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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This Next Comes What gets to a point I'm seeing lots of smart people make: The expansion and cruelty of our prison system paved the way for the massive expansion of concentration camps under Trump and Stephen Miller. And we're going to have to fight both together.

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Why does every authoritarian system inevitably sink to solitary confinement? In this episode of Next Comes What by Andrea Pitzer, Andrea examines the history and grim mechanics of "The Box"—from the...

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A med student asked me today: "Where does all that mucus actually come from when you have a cold?" You blow your nose. Five minutes later, it's back. Then again. So where is your body getting all of it? Let me explain.🧵

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Republicans believe AI is capable of governing themselves, while not believing women should govern their own bodies. Think about that...they think robots should have more autonomy than humans.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The US did large scale operations against the Houthis all of 2024 and March-May 2025. Two administrations. So many strikes. Houthis not only stayed in power they have been able to make major gains

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New @ms.now: The family of Tierra Walker, a TX woman who died after repeatedly being denied an abortion, are suing Ken Paxton and other officials. “The basic principle here is you cannot take away someone’s life, as a state, and not be held liable for doing so,” the family’s lawyer stated.

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Family of Texas woman who died after being denied an abortion sues Paxton, medical providers

“The basic principle here is you cannot take away someone’s life, as a state, and not be held liable for doing so,” a lawyer for the family said.

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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 15/09/2026

Billionaire investor Leon Black should be held in contempt of Congress, the House Oversight Committee declared today, voting unanimously to refer his case to the full House after he stood up a subpoena in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation earlier this month.

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House Panel Votes to Hold Epstein Associate Leon Black in Contempt

The billionaire investor skipped a deposition this month and sued to block subpoenas from the Oversight Committee.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW: Once exceptionally rare, illegal deportations — in defiance of court orders or due to ICE screw-ups — are now a routine part of President Trump's mass deportation push. It happened 3 times this past week and more at least 30 times in recent months. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

If u want to know what the Tech Bros envision for the future, here is the kind of material they read: (1) The Sovereign Individual (preface by Peter Thiel); (2) The Network State: How to Start a New Country by Balaji Srinivasan blurbed by Marc Andreessen); (3) Patchwork by Curtis Yarvin/ Moldbug 1/

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Charm City Slicker @sprawlhater.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Baltimore, one of our great civic orgs needs us. Asylee Women Enterprise, which helps asylum seekers, torture + trafficking survivors, and other forced migrants, rebuild their lives here, must rapidly leave their space of 10+ years. Please give to help them move to their own forever home in Hampden!

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A Forever Home for Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE)

We’re asking people who believe in our mission to help us reach our goal and build a permanent home for AWE and the communities we serve.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 30/08/2026

Hala Rharrit, who resigned over Gaza, called her State Department colleagues’ empty statements of regret “despicable.” buff.ly/SBt8xSp

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Ex-Biden Official Slams Colleagues’ Moves to Disavow Their Role in Gaza Genocide

Hala Rharrit, who resigned over Gaza, called her State Department colleagues’ empty statements of regret “despicable.”…

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/08/2026

When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism. We found that the request came directly from the White House. (Published May)

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The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.

About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.

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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops

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Gary Taxali @garytaxali.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Pentagon has been promising more military operations on land in Latin America and building and hyping its counter cartel coalition. This past week in Ecuador gave a glimpse into what the plan looks like. New from me @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/us-ecua...

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Ecuador official says US Special Forces are operating inside country

American soldiers are conducting operations near the Colombian border, while U.S. warships are being deployed, Ecuadorian officials said.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A few years ago, after reading the entire Agenda47 & all 922 pages of Project 2025, I compiled a list of their 10 worst policies for Black Americans Less than 2 years into his presidency, Trump has accomplished every single goal on his anti-Black MAGA checklist

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Project 2025 Performance Review: How Trump Achieved Every Goal of the White Agenda

In less than two years, the Trump administration has fulfilled every aspect of the Heritage Foundation’s plan to make America white again.

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Dan Hopewell @danhopewell.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Grimly hilarious (and telling) that Google will fully automate their DMCA compliance, but not in a way that’s robust enough to flag complaints as fraudulent based on their own fucking metadata

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13/08/2026

tfw you have no idea that conservatives have been saying since the 1970s that if you have accessible and pleasant comms people, then "objective" journalists are easy to manipulate into thinking power and the disempowered are equal.

a bsky post from Eric Lipton NYT reading:
One you might find surprising. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt & members of her team have been extremely helpful in responding to questions I raise. Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing to engage and address questions. And I have appreciated that. Thank you

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 09/08/2026

I went looking for old anti-vaccine propaganda and expected an interesting historical curiosity. Instead I found arguments from 1802, 1885 and 1920 that would barely need rewriting to circulate online today. That raises a rather disconcerting question.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

RFKJr claims Lyme disease was created by scientists,which is the closest he’s come to admitting that science exists. Meanwhile, Ötzi the Iceman, who died more than 5.3K years ago, had Lyme disease. Apparently prehistoric humans are part of the conspiracy. Get me off this timeline

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This is your daily reminder that America hates Donald Trump and his name will be a curse for 1000 years.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.

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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

112 children are imprisoned at Dilley. The youngest child imprisoned at Dilley is 2 months old. None have committed any crime. Private investors make money for each new child taken into Dilley. We need to #ShutDownDilley and end family detention.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Trying to ban Mamdani from the 9/11 ceremony for being too close to supporters of terrorism when Trump is trying to do a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia...perhaps a bit of Islamophobia here?

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Lucha @iustitia100.latinsky.app · 25/07/2026

I don't care what else is going on or what your excuse is, but not caring about Palestinians getting murdered and tortured, says a lot about you. I'm not talking about voting here. If you're excusing the Israeli government or refusing to see why funding their wars is a problem, you'te problematic.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

On Tuesday, a New Jersey town pulled $91 mn out of Citizens Bank over its business with ICE prison contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic. Yesterday, Citizens announced it was ending its relationships with GEO and CoreCivic. www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...

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This N.J. town just pulled $91M from Citizens Bank over ICE

Two N.J. municipalities have now pulled more than $330 million combined, according to the De-ICE Citizens Bank coalition.

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Stonedalgo @handle.invalid · 17/07/2026

seems like the goons working for GEO group are starting to think they are CBP and get to shot people also. if i was a lawyer i would be putting GEO Group into a lawsuit and then get all those delicious internal emails. Im sure some nice incriminating shit just begging for discovery

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Okay, nvm - I'm deleting my original post (about China), because this swerved into a different direction, which honestly, I should have expected. Things to do right now: 1. Check your voter registration at iwillvote.com. 2. Text five friends/family to do the same tonight.

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I Will Vote

Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 15/07/2026

The Supreme Court is facing a major corruption crisis. I'm proud to introduce the High Court Gift Ban Act, with @raskin.house.gov and @lujan.senate.gov, to remove the influence of dark money from our nation’s highest judicial body. We must safeguard the sanctity of our democracy.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Elias Law Group has defeated DOJ lawsuits to access state voter files in: California Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Wisconsin DOJ has not won a single case. It is 0-12.

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 10/07/2026

🚨 ICE has officially issued a contract award to the GEO Group to re-open the Big Horn Contract Detention Facility in Hudson, Colorado. The contract will operate to the tune of $528.7M. The private jail has approximately 1,000 beds.

A screenshot of a contract award order to the GEO Group, showing a total contract value of $528,678,643.44. The document was signed July 9, 2026.

A screenshot of a contract award describing the services as "detention and detention related services at the Big Horn Contract Detention Facility in Hudson, Colorado." Awardee information shows GEO Group of Boca Raton, Florida as the recipient.

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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 06/07/2026

🚨🚨URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Calling ALL Yale Students, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff!!🚨🚨 According to The New York Times, Yale has reportedly entered settlement discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations involving admissions at the Yale School of Medicine.

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

People who are unfamiliar with the UCMJ may not realize that for an active duty major to do this in uniform, the consequence can be court martial and incarceration. All of it is prohibited, but the wearing of the uniform was an intentional choice, and a likely forfeit of both his career and freedom.

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US service member arrested at Capitol after calling for Trump’s impeachment | CNN Politics

A US Air Force major was arrested on the steps of the US Capitol on Wednesday after delivering a speech calling for the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Remember when trump promised to lower prices, cut utility bills in half, and make life affordable? Now it's: "I love the inflation." "Affordability is a hoax." “No one gives a **** about housing.” Turns out the hoax was trump's whole campaign.

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O Douglas Price @odouglasprice.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The candidates ran as Democrats and were nominated by Democratic voters. The only way her statement makes sense is if you don’t see the voters as the constituents of the party, but see the donors as that. Blowing up the party then equals giving the voters choices contrary to the donor class.

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 22/06/2026

The "boat strikes" death toll now stands at 215. Since Tuesday, the United States has killed 8 people, and 6 survivors are somewhere in the Caribbean, still unrecovered.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

What makes my heart heavy is that 13 servicemembers and a school full of girls died for no reason except to attempt to boost a sad old man’s ego

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

There were some ugly claims on X that Janeese was the candidate of white “transplants” while McDuffie was the choice of longtime Black residents. But it looks like McDuffie will only win ward 3 (wealthy, white) while Janeese will carry every other ward (including majority-Black wards 7 and 8).

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🧵 Now that the UFC Freedom 250 event is over, next up is Freedom 250 Trump rally on June 24. Corporate sponsors of Trump's Freedom 250 include Mastercard and United Airlines. Eli Lilly says it's not a sponsor of Freedom 250, but Lilly CEO said Lilly is a "proud participant" in Freedom 250.

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Cleetus Fandango @paulmbell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Mike Johnson knows nothing when it suits him and knows everything when it suits him. We call them Liars in the UK.

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Montgomery Community Media @mymcmedia.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

ICYMI: County officials are still working to help voters understand the process of receiving and completing their ballots after a printing error produced 500,000 ballots which contained errors. bit.ly/4vt0eBV

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New mail-in ballots have started to be received

County officials are still working to help voters understand the process of receiving and completing their ballots after a printing error.

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Rainbow Defense Coalition (RDC) @rainbowdefense.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Be you. Do you. Celebrate you. We are here with you. DM: @rdc_dmv Email: rainbowdefensedmv@gmail.com #joy #lgbtq #pride #pridemonth

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A reminder that DOJ has sued 30 states for access to their sensitive voter files. DOJ is currently 0-8 in decided cases. This is what I mean when I say the future of democracy is on the docket. www.democracydocket.com

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 30/05/2026

Armed gangs roaming Ward 1 in DC as Election Day nears Note the earpiece #bigballsgoonshow #taxationwithoutrepresentatiom

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

on this day 105 years ago in 1921 the Tulsa Race Massacre began when white supremacists destroyed Tulsa's Greenwood district. This group of citizens destroyed 35 blocks of "Black Wall Street", killed 300, and left 10,000 Black citizens homeless.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Just in case you were wondering, our Bicentennial Celebration in 1976 was held in multiple venues, and the artists included: The Eagles Fleetwood Mac Loggins & Messina (Their final performance before splitting up) Dan Fogelberg Elton John The Beach Boys America Elvis Presley Bruce Springsteen 1/2

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

My quote of the day It's a victory when the weapons fall silent and people speak up. Volodymyr Zelensky

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please stop forgetting how elections work i beg of you @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The J6ers claimed to support cops, then they assaulted cops. They whine about being treated so horribly by law enforcement, but they're fine with ICE treating brown people 100x worse. They preach "personal responsibility" and won't take any for their own actions, which they CHOSE to commit.

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