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Poorer Richard

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Teri King @volleygirl.bsky.social · 19h
Adam Kidan went to federal prison with Jack Abramoff and was ordered to repay $21.7 million. Trump pardoned him in July. His money turned up in eight Republican Senate campaigns. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-pard...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h
“Most Americans are pro-immigrant,” Talarico says. “Throughout US history, immigrants have always made us richer and stronger.” Trump's barbarities have opened the way to a new consensus. Talarico is giving voice to it in moral language that Dems can learn from. 5/5 newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h
Talarico has an immigration plan that in its broad strokes is very humane and pro-immigrant. He says our border should be like a "front porch" with a "lock" and a "welcome mat." Both of those are important. The "welcome mat" in his plan deserves more attention. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Russ @pappyparki.bsky.social · 19h
At no point during Senate Republicans speeches & questioning of Jack Smith did a single Republican Senator deny Donald J Trump committed sedition, treason, espionage, breach of national security, conspired to overturn a election, conspired to assault, injure or kill Congress & VP. Think about that
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 10h
Oh shit, that response, though.
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 17h
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is plowing ahead with officially designating a leading Muslim civil rights nonprofit and more than 100 other groups as “domestic terrorist organizations,” in a move critics say is unprecedented and unconstitutional. floridatrib.org/2026/09/29/d...
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DeSantis exercises ‘unprecedented’ power to label groups ‘domestic terrorists’
Gov. DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to advance the terrorist designations Tuesday, approving the proposal in just over 30 seconds and with no discussion.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 22h
Republicans discover the microphone works both ways.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 15h
Sounds about Right…. The reason presidents are limited to two terms is that the last time we had a president who was a Democratic Socialist, the people elected him four straight times!!!
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 19h
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h
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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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h
That cocky, misplaced look of smug success on Senator Eric Schmitt’s face—moments before everything came crashing down around him because he’s so carelessly incompetent.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 18h
Source: buff.ly/wrQoHFR
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NIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn't have
A delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
CRUZ: Do you have any evidence whatsoever to believe that I and 20% of Republicans in the Senate will engage in destruction or tampering with evidence or intimidation of potential witnesses? JACK SMITH: No. We had powerful evidence that Donald Trump and his associates would
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20h
Schiff is up. Apologizes to Jack Smith. “My colleagues have attacked you, but NONE of them have tried to deny what happened on January 6th. They attack you because they don’t want to address the facts. The Barr DoJ sought toll records without a peep from my colleagues.” 1/
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 21h
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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House Judiciary Dems @democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 21h
Congressional Republicans are livid at Jack Smith for revealing the truth about them. His investigation showed how Trump tried to recruit Republican Members of Congress into his scheme to overturn the 2020 election.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h
Sen. Schmitt: “You fled to The Hague and prosecuted the president of Kosovo in 2020?” Smith: “Yes, and he was just convicted of over 300 acts of torture and 96 murders.” Sen. Schmitt: “And then you got a chance to come back to get Trump. Is that right?” Smith: “That’s not right at all.”
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Spencer Green @spencergreen.bsky.social · 21h
It's ironic to hear Senator Kennedy contemptuously asking Jack Smith about believing in the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny when the good Senator and the rest of the GOP continue to support and enable a president who believes he won the 2020 election.
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DJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Willie Nelson, 93 yrs young Neil Young, 80 yrs young Both still doing what they love #StopAgeism
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Willie Nelson & Neil Young live 9/24/2026 TD Pavilion at Highmark Mann Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
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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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 22h
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Sarcastically Fantastical @shermachesterfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Poorer Richard @worldlywise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These very bad men we "finally got" are going to turn out simple fuel thieves and they have already been allowed bail.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton was basically designed in a lab to be the focus of a Last Week Tonight segment
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sen Dan Sullivan (R-AK), up for reelection and lagging in the polls against his Democratic challenger Mary Petola, is revealed as a platinum card Epstein club member whose politically career was funded by Epstein's wing man, Leon Black. thealaskacurrent.com/2026/09/18/d...
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Dan Sullivan took money from Epstein associate Leon Black
Leon Black, the billionaire who has refused to testify about his close relationship with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, gave money to Sullivan in 2019.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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BYTESEU @byteseu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russian state media threatens Lithuania with “short” special military operation www.byteseu.com/2403872 Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency has threatened Lithuania with what it described as “another short special military operation”. The agency published a column by Alexander …
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Russian state media threatens Lithuania with "short" special military operation - Bytes Europe
Russia's state-run RIA Novosti news agency has threatened Lithuania with what it described as “another short special military operation”.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
OAN: "The GOP chair of the GA Peanut Commission backs Ossoff ... Donald Chase said Ossoff has his vote, adding he likes to support people he believes in. Chase said he's still a conservative R, but claims character matters, and he wants someone in the Senate who will take the institution seriously"
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
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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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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today, in Russian propaganda:
Schaeffer Marlyse. @Schaef... • 6h
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I am a French mother with beautiful children.
I did not give birth to them for them to be sent to the trenches.
French and Russian mothers do not want their children to fight against each other.
We are not enemies.
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I'm a Dutch mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. Dutch and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies. #RuslandIsNotMyEnemyNadja @EuropaNormal • 9h
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I am a German mother with a beautiful son. I didn't give birth to my child to send him into the trenches. German and Russian mothers do not want their boys to fight against each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemyDday @DdayohneZiffern • 12h
I'm a German mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. German and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemy
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Okhomegrown @okhomegrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 28/09/2026
On 10 February 2022, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia had ‘no plans to invade Ukraine’. Five days later, he dismissed reports of an imminent invasion as ‘Western hysteria’ and claimed Russian troops were already returning to their bases. Nine days later, Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rape Van Winkle
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Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Paxton recommended 1 day in jail for child sex abuser Adam Hoffman. The judge is the one who increased it to 60 days, which ended up as 30 days served, and he did not have to register as a sex offender www.statesman.com/news/politic...
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Video shows Ken Paxton silent when questioned about child sex abuse plea deal
A viral video shows Ken Paxton declining to answer questions about the plea deal reached in the Adam Hoffman child sex abuse case.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wait, was rolling out the red carpet for Xi a Chinese psyop too? I'm really confused about the GOP stance on China.
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins
Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump and Lutnick had a scheme to require that ballots be sent by certified mail, so you'd have to be home when they were delivered. As the union prez said, “The ultimate goal was to create chaos and doubt." Via @jenafifield.bsky.social / @peterelkind.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So f’ing sick. To do this, you would have to know enough about the foster care system to understand the concept of “aging out,“ yet still think these kids were some kind of fraudsters.
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Elizabeth Hernandez @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New: @sethklamann.bsky.social and I talked w/ current & former detainees at Aurora's GEO immigration detention center & reviewed 911 calls to write about what it's really like inside Colorado's only immigrant detention facility. "There is no mercy here." www.denverpost.com/2026/09/27/c...
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Pepper spray, health crises and rotten food: Inside Colorado’s only immigrant detention center
In interviews with The Denver Post, current and former detainees described frequent fights and feelings of hopelessness. They say they’re often served inedible or rotten food that frequently gives the...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for nearly a year.
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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 28/09/2026
Trump is now responsible for 29% of our national debt. That's more than any President in American history. What happened to DOGE?
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sen Roger Marshall (R-KS) has one enormous vulnerability that he just can't explain away: he actually lives in Sarasota, Florida, not in Kansas. And the evidence of that fact is abundant.
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US Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo.
Michael Weiss: Why, that’s Ali Abdelaziz is on the far left. Manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters including Khamzat Chimaev, who is close to Kadyrov. Abdelaziz was an FBI informant until the Bureau dropped him because they suspected he was a double agent. Looks like Ka$h (far right) has forgiven and forgotten. These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence.
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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A new CNN KFile investigation finds two past accounts from Texas GOP candidate Bo French calling for public executions of government officials, Obama, Adam Schiff, and more. Repeatedly asked Texas GOP, Paxton, Abbott campaigns if they stood by him and got no response. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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KFile: Texas GOP candidate Bo French has a history of calling for public executions | CNN Politics
Bo French, the Republican nominee for one of Texas’ most powerful statewide offices, is facing bipartisan criticism over a racist post about the crowd at a University of Texas football game.
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If WE were able to Obama would still be president.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 28/09/2026
More than 1.2 million children lost access to food aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program between July 2025 and 2026, according to a new analysis. to.pbs.org/4dwuKEf
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More than 1.2 million children have lost SNAP benefits since last July. Experts explain why
Experts say that the drop is a cause for worry, and that it’s unlikely that the need for food assistance has dropped.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Todd Blanche now says "one-sided news" is a national security threat worth barring the press over. That's not a legal standard. It's a viewpoint test. I didn’t go to law school…and didn’t need to, to know that the First Amendment exists to STOP government from judging which coverage is balanced.
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Scott Banville @sbanville.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So we’re selling F-35s, GMLRS, and AGM-158s to China? Cool cool.
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Trump asked China's president if he wants to buy US arms, ambassador says
The U.S. ambassador to China says President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States.
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