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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 20/05/2026
Researchers from watchdog group glued trackers to chain’s cups and found not one ended up at a recycling facility
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Starbucks does not recycle plastic cups it claims are ‘widely recyclable’, report says
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
There it is. Any questions?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/04/2026
Oklahoma regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case. (Published Feb. with @readfrontier.bsky.social)
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Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.
State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to fin...
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 18/04/2026
An article I wrote for men about "Rape Academy." Women already know this & I say this with full awareness of how uncomfortable it makes men: Most men are not safe to be around alone. This is not sustainable & men must lead the change. Men, we need to talk: qasimrashid.substack.com/p/men-we-nee...
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Men, We Need to Talk About "Rape Academy"
This isn’t about women. This is about us. And it’s long past time we had this conversation
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/04/2026
We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
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If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
These are the airports where ICE is currently present: - Chicago-O'Hare International Airport - Cleveland Hopkins International Airport - Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - Houston's William P. Hobby Airport - Houston's Bush intercontential
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Yet ANOTHER win to stop extractive and polluting AI data centers – this time out of Oneonta, NY!
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12-Month Halt on Oneonta AI Data Center Construction Plans
Plans to build an artificial intelligence data center in Oneonta are on hold.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/03/2026
Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people. But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no. (Published Aug. 2025 with @adn.com)
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Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/03/2026
Over five million people protested against the regime in June. More than seven million people took to the streets in October. March 28 will be even bigger, with nearly 3,000 events already on the No Kings Day map. Be part of the largest protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Alex Beauchamp @alexatfww.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
As @governor.ny.gov tries to bully the legislature into destroying New York’s climate law, New Yorkers are saying hell no!
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
What’s wrong with Trump’s plan to make Americans provide identification to register to vote and/or to vote? @staceyabrams.com & I explain how these benign-sounding proposals are being used to suppress the right to vote. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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The Pernicious Myth of Voter ID Laws: Stacey Abrams & Joyce Vance Explain
A recording from Joyce Vance's live video
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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2026
The First Amendment protects your right to record government officials performing their duties in public. This applies to ICE agents, police, FBI, National Guard troops, and any other government officials. Learn more at aclu.org/kyr_record-
"KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: RECORDING FEDERAL AGENTS IN PUBLIC.
You have the right to photograph or film anything in plain view, including federal buildings and law enforcement, so long as you aren't trespassing or violating a lawful order.If you're not under arrest, law enforcement needs a warrant to confiscate or search your device.If you're arrested, officers still need a warrant to search your device's contents.The government may never lawfully delete your photos or videos.While the Constitution protects your right to record and helps you defend against unjustified retaliation or arrest, the exercise of this right can still carry risks. ACLU."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/02/2026
Tests found barium, which can cause heart and blood pressure problems, at 3x the EPA’s limit in the Boarmans’ drinking water. But the state did not inform the family of the results for over a month — until @readfrontier.bsky.social and ProPublica requested them.
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Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.
State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to fin...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 16/02/2026
PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," helped spur innovation. But they're also insidious to human health. to.pbs.org/4qRXD2m
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How PFAS harm our health — and why they're everywhere - Horizons
What do non-stick pans, firefighting foam and many of our couches, carpets and cosmetics have in common? They’re all made with PFAS. The so-called forever chemicals helped spur innovation, but they’re...
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 12/02/2026
The documents show there may be little scientific merit to claims that injection wells are a safe means of disposal. “We really do not know what happens to the waste down there. We just hope," an EPA official admitted in 1971. Read: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Is ICE building a “black box” detention center where you live? The rogue agency is spending hundreds of millions of dollars buying up empty warehouse space across the country to hold detainees. Here’s what you should know — and what can be done about it. [Clip via @pabloreports.bsky.social]
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
If you are watching the opening ceremony on NBC, you won't hear the boos of JD Vance because NBC cut it. Corporations working to keep Americans in the dark about how unpopular their elected officials are. The White House reposted the censored clip. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast
The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/02/2026
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control. “It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
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Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 02/02/2026
With the increased use of LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Devices), preparation & avoidance are key to preventing long term hearing loss. Moving perpendicular to the beam direction quickly reduces exposure since LRAD effectiveness drops dramatically outside the focused cone.
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LRAD Sound Weapons at Ice Protests: How They Work and Protection Tips
LRAD sound weapons at protests use focused acoustic beams up to 162 decibels that cause permanent hearing damage, but distance and industrial earplugs provide effective protection.
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 02/02/2026
If you are exposed to tear gas, immediately move away & towards higher ground if possible. Cool water is the best treatment. (Dilution is the solution.) Avoid using oil based cleansers as they will trap the irritants. Preparation is key. Follow this guide for greater safety.
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Preparing for, Protecting Against, and Treating Tear Gas and Other Chemical Irritant Exposure: A Protestor’s Guide - PHR
Deceptively known as “less-lethal,” these weapons can in fact cause severe injuries and even death when used with excessive force. Physicians for Human Rights has worked extensively on the health impa...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 01/02/2026
Minnesota organizers want us to help turn up the heat on the state's biggest regime-friendly corporations. Contact Target, Hilton, Enterprise, Home Depot, and Delta Airlines to demand they take action to get ICE out of our communities FOR GOOD.
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ICE Out for Good
On January 23, people across the country are taking action in solidarity with Minnesota to demand ICE out of our communities. Join the day of action.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 31/01/2026
Thank you @democrats.senate.gov for voting unanimously for Senator Sanders’ Amendment to strip ICE of BBB funding. Can you please demand the Sanders Amendment as a condition to fund DHS now that you’ve successfully separated it from the larger spending package?
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ACLU @aclu.org · 30/01/2026
During WWII, the U.S. government forcibly took over 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry from their homes and held them in internment camps. Fred Korematsu was arrested and convicted for defying the government’s order and refusing to go to the camps.
A graphic with an image of Fred Korematsu reading "According to the Supreme Court decision regarding my case, being an American citizen was not enough. They say you have to look like one, otherwise they say you can't tell the difference between a loyal and a disloyal American. I thought that decision was wrong and I still feel that way." At the bottom of the graphic it reads, Fred Koremastu, civil rights activist speaking before the judge who overturned his wrongful conviction in 1963.
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😷 it’s only Wednesday 😷 @diplo-drama.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Today is Fred Korematsu Day. Remember - history always rhymes and we have been here before. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ko...
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Fred Korematsu Day - Wikipedia
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
You would think Chuck Schumer would've learned by now that appeasement does not work with a dictator. Defund, Abolish, Remove. This is the only solution for ICE. People are literally getting murdered in the street and children are getting ripped from their families. Abolish ICE or step down
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 28/01/2026
The Trump administration talking about illegal immigrants but make the footage federal agents
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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 26/01/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Democrats must take a stand and refuse to fund this deadly violence. Not another dime for this regime's brutality.
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Tell the Senate: Not a penny more for ICE brutality | Indivisible
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 26/01/2026
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
All these Republicans slowly backtracking on ICE were the ones who went all in Trump and Stephen Miller's agenda. We won't forget. We also won't forget the Democrats who were complicit.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 25/01/2026
Minnesota believes in law and order. We believe in peace. And we believe that Trump needs to pull his 3,000 untrained agents out of Minnesota before they kill another American in the street.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Masked government agents are conducting “show me your papers” stops, detaining 5-year-olds to use them as bait, and brutally murdering U.S. citizens. Call it what it is — fascism. History will not look fondly on politicians and so-called "leaders" of this country who stood by and enabled this.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This is a MUST-READ affidavit. This eyewitness to Alex Pretti’s murder — who is too scared to even go home because she doesn’t trust federal agents — directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Remove them. Defund them. Abolish them. Prosecute them.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Abolish ICE, abolish DHS, redistribute the other agencies, prosecute actual criminals, such as people who commit execution-style murders of Americans in broad daylight.
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Eric Blanc @ericblanc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ICE can't function without the private sector. Here are ICE's top corporate collaborators 👇
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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
January 24, 2026 Emergency protest, after ICE murdered a 2nd person in Minneapolis today. Thousands march through downtown Manhattan in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis. "Shout it loud, make it clear, immigrants are welcome here"!
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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
January 24, 2026 Emergency protest, after ICE murdered a 2nd person in Minneapolis today. Rally at Union Sq. Thousands march through downtown Manhattan in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 24/01/2026
It is increasingly clear that stripping the Department of Homeland Security down to the studs — ICE, Border Patrol, all of it — is the minimum we must do when we regain power. But we can’t afford to wait that long to rein in these agencies.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Journalists aren’t supposed to report “both sides.” They are supposed to report the truth. DHS is not telling the truth. Stop reporting their lies.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
BREAKING Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats will not support DHS funding due to Minneapolis:
"What's happening in Minnesota is appalling —and unacceptable in any American city. Democrats sought common sense reforms in the Department of Homeland Security spending bill, but because of Republicans' refusal to stand up to President Trump, the DHS bill is woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE. I will vote no.
"Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included."
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
NEW: Know that ICE memo about not needing a warrant signed by a judge to enter people's homes? A US judge in Minnesota ruled exactly the opposite just days ago. @dell.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/us-jud...
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US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo
The ruling in federal court in Minnesota lands as Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces scrutiny over an internal memo claiming judge-signed warrants aren’t needed to enter homes without consent.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 23/01/2026
At a time when ICE is rounding up 5-year-olds, terrorizing communities and killing American citizens, the last thing we should be doing is increasing its funding. I will vote NO on the upcoming spending bill to fund Trump's domestic army.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It’s -9 degrees in Minneapolis right now. This is now Ground Zero of the resistance. Inspirational. (📸 Max Nesterak)
A sea of protestors making the voice heard against ICE. Thousands can be seen in the streets with signsA sea of protestors making the voice heard against ICE. Thousands can be seen in the streets with signs
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/01/2026
Can't believe I have to say this but climate change is responsible for extreme cold snaps.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/01/2026
Democrats needing to message on affordability as the country endures a brutal authoritarian takeover is tragic. Take it from someone who lives in occupied Minneapolis. Our problems go deeper than prices.
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5 Calls @5calls.org · 22/01/2026
🚨 The House has PASSED the DHS appropriations bill with a 220-207 vote. 7 Democrats voted YES: Cuellar (TX) Golden (ME) Gillen (NY) Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Davis (NC) Suozzi (NY) Gonzalez (TX) The bill now goes to the Senate, floor vote expected *next week*
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