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beth laxer @bethlaxer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'm attending Suffolk County Democratic Committee's event, “ITDC Author Patrice Nganang Book Presentation: Scale Boy” - sign u www.mobilize.us/suffolkcount...
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ITDC Author Patrice Nganang Book Presentation: Scale Boy · Suffolk County Democratic Committee
Join the Islip Town Democratic Committee in discussion with author Patrice Nganang as he presents his memoir Scale Boy: an extraordinary chronicle of youth that evokes the paradoxes of modern Africa-c...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Please don't forget this story. They deliberately dropped off Nurul Amin Shah, a blind refugee, in freezing weather miles away from home. Less than a week later, he was dead. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Death of refugee found after being released by Border Patrol determined to be homicide
Erie County, New York, officials said the cause of death was “complications of a perforated ulcer precipitated by hypothermia and dehydration.”
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Here in Annapolis getting ready to testify with my friend Sgt Gonell, in support of Maryland Senate Bill 962 that will prohibit January 6th insurrectionists to serve in government roles.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I keep seeing people ask about the 25th Amendment. Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off. The 25th is never happening.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/03/2026
TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops. CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Emmanuel Damas, another individual killed in ICE custody. He had a toothache. They ignored it. He died of spesis. Read that again. Why do we need to fund this murderous agency? www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
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Haitian man dies in US immigration custody with untreated toothache, brother says
A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months after the denial of his asylum application has died in the hospital
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist. He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Just wanted to make sure this wasn't lost. The connection between Epstein, the Dubins, and Mount Sinai Hospital. Vile stuff. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...
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Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/02/2026
The most disturbing part is knowing ICE left a little girl alone and didn’t care. Annabella was six years old when her dad was detained by ICE while he was picking up their food order. She stayed inside, waiting. He never returned to her that day. 1/2
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/02/2026
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.   This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.   Not one dime for this cruelty. www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
So the United States will only use empty warehouses to house people it wants to terrorize, not people it wants to shelter from the cold. We really are not a very good-natured country.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13/02/2026
Hey there Pam Bondi if you have nothing to hide why were you tracking what congressmen were searching on the Epstein files? Why uh…. Why…. Why so nervous?
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Around the world, politicians and businessmen are resigning from their positions because of the Epstein Files. Except in the United States. Here: Zero shame, zero consequences. We need resignations, investigations, impeachments, and punishments now. Should have been years ago.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 31/01/2026
It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The Epstein Files reveal that the world's most wealthy and powerful men are either raping girls OR have absolutely no problem with other perverted men raping and trafficking girls as long as it helps their bottom line. I can only hope this infuriates the majority against the elite.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
What's the plan, Chuck? I run a fake news website. You're the Senate Minority Leader. What's the plan?
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
His 6 month old stopped breathing! HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING! A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside! His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Look carefully at the video of ICE executing the woman in Minn. NOT ONE other officer has their weapon drawn. Why? Because there was no threat to their lives by the 37 year old woman in the car. One ICE officer decided to execute this woman. This is what MURDER looks like. Charge him NOW!
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Democrats should release some files from the Epstein Estate. They should do it tomorrow.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/12/2025
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
To be clear, curtailing immigration doesn’t stop gun violence. The guns are already here, as are the VAST majority of the shooters. Curtailing immigration is just cruel. As is refusing to do anything that actually addresses gun violence. Two sides of the same violent coin.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Conservatives yell “socialism” at every initiative designed to help people. Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today. But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic. A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.
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Socialism Fear-mongering is Bananas | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23/11/2025
In a country where the cost of living rises but wages don't, where illness can leave you in financial ruin, and where the young feel they have no chance at any upward mobility, 86 House Democrats joined Republicans to pass a resolution denouncing “the horrors of socialism.” trib.al/AIdcinL
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86 Democrats Condemn Socialism as Zohran Mamdani Meets With Trump
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared to lead the charge.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone. Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work. Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
First H5N5 bird flu death, globally – but don't look to the CDC, HHS, or RFKjr for any remotely accurate advice.
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Grays Harbor County resident dies from complications of avian influenza
For immediate release: Nov. 21, 2025 (25-140) Contact: DOH Communications The person was infected with the H5N5 virus; the risk to the public remains low OLYMPIA – A Grays Harbor County resident who w...
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NYCGRIFF @nycgriff.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
86 Dems vote with Republicans to condemn socialism in wake of Mamdani's mayoral victory. GOP Rep Maria Salazar's resolution passes as NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani prepares to meet with President Trump. What the fuck is wrong with Democrats? "Socialism" is NOT the problem in America. Trumpism is.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses, as hate symbols. The fuck? wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/11/2025
A president who pulled every lever, jiggled every handle, and applied every kind of pressure he could think of, up to and including inciting a riot, to prevent his successor from taking office deserves no benefit of the doubt. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/its-time-t...
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It’s Time to Pivot to 2026 Election Security
Don’t underestimate how Trump and his allies will attempt to control the outcome of the midterms.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
They’re all just looting the treasury now
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beth laxer @bethlaxer.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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Read Jeffrey Epstein’s newly released emails about Trump
Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, ac...
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Repost if you still haven't forgotten about the Epstein files.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Every time you capitulate to a bully, they'll come back at you twice as brutally. If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Cull the Democratic Party. Systematically chip away all the weak, corporate centrists and corrupt, gutless elected officials who refuse to fight and instead suck at the teat of the oligarchy.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 10/11/2025
These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/11/2025
Never forget who sold us out: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 10/11/2025
It's like Chuck Schumer wakes up every day by asking "what can I do to make young people despise my party even more?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/11/2025
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
New: Sens. King, Shaheen, Hassan led negotiations on a deal that will have enough Democratic support to pass in the Senate, I'm told.

This is the package:

- CR thru Jan 30
- A vote on a ACA bill by a December, on a DEM bill
- Minibus WHICH INCLUDES reversal of shutdown RIFs and back pay and protections against them happening in the future
PLUS SNAP is funded through the fiscal year 26
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Dems should be all over THIS, not caving on a shutdown and healthcare premiums on which the publicly currently clearly blame Trump and the GOP for.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/11/2025
This is obscene!!! Trump throws another extravagant party at Mar-a-Lago while thousands, including government workers, line up at food banks during the shutdown— while he’s still fighting to block SNAP funding while kids go hungry. Literally a tale of two Americas.
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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Looking for churches that practice what they preach 👉🏼these videos have gone viral on TikTok if you haven't seen any👉🏼 good on this woman for identifying the hypocrisy of many of these so-called houses of worship🤨👇🏼💙💙💙👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼✊🏼🫶🏼
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/10/2025
God I am listening to @aoc.bsky.social unapologetically celebrating cities -- urbanity, diversity, creativity, decency -- and it is giving me life. Nothing but respect for *my* president.
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"We Are NOT the Crazy Ones, NYC" — AOC Fires Up Queens Rally for Zohran Mamdani | APT
YouTube video by APT
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Absolutely, Cheri. A daily Dem press briefing on Capitol Hill led by someone as sharp and media savvy as Pete would put the party’s voice front and center, hold the administration accountable in real time, and force the media to cover issues the public actually needs to hear about.👇
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
The “No Kings” movement stands at a precipice. It can continue as a series of laudable but contained protests, or it can choose a more courageous and powerful path. www.newsletter.samuel-warde.com/p/its-time-t...
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It's Time To Shift From Protest to Civil Disobedience
No Kings Project Needs To Evolve
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