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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My latest: Justice Jackson's "bright side" depends on Republican election officials following federal law, and on the Supreme Court holding firm if election deniers try to purge voters. If the past is prologue, the signs are not hopeful. newsletters.democracydocket.com/justice-jack...
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Justice Jackson found a bright side. I am not sure I see one.
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booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social @booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Once again anchers and farmers are negatively impacted by their republican vote, and again they whine loudly about it and get platformed because of it. We'll see what impact it has on republican policies... www.normantranscript.com/news/oklahom...
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Oklahoma, regional cattle groups say ICE operations are disrupting supply chain
A joint statement from livestock associations in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas says recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations have disrupted the regional supply chain and will lead to hi...
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 23/09/2026
In 2024, nearly 2,400 women were killed by men, according to the Violence Policy Center. Of these, 86.9 percent knew their killer—nearly nine out of 10.
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A Restraining Order Is Not Enough When an Abuser Has a Gun
Nearly 2,400 women were killed by men in 2024, according to a recent Violence Policy Center report. Nearly nine out of 10 knew their killer, and firearms were used in 63.4 percent of these homicides. ...
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booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social @booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Maybe someday conservative women will stop voting against themselves. www.kgou.org/health/2026-...
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Two Oklahoma women were denied abortions after receiving fatal fetal diagnoses. Now they're suing
The lawsuit, filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, challenges two state abortion bans.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
The Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority didn't happen overnight. This is the inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that reshaped the American judiciary and legal system. (Published Oct. 2023)
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We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/09/2026
NEW: The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly potent greenhouse gas.
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EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells
The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly p...
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booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social @booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social @booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Catherine O'Hara. Dolly. And now Tim Curry.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 20/08/2026
Legacy media is ignoring this story but we need to pay attention. Trump is on the cusp of enacting State Media. If he's successful, say goodbye to the First Amendment. Here's what you need to know about ABC's lawsuit against FCC Chairman Brendan Carr—and how we protect our 1A rights. Watch & share.
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booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social @booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
AI is literally and simply plagiarism.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
New from 404 Media: ICE to spend millions to buy data from LexisNexis to then feed into a Palantir system. ICE has long bought data from LexisNexis, which feds use to map out a person's addresses, location, assets, etc. But now explicitly want to use with Palantir www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-l...
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ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir
LexisNexis sells a massive amount of data to law enforcement, including ICE. New records indicate ICE wants to feed that data into a Palantir system.
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booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social @booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Any literally no one is surprised.
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Jeffrey Winfield 💙 🌈 🫂 🫘 🏳️‍🌈 @maverickhammed.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🚨 Yesterday Mitch McConnell’s office reached out, through an intermediary & asked Keith to delete this post naming the senior staff who run his Washington office. Public employees, public titles, paid by you. Keith said no. Here’s the record they’d rather you not sit with.👇 @keithedwards.bsky.social
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McConnell's Office Asked Me to Delete This. No.
Yesterday, McConnell’s office reached out — through an intermediary, of course — and asked me to delete this post naming the senior staff who run his Washington office.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Republicans are trying to sneak new voter suppression measures onto a bill to ban congressional stock trading. They've also riddled the bill with loopholes that would allow members to keep holding and selling stocks — and their families to buy them on their behalf. Priorities.
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'This Bill Is a Trojan Horse': GOP Pushes Voter Suppression Under Cover of Insider Trading Ban | Common Dreams
House GOP sneaks voter suppression measures into bipartisan stock trading ban bill, sparking outrage from Democrats and
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20/07/2026
This free documentary is a MUST SEE. Shuffling people around the US, away from their attorneys and family, away from their Habeas Corpus filings, on a merry-go-round of extremely expensive tax-payer funded charter flights, is a key part of the ICE death machine and hardly anyone is talking about it.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/07/2026
Under DHS’ use-of-force policy, moves that cut off a person's breathing “must not be used as a means to control non-compliant subjects or persons resisting arrest.” But videos we reviewed showed agents using these restraints to do just that. (Published January)
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
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The Frontier @readfrontier.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Rejected for Oklahoma funding, an anti-abortion group helped rewrite state law.
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Rejected for Oklahoma funding, an anti-abortion group helped rewrite state law
The Texas-based nonprofit Human Coalition lobbies for anti-abortion programs and gets millions of dollars in funding from other states.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I want to make my thoughts clear. Platner should exit the race, and exit now. robertreich.substack.com/p/platner-mu...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
CNN montage of Trump attacking others claiming they have profited from being in office.
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booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social @booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"Maybe they don't work as hard as me" better be on repeat in ads from Dems.
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booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social @booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
If we cannot agree that birthright citizenship, those who voted against the plain language of the Constitution should be first in line to be stripped of it.
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God @thegodshow.com · 28/06/2026
“AI is here to stay, that’s just the way it is, get used to it.” No. That’s not the way it is. Get fucked.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/06/2026
Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government. Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president. (Published Oct. 2025)
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What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 27/06/2026
The Trump Administration is doing something they hope you don’t notice.
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The Trump Administration is doing something they hope you don’t notice.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/06/2026
At least 12 states break down SNAP program participation by age, and of the 1,670,011 people who are no longer receiving benefits in those states, 776,134, or 46%, were children. Read our full investigation: propub.li/4eB1PPb
770,000+ children are no longer receiving food assistance following the signing of Trump’s domestic policy bill
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Buttigieg: It has been more than a decade now of feeling like Washington is punching you in the face every time you look at your phone or watch TV. Imagine if you could look at what was going on with your leaders and actually feel your blood pressure go down a little bit instead of up.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Reminder that DOJ's 7/7/25 letter claimed, absurdly, "There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions." You should ask WHY DOJ told that lie? 🤔
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FactCheck.org @factcheck.org · 10/06/2026
FactChecking Trump’s Contentious ‘Meet the Press’ Interview: ‘No New Wars’ www.factcheck.org/2026/06/fact...
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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
New: An Indian Billionaire was targeted by the Trump administration. Then he poured millions of dollars into a startup secretly backed by Donald Trump Jr. www.propublica.org/article/trum... w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...
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booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social @booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Zero data provided to the petitioners about the sinlgnatory parties who were excluded. This is the level of deception viters in red states battle.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/05/2026
After defense officials got a request to push through a deal with a firm tied to Donald Trump Jr., Pentagon staff moved at an unusually rapid pace. “The call came from the White House: We have to get this done,” said one person involved.
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The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
TODAY IN 2024: “Their deliberations led them to a unanimous conclusion, beyond a reasonable doubt: That the defendant, Donald J. Trump, is guilty of 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, to conceal a scheme to corrupt the 2016 election.” manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-de...
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D.A. Bragg Delivers Remarks Announcing 34-Count Felony Trial Conviction of Donald J. Trump
Good evening. First and foremost I want to thank the jury for its service. Jurors perform a fundamental civic duty.  Their service is literally the cornerstone of our judicial system.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Reparations just aren’t feasible unless you’re a felon...
Artist: DC Cartoonist
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 21/05/2026
A Trump judicial pick ruled in his favor in a suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board — while seeking a federal nomination. Days later, the White House interviewed him for the job. That's why @freedom.press filed an ethics complaint. @seth-stern.bsky.social explains on @meidastouch.com:
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 21/05/2026
Before Todd Blanche helped Trump use a settlement to launder a $1.8 billion slush fund, Brendan Carr helped him use a BS lawsuit to extract a $16 million bribe from Paramount. The D.C. Bar could have put a stop to it back then by disbarring Carr. It failed.
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How Paramount and DC Bar enabled Trump’s ‘weaponization’ slush fund
Cowardice allowed a corrupt settlement of $16 million to beget one of $1.8 billion
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The Frontier @readfrontier.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Read the story - www.readfrontier.org/stories/oily...
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Oily sludge is flooding their dream home. Oklahoma regulators say they can’t help.
The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act li...
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 20/05/2026
The Israeli military has once again intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters HUNDREDS of miles from their legal jurisdiction, this time in broad daylight.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is Trump preparing for his official statement on January 7th the day after the Insurrection. He was pausing,struggling with the teleprompter & script,re-recording & negotiating wording with aides. He was trying to make sure he didn’t implicate himself & not admitting he lost
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
You're about to see headlines saying abortion pills can't be shipped. THAT IS NOT TRUE You can still get abortion pills by mail to all fifty states. Some providers will switch to miso-only, some will ship both mife & miso. I got into all of this when the federal court ruling first dropped:
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The Biggest Attack on Abortion Since the End of Roe
A federal court wants to end mifepristone by mail—it's not happening
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This would constitute one of the most brazen, most appalling acts of corruption in U.S. history. I know we’re numb to all of this but this is a seven-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...
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Justice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
PabloReports: Ted Cruz called you a parasite and disparaged your work as a bartender. AOC: I think it’s funny that he’s been taking a government paycheck for 23 years but has the audacity to criticize someone who has come from a family that had to work their way up and earn their place here.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Epstein Survivor hearing happening in West Palm Beach now. We stand with survivors.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/05/2026
Three doctors who have served on state maternal mortality review committees told ProPublica that Ciji Graham’s death was preventable. “There were so many points where they [doctors] could have intervened,” one expert said. (Published January)
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A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare -Universal healthcare (But get your mom flowers, too)
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
American Prairie has until September 30 to relocate its herd, but the group says it will appeal. This is the tension playing out across the American West right now. Rewilding and ecological restoration are increasingly viable tools for managing public lands.
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BLM revokes American Prairie bison grazing permits in Montana
Robinson says much of the broader opposition to American Prairie stems from the organization's large-scale land purchases across Montana.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
A few hundred people gathered at the Oklahoma State Capitol on Tuesday, remembering their loved ones and advocating for solutions in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People crisis. Officials also shared some of the ways they are working to solve cases.
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Oklahoma officials discuss new initiatives to combat Missing and Murdered Indigenous People crisis
Complaints about inaccurate data in tracking MMIP cases in databases, such as the National Missing and Unidentified Persons Systems (Namus), have been a specific focus of an Oklahoma State Bureau of I...
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Unbelievable. Republicans are already working on a third reconciliation bill. It would give massive sums to the Pentagon and give rich people and corporations more tax cuts…to pay for it they would cut what’s left of our healthcare funding. Make a ton of noise NOW Please folks.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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