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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 24/07/2026
Last year, Vance Boelter shot and killed a Democratic state rep and her husband. He was sentenced this week to consecutive life sentences. Maybe now’s a good time for some accountability for the Republicans who peddled disgusting conspiracy theories about the slayings? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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As Vance Boelter heads to prison, where’s the accountability for GOP conspiracy theorists?
It’s hard not to wonder about the lack of accountability for the Republican officials who peddled disgusting claims about the Minnesota slayings.
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Barb @blwestrate.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Jules wants to make friends with the world’s tiniest bunny.
A leashed tan and white Shih Tzu sits in the grass watching a very small rabbit about 10 feet away.
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Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I have checked this out and it’s legit. Amy’s family could really use your help; male DNA found on Amy's clothing is waiting on forensic technology to catch up. Each test costs $7,000 and all funds go directly to the Amy Fund. #Dateline www.gofundme.com/f/justice-fo...
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Donate to Justice for Amy: Fund DNA Testing, organized by Georgette Mihaljevic
We need your help solving the murder of Amy Mihaljevic. It’s been almost 37 yea… Georgette Mihaljevic needs your support for Justice for Amy: Fund DNA Testing
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/02/2026
Discworld QOTD, from Jingo “History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders.”
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Silverio Villegas González, Keith Porter, Renee Good, Alex Pretti. All killed by ICE. A memorial for them outside Broadview ICE detention center. #abolishice
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2026
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis protester fatally shot by a federal officer was ICU nurse Alex Pretti, his parents say.
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peregrine kate (she/her) @peregrinekate.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION NOW @slotkin.senate.gov @debbiedingell.house.gov @peters.senate.gov BLOCK THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF ICE & CBP.
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peregrine kate (she/her) @peregrinekate.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This regression is unacceptable @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov and tbh worse than nothing because it’s an empty reform.
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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
A US citizen was shot and killed by ICE in Minneapolis today. There's no sugarcoating this; the President's security theater just cost someone their life.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Federal agents blocked a man identifying himself as a doctor from reaching the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis, video shared with HuffPost shows www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Photo of the vehicle
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
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WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
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Senator Dayna Polehanki @senpolehanki.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Are we supposed to view “saving” food programs that already exist for low-income Americans as a big win? Nothing on preserving affordable ACA plans? This misses the mark.
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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Americans can’t afford this deal. Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan. A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 05/11/2025
Please could you spread this?
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MLive @mlive.com · 18/10/2025
dlvr.it
Police seeking public’s help finding missing 83-year-old woman near Detroit
Denise Mullen, who has dementia, was last seen in Grosse Pointe Park wearing a teal jacket before unexpectedly driving off.
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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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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 01/10/2025
This is on RFK Jr. and everyone who elevated him.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I wrote about the firing of Alan Sepinwall, which is awful. And I tied it into what's happening all over in the media, why it's scary & what we can do to help. I used my words, but it's definitely Hulk Mo dialed up to 11, if that's a thing you would like to experience: www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...
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On the firing of Alan Sepinwall, the scary place we're in, and attempting to de-stupid the media
The past decade or two has not been a good one for members of the media. And it keeps getting worse on a lot of fronts. Cultural coverage in particular has been stomped pretty thoroughly, in dribs and...
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Adam Holisky @adam.holisky.com · 14/09/2025
I can’t agree with this enough. Award Victor, the 10-year old who used his own body to shield and save the life of a classmate at the Minneapolis school shooting the Medal of Freedom. Far more brave and righteous than most Americans can even hope to be. A hero. www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
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From the minnesota community on Reddit: This is who should be receiving the Medal of Freedom
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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Brandon Williams @stupidartpunk.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Michigan ppl “The Michigan State House of Representatives recently passed a 2026 budget bill that completely eliminates all state funding for arts and culture.”
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 27/08/2025
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
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Michigan Democrats @michigandems.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
ICYMI: the biggest donor to Mike Rogers' campaign isn't a Michigander. This extremist Texas oil billionaire has no connection to our state and doesn't share our values, but he definitely thinks Mike Rogers can be bought and paid for. michiganadvance.com/2025/08/05/p...
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Pro-Rogers Super PAC funded by ardent Christian Nationalist • Michigan Advance
A Texas oil billionaire with deep ties to the Christian Nationalist movement and a rising presence in the national GOP scene, has contributed $5 million to a super PAC backing Republican Mike Rogers’…
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I’m here in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, where military style vehicles have pulled up down Wilshire and Alvarado, amid rumors of an ICE raid in the park have proliferated since last night
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
THEY F*CKING TOOK THE ICE CREAM MAN! The photo says it all. Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/06/2025
print this out and staple it to every congressperson’s suit before they’re allowed to go on television
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
A major part of how we got here is that the many people who were wrong about the last wars stayed in fancy TV and magazine jobs.
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Bradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
ICE arrested Job Garcia while he was running errands in LA. Job is a US citizen, a scholar, and a brilliant photographer. He’s also my friend. But none of that should determine his humanity. ICE must release Job Garcia immediately.
Job standing in front of a carBradford, job and two friends hanging at dodger stadium Bradford and job sitting in his carBradford, Job and two friends hanging
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Becca @bekaboomn.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Proud of Minnesotans
Holding a sign in front of the Capitol "Killing our speaker won't silence us."
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Ralf W @raflw.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
This is heartbreaking. (via someone at the St. Paul rally)
Protest signs held high at a rally today. The central one is hand-letterd, saying "Melissa Hortman Loved Democracy, and So Do I"
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B. "Sunny" Willison @bwillisun.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
This incredibly Minnesota sign is breaking my heart.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 14/06/2025
Guy in the white shirt is the guy with the passport. Family says they took him away and they don't know where he is. More video in the thread. Makes your blood boil.
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Valor Media Network @valormedianetwork.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
USMC Ret. Lt. Colonel Joe Plenzler deployed with the same Marine battalion now heading to Los Angeles. Marines training for war are now being deployed against American citizens. This crosses a dangerous line. Brothers, remember your ethos, #RememberYourOath.
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WDIV Local 4/ClickOnDetroit @clickondetroit.com · 12/06/2025
The Republican tax bill approved by the House would cost the poorest Americans roughly $1,600 a year while increasing the income of the wealthiest households by an average of $12,000 annually, according to a new analysis released Thursday by the Congressional Budget Office.
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GOP tax bill would cost poor Americans $1,600 a year and boost highest earners by $12,000, CBO says
The Republican tax bill approved by the House would cost the poorest Americans roughly $1,600 a year while increasing the income of the wealthiest households by an average of $12,000 annually.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
What these changes look like in raw dollar terms, per CBO analysis of GOP budget bill: Typical household in bottom income decile loses ~$1,600 annually. Typical household in richest income decile gains ~$12,000 annually.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 09/06/2025
Let's all take a moment to read the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. It's only one sentence.
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Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or the Space Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

(Added Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, $ 18(a), 70A Stat.
626; amended Pub. L. 86-70, § 17(d), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 144; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIlI,
§ 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub.
L. 117-81, div. A, title X, § 1045(a), Dec. 27, 2021,
135 Stat. 1904.)
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ColdChef @coldchef.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Give the photographer the Pulitzer Prize
Stormtrooper-ass looking cops standing in front of a giant donut.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/06/2025
Abolish ICE.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
what if there were laws, but for -- the president -- ICE -- rich people wouldn't that be fuckin wild
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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This is obvious, but still true: When this all ends — and I've gotta believe it will end — the next administration is going to have to abolish ICE entirely and immediately — Like "Day 1" — and nobody with "ICE" on their resumé can be allowed to even be a mall cop ever again.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2025
why exactly is the white house allowing known circulators of CSM into the briefing room?
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