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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It’s bed time….
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Embarrassing. Embarrassing for him. Embarrassing for the legal profession. Embarrassing for the Justice Department. Embarrassing for his former law partners (who have been embarrassed more than they deserve lately). Embarrassing for his family. And embarrassing for the country.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is a terrific illustration -- for elected officials but also for media figures -- of the incredible power of simply refusing to take a bullshit dodge for an answer. Keep asking the question, over and over again, and make the weasels squirm.
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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Well, 71 years is quite a long life for an invertebrate.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I wonder what percentage of Americans knows that the CIA helped overthrow a democracy in Iran in 1953, installing a brutal dictator who tortured and murdered people. Republicans keep citing the 1979 Islamic Revolution as if that was the start of U.S.-Iran hostilities. Go back 26 years earlier.
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In first, CIA acknowledges 1953 coup it backed to overthrow leader of Iran was undemocratic
While other American officials have made similar remarks in the past, the acknowledgment by the CIA in a podcast about the agency’s history comes as much of its official history of the coup still rema...
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 08/03/2026
The CIA-backed coup against Prime Minister Mosaddegh which installed the Shah is also key for understanding why some Iranians invaded the U.S. embassy in 1979 (tragically taking the employees hostage). Many believed the prior coup was planned in the embassy and feared another would happen.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
the most important state election of early 2026 is right around the corner… though you’d never know it by the attention it’s receiving. here’s hoping this bolts article helps jumpstart a little more chat!
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Still of President Trump at yesterday's dignified transfer ceremony as seen on Fox & Friends.
A young Donald Trump wearing red tie and overcoat.
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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Incredible catch here. Fox used footage from December 17, 2025, where Trump was not dressed in garish campaign swag. youtu.be/FxfiAuFfMas?...
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President Trump Participates in Dignified Transfer at Dover Air Force Base
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This is something you'd see from Russian media
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ashley (birthday week) 🕸️ @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
sweetheart, Abigail Spanberger won by 15.5 points and you did not bother to endorse her opponent. shut the fuck up.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 29/01/2026
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice Singing through the bloody mist We’ll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst Directed by Thom Zimny Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/01/2026
This make you uncomfortable? Good! Because this isn’t history, it’s reality and what ICE has normalized.
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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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chipaustin1.bsky.social @chipaustin1.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Nick Perri (@xplicitpolitix)
Philly is not fucking around. This should be happening in EVERY. FUCKING. CITY!
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This is Alex Pretti.
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Apropos of nothing, remembering the old Chinese author Lu Xun: “Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.” ― Lu Xun
a photo of Lu Xun
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Every part of this is heartbreaking
The family first learned of the shooting when they were called by an AP reporter. 

His parents said their last conversation with their son was a couple days before his death. They talked about repairs he had done to the garage door of his home. The worker was a Latino man, and Alex said with all that was happening in Minneapolis he gave the man a $100 tip.

“He cared about people deeply and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis and throughout the United States with ICE, as millions of other people are upset,” Michael Pretti said. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong, so he did participate in protests.”
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I am not a defamation or torts scholar, but boy do I have a good title for your next law review article: Government Defamation.
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Agreed 100% with @charlesgaba.com on this: the argument by Democratic Senators that they're "voting to confirm Trump nominees who are gonna get confirmed no matter what anyway" is utterly absurd, terminally naive, laughable, etc. bluevirginia.us/2026/01/sund...
"There are a lot of criticisms of Dem Senators which I think are out of line, but the 'voting to confirm Trump nominees who are gonna get confirmed no matter what anyway' thing is one which I honestly don't understand." - Charles Gaba
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Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Get your tickets now!
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
FBI Director Kash Patel: "When you attack our nation's capital, you attack the very being of our way of life. This FBI and this DOJ stand here to tell you we will always refute it and combat it." Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/12/2025
Jeffries on the WH's explanation of Hegseth's reported double tap strike: "The White House is lying, but that's no surprise, because they lie for a living and the American people know it."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
"a country she said she had never been to...." www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
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Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
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Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/12/2025
schmitt’s derisive mention of “color revolution” is a good clue as to the nature of his information environment
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/12/2025
Q: You said that second strike was in accordance with the law of armed conflict, but the Navy's own manual says that firing on survivors from a wrecked vessel is an example of a war crime LEAVITT: I would reiterate that the strike was conducted in accordance with the law of armed conflict
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God @thegodshow.com · 01/12/2025
Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
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Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Even now, thinking about himself
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly told the White House that most Republicans aren't interested in extending ACA subsidies. Reminder that 57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican. They're selling out their own voters.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
“Today, family separations are back, only now they are happening all across the country.” www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Video of her being dragged by authorities in Ghana: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
NEW: In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant. She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency. Then she died. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 19/11/2025
"Punish people for being unhealthy. Born with genetic defects? Fuck you." Of course, using Mullin's logic, anyone who comes down with COVID, measles, rubella, whooping cough etc. because they refused to get vaccinated had it coming, so...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
You may not be able to afford rent and groceries, and your health insurance may be about to skyrocket in 42 days, but the good news is that the Saudis got F-35s, nuclear tech, and security guarantees after putting hundreds of millions in Trump’s pocket.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/11/2025
NEW: Trump’s climate policies could lead to 1.3 million more temperature-related deaths by 2115, our analysis found. “The sheer numbers are horrifying,” a climate advocate said. “These are people with lives, with families, with hopes and dreams.”
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Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Stauber voted against this project he’s now taking credit for, as Republicans do constantly.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
This keeps happening. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Pardoned Capitol rioter tried to bribe child sex victim with promise of Jan. 6 payout, officials say
Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida, including lewd/lascivious molestation, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.
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Dana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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StuffbyStef🐚🌊🪸✍🏻🌈🚫👑 @stephaniebumpus.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
This is gotta be the press photo of the year 2025
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15/11/2025
ICE vs the clergy
Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim VondruskaA masked ICE agent sprays David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois. 

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Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.Pastor David Black of the First Presbyterian Church in chicago being hit in the head with a pepper ball Sept 19 at the Broadview ICE facility An unidentified federal agent fires a chemical weapon into Rev. Jorge Bautista's face during a protest outside of Coast Guard Island in Oakland on Thursday Oct. 23, 2025. Credit: David Bacon
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I.C.E. is a government-run domestic terror organization. Here they are, kidnapping a father while his children plead for his life.
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Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
Black and white photograph of six-year-old Ruby Bridges, wearing a dark dress and white cardigan and carrying a School bag, accompanied by three FBI agents in dark suits.
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