Rob (Taylor's Version)

Rob (Taylor's Version)

@chanman.bsky.social

Accountant. Father. WTA fan. Not in that order.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

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Bill Grueskin
@bgrueskin.bsky.social

Donna Arthur — aka Amy Acton’s estranged mother, and the person whose testimony Vivek Ramaswamy devoutly trusts — has been living with her cats, in a car, in a church parking lot, having declined housing assistance. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/u...

nytimes.comHow Vivek Ramaswamy’s Ruthless Ad in Ohio Divided Republicans (Gift Article)The fallout from Vivek Ramaswamy’s brutal spot targeting his Democratic rival in the Ohio governor’s race showed that even in the Trump era, a political attack can be seen as going too far.

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Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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Brad Lander
@bradlander.bsky.social

I’ve been released from IDF custody with a “warning,” apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee). But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention.

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MPR News
@mprnews.org

Peggy Flanagan provided evidence of her Phi Beta Kappa membership after a Wall Street Journal report questioned her academic credentials. The honor society confirmed the DFL U.S. Senate candidate has been a member since 2002.

mprnews.orgSenate candidate Flanagan deflates report that she inflated her academic credentialsThe DFL candidate for U.S. Senate said a story stating Flanagan isn’t a member of Phi Beta Kappa is inaccurate and the academic honor society verified that she’s been a member since 2002.

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Minnesota Star Tribune
@startribune.com

Replying to @startribune.com

“I can verify that Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, having been inducted in 2002 at the University of Minnesota,” Amber Cox, associate secretary and chief operating officer of Phi Beta Kappa, said in a statement.

startribune.comPhi Beta Kappa says Peggy Flanagan was an honor society memberThe Democrat running for U.S. Senate said in a 2016 Minnesota House committee hearing she was a member, which was called into question Wednesday.

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Minnesota Star Tribune
@startribune.com

Hours after the Wall Street Journal published a story questioning Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s claim she “graduated Phi Beta Kappa” from the University of Minnesota, the national honor society said that she is a member.

bit.lyPhi Beta Kappa says Peggy Flanagan was an honor society memberThe Democrat running for U.S. Senate said in a 2016 Minnesota House committee hearing she was a member, which was called into question Wednesday.

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

My brain cannot process this level of corruption. She was being paid $50 million to engineer a pardon from Trump *while working at the Justice Department* as a "Special Government Employee." And it worked. He got the pardon, and she got the money. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

nytimes.comA Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal. (Gift Article)Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.

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Bill Grueskin
@bgrueskin.bsky.social

Replying to @bgrueskin.bsky.social

"Republicans hailed the ad as a bombshell." That's true, though perhaps not in ways that they might've thought www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

nytimes.comAttack Ad Featuring Candidate’s Mother Turns Ohio Governor’s Race Even Uglier (Gift Article)A Republican ad features Amy Acton’s estranged mother calling her daughter a liar. The two have not spoken since Dr. Acton’s mother backed her husband after his arrest on rape charges.

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Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social

"In other words, the complaint contends: Freedom Fuel gas is cheap because it’s stolen..." "The man registered no surprise — aware of the Trump promotions, he declared this White House 'the most crooked-ass shit I’ve seen in my gangster motherfucking life'...” www.politico.com/news/magazin...

politico.comTrump Promoted Suspiciously Cheap Gas Stations. Here’s What He Didn’t Tell You.The president celebrated a gas discount. Was it legit?

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Meta took down the No Kings organizing page today - the biggest day of protest this fall. They provided zero explanation. It stayed down for the entire afternoon until most of the protests were done. Outrageous. Put this on the January investigation list.

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Bill Grueskin
@bgrueskin.bsky.social

Replying to @bgrueskin.bsky.social

She says that the act named after her brother “gives the president tools he can use if he so chooses to end the war through economic sanctions. So that is up to him as to whether or not he wants to use it, or whether he wants to use something else.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/u...

nytimes.comGraham Breaks With Trump Over Russia Sanctions Law Her Brother Championed (Gift Article)Senator Darline Graham, appointed to fill the Senate seat of her late brother, Lindsey, gently disagreed with the president’s decision to exempt Russia from the sanctions legislation.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑
@ezralevin.bsky.social

❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this. Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑
@ezralevin.bsky.social

Update: without explanation, and after being suspended for more than an hour during peak mobilization time, Zuckerberg's Instagram restored the No Kings account but we still lack admin access. More to come. Rest assured we will not stop organizing against this regime and its collaborators.

Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social

❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this. Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑
@ezralevin.bsky.social

Full update from our team. We STILL do not have admin access to the account.

Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social

Update: without explanation, and after being suspended for more than an hour during peak mobilization time, Zuckerberg's Instagram restored the No Kings account but we still lack admin access. More to come. Rest assured we will not stop organizing against this regime and its collaborators.

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Bill Grueskin
@bgrueskin.bsky.social

Every word of this story is mortifying, but in particular, the evidence of complicity by the IDF and Netanyahu in buttressing the violent Israelis who are attacking Palestinians and journalists. Gift Link: wapo.st/4B6E8Jb

wapo.stIsraeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West BankThe settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photojournalist. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers did nothing to halt the violence.

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Tess Owen
@tessowen.bsky.social

Of course Katie Zacharia was once part of a multi-level-marketing program for "Beachbody," a fitness company with a history of colorful legal woes. She described the program to us as "sort of a pyramid scheme." Scoop from @timmarchman.bsky.social & I www.wired.com/story/white-...

wired.comWhite House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Was an Affiliate Marketer for a Fitness MLMTrump's newly installed press secretary tells WIRED that in the early 2010s, she promoted a product for a company then called Beachbody, which she described as “sort of a pyramid scheme.”

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Judd Legum
@juddlegum.bsky.social

As I first reported on Monday, Katie Zacharia is not a lawyer and has never been licensed to practice law. The WSJ reports that she took the California Bar Exam but failed. Nevertheless, Zacharia appeared on media programs for YEARS and repeatedly called herself a lawyer. Here's a super cut:

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Kashmir Hill
@kashhill.bsky.social

Democratic senators on the Finance Committee sent Meta a letter today about using the research tax credit for A.I. data center expenses calling it a “violation of the spirit and, potentially, the letter of the tax law." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/t...

nytimes.comSenators Question Meta’s Data Center Tax Strategy (Gift Article)Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, questioning the company’s $6.6 billion in tax breaks.
Kashmir Hill@kashhill.bsky.social

Meta is using a radical interpretation of a tax credit for “research and experimentation” to get billions of dollars off GPUs for its A.I. data centers. My latest with Jesse Drucker, @elitan.bsky.social and @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...

nytimes.comHow 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.