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Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"

NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.

F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins

The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.

nytimes.com

Well the political whipsawing that unlimited money, a polarized electorate and a 4 year election cycle made inevitable finally screwed the pooch. No country is getting back in bed with us-ever-period without a major 2.0 remodel Might oughtta consider candidates that can acknowledge that need

NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.

The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

propublica.org

Nicole Wallace had conservative retired Judge Luttig on yesterday. He didn't hold back and he validated that we don't know how this assault on democracy will end up, that we may not be able to save it. He is the last thing from a nutjob and bring sobriety to the existential threat we face.

Protesters gathered near West Anderson Lane and U.S. 183 after an ICE officer shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in North Austin. People arrived with loudspeakers, music, and signs demanding answers about why the officer opened fire. Police used chemical agents to disperse part of the crowd

This. The recent pleading for regulation isn't really down to fear that an electricity dependant digital technology will somehow lock down every analog switch there is and take over the world its because if they can get govt. sucked in the govt. can use your money to bail them out when it all tanks

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d ago

creating a giant stock market bubble that is masking a struggling economy that will crush regular Americans’ savings when it pops. They’re trying to “rig the game” and “shift the risk” to us and make themselves “too big to fail” (Sound familiar?)

Hello. This is your reminder that the Russians secretly paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s private island wedding reception. The entire family is on the take and they believe the American people are suckers who won’t care. We care.

18 dead my sweet ass....they bought media up expressly so they don't show you the extent of the losses...or the crowds of protesters or anything else that contradicts their narrative. Read up on the THAAD sites (2-3 billion each and not easily replaced) that Iran smoked in the first few days

Laura 4 NAFO@lmnash123.bsky.social · 7d ago

Translation: we haven't quite finished the job for our (mostly russian) oligarch bosses yet. bsky.app/profile/iwil...

You're never going to "flip" a maga- because its not about candidates or policies or party names....its about a permission structure that enables full on- out in the open racism and bigotry. Conversion is impossible. The best you can hope for is that they get so disgusted they just don't vote.

NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.

Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People

While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.

404media.co

RE:Sheeran Played in bands many years, most of them bad beyond belief, one of them really good, all of them loud, crunchy,&all of them original and look man No matter how shitty or raw a band is you can tell from their work product who is real and genuine and who is just playing to the cheap seats

No...I'm not reading all that... It'll be lies and bullshit anyway- but one thing is for sure no way he wrote it- I know this because this wall of text exceeds by a huge margin all the words he's ever thought in his entire life

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“AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION” Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig warns in a new article about threats he sees surrounding the 2026 midterms, what may happen on January 3, 2027, and calls on public officials to uphold their constitutional duties. kettering.org/an-urgent-ca...

An Urgent Call to Action from Kettering Senior Fellow J. Michael Luttig

Protecting our democracy requires recognizing threats early, demanding that public officials fulfill their constitutional duty, and insisting that the will of the people be respected.

kettering.org

🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges

The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.

democracydocket.com