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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In northern Japan and the forests of China, you can see these flowers that appear normal but whose petals become transparent upon contact with water. Its common name is skeleton flower or crystal flower; its scientific name is Diphylleia grayi.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We are watching, in real time, the biggest fuck-up by any president in the history of the United States of America.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central Cartoon Network And more... This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped. State AGs must step in and block it.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Pro Trump, Pro Netanyahu fanatics Larry and David Ellison will most likely now control Paramount, CBS, CNN, HBO, Warner Bros, and TikTok
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
A federal judge said Thursday that the IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential taxpayer information “approximately 42,695 times” to ICE, in most of those cases giving ICE additional address information in violation of privacy rules created to protect taxpayer data. apnews.com/article/irs-...
apnews.com
The IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential information to ICE 42,695 times, judge says
A federal judge said that the IRS broke the law by illegally sharing thousands of taxpayers’ addresses with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Great reporting here from @gregsargent.bsky.social on the escalating danger of what ICE has become. 1/
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHS’s faulty “SAVE” voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/
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The Shadow🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️💙💙 @mvucdaggie.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This is a gift article companion to this post. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
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Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
NEW: Trump’s approval among Catholics falls to a historic low. A rising movement of Catholics, emboldened by Pope Leo, is turning against MAGA. With over 20,000 members, we are the fastest-growing Catholic group in America. To the MAGA purveyors of cruelty and lies — we will defeat you.
thelettersfromleo.com
Under Pope Leo XIV, American Catholics Are Uniting to Defeat MAGA Authoritarianism
Trump’s support among U.S. Catholics has plummeted to an all-time low of 39%, a stark decline over the year. This is no accident. Under Leo XIV, we're working to defeat Trump-Vance authoritarianism.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents. Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center. Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
propublica.org
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 p
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Congress should pass a law requiring agents to show their faces, identify themselves, & wear their badges. It’s not agent safety we have to worry about these days. End so-called Kavanaugh stops & admin warrant-based forced entry into homes too. Let’s have a Constitution.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
Chart showing "Detention Population, Among Those Arrested in the interior, by Criminal Record, May 2019 through January 27, 2026. There are three lines on the graph: prior conviction, pending criminal charges, and no criminal record. from 2019 through January 2025, "prior conviction" is by far the highest, followed by pending charges much lower down and "no criminal record" the lowest. During the Biden admin, very few people arrested by ICE in the interior and detained had no criminal record. Beginning in January 2025, all three lines jump, but the highest spike is among those with no criminal records. By September, that has become the single largest. Since that point, there are now thousands more people in detention with no criminal record than people with prior convictions.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Now THIS is what Jesus would do.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Make it viral.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot. It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/12/2025
KIM: Have you had a convo w/POTUS about using the FCC to go after critics? CARR: Heheh. I don't get into the specifics of conversations K: Would it be appropriate for him to give you direction to pressure media companies? C: I'm not gonna get into hypotheticals K: The easy answer is 'no'
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed. Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it. When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
What a photograph. “Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…” Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Pope Leo: "Someone who says I am against abortion but I am in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The Catholic Church and the Trump Administration Are Not Getting Along
The religion’s call to radical love can’t countenance this much cruelty.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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Rep. Ro Khanna @khanna.house.gov · 07/11/2025
In 2025, first-time home buyers sank to a record low of 21%. Housing is unaffordable. We need to take private equity out of the housing market and return purchasing power to ordinary Americans.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
This is a classic form of voter intimidation—making people feel like it’s not safe to go to the polls. It moments like this where we need to summon our courage & vote anyhow. Vote in the tradition of the people who marched in Selma to secure the right to vote.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 02/11/2025
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
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U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/10/2025
Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 20/10/2025
I worked with Erez Reuveni at the Dept. of Justice. He is a man of consummate integrity. His warning must catalyze action by us, the people of the United States.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
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Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
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I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Exactly.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/10/2025
I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 05/10/2025
They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.
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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
One of Trump’s own former attorneys….
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Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The ongoing consolidation of our media infrastructure by a handful of right-wing oligarchs poses a profound threat to any hope for democracy in the U.S. Read this piece by @sulliview.bsky.social:
theguardian.com
The TikTok deal puts even more media in the hands of the super-rich | Margaret Sullivan
Trump is clearing the way for US investors to control a wildly popular platform where millions get their news
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
DOGE initially promised to save taxpayers $2 trillion.  Now it admits it's only delivered $160B in cuts. And even those minimal savings are nearly wiped out by the cost of implementing DOGE's cuts: $135B. We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Donald Trump is a symptom of a deeper sickness of inequality, disillusionment, and division. The cure? Economic and social justice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTQoc5Jrciw
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How to Prevent Future Trumps
If America doesn't respond to the calamity that's befallen the working class, we will have Trumps as far as the eye can
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/05/2025
they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
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The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ...
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NPR @npr.org · 24/04/2025
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
npr.org
Colleague of Harvard scientist held by ICE warns that foreign scientists are scared
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25
) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Steve Kerr: "I believe in academic freedom. I think it's crucial for all of our institutions to be able to handle their own business the way they want to. And they should not be shaken down and told what to teach, what to say, by our government. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/04/2025
DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
On this day, April 14, 2025, the President of the United States openly defied the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion of April 10, 2025, ordering him to “facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points. And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
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