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Alex Finley
@alexzfinley.bsky.social
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Former CIA, author of the Victor Caro series, watcher of yachts, alexzfinley.com alexzfinley.substack.com
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4h
Horrifically creepy and emblematic of this rape-coded administration, but also a govt employee staying at the fuckin ritz on a business trip shows you how much the DC world has changed since the DOJ muffin scandal of 2011.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h
"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room. Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.
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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 1h
Jfc
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h
"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room. Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
― Hannah Arendt,
The press release in which U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan announced the indictment is only three paragraphs long — remarkably brief for such a high-profile prosecution. “No one is above the law,” she says in the release. Halligan, 36, is an insurance lawyer with no prosecutorial experience who was a White House aide before Trump handpicked her to replace Erik S. Siebert, the U.S. attorney who concluded that there was insufficient evidence to charge Comey. While she had served as Trump’s personal lawyer as part of his defense team in his criminal trial in New York, she seldom appeared in court and seemed to have a limited role in his defense.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h
Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 9h
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 8h
It's hard to overstate how alarming NY AG Letitia James's reported indictment is.

This is the second time in weeks that a political opponent of Trump has been indicted, at his urging, against the advice of career prosecutors and Trump's own appointees. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general
Justice Department wins indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud in 2023.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 8h
Here's your lede:

Less than three weeks after Donald Trump ordered his attorney general to hurry up and start charging his enemies, the Justice Department indicted a second one: New York Attorney General Letitia James, the prosecutor who defeated him in court.
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Politico @politico.com · 7h
Dominion Voting Systems, which was at the center of false fraud allegations in 2020, has been sold.

The election machine company is being rebranded as Liberty Votes.
Dominion Voting Systems, which was at the center of false fraud allegations in 2020, has been sold
The election machine company is being rebranded as Liberty Votes.
www.politico.com
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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 7h
Jfc
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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 10h
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 7h
and that's why we don't trust private equity
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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 10h
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 7h
On the home page, NYT frames it correctly: WaPo fails.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9h
Good time to read @mollyroberts.bsky.social:

“It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.”

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...
Next Up: Letitia James Molly Roberts Monday, October 6, 2025, 9:59 AM Share On: f X in $ It's hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey-until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.
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Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · 8h
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...
Next Up: Letitia James
It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.
www.lawfaremedia.org
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 16h
How to negotiate with Putin: First, make sure he knows he can't win
From @radek-sikorski.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | I’m the Foreign Minister of Poland. This Is How to Negotiate With Putin.
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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 16h
I hope he picks me!
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 16h
Emmanuel Macron’s office said he will choose a new French prime minister by Friday evening.

The person picked to replace Sébastien Lecornu will face an uphill battle trying to negotiate a budget that brings down the French deficit.
Who wants to be the next prime minister of France?
The French president is expected to name his next prime minister by Friday evening.
www.politico.eu
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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 17h
BREAKING: President Vladimir Putin told Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev on Thursday that two Russian anti-aircraft missiles had exploded several meters from an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that crashed last December, killing 38 people on board.
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 17h
"Miller is taking a "hands-on" role in investigating the funding of nonprofits and educational institutions and is sharing recommendations from Attorney General Pam Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with Trump and other top advisers, the first White House official said."
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 17h
President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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The Insider @theins.press · 17h
“Russia arrested me in absentia, but an American court said I faced no danger back home”: How Russians are being deported from the U.S.

The Insider spoke with deportees to learn what they endured in American detention centers and upon return to Russia.
“Russia arrested me in absentia, but an American court said I faced no danger back home”: How Russians are being deported from the U.S.
In the summer of 2025, the United States began mass deportations of Russians who had sought asylum in the country. In June and August alone, more than 100 people were flown out under heavy guard on ch...
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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 17h
Reminder: Patrick Byrne is a former lover of convicted Russian agent Maria Butina.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 1d
JUST IN: Overstock founder Patrick Byrne formally defaulted by court in libel suit Hunter Biden brought against him. Biden lawyers to propose size of default judgment in coming weeks. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Hunter Biden seeks arrest of former Overstock.com CEO in defamation case
Attorneys for the ex-president’s son ask a federal judge to issue a bench warrant against defendant Patrick Byrne for failing to respond to court orders.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 19h
🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump has called for the Democratic governor of Illinois and mayor of Chicago to be jailed for resisting his mass deportation campaign, a day after armed troops from Texas arrived in the state.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (left) and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker
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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 19h
Anna Paulina Luna, a staunch supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump and vocal critic of American financial and military aid to Ukraine, did not specify the format, date or location of the meeting.
Florida Lawmaker to Meet With Putin Envoy Dmitriev This Month - The Moscow Times
U.S.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h
One of Trump's biggest financial supporters, Timothy Mellon, is obsessed with Earhart .... hence this.

www.nytimes.com/2024/07/28/u...
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 22h
WSJ reports that the Truth Social message Trump directed at Pam Bondi, about indicting Jim Comey, was meant to be a DM. Asked about the post, Bondi told senators, "I don’t think he said anything that he hasn’t said for years.” We might see that remark, among others, in Comey's motion to dismiss.
Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots
The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d
NEW: A report from pro-voting groups warns that if the Supreme Court rules to gut a key safeguard against racial gerrymanders this term, it’ll be “enough to cement one-party control of the U.S. House for at least a generation.”
GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns
Read more here.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d
Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."
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