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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is an important thread, folks. @propublica.org is doing such good work. Important work.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

These are great signs—with the powerful messaging that we need to see—and they’re free! Grab some!

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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026

A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026

NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.

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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote

A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026

Shot in the back. No criminal record.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.

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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026

The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals

A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Kavanaugh stop

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hey folks: I’ll bet you feel REALLY represented now. They’re going home to serve themselves. NOT us. The ultimate accountability dodge. Elections are accountability. Let’s prove it.

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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is a very interesting new resource, The Register of British Slave-Traders. 'The Register focusses on the individuals who sought to profit from the enslavement of over 3 million African men, women, and children, whose identity was – for the most part – erased from the historical record.' 🗃️

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The Register of British Slave-Traders

The Register of British Slave-traders compiles and presents information on all known slave-traders in Britain who invested in the trafficking of captive Africans from 1563 to 1807.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 15/09/2026

Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

___, (slip op., at 9) (internal quotation marks omitted).
As for the equities, the Government has a strong interest
in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also “en-
hance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail” in order to better
detect election fraud. 91 Fed. Reg. 54972. On the other side
of the balance, the plaintiff States invoke the practical ef-
fects of implementing the rule close to the midterm elec-
tions. I take that problem very seriously, but it is not
enough to convince me to deny the application.
First, as the District Court acknowledged, the States dis-

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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done.

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Trump admin offers no evidence of election fraud in court battle over mail voting restrictions" - Democracy Docket. They never have. Every claim they make on TV, they don't make in court. Not once have they provided in court any evidence whatsoever of voter fraud. All they have is lies.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/09/2026

Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party. Seems like it should be a story?

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

BREAKING: Our banned interview with Kimmel generated 6 million views on YouTube.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/09/2026

NEW: A union representing more than 200,000 postal workers issued a stark warning Tuesday. They say a “catastrophic wholesale non-delivery” of hundreds of thousands of mail ballots will likely occur if states are forced to comply with USPS's new mail voting rule this November.

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‘Catastrophic’: Postal workers slam Trump’s mail voting restrictions, urge Supreme Court to uphold block

A union representing 200,000 postal workers said the restrictions "will inevitably grind the operation of the postal system to a halt."

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The absolute desperation of “I’ll pay you for your vote…” It’s also illegal.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Deliberately crashing the American economy—costing American families well over $5,000 each—and then promising to pay those families back $5,000 but *only if* they keep letting him abuse them and the country for two more years... ...is some *seriously* dark, domestic-abuser shit.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I discussed this plan to remove a requirement for public input on air-pollution permits for data centers a little while back. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nywc...

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The Environmental NON-Protection Agency

YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/09/2026

When Pete Hegseth polled top commanders about cutting a program designed to protect civilians during military operations, he bet they’d back his view that the program was “woke” and out of step with “maximum lethality,” officials told ProPublica. Instead, every commander rebuffed the idea.

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Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.

The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied a right-wing group’s request to force Michigan to place a proposed constitutional amendment requiring proof of citizenship to vote on the November 2026 ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Supreme Court denies right-wing group’s bid to force Michigan proof-of-citizenship measure on November ballot

The denial, issued by Justice Brett Brett Kavanaugh, likely means the measure is dead.

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 03/09/2026

James Talarico on America’s backwards priorities: “I wish our government would go after pedophiles the way they go after brown men headed to work at 7 a.m.” Me too. #SheShed

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 03/09/2026

If you didn’t know, now you know that Illinois earned ANOTHER credit upgrade this week. That’s two in just the span of days from Moody’s and S&P. We’re strengthening our reserves, confronting pension obligations, and putting our state on a path to long-term financial security.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts barred the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Friday from advancing new mail voting restrictions that, if carried out, could leave vast numbers of people unable to cast a ballot by mail this fall. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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In major win for voters, judge blocks Trump’s mail voting restrictions for midterms

"The court concludes that disenfranchisement for Plaintiff Organizations’ members, regardless of residence, is practically inevitable," the judge wrote.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Things seem to be going really, really, really well in the Department of Defense these days.

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mmfab.bsky.social @mmfab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Canadian voters of all parties recognize an existential threat. Why can’t American voters? There is only one election issue and that’s democracy itself. The rest won’t matter if the status quo remains.

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

House Republicans failed to muster the necessary votes to back a proposed constitutional amendment that would set membership of SCOTUS at nine, although they did remind everyone that the number of justices is not enshrined in the Constitution and can be amended at any time by statute.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.

Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."

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CorSmith @corspeak.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Yes, exactly what I've been saying!

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Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sam Waterston, the television and film actor, said he was motivated to attend the demonstration because he did not want his alma mater to “give in to a bully.” “This [presidential] administration has been getting us all acquainted with what it feels like to live in an authoritarian society."

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Yale demonstrators challenge potential Trump DOJ settlement

The university prohibited reporters from covering the event on campus.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hook this right into my veins.

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Joe Morelle @morelle.house.gov · 01/09/2026

These whistleblower allegations are extraordinary. If Trump Administration officials knowingly built a system designed to prevent Americans from receiving their ballots, that is not election security. It is a betrayal of our Constitution and the American people.

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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms

A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is likely why Republicans keep hawking data centers when they're deeply unpopular with actual voters. The money demands they do.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Interesting!

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“To avoid the White House’s rage…” The president as a classic abuser. Any victim of abuse has lived/lives this dynamic. Do whatever you have to do to avoid rage.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

To folks who think caving on things like “Lake America” doesn’t matter in the long run… It does. It invites more such ego-serving It suggests that there’s no push back. It teaches people to expect more of the same. It matters.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/08/2026

in john roberts’ constitution, congress does not exist and the power of the purse belongs to the president, who is an elected dictator embodying the authentic Will of the People

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The new CDC Director is indeed the one who ordered the count of measles deaths to be changed from 2 to 0. “The highly unusual decision departs from the agency’s practice of including such data from state health departments, which historically make the determinations”.

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New CDC director delays adding Pennsylvania deaths to measles data

The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D).

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's a pretty big fucking problem that no one can say for sure whether the President of the United States knows this is AI

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/08/2026

While the 911 calls we obtained may be difficult to listen to, they offer a glimpse into a place reporters cannot access. And they show failures in responding to mental health and medical emergencies in a place where three people died over six weeks.

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Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”

Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...

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Stephanie @blooming-burbs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Lot of horrific details in this story like the ICE thugs drinking on the deportation flight. I want to start hearing very clear plans from political leaders about how they intend to pursue accountability. I also don't think 'rehab ICE' is a defensible position. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...

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‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American Prospect

On July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.

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