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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump and the GOP's REAL base of support — the billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech and AI, Big Crypto, defense contractors, and Wall Street — know that the midterm elections may limit what they can get away with in the future. Understand the stakes and vote accordingly.
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bertacruz.bsky.social @bertacruz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
the finger wag 🤣
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
Your tax dollars should pay for health care and schools. Not political ads for Trump. Pull it down.
spokesman.com
Patty Murray demands White House stop airing taxpayer-funded Trump ad
WASHINGTON – Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, the top Democrat on the Senate committee responsible for federal spending, demanded Thursday that the White House stop airing a taxpayer-funded TV a...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I hope Zohran Mamdani thanked Benjamin Netanyahu for his UN speech, which only made Mamdani more likable. Even a gift basket would be nice.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As objectionable as this is, it allows only individual searches. Mass purges at this point in the cycle are prohibited under existing statute. Congress under Dems needs to begin defunding all these menacing devices that threaten privacy and voting rights.
nytimes.com
Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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bertacruz.bsky.social @bertacruz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Eddie Lin's misbegotten City Ordinance 121215 (passed in July by a margin of one) is a cynical attempt by the Council to muzzle city residents in favor of creating shortcuts for developers, and cheap political optics. Vote them out.
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bertacruz.bsky.social @bertacruz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
treeactionseattle.org/post/the-orc...
treeactionseattle.org
The Orca Appeal Was Validated by the State Growth Management Hearing Board
In a huge win for the environment, the state growth management hearing board validated The Orca Appeal, which appeals Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for not adequat...
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bertacruz.bsky.social @bertacruz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Seattle Councilmembers Lin, Rinck, Foster, Kettle, & Strauss voted to *revoke city residents’ right to appeal environmental decisions. Lin & Kettle argued that public comment provides a more direct way for residents to weigh in than these appeals. Yet 95% of comments on record opposed the bill. Huh.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
To all of you who think Trump won't demolish the Kennedy Center if he doesn't get his way: Have you seen the East Wing of the White House lately?
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/09/2026
Only a few days before Lee Zeldin reassured energy execs that the government would no longer prioritize protecting public health, the EPA announced a new study that would test the country’s water supply for abortion medication, contraception, and hormones used in gender-affirming care.
motherjones.com
The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Castro faces assault charges stemming from the shooting and wounding of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.
hennepinattorney.org
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office charges ICE agent in shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office charges ICE agent in shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis (release May 2026)
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bertacruz.bsky.social @bertacruz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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bertacruz.bsky.social @bertacruz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We need term limits and periodic competency accreditations, not ageist bigotry. A gijillion MAGA asshats are under 70. And I bet (just guessing) that the "there's no difference" posers who were too pure to vote for an establishment Dem - and got us Trump instead - were mostly young.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
publicnotice.co
Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 17/09/2026
‘According to some estimates, hyperscale AI data centres can get through twenty million litres of water a day – as much as fifty thousand people would consume for their domestic needs.’ Martin Thom on datacentres, new on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Martin Thom | Human Melting
Planning regulations were modified last year, with AI data centres redefined as ‘nationally significant infrastructure...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
"To avoid surrendering McConnell’s seat, his staff and Thune’s Senate majority office are engaged in an ongoing, elaborate cover-up." — @schaller67.bsky.social
publicnotice.co
Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 17/09/2026
Today is Citizenship Day! Immigrant workers make our workplaces, communities, and America stronger. This midterm elections, it’s time to vote for candidates who will ensure a pathway to citizenship!
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bertacruz.bsky.social @bertacruz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Washington voters, please share! youtu.be/HHesreBCY7o?...
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Some Things Work Better Upside Down. But Not Washington's Tax System.
YouTube video by NO on 645
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bertacruz.bsky.social @bertacruz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This (from Native News Online):
nativenewsonline.net
She Believed Trump Sent Her $1,200. Now He’s Promising $5,000.
Overview: Trump promised Americans $5,000 if Republicans retain Congress. Native voters should remember the history of political promises that go unfulfilled. Opinion Two years ago, during the third w...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/09/2026
the literal position of the trump administration is that any school that has any more than a smattering of black students is engaged in illegal racial discrimination against whites www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...
nytimes.com
Trump Moves to Strip Tax Exemption From Schools That Aid Minority Students (Gift Article)
The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oh my, federal prosecutors have indicted a state House candidate (Thomas Ross) in Missouri, alleging that he asked his campaign manager to plant cocaine on his primary opponent. Thomas Ross, a Republican, won the primary by 32 votes and is now the GOP nominee in a red-leaning seat.
missouriindependent.com
Missouri House candidate charged in plot to plant drugs on Republican primary opponent • Missouri Independent
A Republican legislative candidate in Joplin plotted to plant cocaine and Adderall on his primary opponent in an effort to derail her campaign, federal prosecutors allege.
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As we elders, our daughters, and our granddaughters continue the fight for power, equality, and respect, we hold you in our hearts with love and gratitude. Rest in peace and power, Gloria Steinem. 🤍
nytimes.com
Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 03/09/2026
Remember when Trump said he was capturing Maduro to bring democracy to Venezuela? Update: still no democracy Oil, however? He has made a lot of progress there - for his rich buddies.
contrarian.substack.com
Trump Got Venezuela’s Oil. Venezuelans Are Still Waiting for Democracy.
Eight months after Maduro’s removal, Washington is building a new economic order without waiting for an elected governme
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 03/09/2026
Officials in the city of Boulder and Boulder County have filed a lawsuit against Suncor Energy and Exxon Mobil for environmental damages caused by fossil fuel emissions. This week, we will discuss how climate change is taking a toll on Colorado. www.newsfromthestates.com/podcast/stor...
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St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’ — my latest, w/ @kolyncheang.bsky.social. Spend some time with it www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
sfchronicle.com
ICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’
ICE owes millions in unpaid bills to hospitals and, in some cases, detainees themselves have been directly billed for care, records show.
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bertacruz.bsky.social @bertacruz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
😱😱😱
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 03/09/2026
Rest in power, Gloria Steinem, a lifelong advocate for working women who dedicated her life to fighting for women’s equality, equal pay and respect on the job. We’re grateful for her lifetime of courage, leadership and commitment to making the world better for women everywhere.
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Benj Edwards @benjedwards.com · 03/09/2026
We have this really fat cardinal named Gary that hangs out in our yard and he’s awesome
Gary the red cardinal bird sitting on a fence
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bertacruz.bsky.social @bertacruz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Video/photos have also circulated online this morning of ICE arrests that reportedly took place at an industrial facility in McCook, IL. Video shared online shows an agent drawing a gun and then a taser during one arrest, as onlookers ask to see a warrant.
09/03/2026 – MCCOOK, IL🚨
📍 47th St. y 1st Ave.
🕖 7:15 a.m.
🧊 CONFIRMADO: Se reportó que agentes de ICE ingresaron a una fábrica en el área.
⚠️ Se reportó la detención de 2 personas.
✅ ACTUALIZACIÓN: La fábrica se encuentra despejada en este momento. No se reporta presencia de ICE actualmente en el lugar.
📣 SI VE ALGO, DIGA ALGO DE INMEDIATO 📣Video depicting a 9/3/2026 ICE arrest in an industrial facility in McCook, IL. As onlookers ask to see a warrant, one agent draws a gun, then a taser, and demands the onlookers get back. Video shared online by Ismael Cordová-Clough; original source unknown. Link: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1773584940341505Video depicting a 9/3/2026 ICE arrest in an industrial facility in McCook, IL. As onlookers ask to see a warrant, one agent draws a gun, then a taser, and demands the onlookers get back. Video shared online by Ismael Cordová-Clough; original source unknown. Link: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1773584940341505
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If only we had a competent Secretary of Defense instead of an immature TV talk show chatterbox obsessed with testosterone and forcing his fanatical religious beliefs down the throats of people serving in our military.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 03/09/2026
We fought together for abortion rights, equal pay, paid leave, child care, and so much more. Her trailblazing work spanned decades and made America so much better, and it doesn't end with her—it lives on in all of us. Rest in power, Gloria. This U.S. Senator is proud to call herself a feminist.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem helped build the movement that sent women like me—someone who was written off as "just a mom in tennis shoes"—to the United States Senate. Gloria also understood that women's rights began with the freedom to make our own health care decisions.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 03/09/2026
Legal scholars say these cases are part of a broader trend by the Trump administration to test the bounds of law enforcement and investigative norms by bringing cases against those the president deems political enemies.
bit.ly
Minnesota anti-ICE cases put Trump administration’s legal tactics under scrutiny
Demonstrators call St. Paul church prosecution politically driven and seek dismissal.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Who are the top glyphosate sprayers in CA? @motherjones.com dug into state pesticide reports to build this database. Well known food and wine companies, a giant lumber company, Caltrans, (alas) California State Parks, and also the US Forest Service. Read it and weep.
motherjones.com
We've identified California's Top 100 Roundup users. Some may surprise you.
Search our new database to see which ones are spraying glyphosate near you.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEW from me -- Federal judges rarely speak publicly about the work they do, but in 2 separate reports released this week, dozens of judges, tapped by presidents in both parties, open up about the surge in violent threats they’re facing as they try to do their jobs. www.huffpost.com/entry/federa...
huffpost.com
Dozens Of Federal Judges Go On Record About The Rising Threats They Face
In rare first-person accounts, judges describe a surge in disturbing threats, “swatting” and “pizza doxxing” since Trump took office in 2025.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 03/09/2026
Mike Johnson abruptly cancels final weeks of House votes amid panic over midterm elections
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Mike Johnson cancels final weeks of House votes amid panic over midterm elections
The House will only work four days before the midterm elections after it took a monthlong recess
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
It’s impossible to calculate how much of what I’ve been able to accomplish is because of women like Gloria Steinem. Rest in power. www.npr.org/2026/09/03/n...
npr.org
Gloria Steinem, trailblazing journalist and activist, dies at 92
At a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles, Steinem challenged gender stereotypes and championed feminist ideals like equality, sisterhood and reproductive freedom.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 03/09/2026
Frank Kendall to Kaitlan Collins: "In a word, it's dysfunctional. The secretary, and I've worked with and had a chance to work for maybe a dozen secretaries of defense, he's doing active harm to the Department of Defense. It's not passive. It's active harm."
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bertacruz.bsky.social @bertacruz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's freakish that he's so everready-bunny on this. I thought it was supposed to be all about "the worst of the worst?" Oh but wait: who's that looking over his shoulder? Could that be Stephen (💀) Miller? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/u...
nytimes.com
Judge Blocks Trump’s Second Try to Restrict Birthright Citizenship (Gift Article)
The ruling raised concerns that babies already defined as citizens by the Supreme Court could have their citizenship revoked under an order the president signed in August.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem, the journalist, organizer and co-founder of Ms. whose name became inseparable from the modern movement for women’s equality, died Wednesday at her home in New York City.
msmagazine.com
Rest in Power: Gloria Steinem, Ms. Cofounder and Feminist Visionary
Gloria Steinem, the journalist, organizer and co-founder of <em>Ms.</em> whose name became inseparable from the modern movement for women’s equality, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, at her home in New York C...
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 03/09/2026
I am heartbroken by the news of Gloria Steinem’s passing. Author, activist, trailblazer, icon. An organizer and a challenger of the status quo. Her work inspired a generation and will leave a lasting impact. May we recommit ourselves to the ideals of feminism—of true equality and justice for all.
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 03/09/2026
Working people are tired of hearing about “record profits” while fighting for scraps & struggling to make ends meet. …Especially after the inflation-causing price gouging from these corporations. …Especially after these same corporations received tariff refund checks after it was promised to workers
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In July, a new ICE agent with a history of domestic violence and mental illness killed a man in Maine who even ICE admits posed no threat to him. Now we know that internal whistleblowers at ICE were sounding the alarm about the agency utterly disregarding normal hiring rules.
In the wake of a hiring surge last summer, an official in charge of evaluating new recruits to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a dire warning.

The Trump administration, he wrote in a memo, was cutting corners, violating the law and fast-tracking unqualified, “improperly vetted” candidates into ICE’s ranks, part of a dangerous move that exposed the agency — and its law enforcement operations — to “grave national security risks.”

Citing an “unprecedented lowering of standards,” the career ICE official said that “systemic breakdowns” had allowed applicants to receive job offers before they had passed basic fingerprint, identity or credit checks in a preliminary vetting process. Political appointees had unjustly skirted background investigations and received national security eligibility.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Incredible. They're all still terrified of a sunsetting 80-year-old man with an approval rating in the low 30s.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Update: The Justice Department is moving forward with a federal false-statements case against ICE agent Christian Castro over the January shooting of Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis.
apnews.com
AP Source: ICE officer charged with lying to investigators in the shooting of Venezuelan man
Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis i...
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Jon Husted voted 13 times to continue the Iran war. Now, Ohioans are paying the price.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
(Bloomberg) - The Philippines is looking beyond its alliance with the US and building ties with non-traditional partners due to President Donald Trump’s defense and trade policies .. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rest in power glorious, glorious Gloria Steinem  www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
nytimes.com
Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Feminist Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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