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Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.

"Mr. Vance, who opposed the war from the outset, and is also not fat, and who should be seen as a moderating influence on Trump and thereby not responsible for the current chaos, and who is also very funny and charismatic and probably just dealing with bad acoustics when his jokes don't land..."

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · 2w ago

Incredibly obvious how JD Vance keeps "leaking" these "sources close to JD Vance say JD Vance was secretly against the Iran war" stories; kind of unbelievable that the Times has now published two pieces like this www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...

It's official: Christian Castro, the ICE officer who shot a Venezuelan man in the leg through a door and then lied under oath about what happened, has now been federally charged with making false statements under oath — but nothing more. Still a significant prosecution. www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/p...

ICE agent federally charged with lying over shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant | CNN Politics

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been federally charged with lying about the events leading up to his shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in the leg earlier this year, according to mult...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3w ago

🚨NEW from @propublica.org: over "the strongest possible" objection from the Minnesota federal prosecutor in charge of the case, senior Trump officials reportedly rejected civil rights charges against the ICE officer who shot a man and then lied about it. He'll be charged with false statements only.

People saw the short-lived "proto-prestige" TV series "Profit" and called the network to say "You have a morally complicated protagonist, but Tony Soprano hasn't come along to normalize that yet! I better not see any more prestige television in the current year of 1996!"

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From The rise and fall of Automata: A leaked recording of a '23 voice chat w/Andrew Nary & Aiden Cuevas- a 3rd man known as “Roman” demands deletion of compromising photos that jeopardize his planned enlistment in the Army. "Roman" is not charged in their case & his identity remains unconfirmed.

Patriot Front recruiter and serial doxer Kai Liam Nix is being sentenced today for illegal arms sales and lying on his military paperwork. Following my reporting, Nix got kicked out of the Army and charged with felonies. More updates to come. Read more here: www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

‘We Will Fight!’ The Soldier Waging War Against America from Fort Liberty

A Patriot Front member believed to have disclosed personal information about perceived political enemies over social media is an active-duty soldier, Hatewatch reveals.

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