Scott Horton

robertscotthorton.bsky.social

22 September 2026 22:40

NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.

Kate Starbird

katestarbird.bsky.social

22 September 2026 22:39

Rumors about “rigged elections" are now a fixture of U.S. elections, leading to diminished trust in election results & democracy (broadly). These rumors can sometimes be hard to debunk, esp. in their early stages. Our UW team has identified the 6 common ways that election integrity rumors mislead:

MeidasTouch

meidastouch.com

22 September 2026 22:36

NEWS: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has secured a record $131.5 million settlement from DoorDash after a NYC investigation found the company underpaid or failed to properly pay 264,000 delivery workers. 1/

Katie Phang

katiephang.bsky.social

22 September 2026 22:34

Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...

KEZI 9 News

kezi9news.bsky.social

12 September 2026 00:02

The Eugene Water & Electric Board finished construction last month on two new water storage tanks at College Hill that are designed to withstand a major earthquake.