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NoDak Snowflake

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Feminist, optimist, social worker, educator, sci-fi-fan, opinions mine. #Resistance since 2016. #BlueCrew 🇺🇦 💙

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 13h
“Did you or did you not sell hamburgers from a giant smiling head?” “Sir, that was Jack in the Box.”
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Reuters @reuters.com · 18h
An analysis of voting equipment in Puerto Rico grew into a US federal effort spanning multiple agencies to find proof voting machines were manipulated to flip votes in the 2020 election, Reuters found. The probe ultimately found found no evidence votes were manipulated reut.rs/4hHBkcA
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In what promises to be the most consequential showdown over reproductive rights since the end of Roe v. Wade, three states with near-total abortion bans asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to strike down blue-state laws that (cont.) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Shield laws are working. Now red states want the Supreme Court to end them.
The long-expected constitutional showdown over states’ rights and abortion rights is here.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Although you don't see these wins in the headlines, they are happening.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some North Carolina voters only have a week left to ensure they can cast a ballot in the midterms as a result of a shady settlement the state elections board made with Trump’s Justice Department. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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North Carolina mailboxes overflow with voter registration warnings after state cut a deal with Trump’s DOJ
“This is death by a thousand cuts,” one voting rights advocate told Democracy Docket. “It’s why you move voting sites, it’s why you have fewer hours, it’s why our absentee mailing ballots are so compl...
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 02/10/2026
If your reaction to Wemby saying this is a hearty “hell yeah”, it behooves me to let you know that @theguardian.com does not take business from betting companies, we have a great sports section, no paywall, and a great app. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...
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‘It’s sad seeing players promote it’: Wembanyama says he will never endorse gambling companies
Spurs star says it is ‘very sad’ to see NBA players promote gambling companies and insists money no longer drives his sponsorship decisions
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Tristan Bouchard @tristanbouchard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A little night music always calms my spirit. And enjoy the LED light show outside the window 🌙 Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CSPAN: “We should mention that Senator Schmitt was supposed to appear on this program with Sen. Coons but he pulled out the day after that hearing.”
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Jeff McDonald @jmcdonaldsa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In a stance that puts him at odds with other notable NBA stars, Victor Wembanyama says he would never lend his name to FanDuel, Polymarket or any other sports betting site. “Honestly, I think it’s very sad to see some players promote it,” he said. www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
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Would Victor Wembanyama ever endorse FanDuel or Polymarket? Don't bet on it
In a stance that puts him at odds with other NBA stars, the Spurs' Victor Wembanyama says he would never lend his name to a sports betting site
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: judge dismisses case against reflecting pool defendant Davey Hearn WITH PREJUDICE- meaning the DoJ can’t ever bring charges against him in this matter. www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
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Judge permanently dismisses David Hearn Reflecting Pool indictment
The Trump Justice Department sought a temporary dismissal. Hearn wanted his charges tossed for good.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ken Paxton offered plea deals to at least 10 students accused of raping their classmates.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026
Millions of voices are impossible to ignore. As we begin our second year without federal funding, our reporting remains loud and clear because people continue to step up to power this free press. Public media is an ongoing commitment that we will live out together. Donate today: n.pr/3VxNBIZ
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Jeffrey Lebowski @jeffreylebowski420.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Uh, Jimbo, are you sure the Hawkeyes are an NBA team? And are you going to pay Office Depot for this giant poster we just had printed up?"
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@cnn.com video report 🎥 www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/w...
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Tracing Kushner’s company’s links to a firm with stakes in Israeli weapon suppliers | CNN
A CNN investigation has found that while Jared Kushner acted as a key Middle East peace negotiator, his private equity firm held the largest stake in an Israeli company backing businesses tied to Isra...
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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 30/09/2026
The Missouri senator accused former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith of attending an Atlanta Hawks game in Georgia, and called him a "dirtbag." Except it turned out that Schmitt was wrong, and Smith was actually at an Iowa Hawkeyes game in Maryland. (@stlpublicradio.bsky.social)
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Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt faces withering criticism for botched questioning over basketball games
The Missouri senator accused former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith of attending an Atlanta Hawks game in
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ken Paxton is a corrupt con man who has used his office to enrich himself and live a lavish lifestyle with his various mistresses at taxpayer expense.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are ruining our own institutions, which is sad for us and great for our enemies.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Missy update everyone wanted to see: 🥹 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/aww/s/prUj...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
36 minutes before the hearing started.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
The senator who mistook the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes and tried to accuse Jack Smith of perjury? He could be the most dangerous man in the US Senate. What to know about Eric Schmitt:
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Is this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?
Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are true Americans.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Newsom signs California ban on electric shock gloves for law enforcement
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
NEW: Seems as though the full DC Circuit Court is poised to green-light Judge Boasberg's contempt investigation into the government for failing to turn the planes bound for CECOT around. Trump will then likely seek an emergency stay from SCOTUS. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Appeals court weighs fate of judge's contempt probe over Trump administration deportation flights
An appeals court is weighing whether a judge can continue investigating whether the Trump administration illegally flouted an order blocking the deportation of planeloads of Venezuelan migrants to El ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Even as profits soar, corporate tax payments are down 25% this year thanks to Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill. One of the main beneficiaries? Big Tech — which is using the tax breaks to help fuel its AI boom as it spends a fortune on the midterm elections. Remember this...
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
According to a new survey, Americans feel worse about the economy than during either the COVID-19 pandemic or the 2008 financial crisis. Meanwhile, Trump is fighting illegal wars and building golden ballrooms. Time for action on groceries, health care and housing. Not vanity.
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Gas, mortgage rates and inflation send Americans’ view of the economy to near record lows
“This is the danger for the Federal Reserve and the nation. This is what can truly shift spending habits and lifestyles,” said economist Heather Long.
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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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Tristan Bouchard @tristanbouchard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another piece from the 2005 film "Pride and Prejudice", played as Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet share their true feelings in a romantic scene at dawn outside Pemberley. My aim is to play every piece from the soundtrack here-- a few more to go! Stars and Butterflies - Dario Marianelli ✨ 🦋
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Will international media ever start covering Russia’s ongoing genocide? Ukrainians in Russian occupied Oleshky are eating grass and weeds to survive and the world stays silent 😭
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'Nothing left to eat' — Sybiha urges partners to act on Oleshky humanitarian crisis
Oleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
Advocates say the delays mean people are left waiting in prisonlike detention facilities that are riddled with allegations about spoiled food, beatings and medical neglect. “People are left hungry,” said the wife of a detainee in Mississippi.
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These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be dep...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
At the upcoming MAHA Summit on September 29, you'll see MAHA leaders like Dr Jay Bhattacharya & Dr Oz share a stage with Russell Brand, who faces facing multiple rape & sexual assault charges in the UK I wrote about how MAHA & the toxic manosphere have merged: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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I’ll be speaking at the MAHA Summit on September 29.
Watch live from 9 AM ET.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Tristan Bouchard @tristanbouchard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I had forgotten my piano teacher, who passed away this year, taught me this piece until I stumbled across it randomly. A flood of memories and emotions came back-- I now try to have all my students make a go at it once they're ready. Notturno (Nocturne), Op. 54, No. 4 - Edvard Grieg 🌙
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026
NEW: Iowa GOP governor candidate Zach Lahn campaigns as a “family farmer” and rails against out-of-state investors. But records reviewed by MeidasTouch paint a very different picture.
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Zach Lahn is a Millionaire Investor Who is Running a Misleading Campaign Claiming to Be a Family Farmer
Iowa Gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn claims to be a family farmer, but in reality he is an investor and political consultant who doesn't live on his farm
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold www.ecoticias.com/en/two-minne...
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Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold
Minnesota solar farms planted with native flowers saw native bees rise 20-fold, with bees also pollinating nearby soybean fields.
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sunshinelaughter.bsky.social @sunshinelaughter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
apnews.com/article/ethi... fighting in northern Ethiopia effectively shatters 2022 peace deal that ended war
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Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia effectively shatters 2022 peace deal that ended war
Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia has shattered a peace pact that ended a devastating two-year war in 2022.
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Xavier Becerra @xavierbecerra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The California Supreme Court just handed voters a major victory, rejecting Sheriff Chad Bianco’s attempt to seize cast ballots. MAGA Election deniers don’t get to hijack our democracy. We’ll keep fighting Trump’s voter interference at every turn. www.pressenterprise.com/2026/09/24/c...
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California Supreme Court rules against Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in ballot seizure fight
The sheriff’s seizure of 650,000-plus ballots was unlawful and AG Rob Bonta was justified in ordering him to stop probe, justices say.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special redistricting election after pursuing debunked claims of a massive ballot discrepancy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to return seized ballots, affirms state’s power over local law enforcement
The twin rulings stand to make it significantly harder for local law enforcement to create election chaos and use unsubstantiated fraud claims to seize ballots outside California’s established electio...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: The state of New York is suing Polymarket, claiming the company operates an illegal gambling platform in violation of state gambling laws.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: Senate Republicans are backing Trump’s war despite your skyrocketing gas prices. Remember that in November. #BlueWaveIn40Days
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Colorado voters, a federal court dismissed an anti-voting lawsuit challenging the state's voter roll maintenance practices, finding that the right-wing group behind the lawsuit lacked standing to sue. www.democracydocket.com/cases/colora...
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🚨 United Sovereign Americans v. Griswold
Learn more.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
NEW: For decades, the Smithsonian Institution, which draws some 15 million visitors every year to its assemblage of 21 museums, has managed to stay mostly above the political fray. But that institutional exceptionalism is now imperiled as never before.
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How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War
The Smithsonian — particularly its National Museum of American History — has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration. It’s the culmination of decades of criticism by conservatives and o...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026
The call was coming from inside the couch
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Democrats filed a lawsuit late Wednesday asking a federal court to prevent the Trump administration from deploying armed federal agents to voting sites during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Democrats sue Trump admin to keep armed agents from polls during midterms
Democrats filed a lawsuit late Wednesday asking a federal court to prevent the Trump administration from deploying armed federal agents to voting sites during the midterm elections.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access
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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A U.S. citizen was left bloodied and injured on the side of the road in a Chicago suburb after a confrontation with immigration enforcement agents who mistook him for a fugitive, according to local police and a resident who tried to help the man. apnews.com/article/chic...
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US citizen injured in Illinois after ICE agents mistook him for fugitive and tried to arrest him
A man was left bloodied and injured in an encounter with immigration enforcement agents in a Chicago suburb.
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