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Conrad 4 Congress @conrad4congress.bsky.social · 6h
BREAKING: Mike Johnson just told Fox that he might start a lawn business if he loses the gavel. He doesn’t want you to know he’s also fighting for his own seat. When he loses that too he can cut the grass instead of Medicaid. I’m Conrad Cable and I’m running to make it happen.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 9h
Hard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells
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God @thegodshow.com · 6h
Public executions are what dictators do.
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Thou Shalt Not Livestream Executions And Call Yourselves “Pro-Life”
Dear Humans,
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6h
Trump: “Washington went from one of the most unsafe cities in the country, probably in the world, to a totally safe city…I get it all the time, young ladies saying, ‘Thank you so much, sir,’ and I don't even have to ask them. I know exactly what they're talking about.”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h
NEW: This fall, some voters are being asked to decide the future of direct democracy in red states. Republican lawmakers have been trying to restrict that process to subvert the will of the people. But one voting advocate says fighting for direct democracy "is more important than ever."
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In multiple red states, direct democracy is on the ballot this midterm
With early and mail voting underway, some voters are being decide the future of direct democracy in their states.
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Glenna Prowant 🚫👑 @brewitchin.bsky.social · 6h
MAGA Republicans are not pro-live, they are PRO-BIRTH. Once a child is born, MAGAs do not care what happens to it. Unless it fills some twisted MAGA agenda.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 6h
NEW: Federal prosecutors are considering bringing a perjury and obstruction of justice case against the former White House staffer who implicated Donald Trump in the January 6 riot. @hugolowell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/the-do...
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The DOJ Is Weighing Perjury Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson
The Justice Department is considering a perjury and obstruction of justice case against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who testified against Donald Trump to the January 6 committee.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 7h
The man shot by ICE in NYC yesterday has disappeared after he was admitted to the hospital, and his lawyer reportedly doesn’t know where he is. www.courthousenews.com/ice-shot-a-m...
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ICE shot a man in New York City; his lawyers can’t find him
The agency claims Oscar Belgal "weaponized his vehicle” against agents in the Bronx, prompting them to fire seven shots at his car.
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WIRED @wired.com · 6h
SCOOP: Federal prosecutors have been weighing a perjury and obstruction of justice case against Cassidy Hutchinson, who implicated President Donald Trump in the January 6 Capitol riot in testimony four years ago, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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The DOJ Is Weighing Perjury Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson
The Justice Department is considering a perjury and obstruction of justice case against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who testified against Donald Trump to the January 6 committee.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6h
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. ICE’s unchecked power won’t rein itself in. If we want real oversight, accountability, and an end to intimidation tactics that target vulnerable communities, we have to demand it—loudly and publicly. Abolish ICE.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 6h
Looking forward to the defense’s discovery
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 9h
Mike Rogers' yacht has a yacht.
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Democrats @democrats.org · 8h
New powerful message from @barackobama.bsky.social ahead of the midterms: “Get involved and help Democrats win one of the most consequential elections in our country’s history. Because the most powerful office in this country has always been ‘citizen.’”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 6h
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 5h
Newsletter time. Alito is on the ballot in the midterms, in case creeping fascism wasn’t enough of a reason to vote. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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This November, Vote Like Alito Is on the Ballot
In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent gives Democrats another reason to vote in November. Plus: How Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s Medicaid unmasked the racists.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 7h
The pettiness would be amusing if it weren’t so serious.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 6h
NEW @wired.com: Federal prosecutors have been weighing a possible perjury and obstruction case against Cassidy Hutchinson — though charges likely will not come until at least after the midterms, per people familiar www.wired.com/story/the-do...
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The DOJ Is Weighing Perjury Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson
The Justice Department is considering a perjury and obstruction of justice case against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who testified against Donald Trump to the January 6 committee.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h
If you’re wondering who exactly Trump and Republicans are looking out for…it’s probably not you. (@itep.org) itep.org/impact-of-trump-policies-o…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If protesting didn't work, would those in power be doing everything they can right now to vilify protestors and crack down on free speech? Activist and author Annie Leonard offers an important history lesson on why protest is so important — and why it's needed now more than ever.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 10h
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 17h
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5h
The pro-voting group is asking the court to force ICE to produce those records and block the agency from withholding any further requested documents. ICE acknowledged the receipt of all of these requests, according to the lawsuit, but has provided “no correspondence” since the FOIAs were filed.
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ICE sued for records of its plans for Election DayICE sued for records of its plans for Election Day
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a new report showing how the Department of Homeland Security has been laying the groundwork to exert control over voting.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5h
BREAKING: A pro-voting group is suing ICE for failing to respond to FOIA requests regarding the agency's increased involvement in investigating voter fraud. The lawsuit comes after the group had already submitted multiple FOIA requests seeking documents that disclose those efforts.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5h
He is completely unhinged.
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Trump Slammed After Attacking Abdul El-Sayed With Vile And Blatantly Racist Posts
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 5h
Shitbag Trump, Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend, who was found liable for sexual abuse / rape in court, sanctioned the ICC because the Nobel Peace Prize went to Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who helped establish rape as an act of genocide. Let that sink in. Rubio fully complicit.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h
Green Day’s “American Idiot” LP hits #1 today in 2004 — an album Billie Joe Armstrong said he wrote after watching TV journalists broadcast live, as US tanks entered Iraq. “.. It felt like a cross between war & reality television,” he said. “I just felt .. like, someone needs to say something.”
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5h
Being read to and encouraged to read was one of the greatest gifts my parents ever gave me. My parents never put any barriers on their own library, bought us book lights so we could read in the car, and pretended they didn’t notice when I’d be up past bedtime reading under the sheets.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 5h
Ann Coulter @AnnCoulter  - "If only people with at least 4 grandparents born in America were voting, Trump would win in a 50-state landslide."   

John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang   Bottom Post Text: - none of Trump's kids could vote and Trump couldn't either."
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 9h
NEW: The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement firmly condemning plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan. Archbishop Paul Coakley calls the decision “a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered.” www.usccb.org/news/2026/us...
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Catholic Bishops
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WASHINGTON - Yesterday, the U.S.
Department of War announced that the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the man convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, would be publicly livestreamed. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement sharply condemning the decision of the U.S. government:
"It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War's decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan. Our God is the God of life. In no way can Hassan's actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered. The word of God exhorts us: 'do not repay anyone evil for evil' (Romans 12:17). The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people.United States
Conference of
Catholic Bishops
READINGS
"It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War's decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan. Our God is the God of life. In no way can Hassan's actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered. The word of God exhorts us: 'do not repay anyone evil for evil' (Romans 12:17). The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people.
"I pray for the intercession of Our Lady of Good Counsel that we as a nation may always choose life even in the most trying times and circumstances."
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 5h
Vance the Super Catholic is going to say something appalling.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 5h
The man Pete Hegseth wants to publicly execute by firing squad and livestream to millions of people for political entertainment is paraplegic.
Firing squad graphic from AP news, chair modified, guns censored
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 5h
In which Judge Ho writes that publishing a pic of someone in a restroom is protected speech. Real sicko shit. (The person photograghed was a trans woman washing her hands.) He also protests that anti-trans viewpoints are a minority view opposed by "elites." www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
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Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04) @ivey.house.gov · 6h
I am heartbroken by the death of Julián Curo-Churata, a Laurel resident, husband, and father who died in ICE custody far from his family. My prayers are with his loved ones. His family deserves answers, and the American people deserve accountability and transparency.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 5h
The administration that continues to cover up for pedophiles simply cannot be trusted with the care of hundreds of unaccompanied children with no oversight and no transparency
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6h
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reviewed Ken Paxton's travel records dating back to 2015. Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million. The outlets could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to actual state business.
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The announcement that the Pentagon is going to live stream the firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan needs to be understood in the context of the state-sponsored bloodlust for their chief enemies: Muslims and alleged socialists.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ahem, from more than 3 years ago www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
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Trump Reportedly Wants to Bring Back Firing Squads and Air Executions on Television If Re-Elected
“The [former] president believes this would help put the fear of God into violent criminals. He wanted to do some of these [things] when he was in office"
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
when we published the following years ago, team trump vehemently denied our (accurate) reporting that trump had been privately saying he wanted partial videos of executions for like psa campaigns or some shit www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Plans to Bring Back Firing Squads, Group Executions if He Retakes White House
The former president wants to expand the use of the death penalty, and expand the federal government's options for carrying out death sentences.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Seems like the Republicans' campaign slogan is: "Biden sucked, and we suck less." Not exactly inspiring.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
"THE ENEMY"
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 07/10/2026
President Trump threatens to send 1,000 election monitors to polling places in November. Brennan Center's Sean Morales-Doyle says threats like these are "not about physically or legally interfering in the process, it's about generating fear, worry, concern," so voters don't go to the polls.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The blame game for the GOP's likely electoral wipeout has begun! 🍿
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 08/10/2026
There are horrifying new details in the Andrew and Tristan Tate court documents recently unsealed. But don't expect the Republicans and the right-wing media stars who platformed and rehabilitated the Tates to do any soul-searching. www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...
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Republicans Have an Andrew Tate Eel-Sex Problem
Horrifying new allegations put the spotlight on the media stars and Trump insiders who championed him.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/10/2026
Q: “How do you define socialism personally?” Vance: “I think in reality, what it actually means in the American context is that you want to replace American workers with foreign workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports.”
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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Kimberly Guilfoyle's pay-for-play scandal is grotesque and obviously corrupt. But she'd have to run it 20,000 times to match Trump's own haul for second-term graft. www.thebulwark.com/p/our-big-fa...
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Our Big Fat Greek Bribery Scandal
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s corruption is shocking, damning, and—by now—chump change.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“‘Eric, I really wish you would stop papering all these things,’ Guilfoyle responded. ‘It’s really dangerous and not helpful to you or me while you could simply just call me on signal.’ …A U.S. ambassador lecturing her briber on bribing best practices.” www.thebulwark.com/p/our-big-fa...
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Our Big Fat Greek Bribery Scandal
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s corruption is shocking, damning, and—by now—chump change.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I know we’ve all made the same disgusted face looking at gas prices lately. What’s even more disgusting is Susan Collins enabling Trump’s reckless tariffs and unjustifiable wars—and leaving working Mainers to pay the price.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek.
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.ai.gov
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