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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/08/2025
Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641. As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570. With @texastribune.org
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney…
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Note this is STILL missing one of the most important data points (I tried to alert CNN). pagesix.com/2007/10/15/s...
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SEX CASE ‘VICTIMS’ LINING UP
LAWYERS for Manhattan billionaire investor Jeffrey Epstein – who’s agreed to plead guilty to soliciting underage hookers – are bracing for a slew of lawsuits from as many as 40 yo…
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David J. Toscano @davidjtoscano.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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And Then They Came for the Intellectuals, II
Jim Ryan and UVA become latest causalities in war on Higher Education
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
They tried to stack UVA's Bd of Visitors with conservatives who'd return the U to the "good ol' days." With Youngkin as governor, they almost succeeded. But come November, there'll likely be a new (Dem) governor. This craven play to oust Ryan is a Hail Mary. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
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University of Virginia President Under Pressure From Trump’s D.O.J. to Resign
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I was thinking that maybe, more than 20 years after the start of the Iraq war, media coverage would be more skeptical and less sycophantic No such luck
Analysis: US strikes mark a stunning demonstration of military might and presidential power
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Raskin: The lowest 100 day approval rating since polling began. He controlled the agenda. He controlled the House, the Senate— he’s got everything going for him and his numbers are in the gutter
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/04/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
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DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
(ABC News) - Donald Trump has the lowest 100-day job approval rating of any president in the past 80 years .. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Welcome !
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head. He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison. Bring them back!
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"One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, I'm not a gang member. I'm gay. I'm a barber.' I believed him. *** He "began to whimper," as his head was roughly shaved, "folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell." He
"asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again."Photo of Andry featured on MSNBC. Chyron reads: 
IMMIGRATION ATTY. SAYS ASYLUM-SEEKING CLIENT WAS DEPORTED BECAUSE OF MISREADING OF TATTOOSA photo of Andry’s wrists showing his “mom” and “dad” tattoos. Each has a crown above them, which ICE thought made him a gang member. A photo of Andry having his head shaved in El Salvador, his hands clasped together in prayer.
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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
If "protests in all 50 states" wanted above-the-fold coverage in @nytimes.com, they should have been "seven random Americans" instead
NYT home page: more prominent coverage for "7 Americans React to Sweeping Tariffs" and "A Sticky Miso Salmon Bowl for Busy Weeknights" than for "Anti-Trump Protests in All 50 States"
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
@chenoweth.bsky.social and @mariajstephan.bsky.social
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Seems like this should’ve been a bigger deal. 🤷🏼‍♂️ www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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David J. Toscano @davidjtoscano.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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David J. Toscano on Substack
Let’s celebrate good things when they happen. Not only was Republican Brad Schimel gracious in defeat in the Wisconsin Supreme Court racehttps://deltoscano.substack.com/p/victory-in-wisconsin but app...
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David J. Toscano @davidjtoscano.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Victory in Wisconsin: open.substack.com/pub/deltosca...
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Victory in Wisconsin:
But Can We Trust Elections to Protect the Courts?
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Claire McCaskill @clairecmc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Remember the names of the cowardly firms that folded to the blatently illegal “orders” of Trump. PAUL WEISS SKADDEN ARPS WILKIE FARR They agreed to a total of 240 million $$ of legal work for causes of his choice. Why would any client trust them to fight for them if they won’t fight for themselves?
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Just an incredibly weak and pathetic move by the White House Correspondents Association. At its core, this event is meant to celebrate free speech, and WHCA has surrendered to the worst people in our country. Amber Ruffin, you’re a genius, and we love you. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/u...
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White House Correspondents Cancel Comedian Booked for Annual Dinner
The comedian Amber Ruffin had been slated to perform at the event in April. The correspondents’ association said it wanted to avoid focusing “on the politics of division.”
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
If you’re a journalist or lawmaker still planning to attend the White House Correspondents Dinner after WHCA cancelled Amber Ruffin to placate a petty tyrant, you need to dig deep and ask yourself why you’re really still going because it sure as hell isn’t to celebrate the First Amendment.
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Eric Schmeltzer @ericschmeltzer.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This story doesn't mention that Donald Trump said at this event he would label those protesting Tesla as domestic terrorists and would punish them. I'm just wondering how and why that was left out of this story and not the lede to it. @tylerpager.bsky.social ? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...
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Trump Poses With a Tesla, a Move Aimed Solely at Helping Musk
President Trump has spent years bashing electric vehicles. But with Elon Musk by his side, he said he would buy a bright red one.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
wow
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Disgusting toxic trash. Trump is a real tough guy, banging out Truth Social posts from his golf cart at a guy who has fought off a murderous drug-addled barbarian horde for 3 years defending his people from Russian rapists and child kidnappers.
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Sandi Bachom 📹🎥🎬 @sandibachom.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
“Kathy Hochul fight back. Remove Eric Adams” hundreds march to remove the criminal quid pro quo MAGA operative
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David J. Toscano @davidjtoscano.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Hardball politics in North Carolina deltoscano.substack.com/p/audacity-d...
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AUDACITY DRESSED IN TARHEELS:
Stealing Elections North Carolina Style
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David J. Toscano @davidjtoscano.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Silence of the lambs: Youngkin, Miyares and the rule of law virginiamercury.com/2025/02/14/s...
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Silence of the lambs: Youngkin, Miyares and the rule of law • Virginia Mercury
Commentary: Virginia's leaders need to fight for the state's residents and institutions and the rule of law
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Brian Fung @brianfung.me · 14/02/2025
The DOGE website is reportedly hosted on non-government servers, not secured against database attacks and can be easily defaced, 404 reports www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
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Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 14/02/2025
DOJ resignations over orders to drop charges against the NYC mayor (via Reuters) - Acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon - Kevin Driscoll, head of the Criminal Division - John Keller, head of the Public Integrity Section And 3 of his deputies: - Robert Heberle - Jennifer Clarke - Marco Palmieri
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Scoop: CBS News chief Wendy McMahon and "60 Minutes" boss Bill Owens have, in private conversations, made it clear that they oppose any settlement with Donald Trump. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/paramount-...
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The Art of the Kneel
If a settlement deal is inked with Donald Trump, Shari Redstone will be remembered as the mogul who sold out "60 Minutes.”
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
It’s like they’re really trying for the Leni Riefenstahl award
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I’m embarrassed for the New York Times.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
How about using the appropriate verb "purge," #BrokenTimes? That is what this is, not just a "shake up." You continue to soft-pedal totalitarianism and fascism with your white-gloved euphemisms.
Trump Administration Moves Swiftly to Shake Up Top Career Justice Dept. Ranks
The early days of the transition have been marked by dismissals, demotions and dread.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/01/2025
Ross Ulbricht - Trump-pardoned founder of the Dark Web commerce site Silk Road - is a libertarian hero precisely because he made it easier for people to buy drugs. Trump is an anti-drug hardliner. This seems like a tension that should be exploited.
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How to Stop Trump in One Stupid Chart
Make line go from low to high.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Judge Tanya Chutkan's order dismissing Jan 6 case, due to Trump pardons: "It cannot whitewash the blood, feces, and terror that the mob left in its wake. And it cannot repair the jagged breach in America’s sacred tradition of peacefully transitioning power"
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/01/2025
Dear members of the press, Can one of you, PLEASE just ONE: When Trump says we deleted all the evidence, please for the love of God, push back. The evidence is all here: www.govinfo.gov/collection/j...
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Select January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
How vindictive of Trump downright mean cruel actually www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-...
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Republicans look to play political games with the suffering of California fire victims
Congressional Republicans have picked up on Donald Trump's animosity toward the state of California and are now suggesting that any federal aid to help in the recovery from historic, deadly, devastati...
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 17/01/2025
Best lede I’ve read in awhile. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Just like President Biden said, it’s our turn to keep the flame and stand guard for America. Trump wants us to give up, and obey in advance. He wants us to bend the knee, and kiss his ring. But that’s just not who we are. And that will never happen. Onward.
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A Clear Reminder That Trump Is Horrible Beyond Measure
Not that we needed one
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Here is how it works. We cannot change Ernst’s mind but we can target her incessantly as a hypocrite and too feeble to stand up to Trump. Someone who confirms Hegseth is weak on natl security
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 13/01/2025
Exciting to see new, independent projects spin up to decentralize the atproto ecosystem! Building alternative infrastructure is a big step towards giving users more choice and making the network billionaire-proof.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Does anyone have a contact for Ann ? Would love to discuss with her the possibility of partnering with her to publish her cartoons exclusively on @bluesky
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Ann Telnaes, who has worked at The Washington Post as an editorial cartoonist since 2008, says her cartoon criticizing billions currying favor with Trump was spiked — and now she has quit the paper
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Bravo, @anntelnaes.bsky.social. I guess the new slogan for the Washington Post ought to be: “Newspapers die in cowardice.” anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
ICYMI — “We have no evidence this prayer was written or delivered by Thomas Jefferson.” Speaker Johnson read a prayer today and attributed it to Jefferson, but Monticello says Jefferson never said it. More: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/johnson-wi...
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui... BRAVA
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
CNN is worried they're losing viewers. With takes like this one, I'm surprised they have any viewers at all.
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