealed that it had never considered any of the appeals — and that they were pointless: “An appeal is not available to review an underpayment.” (Published April 2025)
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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🔥 @anandwrites.bsky.social on Bill Maher: “Cities are unfairly labeled. A large % of (LGBTQ youth) homeless who end up in cities were failed in other parts of 🇺🇸 . Many families choose a verse in a Book over their child… cities are holding a lot of people you failed to love & take care of.”
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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 19h
☀️🇦🇺 Australia’s large-scale renewable generation is continuing to climb. Utility scale solar and wind generated 5.44TWh of clean energy in September, up 7% from the same month last year. Solar generation also hit record monthly levels in several states. ⚡🌱
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Utility solar generation reaches record highs in Australia - pv magazine Global
Output from Australia’s large-scale renewable energy assets continues to climb with the nation’s utility PV and wind power plants generating a total of 5.44 TWh of clean energy in September, deliverin...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/10/2026
Delay, delay, delay...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
Despite multiple complaints — and videos — of physical abuse and mistreatment of students, Arkansas' Delta Institute continues to receive public funds. It is just one of hundreds of private schools taking state money with little oversight. (Published July with @arktimes.bsky.social)
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This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.
One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about saf...
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We're paying for our own extinction
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This 👇
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Decrypt @decrypt.co · 05/10/2026
Bitmine Buys $41M More Ethereum, Reaching 99% of Its 'Alchemy of 5%' Target
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Bitmine Buys $41M More Ethereum, Reaching 99% of Its 'Alchemy of 5%' Target
The purchase lifts Bitmine's stash past 6 million ETH—4.9% of supply and 99% of the way to its "Alchemy of 5%" goal—as chairman Tom Lee says Ethereum is "dwarfing" other macro assets.
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Dee 🦋 @iamstillwithher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There is a much longer list….
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
1/ Say hello to our new Local Reporting Network reporters and their newsrooms! 👋 • Eliza Aronson, The Everett Herald • Max Filby, @dispatch.com • Luke Nozicka, @missouriindependent.com
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ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Names Three New Partners for Its 50 State Initiative
Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict over a 2017 Senate race ad funded by a Democratic-aligned super PAC. apnews.com/article/roy-...
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Supreme Court rejects Roy Moore's push to restore $8.2M defamation verdict
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict awarded to him over a 2017 Senate ad.
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." ~ Benjamin Franklin @mwuerker.bsky.social
Matt Wuerker
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jack Smith’s hearing earned headlines last week But his former deputies were winning big battles in court at the same time My latest ====>
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: The Supreme Court on Monday reversed two pro-voter decisions in cases related to Washington’s legislative redistricting, sending them back to a lower court for new proceedings in light of the Court’s decision earlier this year in Louisiana v. Callais. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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With Voting Rights Act gutted, Supreme Court vacates discrimination finding against Washington map
The Supreme Court sent two redistricting cases out of Washington back to a lower court for new proceedings in light of its Louisiana v. Callais decision, which gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Ac...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The White House press pool need not platform lies Or sanewashing macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/access-jou...
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“Access journalism” and Sanewashing at the White House Won’t Save Corporate Media
The White House Press Pass isn’t a silver bullet for shrinking legacy media
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Federal court in Manhattan has scheduled a Wednesday morning hearing on motion by The Intercept, which seeks a court order to halt the Trump monetization scheme to sell advanced access to his Truth Social posts
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💫✨🌟Mare🌟✨💫 @utexas-96.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Asking for a friend
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Decrypt @decrypt.co · 05/10/2026
CFTC Unveils Plan to Bring Crypto Exchanges Under Federal Oversight
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CFTC Unveils Plan to Bring Crypto Exchanges Under Federal Oversight
The CFTC is seeking public comment on a framework that would create a new federal license for crypto exchanges, with leverage offers as the trigger for oversight.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Missouri Constitution clearly states that no taxpayer funds may be appropriated for use at private religious schools. Here is exact language👇🏻
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The NAACP sued the Trump administration, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/10/2026
We’re moving 10,000 low-income children off the child care voucher waitlist — at absolutely no cost to their families. Eligible families with children ages 6 weeks to 13 years, and through age 19 for children with special needs, will be invited to apply for a voucher on a rolling basis.
Mayor Mamdani and others make an announcement at a podium with signage that reads “Child Care for all”Children hold hands in front of signage that reads “Child Care for all”
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump mailed in his own ballot while calling mail voting "cheating" Then he tried to run our elections through USPS & the Supreme Court stopped him Now he's telling GOP to vote by mail? His "election security" crusade was only ever about one voter : him -TN
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Trump Urges Republicans to Vote By Mail After Criticizing Practice
It was the latest mixed messaging from President Trump, who regularly votes by mail, but has made baseless claims that the practice is “inherently corrupt.”
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 05/10/2026
Canada has more lakes than any other country. With devastating wildfire seasons becoming more common, scientists are learning how they affect the water.
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When a forest burns, what does it mean for lakes? Scientists are trying to find out
Canada has more lakes than any other country, and nearly every one has been exposed to wildfire smoke
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
NEW: Following our investigation with @readfrontier.bsky.social, an Oklahoma oil company has plugged a well that was potentially leaking toxic waste. We revealed that state regulators had approved the well in violation of rules meant to protect public drinking water.
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Oklahoma Oil Company Plugs Disposal Well That Posed Threat to City’s Drinking Water
The Frontier and ProPublica revealed that state regulators had approved the well in Enid, Oklahoma, in violation of rules meant to protect municipal groundwater. Now the well is permanently shut down.
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💙Matthew U.💙 @match74.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
“The day after I lost $1,800 on basketball in one night … an email popped into my inbox. ‘Welcome to the DraftKings VIP Showcase,’ the subject line read. I couldn’t believe it. My night of loss chasing was being rewarded.”
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and…
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 05/10/2026
The Pacific Link pipeline moved another step forward last week, marking an expensive truce between Canada and Alberta, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes. Despite the two governments agreeing it would be financed by the private sector, taxpayers were always going to foot the bill.
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Carney’s expensive Alberta truce: the Pacific Link pipeline
Canadians were always going to foot the bill for the pipeline to the West Coast — despite an agreement requiring private capital to cover it
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The reckoning is here…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
Last year, just 21% of students from an Austin charter school using an AI learning platform passed state-mandated tests. Texas education leaders helped get the technology in front of public school leaders.
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How Texas Helped a Private School Chain’s AI Tool Get Into Public School Classrooms
Just three months after the Texas State Board of Education raised concerns about Alpha School’s AI learning platform, Education Commissioner Mike Morath was in talks about using the tool in public sch...
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Decrypt @decrypt.co · 04/10/2026
Banking Group Sues to Block Crypto's 'Side Door' Into the Banking System
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Banking Group Sues to Block Crypto's 'Side Door' Into the Banking System
The Independent Community Bankers of America argues the OCC's national trust charters give crypto firms a "side door into the banking system" without the safeguards that bind traditional banks.
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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ukraine will double down on attacking Russian oil refineries in response to a new policy of airstrikes by Moscow designed to force people to abandon Kyiv and other cities, but will not target civilians, President ​Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Justice Alito is confusing a desire to reform the court with an effort to intimidate it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
For years, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has set out to erode our system of checks and balances of power and to concentrate power in the hands of one person: President Trump. Now he’s quietly making it all happen. 🔊 Listen to this episode: propub.li/3TzIyaA
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” - Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/10/2026
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent and branded a “domestic terrorist” by DHS — all for just warning her neighbors and speaking her truth during Operation Midway Blitz. She deserves true justice and accountability from the federal government.
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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Absolutely nothing will stop me 👇
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Justice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From accelerating Epstein file disclosures to reinstating illegally fired U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff, DDF & DDA scored 5 major court wins this week A microcosm of how we're holding this administration accountable Full list in my weekly column @ContrarianNews.org 👇 -TN
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We Object! DOJ’s Latest Attack on our Heroic Federal Judges
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
UPDATED: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has now resulted in more than 83,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. We are continuing to track the increase in these cases:
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Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In Michigan, we're paying $5,600 a year on average for Trump and Mike Rogers' tariffs.
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S.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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