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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

This video makes clear that Senator Padilla was not “charging” the Secy when Homeland Security agents began roughing him up and pushing him forcefully out of the room as he identified himself and tried to ask his question. youtu.be/gL08Xe31Ff8

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BREAKING: Sen. Padilla Handcuffed After Attending Kristi Noem's Press Conference in Los Angeles

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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Faith 🌊🥷🏌️‍♀️ @faith54.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

House Democrats are calling on U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Noem to testify before Congress after her protective detail tackled and handcuffed U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) during a press conference despite evidence that Padilla clearly identified himself which the DHS scum publicly denies.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 30/04/2025

As President Donald Trump celebrates his first 100 days in office, a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll finds that a plurality of Americans give him a failing grade. buff.ly/Tg09GnQ

A bar chart image from an April 2025 PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. The title reads, "How would you grade Trump's first 100 days in office. 23% of respondents said A, 17% said B, 8% said C, 7% said D and 45% said F.

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CNN @cnn.com · 30/04/2025

JUST IN: The United States and Ukraine have signed an "economic partnership agreement" that will give Washington access to Kyiv's rare earth minerals in exchange for establishing an investment fund in Ukraine. cnn.it/44NVAEj

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Despite seeing several people I totally trust say this was real I still felt I had to verify it with my own eyes. And having done so I still can't believe it's real.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/04/2025

A woman who has been living in America since she was a child took a trip to visit her sick father in Ireland. On her return to the US she was detained by immigration officials because of drug possessions dating back almost 20 years and has now been held in an Ice facility for more than a week

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Irish woman living in US for decades detained by immigration officials

Cliona Ward, who had returned from trip to Ireland, held over criminal record from almost 20 years ago

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.

May 5, 2025 cover of the New Yorker.

Expository text:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-05-05

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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/04/2025

ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

The world is on Zelensky’s side. Zelensky applauded by world leaders upon entering church.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The American tourism industry is sooooooo screwed.

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The headline should read: 𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐀𝐃𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝟐 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑-𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄𝐑 𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐍! It should be in 2 inch font above the fold & on the front page. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’

The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father’s efforts to keep her in the United States.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Booksellers have faced censorship and harassment defending the freedom to read. Celebrate your local bookstore and support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom. press.princeton.edu/ideas/bookst... #BookstoreDay

This essay traces the long and turbulent history of American booksellers who have faced censorship, harassment, and even violence for defending the freedom to read. Through vivid anecdotes and historical cases-from undercover stings in the early 1900s and legal battles over “obscene” literature, to FBI surveillance of Black bookstores and bomb threats against feminist and LGBTQ+ shops-the author illustrates how bookstores have repeatedly become battlegrounds in the fight for civil liberties and free expression. Despite intimidation from both government and private groups, booksellers have pushed back, shaping legal precedents and rallying communities to defend First Amendment rights. The essay ultimately calls on readers to recognize bookstores as “arsenals of democracy” and to support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom.

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NPR @npr.org · 25/04/2025

President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and environmental groups say it could harm a fragile ecosystem. From @juliaradio.bsky.social

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The U.S. takes a step toward allowing mining on the ocean floor, a fragile ecosystem

President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and environmental groups say it could harm a fragile ecosystem.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

The arrest of Judge Duggan reeks of desperation. They've had a really bad few weeks. Trump's poll numbers have plummeted. Putin & Xi are mocking him. Defiance in the US is growing. The economy is getting worse. They keep getting routed in court. Anything, anything to keep the focus on "illegals."

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Uh fuck no???

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cathybarber.bsky.social @cathybarber.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Immigrants forced to sleep on floors at overwhelmed ICE detention centers - The Washington Post

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Ooops! Ooopsie! Did we do that? We didn't mean to do that. Definitely don't blame us for doing that. Oops! Day one funding freeze Oops! Ebola Oops! Nuclear security workers Oops! Bird flu Oops! PEPFAR Oops! HHS firings And on and on and on... Now this. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

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Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article)

An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

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Lynn Roseberry, LL.M, Ph.D. @lynnroseberry.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

“They walked the full length of the train and questioned every single passenger about their citizenship status. According to the conductor, who has worked nearly 40 years on that route, this was a first. In all his decades of service, federal agents have never boarded his train like this.”

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Tim @blue-co-tim.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

wtf Do the names need to be Jones Smith For all judges to respect our constitutional rights?

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/04/2025

Today I'm finding out which people believe that if you're part of a population that is a small overall percentage of humans on the planet, it's okay to strip you of rights. I wonder if they have considered how easy it would be to classify *them* into a small overall percentage, and do it to them.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social, victims of racism and illegal targeting are never just distractions. And we can go after the tariffs and the targeting both.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

1. This is a legitimately courageous stance in a moment when many elites are choosing the path of appeasement 2. Strategic alumni organizing will be crucial to make it stick. What I'm saying is: if you went to Harvard and you want everyone to know but in a humble way, THIS IS YOUR MOMENT

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 17/04/2025

I've been in El Salvador all day fighting for the return of Mr. Abrego Garcia. The Trump Administration can lie all they want, but the Court said they failed to show he was part of MS-13. This is about bringing home a man they ADMIT should never have been abducted. I won't rest until then.

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I've been in El Salvador all day fighting for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services. The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)

We're suing Trump to save library funding. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 14/04/2025

Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

Old mobile phones and keyboards. Overlaid text reads: FT Exclusive: EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones to avoid espionage

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

There’s a special place in HELL for anyone who stands before the Supreme Court and argues that a man they wrongfully sent to an El Salvadorian death camp should stay there.

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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year. Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.

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