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Brian MacMillan

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Migration researcher; political satirist; data-scientist and video artist. Art Videos; brianmacmillan.com/videos Writing: brianmacmillan.com/fiction Political Satire: apocalypsereview.com

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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 10h
Every story about a NASA-run project: the project was supposed to work for 5 years and it’s still going strong 25 years later. Every story about SpaceX: it cost *so much* money, didn’t do close to everything it was supposed to, and then blew up.
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NPR @npr.org · 29/09/2026
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June. n.pr/4hTdlIv
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A young sailor died by suicide. Her family blames health care gaps and long deployment
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
Even Navatek’s executives were surprised at how far their money went in D.C. “It was eye-opening for me, frankly. ‘Oh my God, all of it is for sale. It’s all for sale,’” said one.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026
Sent from the US Embassy in Yaoundé, Cameroon, where ICE has expelled dozens of people with no ties to the country, where they are imprisoned in a government compound and pressured into chain refoulement. Many are queer asylum-seekers; homosexuality is illegal in Cameroon.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It has been a brutal and protracted slugfest. But I think we can finally declare a winner in the long-running "Who is the dumbest United States Senator?" competition.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.
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The Deportation Project Map
Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Really...Susan Collins is offended... But wait...what's this !! Why yes a copy of one of the many checks ..Shame on you...pay to play GREAT FOLKS IN MAINE VOTE HER OUT !! VOTE TROY JACKSON @troyjackson207.bsky.social
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As Marco Rubio entered the room for Trump's signing ceremony with Denmark and Greenland, the Danish delegation had "Send in the Clowns" playing. Well played. Mercado Media
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Tracy @wacket.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
An FBI investigation into Susan Collins' pay-to-play racket was shut down on Trump's orders. Probe: In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen Susan Collins (R-ME) and a top donor, records and emails show. Confession: The donor, an ex-
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Workers share less and less in America’s prosperity. The labor share of economic output hit its lowest point on record in Q2 2026. Chart via Steve Rattner. #EconSky
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Meanwhile, inside the box, Schrödinger's cat plans its revenge. Original post
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Brian MacMillan @brianmacmillan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Kavanaugh stop: show your ID prove citizenship, get pulverized then move along .
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The victim's lawyer is furnishing details: His name is Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, and he's a DoorDash delivery man. He was making a delivery when ICE agents attacked him, riddling his car with bullets and shooting him in the back. Don't believe a word that DHS says about this incident.
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Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody.
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S'Pammy Cassandra 🦩💥 @nafoffs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#holodomor2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/09/2026
This is straight-up evil. Yom Kippur is on Monday — the moral contradiction is impossible to ignore. 📌 REUTERS: Israeli settlers set fire to olive groves in the town of Burqa in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to local Palestinian residents. Burned trees that are “thousands of years” old.
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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Regulations?? What regulations!! 🙄 Nothing is safe. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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Hand Soaps Recalled in 15 States for Bacterial Contamination Risk
We expect these products to help get rid of germs, but the FDA warns that certain ones may not be as squeaky clean.
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Arin Dube @arindube.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Adjusted for composition (demog. reweighing), this is what happened to real wages at the bottom (p10), middle (p50), and top (p90) using CPS data. Going up to p99 (using Soc. Security data) doesn't change this picture. Through 2025, at least bottom-half wage inequality compressed & remained so.
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Louisiana District 4 voters, it's long past time to send Mike Johnson home. He doesn't work for his district- only for his GOP masters. Conrad Cable is his opponent. @conrad4congress.bsky.social. Check him out. Elect him. He's the right choice. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Conrad Cable for Congress 2026 | Louisiana’s 4th District
Conrad Cable, a first-generation Louisiana farmer, is running for Congress in LA-04 in 2026. Explore his vision: fair wages, healthcare, and opportunity for all.
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When people ask 'how are homeowners supposed to pay for insulation, heat pump and solar panels' sometimes the answer is 'bike lanes'. Average annual car ownership in Belgium is €6k-€8k or €12k-€16k in gross salary. Average monthly gross salary in Belgium is €4k.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The bird was watching and the reaction was fun 🤣
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Brian MacMillan @brianmacmillan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Debtor's prison for medical debt is a "common business practice" in Kansas.
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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
2001 cartoon by Jonik the story is still the same after 25 years #AutisticiInventati #Sep11 source: jonikcartoons.blogspot.com
2001 cartoon by Jonik: A salesman impersonating “the big commercial media” that to wrap a "speech control on the Internet" package purchased from Uncle Sam offers as wrapping paper alternately ”anti-terrorism“or ”protecting children“.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: UK sanctions against West Bank squatters are in accordance with law and are appropriate, notwithstanding the hysterical theatrics of Netanyahu and his team. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Former Israeli prime minister backs UK’s sanctions on West Bank settlers
Ehud Olmert criticises Israeli government after it reacted furiously and shut down the UK consulate in East Jerusalem
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Attn: Liberals for Pipelines #cdnpoli
How will the world end sandwich board
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Uh what? www.newsweek.com/allison-guer...
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Woman who exposed FBI official for working with Russian oligarch found dead
A judge praised Allison Guerriero for her "extraordinary contributions" to counterespionage ops on behalf of the United States.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Republicans defend every corruption scandal with the same shrug: "Nothing to see here." A president making billions while prices rise. A cabinet cashing in. A party shielding it all. Nothing to see, nothing to fix, nothing for you. #CostOfCorruption
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Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We are in a recession, disguised by the rush to build out data centers #EconSky chart source: x.com/carlquintani...
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Mike Konczal @mtkonczal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BLS this morning, with revised 2Q data: "The labor share, which is the percentage of output that accrues to workers in the form of compensation, was 52.8 percent in the second quarter of 2026, the lowest level in the series, which begins in the first quarter of 1947."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
WSJ takes a crack at how the bond selloff affects real life. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/09/2026
Markwayne Mullin: "The Democrats throw out all these fearmongels to try to make ICE and President Trump's administration look as worse as possible" 🥴
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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
US debt is in worse shape than you think. That's because there's been a string of negative data surprises - like weak payrolls and weak retail sales - that should have pulled down the 10-year yield, but they didn't. A sign that risk premia are building... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/us-debt-is...
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Brian MacMillan @brianmacmillan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The greatest political satirist of our time.
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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Canadian Strait of Hormuz Every ocean going ship from the great lakes must pass through the Welland Canal
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Brian MacMillan @brianmacmillan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
An astonishing story. There is evidence theft occurred but the Attorney General who supervised the (alleged!) illegal transaction can't find anyone to charge. The crime apparently committed itself w no human agency.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The water that data centers use for electricity generation in just the top 7 states with the most data centers is the equivalent of 12-times the annual water use of Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Washington, DC, combined. /1 news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
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Data Centers Use More Water Than California Cities, Study Says
Electric power generation for data centers is a threat to water supplies even in states outside the arid Southwest, according to a report published Tuesday by the think tank Ceres.
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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
More than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations are suspended www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...
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More than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations are suspended
Some voters dropped from Texas voting rolls may not be aware until they show up to cast a ballot. More than 1.2 million Texans are on the state's Voter
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Birds feel the beat
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
567-million-year-old fossils rewrite the dawn of animal life www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... 🧪🌎🦑
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567-million-year-old fossils rewrite the dawn of animal life
A spectacular fossil site in Canada contains 567-million-year-old creatures that may represent some of the earliest animals to move, reproduce sexually, and develop recognizable body plans. The…
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It Really is and I’m Speaking from Experience. I didn’t plan to get sick but went to a hospital there and the visit was very inexpensive….
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Brian MacMillan @brianmacmillan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is precisely why Republican tariffs on aluminum are foolish. Not only does Canada have arguably the largest reserves of aluminum in the world in Sask. it also has cheap electricity, critical for production. Alcan has a gigantic factory powered by Churchill falls. The USA will never compete.
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MrC Careens Haphazardly Through Time & Space @oldmisterc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Wealth Inequality has grown We are here under Trump a new gilded age 👇👇👇👇
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A new study shows that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and over $1 trillion every year. The new research out of Yale shows that reductions in administrative overhead, lower pharmaceutical prices, less fraudulent billing, and fewer emergency care trips would lead to huge savings. /1
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Yale Study: Medicare for All Would Save Over 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year | Common Dreams
"Do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All," the senator said. "What we cannot afford is a broken healthcare system based on greed."
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Happiness Economics @economicutility.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This survey by JGWentworth is both interesting and depressing. 85.1% of respondents report having medical debt, with 81.3% owing $1,000 - $10,000. 92% of respondents said they have delayed medical care due to cost even with 96.6% being insured. #EconSky www.jgwentworth.com/resources/me...
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The true cost of medical emergencies
Medical emergencies can push Americans into debt quickly. Our survey reveals the average financial breaking point, medical debt levels, and how insurance gaps affect healthcare decisions.
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