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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pete Hegseth picked Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to lead a Pentagon future of war project. It's: -Corrupt! Big Trump donors. -Conflict of interest! Defense contractors who will recommend their products. -Dangerous! Embeds techno-fascists deeper into US defense architecture. My latest, in @ms.now:
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Opinion | Oligarchs like Elon Musk are tightening their grip on the Pentagon
A new initiative named Project Meridian is just one way GOP donors’ influence over defense policy is increasing.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 20h
Donald Trump again spitting on the grave of every dead Ukrainian. He’s again spitting on the grave of every American service member killed in his war against Iran. He’s making crystal clear again that he is not on the side of the free world. Tell me again that he’s not a Russian asset. Go ahead.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 15h
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18h
Ossoff is acting like Trump/MAGA/GOP and what they’ve done to the country is Actually Bad. Charismatic and well spoken, which sure helps. But no “my friends across the aisle,” no acting like the imaginary “Baileys” are the only ones who matter, no “don’t talk values, only kitchen table.” That’s it.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ophthalmologist Dr. Agatha Aboe led the medical campaign in Ghana to eliminate trachoma (leading infectious cause of preventable blindness globally). It worked. Ghana became the 1st country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate the disease, 2018. #WorldSightDay #WomenInSTEM
A low-angle, close-up portrait of renowned Ghanaian ophthalmologist and public health pioneer Dr. Agatha Aboe. Celebrated for leading the historic medical campaign that made Ghana the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate trachoma in 2018, she is captured looking upward and to the left with an optimistic, serene smile. Her black hair is neatly styled with shaved, patterned sides. She wears distinctive semi-translucent, light-blue-framed glasses and bright orange, teardrop-shaped beaded earrings that offer a vibrant color contrast. Her top is a simple, high-collared bright blue shirt. The background features a soft-focus, minimalist golden-yellow architectural column under warm, natural sunlight. The tight composition and uplifting lighting establish an empowering, visionary mood, symbolizing her historical significance as a leading global voice for Women in STEM who now exports eye-health roadmaps to other endemic nations
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just despicable people. All of them. It’s not just that they’re corrupt and shitty at their jobs - they’re terrible humans.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026
Elites are pathetic, contemptible cowards, part batrillion.
theguardian.com
EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Many, many more people associated with Trump have been doing this for quite some time. It’s an industry. And it should be investigated.
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026
Christ. "Conservatism" now means overruling local government, imposing regulations, and restricting property rights. What a f'ing joke.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Steve Miller Band releases “The Joker” today in 1973 — written after a long day in the studio, he said, when “I went outside with my acoustic guitar to sit on the hood of my funky old GTO and think about my lyrics for the next day. .. I had no idea it would be our next single. I didn’t have a clue.”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026
the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
GIL SCOTT-HERON in 1982 showing the side of Washington D.C. that tourists never got to see and politicians tried to imagine didn’t exist.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026
Well we certainly got here faster than I expected.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Any fool can see the absurdity of culling an animal that lives for 400 years and only reaches sexual maturity at 150.
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To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark
As trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is just a relentlessly horrific story. It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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mayatmiller.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The terrible crime of responding to a legal subpoena, facing questions under oath, and answering truthfully about a violent attack on the United States.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
NEW: America’s largest professional group of pediatricians has renewed its call for a nationwide ban on raw dairy products, warning of the serious health risks, particularly for children, as well as pregnant and immunocompromised people.
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American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk
Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribut...
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
For being a guy hung up on fighting jihadists, Hegseth really doesn't have a clue how actual jihadists think. This is the greatest gift he could give him.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Amen @BiatchDulce. And if this Trump era has taught us anything it’s that we need stronger constitutional safeguards to prevent another horribly bad, corrupt, cruel, lawless, authoritarian from fucking with our democracy, separation of powers, and the rule of law.👇
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
one funny thing about Alito is he is constantly fuming over his critics. just a big blubbering baby.
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Barbara S 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @babsblue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This man is deranged and needs to be removed from office.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We scrambled to rapidly withdraw from a base in the UK that the British believe was targeted for a terrorist attack for, uh, unrelated reasons. We always rush to run away like that. Yeah. That’s a normal day for us. Anyway, like I said, things are going great.
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Removal of US bombers from RAF Fairford not directly connected to arrests, says Rubio
The Gloucestershire air base was the target of a suspected terror attack on 27 September.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 05/10/2026
Today's Kinzinger Report is out and we cover: - Republicans are endorsing Democrats - Ken Paxton caught on tape again - Trump doxxes a GOP senator over daylight savings time - Patel's FBI is sidelining national security to chase Trump's 2020 obsession open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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BREAKING: Republican Defectors Endorse Democrats, Ken Paxton Caught On Tape (Again), Trump Posts GOP Senator's Phone Number, and more...
Top Stories for October 5, 2026.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
this guy sounds like a minor character in legend of the galactic heroes
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 04/10/2026
Happy Sunday, everyone. Are you ready for some good news? There were two moments last week where undeniably tough dudes showed us that love only makes a man stronger. A lot is going wrong in America. This is something going very right. Each of us gets a say in whether it keeps going. (link below)
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
America is literally deporting people to countries they have no connection with, countries they’ve never been to. This is wildly unlawful. It’s cruel. It’s un-American. It’s evil.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026
not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
Over 50 years ago, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act with a unanimous vote in the Senate. Senators banded together across party lines because doing our part to help species survive and reach recovery must be a bipartisan cause.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Amidst a failing war the US started, the SecDef chose to focus on measuring military members’ hormones, and injecting testosterone into personnel whose hormone levels he dislikes. He also fixates on PT while losing an air war. If you said this to someone a few years ago, they wouldn’t believe you.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This isn’t just a consideration, it was obviously the plan from the start.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When I say John Roberts is a liar, hack, anti-democracy ideologue, and enemy of the Constitution, I do so in a civil manner. No yelling or cursing here. But since he will be remembered as an utter disgrace who tried to destroy the republic but failed, some in the future might say it less civilly.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026
NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died. Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan. Later, a fourth sibling died. Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/10/2026
As a man of faith, I find Pete Hegseth's twisting of Scripture abhorrent. Hegseth has been citing the Bible to justify Donald Trump's illegal war, but those very same scriptures say something quite different. Let's take a look. (link below)
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Frank Bowman @frank-bowman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Trump’s White House Press Ban, Other Attacks on Free Speech Are Impeachable (Gift Article)
The speech, press, and assembly protections of the First Amendment are central pillars of our constitutional order.
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Fact Up 💙☮️💘⚖️☯️💪 @dinorino521.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No President has ever been this effective at achieving ALL conditions for impeachment. #winning
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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Phenomenal reporting + a heartbreaking story by @caitlindickerson.bsky.social about the children who remain behind when their parents are deported 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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Paul Tuite @tuite002.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What Hegseth Is Hiding www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/o...
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Opinion | What Hegseth Is Hiding (Gift Article)
Soldiers want to tell their stories, and we need to hear them.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026
This admin has spent years going after science. It proposed the largest cut in NASA’s history, about a quarter of the agency and half of its science programs. But last month, a groundbreaking telescope left the launch pad anyway. And the story of how it got there is our good news this Sunday.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time.
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