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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump's false claims of fraud are being used to limit access to voting. Despite these evil attacks, mail-in ballots & drop boxes remain secure tools for a stronger democracy. That's why Republicans are trying to remove them. Make your voice heard. VOTE!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h
#LetsGetVoteReady Check your registration 👇🏽 Iwillvote.com
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18h
So Americans pay more taxes in order to get AI centers in their backyards. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 13h
This corruption must be investigated.
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SlavaUkraini033 @slavaukraini033.bsky.social · 8h
Trafalgar poll | 9/29-10/1 US Senate Maine 2026 🟦Troy Jackson 46.2% 🟥Susan Collins 45.9% (incumbent)
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 13h
Twelve executives from one private prison company wrote one senator checks in six weeks, right after she voted them $45 billion. The founder. The CEO. A man who used to run ICE. Florida, she's yours. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill... #LetsGetVoteReady
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 11h
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 17h
Justice for Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and others! We demand accountability and an end to state terror. Let's push for real change toward a just future where all feel safe. Let their memory fuel our fight!
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Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 12h
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 9h
TIRED: Defund the police WIRED: Defund the police widows and orphans
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/10/2026
NEW: A New Jersey GOP official allegedly targeted Democratic voters' eligibility over residency discrepancies while leaving Republicans untouched. Now, the ACLU is threatening to sue unless election officials stop the effort — which risks disenfranchising those voters before the midterms.
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New Jersey GOP operative, pardoned by Trump, accused of scheming to purge Democratic voters ahead of midterms
At the center of the controversy is George Gilmore, who holds two influential positions in Ocean County. He chairs both the county Board of Elections and the Ocean County GOP.
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Democracy Defenders Action @democracydefendersaction.org · 01/10/2026
The White House calls Trump’s taxpayer-funded TV ad “education.” Education about what? That a president can use government money to put himself on TV while people are trying to cover rent, groceries, and gas? That arrogance costs all of us. #PayToPlayPresident
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A Congress Doing Its Duty Would Halt Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda Ads | Democracy Defenders Action
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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
$20 million represents the total income tax payments of 1,053 households. A thousand American families worked full time for a whole year just to pay for Trump’s campaign ads.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
A Michigan mom describes the terrifying reality of watching her child struggle to breathe as pollution protections are rolled back: “You just think, ‘Oh Lord, please, just let my child breathe.’” Watch the full episode: www.meidasplus.com/p/in-your-ba...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
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Dr Savoy234Ever @savoy234ever.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Grifters all the way How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Angie @angiesuniverse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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‘aesthetically terrifying’ @aruss-updates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Angie Nixon is a Black woman who was born and raised in Florida. She attended school there. She’s raising a family there. She’s operated small businesses, done grassroots community activism, and served in public office—all in Florida. That’s who Vance says “doesn’t belong in America.”
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Michael @resistancer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey West Michigan! Vote for Sean McCann for honest change! Huizenga is corrupted by Trump and corporate dollars.
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Tia Goode 🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇱🇵🇸🇺🇦 💥Standing with Major Watson!! 💥🇺🇸 @moonlitwomyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨🚨🚨 Data Breach #2 www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
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Military personnel data exposed in breach, agency warns
Unauthorized users accessed files containing the personal information of U.S. military personnel, a new breach notification letter warns.
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Al-MONITOR @almonitor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE | Rights, faith groups urge Congress to block $2.8B bomb sale to Israel If the Trump administration moves forward with the transfer, dozens of groups are urging lawmakers to seek a joint resolution of disapproval. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
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Rights, faith groups urge Congress to block $2.8B bomb sale to Israel
If the Trump administration moves forward with the transfer, dozens of groups are urging lawmakers to seek a joint resolution of disapproval.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/10/2026
Donald Trump says that his ICE crackdown is behind falling crime rates—a claim contradicted by his own administration’s data, Jack Rodriquez-Vars and @nickmiroff.bsky.social report.
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The Problem With Trump’s Crime Claims
The president says that his immigration crackdown is behind falling crime rates. The numbers don’t back that up.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
In a move that Sen. Elizabeth Warren has decried as a “clear conflict of interest and corruption,” one of the Trump Family’s most lucrative businesses is on its way to becoming a bank. And it’s set to be regulated by a government entity whose leader was appointed by, you guessed it…Donald Trump.
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Why Trump's crypto business wants to become a bank
Elizabeth Warren decries the first family's latest crypto play as a "clear conflict of interest and corruption."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Trump promised he would halve energy prices within his first year in office
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: In a 53-47 vote, Senate Republicans failed to pass an anti-voting measure that would have required voters to provide photo ID to cast ballots. The vote follows repeated failures by the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act, an anti-voting bill Trump has called his “No. 1 priority.”
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GOP voter ID bill falls short in Senate
The floor stunt attempted to give Republicans facing tough reelection fights something to campaign on as voters sour on the GOP’s willingness to acquiesce to Trump on artificial intelligence, the war ...
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 30/09/2026
The “Cornell 7” allegations are horrifying. Silence in the face of rape is complicity. Justice for Jane Doe. ⚖️ #SheShed #BelieveWomen
Graphic featuring Mariska Hargitay with three statements she reposted about the “Cornell 7” allegations, including: “57 men were in that fraternity group chat. 57. Not one of them stopped it.”
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Blue Freedom Quest 💙🌊💙🌊 @bluefreedomquest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Kathy Mortensen 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 💙 @kathyswords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Creating chaos to get your way! Make it difficult to find your courtroom. Immigrants miss their appointments. They are ordered deported. They don't have a right to a lawyer, so none are provided. Immigration rights are not like criminal rights except 5th amendment due process. #Blues #Proudblue
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Member of Congress Denied Access to Secretive New Immigration Courtroom in Manhattan
United States Representative Dan Goldman was denied access to a secretive new immigration courtroom in Manhattan on Wednesday, though immigration court hearings are generally open to the public under ...
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so brilliant. Uncommon.
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump officials changed forms for overseas voters amid a GOP push to restrict voting The Pentagon made last-minute changes to forms that many overseas U.S. citizens use for absentee voting, removing a category of citizens that Republicans have been pushing to block from voting. www.npr.org/2
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt and The Troll Kingdom How the MAGA Hate Machine Works www.againstallenemies.net/p/eric-schmi...
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Eric Schmitt and The Troll Kingdom
How the MAGA Hate Machine Works
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Two Canadian Scientists Develop an Inhaled Vaccine Mist That Delivers Immunity Directly to the Lungs, Right Where Viruses Enter Two scientists, Fiona Smaill and Zhou Xing, developed AeroVax, an inhaled vaccine mist designed to reach the lungs in just 2 minutes.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Using data from The Deportation Project, L.A. TACO broke down the nearly 4,000 logged apprehensions in L.A. County by neighborhood and city. The full story: lataco.com/ice-kidnappi... By @eltragon.bsky.social
A shot of the L.A. skyline taken from a park.

Headline reads "ICE Kidnappings By Neighborhood In L.A. County"
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Democrat-God @shamballa-warrior.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Zionist - How do we fight Antisemitism? Jewish Author -"How about we stop killing Palestinian kids?" www.youtube.com/shorts/BbtTW...
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Brilliant Comeback‼️🔥🔥 #usa #israel #palestine #congress #europe #uk #news #politics #canada
YouTube video by Breezy Politics
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/09/2026
A yearlong investigation of Greek houses revealed their endemic, lurid, and sometimes tragic problems—and a sophisticated system for shifting the blame, Caitlin Flanagan reported in 2014. theatln.tc/99MBBCzA 📸: Phil Toledano
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026
Russian bots are trying to impersonate us and flood your feed with misinformation. It’s never been clearer that freedom of the press is what stands between democracy and autocracy. We’re ready to keep uncovering the truth that those in power don’t want you to know. We need your support to do that:
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 30/09/2026
Russia ramps up disinformation attacks on French media ahead of 2027 Presidential race
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Russia ramps up disinformation attacks on French media ahead of 2027 Presidential race
Pro-Russian influence operations have caused a surge of 850% in fake news stories mimicking real media brands, according to a report published this week by disinformation specialist, NewsGuard. Out of the 15 most imitated news outlets, eight are French – including FRANCE 24.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
this guy can barely talk, folks
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Hip Model K @kozy17.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Flashbacks to trump almost getting him killed.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jack Smith's brief opening statement is worth watching. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1es...
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WATCH: Jack Smith's full opening statement in Senate Judiciary hearing on Trump investigations
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026
Meta is using its A.I. data centers to exploit a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation, according to an exclusive report by The New York Times. The company’s own accountants recognize that the strategy is on shaky legal ground. nyti.ms/3VlavDw
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The moment a drone or missile whistles nearby, 🇺🇦 women instantly become a shield for their children—covering them with their bodies, holding them tightly, covering their eyes and ears, comforting them. Every Ukrainian mother, sister, & grandmother is always ready to become a shelter. Thread 1/5🧵
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A girl at the Kyiv train station couldn’t stop shaking from the stress caused by another Russian missile attack. “Girl next to me can’t stop shaking. For god’s sake, give this people air defense. Unbelievable cruelty,” wrote reporter Ani Chkhikvadze. 🇺🇦 Stand With Ukraine 💙💛💔 Thread 2/5🧵
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SDDPHOTO @sddphoto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Everyone should tear this out of their local newspaper and send it to Schmidt -he sure made a jackass out of himself or --some kind of ass!
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For countless pets across Ukraine, every attack means fear, stress, & another night spent hiding from the blasts. They may not understand war, but they feel its consequences. No one—person or animal—should have to live through this. 🇺🇦 Stand With Ukraine 💙💛💔 Thread 3/5🧵
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Russia is the enemy of humanity! #RussiaIsATerroristState #RussianWarCrimes #PutinWarCriminal 🇺🇦 Stand With Ukraine 💙💛💔 Thread 4/5🧵
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maryland just released its own vaccine recommendations based on guidance from established medical and scientific organizations instead of the Trump administration. With unqualified leaders at the helm, states can and—should—step up to protect their communities.
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Maryland issues first-ever statewide vaccine schedule to push back against Trump administration
Under new legislative authority, the Maryland Department of Health has issued a state-level vaccine schedule based on guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and other leading independent e...
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