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Amelia

@amelialb.bsky.social
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retired middle school teacher, artist, i study history politics culture society, i’m usually making something

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
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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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A whole political movement should be stood up against this arrogant and sociopathic bullshit www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Gareth Penn @garethspenn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Consumer survey question: Which would you rather do, eat an artichoke or have poison ivy on the soles of your feet? Yes, it's better to pay high prices for gas than to be vaporized by a nuclear weapon, but are those really your alternatives?
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I feel like I’m the only one writing about realistic deliverables in the next two years: www.ms.now/opinion/demo... and www.salon.com/2026/09/24/t...
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The Democratic playbook for taking on Trump after the midterms
The party will have many tools to hold the administration accountable — if it uses them
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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milsma.bsky.social @milsma.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We know! Trump tries to intimidate everyone!
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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 04/10/2026
This is just nuts. "Microreactors may eventually end up on the moon, but none are proven and ready. Fundamental safety questions--how to get rid of heat, how to shield the reactor, how to maintain the structural integrity--have not been fully resolved for space reactors...."
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Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon (Gift Article)
The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Civilians in occupied Oleshky have been left without basic necessities - food, clean water, and medicine. They are now facing an impossible choice: stay in the city without access to essentials, or try to escape and risk being killed by a mine.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Restaurants are warning that the tariffs Ken Paxton supports could end free chips and salsa.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Trump-backing Ellisons are the #1 🇺🇸 supporters of the IDF Now they control all of this Are Y’all paying attention?
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 02/10/2026
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
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US appeals court blocks Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law for now in XAI lawsuit
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday ​persuaded a US ‌federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ​ban on AI-generated ​fake nude images as ⁠the technology and ​social media company pursues ​a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Kansas has 4 former, living GOP governors. Two have now endorsed Adam Hamilton, the Dem, for Senate. Mike Hayden just penned this oped in the Kansas City Star this morning; Adam Graves had done the same last month.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
Charlie Angus: Heavy crude from Alberta has served American refineries for a long time. It has served the US economy super well. But hey, you threaten us, well, we’ll have another pipeline and it can go elsewhere. The message to the MAGA administration is: Keep pushing, sucker, and see what happens
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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are a *lot* of top priorities for Dems in the next Congress but forcing the administration to follow the law on spending is probably the top of the top priorities.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At a really fundamental level Leo XIV is just a person with sound, well-reasoned, moral stances on the world and how life should be lived who isn't afraid to say those things in public. That kind of person simply does not make sense to business leaders and politicians for whom speech is convenience.
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Jason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
JUDGE: How would you envision that looking, then? PROSECUTOR: What part? JUDGE: The part where I appoint an independent person in the interest of justice to investigate the Department of Justice, and that person is being supervised by the Department of Justice www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Judge to begin inquiry that could lead to criminal contempt charges in ‘Broadview Six’ case
A federal judge on Thursday said she’d initiate a “fact finding” process to determine whether potential criminal contempt charges are warranted against prosecutors in the “Broadview Six” case.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump took over a solvent Kennedy Center, drove away donors & audiences, & now won't rule out tearing it down @democracydefendersaction.org & @washlitgroup.bsky.social fight on w/ Rep. Beatty to stop him I'll get into that & more w/ @ms.now at 1:35 ET 👇 -TN
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The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026
🚨 FACT: There is a federal criminal law that prohibits any armed agent of the federal government from being at the polls. There is only one exception. Marc Elias explains. Stay in the know: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026
NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...
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You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell
Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images.
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 28/09/2026
"It's, of, course not just him. It's his entire family. There's a researcher, I believe at @publiccitizen.bsky.social, Zach Everson, who called this out. I have to show this to you, because this is really wild." - @chrislhayes.bsky.social, Sept. 25, 2026
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‘What the hell?’: Your tax dollars just paid for a 'PSA' praising Trump
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
These sound like non-trivial problems.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 28/09/2026
In a letter to a defense-industry group, Democratic Rep. Jim Himes signaled to the private sector a desire to investigate alleged coercion by the Trump administration on.wsj.com/3VjVO3t
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In a letter to a defense-industry group, Democratic Rep. Jim Himes signaled to the private sector a desire to investigate alleged coercion by the Trump administration
In a letter to a defense-industry group, Rep. Jim Himes signaled to the private sector a desire to investigate alleged coercion by the Trump administration.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pentagon never disclosed that eight US Marines were injured when an Iranian cruise missile hit their vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on September 14, NBC reports. Injuries were eventually added to the casualty record with no announcement ten days later.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JUST FILED: As Trump squeezes taxpayers for his paid TV ads... Lines of people seek help with utility bills in Portland Nonprofits fear $8/gallon diesel Gas prices hit new highs in 4 battleground states Lots of enterprise reporting in DAY AHEAD macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/day-ahead-...
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THE BABIES LEFT BEHIND IN AMERICA The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Strong headline in this editorial in the Marietta Journal in Ohio Ohio is grappling with a 3rd measles outbreak
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This story and the story of the Collins corruption allegations broke the same day, and in one instance the administration is alleging fraud to remove access to healthcare, and in the other they are stopping anti-corruption investigations of political allies.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If Republicans had any policies that benefited average Americans, they wouldn’t need to buy votes. But they don’t. Their full support of inept, criminal Trump has made things much worse. This is the most corrupt Republican-controlled Congress in our history. Vote accordingly!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/09/2026
Boutrous was correct. If you don't rule on 1A grounds, there will be a series of due process shenanigans. We're seeing that unfold in real time as Trump has banned CNN and MSNOW from covering Xi arriving for a state dinner.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tonight’s state dinner guests at the White House with President Xi include: • Chief Justice John Roberts, • Jane Sullivan Roberts, Spouse • Justice Amy Coney Barrett • Jesse Barrett, Spouse • Justice Brett Kavanaugh • Ashley Estes Kavanaugh, Spouse
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
According to a letter from members of Congress shared exclusively with NPR, the Department of Health and Human Services has spent about $500,000 of the $101 million it is obligated to give out in grants to organizations that work with teens. www.npr.org/2026/09/24/n...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
UPDATE: Blanche was forced to file his Answer yesterday, which he did. We’re awaiting confirmation that Blanche delivered to Court the unredacted handwritten FBI notes, along with other materials he was ordered to give. Will know shortly. I’ll break it all down on my YouTube channel later today!
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
here are some averages the OECD compiled for two family arrangements. Note that a solidly middle class family in the US has high but not egregious net costs compared to peer nations. But a working class/lower middle class family does. You see some interesting distributional trends too...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Remarkable: An Iowa right wing radio host just leaked word that GOP polling shows House Rs in peril even in districts Trump won by +10. The culript? Trump and the war. On the pod, Iowa Dem chair Rita Hart explains why the conditions are ripe for big Dem rural gains: newrepublic.com/article/2158...
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MAGA Radio Host Humiliates Trump by Leaking Truly Brutal GOP Poll Data
As an Iowa-based pro-Trump personality drops a midterm bombshell, the chair of the Iowa Democratic Party discusses whether Democrats are about to regain major ground in rural America.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
that 18 percent seems really well represented in the news and on social media bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
Enten: "President Trump has the highest strongly disapprove rating going into a midterm election on record. 50% of Americans now say that they strongly disapprove of the job he's doing. The previous record was Trump going into 2018 ... just 18% strongly approve of the job Trump is doing."
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Important on the change in tactics post-Minneapolis
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING WaPo: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson just slammed the Supreme Court's use of its "emergency docket" — suggesting the court has misused the process in allowing the Trump admin to move forward with a host of controversial policies while challenges play out in lower court.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes Supreme Court’s use of emergency docket
In a public appearance, Jackson said the high court’s use of the emergency docket was “problematic” and called for more restraint from her colleagues when using it.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
James Talarico: Everywhere I go across the state, I hear from Texans who are struggling to survive in this economy. We are spending our money on the basics—on gas, groceries, utilities, and health insurance. This recent spike in gas and diesel prices is the straw breaking the camel's back.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration’s third-country removal policy is blocked. The First Circuit says the third-country removal final judgment from Judge Murphy is back in effect. “Consistent with this court's September 18, 2026, Judgment, the March 16, 2026, stay pending appeal is dissolved.”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23/09/2026
🎥 NEW: With just over 40 days left until Election Day, Americans are thinking about how to afford the skyrocketing cost of living — but Trump's only focus is disenfranchising voters. Marc Elias explains why free and fair elections are the biggest threat to Trump's authoritarian goals👇
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25th Straight Loss for Trump's DOJ Voter Data Grab
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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