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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Republican Max Miller says he will not drop out of the OH-7 House race despite the domestic abuse allegations against him.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
BREAKING: MIAMI (AP) — More than 100 Venezuelans deported from the US hours before earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapses.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
SANGER: “.. the Iranians sense Mr. Trump’s deep reluctance to restart combat operations that are deeply unpopular in the United States, and most Iran experts say they expect Tehran to try to stretch the negotiations for months or years ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/u...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
LOUISIANA: ICE officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing Nicaraguan detainee for Months “while she was under his authority”
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/11/2025
The EPA is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on fine-particle pollution, a move scientists and experts say could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
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Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby. 🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
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This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
NEW: The lame duck conservative majority on the DougCo School Board plans to use its last meeting Tuesday to pass a 10-year extension for all charter schools without a review of their performance and finances. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports:
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 30/10/2025
Around 384,800 Mississippians who rely on food assistance will not be able to access SNAP benefits starting Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown, the Mississippi Department of Human Services announced on Friday. SNAP benefits may be “delayed or may not be issued” next month, the agency said.
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Mississippi to Halt SNAP Food Assistance on Nov. 1 Amid Shutdown
Mississippi residents who rely on food stamps will not be able to access SNAP benefits starting Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown.
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Just wild: after the Kirk assassination, a Tennessee man shared a meme on Facebook about Trump's reaction to a school shooting. Somehow the local sheriff interpreted it as itself menacing a school shooting, and the man's been in jail ever since with bond set at $2 million [Matt Cavedon, @cato.org]
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Free Larry Bushart: “Facebook Jail” Isn’t Supposed to Be a Real Place
The irony at the heart of this case? Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech. As Kirk wrote on X in 2024: “There’s ugly speech. There’s gross speech. There’s evil speech. And ALL of it is protected...
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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
CNN chief Mark Thompson met privately with the White House last week. The next morning, he urged the network to ease up on its coverage of Trump's East Room demolition. The scoop from @nataliekorach.bsky.social in @status.news www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...
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Mark Thompson’s D.C. Drop-In
CNN’s chief has Washington talking about his private meeting at the White House—following which he urged the network to ease up on coverage of Trump’s East Room demolition, Status has learned.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
From 1965 through 2017 when Obama made a deal with Cuba in his last days in office, Cubans on U.S. soil could not be deported to Cuba. There are senior citizens ordered deported in the 1970s who are still here decades after serving their time. Now Trump is dumping some of them in Mexico.
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Cubans with criminal records in the U.S. are being quietly deported to Mexico
The Trump administration is quietly sending hundreds of Cubans and other immigrants with significant criminal records in buses across the border to Mexico, in an expansion of third-country deportation...
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counterpunkt.bsky.social @counterpunkt.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No American flag in front of this house.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority.” … but what is plenary authority?
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The 51st @51st.news · 02/10/2025
DCPS reneged on its promise to help hundreds of international teachers secure a green card. Many may now be forced to leave the country. Read the full story from @maustermuhle.bsky.social 51st.news/dc-green-car...
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DCPS promised them green cards. Now, these international teachers have nowhere to turn
More than 200 teachers may soon have to leave the country because of what they say are broken promises from the city's school system.
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counterpunkt.bsky.social @counterpunkt.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I swear all of these conservatives turn Catholic purely for the vibes and get continually surprised by what it’s actually like. This is super normal Catholic stuff.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2025
The rules have changed. Mike Johnson wants to wait until the official results come in October 14th to swear in Grijalva.
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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
So Democrats shouldn’t call Republicans fascist or gestapo or anything because that could provoke violence, but it is appropriate to call Democrats domestic terrorists or a domestic extremist organization. Do I have that right?
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counterpunkt.bsky.social @counterpunkt.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
No, there’s lots of things that push back the other way every day. Keep going.
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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This is an illegal and dangerous weaponization of the federal government. That Jack Ciattarelli and the Trump admin are breaking the law and exposing private records for political gain is a violation of anyone who has ever served. No veteran's record is safe. www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...
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Archives errs in releasing too much of Mikie Sherrill's military record to her opponent in governor's race
The National Archives admitted a technician had erred in releasing Rep. Mikie Sherill's "entire record."
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 24/09/2025
When Trump announced changes to the H-1B visa program Friday, it was the middle of the night in India. For some H-1B holders there, the next day and a half was a chaotic race around the world.
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The Race Back to America for a Plane Full of H-1B Workers
Reports of a new visa fee for foreign workers prompted hasty goodbyes, races to the airport and an anxiety-filled flight to San Francisco.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 26/03/2025
More details: ICE goons were turned away at HD Cooke. They tried to seize the school nurse in the parking lot without a warrant, but backed off after staff intervened.
ICE Homeland Security Investigations thug, no nameplate, no warrant
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Abolish ICE
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/09/2025
Trump and his cronies are using blatant government coercion to suppress speech they don’t like — a gross violation of the 1st Amendment. Shame on ABC for caving to political blackmail. We must stand with those who resist the bullies and call out those who appease them. NO KINGS.
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ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated. Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms. Collective boycott. Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Disney/ABC just caved & pulled Jimmy Kimmel for political reasons. Nexstar — which owns The CW + 200+ local ABC, NBC, CBS & FOX stations — is part of the same machine. 💥 Boycott Disney. Boycott Nexstar. Boycott their advertisers. Hit them where it hurts: the $$$.
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
"‘The news devastated me’: Pennsylvania NPR station will be first in the U.S. to go dark following Trump’s cuts" -- www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
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‘The news devastated me’: Pennsylvania NPR station will be first in the U.S. to go dark following Trump’s cuts
WPSU, which has been broadcasting out of Penn State since 1953, will shut down following federal cuts to public media organizations
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
So the white dude from Fox News said we should kill mentally ill homeless folks, he apologizes and they’re good; @karenattiah.bsky.social posts an accurate quote and says she’s not in the mood to mourn and gets bounced.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Another US strike on a vessel alleged to be smuggling drugs in the Caribbean. Once again, the specific entity and individuals targeted are not identified—simply labelled as "terrorists." 1/n
This morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike against positively identified, extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. The Strike occurred while these confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela were in International Waters transporting illegal narcotics (A DEADLY WEAPON POISONING AMERICANS!) headed to the U.S. These extremely violent drug trafficking cartels POSE A THREAT to U.S. National Security, Foreign Policy, and vital U.S. Interests. The Strike resulted in 3 male terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this Strike. BE WARNED — IF YOU ARE TRANSPORTING DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE ARE HUNTING YOU! The illicit activities by these cartels have wrought DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES ON AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FOR DECADES, killing millions of American Citizens. NO LONGER. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 15/09/2025
Global EV market in August 2025: 1.7M sales up 25% YTD up 15% vs August 2024 up 5% vs July 2025 share.google/0o9ZWKhFuLsc... 🔌💡 🔌🚗 #upshift
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Global EV market surges with 1.7M sales in August, up 25% YTD
Global EV sales hit 1.7 million in August, up 15% year-over-year, with North America, Europe, and China driving strong growth.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2025
i have said this before but when “getting rid of race in admissions” for the administration means “you can’t even try to reach out to underrepresented communities and encourage them to apply and if you do it is illegal discrimination against white people” then the actual goal here is segregation
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Harvard Ends Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program as Trump Targets Race in Admissions | News | The Harvard Crimson
By ending the minority recruitment program in May, Harvard shuttered a more than 50-year-old initiative to encourage minority high school students to apply.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... The free speech crusade will continue until complete conformity and submission are achieved.
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5 More Faculty, Staff Removed for Kirk Comments
Republican politicians and other conservatives are calling for employees, including those in higher ed, to be terminated for their social media posts about Kirk's killing.
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
"I didn’t leave my conversations with him aligned on every issue. But I am confident that he has the courage, urgency and optimism New York City needs to lead it through the challenges of this moment." -- www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
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Opinion | Kathy Hochul: Why I Am Endorsing Zohran Mamdani
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counterpunkt.bsky.social @counterpunkt.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
TCW is happy @jamellebouie.net is now interacting with this “content.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2025
Stephen Miller: "The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven was he said that we have to dismantle and take on the radical left organizations in this country that are fomenting violence. That was the last message that he sent me ... we are gonna do that."
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Why would fans of a man they hail as a ‘free speech champion’ be so triggered by literally listening to him speak his ‘truths’?
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Politico - President Trump tells reporters "we just have to beat the hell" out of "radical left lunatics," following the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
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Trump says ‘we have to beat the hell’ out of ‘radical left lunatics’ after Kirk killing
The conservative activist's killer remains at large and authorities have not said what the motive was behind his shooting.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 11/09/2025
The U.S. government’s immigration raid on Hyundai Motor’s Georgia battery plant site will set back construction by two or three months.
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Hyundai Raid Will Delay Georgia Battery Plant Construction by Months
The South Korean auto giant makes most of its money from gas-powered vehicles unaffected by the raid of an unfinished EV-battery plant in Georgia.
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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Senate staff just got an alert: "Capitol Police are responding to an incident at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Headquarters. Staff are asked to remain clear of the police activity."
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
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A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story
A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"When do we get to use the guns? To k*ll these people" asks Charlie Kirk supporter (2021) Universal warning
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
In June, a Democratic state rep in Minnesota was murdered, and a state senator was shot. And a couple of days later, Trump said he wouldn't phone Gov. Walz, calling him "whacked out" and "a mess"
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
BREAKING A suspect in the shooting of Charlie Kirk is NOT in custody, per the University to multiple outlets. So the shooter, who reportedly shot Kirk from 200 yards away, is at large.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/09/2025
One day after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on racial profiling, federal agents swarmed a car in Van Nuys. Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman. There is no justification for this. None.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
To put this into context, the judicial warrant for the search at the Hyundai plant named just four people. Relying on that warrant, ICE detained nearly 500 people. DHS admitted that included U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and people lawfully here on visas.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 07/09/2025
D.C. Police sent an arrest warrant for the Republican congressman to the U.S. attorney’s office, where interim U.S. Attorney refused to sign it. The case remained under MPD “investigation” until Trump took over. Then it was promptly, conveniently closed. trib.al/3VYMQps
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
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‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’
Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Today, MAGA is losing it over this video of Pete Hegseth SLAMMING Trump. “All bluster, very low substance… he’s an armchair tough guy. He said that John McCain is not a war hero yet he sought his own five military deferments.” RT to ruin Trump’s day!
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