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lucasmundus @lucasmundus.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”
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furryninja.bsky.social @furryninja.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is sadly true for most of you. @housedemocrats.bsky.social It doesn't matter if it won't pass right now - articles should be filed for EACH AND EVERY CRIME. Dissent is patriotic, doing something about it is YOUR JOB.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"When you have a president who's running the country like a mob boss instead of a government, who's running the government for himself, of himself, and by himself, & for his cronies, instead of the people, by the people, and for the people, there's only one solution, & that's impeachment & removal."
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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 12/03/2026
We're not paid consultants, career lobbyists, or owned by corporations. We have no ulterior motives. We think the Constitution should matter. We're a bunch of rag-tag volunteers who want democracy and believe in the rule of law. (That's it!) Join us. citizensimpeachment.com/sign-up-to-h...
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Citizens’ Impeachment is an organization powered by American citizens with a single goal: to get Donald Trump impeached, convicted, and removed from power.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
MAJOR BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee just VOTED 24-19 to issue a subpoena against AG Pam Bondi in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
AOC: This is about actual crimes happening in front of us. This is about shredding the Constitution and plunging us into war. This is about taking crypto money and money laundering… So if you’re asking me if I’d support impeachment, I do
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
AOC: We already have multiple American service members who are dead for an illegal action that the president has pursued with no plan out. They don’t know why they got into this war. They’re talking about a hundred different reasons, and they don’t know how they’re getting out.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not."
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/02/2026
See you in the streets March 7th. standupforscience.net/march7
February 28, 2026

Trump's actions this morning were unconstitutional and bear enormous consequences at home and abroad.
The stakes of speaking out against this administration are higher and more urgent today than they were yesterday, which is exactly why we are taking to the streets on March 7th. We will keep you up-to-date on where things are transpiring with how we may be incorporating this into our planned actions, and we look forward to seeing you out on the 7th. We hope you join us to make our voices heard.
Save science, protect health, and defend democracy,
Colette

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
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FLARE 💥 @flareusa.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Thanks for sending that email! Feel free to go into their local office too. We're doing the next National Day of Lobbying for impeachment and abolishing ICE on 3.9. CitizensImpeachment.com/LobbyWithFLARE
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Citizens' Impeachment
Citizens’ Impeachment is an organization powered by American citizens with a single goal: to get Donald Trump impeached, convicted, and removed from power.
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May-lee Chai (she/her) @mayleechai.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Agree! Signed this petition to get ChatGPT out of our California State University too: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
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Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans.
In February 2025, the California State University system announced a $17 million contract with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT Edu to all faculty, staff, and students on its 22 CSU campuses as part of a lar...
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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 28/02/2026
Wars can only be declared by Congress. Taxes can only be levied by Congress. Spending can only be appropriated by Congress. Laws can only be passed by Congress. Any President who refuses to work with Congress is an enemy of the Constitution and the rule of law.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Big protest at the Lincoln Monument. Seven D.C. high schools walked out to come here.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge says the Trump administration has been “terrorizing” refugees — violating the promise America made to them when they fled persecution at home — by locking them up illegally. He blocked the policy for those in MN storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
🚨BREAKING: Pro-voting groups sued Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) for refusing to turn over key records related to his office’s sweeping 2025 voter roll purge — a purge that canceled nearly 471,000 registrations, about 6% of the state’s voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Voting rights groups sue Georgia for refusing to release voter purge records
Without full access to the records, plaintiffs say they cannot determine whether eligible voters were wrongly removed.
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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending *** As of the end of January, there have been no convictions."
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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court
String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 20/02/2026
Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court. Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business. As well as everyone else who stepped up.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
A man claims his grandmother in Colombia—a former housekeeper at Epstein’s Manhattan home—kept hidden memory cards, photos, and tapes when she was fired. He says it includes child abuse evidence, and both ABC and Fox refused to release it. If true, she may be holding what investigators searched for.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
BREAKING: Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 18/02/2026
Tomorrow, the Oversight Committee will have the opportunity to question Les Wexner about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Survivors told us from day one: follow the money. That is exactly what we intend to do.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Since October, federal courts have ruled more than 4,400 times that ICE is illegally jailing immigrants. Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps. Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 17/02/2026
We need to rein in ICE and CBP. We need to call out the avalanche of lies. And most importantly, we need to stand up for our communities—because they are being terrorized by their own government. The American people are demanding Congress meet this moment.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Why Democrats Should Run Against the Epstein Class... ABSOLUTELY open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
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Why Democrats Should Run Against the 'Epstein Class'
Avoiding the false choices that plague Democratic messaging.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Rubio is attempting to normalize a close relationship with Orban. It's not normal. Neither is Rubio.
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Susan NO DMs @rinative.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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'Unprecedented': Trump Admin Denies Minnesota Investigators Access to Alex Pretti Shooting Evidence | Common Dreams
The Trump administration denies Minnesota officials access to evidence in nurse's shooting. BCA vows thorough investigation despite lack of key information. Governor demands real probe.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Trump's longtime confidant Thomas Barrack, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, was in regular, close contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor, a CBS News analysis of over 100 texts and email exchanges shows.
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Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
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Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The FBI interviewed a Jeffrey Epstein victim who said that TRUMPSTEIN SEXUALLY ABUSED HER WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER!!!!! 🤬🤬🤬 Per: DOCUMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASE OF THE EPSTEIN FILES ... OOPS!!! 💯💯💯
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Bombshell Epstein File Reveals FBI Interviewed Underage Trump Accuser
The FBI interviewed a Jeffrey Epstein victim who alleged that President Donald Trump sexually abused her when she was a teenager, documents from the Justice Department file dump revealed. A 21-page sl...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“As the airplane took off, Epstein started touching me forcibly in between my legs, and I freaked out. I realized, this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped. They whisked me away to the island. I was stuck there. They never arranged any modeling opportunities, I was completely conned."
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Epstein survivor tells CBS News how she was trafficked, and assaulted
Juliette Bryant says not long after meeting Jeffrey Epstein, he assaulted her, and she realized, "this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped."
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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I particularly like the student with the sign "Watch me protest, Greg Abbott" "Yet despite the threats from state officials — and the pleas to students from many school administrators — the protests over immigration enforcement did not stop." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
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Students Across the U.S. Are Protesting ICE. Texas Wants to Punish Their Schools.
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Pamela in CA @pamica.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Defund ICE. Prosecute rogue ICE officers.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/02/2026
Hundreds of judges across the nation have ruled over 4,400 times that President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement arm is detaining people unlawfully.
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Judges have rebuked Trump’s mass detention of immigrants thousands of times
A new Reuters investigation found hundreds of judges intervening in the prolonged detention of immigrants without criminal records.
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Concentration camps:
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
🚨BREAKING: A group of civil rights organizations including the NAACP have asked a federal court to protect voters’ personal information after the FBI seized ballots and other election materials during a raid on Fulton County. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Civil rights groups ask court to protect Fulton County voter data seized by FBI
The federal government should be expressly banned from copying or sharing the seized records, the groups said.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"The Baltimore County Council will convene an emergency session Tuesday to consider legislation to ban private persons, corporations, property owners or third-party contractors from gaining permits to operate detention centers in the county...." www.wbaltv.com/article/balt...
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County executive addresses rumors of ICE office opening in Hunt Valley
The Baltimore County Council will convene an emergency session on Tuesday to consider legislation about the purchase, similar to a move that Howard County made to prevent a private detention center in...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Thomas J. Pritzker, a billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, stepped down from his role as executive chairman of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation — becoming the latest person felled by an association with Jeffrey Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
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Tom Pritzker, Citing Epstein Connection, Steps Down as Hyatt’s Executive Chairman
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"Official ICE policy says 'ICE should not detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the immigration laws individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing” except in exceptional circumstances. reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...
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WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Homeland Security wants Social Media sites to expose Anti-ICE Accounts!!!! The Government is trampling on our CIVIL LIBERTIES!!!!! #ICE #Epstein #EpsteinFiles www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." —FDR, 1937
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..." www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
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Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for PA detention centers
ICE detention centers planned for Berks and Schuylkill Counties would burden residents and possibly violate state legal requirements, officials say.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/02/2026
Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Massie not backing down.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government. “God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision... www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
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Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center
The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...
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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 15/02/2026
Every ICE officer who has broken the law should be arrested, tried, and imprisoned for their crimes.
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Sunday night is a great time to tell your Representatives to impeach Kristi Noem.
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Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
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Butterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Space Coast, Florida residents staged an Abolish ICE protest at U.S. 1 and State Road 520. Protesters were speaking out against recent immigration enforcement actions taking place across the country. More here: www.floridatoday.com/picture-gall... #AbolishICE #ICEout #IceProtests #ICE #protests
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/02/2026
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