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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/07/2026

if you are having “what the hell do i eat?” anxiety, it feels like a great time to talk about the benefits of commercially frozen produce. it’s flash frozen at the height of freshness, and scientists say that the commercial washing and freezing process dramatically reduces risk.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Internal AutoZone memo: “.. We’re facing the largest supply shortage of lubricating fluids in the modern history of America. Realistic, middle-of-the-road estimates are for our average available supply in this product category to drop by 40%.” (via Costa Oil) $AZO

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smitten kitchen @smittenkitchen.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Good morning! Today's Smitten Kitchen Digest is full of seasonal, uncomplicated recipes for spring gatherings. Plus: The swirliest, happiest cheesecake bars, and an interview with Ci Siamo Chef Hillary Sterling about her cookbook, Ammazza!, out tomorrow. smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/spring-pot...

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I don’t think I can take another news cycle of Democrats solemnly tutting about how violence is never the answer while Republicans promise to put their political enemies and whatever immigrants they can find in a wood chipper

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Could we do a Truman Show situation where we build a fake Oval Office where he watches AI created fake news about himself and let him believe he's still president and tweet the hours away and meanwhile we can impeach him and move on...I'm not sure he'd know the difference

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Tiffany Bond @tiffanybond.com · 29/03/2026

Apparently there are a bunch of police and border patrol crawling Franklin County, including Sugarloaf. YMMV

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smitten kitchen @smittenkitchen.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Pi(e) Day Perfect: The banana cream pie that made me fall in love with banana cream pie: pressed-in vanilla cookie crust, an easy one-pot custard, and heap of slightly tangy whipped cream piped chaotically all over, using @emcdowell pie book for guidance. smittenkitchen.com/2022/03/bana...

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Ann C @anniemgc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Kristi Noem is out as Homeland Security Secretary. Trump wants to replace her with Markwayne Mullins. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I wrote about the tragic death of Nurul Amin Shah Alamin Buffalo. I explain how complicity can be the cumulative result of many small decisions in which people abdicate their basic obligations to other humans -- the rule of law can't exist without empathy asharangappa.substack.com/p/the-questi...

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The Questions Never Asked

Because no one is just a cog.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Donald Trump told Congress that voting was a privilege. My life's work is defending voting as a fundamental right. I started Democracy Docket in 2020 as a vital tool in the fight for voting rights and free and fair elections. Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Miles Howard @milesperhoward.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Recently, I went for a hike with a friend at a beautiful nature preserve in Dallas-Fort Worth; one of the fastest growing metro regions in the U.S. But first, we had to drive there and luck our way into a parking space. I wrote about why this is a grim omen. www.mindthemoss.com/p/take-your-...

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Take your car to the woods in the city

An ominous visit to the Arbor Hills of Plano, Texas

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Every Trump official is fundamentally a thug

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet

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gjabberbox.bsky.social @gjabberbox.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Over the past year, Trump has allowed a rift to widen within the team tasked with delivering on the mass-deportation plan that is his most important domestic-policy initiative. @michaelscherer and @nickmiroff report on the battles raging inside DHS: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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Battles Are Raging Inside the Department of Homeland Security

Officials overseeing Trump’s mass-deportation campaign are fighting one another for power.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Seems like a good video for his trial

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Ann C @anniemgc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Secretary Sean Duff is lying to the audience about ICE and Renee Good. Also, blaming Joe Biden and Gov. Walz. What a loser. Thank you to the host pushing back.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

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Ann C @anniemgc.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

"...Trump is using all the instruments: the reported quotas for ICE arrests; the paramilitary force made up of thugs drunk on their own brutality; the spectacle of random violence, particularly in city streets; the postmortem vilification of the victims." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/01/2026

The speed at which they got this picture to a fox news reporter means this was entirely about creating the narrative they want. The truth no longer matters, just being able to set the narrative. This post sums up the strategy. bsky.app/profile/bryn...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/01/2026

FYI: Dems in the senate can't defund ICE. ICE is funded by the Big Ugly Bill. Shutting down DHS on this vote wouldn't touch ICE, but it would shut down FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, etc. Shutting down ICE requires taking back Congress in the midterms. Dismantling DHS requires the White House in 2028.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The DHS Form-205, a “warrant” of removal/deportation, is signed by an ICE official, not a judge. That’s precisely why it does not meet the Fourth Amendment standard. (JD did go to Yale Law School so he legit may not know how the Fourth Amendment works)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Insane — a French judge says Trump’s goons tried to pressure her over Le Pen’s prosecution and she was so “taken aback” she told the French foreign office “There’s a political project behind all this and we must be vigilant”

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

#MorningVibe One light becomes two, two becomes a thousand, and suddenly the whole world changes. As we are liberated, our presence automatically liberates others. Be the light. ✨ einsofvision (IG)

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

So, like, everyone. 🤡

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/01/2026

Trump was going to bomb Iran for cracking down on protesters there. Now he's threatening to bring in the military to ***checks notes*** crack down on protesters in Minnesota.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/01/2026

If you're a 1L or 2L law student with an interest in cyber law, consider applying for our summer internship. clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/12/16/i...

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Intern at the Cyberlaw Clinic this Summer!

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 13/01/2026

This is Minneapolis: Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city. Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.

Sign on door prohibiting immigration enforcement on private property

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 09/01/2026

It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers. Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing

Masked federal agents removing crates of belongings from the ICE shooter's home

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Tiffany Bond @tiffanybond.com · 10/01/2026

"We will find you and will kill you" is not the new years resolution I was hoping for, but it does seem to be the official new year's resolution of the government we're paying for, so that's certainly horrifying.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

My quick takes on the Maduro op, plus some exciting speakers coming to my Substack this year! open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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Friday Round Up! 1/2/26

Starting out 2026 with Bad Idea Jeans.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/01/2026

What the KENNEDY Center used to be… Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Just want to add: Being convicted of a crime in the U.S. wouldn’t justify sending someone to a foreign gulag to be tortured, and arguably violates separation of powers since the “sentence” they are legally bound to serve is one issued by a judge, not Stephen Miller (i.e. the factoid is irrelevant)

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

If it’s going to air later with just some extra interviews why is it necessary to take down all the promos? (rhetorical question)

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
Sharyn

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

The DOJ is supposed to follow the law, not politics Jack Smith offered to testify publicly about Trump—House Republicans are forcing it behind closed doors Transparency isn’t optional when the rule of law is at stake👇 - TN www.ms.now/opinion/jack...

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Opinion | I'm Trump's former lawyer. Jack Smith should be celebrated, not vilified.

John Dowd: Jack Smith was once my adversary in a high-profile investigation of a Republican client. Smith was fair, impartial and fearlessly committed to the facts and the law.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/12/2025

A lot of journalists are writing stories about DIY now and I don't trust any of them not to scaremonger about it to build support for crackdowns. I've refused requests for interviews on this. Do not talk to the media about DIY.

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