Blanche is not the people's attorney general. He's Trump's fascist enforcer.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoBASH: What's the crime? AG TODD BLANCHE: What's the crime? Well it depends. There *could* be a crime. But the real wrong here is that Alaskans are gonna be confused. BASH: The Alaskan Supreme Court ruled 4 months ago on this matter
For Trump, who is heavily invested in the fossil fuels industry, windfall profits for that industry are a wonderful thing. For US consumers, they're a nightmare. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoTrump: "While oil prices are temporarily high ... the United States oil and gas business is making hundreds of billions of dollars"
“You can’t con people, at least not for long. You can create excitement, you can do wonderful promotion and get all kinds of press, and you can throw in a little hyperbole. But if you don’t deliver the goods, people will eventually catch on.” - Donald Trump, The Art of the Deal
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoTrump: "Our country is making hundreds of billions of dollars on oil. and then on top of it we have Venezuela, and we have Greenland! 'We're making trillions of dollars. But my people said 'please don't mention that, sir, because people are paying a little higher'... we're making a frickin' fortune"
Blanche lies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Todd Blanche falsely claims DOJ isn’t seeking to block Alaska from certifying Senate contest
Blanche claims DOJ's Alaska lawsuit doesn't seek to block certifying the state's election if the Republican loses. The actual complaint says otherwise.
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🔥 @rolandsmartin.bsky.social encourages Black voters to back @abdulelsayed.bsky.social: “We cannot play games with this election.”
The Vanity Fair article is paywalled, so instead please enjoy this cartoon which fairly accurately and amusingly explains everything that is in the Vanity Fair article. www.instagram.com/reel/De5QJJZ...
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“We need to get to the bottom of what exactly happened,” Rochelle Garza, president of the Texas Civil Rights Project, the nonpartisan group litigating the case, said in an interview on Wednesday. “The only way to do that is through litigation.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...
Glitch Delays 600,000 Voter Registrations in Texas as Early Voting Looms
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“What comes next will be a catastrophe for families across the country — seized tax refunds, garnished wages, and even less money to put food on the table or make rent.” www.washingtonsun.com/economy/trum...
Trump Aides Are Getting Ready to Penalize Defaulting Student Loan Borrowers
Treasury officials are seeking ways to minimize the impact on vulnerable borrowers.
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U.S. consumers are uneasy about the increasingly high-tech ways that restaurant chains and major retailers are setting prices.
Consumer apprehension grows as US retailers adopt AI-assisted pricing tools
U.S. consumers are uneasy about the increasingly high-tech ways that restaurant chains and major retailers are setting prices.
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This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
With midterm elections approaching, the fourth round of “No Kings” rallies unfolded across the U.S. on Saturday. The demonstrations were singularly focused on the election, as organizers hope to push Americans to the polls. nyti.ms/4dNoNTP
It's almost like we shouldn't let a small group of the most venal people on earth control the internet
Ukraine accuses Elon Musk’s SpaceX of disrupting its military operations by limiting Starlink internet services, hampering their battlefield communications and drone capabilities.
Ukraine says new Starlink restrictions disrupt military as it reels from intel gaps and Trump clash
Ukrainian officials and military units on Wednesday accused Elon Musk’s SpaceX of throttling a technology at the heart of their battlefield communications and drone operations.
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Launch of Russian ballistic missiles on Ukraine, with no US warning, coincides with outage of Starlink managed by Musk’s SpaceX www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
Ukrainian military’s access to Starlink satellite internet suddenly restricted
Launch of Russian ballistic missiles on Ukraine, with no US warning, coincides with outage of Starlink managed by Musk’s SpaceX
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“The Trump administration’s talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.”
Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 4w agoJUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
“Nothing is sacred right now for projects at the border…The only thing that’s sacred is the wall itself... The victims are not just people and wildlife, but also deep history and our connection to our human past”. www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
The Border Wall Just “Decapitated” a 7,000-Year-Old Arizona Carving Created Before Stonehenge and Egypt’s Pyramids
A newly dated 272-foot rock carving in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge was severely damaged by border contractors, exposing a growing threat to public lands, outdoor access, and sacred Indigeno...
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“The company started claiming the credit for the data centers two years ago…trimming almost $4 billion off its tax bill last year, filings show. Meta is now the biggest beneficiary of the tax credit among publicly traded companies,” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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“Trump administration had ignored ‘the significant harm resulting from deporting thousands of longtime U.S. residents, many with no criminal history, to third countries without regard to the persecution or torture they face there’.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now (Gift Article)
The court also announced it would hear arguments in December on the legality of the Trump administration policy to swiftly deport immigrants to countries not their own.
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“While the administration is unlawfully eroding protections for trans students under the guise of protecting women and girls, they are systematically weakening the very laws that keep students safe and schools accountable,” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
Trump Officials Revise How Title IX Sex Discrimination Rules Are Enforced (Gift Article)
The change follows a court ruling barring Title IX from protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people and has angered advocates for sexual assault survivors.
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“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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“The harm caused by burdening or disenfranchising even a few lawful voters outweighs the nonexistent harm that the government experiences when it is prevented from taking an action that it likely lacks the authority to take,” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
Supreme Court Allows Use of Trump Administration’s Expansive Database for Voter Screening
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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50501 Demands the Immediate Release of Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, an end to 🧊 traffic stops nationwide, & the arrest of the agent who shot Wilber. Abolish 🧊! Here’s what happened & a few ways to stand up & fight back! #JusticeForWilber
I guess he never thought the leopards would eat his face. Paul LePage, a Trump Ally, Says a Family Member Is Being Deported www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
Paul LePage, a Trump Ally, Says a Family Member Is Being Deported (Gift Article)
The former Maine governor, a Republican running for Congress, said the Trump administration is seeking to wrongly deport his son’s father-in-law, who has a work permit.
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"In just my mind, my body felt like it was dying." Emma Donohoe talking about having Severe ME at 19, bed bound 90% of the time, unable to eat without symptoms, unable to think straight or even remember the names of friends. #MECFS
“That’s too big of a coincidence to believe that she is detained just a week after her US citizen child was unlawfully detained and arrested…a clear message that ICE is sending about what the repercussions are for people who decide to speak out,” www.borderreport.com/border-repor...
American teen who posted ‘ICE raid’ videos sees mother deported
The mother of an Edinburg teenager who was arrested by ICE earlier this month while taking a friend to enlist in the Marines and posted about it, was arrested and deported on Monday outside her wor…
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“It’s a really dangerous precedent when the federal government is allowed to politicize any one group of people’s care and end it,” What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors apnews.com/article/tran...
What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors
At least six hospitals have reached agreements with President Donald Trump's administration to stop offering gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors.
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“…leaving thousands of detainees exceedingly hard to trace and potentially unable to exercise all of their legal options.” AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders apnews.com/article/ice-...
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Political appointees will now get to pick NIH grant recipients instead of actually qualified, non partisan, peer reviewers. This is how science dies. White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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