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Sue Kopen Katcef

@umnewsie.bsky.social
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Award winning b'cast journalist recently retired. Former @merrillcollege @CNSmd B'cast Bureau Dir. Member @SPJ_tweets, @RTDNA, @NATAS Forever Terp!

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10h
Reflecting Pool liner failed in 85 places after flawed renovation, inspection found wapo.st/4yZroCo
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Reflecting Pool liner failed in 85 places after flawed renovation, inspection found
The damage identified by inspectors the contractor commissioned is far more extensive than has been previously reported, a document obtained by The Post shows.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h
Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out.
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Sue Kopen Katcef @umnewsie.bsky.social · 11h
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 20h
BREAKING: Judge Kelly has renewed his orderer ending President Trump's ban on POLITICO, CNN and MSNOW from the White House, calling it a violation of press freedom based on a flimsy "national security" pretext. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Judge extends order restoring White House access for POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, said the president’s move likely violated due process and the First Amendment.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The RNC had almost four months in Judge Warren Davis's courtroom to show him one ineligible voter or one mishandled ballot. On October 7 he threw the case out and put their total in writing. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/ossoff-put...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/10/2026
🚨 Our DC Chief Scott MacFarlane was INSIDE the courtroom as federal Judge Ana Reyes erupted at Trump's DOJ lawyers. “I've never seen anything like that before.” Scott describes the judge screaming at the top of her lungs after the gov cut down hundreds of trees despite assurances to the court
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
JUST IN: Judge Reyes has barred the Trump administration from cutting down additional trees on the East Potomac golf course through at least Oct. 26.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
blue-collar workers now oppose Trump's tariffs 58% to 36% agglomerations.eig.org/p/american-w...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: a court cleared the name of our client Mary Comans Musk & Noem falsely told millions the FEMA CFO blew money on "luxury hotels" The court called this "coordinated" smear "outrageous govt conduct" The Trump regime is destructive, but @democracydefendersfund.org & partners fight back -TN
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Sue Kopen Katcef @umnewsie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
White House scrambles over questions on new press secretary’s background
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Sue Kopen Katcef @umnewsie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Supreme Court Will Review Dispute Over Records From Elon Musk’s DOGE (Gift Article)
A nonprofit watchdog group sued the Department of Government Efficiency, asserting that it should be subject to federal Freedom of Information Act discovery requests.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
"When Trump plucked Katie Zacharia from obscurity & appointed her as his new press sec, he called her 'an attorney.' This is also how Zacharia describes herself. But Popular Information searched for evidence in all 50 states, plus DC, that she was admitted to practice law anywhere — & found none."
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Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, claims she’s a lawyer. Is she?
There is no evidence Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law — and the White House did not provide any
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Trump's son-in-law & his special envoy are doing business on one hand & US diplomacy on the other 
Americans are sick of it, & poll after poll shows they know who's paying 
More on @ms.now 👇- TN
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
🚨Holy crap! Ken Paxton partied on New Year’s Eve 2024 in Dubai with his girlfriend and two U.S. fugitives (Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail) charged in healthcare fraud/embezzlement schemes. Ahmed, a major donor, gave about $190,000 to Paxton’s campaign — including after his indictment.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: NYT reviewed time-stamped images from a security camera at James Talarico's home, which were provided by his campaign. The images showed Talarico at the home between Oct. 1 and Oct. 8.
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Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely bef...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Elon is dumping mountains of money into the midterms to help Republicans. Spoiler: it isn’t to make life better for regular people — It’s to enrich himself, spread data centers, get government contracts, etc… he does not care about you. www.instagram.com/p/DeaJjWxl0H...
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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
NEW: Among the Truth Social posts we found shared by incoming White House press secretary Katie Zacharia were a seemingly pro-Putin post claiming he was fighting a “cabal” in Ukraine, and another implying Joan Rivers was killed for saying Michelle Obama had a penis. www.cnn.com/2026/10/12/p...
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New White House press secretary has a history of conspiracy-laced social media posts | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s incoming White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, repeatedly made baseless accusations of pedophilia against prominent Democrats and shared conspiracy-related content, inc...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Trump spent about $19 million of your tax dollars on TV ads about himself. Sunday night a federal judge pulled the plug, and said the people who sued will likely win their case that the spending broke the law.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
JD Vance running around the country saying he’s fighting health care fraud while his nominee for the senate in TX who he completely supports is partying in Dubai with a guy whole stole over $300 million in health care fraud and gave Paxton $190,000. This is the Republican Party.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump announces that two countries who have been in a major war have agreed to a ceasefire. Ukraine said they had no idea what he was talking about. Russia said they agreed to nothing. Trump has taken a blowtorch to any credibility the US has built over two centuries.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump just announced a Navy deal worth up to $2.9 billion. Don Jr. is a partner in a firm that owns a piece of the company that got it. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-heros-we...
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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
KARL: JD Vance called your views 'left wing radicalism dressed in the skin suit of our religion' and said they 'aren't Christianity.' ADAM HAMILTON: I thought it was a sad statement that the VP would come here and attack the faith of the pastor of the largest church in the state of Kansas
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Deleted Tweets of the New White House Press Secretary www.thebulwark.com/p/katie-zach...
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The Deleted Tweets of the New White House Press Secretary
Katie Zacharia is ready to defend Trump. The Constitution? Less so.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Will anyone ask Trump or @MarshaBlackburn or @BrentTaylorTN about this today? Seems like a clarksville type Q 🤷🏼
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/10/2026
Jon Husted took more than $115,000 from Jeffrey Epstein's longtime financial backer Les Wexner, including a maximum donation last year. Then he voted against releasing the Epstein files. @timmiller.bsky.social digs into the Ohio senator's troubling ties to Wexner.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Troops should not be standing guard near ballot drop boxes in D.C.
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HarperStacks @harperstacks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today is the last day of Banned Books Week, but we want to remind you that resources to protect the freedom to read are always available 📚 Book Resumes provide info to defend books from censorship: bit.ly/4mReT6L Additional resources here: bit.ly/4dsJeVW
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
He knew. He intentionally stiffed them because he’s an arrogant prick who sues his OB/GYN patients. They repeatedly tried to get the bill paid. Then someone posted their pleas on social media. A bunch of us retweeted it. It went viral. ONLY THEN did this scumbag pay.
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Sue Kopen Katcef @umnewsie.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage (Gift Article)
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil (Gift Article)
The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence...
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Sue Kopen Katcef @umnewsie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“As much as $5 million in SpaceX two days before he signed a sweeping policy aimed at expanding US commercial space transportation.”
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: DOJ repeatedly argued that Trump himself had invoked national security to ban media outlets from the WH. But Judge Kelly noted that Trump had been making a different case in his public comments and it was hard to reconcile. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Judge seems poised to reinforce block of Trump’s White House media ban
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly previously restored White House access for POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
JUST IN: Judge Kelly appears inclined to grant longer-term block on President Trump's ban of POLITICO, CNN and MSNOW from the White House. He seems most bothered by the lack of due process preceding the ban but is also weighing First Amendment concerns. Details TK
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What is going on with our president? Calling people "THE ENEMY" for exercising their First Amendment rights is deeply disturbing. That's what autocratic leaders do, not American leaders. Doing so for such a trivial, vain matter is just nutty.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...
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Sue Kopen Katcef @umnewsie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🤦‍♀️😡 Inside Trump’s Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Inside Trump’s Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)
The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.
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Sue Kopen Katcef @umnewsie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Fort Hood shooter’s execution will be live-streamed, Defense Dept. says
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Only in a government run by Trump and a State Dept run by Rubio can an unqualified grifter like Kim Guilfoyle remain Ambassador to Greece after all the scandals that have come out just in the last week. But she obviously has A LOT of dirt on the president’s son, so tough to fire.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Well isn’t this self-serving? The White House confirmed that the Trump administration has asked officials to look into creating a presidential retreat at Trump’s own golf club in Palm Beach “for future Presidents.” We already have Camp David.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Most people use AmEX for the points. In the Amb. Kimberly Guilfoyle texts, it's so the money "won't show" I was an ambassador myself & I've never seen anything like this She denies it, but you can smell this one from Athens! More on @CNN.com 👇
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Attn: The Trump administration has declined to invite independent international observers to monitor the November midterms, breaking a practice dating back to 2002.
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