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David Armiak

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Research Director and Investigative Journalist at The Center for Media and Democracy. Anthropologist. Proud father. Music nerd.

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David Armiak @armiak.bsky.social · 14h
"At the same time as the global far right is promoting fear about non-white populations replacing white populations, tech companies are engineering the mass replacement of humanity by AI."
theguardian.com
Rightwing ‘great replacement’ fears mask tech's real great replacement | Jason Stanley
While adherents to the racist theory condemn a shadowy global elite, Silicon Valley is working toward the replacement of humans with AI
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 17h
More than 250,000 protesters rallied Tuesday across France, an escalation of weeks of protests against what they describe as inequalities in the country’s education system.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 18h
A Cayman Islands source gave Blum incriminating intel on 20 ultrarich Americans defrauding the US Treasury. He took it to the IRS in Miami, where a special agent looked over the documents and told him to get lost. Blum had expected gratitude. “This whole thing is a career killer,” the agent said.
motherjones.com
Oligarchs are robbing America blind, and the IRS is powerless to stop them
The Wealth Defense Industry and its politicians have seen to that.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 06/10/2026
First on @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
nbcnews.com
FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.
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404 Media @404media.co · 06/10/2026
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
404media.co
Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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David Armiak @armiak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit will consider whether the law’s overnight and end-of-term restrictions violate the First Amendment after a federal judge temporarily blocked their enforcement last year."
texastribune.org
Texas college protest law before federal appeals court
A federal appeals court will consider whether restrictions on protests at Texas’ public universities and colleges violate constitutional rights.
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David Armiak @armiak.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
MAGA candidate for Wisconsin Governor Tom Tiffany is appearing at a Green Bay event organized by the right-wing American Constitutional Rights Union on Thursday Oct. 8 in Green Bay with none other than Ted Nugent.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“School Boards for Academic Excellence is seeking to be a right-wing influence on school boards across the country, " said David Armiak, research director at the Center for Media and Democracy.
wpr.org
Conservative national group tapping into Wisconsin school boards
School Boards for Academic Excellence was created in 2023 as the “reform-minded alternative to the National School Board Association.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
International lawyer: “Stop pretending silence is moral… Silence makes this possible… say the word: Genocide.” From @DiegoParrhesia 🧵
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
STEPHEN MOORE: We had much much higher inflation under Biden BERMAN: Let me stop you. Has inflation gone up or down since Trump took office? MOORE: Well, it was about 3.2% when Biden left office, it's 3.4% now BERMAN: So it's gone up MOORE: That is true
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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My team at the NVA Lab has produced a new dashboard for exploring our data on US protests from Jan 2025-May 2026. This snapshot shows the 61k+ protest events (>14.6M+ recorded participants) active in the US since Trump's second inauguration. Link to dashboard in thread.
A platform displaying the data on US protests from the Crowd Counting Consortium. It includes a map of the US with counts of protest events in circular form overlaying the protests' locations. It also includes weekly tallies of protest events and participations, top protest issues, and various filters allowing users to explore events by location, issue, date, political valence, etc. The top of the image shows a total of 61,782 protests with 14,684,201 participants across 55 US states and territories from January 20, 2025 to May 31, 2026.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge just forced Trump’s DOJ to fast-track records involving Trump and the Epstein files, citing “possible questions about the government’s integrity that affect public confidence.” The records being sought are significant.
meidasnews.com
Judge Forces DOJ’s Hand in Explosive Trump-Epstein Records Fight
A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to fast-track records involving Trump and the administration’s handling of the Epstein files, finding the fight raises “possible questions about the gove...
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
never forget that our universities fired and expelled people for opposing this
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David Armiak @armiak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
These folks cannot be reading the same New York Times. If any bias exists at the Times, it's in favor of Israel. All one needs to do is peruse headlines of stories on Israel for the last few years to understand that it has special love for the genocidal state.
usnews.com
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Peter Thiel has the wheel: “US Deputy Secty of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memo directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 M in services from…[Thiel’s] Palantir…without a competitive bidding process…The memo’s subject line is called ‘Funding Palantir’.” 8/11/26…1/
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Give Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo
Draft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency
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404 Media @404media.co · 22/09/2026
A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.
404media.co
‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees
A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Reminder: Dockworkers in France, Greece, Basque Country, Turkey, Morocco, and Italy are calling for strikes on October 30 “against war and militarization” and to protest “the genocide of the Palestinian people.”
workdaymagazine.org
Dockworkers Unions in Six Countries Announce Day of Strikes and Protests Against War and Genocide - Workday Magazine
Unions representing workers at 40 ports in Europe and the Mediterranean are calling for an international day of action on October 30.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Washington State to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is 0-25. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
democracydocket.com
🚨 United States of America v. Hobbs
Learn more.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wow, things are really getting bad when even the hardcore cultists don’t want to even mention Trump.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Deliberately crashing the American economy—costing American families well over $5,000 each—and then promising to pay those families back $5,000 but *only if* they keep letting him abuse them and the country for two more years... ...is some *seriously* dark, domestic-abuser shit.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
JUST IN: D.C. Circuit says IRS decision to share taxpayer info with DHS tens of thousands of violates the law — and that the administration's rebuttal to that claim is "weak sauce." www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I wonder why Peter Thiel was so keen to see the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts William the Conqueror’s invasion of England, a conquest that allowed William to formalize the English feudal system.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We got a live demo of the shirt that is designed to fool certain people detection systems. Read more here: www.404media.co/this-digital...
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“A year out from Argentina’s presidential election, Peter Thiel has become an avatar for the left’s charge that President Javier Milei is putting the country up for sale. Opposition lawmakers launched a five-hour congressional hearing Friday into Thiel’s interests in Argentina…” 8/27/26 … 1/
batimes.com.ar
Peter Thiel becomes anti-Milei rallying cry for Argentina’s left
In Argentina, Peter Thiel has become an avatar for the left’s charge that President Javier Milei is putting the country up for sale.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥
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David Armiak @armiak.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Companies donated a record $646 million to U.S. political campaigns in the 18 months through June, 40% more than the total spent during the entire 2024 presidential election cycle, according to new data from watchdog group Public Citizen."
reuters.com
Corporate political donations shatter record at $646 million so far for US midterms
It's 40% more than the total spent during the entire 2024 presidential election cycle, according to new data from watchdog group Public Citizen.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 25/08/2026
BREAKING: We're suing to prevent the U.S. Postal Service from implementing new barriers to mail-in voting based on President Trump's unconstitutional executive order. 1/
campaignlegal.org
Pro-Voter Coalition Files New Complaint Against Illegal USPS Rule on Mail Voting
WASHINGTON — Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Democracy Defenders Fund (DDF) took another legal action to prevent the United States Postal Service (USPS) from implementing new barriers to mail v...
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NEW: Koch Inc. has a $15-billion stake in the data center building boom, with facilities operating or in the works in 10 states and Europe. www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/08/25/k...
exposedbycmd.org
Koch Rides the Data Center Boom - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Koch Inc. has a $15-billion stake in the data center building boom, with facilities operating or in the works in 10 states and Europe. Koch Inc. has a $15-billion stake in the data center building boo...
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Israeli settler attacks rise by 63 percent in first seven months of 2026, says Commission - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
middleeasteye.net
Israeli settler attacks rise by 63 percent in first seven months of 2026, says Commission
<article data-history-node-id="446507" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settler-attacks-rise-63-percent-first-seven-months-2026-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settler-attacks-rise-63-percent-first-seven-months-2026-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settler attacks rise by 63 percent in first seven months of 2026, says Commission</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said that Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank rose sharply during the first seven months of 2026, reaching 4,113 compared with 2,524 during the same period in 2025, an increase of 1,589 attacks, representing a 63 percent rise, Wafa news reported.</p> <p>In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said that the number of attacks in 2026 exceeded those recorded in every corresponding month of the previous year, without exception, with the numbers recorded in June and July.</p> <p>The Commission said the increase should not be viewed as a collection of isolated incidents, but rather the result of political, security, and legal enablement,&nbsp;coinciding with the rapid expansion of settlements, that has intensified since the formation of the far-right government at the end of 2022.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
So it appears this whole stunt was in collaboration with the America First Policy Institute, a MAGA-aligned organization that was founded by ex-Trump official turned Fox Business host Larry Kudlow. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
Trump-Aligned America First Policy Institute Backing Ex-NBA Player Tossed from WNBA Game
An organization closely tied to the Trump administration seems to be collaborating...
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 24/08/2026
"Everyone was behind 'we don't want this data center.' Nobody was questioning, 'Well, we need the jobs.'... No one really wants it here."
commondreams.org
Trump Regulators Issue Key Permit for Proposed $100 Million Underwater Data Center Off Maine Coast
Residents of Eastport, Maine are fighting to stop a $100 million AI data center from being built underwater near their working waterfront. Can they prevent the destruction of their fishing economy and marine wildlife?
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 24/08/2026
'The Red States, We're Going to Hit Hard': Canadian Politicians Vow to Make MAGA Pay for Trump's Trade War
commondreams.org
'The Red States, We're Going to Hit Hard': Canadian Politicians Vow to Make MAGA Pay for Trump's Trade War
Canada's leaders vow to hit back against Trump's trade war, warning of repercussions for US workers. Trump underestimates Canada's resolve.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
NEW — Campus activism on Israel-Palestine is back. Cornell "Students Not Bombs" announce new campaign. Demands include: —Divestment from weapons manufacturers —Severing ties with Technion-Israel Institute of Technology —Redirecting investment to prioritize student affordability

Cornell Student Groups Launch Renewed Divestment Campaign: Students Not Bombs



Ithaca NY - The Cornell chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, and Young Democratic Socialists of America are launching a joint campaign to fight against the University's complicity in genocide. As students whose tuition sustains Cornell, we refuse to allow our university to invest in weapons manufacturers and unethical research, while neglecting its duty to contribute to affordability on campus and in the Ithaca area.



On Monday, August 24, the first day of class at Cornell, Students Not Bombs will host a press conference outside Day Hall. The event will begin at noon and feature Ithaca City Council Members alongside speakers from Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Young Democratic Socialists of America, and Cornell Graduate Students United. We will take questions from the press and present our demands to Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff.



Background

Since 2023, over 73,000 Palestinians, more than 21,000 of those children, have been murdered in Israel’s ongoing genocide. Cornell is currently invested in numerous military companies supplying Israel with the technology needed to commit these atrocities. Not only does U.S. and international law mandate the termination of all military aid to Israel, but so does the Cornell Board of Trustees' own 2016 ethical investment guidelines. This procedure requires the University divest from companies engaging in “morally reprehensible activities” such as “apartheid, genocide, human trafficking, slavery and systemic cruelty to children."



Cornell’s complicity in genocide does not end with its investments in weapons manufacturers. By hosting in-person and online events, Cornell Career Services funnels students into institutions that underpin both the genocide in Palestine and mass deportations of immigrants in the United States. Cornell’s research into military and surveillance technol…While Cornell spends millions to empower genocide through its investments, recruitment, and research, student housing, transportation and other services remain disastrously underfunded. The University has intentionally withdrawn funds from the TCAT bus system despite 70% of its ridership being Cornell affiliated. Its parasitic tax-exempt status starves Ithaca's public schools and other vital institutions of resources that should be used to enhance the mission of education and diversity that Cornell supposedly stands for. Critical institutions such as co-operative houses and Anabel’s Grocery continue to lack necessary funds while excessive rent increases place undue stress on working-class students.



Students Not Bombs is issuing the following demands to Cornell's administrators and Board of Trustees:

1. Divest from weapons manufacturers, including BAE Systems, Boeing, Elbit Systems, General Dynamics, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX and ThyssenKrupp.

2. Sever all ties with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology while preserving Cornell Tech and its graduate student jobs.

3. End all Career Services events with and job-posting of institutions underpinning genocide & deportation, from weapons manufacturers to ICE and CBP.

4. Create an independent ethical research review board consisting of hired students, faculty, staff and outside human rights experts.

5. Pay its fair share to Ithaca through investments in TCAT, public schools and other public services.

6. Redirect internal investments to prioritize student affordability, fund Anabel's Grocery and co-operative housing, halt rent increases to dorms and provide a living wage to graduate workers.

7. Diversify academic opportunity, support currently underfunded departments,​ increase opportunities in STEM with a specific focus on supporting socially beneficial engineering, and create a Palestinian Studies minor and major.

The Students Not Bombs demands can be read in t…
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David Armiak @armiak.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor Tom Tiffany is going Nutz Deep in Marshfield for a tavern talk on August 24.
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Good Jobs First @goodjobsfirst.org · 19/08/2026
In Texas, once a data center is approved, the state gives the company five years to get operational. That means taxpayers turning over billions of dollars don't learn for years that companies are failing to produce even 20-40 jobs, as recent audit showed. goodjobsfirst.org/texas-data-c...
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
After Ben-Gvir called to kill 40 Palestinians daily, pro-Israel groups & officials insist he doesn’t represent Israel. But he’s the head of Israeli national security. And he’s had the job since 2022 (minus two months). And, in fact, between October 2023 - 2025, Israel killed 92 Palestinians daily.
zeteo.com
Pro-Israel Groups Want You to Believe That Israel’s National Security Minister… Doesn’t Represent Israel
Parts of the pro-Israel lobby are calling for the far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir to be ousted from government, after he called for the mass murder of Palestinians. So what will they do when he isn’t?
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"The next Sarasota County School board will see a liberal-leaning majority take control after voters rejected the conservative policies and culture wars that for years dominated the board."
suncoastsearchlight.org
Sarasota School board flips to liberal majority after years of conservative control - Suncoast Searchlight
The next Sarasota County School board will see a liberal-leaning majority take control after voters rejected the conservative policies and culture wars that for years dominated the board.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Great Replacement conspiracy theorist and pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang brought his racial grievances to Dearborn & its city council meeting on Tuesday, where the right-wing provocateur told council members Muslim people are “looking to outbreed” white people and “steal our wealth.”
michiganadvance.com
Christian nationalist protest led by Jan. 6 rioter stokes tensions in Dearborn • Michigan Advance
Dearborn residents and counterprotesters confronted supporters of Jake Lang during a protest marked by anti-Muslim rhetoric.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"Private intelligence firms are selling dossiers about critics of artificial intelligence and the data centers powering them, including trying to peddle them to federal regulators, according to documents obtained by the @prospect.org."
exposedbycmd.org
Private Intelligence Firms Are Selling Dossiers on AI and Data Center Critics - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Along with federal law enforcement agencies, private companies are now surveilling opponents of Big Tech.
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David Armiak @armiak.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Tom Tiffany campaign got the message and is hitting David Crowley with attack ads for his support of data centers in Wisconsin. Crowley receives support from the trade unions and therefore is unlikely to back a data center moratorium (although he should!)
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Axios @axios.com · 19/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that data center backlash is killing the party's chances of holding an Ohio seat. “If [Husted] loses and data centers get the blame, politicians across the country will take notice.”
axios.com
Exclusive: GOP warns AI companies that data centers are politically radioactive
"This has become a sleeper issue for the entire election cycle," Senate Republicans' committee says.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Trump's covert surveillance of anti-ICE protesters is much worse than we thought. I dug into this and found that DHS agents secretly spied on over a dozen meetings of left-leaning groups, all protected by First Amendment. The details are unnerving. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2144...
newrepublic.com
Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew.
Court papers reveal that the Department of Homeland Security’s covert surveillance of anti-ICE groups is much darker than it first appeared. Welcome to Donald Trump’s America.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Freedom of the Press Foundation's Seth Stern says that "countless others whose First Amendment rights have been chilled by Carr’s antics should follow Disney’s lead," stating that "it's about time for someone to take Carr and his FCC to court over their endless campaign of intimidation."
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Authoritarians Will Target Effective Legal Organizing, Minnesota Defendant Warns: Minnesota defendants charged with conspiracy are alleged to have moderated meetings and posted on social media.
truthout.org
Authoritarians Will Target Effective Legal Organizing, Minnesota Defendant Warns
Minnesota defendants charged with conspiracy are alleged to have moderated meetings and posted on social media.
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David Armiak @armiak.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Crowley should ask the 2024 Kamala Harris/Joe Biden campaign how that anti-MAGA comms strategy worked out.
politico.com
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 14/08/2026
Activists have set up a protest camp in the Arizona border town of Lochiel to prevent the destruction of a grove of ancient cottonwood trees. Federal contractors plan to destroy the grove to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
1. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/08/2026
Apple: ~$2.2 billion Nike: $986 million FedEx: ~$800 million Amazon: $640 million General Motors: $500 million Giant corporations are raking in millions in tariff refunds and getting even richer. But remember: corporations passed tariff costs on to you. Where's YOUR refund?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Question of the Day: If we already ‘won the war’ multiple times, why can’t these sailors come home? Or even step off the ship? Our Navy shouldn’t be prisoners of our own president’s pointless war.
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