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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to “look up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.
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televisionland @televisionland.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Republican senators are trying to sneak in a nationwide abortion ban. Hear that again: Republican senators are trying to *sneak* in a *nationwide abortion ban*. ABORTION CARE IS HEALTHCARE. #shutdown #GOPshutdown #abortion #healthcare
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benjaminosmith.bsky.social @benjaminosmith.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
I don't for a minute believe this!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/11/2025
Nothing says ‘fit to lead’ like napping through your own medical endorsement. Get Grandpa Don to bed. 🤦🏽‍♂️
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benjaminosmith.bsky.social @benjaminosmith.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The Judge is just following the law, dude!
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benjaminosmith.bsky.social @benjaminosmith.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Trump thought that if he stopped collecting jobs data, no one could challenge his made up facts. Hello!
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benjaminosmith.bsky.social @benjaminosmith.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
This has to stop!
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benjaminosmith.bsky.social @benjaminosmith.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
@velshi.com Ali, I am an AF veteran from the "Police Action" period in South Korea. At no time would I have behaved as these masked "soldiers" are, at the behest of the Trump Administration. Nor would either of my three sons or my grandson. Who are these people? Pls do a piece on this!
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benjaminosmith.bsky.social @benjaminosmith.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Did you ever wonder how Mike Johnson views himself? He presents himself as a principled person. Yet he is owned by Trump, essentially under Trump's control. When his son looks at him, who does he see? Does he see a person he feels proud of, one who he aspires to emulate? Or does he see a puppet?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
WATCH: Trump kidnapping czar Tom Homan now tries to walk back admitting their masked Gestapo is violating the constitution by grabbing (brown) people based on their “physical appearance”
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Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
#ResignationInProtest, Skadden Arps edition
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Justine 🫘 @justinebayarea.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
A detailed and astounding report on ICE’s meteoric rise of funding and hiring and how it is creating an undertrained, overly aggressive massive masked police force. Great work, Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.
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Maca Iglesias @rotterdamvvg.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear tore into President Donald Trump’s tariff policies for hurting the very voters who elected him.
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Red State Governor Blasts Trump for Rural America ‘Betrayal’
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Trump’s trade and economic policies will have a “devastating” impact on his voters.
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
THIS IS SICK: John Barrasso, a sitting U.S. Senator and doctor, lied on national TV about Medicaid recipients. Kristen Welker exposed the lie with one sentence: “92% are either working or qualify for an exemption.” Facts don’t matter to the GOP when the goal is to paint poor people as disposable.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
4 rescue teams were ready for Texas — Noem's delays kept them at bay: report twp.ai/4ioFq0
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4 rescue teams were ready for Texas — Noem's delays kept them at bay: report
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
People deported in violation of court orders. Kids deported while undergoing life-saving treatment. ICE at schools and churches. This isn’t “law and order.” This is chaos. And it puts all of our rights at risk.
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Rob Bon Vivant🌊 @77sunnyandclear.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Nothing to see here. Just keep on scrolling by. No need for you to watch and repost this whatsoever. #TrumpIsAPedo h/t: @meidastouch.com
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
If there is a Epstein List, it's likely not "Hollywood." It's much more likely to be: Heads of State (Presidents, PMs, Royals) Intelligence Finance (e.g., hedge funds, private equity) Law (Justices, judges, prosecutors) Ambassadors Industry titans. Because that list got buried!
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Lindsey Rachev @lrachev.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The whole world hates you.
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EDEN GATEKEEPER @edengk.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
MORON MAGAT MFS LIE BLATANTLY AND INCESSANTLY DEMON HOLDMAN IS DRENCHED IN BLOOD STOP NAZI VANILLA ISIS
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'He wasn't in ICE custody': Homan washes hands of immigrant chased to his death
During an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," Donald Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan took no responsibility for the death of an immigrant who was being pursued by ICE agents this past week.Near ...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
YES!
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dawneelizabeth.bsky.social @dawneelizabeth.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Hmmmm
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. There is no more "center" anymore. youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=J8mHha-bFmg…
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The Failures of “Centrism”
By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening ine
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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
People who entered the US legally and have no criminal charges are being held in the Everglades camp, according to records obtained by the Miami Herald. Maybe that’s why the government won’t release the names of those being detained. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns
Descriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Share this with folks on the right as well ;) Tell Congress: Demand that Attorney General Pam Bondi resign actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Demand that Attorney General Pam Bondi resign
Contact Congress today!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 called for dismantling the NOAA, which provides warnings of natural disasters, such as the deadly floods in Texas. The irony is that Heritage wanted these cuts because it’s angry that NOAA helps prove the reality of climate change--the thing causing floods.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
He’s right.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Isaiah Hodgson, who arrested 2 U.S. citizens, including 20-year-old Adrian Martinez at Walmart and Job Garcia at Home Depot, is accused of entering the women’s restroom and approaching a female while intoxicated and armed with a handgun. lataco.com/border-patro... by @shoton35mm.bsky.social
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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
This is Nosferatu’s (Stephen Miller’s) long-held philosophy on how we should treat people of foreign cultures - “torturing” them is the goal.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Trump Just Shot His Base in the Middle of 5th Ave By Dumping Epstein Conspiracy twp.ai/4io7l1
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Trump Just Shot His Base in the Middle of 5th Ave By Dumping Epstein Conspiracy
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I think people are mistaking (or simplifying) what happened in yesterday's cabinet meeting. Yes, Bondi's on the spot for blowing the Epstein stuff. But--however briefly--Trump lost the ability to direct attention. www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/08/a...
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"Are You Still Talking about Jeffrey Epstein?" - emptywheel
More than perhaps any moment of his ten year career, Trump just lost his cool -- about a Jeffrey Epstein question -- because he is helpless to dictate the focus of attention.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Trump Issues Warning to Zohran Mamdani If He Becomes Mayor twp.ai/4ioAgT
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Trump issues warning to Zohran Mamdani if he becomes mayor
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
'Never meant to last a quarter of a century': TPS ends for some immigrants twp.ai/4ioAgf
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'Never meant to last a quarter of a century': TPS ends for some immigrants
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Tell Congress: Reverse Trump’s NOAA cuts and save the National Weather Service
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Tell Congress: Reverse Trump’s NOAA cuts and save the National Weather Service
Contact Congress today!
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview. Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
Cynthia Olivera is a Canadian who’s been living in the US since she was 10

She’s in ICE custody, after being grabbed at her green card interview.

The 45 year old wife & mother has been moved between facilities while her husband begs ICE to let her get on a plane to Canada. 🧵

They’re willing to pay. She’s willing to leave. But she can’t escape. 

This is why we call them concentration camps. 

There’s no due process. Some people go in and never come out.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Trump’s Deputy FBI Director Gets Ratioed to the Moon by MAGA Over Epstein Case: ‘You Failed Us’  twp.ai/4ioAgo
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Trump’s Deputy FBI Director Gets Ratioed to the Moon by MAGA Over Epstein Case: ‘You Failed Us’
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 07/07/2025
READ THE COMPLAINT: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
INTRODUCTION
On May 27, 2025, Defendant, the Secretary of the United States Department of
Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (the "Secretary" or "Mr. Kennedy"), announced in a post on social media site X that he "couldn't be more pleased that, as of today, the Covid vaccine
for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC recommended
immunization schedules."! Unless the Secretary's baseless and uninformed policy decision is vacated, pregnant women, their unborn children, and, in fact, all children remain at grave and immediate risk of contracting a preventable disease. This decision immediately exposes these
vulnerable populations to a serious illness with potentially irreversible long-term effects and, in
some cases, death. This is not a hypothetical concern, but a pressing public health emergency that
demands immediate legal action and correction.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
NEW from me — FEMA staffers say the response to the Texas floods is horrifyingly slow, and it may be because of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's recent increased control over how the agency spends money. "If this is how they are going to do a major hurricane response, people are fucked.”
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FEMA response to deadly Texas floods delayed & deficient with Noem in charge
Staffers sound the alarm.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Former “First Buddy” Elon Musk’s plan to wade back into politics with a new political party has roiled MAGA influencers across X.
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MAGA Melts Down as Musk Files Paperwork for ‘America Party’
“I used to think Elon was awesome. But he’s become evil. Or maybe he always was evil.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/07/2025
Trump in April on trade deals: I'm telling you, these countries are calling us up kissing my ass. They are dying to make a deal. 'Please, please sir, make a deal. I'll do anything sir!' Trump Treasury Secretary Bessent today on why there are no deals: Many of these countries never even contacted us
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 06/07/2025
The mass kidnapping of Ukrainian children by Russia is an atrocity. We can't accept a world where children are used as pawns in negotiations. Sen. Grassley and I introduced legislation to support Ukraine’s tireless efforts to bring them home and hold the perpetrators accountable.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 06/07/2025
Exclusive: Oracle is the latest tech giant to offer the Trump administration a significant discount on its services.
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Oracle Gives U.S. Government Discount on Cloud and Software
Oracle is the latest tech giant to offer the Trump administration a significant discount on its services.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/07/2025
To recap: Trump promised 90 trade deals in 90 days, falsely claimed every country was begging to make a deal, and now his own Treasury Secretary admits no one’s calling—so they’re just sending out letters instead.
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