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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

BS. Hamilton’s spinning in his grave He focused on credit, nat’l reputation, reliability As he said: “To see the character of the Government & the country so sported with, exposed to so indelible a blot puts my heart to the torture…Is there a constitutional defect in the American mind?” Maybe so.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Echoes of 2020. The president insisted the election was stolen from him due to voter fraud. But when it came time to prove it in a court of law, where there are criminal penalties for lying, his team backed off.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Trump officials knew the $16.4 million Reflecting Pool renovation was peeling and turning green earlier than they acknowledged. Rather than acknowledge the problem and its origins, they settled on a wild concocted story about Antifa terrorists.

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Trump Says Vandals Hit the Reflecting Pool. Internal Records Tell a More Complex Story.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The law is salvageable, though, if these people face punishment. They dragged my family through hell despite a jury of our peers saying repeatedly they wouldn't indict protesters. A perversion of justice like this needs to be met with real justice for the prosecutors who broke the law.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 29/05/2026

Here’s the deal for those confused: “America 250” is the bipartisan celebration committee. “Freedom 250” is a Trump organization celebrating him masquerading as a celebration of America. The concert was Freedom 250. Hence the cancellations

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Meta and X are both leaning further into a paying-to-get-paid-to-post model. It's something even dumber than digital sharecropping. It's full-on digital feudalism. www.garbageday.email/p/making-you...

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

US once again involved in hostilities in Iraq...despite repealing both of the Iraq war authorizations at the end of 2025.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

You know what? Fine, tech bros. You win. You get to do algorithmic pricing. But in return, we get to do algorithmic taxing on everyone with a net-worth over $5million. As a little treat.

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WIRED @wired.com · 14/03/2026

Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

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DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders

Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Breaking: the DOGE deposition videos have been taken off YouTube. On Friday the government asked a judge to intervene, said the videos could cause reputational damage, death threats. Judge agreed, ordered them removed: www.404media.co/doge-deposit...

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DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery

The government asked a judge to stop the spread of the videos on YouTube. The judge agreed, and ordered their immediate removal.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The White House is considering ending funding for a longtime civil rights election program aimed at protecting the rights of minority populations to vote. The program sends neutral, third-party observers to monitor election sites to ensure voters don't experience discrimination at the polls.

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White House mulls defunding civil rights election observer program that aims to protect minority voting rights, sources say

The federal observer program sends neutral observers to monitor election sites to ensure voters don't experience discrimination at the polls.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/03/2026

Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."

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MS NOW @ms.now · 13/03/2026

NEW: Trump announces the U.S. launched a bombing raid on Iran's Kharg Island.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/03/2026

LINDSEY GRAHAM: Our goal is to make sure Iran cannot become again the largest state sponsor of terrorism. WELKER: Does the the president have a plan to guarantee that happens? GRAHAM: No. It's not his job.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/02/2026

MSNBC: Would you be willing to say yes to ICE needing to have judicial warrants before they can enter a home? GOP REP. DON BACON: I do support warrants. What's in the Constitution has to be done for everybody if you ask me. I'm not a lawyer.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

As expected, Trump working hard to get Hungary’s Viktor Orbán re-elected.

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Highly Respected Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, is a truly strong and powerful Leader, with a proven track record of delivering phenomenal results. He fights tirelessly for, and loves, his Great Country and People, just like I do for the United States of America. Viktor works hard to Protect Hungary, Grow the Economy, Create Jobs, Promote Trade, Stop Illegal Immigration, and Ensure LAW AND ORDER! Relations between Hungary and the United States have reached new heights of cooperation and spectacular achievement under my Administration, thanks largely to Prime Minister Orbán. I look forward to continuing working closely with him so that both of our Countries can further advance this tremendous path to SUCCESS and cooperation. I was proud to ENDORSE Viktor for Re-Election in 2022, and am honored to do so again. Viktor Orban is a true friend, fighter, and WINNER, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement for ReElection as Prime Minister of Hungary - HE WILL NEVER LET THE GREAT PEOPLE OF HUNGARY DOWN! PRESIDENT DONALD
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

looks like they're on board

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Moderna announced that they’re cutting back late-stage vaccine trials due to the uncertainty in the US market www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...

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Moderna chief: Company won’t invest in new late-stage vaccine trials

Moderna has already been facing declines in sales after a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

This is the day's essential read. Tom Nichols: It is not up to the armed forces to put a stop to Trump’s ghastly ideas of war against NATO. The US is not run by the military, nor should it be. Americans, and their elected representatives, must take this burden away from the armed forces—now.

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The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal

Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 08/01/2026

We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This seems significant: not a FORMER DHS official, but a SENIOR (current) one saying the officer who fired acted counter to training. This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One. I think they know this is bad. Really bad.

The way ICE officers approached the vehicle involved in today's shooting was counter to their training, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told NBC News.

The official said ICE officers are trained:

— never to approach a vehicle from the front;

— to approach vehicles or possibly armed people in a “tactical L” 90-degree angle to prevent injury or cross-fire;

— not to shoot at a moving vehicle;

— only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death.

ICE officers are also instructed that firing at a vehicle will not make it stop moving in the direction of the officer.

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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 07/01/2026

The Constitution was designed to make liberty durable by making power difficult. It was also intended to adapt, to learn, to be amended as needed. Repairing it requires neither blind nostalgia nor total repudiation—just the will to use it as intended. @andycraig.bsky.social

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The UnPopulist Launches ‘The Reconstruction Agenda’

Liberals need to start planning for a post-authoritarian future and rebuilding stronger institutions that a rogue president can’t so easily take over and weaponize again

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/01/2026

ICE officers in Minneapolis shot and killed a woman in a car, but details of the shooting remained unclear, with conflicting accounts from local and federal officials. The shooting took place about a mile from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020. Follow updates.

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Live Updates: Minneapolis Mayor Disputes Federal Account of Fatal ICE Shooting

Immigration officers opened fire on a 37-year-old woman in a car, who a federal spokeswoman said was trying to kill them. City officials disputed that account, describing the shooting as an overreaction.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/01/2026

complete batshit insanity

Pregnant Women, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I was hoping when large media covered Mobile Fortify, the ICE facial app we revealed in June, it would add substantial information. Instead this front page WSJ piece rehashes our reporting, presents it as new attributed to officials, and forgets to capitalize M in 404 Media bsky.app/profile/cori...

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

One of most remarkable US presentations at UN Security Council I've ever seen. - No reference to UN Charter legal justification - Claims Panama as precedent (which the UN condemned) - Energy reserves ⤵️ as justification is illegal - Sharp contrast with US Ambassador Pickering presentation in 1989

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 05/01/2026

On average, the more than 20 million subsidized enrollees in the Affordable Care Act program are seeing their premium costs rise by 114% in 2026, according to an analysis by the health care research nonprofit KFF.

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Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes

The arrival of the New Year’s Day deadline with no fix from Congress cemented higher health costs for millions of Americans, including many self-employed workers, small business owners, farme…

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 02/01/2026

Reporting from "The Wall Street Journal" makes clear Mar-a-Lago was key to Epstein’s criminal enterprise, @jeetheer.bsky.social. Trump’s critics should not hesitate to hammer this fact home. bit.ly/4qsblIS

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Mar-a-Lago Was Key to Jeffrey Epstein’s Criminal Enterprise

New reporting shows that Trump’s split with his pedophile friend was opportunistic.

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 30/12/2025

"What the current Supreme Court has done is take the proper and constitutional role of the Court and wrench it into something very different," @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. "That very different thing is corrupt, unconstitutional and undermines democratic self-government itself."

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The Latest Defenses of SCOTUS’s Corruption Only Make the Case Against It

Chris Geidner flags today an appearance by CBS News’ Chief Legal Correspondent...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Once again raising the question -- why is the president's son-in-law at this official event?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.

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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Some of the best political reporting these days is coming out of Rolling Stone magazine. This piece is among the most important I've read recently: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life

Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Maria Shriver, niece of JFK: He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial. C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

The science behind gender-affirming care has been endorsed by every major medical organization. This isn't about science or medicine. It's about the discomfort many non-trans people feel over the *existence* of trans people.

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

On yet another week where gun violence has claimed far too many lives, a gun advocacy group and Michigan Republicans are trying to repeal my commonsense Red Flag Law, a law that is **saving** lives. Not on my watch.

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McMorrow: Red flag law is saving lives

I will never forget the devastated parents I met with after the Oxford High School and Michigan State shootings. Their lives were shattered.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/12/2025

The Department of Health and Human Services announced several different plans to further restrict gender affirming care to people under 18 across the country. If finalized, these actions could effectively make it impossible for transgender minors to receive most affirming health care at hospitals.

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RFK Jr. could defund your hospital if he doesn't get his way

The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

> @bencollins.bsky.social theonion.com/trump-assure...

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 18/12/2025

Trump Media & Technology will merge with a fusion power company in an all-stock deal that the companies say is valued at more than $6 billion.

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Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion company

TAE is a private company and the merger with Trump Media would create one of the first publicly traded nuclear fusion companies.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Our new golden age of free speech, where opposition to immigration enforcement can trigger a federal investigation

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A memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi said these agendas may merit a federal investigation:
• "anti-Americanism"
• "anti-capitalism"
• "anti-Christianity"
• "opposition to law and immigration enforcement"
- "radical gender ideology"
- "hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality"

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

EB-2 is an employment-based visa for people with either "exceptional ability in their field," or an advanced degree such as an MA or a PhD. But there is a national interest waiver that bypasses the requirement of a job offer, and it's this loophole which Trump is driving a truck through.

Eligibility Criteria
Sub-category Description Evidence
Advanced Degree Professional
You must be a member of the professions holding an advanced degree. The labor certification (or application for Schedule A designation) must require, and you must possess, an advanced degree. An advanced degree is any United States academic or professional degree or a foreign equivalent degree above that of bachelor’s. A U.S. bachelor’s degree (or a foreign equivalent degree) followed by at least five years of progressive experience in the specialty is considered the equivalent of a master's degree.

The offered position must be a professional occupation, defined as one of the occupations listed at INA 101(a)(32) or one that requires the minimum of a bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree for entry into the occupation.

Finally, you must also meet any job requirements specified on the labor certification as of the priority date.

Documentation, such as an official academic record showing that you have a U.S. advanced degree or a foreign equivalent degree, or an official academic record showing that you have a U.S. bachelor’s degree or a foreign equivalent degree and letters from current or former employers showing that you have at least 5 years of progressive post-bachelor’s work experience in the specialty.

If a doctoral degree is customarily required, you must provide an official academic record showing that you have a U.S. doctorate or foreign equivalent degree.

Exceptional Ability You must be able to show exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business. Exceptional ability “means a degree of expertise significantly above that ordinarily encountered in the sciences, arts, or business.” You must meet any requirements specified on the labor certification as applicable. You must provide documentation establishing that you meet at least 3 of the criteria below.*

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Can someone point me to the statutory authority Trump's using for this 'Gold Card' thing, please...

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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 10/12/2025

Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The President's Affordability Tour begins with a central message: Cheer up. You can easily do without and enjoy it. And it teaches your entitled kids a healthy lesson. Also steel. That's a real need.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"There's no affordability problem because you people don't need all that stuff you buy" is a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for him.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/12/2025

Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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