Rada Nada Roo

Rada Nada Roo

@radanadaroo.bsky.social

I'm a bleeding heart liberal in a red corner of the world.

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Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage

Financial Times@financialtimes.com

The remote rendezvous in August highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a businessman with ties to the Kremlin. ft.trib.al/9g7wnme

Evil bastards.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Patriot interceptors that NATO allies paid for are awaiting Pete Hegseth’s signature while Russia strikes Ukraine’s power grid. Ukraine has almost none left and gets 12 a month from US stocks. Rubio says the batch may be held under review.

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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's comms director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped (published Oct. 2025):

propublica.org“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and AmericaPaul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...

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Trump’s accounts bought up to $5 million in SpaceX debt just 48 hours before he signed a policy benefiting Musk’s company, which holds billions in federal contracts, raising serious questions about presidential conflicts of interest.

yacnews.comTrump Bought Millions in SpaceX Debt Two Days Before Signing Policy Benefiting Musk’s CompanyTrump's accounts bought $1 million to $5 million in SpaceX bonds on 18 August. On 20 August he signed a policy to expand commercial launches. SpaceX holds billions in federal contracts. The White Hous...

Kinda sounds like treason from here.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Trump signed bipartisan sanctions against Russia, then gutted them before they could take effect. He reopened Russian diesel trade despite existing sanctions, demanded Ukraine stop striking Russian refineries, and publicly attacked President Zelenskyy.

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“I’m a lawyer… I practiced corporate law… I was a corporate lawyer…” 17 seconds of Trump’s new Secretary of Lying lying about her resume 🤥 (she just admitted to @seanhannity it isn’t true)

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Kinda wild that there have been wild protests going on in Albania for months set off by a corrupt Kushner luxury resort project and there has been barely coverage of it here 🇺🇸 and Trump never gets asked about it.

We used to have Cigna. When you are covered by Cigna, Cigna is your doctor.

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)

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Elon Musk amplifies pro-Russian propagandist and publicly demands removal of Ukraine’s president, amid reports that speed / usage restrictions imposed through his Starlink satellite network disrupted Ukrainian military defence ops, resulting in civilian deaths and injuries.

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Trump is testing the courts; cutting down trees on a DC golf course after a judge told him not to. A pretend apology when Trump’s ads ran at taxpayer expense after a judge ordered him to stop. Get up to speed, including on a new order issued tonight: joycevance.substack.com/p/its-more-t...

joycevance.substack.comIt’s More Than Just a Little Routine MaintenanceThe administration flouted a judge’s order and cut down more than 400 trees on the East Potomac Golf Course over the weekend.

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🚨 HOLY SMOKES! Ben Meiselas just UNLOADED on Trump over his fake Ukraine ceasefire announcement. “We're run by a sex predator, lunatic, a felon, a bankrupter, a fraud…” “Every freaking thing out of the guy is a fraud and a lie.” And Ben isn't letting corporate media off the hook either. WATCH.

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Dollemore: I’ve been around politics a long time… They’ve bitched and moaned and complained and whined and made campaign fodder out of participation trophies for decades. And now we have the participation trophy president

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Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org

propublica.orgKen Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...

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23 days until we vote to end this nightmare.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.

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7 shots fired. 4 pm in afternoon. At a car with 5-year old in it. Can’t use deadly force except in response to imminent threat of death of serious bodily injury. As in, from what we know, a blatantly illegal shooting. That’s without regard to victim’s criminal record. 7 Shots Fired.

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When I started writing about Supreme Court expansion, you couldn’t get the question *asked* in a poll. The first time I saw it actually polled, it was 8%. Now, we here.

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net

Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...

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Republican candidate for Congress on Texas Brandon Herrera on women voting: “I’m not saying the 19th amendment was a mistake, I’m just saying the country went to shit after.”

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One major thing Trump’s regime and its supporters may seek is to use ICE to instigate civil unrest before the midterms. They want the optics of chaos and minorities tearing up the streets so they can cast themselves as the “good white law-and-order” side. Be wary and don't get used by the regime.

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Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"

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Susan Collins repeatedly refuses to answer as to whether she would campaign with Trump in Maine

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SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt

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A child in an Idaho faith-healing family died of a treatable condition. Then another died — and another, and another. Idaho’s child abuse laws contain such broad religious exemptions that authorities didn’t intervene — before or after the deaths.

propublica.orgFour Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...

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Not so sure Republicans want the Dobbs decision back in the spotlight like this as the Midterms approach…

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Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical emergencies without calling 911. with @wpln.bsky.social

propublica.orgHe Suffered Abuse in a Private Youth Jail. The Company Never Reported It.Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical ...

Schmitt the Shit is such a stinking dirtbag.

Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social

If you want to see a witch hunt, watch Sen. Erik Schmitt attack Jack Smith. Schmitt makes false accusations, suggests being in Atlanta proves conspiracy, and when it becomes clear Smith was not in Atlanta at all, persists in name-calling. And no, he has no shame. www.nbcnews.com/video/republ...

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Trump’s new AI “accord” has no actual government regulator enforcing it, no penalties for violations, no disclosure requirement and no implementation deadline. The companies choose their own auditors. This isn’t regulation. It’s the consolidation of an unaccountable tech mafia.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Musk, Zuckerberg, Pichai, Amodei, Brockman and Huang signed Trump’s "AI accord" requiring outside oversight. Three helped write the "self-regulation" rules and are building the body that would set standards for and certify the auditors policing them.

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for the second straight day, Trump -- face drooping -- is struggling to stay awake during a televised event

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Former DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer recounts being asked to recommend restoring Mel Gibson’s gun rights, saying she was told his personal relationship with Trump mattered. She refused: “When I declined to make the recommendation, I was very shortly thereafter fired.”

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US Ambassador Guilfoyle allegedly boasted the US can topple allies while discussing Romania with Greek officials: “We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here.” Pushed allies toward Aktor energy deals while its paid lobbyist accompanied her on official meetings.

yacnews.comTrump's ambassador to Greece told Greek officials the US could topple allied governments if it wantsUS Ambassador Guilfoyle allegedly boasted US can topple allied governments while discussing Romania with Greek officials: “We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here.” Also pushed alli...

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Q: Some folks in the administration have floated the idea of having federal troops at polling places. Do you have thoughts on that? MIKE COLLINS: The last thing we want is for people to not have confidence in the elections, so if that's something they decide they have to look at, that's fine w/ me

Are we ever going to be free of these vile scum buckets?

ProPublica@propublica.org

At least 79 kids have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s immigration crackdown. In most cases, they were going about their days when officers shot chemical munitions near their homes and schools and into their cars. (Published May)

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Experienced FBI counterterrorism experts were punished for refusing to investigate something that, at most, warranted the attention of the DC Metro police.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING MS NOW: Two veteran FBI counterterrorism supervisors have been removed from their jobs after a disagreement over an investigation involving alleged harassing phone calls made to Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, multiple people familiar with the matter told MS NOW.

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George W. Bush had plenty of opportunities to speak up. January 6th. The January 6th Committee. Trump’s return to power. Mostly silence. But now he’s stepping back into politics to help Republican senators get reelected? Yeah. I have some thoughts.

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Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)

propublica.orgClarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP DonorIsland-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...

So it's true, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

In an effort to protect the GOP’s gerrymander, Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) argued that changing congressional maps after the primary would plunge the state into electoral chaos. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...