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We’re back with our second story about how Trump’s purge of the FBI killed a sweeping bribery probe in D.C.
This time, we take you to South Carolina, where two powerful politicians escaped scrutiny:
Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. James Clyburn.
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ALT Close-up of Rep. James Clyburn wearing black square frames, a dark blue suit, and a red patterned tie
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NEW: Lindsay Graham and Jim Clyburn were under FBI investigation for bribery.
Then Trump dismantled the DOJ & FBI public corruption units.
The investigation died.
We unearthed it:
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So Ken Paxton’s campaign is now creating and sending out fake Trans flyers and texts?
After they lied about Talarico and his flu, is there really nothing too low for them to go?
Paxton’s campaign is sending out texts to its own supporters claiming to be this group.
Disgusting
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NEW:
Lindsey Graham & Jim Clyburn were under FBI investigation, as part of a potentially explosive corruption probe in S Carolina.
Then Trump purged the anti-corruption teams at DOJ & the case died.
My latest w/@WilliamTurton @mtredden @kirstenberg
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🚨 BREAKING: Gina Hinojosa is suing Greg Abbott for violating public records law to hide his emails with Elon Musk.
Ken Paxton as AG redacted all but 200 of 1,374 pages after Abbott argued the conversations between him and Musk are "intimate and embarrassing."
Hinojosa alleges the emails might cover tax incentives for Musk's companies, data center development, broadband deals, and more.
She's asking the court to force Abbott to unredact the remaining 1,174 pages.
Follow the money...
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Fox: What is the best single line of attack you’ve found for your campaign?
Paxton: We’re going to send out Trans flyers to our voters to rile up our base
This is pure cope.
No Republican would spend money secretly promoting a flyer for the “Texas trans tour” that this group is already promoting on their social media.
Your side really is this evil. Just own it.
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Paxton did not say this in the clip. In the actual audio, he says: "The trans issue is huge. The boys and girls sports is huge," when asked which campaign messaging tested best — he never mentions sending flyers or "riling up" the base. x.com/i/status/21124…
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A Bosnian newspaper has just revealed photos of Trump’s top political advisors sitting behind the pro-Putin president of Republika Srpska at a foreign election rally.
This comes just 2 weeks before the US midterm elections.
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A brief review of recent technical “errors” at Meta:
1. Restricting the Facebook pages of Brazilian president Lula who is in a runoff election against a Trump-favored candidate
2. Shutting down the pages of Albanians protesting Jared Kushner’s plans to build a luxury resort in the country
3. Rejecting ads for a documentary critical of Elon Musk
4. Shutting down the No Kings instagram page in the middle of a major anti-Trump protest
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ProPublica: Trump Appointees Wanted a Voting Machine Hacked
A few months into President Donald Trump’s second term, political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security made an unusual request of its agency focused on cybersecurity: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it.
The appointees wanted the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to procure the machine, examine it and report back the findings so they could be given to the White House, according to two former administration officials with knowledge of the request.
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“Not all counties were effected”
Yeah this is the **9th** error that has “backlogged” voter registration records, in mostly left-leaning districts.
Unsurprisingly State officials (who openly support Paxton) have not done anything to help clear the backlog.
Texas county officials said they learned Thursday about another state error that has backlogged thousands of voter registration records.
The total number of backlogged records wasn’t immediately available, but the secretary of state’s office told election officials that not all counties were impacted. bit.ly/4hQS7v6
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ICE murdered 2 US born white people in Minneapolis—the whole world watched. Literally executed 2 people. They shot a 3rd person, got caught flat out lying about being attacked. Most of the people they harass are citizens. They’ve detained citizens. They’ve even deported citizens.
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The maximum amount an individual can donate to a candidate is $3500.
Elon Musk just donated $7 million to one Republican, because Citizens United gave a loophole to billionaires to buy elections.
Overturn Citizens United.
NEW — Elon Musk has directed more than $7 million to help reelect Ohio Republican Sen. Jon Husted, per the Ohio Capital Journal.
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No Jan - you got caught red handed trying to help prop up a paid GOP operative who was there to spread false, racist lies about Abdul because he is Muslim. Shame on you.
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Democrats for Mike Rogers, a group that has spent millions of dollars to defeat Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, is funded by Republican-aligned organizations, campaign finance records show. truthout.org/articles/democr…
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Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski: "Since January of last year, the U.S. has not contributed a single cent to the defense of Ukraine. We are doing it, Europe."
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A trans woman died because of the UK’s new hospital ward policy forcing them men's wards. Joelle was only 27 — a musician, coder, and daughter. This is what happens when they care more about demagoguery, backwards views of sex, non-existent risk than people's well being.
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Joelle's case dates to 2023 after a Conservative minister's ward announcement, not the Oct 2026 NHS biological-sex guidance. The Trans Legal Clinic page ties it to that earlier event.
translegalclinic.com/justice-for-jo…
bbc.co.uk/news/health-66…
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He says the name just fine when he’s begging the Qataris for a personal jet or the Saudis for funding for his son-in-law’s private equity firm.
Wonder what’s changed?
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Leaked audio of Mike Rogers calling on Republicans to use off-duty police officers to intimidate voters in Detroit in an attempt to manipulate the Michigan Senate race:
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This is a huge scandal: The campaign of Brazil's far-right, US-backed presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro paid a US company that sells an AI system for manipulating elections.
Bolsonaro's right-wing party also paid the US company, which maps voters and makes fake social media accounts to spread disinformation online targeting crucial voters.
This revelation comes after Meta admitted that it censored the accounts of left-wing candidate Lula da Silva and promoted Bolsonaro on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp.
This is the source (only in Portuguese): intercept.com.br/2026/10/16/…
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A judge of Brazil’s top electoral court rules that Meta must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff. nbcnews.com/world/south-amer…
