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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/11/2025
New rule: if you’re a Supreme Court Justice and you’re mentioned in the Epstein files, you have to recuse from any future lawsuit about the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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Democracy Defenders Action @democracydefendersaction.org · 24/11/2025
After the court granted LULAC'S motion to intervene in the Prop 50 case, Tianna Mays, legal director at Democracy Defenders Action, shared the following statement:
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Lee 🖇️🇺🇸🦋🐾🇨🇦🇺🇦 @characterfirst.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Nicely done
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Crockett: You have a president who consistently is obsessing over two women of color that are members of the house, I don't know what black woman hurt him in his past, honey, but it is really taking him through it.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 28/10/2025
We’re barreling towards the GOP’s full-blown national health care crisis. Democrats are reporting for work to stop the crisis and reopen the government. Why are Republicans on extended paid vacation?
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NPR @npr.org · 20/10/2025
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
ICE has killed at least 19 people since it began its kidnapping spree under orders of Donald Trump; most victims died while in internment due to “illness” caused by the deliberate poor conditions they are held in.
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💙 MaryH 💙 @maryh58.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Arizona's senators are fed up with Mike Johnson's BS www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Arizona's senators are fed up with Mike Johnson's BS
House Speaker Mike Johnson was confronted in the halls of the Capitol by Arizona Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly over his flimsy excuse for refusing to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita ...
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
🤨... but it was a scary chicken suit.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year. The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Is Murder still illegal?
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
So yesterday Trump designated Antifa terrorists alongside a White House fact sheet on the "radical left" threat. Democratic Leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer haven't said a word about it.
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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Protect yourself. Know your rights. There ARE success stories against ICE raids. It’s important to know what to do to protect yourself. Courts are upholding the law. But detainees need to know what to do and say #FuckICE lataco.com/fight-deport...
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How These Detainees Beat ICE And Got Their Freedom Back ~ L.A. TACO
The truth is, the system isn’t designed to help you. But you can still beat it with timing, knowledge, and yeah—a little luck. Here is an immigration attorney-approved practical guide on how to better...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office. 
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/08/2025
What is ICE doing with all its new money? Nothing good. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-worst-...
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The Worst ICE Agents Are Coming
Tens of billions of new dollars plus a rush to hire 10,000 new agents equals a disaster in the making.
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Jennifer Taylor @jtaylor27.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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Luis Ferré-Sadurní @luisferre7.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
NEW: A coalition of legal groups filed a class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing that arrests in immigration courts are unlawful and unconstitutional. Filed in DC federal district court on behalf of 12 migrants arrested by ICE. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/n...
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Immigrants File Class-Action Lawsuit to Stop ICE Courthouse Arrests
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CaffeineIsLife @caffeineislife.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
#Ukraine and it's cyber allies dealt some pretty hefty damage to a #Russian plant and it's systems. "they also stole all the source code before destroying everything." The attackers also confirmed that #China are indeed supplying #Russia with more than just parts. #NAFO
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Doesn’t sound like they’re buying his latest story.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 17/07/2025
$500K for Democrat Janelle Stelson in just 2 days?! GOP Rep. Scott Perry raised a little less than $900,000 for the entire 2nd quarter. Let’s go! #PA10
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Thank you to the Senate for reading the bill aloud so the American people can hear exactly how it will affect their lives.
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
And the arrests were of people who were paroled to pursue proceedings. So they weren’t undocumented. They just harassed all those people. That’s it. I don’t even know what to call that.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.” Yesterday, you were the stars, your compassion, your courage, your pride in standing up for what’s right lit up the darkness. This is the America we believe in. 💚✊
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🍁Gone Coastal @bonfiremedia.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Bahahaha Temu Tanks
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YourAnonRiots 🐈‍⬛🏴🇵🇸🇲🇲🇺🇦🇸🇦🦋 @youranonriots.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The execution of Turki Al-Jasser encapsulates the grim reality of freedom of expression in #SaudiArabia under Mohammed bin Salman’s rule. The country has turned into a vast prison, where the hand of repression reaches intellectuals, scholars, and anyone who dares to speak freely —
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Refuse Fascism @refusefascism.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
👏👏to everyone who took to the streets today now make your plans for July 4th Week — in Washington DC In the Name of Humanity, We Declare Our Independence from Trump’s Fascist America July 4 Join in the “Biggest Chant” Ever – Trump Must Go NOW! info: bit.ly/TMGNJuly Join: RefuseFascism.org/signup
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Refuse Fascism @refusefascism.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
If it gave you heart to see that YES there WAS a protest in DC on the day Trump was having a fascist military parade, to see a force nonviolent and unwavering to Trump’s threats & intimidation donate generously to fuel mass, sustained protest demanding TRUMP MUST GO NOW this summer bit.ly/GivetoRF
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Hypocrisy is an essential part of the brand. Where would they be without it?
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 09/06/2025
Sheila Copps’ advice for rookie MPs: keep it simple www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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Sheila Copps' advice for rookie MPs: keep it simple
Target three things you want to achieve for your riding, and three things you want to achieve for the country. And make sure all your work in committees and in Parliament is focused on moving to…
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"Trump's border czar threatens arrest for immigration interference, warns Newsom and Bass not to 'cross that line'" www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Trump's border czar threatens arrest for immigration interference, warns Newsom and Bass not to 'cross that line'
ICE agents will be out "every day" regardless of pushback amid widespread protests across Los Angeles County, Tom Homan told NBC News on Saturday.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/06/2025
Breaking News: California will sue President Trump over the National Guard deployment, Gov. Gavin Newsom said, as Los Angeles braced for more clashes over the immigration crackdown. Get updates.
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LA Protests Live Updates: California Will Sue Trump Over National Guard Deployment, Newsom Says
California leaders demanded that President Trump withdraw troops from Los Angeles, after police scuffled with crowds protesting the administration’s immigration crackdown.
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CNN @cnn.com · 09/06/2025
President Donald Trump's new ban on travel to the US by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries takes effect amid rising tension over the president's escalating campaign of immigration enforcement. cnn.it/43TwVMH
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Trump’s new travel ban takes effect as tensions escalate over immigration enforcement | CNN
President Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the US by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect Monday amid rising tension over the president’s escalating campaign of ...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/06/2025
Tom Girardi, a former high-profile trial lawyer known for winning a record settlement for the environmental activist Erin Brockovich, was sentenced on Tuesday to more than seven years in prison for embezzling tens of millions of dollars of his clients’ settlement money.
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Tom Girardi, Former High-Profile Lawyer, Gets 7 Years in Prison for Embezzlement
Known for winning a record settlement for the environmental activist Erin Brockovich, he was found guilty last year of embezzling millions of dollars of his clients’ settlement money.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
So it’s not “Big & beautiful”?
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 04/06/2025
The press secretary inadvertently admitted that President Trump (having failed to make any actual trade deals) has resorted to sending a "letter to all of our trading partners just to give them a friendly reminder that the deadline is coming up." trib.al/A99DKC8
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Cathleen @cathleen60scott.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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Susie @d3m0crazy.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
@kenmartin.bsky.social We need to set up a bail fund and legal team for activist/protesters in every major city. STAT @50501movement.bsky.social isn’t cutting it!!!!!
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Raeann @annmilernowski.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I just think it is the weirdest thing to allow any US President to terrorize universities, law firms, politicians on a grievance, retribution administrative pogrom against perceived enemies. Isn't blackmail against the law? This is insane. Stop the illegalities.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I mean, if you had a serious, important job and you made a mistake like this, you'd probably get fired...
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Are we great yet?
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 04/06/2025
🚨MAYORAL RUNOFF ELECTION - SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS🚨 Democrat: Gina Ortiz Jones Election Date: 🗓️THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH🗓️ Note: Gina Ortiz Jones’ opponent is a Republican backed by TX Gov. Greg Abbott. Democrats need an overwhelming, resounding win here to send a message across Texas.
Gina Ortiz Jones, Democratic candidate for Mayor of San AntonioMap of San Antonio, TX
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