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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
5-4 for what it explicitly says in the constitution is incredible. They were this close to undoing the civil war entirely. bsky.app/profile/mjsd...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: Postmaster General David Steiner told senators that, under a new proposed rule, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls
“You are going to make a decision that people cannot vote by mail. That’s unacceptable," one senator told the postmaster general.
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...
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I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House
There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 27/05/2026
NEW: An investigation by @thecity.nyc, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented population.
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We Found 430 ICE Street Arrests in the NYC Area. More Than 93% Targeted Latinos.
An investigation by THE CITY, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented…
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Look, I get wanting to protect your trademark. But, this kind of legal bullying is BS. Y'all know what to do. Here is the website for the Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit: www.metrodetroitanimals.org. Show them some love. 🩷
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Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This might seem kinda petty in the grand scheme of things but this is the White House using high gas prices as an excuse for MORE giveaways to oil & gas co's. Pls leave a quick comment- it can just be "I don't think this place should be drilled."
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Sun Tzu (D-NY) - “When your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.”
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I've been struggling with how to express my dismay at the war coverage by our top newsrooms, and how it dances around the central fact that Trump is deranged and unfit to command. I finally wrote something. Please read it. presswatchers.org/2026/03/the-...
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The war makes it more urgent for journalists to call out Trump’s derangement | Press Watch
The commander-in-chief is unfit for duty.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/02/2026
This is it. Way past time for everyone in this country - literally everyone - to find practical ways to support trans people and immigrants, this regime's primary targets. Starting right now, find something practical to do to actually help people.
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.
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MdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Concentration camps: “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
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Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Most of the footage you see from ICE observers in Minnesota comes from the core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. I talked to observers in the northern suburbs, who say they're taking on the same mission in very different conditions. (1) share.google/ei9giIFLsuEJ...
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Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Gift article “Trump isn’t a nationalist. He’s in league with transnational elites who lack allegiance to this or any country. While distracting voters with anti-immigrant rhetoric, he is laying groundwork for disenfranchisement of working people across the Americas” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Not a Nationalist. He’s Something Worse.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This child looks devastated. We know from the courageous actions of his fellow detainees (his “fellow detainees!” He’s five!!!) in Dilley that there are others like him. I honestly don’t care if maximalist demands are bad strategic politics. We should make them because they’re important moral ones
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
They are executing unarmed people in the streets for trying to protect their neighbors with the full support of the federal government.
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
We had zero customers yesterday and have a Japan trip to pay for, so I couldn't give as much as I wish I could, but I gave. If you ever once lamented the lack of general strikes in this country, you really need to chip in. This is how we get them.
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How To Read This Chart @howtoreadthisch.art · 15/11/2025
Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy? 1/8 www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 11/11/2025
Collecting these to send along to Senate Democrats. You don't need to give your name or contact info and if you do, I won't pass it along.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 11/11/2025
Hey @support.bsky.team What is going on with Sarah Kendzior? Why was she suspended with no explanation? Are you doing this to lesser-known people that we’re never going to find out about?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Dick Durbin suffers from a terminal case of Senate Brain, in which the big prize is a handshake deal with your distinguished colleagues where they'll allow you to hold a meaningless vote that you can then point to with pride to your constituents as they go broke from crushing medical bills.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Any food which has gotten to poor families the states must send agents to reclaim the food before it is eaten or face new federal penalties
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 08/11/2025
Is it good politics to ask the Supreme Court if you can continue starving people?
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The absolute collapse of their stupid AI ruse — hopefully followed by a massive wave of tech regulation and imprisoning the politicians who enabled this — cannot come soon enough.
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
As noted today: Democrats are clearly winning the politics of the shutdown, and its Senators aiming to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory are being absurd. prospect.org/2025/11/04/t...
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Trump Lost the Politics of the Shutdown - The American Prospect
On a political level, Democrats have succeeded in painting Republicans as mean and unfeeling stewards of American decline. But Trump may win on policy nonetheless, as a gang of Democrats prepares to s...
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Totally get that Senate Dems need to appear United - but if there are 8 Dems plotting to surrender to Trump who is disregarding court order on snap benefits - they need to urge those weak colleagues to be strong not betray their base & their constituents.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🚨🚨🚨The eight Sen Dems. according to @prospect.org who are looking to surrender to Trump: - Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - Jon Ossoff (D-GA) - Gary Peters (D-MI) - Mark Kelly (D-AZ) - Maggie Hassan (D-NH) - Peter Welch (D-VT) - Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) - Elissa Slotkin (D-MI). May want to call their offices.
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Using hunger as a bargaining chip for political gain is disgusting. The court has ordered the federal government to turn SNAP benefits on - and we’ll hold them to it. It’s time for this Admin to do their jobs.
A screenshot of a President Donald Trump's post on truth social that says the following, "SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden’s disastrous term in office (Due to the fact that they were haphazardly “handed” to anyone for the asking, as opposed to just those in need, which is the purpose of SNAP!), will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT"
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Sep 30: USDA issues guidance saying they can use contingency fund Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse Oct 23: USDA deletes Sep 30 guidance Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds Nov 1: no funds go out Nov 4: Trump says he’ll defy courts
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Today is only the beginning. Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
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Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Buckling now would make this entire painful endeavor worthless -- pain for pain's sake, without value, without resolution. So if one of these senators is yours, yell at them not to buckle.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish. The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute learned that the Government of Ontario, Canada, created an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan delivering his "Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade," dated April 25, 1987. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address, and the Government of Ontario did not seek nor receive permission to use and
edit the remarks. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter. We encourage you to watch President Reagan's unedited video on our
YouTube channel.
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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 25/10/2025
In Constitutional Republics, the people are sovereign. They decide—through their elected representatives—what government polices, programs, and priorities deserve funding. Billionaires already corrupt the process. Now they want to bypass it entirely—and dictate policy directly by cutting checks.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This is not something I want to do, but as someone who was food insecure for a long time, here are some ways to get the most out of what you can get. -if you have dietary restrictions or food aversions, spend some time thinking about what foods are safe. It sounds obvious, but—
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
That’s the whole wing gone. No input, no process, no sense in which he believes himself bound by law or accountable to citizens. No sense of the public trust. Just a will to Temu Rococo the country.
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
It is hard to put into words how angry and sad this makes me feel. This asshole is destroying our nation and NONE of the cowards who are supposed to care about this are doing anything to stop him.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Important farm labor update: Trump DOL is now planning to massively expand the H2A program. Their logic? "Gee, all the farm workers are gone now. It's causing a food crisis. We just HAVE to run a crash-expansion of our slavery-prone H2A program." prospect.org/politics/tru...
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Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis
In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 08/10/2025
Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.
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The Case for the Forever Shutdown
Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.
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franciscOOoOo👻 varela fan club @paleopragmatist.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
honestly, there's no point in reconvening congress basically ever again if the executive branch claims unilateral authority over appropriated funds. democrats have nothing to gain by helping to obscure the fact that the republicans are trying to build a monarchy - let him have his rump parliament
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion. Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.
"It was scary, because I had never had a gun in my face," Fisher said. "They asked my name and my date of birth and asked me, did I have any warrants? And I told them, 'No, 'Ididn't."
Fisher said she was handcuffed before being released around 3 a.m., and she was told that if anyone had any kind of warrant out for them, even if it was unrelated to immigration, they would not be released.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The point of funding deals is to secure money that helps people. If the administration plans to just illegally ignore any deal you make with them, what’s the point of making a deal? Don’t take it from me, take it from,,,,, Steve Womack, a senior GOP appropriator.
"If you're a Democrat - even just like a mainstream Democrat - your predisposition might be to help negotiate with Republicans on a funding mechanism," said Rep. Steve Womack, a senior GOP appropriator. "Why would you do that if you know that whatever you negotiate is going to be subject to the knife pulled out by Russ Vought?"
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
NEW WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened. This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
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The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Setting aside the question of legality, this would be an action of enormous self-harm inflicted on the nation, needlessly ridding the country of talent and expertise. It’s also extortive. “Give us what we want in a funding fight, or we’ll hurt the country.”
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White House to agencies: Prepare mass firing plans for a shutdown
In memo, the Trump administration says the Reduction-in-Force plans would go beyond standard shutdown furloughs.
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Somerville, MA The man "fit exactly the description of the problem we're here to address"
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