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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Join the U.S. Journalist Assistance Network on 5/19 from 1-2:30pm ET to learn how to navigate these risks with speakers from @freedom.press, International Women’s Media Foundation, Kuck Baxter LLC, @rcfp.org , and PEN America. Register and submit questions at: cpj.org/USJANcrowds.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Journalist safety in the US: Crowds, protests, and events. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Local and international journalists are gearing up to cover several large events in the U.S. in 2026, including the World Cup and midterm elections. Journalists traveling to the U.S. to cover these ev...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Don’t let this go by unnoticed
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 05/02/2026
Sen. Gallego: Trump is suing your agency for $10 billion. Where would that $10 billion come from? Bessent: The general fund Sen. Gallego: So, taxpayers. Bessent: Yes
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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Nita Cosby @5-2blue.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Unfuckingbelievable.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Skip the corporations run by oligarch billionaires destroying democracy and the planet. #WeAintBuyingIt #3E
Graphic titled ‘5 Days of Action’ on a red background. A large yellow number 5 sits next to the words ‘Days of Action.’ Below, five calendar icons list actions for November 27–December 1:

Nov 27: ‘Spend time with family – log out of shopping apps. Share posts that explain what’s going on.’

Nov 28: ‘Blackout Black Friday – skip big stores. Post “cart closed” to show you’re taking a stand.’

Nov 29: ‘Shop Small Saturday – shop local or minority-owned businesses.’

Nov 30: ‘Circulate the dollar – use saved money to support community co-ops and mutual aid. Share what you did.’

Dec 1: ‘Cyber shutdown – step away from Amazon and major apps. Take a digital break.’

Text at the bottom reads ‘November 27th – December 1st’ and ‘weaintbuyingit.com.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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🚫👑Rise Up @camerasandhope.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Share ! Small steps that can help @psychopete.bsky.social @thetnholler.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @crockett.house.gov @repstansbury.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @aaronparnas.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social
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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
#WarRavagedPortland
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
September 26, 2025
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September 26, 2025
Today Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that twenty men who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their participation in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre would keep their medals, despite more than ...
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Chevron @lachevron.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The upload to youtube has already crossed 300,000 views. Makes Sinclair broadcasting insignificant and give it the most views ever on YouTube for his show. youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY?...
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Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/08/2025
Every news broadcast should run the facts split-screen in real time while Trump spews his lies. Nice work, @msnbc.com — every network had time to prepare because they knew what was coming.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Exactly like Washington, all three of these cities have reported a drastic DROP in crime over the first half of this year.
NYPD announces record low shootings and murders for the first five months of 2025Baltimore reports históric drop in homicide rates, with April hitting an all time lowOakland PD reports sharp drop in violent crime for first half of 2025
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
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The Declaration of Independence | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY. And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon. And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
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Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Trump et al., thought that by posting this on the Friday night of a holiday weekend and burying the lede with piles of science rhetoric we wouldn't have a swift and unified counteroffensive. Well, he judged incorrectly. This is arm one of our five point plan of attack. #StandUpForScience
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betterwithmusic.bsky.social @betterwithmusic.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Want to know the impact of the administration's first 100 days? @publicservice published 100 Harms in 100 Days with stories of harms caused by the administration's actions on the government and what occurs when its work is disrupted. Explore the stories: bit.ly/100Harms100D...
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100 Harms in 100 Days
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.
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Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
When you are one hundred percent committed to battling anti-semitism:
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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 09/04/2025
Contrary to its public narrative, the agency cast a wide net in its California immigration raid, setting the stage for a legal battle over how the government carries out mass deportations. buff.ly/pM77fg0 📸 Kevin Clancy
Sergeant Gregory Bovino during an interview at El Centro Border Patrol headquarters on Feb. 25, 2025. Photo by Kevin Clancy, CalMatters and Evident Media

Headline: Border Patrol said it targeted known criminals in Kern County. But it had no record on 77 of 78 arrestees
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/04/2025
You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
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20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 24/03/2025
So let me get this straight—Trump’s nat sec adviser added a JOURNALIST to a group chat on classified Yemen strike plans?? This isn’t a group project, it’s national security. They screamed “Lock her up” over emails, but leaking war plans is cool now? Make it make sense.
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Jordan Carangelo @jordancarangelo.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Will this work?
At the top stating— the lie “trump won the popular vote by overwhelming majority” 
A pie chart containing 49.9% votes for Donald Trump equaling 77302580 in red, 48.4% votes for Kamala Harris equaling 75017613 in blue, 1.7% votes for other candidates equaling 2604315 in white.
Below the pie chart starting— the truth: more people voted for Kamala Harris and other candidates than people did for trump.
Stop letting them lie to you. 
With a QR code linking to the source as well as the source website printed out and the username who it was made by @jordancarangelo
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Every time you see what sounds like a wild claim about woke research, you can assume a) it will fall apart under the most basic of inspection, b) the person making the claim will never be held accountable for lying, and c) it is a cover to gut useful research that we benefit from.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The cowardice of the GOP has been astounding 👇 #TraitorTrump
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Please sign and share this so that we can let President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world know that we will not abide President Trump, JD Vance, and the Republican Party's partnership with Vladimir Putin. sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...
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To President Zelenskyy, From Embarrassed Americans
Please help the voices of the American people reach President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world.
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betterwithmusic.bsky.social @betterwithmusic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This is where our country was aligned today. Beyond tragic, where are the adults in the room? www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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UN Commission concludes that war crimes have been committed in Ukraine, expresses concern about suffering of civilians
Ukrainian version (Word)
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 28/02/2025
It's not necessarily the most important part of today's Oval Office debacle, but Vance suggested that Zelenskyy has never thanked the U.S. for its support — and that's demonstrably ridiculous. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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The Ukrainian gratitude that JD Vance has apparently failed to notice
The vice president suggested that Volodymyr Zelenskyy has never thanked the United States for its support. That’s demonstrably ridiculous.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities. That means: 🚫 No gas from corporate giants 🚫 No fast food chains 🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
1/ So everyone remembers this line of demeaning horse plop from Texas Rep. Ima Dingus, right? It was yesterday. Like many other Republicans right now, he's basically pulling the racist, Reagan-era "welfare queens" nonsense and giving it another run. So I looked at SNAP data for his district.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
You had it right the first time.
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Old Video Of Marco Rubio Warning Republicans About Supporting Trump Resurfaces—And It's On Point
You were right the first time, Marco.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
1/n What Project 2025-era leadership of FAA/DOT thought worth spending time on today: Culture-war pettiness of changing name of NOTAMs (frequent safety updates) to "Notice to Airmen," from "Notice to Air Missions." Everyone in aviation just calls them NOTAMs. This adds zero to safety / efficiency.
FAA notice saying "Change from Notice to Air Missions to Notice to Airmen."
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Proof that wokeness has run amok: Nearly 7% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/02/2025
Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
THE ASK
This week, between Monday and the vote on Vought, we're asking people from all over the country to plan a visit to Senate State Offices to demand Democrats fight and to hold Republicans accountable for their complicity.
DEMOCRATS MUST USE EVERY PROCEDURAL TOOL TO SHUT DOWN
TRUMP'S AGENDA
Yes, we need Democrats to vote no on Vought's nomination, but no is not enough. Democrats have the power to grind Senate business to a halt and force Republicans to feel the political cost of backing Trump's extremist agenda. Here's how:
1. Deny a Quorum: If Republicans don't have 51 votes in the chamber, Democrats can walk out and shut down Senate business entirely.
2. Block Unanimous Consent: Object to every procedural shortcut, forcing Republicans to take the longest possible route for every step of the confirmation process.
3. Max Out Debate Time: Use all 30 hours of debate on Vought to expose Project 2025, Musk's Treasury takeover, and the funding freeze.
4. Delay and Disrupt: Force roll-call votes, quorum calls, and procedural delays to slow everything down.
5. Blanket Opposition: Democrats cannot continue to vote for Trump's other nominees, helping to install more MAGA loyalists into powerful positions in the federal government while this power grab continues.
No Business as Usual: This is a constitutional crisis. Democrats must abandon the old rules and fight with everything they have.
Bottom line: Senate Democrats must block, delay, and obstruct every step of this process-no cooperation, no easy votes, no fast-tracking Trump's takeover. To learn more about how Senate Democrats can shut down Trump's agenda with procedural hardball, check out our explainer here.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/01/2025
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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betterwithmusic.bsky.social @betterwithmusic.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
“Do you support these onesies?!” It’s a simple question.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Journalists: When you ask the question this way, you are accepting the premise. The premise is that non-white men and women (including white women) are not qualified to do the job. Please don’t accept the premise. Frame the question in a way that challenges it. Thank you
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Trump wants to distract you from the fact that he gutted the Aviation Safety Committee and ousted the FAA administrator last week. Don’t let him.
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Ben Mathis-Lilley @benmathislilley.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Should go without saying but the point of diversity in hiring is to find _better_-qualified candidates outside of stagnant social networks that don't reward merit, like the kind of network that would put an MTV personality with a marketing degree in charge of the Department of Transportation
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I am begging the national media to start taking this seriously. Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause." They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
It’s official: In the USA The Gulf of Mexico is now the “Gulf of America,” and Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest peak, has been reverted to Mount McKinley. But we refuse to accept this change—Denali will always be Denali to us. #IStandWithDenali
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Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 25/01/2025
Instant reaction to this news from a friend (as White as I am) who retired from the USAF as a colonel: "What the fuck?!"
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The same people having a temper tantrum over DEI just confirmed the least qualified Secretary of Defense in US history because Trump liked him on TV.
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