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BookWitch 📚 @bookwitchery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wimp womp. No more Chipotle
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Again: Israel and Judaism are not the same
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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As we prepare to enter the Shabbat preceding Yom Kippur, we do so welcoming the opportunity to reflect on how we’ve collectively missed the mark this year, and how we can do better in the year ahead.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Bash: DHS data does not back up the claim of widespread non-citizen voter fraud. Mullin: What you have is wrong Bash: It's your own data.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
footage is making the rounds on Facebook of a canvasser wearing a Stronger Maine shirt (a super PAC that supports Susan Collins) stealing a package yesterday
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
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Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to ban private equity funds from owning or controlling medical practices. This is a big deal. Here’s what you need to know about the shady private equity industry and how it operates.
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This One Thing Is Making Your Life More Expensive | Robert Reich
Private equity is shutting out millions of people from buying their own homes.In 2021, private equity investors bought n
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NPR @npr.org · 18/09/2026
The latest lawsuit, first reported by NPR, argues the Trump administration's repeated suggestions that federal officers could be at polling sites is a form of illegal voter intimidation. n.pr/4gYlmvv
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It's illegal for armed federal officers to be at polls. Lawsuits seek to ensure that
The latest lawsuit, first reported by NPR, argues the Trump administration's repeated suggestions that federal officers could be at polling sites is a form of illegal voter intimidation.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 15/09/2026
This would end careers BT.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 20/08/2026
For her latest book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Beverly Gage traveled across the country, exploring the people, places and turning points that have shaped America over its 250-year history. to.pbs.org/4xfabnO
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Historian's American road trip examines parallels between the Gilded Age and today
For her latest book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Beverly Gage traveled across the country, exploring the people, places and turning points that have shaped America over its 250-year history. Judy...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/08/2026
Wait, this can’t be right. They’re using the shock gloves in Nebraska schools… on children? Child abuse!
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🔴 Jason Arday: We Must Rage – Rage Against the Journalism of Cruelty The death of the academic shows the casual conversion of humiliation into entertainment by media outlets running on monetised hate and cruelty. Journalism cannot operate without scrutiny, writes @iainoverton.bsky.social
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Jason Arday: We Must Rage – Rage Against the Journalism of Cruelty
The death of the academic shows the casual conversion of humiliation into entertainment by a media running on monetised hate and cruelty
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We aren’t talking enough about those Destroyed American Bases….
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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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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) used the following words to describe data center developers today; "Predators" "Bullies" "Secretive" Shapiro signed a new state exec order tightening restrictions on data centers, requiring they get local approvals & provide their own power
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2026
Ossoff: "I have zero interest in running for president in 2028, and frankly zero interest in the 2028 fantasy football right now ... these midterms are the whole ballgame ... I don't know that we have a free and fair election in 2028 unless we restore checks and balances in these 2026 midterms."
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Lisa Catara (official)💎 @lisa-catara.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If ever a case were made to get all of your stuff and things out of the cloud and amass physical copies of everything, here is a prime example of why: PBS Could Lose 70 Years of Historic Archive Footage Over Cloud Dispute | PCMag share.google/mVR4o9Uk84T9...
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PBS Could Lose 70 Years of Historic Archive Footage Over Cloud Dispute
The lost footage, said to amount to roughly 50 terabytes of data, reportedly included historical items shot over roughly 70 years of the station's programming.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 17/08/2026
ICYMI, Neri Oxman notably accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in secret donations from Jeffrey Epstein, and her husband Bill Ackman was also behind the successful right-wing inquisition of Claudine Gay, the first Black president of Harvard University, over plagiarism accusations (see a trend?)
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prince egregious, heir apparent @sonofahurricane.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
They’ve already been using the shock gloves on children.
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Morning Kitten
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Inside the infamous Northwest Detention Center, there are currently 140+ people who are refusing food due to the mistreatment and GEO Group's refusal to provide healthy, edible food. GEO also delays meals for hours. In this video, it was midnight and people still had not eaten dinner.
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GoBlue @blu2b4u.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
People who spied on citizens exercising the 1st amendment rights should go to jail. US conducted ‘mass spying campaign’ against leftwing groups and anti-ICE protesters, records reveal | Trump administration | The Guardian
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US conducted ‘mass spying campaign’ against leftwing groups and anti-ICE protesters, records reveal
DHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats of groups opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/08/2026
It’s amazing how many political argument still used today originated with The West Wing.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/08/2026
The Trump administration is weaponizing administrative subpoenas to demand that tech companies hand over the personal information of users who criticize the government online. Know your rights if your information is subpoenaed.
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When the Government Demands Info About Your Online Accounts
The First Amendment protects the right to document and criticize government actions, including when doing so anonymously online. But the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ramped up efforts to surveil and silence critics using a tool called an "administrative subpoena" or "administrative summons".
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 13/08/2026
“Moldy showers, broken toilets, laundry down for weeks…half a cup of rice and two tortillas.” This admin is failing our troops, fueling a mental health crisis during one of the longest carrier deployments in modern history. Suicide attempts thwarted. Our troops deserve better. Bring them home.
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Mental Health Crisis Brewing Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln Amid Near Record-Breaking Deployment
The USS Abraham Lincoln is supporting military operations in the Middle East against Iran.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Perfect community note. 👌
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12/08/2026
⚠️ ICE/DHS is creating a humanitarian and public health crisis by concentrating people into camps in inhumane conditions Find out about ICE in your area: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/take-action/... Find an org near you that’s fighting back: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/membership/d... 🚫 🧊
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Organize and Advocate to Abolish Detention
Across the country, people are uniting to protect immigrant family members, friends, coworkers, and neighbors. ICE’s detention centers are everywhere, which makes federal policy a local issue in communities nationwide. Detention Watch Network advances federal advocacy to end immigration detention and supports local member and state-wide campaigns through information sharing, strategy development, public education and communications.
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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 11/08/2026
Second problem is the fallacy of composition and then the fallacy of division as she attributes one observation of a member to the whole group and then attributes that incorrectly inferred group attribute to its individual members.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
NEW EPISODE: A federal judge in Massachusetts just issued a nationwide injunction blocking Trump's executive order that would have let the U.S. Postal Service withhold mail-in ballots from states that don't hand over voter data to the Department of Justice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsI5...
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BREAKING: Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Takeover of Your Mail Ballot
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
ABOLISH ICE, PROSECUTE THE MFS
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Phil Szostak @philszostak.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives. You can either help somebody, be compassionate toward people, treat people with dignity, or not. One way you become a hero and the other way, you’re part of the problem.” - George Lucas 1/2
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We’re all getting screwed—Democrats and Republicans alike. The billionaires who run this country don’t care about your politics, they only care about their profits. They don’t see Red or Blue—they see Green. They see us as one opposing team. So we might as well act like one.
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
WE CAN DO THIS. VOTE.
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animal crossing pics @goj.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Animal Crossing Wild World (2005) #acww
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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 11/08/2026
FYI, this past Friday HHS opened up to comment the proposed rule for changes to Head Start. Few resources to review: The proposed rule: www.regulations.gov/document/ACF... Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/AC... Press release from HHS (August 6): www.hhs.gov/press-room/a...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
NEW: The staff of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), a bipartisan agency created to help states administer elections, released a memo detailing what the agency can and can’t do after President Donald Trump abruptly ousted its leadership last month. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Federal voting commission says it can't change rules after Trump sacked leadership
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission staff said in a new memo that the agency’s key functions cannot proceed without leaders.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
NEW: We’ve spent a year tracking ICE’s massive expansion of detention for people with years-long ties to the U.S. It has strained courts, wrecked lives and been widely deemed illegal. Our report, based on interviews with judges, detainees and attorneys: www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
People power.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Kash Patel, who received money from both Russia (the propaganda film) and CHina (Shein) before becoming FBI Director, is running LE exchanges with both. This is what Mike Flynn (who received $$ from RU) had in mind before he was fired for hiding his ties to RU. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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EXCLUSIVE: Under Patel, FBI forges unprecedented law enforcement ties with China, Russia
FBI Director Kash Patel says he has forged new law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia, two longtime U.S. rivals, over the past year in hopes of gaining allies in combating transnational cr...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 06/08/2026
Israeli prosecutors have charged a settler for killing a Palestinian community leader last year in the occupied West Bank. According to Israeli rights group B’Tselem, this marks the first indictment of an Israeli for killing a Palestinian in the West Bank since October 7, 2023.
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Israeli prosecutors charge a settler for killing Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in West Bank
Israeli prosecutors have charged a settler for killing a Palestinian community leader last year in the occupied West Bank.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A woman’s Global Entry was revoked days after she legally observed ICE agents. ICE agents showed up to a polling place to demand a worker remove an anti-ICE post. A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for moving a box of left-wing magazines. Trump’s crackdown on dissent is here. Be warned.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A small business owner of a children's party waterslide company, Francisco Longoria, was driving down the street in a suburban neighborhood when suddenly masked men attacked. ICE thugs broke their windows, assaulted them & shot at them 3 times. “I felt like death was imminent.” #ICELawlessness
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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Standard Time is the standardization of solar time, the measurement of the sun’s apparent position in the sky.
Photograph of and quotation from Mike Tomlin, famous football coach: “The standard…is the standard.”
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dylan @pinkponysub.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I want 4 day work weeks, free universal healthcare, and a livable wage to meet my basic needs!!
Anne Hathaway as Penelope in her soon to be Oscar winning performance screaming I want odysseys in the odyssey 2026
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