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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Free speech includes free press. PERIOD. We stand with every single reporter who refuses to let this Administration decide what gets covered, what gets ignored, and what the American people get to see. The American people deserve the truth, and our reporters have the right to tell it.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docket Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Exclusive: Over half a million voters registered in a single day last week

At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docke...

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 19/09/2026

The First Amendment does not care whether or not a president likes his media coverage. This overreach is unlawful and unconstitutional. We will continue to support and fight for the free press and journalists. ⬇️

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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 18/09/2026

This isn't a one-off dispute, it's a stated program — and it's already been tried and lost. Check the AP case, Trump cannot ban outlets based on coverage he doesn’t like. Freedom of press is core to our democracy, and our democracy must survive this self absorbed President.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Fun fact — and reminder: For all their focus on “officer safety” and arguments about aggressive tactics being necessary, no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty. It is more deadly in the US to be an elementary school student than an ICE officer.

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David W. Pippy @davidwilliampippy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Good morning! On a Halifax Pier photographed in Nova Scotia by Shane Paris.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 22/08/2026

This is outrageous. A free press cannot function under constant threats and retaliation from the government. Reporters must be free to hold those in power accountable — without fear of retribution. The assault on the free press must end!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I don’t agree with all Abdul El-Sayed’s views, but GOP “othering” is a disgrace. He was born in US, educated at Bloomfield Hills Andover, where he captained football team; Univ of Mich; Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar; Columbia, where he earned an MD. Debate his views, not whether he’s a “real” American.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/07/2026

The promise of New York City is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty: this place would welcome anyone seeking refuge or a better life.

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Here and elsewhere, it’s worth remembering Rumi's three gates of speech. Gate 1: Is it true? Gate 2: Is it necessary? Gate 3: Is it kind? Even if you make it past gates 1 and 2, gate 3 calls us to compassion. And scroling on remains an option.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Have been a member of the @whca.bsky.social almost continuously since the 1990s. Our mission is to defend the First Amendment rights of White House correspondents to report on the president without fear or favor. Unfortunately last night did not advance that cause. Time to rethink the dinner.

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Nordic News @nordicnews.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Ro! Ro! – Norway's World Cup team "rows" with 90,000 people outside Royal Palace in Oslo tv.vg.no/video/383250...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump Thursday dismissed all remaining commissioners on the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), a bipartisan federal agency created to help states administer elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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In sweeping attack on elections, Trump fires leadership of key federal voting assistance commission

The dismissals leave the elections assistance agency without leadership just months before the upcoming 2026 midterms.

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

There’s an expression in my coaching discipline: “how you do one thing is how you do everything.” It’s the clearest statement I’ve ever heard of what integrity means. Perhaps impossible to achieve, but worth striving for.

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This ad placement on the Times’ site is perfection.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/07/2026

man trump's fourth of july festivities were a huge clusterfuck www.youtube.com/watch?v=olEf...

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Of Course President Trump's Fourth of July Party Was a Huge Failure

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Trump signed a stipulation: lose at the Supreme Court, pay Carroll immediately. He lost Monday. He still hasn't paid. His lawyers called asking for more time anyway. Robbie Kaplan's response to the judge is the kind of clean, precise lawyering worth reading in full. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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The Women Who Told Trump "No"

When Donald Trump appealed the $5 million dollars the jury awarded to E.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.

A chart showing an immediate spike after the headline hit the front page of Wall Street Bets.

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

About Trump v. Barbara: Do not give the Court and the CJ credit for reading and upholding the Constitution. It's a travesty that this is not a unanimous decision... it's also a travesty that the Court let this question percolate for a year, giving credence to a crank theory of citizenship.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I would read letters like Emily’s every night in the White House. They were powerful reminders of why the work we did mattered, and who we were fighting for.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation. This is a national crisis. Trump thinks the public will stop paying attention. So I went to the Senate floor to call his bluff. I told the ENTIRE STORY of his 500 days of corruption. 1/ Here it is - in one🧵

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Every vote is an expression of gratitude for those who have sacrificed everything, and a reminder that we can choose our future. #IVoted #NYPolitics

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Sean Thomason @seanthomason.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The crazy thing is that for most of my life I would go ten, fifteen, sometimes even thirty minutes at a time without thinking about the Reflecting Pool.

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Heard on the 1 train this morning: “anyone going to the Knicks parade on Thursday, your conductor will be there.” #NYC #LGK #Knicks #NYON

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 12/06/2026

A society with one trillionaire and millions of people in poverty is something to be deeply ashamed of, actually

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It’s depressing that, 55 years later, this record still has urgency about the same problems. Racism. Poverty. Climate Change. Massive failures of leadership and action.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🔥 SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov: “This war in Iran is the worst foreign policy blunder since Iraq. And just like the Iraq war, it’s a war built on lies. The ‘America first’ President who said he would end foreign wars, now he says all we can afford is war.”

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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Billionaire Knicks owner, James Dolan, cancelled the NBA finals watch party outside Madison Square Garden last night, for game 4. So mayor of New York fuck'n City turned the whole city into one gigantic watch party! Watch the reaction from real Knicks fans.

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

2 conversation threads happening in NYC right now: 1. Everything Knicks. 2. J.Lo’s-what-defines-a-New-Yorker comments. Seems hard to reconcile that “from” decides New York-dom when a group of players who are “in” and “of” this place are bonding the city beyond belief. #Knicks #NYC

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/06/2026

SPEECHLESS. LFGK

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

To be clear, New Yorkers cheered the anthem and booed the cheetoh. #Knicks #NBAFinals

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Ready to document the raucous reception for potus at MSG. #NBAFinals #Knicks

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 08/06/2026

The Cure's Robert Smith perfectly sums up the difference between Americans and Brits.

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

screwworm /ˈskruːˌwɜːrm/ v. (also n.) Informal, derogatory. 1. To snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. 2. To let a solved problem creep back through sheer complacency. 3. To divert public money into private pockets. Usage: This administration continues to screwworm the American people.

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