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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Roy Cooper raises $14.5 million last quarter, shattering records

The former North Carolina governor brought in more than double what his likely GOP opponent raised.

www.politico.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11h

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper raised $14.5 million during the first 65 days of his new Senate campaign — a record-breaking total for a Senate challenger in their first fundraising quarter in one of the most competitive races of 2026.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h

3. The rationale behind dropping the Homan probe

4. Prosecutors not finding evidence to charge Comey

5. Whether she approved firing certain antitrust lawyers

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h

Sen. Adam Schiff listed the questions Pam Bondi has refused to answer:

1. Whether she consulted ethics lawyers before Trump accepted that Qatari plane

2. Which DOJ officials ordered Trump's name be flagged when found in the Epstein files

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16h

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Update from Glenn Thrush

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16h

More than three hours in, Pam Bondi has repeatedly refused to answer questions about her involvement in and knowledge of the forced resignation of Erik Siebert, the former U.S. attorney in eastern Virginia.

Siebert was replaced after refusing to prosecute James Comey.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18h

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse asked Pam Bondi about DOJ's decision to drop the investigation into Tom Homan.

MSNBC first reported that Homan was recorded in Sept. 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI sting.

Bondi refused to answer, then attacked Whitehouse.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18h

Sen. Dick Durbin presses Pam Bondi on FBI personnel reportedly being asked to flag instances of Trump's name appearing in the Epstein files.

Bondi says she's "not going to discuss anything about that with you."

Durbin: "Eventually, you're going to have to answer for your conduct."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18h

Pam Bondi refuses to say whether the White House consulted her before deploying the National Guard to U.S. cities.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19h

Sen. Dick Durbin: "Our nation's top law enforcement agency has become a shield for the President and his political allies when they engage in misconduct."

"The Attorney General has systematically weaponized our nation's leading law enforcement agency to protect President Trump and his allies."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19h

A new draft Trump memo argues that furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown.

Those who represent federal workers or advocate on their behalf say the White House is misreading the clear intent of the law.

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20h

New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Trump doesn't rule out a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell:

"I mean, I'd have to speak to the DOJ. I'll look at it."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Asked about the Insurrection Act, Trump says he would invoke it "if necessary."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking MSNBC:

A top prosecutor in Virginia has informed colleagues she plans to decline to seek charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James — resisting intense pressure from Trump, according to two people familiar with her discussions. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Top prosecutor is rejecting Trump pressure to charge New York AG

A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.

www.msnbc.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

The Supreme Court has rejected Laura Loomer's bid to sue social media for banning her.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking:

The state of Illinois has filed a lawsuit to block the Trump admin from deploying federalized National Guard troops on the streets of Chicago.

"The Trump administration's illegal actions already have subjected and are subjecting Illinois to serious and irreparable harm."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Supreme Court rejects Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction

Maxwell was convicted for her role in recruiting and grooming girls who were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein.

www.nbcnews.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING:

The Supreme Court just rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein.

The decision means that her conviction and 20-year criminal sentence remain in place.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

A federal judge in Oregon has blocked the Trump administration from sending members of California's — or any other state's — federalized National Guard to the streets of Portland, Oregon.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Michael Ben'Ary, the fired top national security prosecutor, writes in a letter to his now-former colleagues that DOJ policies are "making American citizens less safe."https://tinyurl.com/3kh7jb9n

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4d

Michael Ben'Ary, a veteran national security prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, was fired after a pro-Trump writer — without evidence — linked him to internal pushback over the Comey indictment.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking: California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he'll sue the Trump administration after it federalized 300 of his state's National Guard troops and deployed them to Oregon.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Sen. Schiff to NBC: "He's described me as the enemy within. He's described other Democratic elected officials as the enemy within. He is using the Justice Dept. to go after his political enemies, and he's using the Justice Dept. to protect his political friends … This should concern every American."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING:

A federal judge in Oregon just temporarily blocked Trump's deployment of 200 National Guard troops to Portland.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

New KFF poll: Americans want Congress to extend the expiring, enhanced Obamacare credits by a whopping margin of 78% to 22% — a remarkable political entrenchment for subsidies that were a heavy political lift for Democrats just a few years ago, per Politico.

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