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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
👇👇👇👇👇👇 "Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..." www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
politico.com
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
We’re the bad guys now.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 17/11/2025
Epstein survivors PSA. Please SHARE far and wide! I’m reading “Nobody’s Girl” - heartbreaking, infuriating and a must read. Hold the men to account!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
David Frum on Jimmy Kimmel: "This is not cancel culture because it's not culture. It's state repression. It's an order from the government. Here is the script, you must read, if you do not read it, you will be taken off the air."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/09/2025
The Greer Center was supposed to be a refuge for people with developmental disabilities. But accounts from inside the secretive facility in Oklahoma paint a starkly different picture, depicting a place where helpless patients faced beatings, waterboarding and constant fear. nyti.ms/4mcQZR9
A photo of the Robert M. Greer Center, a brick and beige building with a sloping brown roof. A headline reads: "Inside a ‘Hell on Earth’ in Oklahoma" Photo by Desiree Rios for The New York Times
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
More:
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What is a 'groyper? What to know about Nick Fuentes' alt-right movement
Fuentes' band of extremist followers take their name from the underbelly of internet meme culture.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Trump now threatening to use military to destroy Chicago to send a message. This was never about crime. Trump is a Traitor. MAGA is the new Confederacy-at what point do Blue states need need to mobilize their National Guard to repel a Trump invasion? www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
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Trump Threatens Chicago With 'WAR' In Bonkers Post
Donald Trump warned Chicago that they are "about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR" in an AI-post showing the city going full Apocalypse Now.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Senator Rand Paul directly and forthrightly takes on JD Vance: "What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment it is to glorify killing someone without a trial."
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 04/09/2025
In 1900, 31% of all deaths were children under the age of 5.  Today it’s 0.7%.  Vaccines, medications, and modern science are the reason why.  Trust the science, it’s been proven to work safely and efficiently time and time again.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 30/08/2025
In Ghislaine Maxwell’s Justice Department interview, she comes off as pathetic, loathsome, and utterly lacking in remorse. The entire operation was damage control—an attempt to exculpate President Trump from his own involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.
newyorker.com
What Ghislaine Maxwell Told the Justice Department
Listening to the convicted sex offender’s lengthy interview reveals that she and her interviewer had one goal—to satisfy Donald Trump.
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The Trump administration used Benny Johnson's claims that his house was "burned to the ground" and that "people were murdered in my front yard" to justify its federal takeover of DC. @kenbensinger.bsky.social found out that Johnson made it all up. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...
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He Plagiarized and Promoted Falsehoods. The White House Embraces Him.
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Marie @mindymiller.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
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NPR @npr.org · 29/08/2025
In Mike Johnson's district, not only could thousands of Louisianians lose coverage, health centers are bracing for a financial hit. They're hoping for additional funding to make up for Medicaid cuts.
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Speaker Johnson pushed Medicaid cuts. His constituents worry about their own coverage
In Mike Johnson's district, not only could thousands of Louisianians lose coverage, health centers are bracing for a financial hit. They're hoping for additional funding to make up for Medicaid cuts.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/08/2025
if, God forbid, there’s a terrible tragedy, it seems highly likely the president’s conspiracy-minded base will weave Vance into the plot
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
I often talk about the fact that MAGA does not access the same news as the left wing. I present to you Exhibit A. Dr. Daskalakis’ resignation letter excoriated RFK Jr. and shared that RFK Jr. was lying to the public, manipulating data, and ordering unethical actions. This what Fox News served.
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CDC official includes
'pregnant people' terminology and pronouns in resignation letter
Daskalakis accused President Trump's administration of attempting 'to erase transgender populations'
By Alex Nitzberg • Fox News
Published August 28, 2025 1:47pm EDT
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NPR @npr.org · 29/08/2025
After deadly Minneapolis mass shooting, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison push for federal, state and local gun reform.
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After Minneapolis mass shooting, two Minnesota leaders push for gun reform
After deadly Minneapolis mass shooting, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison push for federal, state and local gun reform.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
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Alisa Kesten @alisakesten.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Texas Republicans- we hear you, we see you. ground.news/article/texa...
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Texas Rep. Nicole Collier Remains on House Floor After Refusing Law Enforcement Escort
SAN ANTONIO - Texas House Democrats are allegeding that one representitive is being held a political prisoner on the state House floor.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
No agency insignia at all on their uniforms, so this is likely not DEA or ATF or FBI or Border Patrol. So probably it’s DHS, most likely ICE. And yeah, the comment about “liberal” is really telling. These guys are wildly unprofessional.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Found the welfare queen! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
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SpaceX Gets Billions From the Government. It Gives Little to Nothing Back in Taxes.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member. RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
On our lead story tonight:
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
"She accompanied her mother, Rev. Kim, who is widely recognized as the first woman to be ordained as an Anglican priest in the Seoul Diocese of the Anglican Church of Korea..." www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...
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US immigration authorities detain daughter of Korean Episcopal priest - The Korea Times
The daughter of a Korean Episcopal priest has been detained by U.S. immigration authorities in New York, despite holding what legal advocates say is valid immigration status — drawing strong condemnat...
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Marlena Graves MDiv, PhD @marlenagraves.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again:
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
People are dying
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
This is the kind of excessive force case DOJ routinely prosecutes. They should open an investigation here, based on the misconduct not the victims status.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
So much for MAHA.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..." www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
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250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
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Axios @axios.com · 14/06/2025
NEW: The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Minnesota lawmaker
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Suspect identified in fatal shooting of Minnesota lawmaker
Vance Boelter, 57, was last seen wearing a light colored cowboy hat with a dark long-sleeved shirt.
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Indivisible Westchester ❌👑 @indiviswestchester.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Amazing turnout and energy in Westchester and across the country. #NoKings
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Holy shit, New York! Here’s the full view. #NoKings #50501Movement
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This is not hard. Every Republican member of Congress should join Democrats in condemning this administration’s vicious arrest of Sen Padilla. “A Republic if you can keep it” is now.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable."
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Attorney Ben Crump @attorneybencrump.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Law enforcement in L.A. used tear gas, flash grenades, and rubber bullets on protesters — one reporter was even hit live on air. These “less-lethal” weapons can blind, break bones, and even kill. They’re not crowd control — they’re tools of fear and intimidation.
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What Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Do to the Human Body
So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill.
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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 12/06/2025
This is a US Senator! ICE Barbie and all the federal agents involved in this stunt need to be fired and fined!
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NPR @npr.org · 12/06/2025
JUST IN: Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was removed from a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.
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Sen. Padilla removed from DHS press conference
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was removed from a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 12/06/2025
Donald Trump is forcing the American military to intimidate our citizens in their own communities. If a U.S. Senator can't question the Trump Administration about that, who can? This is pure un-American authoritarianism, and it should scare us all. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Sen. Alex Padilla is forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference in Los Angeles
Noem was in L.A. to address the ongoing demonstrations protesting President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/06/2025
A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference. But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
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Sen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie
Forcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide.
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