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Umbrae Soulsbane

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Dragon, Wizard, Gamer (nontoxic), Hopeful Writer, Technologist, Mostly Fictional Being: Confirm nothing; Deny Everything... -==(UDIC)==- / -=={GC}==-

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1h
Federal appeals judges signaled that criminal contempt charges could reach beyond former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whom one judge called a possible "sacrificial lamb.
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Judge panel signals possible contempt charges won't stop at Trump's 'sacrificial lamb'
Federal appeals judges signaled that criminal contempt charges could reach beyond former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whom one judge called a possible "sacrificial lamb."Ten of the 11 active judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard nearly three hours...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. (Published May)
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 7h
The VERY conservative 11th Circuit unanimously refused to block the lower court's sanctions order against the DOJ in the Trump v IRS (that resulted in the slush fund) case.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 7h
Sean Hannity posted a clip of Sen. Eric Schmitt grilling Jack Smith — then deleted it after footage emerged showing Schmitt had the wrong city, the wrong league, and the wrong night.
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'This is what you like!' Fury after Sean Hannity backpedals defense of Jack Smith attack
Fox News host Sean Hannity sparked fury Tuesday after he deleted a controversial post on his social media account. Hannity posted a clip from an exchange between former special counsel Jack Smith and Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) from a hearing held Tuesday. In the clip, Schmitt accuses Smith of attendin...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Trump is flanked by, among others, Jensen Huang and Musk, with Mike Johnson visible behind them as reporters are hustled out of the room
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 10h
The State Department's watchdog finds laws were broken when Kari Lake and Elon Musk silenced the Voice of America, ignoring reliable data and that their mistakes "severely diminished the nation’s ability" to counter disinformation and support democracy abroad. www.stateoig.gov/report/aud-a...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 6h
BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & Jacobson Lawyers Group just sued HUD for 10 housing nonprofits Trump's HUD delayed their grants for months while they kept helping families facing foreclosure. Then it canceled $56M outright Unlawful & unkind in equal measure -- See you in court👇 -TN
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16h
NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h
Trump's DOJ has ignored court orders before. It may do it again. A judge ordered the administration to give notice before releasing federal voter eligibility lists. DOJ lawyers pushed back hard. If it doesn't comply, voters could be purged during the midterms: demdock.com/4rBk0u6
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 7h
Pass a law clarifying that the supreme court’s appellate jurisdiction does not begin until a final ruling has been made by district and appeals courts.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h
NEWS: SCOTUS won't stop Florida from killing Curtis Beasley today. There were no noted dissents. If Florida proceeds, it will be the state's 16th execution this year and the 29th across the nation.
CORDER LIST: 609 U.S.)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
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CERTIORARI DENIED
BEASLEY, CURTIS W. V. FLORIDA
The application for stay of execution of sentence of death
presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is
denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.CORDER LIST: 609 U.S.)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
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CERTIORARI DENIED
BEASLEY, CURTIS W. V. COMERFORD, SEC., FL DOC
The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is
denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h
Americans have made it clear: They do NOT want ICE at the polls. A new Numbers/Verasight survey found 59% of voters oppose ICE at polling places. Subscribe to our free newsletters to be the first to know what's happening in the fight for free and fair elections: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h
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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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 7h
Your power bill went up and nobody told you why. In Fort Meade, a $2.6B data center got $140M in tax breaks while residents asked about water and power. The company that creates the cost should pay it. Not you. Swipe. #AngieForFlorida
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 7h
Expand the Supreme Court www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Continue Third-Country Deportations For Now
The decision allows the administration to continue removing immigrants to countries they’re not from and have never been to.
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 7h
Eric Schmitt just kept doubling down on his Jack Smith conspiracy even after that painful moment in the hearing. Now, we have concrete evidence he misunderstood his own evidence. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/eric-sc...
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New Evidence Shows Just How Badly One Republican Senator Beclowned Himself in the Jack Smith Hearing
TPM has found fairly definitive evidence proving Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) misread...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h
Ken Paxton desperately tried to defend his handling of a child predator case by claiming the defendant “served 60 days.” Then came the Community Note...
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Ken Paxton Defends Handling of Child Predator Case
Community Note: “Paxton's office initially recommended 1 day in jail.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Trump repeatedly says Kim Jong Un "is a friend of mine" and "likes Trump" and Trump says, "I like him"
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h
It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous such a declaration would be for American democracy. It would mean a president is attempting to sidestep the Constitution, which empowers states to run elections, in order to prevent his party from losing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?
Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Sen. Eric Schmitt asks Jack Smith to tell him what he's writing down in his notes, but then even he realizes he went too far and says, "never mind"
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 13h
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith shut down Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) three times as the Louisiana Republican tried to question Smith on his wife's political views.
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Jack Smith cracks down as MAGA senator attacks wife: 'Not going to speak about my family'
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith shut down Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) three times as the Louisiana Republican tried to question Smith on his wife’s political views.“When President [Donald] Trump defeated Secretary [Hillary] Clinton [in the 2016 election], you were bitterly disappoi...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
scenes from an authoritarian cult -- Trump signs an EO, and then all of his cronies keep clapping and clapping for him since none of them wants to be the first one to stop
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 13h
A fed-up Sen Dick Durbin (D-IL) jumped in and cut off Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) after he hectored former special prosecutor Jack Smith with a string of insults and bizarre questions Tuesday.
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GOP senator silenced as he sneers at Jack Smith: 'You make me want to throw up'
A fed-up Sen Dick Durbin (D-IL) jumped in and cut off Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) after he hectored former special prosecutor Jack Smith with a string of insults and bizarre questions Tuesday.The final straw came when Kennedy sneered, “You make me want to throw up in mouth” at the career prosecutor.Att...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13h
OMG: Republican Senator Schmitt accused Jack Smith of being in ATL to conspire with Fani Willis b/c he got a text from JP Cooney about a “Hawks” game (Falcons?). Schmitt had a big visual aid but didn’t keep it up long. BUT smith was at an IOWA HAWKEYES game to see Caitlin Clark in Maryland HAHAHA
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 13h
OPINION: "He is at war with America’s history, the goal being to erase it and install himself as at once the demolisher and self-appointed savior of everything that has been and will be." bit.ly/4hQNxwG
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Enten unpacks how Trump has lost 27 points of net approval among white non-college voters over the last two years, and in fact now is "at the lowest of any previous Republican president at this point in his second term among white non-college voters"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
CNN: Anything you can do about Trump using taxpayer dollars for his new ad? DURBIN: I wish. I hope it's challenged in court. I think it's the only place to go.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 15h
The Trump administration remained silent when pressed this week on the arrest and alleged abuse of an American teenager by the Israeli government, Zeteo exclusively reported on Tuesday.
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Trump admin silent as American teen jailed and beaten without charge by US ally: report
The Trump administration remained silent when pressed this week on the arrest and alleged abuse of an American teenager by the Israeli government, Zeteo exclusively reported on Tuesday.According to Zeteo’s Prem Thakker, an American teenager “with Texas roots,” Abdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi, was taken ...
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 15h
For decades we have been saying: maybe Democrats should run ads that simply quote Republicans saying horrible things about their own constituents. But Democratic consultants convinced Democrats that that would be too effective. So, this is validating to watch. Also, always hated false civility.
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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 16h
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 14h
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's choice to be the next Army secretary is being called out by former Trump officials for puffing up his resume — adding to the pile of problems facing Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell.
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'Simply false': Hegseth's pick for Army chief accused of lying on resume by ex-Trump aides
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's choice to be the next Army secretary is being called out by former Trump officials for puffing up his resume — adding to the pile of problems facing Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell.Parnell, who already has allegations of spousal abuse clouding his future, is now a...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Rep. Greg Murphy on Republicans' pitch to voters: "I'm betting on the understanding of the American people that tough times need to be gone through to get to good times"
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h
This is where having a Secretary of Education who cares and is knowledgeable about education would be an advantage
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
The Jack Smith hearing is airing live on CNN, MS NOW, and NewsNation ... but not on Fox News 🤔
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Linda McMahon: "AI is definitely a tool used correctly. I've seen it in action. I have visited the Alpha School in Austin, Texas, where they use AI for the first two hours every single morning. The students have their headsets on, they are watching their computers ... it is incredibly effective"
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h
NOW: DC Circuit en banc aguments over Judge Boasberg’s contempt proceedings have now begun at the DC Circuit. Brett Shumate is now arguing for DOJ. www.youtube.com/live/4A1BwFh...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 14h
President Donald Trump promoted a flattering snippet of a CNN analysis on social media while leaving out the bulk of the segment – which documented his collapsing support beyond his base.
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Trump caught cherry-picking CNN clip to hide 'absolutely crashing' GOP support
President Donald Trump promoted a flattering snippet of a CNN analysis on social media while leaving out the bulk of the segment – which documented his collapsing support beyond his base.In a late-night Truth Social post, Trump shared a 43-second clip of CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten noting tha...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
this really picks up at the 26 second mark
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h
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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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 17h
SCOOP A Pentagon influencer called liberal women a "pestilence" who will end western civilization. He's also: • Praised dictators like Franco and Pinochet • Said people without kids should not be allowed vote • Called immigrants "semihuman savages" www.wired.com/story/a-pent...
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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14h
This weekend Trump ran political ads on your tax dollars. It's against the law, and it should make everyone mad.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Mike Johnson on what Republicans will do if they hold the House: "What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already"
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 14h
Can't buy me love. Not even w/ your tax dollars The White House put JMSN's "Love Me" under a govt-funded ad about Trump & never asked. We're sending the song back @democracydefendersaction.org & @Ballard are fighting for JMSN Full scoop @yasharali.bsky.social👇 -TN
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SCOOP: Trump White House Hit With Cease-and-Desist Over Unauthorized Use of Song in Taxpayer-Funded Ad
JMSN’s attorneys are demanding that the Trump administration stop using “Love Me” in a government-funded ad, take down existing copies and account for every airing and dollar spent.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 14h
Wrote about the decline and fall of SCOTUSblog, which used to be the single best resource for Supreme Court stuff, and (thanks to some intervening crimes committed by its co-founder) is now a weird platform for conservative pundits to talk about what a good job the conservative justices are doing
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It Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It’s a Joke. What Happened?
How high-stakes poker brought down a pillar of Supreme Court coverage.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 29/09/2026
Controversial MAGA Texas congressional candidate Brandon Herrera has released his new financial report — and it paints him in a vastly different light.
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Embattled MAGA candidate reveals very different financial holdings after intense scrutiny
Controversial MAGA Texas congressional candidate Brandon Herrera has released his new financial report — and it paints him in a vastly different light.Herrera claimed a salary of $80,000 in previous reports — not characterizing himself as a particularly wealthy individual. But now, Em Luetkemeyer re...
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To this day I can’t believe they got away with naming a principle “Mr. Bell Ding” on a show named Saved by the Bell. RIP Dennis Haskins.
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