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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h
WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE
BEING AN ATHEIST IS CONSIDERED SHAMEFUL, WHILE SPREADING HATRED IN THE NAME OF RELIGION AND WORSHIPPING POLITICAL LEADERS LIKE GODS IS CONSIDERED PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h
Kim Guillyfoyle asking a donor for $100K to cover her credit card debt before starting in her new role as Ambassador to Greece. "Deters didn’t ultimately make the payment, telling Guilfoyle it would cost him his marriage." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 3h
The grift getting this rough should be a variable in your election model.
WSJ: GUILFOYLE BEGGED DONOR FOR $100K
TO PAY AMEX!
'HONEY PLEASE'
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 4h
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3h
Weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration is sending $500 checks to select Americans. Why that is less a policy win and more a voter bribery scheme is worth understanding. So is how Trump is turning the presidency into a corrupt family business. Two stories. One familiar Trumpian playbook.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
This Week In The Big Picture
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 3h
Remember the Alamo?
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4h
Fox is not journalism. It’s anti-journalism. The more you watch, the less you know.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 12h
Republican operatives are in midterms meltdown, with years of gerrymandering and stirring up hatred set to come home to roost. Read today's 'First Draft' by @swin24.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/gop-panics...
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 4h
Just another day in the Presidency as directed by Fellini.
Trump nodding, Susan Dell emoting.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This year’s #BannedBooksWeek coincides with ALA’s official 150th anniversary. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990, when ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began tracking book challenges, through 2025. ala150.org/150books
Photo of a bookshelf filled with various books that have been banned or challenged, including "Maus," "Sex Is a Funny Word," "This Book Is Gay," "Persopolis," and "1984." Text over photo reads: "ALA Releases List of 150 Books Most Frequently Targeted for Censorship Since Tracking Began. American Library Association logo
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JymByrnes🏳️‍🌈☮️ @jymbyrnes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 6h
PEN America today condemns an Alabama law (HB 2) that took effect last week, mandating that public entities -- including public schools, colleges, universities, and their employees -- refer to the “Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America.”
Map showing a section labeled "Gulf of America" over the Gulf of Mexico. Below, text reads: "Alabama Law Restricting Use of 'Gulf of Mexico' Raises Serious Free Speech and Press Concerns." A link to read more on pen.org is provided.
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WAND News @wandnews.bsky.social · 6h
Peoria Public Library is marking Banned Books Week with a powerful paper-flames display. 🔥📚
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 7h
Getting a lot of mileage out of this one
Grouchomancer @samthielman.com
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Bluesky Elder
Every news story is now "State Senator Randy Pervert (R-Springfield) was indicted on 8 counts of lewd behavior with a child under
12 and has been put on paid leave from his two jobs as Border Patrol liaison and youth pastor at First Presbyterian (PCA) where parishioners say they were 'blindsided.""
11:33 PM • Feb 19, 2026 2 Some people can reply v
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 7h
Meanwhile, the president promoted mail-in voting to his supporters on Monday, urging them to cast their ballot however possible, briefly reversing course on his performative opposition to mail-in voting in the face of what looks like it will be a blue tsunami next month. trib.al/ni3SvB3
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h
BREAKING: ICE over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote. The internal documents, obtained by the Democracy Forward, showed that ICE's investigative arm also contemplated sending undercover agents to investigate the organizations.
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ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mike Johnson is not a trustworthy negotiating partner. He lies as part of his religion.
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Notice the absence of the traditional olive branch? The olive branch symbolized America prioritizing peace with war as a last resort. It has been part of the Great Seal of the United States since 1782 and was part of the original seal of the Department of Defense.
Notice the absence of the traditional olive branch? The olive branch symbolized America prioritizing peace with war as a last resort. It has been part of the Great Seal of the United States since 1782 and was part of the original seal of the Department of Defense.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gary
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
all the "RESPECT THE TROOPS HONOR THE TROOPS STAND FOR THEM AND SUPPORT THE TROOPS" stuff the media pushed since 9/11 was a joke. A laugh to them. Every time it collided with whatever it was that Republicans want to do, the troops lose. Trump goes to soldiers' graves and laughs at them!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
70,000 people 👇 #cdnpoli
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Solidarity "After deciding this weekend to block Politico from riding on Air Force One, White House staffers called numerous outlets to ask one to fill the primary print slot for the out-of-town pool rotation .... Each of those outlets declined to step in." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
White House blocks Politico from Air Force One trip, cannot secure replacement
President Donald Trump will travel without a primary print pool reporter for the first time in recent memory.
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Allan @allan1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
THIS IS HUGE: Republican Sen. Thom Tillis just warned on national TV that there is a "risk" Donald Trump will lash out if Republicans get smoked in the midterms.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
TEACH HISTORY, NOT COMFORT.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And by "violating banking laws" CBS News means former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert molested boys he coached for wrestling in high school, boys as young as 14. To-may-to/to-mah-to!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🗣️Ex FTC Chair Lina Khan on A.I. Regulation: “The idea that just because we have new technological capabilities there’s some blanket exemption from the laws on the books is totally laughable.”
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In new court filing, plaintiffs challenging Trump overhaul of Kennedy Center ask court to compel Ken Cen board to produce documents Team Trump is invoking "presidential communications privilege" to mask records "in a case that does not even involve an executive branch entity"
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The whole point of the redistricting scheme was to protect seats Republicans were sure they would win. Today, Trump is campaigning for those same seats. Funny how that worked out. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/republican...
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
How's Trump's Mid-Decade Redistricting Ploy Looking Right About Now?
Republicans are fretting that their gerrymander scheme may be backfiring hard
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026
The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“We’re not going to just put our hands up and say, ‘Oh well, we tried.' When it opens, it’ll be even more important to pressure to close it. At that point, people are being harmed. We’re just going to keep making a stink of it. "We'll never go away until it’s closed." www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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‘Shrouded in secrecy’: Louisiana's new ICE facility raises more questions than answers
Under the Trump administration's deportation blitz, ICE's new 'staging center' in Alexandria, Louisiana is run by the operators of Lasalle Corrections, a private, for-profit company with a history of ...
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Dee 🦋 @iamstillwithher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There is a much longer list….
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
lol
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Brown @blues6277.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Between the God awful political ads we must put up with locally, we find this. More corruption, more disgusting actions, and the morally bankrupt GOP/Republican party. The hate grows more every day. This buffoon promises $5000? How stupid must you be to believe that he would send you $10.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump mailed in his own ballot while calling mail voting "cheating" Then he tried to run our elections through USPS & the Supreme Court stopped him Now he's telling GOP to vote by mail? His "election security" crusade was only ever about one voter : him -TN
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Trump Urges Republicans to Vote By Mail After Criticizing Practice
It was the latest mixed messaging from President Trump, who regularly votes by mail, but has made baseless claims that the practice is “inherently corrupt.”
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A baby giraffe's first zoomies are just what I needed to see tonight. I hope it brings you joy, too.
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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Prepare for the betrayal to worsen. The #US plans to lift sanctions on #Russia in exchange for personal gain for the administration. @theatlantic.com @shustry.bsky.social #Ukraine
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Trump’s Latest Appeal to Russia Could Outrage Even His Allies
Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I got really annoyed that so many stories about the "Cornell 7" case don't link to the underlying court documents. So I compiled the key filings from Jane Doe's civil suit and from a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them here: annabower.substack.com/p/read-the-c...
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Read the “Cornell 7” Documents
I compiled key court filings from Jane Doe’s civil suit and a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them on Slip Opinion.
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
2024
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He doesn’t care if he loses the election because he plans to steal it if he can. He can’t! We won’t let him.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram @star-telegram.com · 05/10/2026
A Tarrant County family is accusing Texas CPS of violating their rights after the state removed their 2-year-old daughter from their home.
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One child died. Another was removed from the home. Now a Tarrant family is suing
A Tarrant County family is accusing Texas CPS of violating their rights after the state removed their 2-year-old daughter from their home.
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Katherine @wordwatcher.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This happens when misinformation persists and when the public doesn’t know who they can trust. It’s tragic and so preventable.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
With the help of Republican officials, ICE has quietly arrested hundreds of people in Florida per day. Watch the latest dispatch from journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) out of southwest Florida:
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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