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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot. Salah Sarsour was arrested and jailed. The next victim of ICE's cruelty could be you. We must all speak out and demand accountability.
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‘She was pure love’: Renee Good’s partner makes first public comments as family sues U.S. government, ICE officer over her killing
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Good, 37, in the driver’s seat of her SUV during a Jan. 7 en
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Facility staff said detainees were not locked in the enclosures, but federal investigators found locking mechanisms on them..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages to Confine Migrants, DHS Watchdog Report Says
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The War on Terror began 25 years ago today, when Congress passed the post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force. Only one member of Congress had the courage and foresight to oppose this blank check for forever wars: Barbara Lee.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It is our solemn duty not just to remember what happened 25 years ago but to acknowledge and repudiate the brutality it summoned in America. robertreich.substack.com/p/a-quarte…
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QTori 🍣 @qtori.art · 04/09/2026
I will add pressure to this by saying that any company that claims to not hold onto your personal data after verifying you? They're lying. Ive been nitro free since the first time they tried this, voice how you feel with your wallet people. Make them really feel that squeeze.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In its new rule to implement Trump’s anti-mail voting order, the United States Postal Service compared mail ballots to fake bombs and human and animal remains. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS compares mail ballots to fake bombs, cremated remains
“Although ballot mail does not present precisely the same operational issues as cremated remains or replica explosives, it is unquestionably sensitive mail that raises unique operational consideration...
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
More info on those Kavanaugh stops:
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elliott junkyard 🌱 @elliottjunkyard.northsky.social · 19/07/2026
the "always has been" meme: astronaut 1 says "the point of AI is to take literacy away from the working class?", astronaut 2 says "always has been"
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Nosfrogtu @pogue.omg.lol · 18/07/2026
“The effect of ChatGPT on educators’ lives is catastrophic. Whether you intended to do it or not, you’ve made every teacher’s life infinitely more difficult than it was two years ago. So, just let that settle in… If students are using it to compose, which is the biggest tragedy of all, they’ll never learn to write. And their voice is stolen from them. They’ll never have the ability to say their truth and tell their own story. And that’s silencing an entire generation or two.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trump's Medicaid work requirements are putting even terminally ill patients through bureaucratic nightmares to keep their health insurance — all to fund even more tax cuts for the wealthy.
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c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Alright, it was suggested to me that I actually crowdfund the out of pocket cost for the lumbar MRI since my insurance keeps denying the day before the appt even w/ it as an important order. I will have more info in the replies as well. I was honestly hesitant but... ko-fi.com/portaltohades
Right now, I'm currently in need of a lumbar MRI but due to insurance denials and other roadblocks, I may be forced to pay out of pocket. Since trying to get it twice now, my symptoms have significantly worsened over the last few months. After discussing my options with friends, I've agreed to make a kofi goal to cover the MRI, bills, transportation, and a small cushion for other necessities. Literally any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Deafening noise. Extreme water use. Massive electricity consumption. And 70% of Americans don't want them built in their communities. It is time for a moratorium on AI data centers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Trump regime has killed at least 221 people by bombing boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since last September. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. This is a danger to us all.
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Deadly U.S. boat strikes have failed to curb cocaine supply, Pentagon and DEA officials say
The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A woman’s Global Entry was revoked days after she legally observed ICE agents. ICE agents showed up to a polling place to demand a worker remove an anti-ICE post. A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for moving a box of left-wing magazines. Trump’s crackdown on dissent is here. Be warned.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Corporations spend more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5 billion they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 20/07/2026
The Trojan horse was a gift too. Air Force One never should have been gifted from another country. That raises serious corruption and national security concerns.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
BREAKING NYT: The Trump admin sought the phone records of several Times journalists and their relatives — including one reporter's mother — in its effort to unmask the confidential sources who had provided information for articles about the security capabilities of Trump's new Air Force One jet.
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Trump Administration Sought Phone Records of Times Journalists and Their Relatives
The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president’s new Air Force One. The Times has asked a judge to quash the subpoenas.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is leading a coalition of billionaires who plan to spend $87M+ on ads attacking California's proposed wealth tax. He's accidentally making the case for the billionaire tax better than anyone else could!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
ICE shared Medicaid data, which it wasn't even supposed to have in the first place, with Palantir. Anyone else worried about this? Here's what you should know about Palantir. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88
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The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir.
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Inequality Media Civic Action @imcivicaction.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
ICE has gone completely rogue. It acts as judge, jury, and executioner — due process be damned. It is turning immigration enforcement into a potential death sentence that puts all of us at risk. Abolish ICE.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, is the 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year alone. At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to office — an all-time high. Everyone who carried out this reign of terror must face consequences.
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Venezuelan man becomes 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year
Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found ‘unresponsive’ while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
These 10 steps are crucial for making America affordable again. Please share this with all Democrats who are running for office, and ask them to make the pledge. robertreich.substack.com/p/a-10-poi…
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Oligarch Watch @muskwatch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Less than four months after being found liable for building addictive design elements into Instagram, Meta is developing plans to lace its platforms with a novel gambling feature: a prediction market that could feed users an individualized stream of events to bet on.
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Like “combining alcohol and cocaine”: Meta plans to add gambling to its addictive platforms
Less than four months after being found liable for building addictive design elements into Instagram, Meta is developing plans to lace its platforms with a novel gambling feature: a prediction market ...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo called Houston home for 35 years. On Tuesday, an ICE agent shot and killed him. His family learned of his death from a video before anyone bothered to knock on their door.
New York City stands with the Salgado family in demanding a full, independent investigation and real accountability. To the Salgado family and any immigrant family in this city living in fear: we grieve with you and we will continue to stand beside you in the pursuit of justice.
Abolish ICE.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"This is the exact spot that Lorenzo took his final breath," said Cesar Espinosa, executive director of FIEL Houston. "And in the spirit of solidarity, I don't know about you, but I say, if they come for one of us, they come for all of us." www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/civ...
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Hundreds march in protest of fatal ICE shooting in Houston’s Magnolia Park | Houston Public Media
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo died early Tuesday during what ICE described as a "targeted enforcement operation." The protesters called for an end to such immigration operations in Houston.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
U.S. military spending could soon hit a record $1.5 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that have routinely price-gouged the government, according to investigations. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed eight straight audits. Hello???
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Federal immigration agents have fatally shot 10 people in Trump’s second term. 10 human beings. 10 people with families, friends, hopes, and dreams. 10 people who should still be alive today. Everyone carrying out Trump’s deadly agenda must answer for their crimes.
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‘New terrifying levels’: 10 people fatally shot by immigration officials in Trump’s second term
As Trump’s immigration crackdown continues, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s death marks another high-profile killing by ICE off
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Seth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"The shift toward consumption taxes could make state tax systems feel lighter for high earners while taking a bigger bite from lower-income families...the tax divide among states could quietly reinforce racial inequality." www.axios.com/2026/07/09/t...
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The hidden costs of low-tax states
The next fiscal fault line: income vs. sales.
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Eromancer @eromancer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
We have a little over 24 hours to save the internet. The vote for a package of internet-freedom destroying bills is being rushed to the US House floor on Monday the 29th. Spread this beyond Bluesky, ASAP. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online
Buried inside the KIDS Act are provisions that will push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation policies for online speech, and even create new rules about p...
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Forward Blue @forwardblue.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Send a message to your representatives today to stop this bullsh*t: act.eff.org/action/tell...
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Tell Congress: Don’t Force Age Checks Online
Congress is preparing to vote on the KIDS Act, a sweeping internet bill that would pressure websites and apps to determine users’ ages before allowing them to read websites, send private messages, or participate in online communities.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
When I was 15 I was using social media to learn about abortion rights, LGBTQ identity and history, and of course blog up to 8 hours a day about Supernatural. I demand the next generation have the same rights I did
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The immense economic power of the richest Americans allows them to wield immense political power, too. They can pour millions into our elections to elect politicians that will continue to rig the system in their favor. We must end this vicious cycle.
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"Our results reveal two forms of bias: a persistent preference for male-authored references & a majority-group bias that favors whichever gender is more prevalent in the candidate pool. These biases are amplified in larger candidate pools & only modestly attenuated by prompt-based mitigation..."
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
JD Vance's "anti-fraud" task force has suspended funding for 43 legitimate hospice providers. Meanwhile, Trump continues to pardon actual fraudsters — including a nursing home executive who made $1.3B in fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims. "Tough on crime."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Ths is flying under the radar, but Russ Vought is advancing a new scheme to give Trump's cronies total control of nearly $179B in federal grant funds. Billions for lifesaving disaster relief and medical research would be subject to Trumpian loyalty oaths. Make no mistake: this is fascism.
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Alarm Grows Over Vought Plan to Give Trump Cronies Control of Federal Grant Money | Common Dreams
"The test will be a simple one: Are you sufficiently loyal to the president? If the answer is no, it will result in the
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Your money — whether it’s a 401K, a pension, or a college endowment — is now tied up in Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Guess who will be stuck holding the bag when the rocket crashes?
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Congresswoman Madeleine Dean @repdean.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
For 27 years, the Bipartisan Women’s Caucus laid a wreath for our women veterans. This year, it was cancelled. The generations of women who have fought, died, and sacrificed for our freedom will not be erased.
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This Is What Happened When Trump/Musk Abandoned the World’s Poorest Children “The world’s richest men are crushing the world's poorest children (I appreciate the shoutout to Into the Woods Chipper: “It chronicles the callousness, dishonesty and ineptitude.”) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...
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Opinion | This Is What Happened When Trump Abandoned the World’s Poorest Children
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Data4Miles @datafourmiles.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
No matter how much money Elon Musk makes, this will be his legacy.
Headline of the NYT picture that reads “Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death” May 30, 2025. The black and white picture is of a soulless Elon Musk standing in a hall wearing a black blazer over a black T-shirt with white letters. No discernible words are visible.
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