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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com As the UN General Assembly embraced “blustering speeches and endless unread communiqués,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen says, Zohran Mamdani seems to be “offering an antidote to globe-spanning distemper. To restore faith in institutions, you must begin from the bottom up.”
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Opinion | Zohran Mamdani Is Showing the World How It’s Done
The New York City mayor has an antidote to globe-spanning distemper.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A protester interrupted Trump's speech in Ohio, calling him a "rapist and a liar." 🔥 👏
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 03/10/2026
Magnificent images of Black life in 1990s Harlem. www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The plans have drawn condemnation from some residents of central Louisiana, and immigrant advocates and child welfare experts have expressed concerns about possible trauma inflicted on detained children..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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New Facility at Louisiana Airport to Hold Immigrant Children and Families (Gift Article)
The site in Alexandria, La., a major expansion of the Trump administration’s busiest deportation hub, will streamline and accelerate removals.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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18-year-old in ICE detention for more than 200 days: 'They just took me away'
Elder Chavez Carranza has spent more than 200 days in an immigration detention center in Louisiana, hundreds of miles from his home in Albertville, Alabama.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/10/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “We don’t live in a society where sexual violence is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, investigated to the fullest extent, taken seriously to the fullest extent,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie says on “The Opinions,” while discussing the Cornell University case.
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Opinion | What the Cornell Lawsuit Reveals About Sexual Violence in America
The columnist David French argues that “we have privileged getting wasted over taking care of people.”
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just a reminder that you can go millions of miles between oil changes when you drive an EV www.wsj.com/business/ret...
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Iran War Is Driving Up the Cost of Your Next Oil Change
Higher gas prices were just the warm-up act for drivers, repair shops and retailers like Walmart and Costco.
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Doctors Without Borders @doctorswithoutborders.org · 25/09/2026
Israeli forces demolished 12 homes, as well as water tanks and animal shelters earlier this week in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank, Palestine. This was third mass demolition in Masafer Yatta just this month.
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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unpersoned.bsky.social @unpersoned.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If Dems don't do this, they will have failed us entirely.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Obvious point: The Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are far better Americans than Donald Trump and JD Vance and Stephen Miller.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/09/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com JD Vance’s view of what it means to be an American “does not apply, for example, to the Haitians of Springfield,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. “They can be smeared and libeled and hounded and hunted. They can be treated as less than human.”
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Opinion | Pierre Damas Bel Should Still Be Alive
The price of unprotected status can be very high.
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 12/04/2026
ICE agents detained Gilberto Garcia Cruz—an autistic 26-year-old DACA man—outside his South Florida home; his family are understandably worried about his safety & care in custody. (As are we.) ICE is *not* supposed to detain DACA recipients. This is targeted intimidation. cbs12.com/news/local/a...
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Autistic DACA recipient detained by ICE at his Florida home, family fears for his safety
ICE agents detained an autistic 26-year-old man in his South Florida front yard Thursday, prompting questions about his safety and care in custody.
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Gays Of Bluesky @gaysof.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
THE CRUELTY OF ICE IS THE POINT. WHEN POLICE SCREAM AT KIDS AT ANTI‑ICE PROTESTS IT SHOWS HOW BROKEN THIS SYSTEM IS. WE STAND WITH EVERY PROTESTER FIGHTING FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND DEMAND AN END TO THIS VIOLENCE.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12/04/2026
Still on pace: one death roughly every six days in ICE custody. Reminder: gov't thugs are plucking innocent migrants -- often legal ones! -- off the street, kidnapping them, putting them in concentration camps, & allowing many of them to die. On our watch, in our names, with our money.
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ICE Reports 15th Detained Death of 2026 at Miami Correctional Center in Indiana
Tuan Van Bui, the son of a U.S. soldier in Vietnam, died in detention on April 1. He is the second person to die at Miami CC this year and continues the morbid pattern of one ICE death every 6.0 days.
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Hrag Vartanian @hrag.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I chose 8 of these 15 NYC art exhibitions to see. They’re great and worth your time.
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15 Shows to See in New York City This April
Margaret Curtis’s deconstruction of American myth, quotidian objects by Marsden Hartley, and Wendy Red Star’s bead-inspired installation are among our picks.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Hegseth must go. There are many, many reasons why. In this column, I offer a few of the top ones. thedailybeast.com//these-are-all-the-reasons-pete-hegseth-needs-to-be-fired-right-now/
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All the Reasons Pete Hegseth Needs To Be Fired Right Now
And if Trump doesn’t fire him, Congress has to force out the Secretary of Brain Dead Racist, Sexist Bro-osity.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I’m glad Trump and Hegseth “totally destroyed” Iran’s air defense systems last week so none of our aircraft would get shot down.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
SENATOR @jeffyarbro.bsky.social (D-Nashville): “Tennessee’s got some real problems, and this legislature is totally disconnected from them. Just absolutely engaged in performative nonsense. I think I voted on my 3rd Charlie Kirk honoring bill today.”
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
TOMORROW: Be a part of history! Show the world that the majority of Americans oppose the most corrupt, inept, criminal, orange "president" in U.S. History. NO KINGS. Also: NO SERIAL LIARS/CONVICTED FELONS/ADJUDICATED RAPISTS & NO ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN Be there. Make your voices heard! 🇺🇸 ✊ #NO_KINGS
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Tony Hendon @dogdad57.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I’ll be waving my Washington Sign tomorrow! If you see it / me please say hello! #NoKings Columbia, SC!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Spotted in NASHVILLE…
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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Every REAL American patriot who is able will march on #NoKings day Sat Mar. 28th. If you still need signs, in this thread are original Mindcite memes anyone can use by simply printing the image in the post on 11" x 17" paper, and pasting it on foam board or cardboard. Resist proudly and safely!
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We Resist @wtp-protest.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Lots of large parking lots within walking distance of the park. Otherwise, find parking on the March route and jump in or cheer people on. March starts at 1 pm. #NoKings #Albuquerque #NewMexico
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Cindy Banyai for Florida House 78 @cindybanyai.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
No Kings rallies are tomorrow, 3/28 across the U.S. People are very upset with Trump’s executive overreach, war, corruption, and more. If that sounds like you, find a rally and join! #nokings #resist #florida #fortmyers Aw
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 26/03/2026
Call me a radical, but NO. We should not be replacing teachers in America with robots. We should attract the best and brightest in our country to become teachers and pay them the decent wages that they deserve.
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Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Police officers are marching with protesters, protesting against Iran war, in London 🇬🇧 Trump and MAGA does not have access to this info
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
11,000 Japanese citizens stormed their parliament demanding their PM stop following Trump into war. 82% of Japan opposes this. Protesters surrounded Japan's National Diet building today chanting: "Japan's FUTURE is not in Washington. Stop bootlicking Trump."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
JD Vance’s name on his birth certificate is “James Donald Bowman.” He’s lucky he doesn’t have a vagina—because if he did, the SAVE Act would stop him from voting.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 22/03/2026
An ad under Walton’s name ran in Sunday’s print edition of the New York Times.
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Billionaire Christy Walton Appears To Take Out Ad Calling For ICE To Release 70% Of Detainees
An ad under Walton’s name ran in Sunday’s print edition of the New York Times.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/03/2026
Tax resistance has long been woven into America’s fabric. Some filers have refused to pay over the decades — or at least are inquiring about their options today — as they struggle to pay their federal income taxes in good conscience.
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They Want to Stop Paying Taxes as a Protest. There Are Consequences.
Some tax resisters withhold a symbolic amount, but those who willfully refuse to file or pay could face civil or criminal penalties.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I'm old enough to remember living in a time when the adults were in charge. Now we we're living in the Age of Ignorance & Dumbfuckery...
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Political Humor @politicalhumor9.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Fox News never told their MAGA dumbfuck viewers that Trump and Putin worked together to steal the 2016 election. Fox News never told them about all the evidence in the Mueller report.
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Trump has done double digit totally insane impeachable crimes and people are just pretending he didn't and not talking about it. I'm losing my fucking mind over here.
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HawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
TSA is funded primarily through a mandatory fee built into every airline ticket—$5.60 for a 1-way trip; $11.20 for a round trip. Every traveler in line has already paid that fee. In the past, the govt has redirected portions of this revenue to the general Treasury. Pay TSA NOW! H/T Brendan Keefe.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Trump waiving as he leaves his golf club today. These trips add up costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Why won’t Republicans cut these trips and pay TSA instead?
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 22/03/2026
With increasing frequency, Donald Trump has continued his attacks on the free press—berating reporters (particularly female reporters) and suing media outlets. Why, while fighting a war with Iran, is he directing his attention to the American press? newyorkermag.visitlink.me/CBtukI
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Will the ICE agents at the airport be masked? What a welcoming sight! Eat your heart out Statue of Liberty. We ask Again: why would anyone come to the World Cup here? 🇺🇸
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Hrag Vartanian @hrag.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
"This biennial is neither bad, nor “safe,” nor “weird.” It’s not even apolitical — it couldn’t be, even if it tried. It’s just frightened." — @hakimbishara.bsky.social's words on the 2016 Whitney Biennial
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The Whitney Biennial Is for the Faint-Hearted
I got the sense that this biennial is hiding from the world today instead of reflecting on it.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 22/03/2026
The Vegitalian combo, from Court Street Grocers, defies expectations as a superb—and meatless— Italian combo.https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/I449pe
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
TSA is against this. The TSA union says it will make their jobs harder, not easier. The American public is against this. And Dems have offered seven times to pay TSA and Republicans have refused to come to the table. This is about fear tactics, not long lines. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/u...
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ICE to Aid Airport Security Amid Partial Shutdown, Border Czar Says
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
We're talking like abused partners now. This isn't a win. The Democrats offered up full funding for TSA, Rs killed it, and then Trump said we're sending the Gestapo. Crazy town stuff.
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Markwayne Mullin has defended fatal ICE shootings, pushed extreme anti-immigrant policies, denied the 2020 election, and shown reckless judgment unfit for leadership. Tell your Senators: Vote NO on confirming him as DHS Secretary!
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Tell Your Senators: Oppose Markwayne Mullin for DHS Secretary
Contact Congress today!
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Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
THE PEDOPHILES REGIME TELLING US A WAR IN IRAN WOULD BE A DISASTER!!! EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO SEE THIS CLIP!!! It's the PEDOPHILES regime admitting that a war with Iran would be a disaster... before they started a war with Iran to distract you from the Epstein files!! Gavin rocks! Mar 16, 2026
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Every American needs to see this clip.
It's the Trump regime admitting that a war with Iran would be a disaster... before they started a war with Iran to distract you from the Epstein files.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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Hrag Vartanian @hrag.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Thoughts from the @hyperallergic.com team about the new New Museum.
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What Do We Really Think of the New New Museum?
Hyperallergic’s editors sit down for an earnest conversation about the institution’s expanded building and inaugural exhibition.
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