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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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ACQUAVIVA: U.Va. paid nothing, yet lost everything
It seems disingenuous for the University to boast about its agreement having “no external monitoring,” since the University’s president is required to report compliance — and certify under penalty of ...
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Yes, typically asbestos filled structures are demolished in a few days with no mitigation measures and dumped by a golf course under a mesothelioma cloud.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
I believe future generations will look back on this scourge and see not just what was destroyed but also what was born. Some thoughts for your Sunday... robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-t…
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
NBC wants you to trust its coverage of the East Wing demolition even though NBC's parent company helped pay for the destruction.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/10/2025
New definition of “America First” just dropped
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
(money that Congress has already allocated for emergency use) if the shutdown continues into November. A reminder to the Trump administration: withholding funds already allocated by Congress is illegal, though they continue to act as if they are above the law.
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Due to Federal Government Shutdown, USDA Notifies States that SNAP Benefits Won't Be Issued for November | Department of Health and Human Services
AUGUSTA-- Due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has notified every state that November funding for the Supplemental Nutr...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
The Trump admin’s USDA issued new guidance stating it will not use existing funds to cover SNAP benefits if the government shutdown extends beyond October 31. This move effectively threatens to withhold billions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funding
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Following the publication of my story, defense counsel for Letitia James filed a motion alleging that Halligan violated multiple legal and ethical rules governing the conduct of prosecutors. They want the government to maintain a log of its media contacts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
night to a lalf that without oftending the fist Amendment or the freedom of the press).
CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, Attorney General James respectfully requests that the Court
issue an Order:
1. Prohibiting further government extrajudicial disclosures of investigative and case
materials, and statements to the media and journalists, concerning this case and any parties or witnesses;
2. Requiring government counsel and agents in this case to obey all relevant federal
laws and regulations regarding proper records retention, preserve all communications with any media person, journalist, or outlet, and take all reasonable steps to prevent the deletion or
14 See, e.g., United States v. Abrego Garcia, No. 3:25-cr-00115, ECF Nos. 69, 73, 101,118 (M.D.
Tenn. Aug. 28, 2025).
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destruction of any records or communications having anything to do with the investigation and
prosecution of this case; and
Directing government counsel to create and maintain a log of all contact between
any government attorney or agent on this case and any member of the news media or press
concerning this case.
A Proposed Order is attached.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
cuomo supporters would be less likely to spew gutter racism unless he gave them the go ahead—which he did.
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Cuomo goes full gutter racist down the stretch
A deranged AI video and radio comments aimed at Mamdani show his truest colors yet.
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
I’m sure Bessent was out on the back forty under the hood of his combine and had to be dragged into this interview.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
A 10-foot-tall statue of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein — holding hands and each with a foot raised behind him — has returned to the National Mall, a week after the National Park Service removed it for not being compliant with an issued permit. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Trump-Epstein statue returns to National Mall
The Park Service had removed the installation, saying that it was out of compliance with its previous permit.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Just unbelievable stuff coming from independent journalists these days. Jack Posobiec, Roger Stone protege, was one of the biggest spreaders of Russian disinfo in 2016. Then Pizzagate, Macron leaks, election-fraud narratives in 2020. And it took til now to show he was voting fraudulently himself? 1/
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MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Join us Kristi Noem! 9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
President Donald Trump doubled down on his administration’s brazen attacks against free speech in a Friday afternoon press conference, telling reporters that publishing negative stories about him is “really illegal.”
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Trump, 79, Claims Negative Stories About Him Are ‘Illegal’
The president also declared himself to be “a very strong person for free speech.”
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
They are f*cking lunatics
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
In the oral argument in the immunity case, Trump's lawyer's answer to the question, "What would be the check on the President just using his officers to break the law?" was, "People will not follow illegal orders." We're about to find out whether that's true.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
There goes the First Amendment.
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
We are being told nothing about these strikes. How they decide to target particular boats, the legal justification for the military, where their intelligence is coming from. What we are being told is that President Trump decided to destroy a boat, and the military obeyed.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/09/2025
The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it. (Published Dec. 2024)
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A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.
U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law, the military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save...
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
OVERNIGHT Federal law enforcement agents dismantled the White House Peace Vigil, the nation’s oldest and longest lasting protest, two weeks after President Trump ordered it taken down. Some sign-wielding volunteers remained @marissajae.bsky.social reports www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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The White House Peace Vigil, after standing for decades, is dismantled
Parts of the vigil were removed earlier this month after Trump ordered, “Take it down.” On Thursday night, only the vigil volunteers and some signs remained.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 20/09/2025
Disney’s Kimmel suspension shows Trump’s increasing grip over media reut.rs/42GJs6e
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Disney’s Kimmel suspension shows Trump’s increasing grip over media
ABC's abrupt suspension of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel under pressure from the Federal Communications Commission is the latest demonstration of the power President Donald Trump wields to bend media, entertainment and digital platforms to his will, as he uses political pressure to mute criticism and punish institutions he sees as biased against him.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
At this pace, it won’t be long before all we’re allowed to see is: “Here is your state-approved propaganda.”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
The Pentagon quickly followed by announcing new restrictions on journalists covering the Department of Defense. Reporters will now be forced to pledge not to gather or use any information unless it has been officially approved, or risk losing their credentials to report on the military altogether.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
This comes just a day after he floated the idea that broadcasters should lose their licenses for airing negative coverage of him. And the threats aren’t empty.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
As if that wasn’t enough, Trump escalated again on Friday by claiming that reporters who criticize his administration are actually breaking the law, a direct assault on the First Amendment and the right of the press to challenge those in power.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
U.S. cities by framing it as an act of war, circling back to rhetoric he first used earlier this month when he hinted online about declaring war on Chicago. “We’re studying this, it’s sort of like war,” Trump said. “I mean I hate to tell you it’s like war.”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
He’s really going full fascism now, openly threatening American citizens while attacking both the press and basic democratic freedoms. Once again, Trump tried to glorify his deployment of the National Guard in
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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 20/09/2025
Discover the legacy of Mary Church Terrell, cofounder of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, educator, and women’s rights advocate who fought segregation. www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smiths...
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Activist and Writer Mary Church Terrell Led the Charge for Desegregation
Discover the legacy of Mary Church Terrell, cofounder of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, educator, and women’s rights advocate.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
The 2025 off-year elections are around the corner, and the marquee races in Virginia, New Jersey, and NYC tell a very different story than four years ago. Democrats are gaining ground, and what happens this fall could set the tone for 2026.
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As Off-Year Elections Approach, Republicans Have Reasons To Worry
How much predictive value do this year's elections have for the 2026 midterms? Turns out, a lot
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Reuters @reuters.com · 13/09/2025
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US judge extends block on deportations of Guatemala unaccompanied migrant children
A U.S. federal judge extended a block on a Trump administration attempt to deport Guatemalan unaccompanied children with active immigration cases, keeping the policy frozen until Tuesday to provide more time to consider the dispute.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 13/09/2025
The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. ― James Baldwin Every single one of them. Goodnight 💚
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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
It's not just Louisiana. Pertussis (whooping cough) has surged globally since the pandemic ended. The infection can be spread by asymptomatic immune individuals, so it's critically important for everyone to be vaccinated, especially babies and pregnant women. Most kids get pertussis from adults.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
As Americans struggle to make ends meet… www.forbes.com/sites/martin...
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner @skirchy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We're publishing an investigation into the Alexandria facility that has become the hub for Trump's deportation program. An inside look at where immigrants are being disappeared and deported. @oliverlaughland.bsky.social @wcraft.bsky.social and Raima Amjad www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Trump’s deportation hub: inside the ‘black hole’ where immigrants disappear
A Guardian investigation into the Alexandria facility reveals a pattern of alleged due process violations, previously unreported accounts of neglect and abuse, documented health emergencies and long s...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 28/08/2025
Remember the oath we took: to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Protecting public health, speaking truth, and resisting corruption is part of that duty.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 28/08/2025
We're in this together 💚✊ Good night, friends -- see you tomorrow.
Therapist: and how does that make you feel?
“I am not very good at describing my emotions, maybe you could just hold up a bunch of pictures until I see one that I would normally comment the word “mood” on?”
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 28/08/2025
Today’s purge of CDC leadership was terrifying - even for those of us who know the risks we face every day: political interference, shootings, and constant pressure to compromise science. If you’re exhausted, scared, or torn between holding the line and walking away: you’re not weak. You’re human.
A mug saying you got this with a broken handle
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 28/08/2025
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
It's time to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr from government before he kills us all
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
All together now: DUMP RFK Jr.
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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
1/Our client was notified tonight by White House staff in the personnel office that she was fired. As a presidential appointee, senate confirmed officer, only the president himself can fire her.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 28/08/2025
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
RFK Jr. must be fired.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23/08/2025
"What we see is this pandering to [Trump's] rural and suburban base. There are people who live in small towns in this country who haven’t been to a city in a long time ... They’re scared of cities. They have racist stereotypes about who lives there and what happens there." trib.al/B2j2H13
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Stephen Miller Erupts in Manic Fascist Rant—and Reveals a Big Weakness
As Miller unleashes a wild tirade about Trump’s D.C. takeover, a sharp observer of his military occupations explains how he’s ominously consolidating power right before our eyes—and how Dems must fight back.
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
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Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Imagine if Biden showed up with this…..
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