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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h

Corrupt AF. Just like Trump.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 11h

ANTIFA:

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 10h

This is enough carbon-free energy to power maybe two thirds of Vegas btw

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 10h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 9h

Oh

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 19h

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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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 9h

We saw it

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 10h

The Chicago pastor who was captured being pepper-sprayed by ICE officers in viral footage online has claimed he could hear the agents laughing at him as they fired at his head.

Pastor Pepper-Sprayed by ICE Speaks Out on ‘Disturbing’ Incident

Reverend David Black accused agents of laughing at him during the attack.

trib.al

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 9h

Legend

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 9h

Let’s cut childhood cancer research and bail out Argentina

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

"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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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 10h

Exactly

Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 11h

Moi aussi

Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 11h

Conversion therapy

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 19h

Let me be clear: Democrats are at work waiting for Republicans to wrap up their vacation and join us. It’s time for Mike Johnson to bring his caucus back, get to work, and stop playing politics with folks’ lives.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gave ICE more cops than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries. Once the bill is fully implemented, nowhere in America will be safe from Trump's secret police state.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 16h

Trump, RFK, and their cronies likely want to create the (false) perception that autism is preventable and curable, because that allows them to: 1) cut accommodations, services, and support for autistic kids and their families, and 2) blame mothers for autism in ways that make (1) seem justified. 1/

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t exactly how to phrase this, but like… is autism that bad???? Like, why is it such a source of fear??? Of course there are challenges but you can be autistic and have a rich, fulfilling life! Many people do! I don’t understand the preoccupation.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 16h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 16h

James Comey, Letticia James,....

(from the archives)

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 16h

I love LA.

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 16h

More people need to love Los Angeles — however imperfect it may be. D.J. Waldie says it best

"If you don’t fall in love with a place, it doesn’t become real to you, and if it’s not real to you, then you can ignore it."

www.latimes.com

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Eric Schmeltzer @ericschmeltzer.com · 16h

This is big.

The cracks are starting to form.

And no, it's not the end and I'm sure Stitt will find a way to hug Trump on something else. But for a Republican to stand up for JB Pritzker against Trump and Abbott right now? It says the winds are changing.

GOP Oklahoma governor criticizes Texas National Guard deployment to Illinois

Kevin Stitt, the chair of the National Governors Association, broke with his party in an interview with The New York Times.

www.politico.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

Trump just got Letitia James indicted despite insiders leaking that the case against her is incredibly weak. He had to get his handpicked stooge to do it. This only shows how corrupt the whole thing truly is:

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 17h

So not only can you indict a ham sandwich, you can be indicted *by* a ham sandwich.
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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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 16h

I hadn’t realized he was Chair of the Governors’ Association.

VoteVets @votevets.org · 16h

GOP Oklahoma governor criticizes Texas National Guard deployment to Illinois

Kevin Stitt, the chair of the National Governors Association, broke with his party in an interview with The New York Times.

www.politico.com

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 16h

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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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 16h

Hey @nytimes.com did you check with @gallego.senate.gov about being “peeled off” to vote for the GOP budget?

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 16h

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "American families are hurting right now. Everything is too damn expensive...Fruit is expensive. Food is expensive. Car insurance is expensive. Buying a car is expensive. And now...[health insurance] premiums are going to go up."

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