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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 15h
Ambassador David Perdue told Fox News that Trump, while discussing U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan, told Chinese President Xi Jinping, "Hey, we sell arms to other people around the world," and then "actually asked President Xi, would he like to buy some at one point?" Now Trump is denying the claim.
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'Something profoundly amiss' as Trump official blurts 'mind-boggling' admission: analysis
A startling claim from President Donald Trump's ambassador to China reveals "something profoundly amiss" in how the administration handles one of America's most consequential rivalries, according to a new analysis by MS NOW's Zeeshan Aleem.Ambassador David Perdue told Fox News on Sunday that Trump, ...
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Jonathan @jonathansocials.com · 13h
Funny how border security funds disappear to pay for Trump’s personal campaign ads, proving their "urgent crisis" was just another cash grab.
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Pro-Trump TV ads paid for with Customs and Border Protection...
The ads, which the White House has described as “public service announcements,” drew bipartisan crit...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h
WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 14h
NEWS: A federal judge just ruled that Trump's Justice Department illegally withheld Violence Against Women Act grants from more than two dozen domestic violence and sexual assault groups to force them into political loyalty tests.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 14h
The Trump administration has infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress. The cancelled $810 million would have gone to refugee assistance programs ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/28/r...
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Trump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more • Ohio Capital Journal
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.  The $810…
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 15h
Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20% cut to future general and admiral positions. The move comes amid a massive purge of top commanders, and a war with Iran that continues to rage. The result is generational damage to our military. thehill.com/policy/defen...
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Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Penta…
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 15h
I don't think it's a good idea to let the wildly unqualified former host of Fox & Friends' weekend edition cull the military's leadership and insert cronies. bsky.app/profile/wash...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16h
I repeat:
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 15h
Deporting people to unsafe countries that they’ve never been to and have no connection to is inhumane and unjustifiable. Incredibly disappointed to see the Supreme Court allow this to continue until they hear oral arguments. This policy is illegal and must be stopped.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h
Content warning: Child sexual abuse What does it mean that someone who believes a fourth grader should be forced to give birth to her rapist’s child is now leading the anti-abortion mainstream? Meet Kristan Hawkins. At Texas Tech University, a young woman walked up to the mic to debate her.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15h
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., questioned former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday about whether he had attended an NBA game in Atlanta in Feb. 2024, but seemingly confused two different basketball teams. to.pbs.org/3TboQll
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WATCH: Schmitt suggests Jack Smith perjured himself about a basketball game, but mixes up 2 teams
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., questioned former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday about whether he had attended an NBA game in Atlanta in Feb. 2024, but seemingly confused two different basketball tea...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19h
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 15h
A constitutional law expert accused Attorney General Todd Blanche of using national security as a "smokescreen" to defend President Donald Trump's attempt to ban three news organizations from the White House.
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Expert unmasks 'smokescreen' Blanche is attempting to pull off in court: 'Will not stand'
A constitutional law expert accused Attorney General Todd Blanche of using national security as a “smokescreen” to defend President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban three news organizations from the White House.Georgetown University constitutional law professor Michele Goodwin told CNN’s Kasie Hunt on ...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 18h
A group called Family Watch International has been investigated for connections to anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Uganda, Kenya and Ghana — including Uganda's "Kill The Gays" law. Its president and board member, Raw Story found, just donated to Andy Biggs' Arizona governor's race.
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Accused hate group leader cozy with 'kill the gays' activists sent cash to GOP congressman
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), who is running for governor of Arizona, took donations from leaders of an accused anti-LGBTQ+ hate group for which he formerly served as a board member, according to recent state election filings.The Biggs for Arizona campaign took in $3,000 on April 15 from Sharon Slater, pr...
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 18h
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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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18h
FWIW my read is that the rw media reaction to the Schmitt-Smith thing is a result of them being lazy and stupid rather than deliberately lying to create a false narrative for their audience -- the hosts here literally don't seem to know what actually happened. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18h
The senator who mistook the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes and tried to accuse Jack Smith of perjury? He could be the most dangerous man in the US Senate. What to know about Eric Schmitt:
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Is this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?
Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are true Americans.
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 19h
Rubio Hired Tech Firm Months After Its Alleged Russia Ties First Emerged thepunchup.substack.com/p/rubio-hire...
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Rubio Hired Tech Firm Months After Its Alleged Russia Ties First Emerged
EXCLUSIVE: The deal came on the same day the company filed a $1.85 million lawsuit against the former employee who first raised concerns.
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 18h
Senators Cruz and Hawley led the charge to block certification of ballots in Congress.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 18h
thanks, super intelligence. very cool.
Screenshot of an America.gov AI interaction. The user has asked "Why did ICE waste so much money buying warehouses it can't use?" The response summaries a Government Accountability Office finding that the agency has wasted over a billion dollars of public funding on the failed warehouse scheme.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h
Reminder: Donald Trump and his family have grifted more than $4 billion while Americans struggle to get by.
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Dawna and RealMonkeyCat @dawna9.bsky.social · 20h
Stein emerges each federal election to spew her puppeteer’s repugnant rhetoric. She’s a insult to independent thinking, honest and working women. #Pinks #Voices4Victory
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 19h
Right-wing media had dismissed stories about conditions onboard the USS Lincoln as a “misrepresentation in the media,” “an information op,” and “Persian propaganda.”
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The Navy disclosed 8 suicide attempts after right-wing media dismissed reporting about conditions on the USS Lincoln as "Persian propaganda"
As reporting emerged in August that the servicemembers on the USS Abraham Lincoln faced poor conditions and declining mental health — evidenced by at least one servicemember overboard incident — right...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h
SPOTTED IN MEMPHIS: A billboard calls out Tennessee Republicans for ducking debates 🦆 @BrentTaylorTN @MarshaBlackburn @RepDavidKustoff @repgillespie From indivisible memphis: www.instagram.com/p/Ddj6dodICg...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
CHARLIE KIRK SHOW: Dang! So you had texts from Smith's team confirming he was going to a Hawks game, and he acted dumbfounded? ERIC SCHMITT: It was the only NBA game going on in Atlanta. He claimed later he was at another game. My job is to ask the questions (All of Schmitt's "facts" were wrong!)
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19h
NEW: Kurt Olsen, a prominent election denier with no prosecutorial experience, has resigned from the DOJ after failing to find evidence that the 2020 presidential race was stolen. The conspiracy theorist was hired last year to aid in Trump's efforts to relitigate the results of the 2020 contest.
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Election denier Kurt Olsen leaves DOJ after failing to find evidence of stolen election
A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h
Interesting. Thank you, America.gov!
Screenshot of America.gov answering whether the Trump administration has arrested any of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients or co-conspirators during Trump’s current term. It says no arrests could be verified and cites a July 2025 DOJ/FBI review stating it found no incriminating “client list” or evidence sufficient to predicate an investigation of uncharged third parties.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h
Thank you, America.gov!
Screenshot of America.gov answering a question about the highest diesel prices in U.S. history. It states that President Donald Trump was in office when the national average retail diesel price reached a record nominal high of $6.29 per gallon on September 14, 2026, according to the EIA.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h
Good to know!
Screenshot of America.gov answering who won and lost the 2020 presidential election. It states that Joseph R. Biden Jr. won and Donald J. Trump lost, with an Electoral College result of Biden 306 to Trump 232, and links to National Archives and FEC election results.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
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 · 22h
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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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20h
The ONLY thing the republicans care about is that their stupid crimey toll records were gathered. By law. Because they talked to a fucking criminal. I can’t believe it’s not embarrassing to the GOP.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
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 · 20h
Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h
IOWA FIRST… FROM KANSAS? Zach Lahn is running for governor of Iowa while maintaining a home in Wichita. He voted in Kansas in 2018, 2020 and 2022, then registered in Iowa in 2024. Flight records reviewed by the Des Moines Register showed his plane making frequent trips back to Wichita.
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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 22h
Are you a nurse working in a hospital that’s using Palantir technology? Do you want to talk about how that affects your work for @motherjones.com ? Reach out on Signal at shurwitz.18–your anonymity will be protected
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21h
Jack Smith: Donald Trump preyed on party loyalty and fear. One of the reasons he [failed] is bc Republicans stood up. I personally find it hard to understand how our investigation could be viewed as partisan when our strongest witnesses were Republicans. [Names Rusty Bowers and Mike Pence.]
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 22h
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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
💰 “Over the last 20 months, Trump’s super PAC has received large donations from corporations or individuals seeking/have received favorable treatment from Trump.” Trump Bribery is big business! popular.info/p/how-maga-i...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
actual questions from John Kennedy to Jack Smith: "Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy? How about the Easter bunny?"
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 21h
A documentary on the life of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) may be purchased by Paramount for an "eye-popping" sum — raising questions about what the controversial media giant plans to do with it.
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'Catch and kill': Questions raised as fortune on table for unreleased Lindsey Graham film
A documentary on the life of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) may be purchased by Paramount for an "eye-popping" sum — raising questions about what the controversial media giant plans to do with it.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 21h
Jack Smith looked straight at the Senate and said what Trump’s enablers have spent years trying to bury: There was proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump committed crimes against this country. Smith said he’d prosecute him again today. Because the evidence doesn’t give a damn about your red hat
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Did you see a Trump campaign ad while watching football this weekend? Well, that campaign ad was funded by your tax dollars. Here’s why that’s a crime: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5fw...
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Trump’s Illegal Advertising
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
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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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scoop: Paramount is in advanced talks to purchase a Lindsey Graham documentary for a staggering eight figures. The documentary is said to include footage of David Ellison and Paramount's top lawyer has been personally negotiating the deal. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/paramount-...
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Ellison’s Graham Doc Grab
Paramount is nearing a deal to pay an eye-popping sum for a documentary about the late Lindsey Graham that is also said to contain candid footage involving David Ellison himself, Status has learned.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
JUST FILED: The dire warning from the nation’s food banks The situation is worse than you might think youtu.be/-I0LLITQius?...
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I Just Got an URGENT WARNING from Food Banks on Trump's War...
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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