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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
One large study found that when a major daily newspaper covering a federal judicial district disappears, corruption cases there—bribery, embezzlement, fraud—rise by more than 7%. The researchers suggest officials feel emboldened when no one's looking. www.cjr.org/analysis/loc...
cjr.org
How the lack of newspapers feeds a rise in local corruption.
Our study also found that digital media sites didn’t make much of a difference.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.
Six accounts on Polymarket made around $1 million in profit by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28, according to analytics firm Bubblemaps SA. The accounts were all freshly created in February and had only ever placed bets on when US strikes might occur. Some of their shares were purchased, in some cases at roughly a dime apiece, hours before the first explosions were reported in Tehran.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Just thinking about how lots of people in the White House are making money off of this
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kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 25/02/2026
I’m sorry what
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local-news-pgh.bsky.social @local-news-pgh.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Sewickley father detained by ICE as 6-year-old daughter begins cancer treatment www.wtae.com/article/sewickley-fath…
Sewickley father detained by ICE as 6-year-old daughter begins cancer treatment
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.
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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This is stealing. He's stealing money from the American people to go party in Italy. This is fucking public corruption and should be treated as such.
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Charles Martin-Shields @charlesmartinshields.com · 16/02/2026
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 15/02/2026
This is your regular reminder that the idea that Christianity is a thing uniform beliefs that everyone within “Western Civilization” believed and agreed on is a fiction that just ignores centuries of Christians killing each other and fighting literal wars over their different beliefs.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
One reason I keep saying that Trump's departure won't end our fascism problem is that every Republican presidential aspirant (even those who 10 years ago were "normal") are talking like twitter nazis now
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12/02/2026
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Small government, free markets, etc etc etc "President Donald Trump will unveil plans to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain US coal-fired power plants as he seeks to drive domestic reliance on the fossil fuel." -- www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Trump to Direct Pentagon to Buy Coal in Bid to Revive Industry
President Donald Trump will unveil plans to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain US coal-fired power plants as he seeks to drive domestic reliance on the fossil fuel.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I hope every American is paying attention to Trump’s unfolding plans to steal the midterms.
cnbc.com
Trump: If states can't run elections 'honestly,' then 'somebody else should take over'
Trump had been asked what he meant when he called on members of the Republican Party to "take over the voting" in a recent interview with Dan Bongino.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This is bonkers. MAHA 'farmers' with ecoli tainted raw milk admit they really don't know how to make the stuff after all. "Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact." people.com/ballerina-fa...
people.com
Hannah Neeleman's Ballerina Farm Halts Sale of Raw Milk Due to Bacteria Concerns: Report
Hannah and Daniel Neeleman have paused Ballerina Farm's sale of raw milk following health violations discovered during routine testing. Screenings from summer 2025 showed high levels of coliform, the ...
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 01/02/2026
liam and his dad are home! and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
rep omar, liam ramos and his dad, rep castro!
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The Left Hand of John Brown @lefthandofjb.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
people need to stop thinking of ICE as immigration enforcement. ICE is a secret police, the modern day SA that can be deployed anywhere to terrorize anyone
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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Just to be clear: Both independent journalists arrested by the authoritarian Trump regime for doing their jobs in Minnesota — Don Lemon and Georgia Fort — are Black.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/01/2026
the president of the united states should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 27/01/2026
BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.
nbcnews.com
Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
it’s pretty clear at this point that Stephen Miller is just foaming at the mouth for an ICE agent to be attacked so he finally has a pretense to invoke the insurrection act and command the troops to attack blue cities
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
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Jay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
startribune.com
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
This is the kind of thing that started the American Revolution, with ICE in the role of the redcoats. There's a reason this is unconstitutional!
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
This guy cannot get to the Hague fast enough.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
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Mitchell @mryannagy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The business guys in this country aughta be looking around really nervously at the economy rn
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
ICE abducted a man in minneapolis on january 6. by january 14, he was dead in a concentration camp in texas. victor manuel diaz was 36 years old. they say he did it to himself. ICE murdered him.
cbsnews.com
Man arrested by ICE in Minneapolis dies while under federal agency's custody in Texas
A 36-year-old man who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis died while under the custody of federal law enforcement in Texas on Wednesday, according to the agency.
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
DEFEATED! Democrats joined by 6 Republicans just took down this anti-worker bill, the final vote was unchanged from below. Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday. www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
texasobserver.org
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Governor I was not familiar with your game
Hochul press office tweet:
This initiative extends mainly to 2-year-olds but intellectually you may be eligible

QTing Nick Shirley replying "What did we just learn about child care across the country? 

It’s a great way to create fraud and launder money. Caution here…"

to Mamdani saying "ameen" to Hochul's "Universal child care is coming to New York."

https://x.com/NYGovPress/status/2009367062469058584
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Travis R. Eby @travis-robert.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Grow a spine and tell people what happened instead of this trifling he-said-she-said bullshit
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 08/01/2026
Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power - file impeachment articles every day in the House - withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee - be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
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God @thegodshow.com · 25/12/2025
Sending three ghosts tonight to fuck up Stephen Miller.
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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 18/12/2025
The closest thing the left had to an answer to the question of what the future should look like (including aesthetically though with mixed results) was the green new deal. the petering out of that movement’s popular momentum in the Biden years has left a void that has yet to be filled
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Greggo 🏳️‍🌈 @greggo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
My response to anything over the next two weeks
A grey and red transit bus on the road in a city. The bus’ destination sign reads “NO? ?? ???????”
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17/12/2025
Public transportation is crucial for our economy, communities, and people. And here in Illinois, we are on the verge of delivering a world-class transportation network. The Northern Illinois Transit Authority is our step toward a future of having the best transit system.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Koh: I think what we are seeing is what the founding fathers feared the most, which is the collapse of our checks and balances. The Supreme court is supposed to be a co-equal branch of government. It's basically a mouthpiece for Donald Trump at this point.
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The thread o’ tweets @threadotweets.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
lauren
@NotABigJerk
For everyone visiting their parents
this week:
LG tvs call it TrueMotion
Roku/TCL calls it Action Smoothing
Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
Sony calls it MotionFlow
Panasonic calls it Intelligent Frame Creation
Amazon Fire TVs call it Motion
Processing
12/25/22
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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
A map showing a town called Deer Park next to a town called Kildeer
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
This is could well be a historic midterm for Democrats. Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives. You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
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5th Square Advocacy @5thsqadvocacy.org · 13/11/2025
Harrisburg has, once again, failed to fund public transit. Agencies like SEPTA are forced to raid their capital funds to run daily service. This is akin to burning pieces of your house in the fireplace to keep warm.
inquirer.com
Pa. lawmakers and Gov. Josh Shapiro have approved a $50.1 billion state budget, officially ending monthslong impasse
Pennsylvania lawmakers formally approved the 2025-26 fiscal year budget, ending the impasse that had for months stalled payments to counties, schools, and nonprofits.
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Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh @pghguild.com · 10/11/2025
BREAKING: We won! Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years. pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
A yellow bridge in front of a city background with three banners reading "POST-GAZETTE STRIKERS WILL WIN".
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The Trump administration is now literally *fighting* to deny food to 42 million people, more than a third of them children. Read that again. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
NYT headline: Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month

The Justice Department later said it would appeal, leaving the program known as SNAP in limbo.
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Bigoldusername @bigoldusername.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Allegheny county when
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Mamdani wins NYC. Progressive Democrats outperformed their moderate colleagues just about everywhere in the 2024 election. Bernie Sanders still polls as the most popular active politician in the US. THE ESTABLISHMENT: “The left can’t stop losing, centrism is the way.”
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