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Dad, Lawyer. Nothing to see here; just an angry dude venting.

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Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 18h ago

Arch Manning and a room full of journalists laughing about an AI video of Steve Sarkisian slapping Holly Rowe is a horrible look. awfulannouncing.com/college-foot...

Arch Manning had a good laugh over AI edit of Steve Sarkisian slapping Holly Rowe

Steve Sarkisian blowing off ESPN reporter Holly Rowe after Texas’s comeback win over Ohio State on Saturday was bad form, and he received plenty of pushback in the days since. In the Longhorns locker…

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Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 17h ago

Treasury's Bessent on Trump's $5K check promise--which would likely cost over $1 trillion if made real--says "I believe there are ways to do it that are, would not affect the deficit." Anyone want to explain how that might work?

Jen Rubin@jenrubin.bsky.social · 19h ago

it's a damaged, fading brand ruined by a dim-witted ideologue and incompetent... sort of like the GOP itself

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19h ago

This is just preliminary data (final numbers will be released at 4 pm), but the '60 Minutes' premiere averaged 7.7 million viewers and 1.5 mill in the 25-54 demo, down 19% and 33%, respectively, compared to last season's debut. This marks the lowest-rated premiere this century, if the numbers hold.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d ago

According to the whistleblower: - Agents have to investigate 40 voter records a day, leaving just 11.25 minutes per investigation. - Agents are using state voter registration in a way that may be illegal. - Agents are using source data that many think is completely unreliable.

The identity of the whistle-blower is not known to The Times. Democracy Defenders Fund said in its report that the whistle-blower requested anonymity because of “an extreme fear of retaliation but they feel an obligation to speak up about the misconduct and gross mismanagement they have witnessed.” According to the whistle-blower, agents are expected to complete at least 40 reviews in each eight-hour day, giving them scant time to determine each voter’s citizenship and voting history. The consequence of the investigation is potentially vast, according to the account, because each review is recorded in a database that could affect individuals’ immigration status or legal permanent residency.The agents plugged those names and personal data into public-facing state websites to find a subject’s voter history. Some states, such as Virginia, declare explicitly that only individual voters may use the search tool to look up their own records. Others, such as California, require specific information such as a driver’s license number or partial Social Security number in an effort to limit the use of the tool to individuals. Worried about the potential legal ramifications of such actions, the whistle-blower “expressed concerns” to those leading the investigation within Homeland Security’s Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate, according to the account. The office of the chief counsel at D.H.S. said it was permissible for agents to use the state databases for operations such as the Unlawful Voter Initiative. Yet leadership appeared to acknowledge the potential for legal liability, responding to internal questions that agents “are not personally liable for conducting these searches when done as part of their official duties and properly documented.”Core to the operation is a compilation of data on hundreds of thousands of voters from across the country, described to agents as “source data,” according to previous reporting by The Times. Agents were given little to no information about where the source data originated; at one point, D.H.S. officials said some immigration information had been added to their source data using “supplemental magic,” according to the whistle-blower account. The mysterious origins of the “source data” comes as voting rights groups and election officials have condemned the Trump administration’s many efforts to compile a national voter file and citizenship list. The whistle-blower report, however, indicates that the data is likely filled with errors. According to a transcript of a training video included in the account, the investigation has relied on data from multiple sources, including public voter files obtained from states, Department of Justice data and queries of records compiled by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The data also includes what are known as alien identification numbers, the training video says, which are numbers assigned to a noncitizen that stay in their Homeland Security files permanently, even if they subsequently become citizens who are eligible to vote. If the investigation is using the existence of an alien number to flag that a voter is ineligible, many legal citizens are likely to be improperly ensnared as unlawful voters.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

BREAKING NYT: Investigators may have broken state laws under the direction of top Trump Homeland Security leaders by posing as voters as part of an expansive effort to find noncitizens on the nation's voter rolls, according to a federal whistleblower's account just released.

PBS News@pbsnews.org · yesterday

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Ukraine is ready to halt its strikes on Russian territory if allies can secure a genuine Russian commitment not to hit Ukraine's critical infrastructure. https://to.pbs.org/3USxpSv

Zelenskyy says Ukraine will pause strikes on Russia if Kremlin spares critical infrastructure

His comments Monday follow President Donald Trump’s claim that Russia and Ukraine agreed not to target each other’s energy infrastructure.

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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2d ago

I’ve worked with several treasury secretaries, and I can honestly say that Scott Bessent is the worst I’ve ever witnessed. He seems to be doing everything possible to lose credibility, which is critical to soothing markets and maintaining faith in the dollar.

Bessent dared the markets to ‘bet against’ him. Bond traders did — and appear to be winning.

As the Trump administration digs deeper into its toolbox to lower longer-term bond yields, they’re only surging higher.

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CREW@citizensforethics.org · 2d ago

This should really go without saying, but Russian oligarchs should not be bankrolling the president's son's wedding. It raises SERIOUS red flags. And if they are friends and business associates, that makes it NO better.

Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

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