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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Social Security has been America’s most effective anti-poverty program since 1935. Last year, it lifted 23.5 million people out of poverty, including 16.5 million seniors. Remember this when Republican leaders suggest raising the retirement age or cutting your benefits.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/08/2026
Donor-advised fund sponsors have deemed the Southern Poverty Law Center ineligible for donations, jeopardizing tens of millions of dollars in funding. A source told ProPublica the charity has never gotten an explanation as to why it’s been cut off.
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Wall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic to Defund Charities
A quarter of all individual giving in the U.S. is made through donor-advised funds. A ProPublica investigation reveals how these high-stakes decisions to cut off funding often leave charities, donors ...
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WIRED @wired.com · 16/08/2026
Details from recent court filings show that DOGE's influence within government—and potential conflicts of interest—extend further than previously known.
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FEMA's ‘Shadow Administrator’ Was Paid by a DOGE Member's Startup for Months
Details from recent court filings show that DOGE's influence within government—and potential conflicts of interest—extend further than previously known.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/08/2026
After a 2011 sexual abuse scandal, the national sports organization AAU pledged to implement “historic child protection measures” for the hundreds of thousands of kids in its care. But ProPublica and @washingtonpost.com found that most of these reforms were never implemented.
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A Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened.
More than a decade after the Amateur Athletic Union promised to implement “historic child protection measures,” it still hasn’t done so, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids at risk. Some AAU athlete...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“How is Trump pardoning those who assaulted cops on 1/6 consistent with your pledge to always protect them?” BLANCHE: “blah blah pardon powers separate blah blah Biden” 🤡 Pathetic. They don’t care about police, they care about their power. Follow: @atrupar.com
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/08/2026
Israeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes
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Israeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes
Settlers and soldiers cut off water and electricity to homes, and block medical care in campaign of terror Israeli militants have besieged two Palestinian families in their homes since the weekend, aiming to take over their properties in the West Bank village of Qusra through a campaign of terror. A group of settlers and soldiers set up a tent outside the home of Yousef Hassan on Sunday afternoon, trapping him inside with his wife and two young daughters. Continue reading...
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Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Twitch's "Allow your channel content to train generative AI models" setting is here and on by default. Go turn that shit off, streamer!! The toggle is under your Settings, then 'Security and Privacy'
screenshot of a Twitch account's Settings page, showing Security and Privacy and a toggle that reads "Training for Generative AI"
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 10/08/2026
A Star analysis has found that at least four of the donations appear to have been made by people not living in Alberta — a violation of election rules that require donors to legally reside in the province at the time they contribute. Read more:
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A mysterious cash surge for Alberta’s separatist party is tied to out-of-province donors
A Toronto Star investigation reveals some of the biggest donations to the Republican Party of Alberta appear to come from B.C. political insiders.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 10/08/2026
Star Investigation: In the first half of 2025, donors gave nearly $190,000 — a jump for a party that reported zero contributions the year before. What’s more, the money came from fewer than 50 people, with more than half of them handing over $5,000, the maximum amount allowed under Alberta rules.
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A mysterious cash surge for Alberta’s separatist party is tied to out-of-province donors
A Toronto Star investigation reveals some of the biggest donations to the Republican Party of Alberta appear to come from B.C. political insiders.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Remember: cynicism is a trap. The billionaire class and their GOP lackeys want us to fall into hopelessness so they can have it all without any resistance. It costs them nothing and costs us everything. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Rudy Giuliani is why a lot of people died during and after 9/11. Has anyone said he shouldn't show up? How about George W. who cut anti-terrorism measures that might've prevented it? Why does racist fantasy harm matter more than real harm; the answer is racism, including in amplifying these voices.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/08/2026
The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. Read our original investigation:
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Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as…
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found Facebook's parent company, Meta, is directly paying several controversial content creators including a white nationalist with Neo-Nazi links and a prominent anti-vaxxer.
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Facebook pays controversial creators to produce rage-bait content
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A tough-to-hear but incredibly important @propublica.org podcast episode dropped today: How “Forgive and Forget” Buried a Church’s Dark Secret
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The Church That Told Sexually Abused Children to “Forgive and Forget”
A man was convicted of abusing young girls in his church. Preachers had known the allegations for years. So why didn’t they report him to the police?
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 04/08/2026
What are Canadians supposed to do when their provincial government undermines their healthcare system? On the latest episode of Sources, we're sharing a recording of a virtual health panel we held last month on the subject of ‘when provinces go rogue.' 🎧 pressprogress.ca/canadian-hea...
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Canadian Healthcare: When Provinces Go Rogue
Guest panelists discuss the ways provinces are undermining Canada's healthcare system
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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
And on cue, another (speeding?) driver wrapped their car around a utility pole on Parkside Drive this morning. There used to be speed cameras on Parkside Drive.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A story of cause and effect: Last November, Ontario banned cities from using speed safety cameras to issue tickets. Reckless speeding immediately surged in Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, and cities throughout the province. A 🧵 about my latest in Bloomberg (gift link)
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What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off
In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/08/2026
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
NEW: In 2025 ICE obtained DNA from nearly one million people and funneled it into an FBI criminal database. The collection likely included DNA from young children and was backed by the threat of criminal prosecution. The raw genetic material is stored indefinitely. Free to read:
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ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children
Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The American political/media establishment were outraged that Mayor Mamdani stated that Netanyahu should be turned over to the International Criminal Court. They denounced it as a "stunt." It is a shot across the bow against the war crime regime. charlieangus.substack.com/p/shot-acros...
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Shot Across the Bow
Mamdani calls out the war criminal Netanyahu.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
So dark — the @nypost invented a story about “thousands” of 9/11 families telling @NYCMayor Zohran to “stay away” from the anniversary ceremony… then tried to cover it up when they got called out. (After others picked it up) From @JuddLegum: www.threads.com/share/BAYurF...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 03/08/2026
I think we can say this is the spiritual opposite of Biden’s loan forgiveness program, which targeted public service degrees for debt relief. I don’t think he needs much defending, but the way people blamed him for SCOTUS and the GOP stonewalling debt relief was a real low point in our politics.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 03/08/2026
On Jan. 11, Gregory Bovino watched as his Border Patrol agents dragged a man out of his car at a St. Paul Speedway, knelt on his back until he lost consciousness, and dragged his limp body into the back of a van. The man's name is Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano and this is his story.
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Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano survived a violent arrest in St. Paul. It still haunts him. • Minnesota Reformer
The morning of Jan. 11 began for Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano with an ominous warning: The gas light on his Jeep Cherokee was glowing yellow on the dashboard. He didn’t want to go to work at the r...
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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
These people are mad at Dr. Fauci because he told them to wear a mask during a deadly pandemic.
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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The question you won't see asked in a live interview of Moreno is this: "The RCC thought they could handle abuse quietly. It enabled and increased the abuse and failed to keep it private. PSU, same thing with Sandusky. Why would you decide that you wanted to try what you know increases abuse?"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/08/2026
WATCH: ProPublica & @drilledmedia.bsky.social found that oil and gas companies have been funding climate research at prestigious US universities for 30+ years. This research fostered a misperception that climate change could be solved without dramatically curtailing fossil fuels: propub.li/3TTgAGp
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
We spent early July watching Graham Platner's campaign implode because of abuse; now it's a Republican's turn. Let all this be a reminder of how pervasive violence against women and children is across the political spectrum.
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rich1047 @rich1047.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The story of how the LDS accepted Black people is incredible. IRS: "So you refuse to ordain Black people as bishops?" LDS: "Yes, it's god's will." IRS: "As a racially discriminatory organization, you are no longer tax exempt." LDS: "Hang on... you are NOT gonna believe who I just talked to."
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Erik Ostrom @erikostrom.com · 03/08/2026
Twin Cities friends, note that Earthbound Farms is a subsidiary of Taylor Farms, and their products are carried by the food co-ops.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A dark day for human rights.
four frame comic. first frame shows the logo of amnesty international. second frame shows jk rowling, smiling in the dark. third frame shows an empty classroom, with a pride poster almost falling from the wall. fourth frame shows a trans flag flying in the wind. text above all the images reads : 
on july 8th, amnesty Inter-
national uk published a report
titled “A Growing Threat: The
Anti-Rights Movement in the UK.”
it listed 117 orgs, including anti-
trans and anti-queer ones
backed by jk rowling.
the backlash was immediate
and brutal : rowling pledged
to cover the fees of anyone
who wished to sue amnesty.
the report was taken down
within 48 hours.
this morning (july 31st), amnesty
fully capitulated and released
an apology to anti-trans orgs,
which, it said, should not have
been "collectively labelled as
anti-rights". rowling
celebrated.
an organisation that
bravely faced fascist regimes
and reported human rights
violations for 65 years has caved
to rowling's power and bigotry.
it's a dark day for human rights.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“Should Max Miller resign?” Jim Jordan: “He’s a good man. I’m helping him get re-elected.” Kasie: “He’s accused of throwing boiling water on his ex, held a gun to her head, fractured their daughter’s collarbone…”🤔 Jordan: *stammers helplessly as she plays his Platner comments*
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 21/07/2026
13. Hence our dismal conclusion: rather than finding that LLMs free us to do a better job of what we were doing before they came along, they shift scientific incentives (and the playing field of academic competition) in ways that compel us to do more and more, faster and faster, less and less well.
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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The criminal justice system.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The Competition Bureau was more than willing to wade into the Billy Bishop airport expansion. Imagine that. I spent years trying to get them to look at price fixing of gas prices. Nada. They had nothing to say about grocery giant price fixing. But the airport expansion? They were all in.
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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 01/08/2026
Imagine if the city put even a fraction of this effort into running better transit, building safer streets, getting mixed use built in more of the city, or any of the other things we desperately need... Instead we're wasting millions on blocking housing for wealthy residents... A golf course...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
As millions of Americans lose their healthcare and food aid and struggle to deal with surging gas and grocery prices, what are Senate Republicans focused on? Protecting Trump's sweetheart IRS immunity deal. Priorities.
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'Corruption on Steroids': Republicans Kill Effort to Prevent Trump Tax Audit Immunity | Common Dreams
"Trump’s sweetheart audit immunity deal is perhaps the most brazenly corrupt action taken by a president in American his
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 31/07/2026
Since 2020, Nupqu, Canada’s largest Indigenous-led plant nursery, has distributed about 700,000 seedlings a year at reclamation sites and conservation lands, replenishing mountainsides that have been altered, or are in the midst of being altered, by development. thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/20...
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The Ktunaxa Nursery Restoring BC’s Interior | The Tyee
Nupqu distributes 700,000 seedlings a year to land reclamation projects in their traditional territory.
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EmmaaAAHH! 👻 ArkHell 💀 @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This is my last working week as the labour reporter at PressProgress. I received notice a little over a week ago that the labour reporter position is being terminated and I’m being laid off.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:
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Exclusive: Political operative behind Graham Platner's rise accused of sexual assault
A spokesperson for Daniel Moraff said: “Any suggestion that he committed a criminal offence is false and without foundation."
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 27/07/2026
Federal Government Steps in to Stop Controversial Billy Bishop Expansion After Overwhelming Opposition from Toronto Residents The province’s plans were one of many unilateral changes made by the Ford government within the city. pressprogress.ca/federal-gove...
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Federal Government Steps in to Stop Controversial Billy Bishop Expansion After Overwhelming Opposition from Toronto Residents
The province’s plans were one of many unilateral changes made by the Ford government within the city.
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A bit overwhelmed this morning with my words quoted in the Metro, Standard, Mirror, Independent and even in Australia, but crickets, i’m told from the Times, Telegraph, Guardian and Daily Mail. I always ruminate about how I might have said it better, because the message is too important to mess up.
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Heyyyyy this is why we don’t indoctrinate kids to “obey” and unquestioningly submit to the “authority” of adults. It primes a whole culture for the shitshow we have now. A posture of submission is contagious. Good news: so is a posture of independence and embracing our agency.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 26/07/2026
BBC demands Trump hand over personal text messages in bid to prove he incited Jan 6 riots
trib.al
BBC demands Trump hand over personal text messages in £7.5bn lawsuit
The broadcaster is seeking messages between Trump and his advisers in the hours before the storming of the US Capitol
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/07/2026
Consumers know virtually nothing about the farms where their blueberries come from. Until something changes, they won’t be able to make choices that could make a difference in the lives of the people who pick them. by @maxblau.bsky.social
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Do My Grocery Store Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed?
Max Blau spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is the produce he buys at the grocery store part of the problem?
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 25/07/2026
This is highly skilled work because you need to know the vines and terroir. I interviewed vintners a few years ago and they all talked about welcoming the same workers back year after year.
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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It’s important to keep in mind that Rupert Murdoch gets credit for driving #climatechange, all in the name of making profits for himself. The top 3 countries denying climate change are the USA, the UK and Australia. Guess who’s got the biggest media footprint in all three countries? #r4today
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
The Times: Net zero risks blackouts. Below a photo of French wildfires.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House. At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents. And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries. The cruelty is endless.
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