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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Update: Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee, came to America seeking safety. Border Patrol left him alone in the cold outside a closed coffee shop. He was found dead five days later. His death has been ruled a homicide.
apnews.com
Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide
Medical examiners have ruled that the death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar, five days after Border Patrol left him at a Buffalo, New York, doughnut shop, was a homicide.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
In a stunning House hearing, top commanders confirmed they will NOT follow Trump’s "unlawful orders" to deploy troops at polling places. The line has been drawn. Read the transcript: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/the-resist...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Virginia: early voting for the redistricting amendment is happening now through April 18. Protect your voting power and help level the playing field ahead of the midterm elections by voting YES today or on Election Day, April 21.
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
UPDATE: America's gun psychopathy continues: *94* mass shootings so far in 2026 . 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 2 people killed and 3 wounded in a domestic-related shooting, in Amarillo, Texas: abc7amarillo.com/news/local/a...
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Amarillo police activate emergency center after 3 shootings; party attack suspect at large
A string of shootings involving AR-15 style rifles and a deadly attempted robbery in Amarillo early Sunday left multiple people dead, and prompted the Amarillo
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Elizabeth @underthesea62.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🚨CA Beware🚨 Chad Bianco, a Riverside sheriff, is running for CA Governor. He's a "former😒" Oath Keeper. Do not let him past the primaries www.npr.org/2021/10/06/1...
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California sheriff defends his past membership in the extremist Oath Keepers militia
In an interview, Sheriff Chad Bianco sought to minimize his past affiliation with the group, 17 members of which have been indicted in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Field Team 6 @fieldteam6.org · 23/03/2026
SAVE America Act is being debated on Senate floor NOW! It requires a passport/birth certificate to register & the name on ID must match, thereby stopping married women! Call your Senator TODAY, then amplify w/PleaseGrowASpine dot org. #VoterSuppression #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/nDM95ncH
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URGENT Call your Senator TODAY to stop SB 3752
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The day the Affordable Care Act passed was one of my proudest moments as president, because it meant that millions of Americans would have access to health care, some for the first time.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/03/2026
Two pilots dead at LaGuardia. A lone controller managing two simultaneous emergencies. The FAA is 3,000 controllers short. We will blame the human. We should fix the system. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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The LaGuardia Crash Will Be Blamed on One Controller. That's Not the Whole Story.
3,000 controllers short. WWII-era radar still in use. And a lone controller managing two emergencies at midnight. This was preventable.
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David Tomkins 🦋 @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures. #climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds
Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
These soldiers have lost their lives because of the Epstein files.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 07/03/2026
Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol
washingtonpost.com
Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol
The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
A budget is a moral document.
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Ellsworth Green @greenellsworth.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Senator Ron Johnson, along with Sens. John Kennedy, Richard Shelby, Steve Daines, John Hoeven, John Thune, and Jerry Moran celebrate the Fourth of July 2018 in Moscow.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 06/03/2026
Zelenskyy says more US-made Patriot defence systems were used in three days of the Iran war than in Ukraine since 2022.
aljazeera.com
Amid Iran war, will Russia exploit Ukraine's shortage of Patriot missiles?
Zelenskyy says more US-made Patriot defence systems were used in three days of the Iran war than in Ukraine since 2022.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
"By increasing the nation’s dependence on natural gas, Trump’s policy of American energy dominance leaves ratepayers more exposed to global gas market volatility."
prospect.org
War With Iran Is Turning the Energy Affordability Crisis Into a Calamity - The American Prospect
Whether it’s pain at the pump or highway robbery in your mailbox, American consumers have little recourse when the conflict-driven surge in energy prices hits the home front.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 03/03/2026
Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller have both used “domestic terrorism” labels about Alex Pretti, an ICE nurse killed by Border Patrol in Minnesota.
forbes.com
Kristi Noem Denies Calling Alex Pretti A ‘Domestic Terrorist’
Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller have both used “domestic terrorism” labels about Alex Pretti, an ICE nurse killed by Border Patrol in Minnesota.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
We need to pass a House rule or law that requires them to work a certain number of days to get paid. Since Mike Johnson took over these people hardly ever work. When they finally come back after weeks off they work 2 days and he sends them home for 2 more weeks. It’s ridiculous.
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Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
And www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-director...
thedailybeast.com
Keystone Kash Patel Fired Iran Experts Just Days Before Trump’s War
The FBI director’s revenge cull decimated a global espionage unit.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The Republicans seem to be prepping an argument that any domestic terror attacks in the aftermath of their Iran attacks will be the fault of Democrats for shutting down DHS funding, so I'd like to remind everyone of this appointment:
propublica.org
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/03/2026
But they said he was “The peace president.” 🥴
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/02/2026
Gallego: "They're going and racially profiling people and rounding up Americans until they can prove their citizenship. That money came from kicking millions and millions of Americans off Medicaid. It was the same bill. They cut Medicaid to expand ICE."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Oligarchs gonna oligarch
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
MAHA was always a con. It was always about the ego and ambition of a drug-addled narcissistic fraud.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.
wired.com
DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies
Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/02/2026
NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...
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NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them
ProPublica recently published heart-wrenching letters from children at Dilley. ICE then raided the dormitories to confiscate and destroy those letters. I've filed a Freedom of Information Act Request.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
If someone had told me ten years ago that in 2026, there could be evidence of the president raping and threatening to kill children, and he would *still* be allowed to stay in office, I would have politely asked them to put down the meth pipe.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Trump is turning his “Board of Peace” into a giant slush fund for himself—and he’s giving it $10 billion in taxpayer funds to do it. This has to be illegal as hell. Where is the money even coming from?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
None of this is normal
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 15/02/2026
This is beyond petty. How can anyone support this insanity. www.denver7.com/politics/the...
denver7.com
Trump's CDC is canceling $600M in HIV and STD funds to four Democrat-led states
The Trump administration this week began cuts to $600 million in funding used to track and prevent HIV and STDs in four Democrat-led states.
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Glen Dunlap @glendunlap.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
nbcnews.com
EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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dueanime.bsky.social @dueanime.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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Seething River @seethingriver.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Living in Minnesota right now is wondering if your patient is late because they got caught in traffic, because they got arrested, or because they got detained and all of these are perfectly plausible and equally likely.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/02/2026
BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote. The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
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rattgirrll 💫 spooky squeaker edition @princesspabst.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
minnesota is still being terrorized by ICE. it hasn’t stopped and from local reports has gotten way worse. it isn’t making major headlines anymore and we know why. ABOLISH ICE !!!
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Remember when Trump said if they stopped testing for Covid-19 it would go away? If they stop doing polling, will Trump suddenly become popular?
theguardian.com
Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after 88 years
Public opinion polling agency says decision ‘solely based on Gallup’s research goals and priorities’
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026
Chris Murphy: "I sat with the kids for an hour. They saw things in these prisons they'll never forget. The bottom line is we have a constitutional obligation to only fund an administration that's operating lawfully. We cannot, we should not fund DHS if it committing these crimes."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 11/02/2026
When people are afraid to go to work, afraid to shop, or afraid to gather in their community, it hurts families, neighborhoods, and our entire economy. If you can, show up for a small business and let’s continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Off-the-charts corruption. Billions. www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This of course, is what has been said from the beginning. Will this monster, Trump EVER face ANY accountability for his actions? Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows - CBS News share.google/2a4ONX0tKClx...
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Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
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Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT A CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING RING ... IT'S THE REPUBLIKKKLAN PARTY!! An 86 pg DOJ prosecution memo that INCLUDED DETAILS ON “POTENTIAL CO-CONSPIRATORS” of Jeffrey Epstein “MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED” from the DOJ’s website after the agency was asked about the document by a reporter
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‘Mysteriously disappeared’: DOJ Epstein prosecution memo vanishes after press inquiry - NewsBreak
An 86-page Justice Department prosecution memo that included details on “potential co-conspirators” of Jeffrey Epstein “mysteriously disappeared” from the
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/02/2026
"While his father Steve Witkoff acts as President Trump’s all-purpose special envoy, 32-year-old Zach Witkoff now heads up World Liberty, which has doled out at least $1.4 billion to both families" extraordinary reporting from @wsj.com www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
wsj.com
One Generation Runs the Country. The Next Cashed In on Crypto.
Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn’t always fare so well.
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 04/02/2026
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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Peter Head @peterheadcbe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source
Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications
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