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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Here's how the corruption works: Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it Friday: FDA changes the policy
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President’s Ballroom and New Fund Face Test in Congress
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Trump’s IRS “settlement” wiped out a past $100 million tax bill he owed.
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carolfern8714.bsky.social @carolfern8714.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Where is Marco Rubio?
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
"Cooking requires complex cognitive tasks and provides mental stimulation. Because home cooking combines nutritional, physical, and cognitive benefits, it's a promising factor in reducing dementia risk.” www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/coo...
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Dementia: Cooking more meals at home per week may help lower risk
A new study suggests that cooking just one meal at home per week can reduce dementia risk in older people by up to 67%.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Ought to be remembered....
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
CNN will soon be controlled by David Ellison. If democracy is to survive, a vibrant independent media ecosystem is critical. My ask: cancel your Paramount/Warner subscriptions and sign up for as many pro-democracy outlets as you are able. You can start with Democracy Docket: bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
A draft emergency executive order to declare a national emergency to allow President Donald Trump to take unprecedented control over voting is being circulating by anti-voting activists who said they are in coordination with the White House. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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White House circulating blatantly illegal draft emergency order to take control of elections
Voting rights experts and at least one state election chief said Trump doesn’t have the authority to claim such powers — and any attempt would be blatantly illegal.
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✨Cramer©️ @cramer-1.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M to detain 4k people. Of those- only 30 were accused of violent crimes. $9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst". Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment….
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“It feels like the grift is happening,” Driskell said.
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Dan McDonald @kebe.com · 17/02/2026
Also the actually-aired why-they-didn't-air-it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7D...
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Why CBS Didn't Broadcast Stephen Colbert's Interview With James Talarico
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill. open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
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Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
From @wired.com: “Federal records reveal ICE is secretly expanding into 150+ facilities across nearly every state — many near schools, medical offices, and places of worship… DHS asked the General Services Administration to hide lease listings and bypass normal procedures…”🤔
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Out of everything real and projected heading into the November election, this is the one that scares the hell out of me
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/02/2026
Every word of this 🔥 “The mask is off… for so long, many of us have been able to say that there is something deeply anti-democratic and racist at the heart of this MAGA project and of Trumpism.” - @maragay.bsky.social
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Easy to agree with Elie here. I don't think an "elections czar" will do it, but every state-level official who cares about democracy - and a battalion of lawyers - better buckle up for what's coming.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/02/2026
Donald Trump will never know this L❤️VE.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Trump reversed decades of national security objections to selling advanced AI chips to UAE. National security experts were alarmed. But there was a secret. Before the deal, UAE had sent $187M to the Trumps and $31M to the Witkoffs in secret payments. Mind blowing corruption.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 31/01/2026
They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
He's looting the U.S. Treasury, people. Most crooked dictators find covert ways to get rich. Trump intends to simply order his government to transfer money into his bank account.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Abolish. ice. 💔
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:

“Yesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer.

“Today, we demand accountability.

“In the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a “domestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota.

“Our demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS. Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies. AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS. Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/01/2026
To Gregory Bovino: This is what brandishing a firearm at a protest looks like.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
👇👇👇 @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and I are very much on the same page here. We had a substack live this morning talking it through on harrylitman.substack.com. It will be posted in the next couple days
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Talking Feds Substack | Harry Litman | Substack
Talking Feds Substack with Harry Litman is a series of dispatches from the front of a constitution in crisis. Harry explains how the maneuvers of Trump and his circle transgress constitutional norms a...
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Attorney General Bondi Reprehensibly Ties End of ICE Actions in Minnesota to the State Releasing Its Voter Rolls to DOJ electionlawblog.org?p=153962
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Attorney General Bondi Reprehensibly Ties End of ICE Actions in Minnesota to the State Releasing Its Voter Rolls to DOJ #ELB
AG Bondi sent this letter to Minnesota officials. Among the things that Bondi says “will help bring back law and order to Minnesota and improve the lives of Americans” is for Minnesota to release its ...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
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drmerle PhD 🇨🇦 💙 DM off,don't ask for$, or sell stuff @drmerle.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
CONFIRMED: An ICE employee was just arrested in Bloomington, Minnesota in “Operation Creep,” a sting targeting men trying to solicit sex from a 17-year-old. When cops cuffed him, he reportedly said: “I’m ICE, boys.” He’s now facing federal charges. ICE found a predator. It was one of their own
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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement. "I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish. Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature. Minneapolis, MN
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/01/2026
7 democrats voted with MAGA republicans to push through ICE funding. If they voted no, it would’ve been blocked. Hakeem Jeffries can’t get his caucus in order to stop ICE fascists as they arrest without judicial warrants, kidnap children, & kill citizens. Indefensible (Image via @indivisible.org)
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
A U.S. citizen dragged out of his home, barely clothed, into the cold. A 5-year-old detained on his way home from preschool. This is the reality of what ICE is doing with their $75 billion budget. Wouldn’t this be better spent on health care?
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Steve 52 NO KINGS, NO FASCISTS @radicalsenior52.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This is declaring war on US citizens! Fucking Nazi gestapo!
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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
“Trump can stammer on all he wants about Greenland, or whatever. Other nation are doing what they must to protect themselves and thrive. That means leaving America behind.” www.signorile.com/p/a-year-int...
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After just a year, Trump has plunged the world into chaos
Trump can stammer on all he wants about Greenland, or whatever. Other nation are doing what they must to protect themselves and thrive. That means leaving America behind.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
It’s a losing game to try to win over diehard Trumpers. After all, they don’t mind pathological lying and a mob beating up cops. They’re lost to us. Better to go after the not-paying-attention crowd. It’s easier to cure ignorance than evil.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/01/2026
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
We are open: please wait for us to unlock the door. Thank you for your understanding
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The people at @msnownews.bsky.social helped me make a video about how unpopular what ice is doing is
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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The president of the United States is extorting the Federal Reserve Board Chairman by threatening criminal prosecution if he doesn't lower interest rates. DOJ is compromised, legacy media is cowed and Big Law is AWOL. As I wrote last year: "We are on our own."
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We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
There should be public dialogue from Dem leaders about what the medium-long term political strategy against Trumpism is. They don't want impeachment (not enough votes) so what can a Dem congress do that's more effective? Is there a philosophy other than "Vote for us and hope something good happens?"
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Jimmy Kimmel dug up a video of Stephen Miller in high school. He’s always been a complete asshole.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/01/2026
Walz: "If they have emails showing that I have committed fraud, you should get those! Why aren't they putting them out there? Why aren't they turning them over to prosecutors? Right now they're hiding behind a veil of innuendo. They're protecting the biggest fraudster in the White House."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/01/2026
Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."
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