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Ulysses S. Plant

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“the right to be let alone—the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men. To protect that right, every unjustifiable intrusion by the Government…, must be deemed a violation of the Fourth Amendment.”

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2026
Nobody is prepared for the world of drone warfare that is coming, in fact is already here www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats
The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h
Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a "serial child molester." He was a registered sex offender.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
this guy sounds like a minor character in legend of the galactic heroes
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14h
What will the Court do to us this term? It’s already taken away Roe v. Wade, given Trump a pass from prosecution for January 6, and permitted partisan gerrymanders. How much worse can it get? This term, there are some distinctly unpleasant possibilities. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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The Week Ahead
October 4, 2026
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 6h
Please speak out against Roadless Rule deadline-tomorrow!
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/10/2026
Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine "have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner" reports @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h
This starts with her aggressively trying to link him to the Muslim Brotherhood. I'd like to see someone turn the tables on this. "You're Christian, right? Did you support Timothy McVeigh? Did you agree with Dylann Roof? Or Eric Rudolph? Robert Lewis Dear? No? Even though you share their religion?"
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I never ever thought I would see such a dangerous unhinged psychopath running the US military. We’ve had some bad ones, but never like this.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Trump is standing like no human has ever stood before
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
36 minutes before the hearing started.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Exactly.
State Rep. Angie Nixon: Folks. If we’re going to be a big tent, then damnit we need to be a big tent. We need all hands on deck right now. Trump isn’t going to willingly leave in 2028. We need to send more folks to DC with the political will and courage to stand up to his bullying.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is what happens when a state becomes so red that you don’t need to be a talented politician to become a US Senator. And to be fair, there are examples of this in blue states too. Iron sharpens iron.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
It's been 155 days since Trump said Iran's oil infrastructure would spontaneously explode in 3 days due to the U.S. blockade
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re in the middle of a hostile takeover. Liberal democracy is being replaced by authoritarians favorable to destroying general protections and representation and overseeing violent oppression and surveillance on behalf of historically wealthy oligarchs.
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Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal.com · 28/09/2026
How much has your member of Congress made from side hustling as a book author? www.washingtonsun.com/money/congre...
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Members of Congress Score Major Paydays From Books
Some lawmakers’ book sales have exceeded their paychecks from Congress.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There is a cottage industry on that other site of people in official government legal jobs affirmatively misstating or misrepresenting what rulings are about and then expressing surprise that anyone could possibly disagree. Just the latest example—from the Solicitor General of Iowa:
“Can President Trump use lawful authority granted by Congress to deport illegal aliens to third countries? The Supreme Court has stayed an order saying no twice, now stayed a permanent injunction for a third time. Oddly, 6-3 despite a similar posture to the Missouri First map”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
El Salvador is still imprisoning ICE deportees from the U.S., even after Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case sparked a backlash. Some are disappearing.
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ICE Deportees Are Vanishing Into Salvadoran Prisons
The world moved on after Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but people continue to disappear.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
When the documentary NAZA premiered this month, it sent shockwaves across the globe. Composed of interviews with 24 anonymous Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers, NAZA is a haunting exposé of the tools that the Israeli military uses to carry out the remote killing of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jesus Christ dude
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
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Laurel Davila @laureldavilacpa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Someone between jobs is considering quitting therapy because Medicaid no longer covers it. Now Republicans want 80 hours a month of work or paperwork to keep Medicaid. Get sick, lose work, lose care, get sicker: that’s the trap they built. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In 2020, members of Congress got private briefings on the pandemic and some sold stock right after. Weeks later the market crashed and the rest of us took the hit. I'll vote to ban congressional stock trading with no loopholes. Serve the public or play the market. Not both. #AngieForFlorida
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Lorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wow! Can we clone this man? Asking for every American City! 😍
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance...
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How it started/how it’s going
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@VoteTrevorLee
Thanks @nickshirleyy for hoodie.
We're cleaning up the fraud in UtahBREAKING: Utah state Rep. Trevor Lee has been charged with mortgage and communications fraud ksl.com/article/
516296... #utpol @KSLcom @KSL5TV
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I guess the point is that Roger Marshall wants to keep this story in the news cycle as long as possible. Nice work.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Update: The Texas Tribune identified Gregory Feathers as the ICE agent who fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
this is legitimately very funny
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”– Rep. Maria Eliza Salazar It was Salazar who voted to fund the deportations that's happening now. If anyone betrayed them—it was her. Vote @erodforcongress.bsky.social eliottrodriguez.com
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When the time comes for the cultural revolution necessary to get out of this mess we need to set up a cabinet position like the Department of Hobbies that supports literally anything that gets people out of these brain breaking sites and counteracts this collective breakdown
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It just keeps getting better.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m sorry, but what is the purpose of the UN if Netanyahu is allowed to speak at the general assembly while there is an arrest warrant out for him? Everything is a farce. Post Anything Here: InteractInk.com
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026
NEW TROY JACKSON AD 🔥 Susan Collins spent years perfecting that “reasonable moderate” act. Then ProPublica dropped the receipts: A defense contractor funneled $150,000 through a shell company to a pro-Collins super PAC while Collins pushed for $32 MILLION in naval contracts.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Susan Collins is blatantly corrupt. Hollywood couldn't write this in a script.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - New York sued Polymarket on Thursday, accusing the prediction markets operator of running an illegal gambling operation. @reuters.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 22/09/2026
In Iran, an average of one protester per week has been sent to the gallows since March. Scores of protesters remain at risk of execution. At the UN Human Rights Council, HRW spoke about the ongoing atrocities Iranians are facing, including possible war crimes by Israel and the US. Learn more ⤵️
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What Sen Murphy says.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The US is preparing sanctions against the ICC which indicted Putin and Netanyahu, potentially cutting it off from US banking, technology and services. The US already sanctioned 13 ICC officials and vowed to dismantle the war crimes court “brick by brick.”
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US prepares to sanction the ICC, that indicted Russia's Putin and Israel's Netanyahu for war crimes
Trump is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court itself, potentially cutting it off from U.S. banking, technology and services. The US has already sanctioned 13 ICC officials and ...
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Antonio Bruno @antoniobruno.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE signs contracts worth up to $7.3B to expand detention in 5 states open.substack.com/pub/projects...
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ICE signs contracts worth up to $7.3B to expand detention in 5 states
With its warehouse plan stalled, ICE is building on land it already owns, and one of the companies it hired is tied to a developer who worked on its earlier property deals.
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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"I used to be embarrassed about [my Zionism]. Not nearly as embarrassed as previously being a Liberal Democrat." Green Party leader Zack Polanski on stage with me at the Zeteo live launch in London, talking about how he shifted his views on Israel. Full interview: zeteo.uk/p/zack-polan...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thank you. I’m sure it will. Please send him to Maine for a rally with Collins. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
👇🏽 #AbolishICE
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
RFK Jr. received more than $250,000 worth of free flights to Fiji and Greece as well as use of a vacation home in D.C. All were gifts from Gavin de Becker, a security consultant and supporter.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr. Got Free Flights to Fiji and Greece From a Top Donor
The health secretary disclosed over $250,000 in gifts from security specialist Gavin de Becker.
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