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Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social

NEW: James Comey’s 3rd criminal case alleges he authorized disclosure of classified info in 2016 about Yahoo adapting its spam filter to aid FBI surveillance requests. Comey says the 10-year statute of limitations expired on Oct. 5. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comJustice Department charges James Comey with sharing classified informationThe case involves allegations that the former FBI director authorized a disclosure of classified information to The New York Times.

Rep. Mike Thompson@mikethompson.house.gov

Led my colleagues in calling on the IRS to release long-delayed data showing how Congressional Republicans H.R.1 impacted millions of people’s tax returns. The public has the right to know who is benefiting from this bill.

politico.comWays and Means Democrats ask Treasury about delayed IRS dataTen House tax writers led by Rep. Mike Thompson want to know why detailed tax-filing data has been held back for months.

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social

I keep saying this: Stephen Miller is trying hard to preemptively scapegoat someone ELSE in case the GOP loses Texas. But they're naming him by name. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social

NEW: A federal judge has now ruled that former SDNY prosecutor, Maurene Comey, was UNLAWFULLY fired by the Trump DOJ. He orders her retroactive reinstatement and back pay. Comey alleged in her lawsuit that she was fired for politically motivated reasons. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/m...

cnbc.comTrump DOJ unlawfully fired Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey, judge rulesThe judge ordered that Comey, the daughter of ex-FBI director James Comey, be retroactively reinstated to her job as an assistant United States attorney.

ProPublica@propublica.org

West Virginia has been part of a nationwide push, partially funded by billionaire-backed political groups, to use taxpayer dollars to fund private schools. Among the proponents are the Koch family network and Pennsylvania billionaire Jeffrey Yass.

propublica.orgHe Tried to Set Limits on His State’s School Vouchers. Billionaires Helped Bankroll a Campaign to Unseat Him.A high-ranking Republican had wanted only to curb the unchecked growth of West Virginia’s voucher program, not destroy it. In the ensuing backlash, three PACs — affiliated with the Koch family and Jef...

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social

My second essay on how under Trump we’ve already gotten used to a level of fascism, authoritarianism, and corruption that would be unthinkable to us just years ago. Today: The corruption of the Justice Dept and *EIGHT* scandals on par with Watergate: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-s-ty...

doomsdayscenario.coTrump's Tyranny, Part II: It's the CorruptionAn ongoing look at life in the very un-ordinary of times: “For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.”

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Nicki Minaj steps off Air Force One with Dementia Donnie ahead of Michigan campaign rally.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

A Russian energy giant secretly financed a US gas project in Alaska, while that same project was being discussed by Putin with Witkoff and Kushner as part of talks supposedly aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. The US company’s CEO resigned after discovering the Russian money.

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges (Gift Article)Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

Jesse Eisinger@jeisinger.bsky.social

Ah. Ben Yoho was behind the Vivek attack ad against Amy Acton. Before that, as head of the Strategy Group, he was profiting off his close connection with Kristi Noem at DHS. www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Dean Obeidallah@deanobeidallah.bsky.social

NEW: Elon Musk invests about $1 billion in Skydance that owns CBS news and CNN. The goal of course is for Musk to have domination of the social media and legacy media. Musk must be stopped. He's a threat to our nation and the world. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/22/e...

cnbc.comElon Musk invests about $1 billion in SkydanceDavid Ellison's father, billionaire and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, has a history with Musk.

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

This new report today with my NYT colleague Anton Troianovski follows up on our earlier reporting this month on the Lukoil deal that would bring financial benefits to business partners of the Witkoff and Trump families. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

The question is: Why did Trump derail peace talks?

Jen Fifield@jenafifield.bsky.social

We found that USPS cuts have caused at least a one-day delivery/postmark delay, most affecting states that allow ballots to count if they come in after Election Day as long as they’re postmarked by that day. Rejection rates increased most in areas that voted for Trump in 2024.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov

It looks like it may be worse than just betrayal; it looks like betrayal plus crooked side deals for Trump and cronies.

reuters.comPutin envoy says Russia and US are discussing joint deals including on data centresRussia and the US are discussing a ​range of new joint projects including nuclear-powered data centres in the wake of last week's agreement on ‌diesel, President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy said...

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Very evil stuff

Adam Klasfeld@klasfeldreports.com

NEWS A preservation group just alerted Judge Reyes that Trump just attacked her on social media right before today's hearing in the East Potomac Golf Course case. Context: Judge Reyes received death threats last year after ruling against Trump. Background buff.ly/3eV0JHT

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

Invasion, mass murder, rape, kidnapping of children - all fine

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

David Rothschild@davmicrot.bsky.social

Feels dangerous to have a drug-addled right-wing-extremist trillionaire authoritarian with personal control of a key defense system.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

“Videos of the attack, verified by The Times, show that the photographer, Heidi Levine, 63, who was wearing body armor with large press tags, was trapped behind the settlers. They began to beat her with bats and sticks, kicking her as she was prostrate on the ground” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/w...

nytimes.comIsraeli Settlers Attack Palestinians and Washington Post Journalist in West Bank (Gift Article)In the latest surge of violence, settlers targeted Palestinians during the olive harvest, a cultural touchstone and economic lifeline in the Israeli-occupied area.

Khashoggi's Ghost@urocklive1.bsky.social

Please everyone call your reps about this. Most of them don't like it either, but they may think you don't care.

Eric Lisann@ericlisann.bsky.social

DOJ leaders intervened to protect Meta as Zuckerberg has played a core role shaping Trump’s agenda to counter backlash over the safety of AI. The Trump DOJ has retreated on a wide range of corporate investigations inherited from the Biden era. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

news.bloomberglaw.comMeta Platforms Drug Sale Criminal Case Halted by DOJ Leaders (1)Top Justice Department officials have sidelined career prosecutors’ long-running grand jury investigation of Meta Platforms over facilitating illegal pharmaceutical sales, just after company executive...

Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social

The use of AI in political ads is not evenly distributed: “More than 80 percent of the ads were produced by Republican campaigns or Republican-aligned political action committees” #midterms #AI #ads $137 Million in A.I.-Generated Ads Flood the Midterms www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

nytimes.com$137 Million in A.I.-Generated Ads Flood the MidtermsRepublicans have used A.I.-generated content more often than Democrats, ranging from subtle enhancements to convincing deepfakes.

Rep. Mike Levin@levin.house.gov

Stop what you are doing because you need to read this. Billions of dollars in oil trades were perfectly timed to Trump’s decision to back off attacking Iranian power plants. Trump announced the reversal just 15 minutes after those trades were placed.

bloomberg.comCFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil TradesChairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.

Conor Sen@conorsen.bsky.social

Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign:

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social

Nine FBI agents who were fired for their work on the Trump classified documents case are suing the bureau and director Kash Patel for what they say was unlawful retribution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

ProPublica@propublica.org

Ahead of the 2024 election, @andykroll.bsky.social got his hands on some secret tapes of Trump's budget director, Russell Vought. One thing Vought said hit Kroll like a ton of bricks: that he wanted to put government workers “in trauma.” Listen to this episode: https://propub.li/4yO4q11

ProPublica@propublica.org

Dr. Debby Day said her bosses at Cigna gave her a stark warning: Work faster, or the company might fire her. She said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers.” (Published April 2024 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

propublica.orgA Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s ho...