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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

A Project 2025 architect just said the quiet part out loud: they proposed 1,913 recommendations. 1,055 are already implemented. And the credit? “Donald J. Trump.” This was always the plan. You were always meant to think it wasn’t. #momsky#sheshed

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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule

Russell Vought is going destroy American Science

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/05/2026

This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations. For example: 1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

1/ This is awful for so, so many reasons. Just to pick one: even if you thought it was lawful and appropriate to vet funded research for consistency with the government's priorities, *the president is not the government*.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

When Alex Pretti peacefully went to help a woman who was attacked by ICE They swarmed, beat, pepper sprayed and-eventually-shot and killed him Stephen Miller called Pretti a terrorist THAT violent rhetoric emboldened ICE to routinely assault Americans-including Senator Andy Kim just two days ago

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 29/05/2026

Nevermind about the cost of gas

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Memphis Residents Sue Federal Agents Over Arrest Tactics Amid Crime and Immigration Crackdown www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/u...

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Memphis Residents Are Latest to Sue Over Federal Agents’ Arrest Tactics

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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Bessent looks like he’s practicing his "I’m definitely a serious person" face while describing a literal Monopoly move.😐

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Bessent was just asked if he can confirm Alito's son is working at Treasury and, if so, should the justice recuse himself from cases involving the dept Bessent said he's sure Alito "follows all legal and ethical guidelines" and Treasury "follows all legal and ethical guidelines"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/05/2026

COLLINS: Politically, do you think it's a good idea to put the president's face on a $250 bill when people are struggling to afford gas and groceries? BESSENT: Do you think we should have a 250th celebration? C: But that's happening anyway-- BESSENT: No. It's happening because it's being funded

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

It's rad as hell that there hasn't been a deal reached, the U.S. and Iran are still lobbing missiles at each other, and that Axios and other corporate media outlets just continue shoveling this dumb, obviously untrue bullshit out there to serve the purpose of manipulating the market.

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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Wow, we've got peace! We just need Trump to sign onto the peace deal & Iran to sign onto the peace deal & the peace deal still needs terms. Neat. We're learning so much about diplomacy here on the Internet today.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

No one should expect Talarico to win this by 7 points. If he wins, and remember this is still Texas, Paxton has won statewide multiple times, and advertising there is expensive, it will likely be very close. Unless the bottom falls out even further for Trump, which, hey, anything is possible.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Taking it seriously, this would shut down essentially every major international airport in the US that's not in Florida or Texas.

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🌴Jeff🌴 @counseloroh.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A Florida judge publicly rules that the new Florida gerrymandered map, that DeSantis admitted was prepared with partisan intent, was not prepared with partisan intent. That is some Clarence Thomas level unethical behavior.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/05/2026

BOOM 💥 NEW: South Carolina Republicans saw the insane lines and slammed the brakes on another gerrymandering circus targeting Black voters and Jim Clyburn. S Carolina Dems made it clear: changing maps after voting already started is crazy work!

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

South Carolina Republicans just rejected Trump’s push to redraw districts and target Jim Clyburn. When members of your own party won’t touch the scheme… that tells you everything.

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Just two weeks ago, the Supreme Court let Republican lawmakers cancel Alabama primaries where people had already started voting so the GOP could implement this racist congressional gerrymander. Now the Supreme Court will likely say it’s too close to an election for the lower court to block the map

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A panel of federal judges just rejected Alabama’s new voting map for the November midterm elections, saying that the districts discriminated against Black people and could not be used so shortly before a vote. The Supreme Corrupts will overturn it. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 26/05/2026

remember: the lower court had *already* blocked Alabama's map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander but 2 weeks ago, the Supreme Court instructed it to reconsider in light of Callais now the lower court is like....yeah so uh this is still unconstitutional! ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

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The Supreme Court Is Very Concerned About “Voter Confusion,” Except When It Helps Republicans

A Court that claims to be skeptical of “judicial tinkering” with elections has no problem allowing Republicans to stack the deck—even in states where voting is already underway.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

BREAKING: Three-judge district court reaffirms earlier rulings, even in light of Callais, that Alabama’s 2023 congressional map cannot be used because it is “tainted by intentional race-based discrimination” and that the court-ordered map is, again, to be used in the 2026 elections.

We now face a critical decision on a very tight timeline. We can either allow
the Secretary of State to administer Alabama's 2026 elections with a legislatively enacted districting plan that we found (after a full trial) intentionally discriminated against Black voters based on race in violation of the Constitution, or we can issue a preliminary injunction two and a half months ahead of Alabama's scheduled special primaries (and some five months before the general election), requiring the Secretary to administer the 2026 elections with the race-blind plan that he used on orders from us and the Supreme Court for Alabama's 2024 elections and May 19, 2026, primary elections. We emphasize that because of the exceptional public importance of this matter, we carefully reviewed the extensive evidentiary record in
these cases with fresh eyes in light of Callais.

After that exacting review, we conclude that a preliminary injunction must
issue. Ultimately, we cannot see our way clear to requiring Alabamians to cast their votes in the 2026 elections under a districting plan tainted by intentional race-based discrimination. And under the unusual circumstances of this case, we conclude that a limited order requiring the Secretary to continue using this Court's race-blind map will not disrupt Alabama's elections (all candidates ran under the race-blind map until fifteen days ago, and all voters remain districted under the race-blind map in
electoral computer systems).
We do not lightly intrude in state affairs, but our previous review of the undisputed evidence left us in no doubt that Alabama's legislatively enacted plan (the "2023 Plan") intentionally discriminated based on race in violation of the Constitution. Our re-examination in light of Callais yields the same conclusion.

We conclude that it is not. On the unique record before us, we determine that
enjoining the 2023 Plan will not disrupt Alabama's elections. Requiring the use of
the Special Master Plan will forestall an expensive, aggressive, and perhaps
logistically impossible voter reassignment effort. We take extremely seriously the
Supreme Court's command that federal district courts ordinarily should not
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intervene on the eve of an election, for risk of causing administrative challenges and
confusion. But the record here is clear: enjoining the unconstitutional 2023 Plan will
improve the administrative situation in Alabama, not worsen it.
As we see it, the irreducible minimum is that federal law requires that all
Alabamians have an opportunity to vote under districting plans untainted by
intentional race-based discrimination. Accordingly, we are duty-bound to
preliminarily enjoin the Secretary from conducting any 2026 congressional elections
according to the 2023 Plan, and we further order the Secretary to administer all
remaining events comprising Alabama's 2026 elections according to the Special
Master's race-blind plan. We also issue a scheduling order for timely proceedings
before qualifying opens for the 2028 primaries in November 2027, and we will
amend it as necessary upon any further districting by the Legislature.

The motions are GRANTED only as follows, and pursuant to Federal Rule
of Civil Procedure 65(d), this Court ORDERS the following:
1. The Court PRELIMINARILY ENJOINS the Alabama Secretary of State from conducting the 2026 congressional elections according to the 2023
Plan.
2. The Court further ORDERS the Alabama Secretary of State to administer all remaining events comprising Alabama's 2026 congressional elections according to the Special Master Plan (appended to this Order as Appendix
E). The part of the Court's preliminary injunction set forth in this paragraph EXPIRES upon Alabama's legislative enactment of a new congressional districting plan.
We expressly leave to the State's discretion (as we must) how it addresses
candidate qualification and other matters for the remaining events in Alabama's
2026 congressional elections.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/05/2026

NEW: An Oklahoma family was forced to abandon their home after it filled with slick, black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite ample evidence of oil and gas pollution, state regulators say they cannot help.

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Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.

The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act li...

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Adia In The Attic @nunyabzns.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“Trump’s claim that he would “drain the swamp” is a cosmic joke. His administration is an ongoing shakedown of the American people.” www.thebulwark.com/p/how-corrup...

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How Corrupt Is Trump? Here Are the Numbers.

He’s the swampiest swamp creature ever.

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

"No judicial analysis" of the motion is "appropriate," Trump's attys say, and any subsequent court order would be "a nullity." Trump's attys even purport to unilaterally assess fees and costs.

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Trump's attys say his motion to dismiss his $10B lawsuit against IRS is "self-executing"—a done deal. He's just giving notice and no "judicial action" is required. (He's saying there will be no judicial supervision of his settlement with DOJ.) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 18/05/2026

the tomb of Homer Plessy, New Orleans (photographed in 2022), whose case challenging segregation was decided on this day by the Supreme Court in 1896

a weathered white tomb against a cloudy sky in a New Orleans cemetery. a bronze plaque reads:

HOMER ADOLPH PLESSY
1862-1925
ON JUNE 7 1892, HOMER ADOLPH PLESSY DEFIED LOUISIANA LAW THAT SEGREGATED RAILROAD TRAINS ON THE BASIS OF RACE. HE WAS ARRESTED AND BECAME THE DEFENDANT IN THE MAY 18, 1896 UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECISION OF PLESSY V. FERGUSON WHICH CONDONED *SEPARATE
BUT EQUAL* FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. SPONSORED BY A NEW ORLEANS GROUP CALLED THE “COMITE DES CITOYENS," PLESSY'S CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MARKED ONE OF THE FIRST LEGAL CHALLENGES
THE SEPARATION RACES IN THE SOUTH FOLLOWING THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD. THOUGH HE LOST THE CASE IN 1896 THE COURT LATER UPHELD PLESSY'S FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT ARGUMENTS IN 1954 BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION IN THE COMITE DES CITOYENS INCLUDED LOUIS ANDRE MARTINET, ATTORNEY AND PUBLISHER OF THE CRUSADER NEWSPAPER AND RODOLPHE DESDUNES WRITER FOR THE CRUSADER, WHO IS ENTOMBED IN ST LOUIS CEMETERY NO. II. LEAD ATTORNEYS IN THE CASE WERE JAMES WAUKER OF NEW ORLANS AND THE NOTED RECONSTRUCTION
AUTHOR ALBION W TOURGEE OF NEW YORK

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404 Media @404media.co · 18/05/2026

NEW: University of Washington researchers planned to have preschool teachers wear cameras that would record everything they saw from a first-person perspective, including the children they were teaching, then use that footage to develop AI models. Crucially, it was opt-out, rather than opt-in.

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Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI

“With your permission, your child’s lead teacher may wear a small teacher-worn camera that captures the teacher's approximate first-person perspective, and/or we may place a fixed video camera in the ...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

China’s industrial output and retail sales growth slowed sharply last month while investment dropped as policymakers warned that geopolitical conflicts were creating a “severe” global economic environment. Industrial production rose 4.1% in April from a year earlier, official data showed on Mon,

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China warns of ‘severe’ global conditions as economy shows weakness

April industrial output and retail sales growth slow as Iran crisis hits consumer confidence

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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 18/05/2026

The Kentucky primary pits Massie, one of the most conservative members of Congress, against Trump and many wealthy donors.

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Thomas Massie’s Chances of Defeating Trump and the Billionaires

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/05/2026

critically this was the case in 1870 when the 15th amendment was ratified! there is literally no such thing as partisan gerrymandering and manipulation of voting rules in the south outside of the context of “white reactionaries want to neuter black political power”

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 18/05/2026

Combating poverty and social exclusion is a moral and legal duty. We have proposed a package of measures to fight poverty and improve the lives of persons with disabilities across Europe. What's in it? 👇

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

✊ Caolan (Ukraine) confronts Russian ambassador in Venice. "I would recommend confronting Russian politicians everywhere you find them in Europe. Even if you’re not a journalist." @caolanrob.bsky.social

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18/05/2026

🇪🇺 "63% of Britons want a closer relationship with the EU, while 55% want to rejoin – something the EU has always said it would welcome. Support for the UK’s return is at or above 50% in Germany, France, Spain, and Italy." Brits want to be back at the heart of Europe, and the EU want us back too.

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Where does UK-EU relationship stand and how might bid to rejoin bloc be received?

Labour leadership contender Wes Streeting calls Brexit a ‘catastrophic mistake’ while Andy Burnham sees ‘long-term case’

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 18/05/2026

600 000. Not 6 000. Not 60 000. 600 000 premature deaths a year as a result of burning fossil fuels. And that’s only in Europe. Let that sink in.

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Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO

Exclusive: Commission says alert would trigger coordinated international response that could help avoid millions dying

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nanaslugdiva @nanaslugdiva.blacksky.app · 17/05/2026

I am so tired of the fertility rate discussion and I am trying to understand why this comes up every week. Facts have not changed. In the USA: 1. women are having children later 2. there is no fertility crisis 3. births outnumber deaths publichealth.jhu.edu/2026/is-the-...

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Is the U.S. Birth Rate Declining? | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

How fertility rates are calculated, why they’re decreasing, and what they mean for the future of the population.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

There it is. The Senate parliamentarian rules the $1 billion for Trump's ballroom in the GOP's budget reconciliation bill violates the rules + is subject to 60 votes vs 51. Via budget committee Dems:

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 15/05/2026

I wrote about broadband and racism. And the lessons to be learned from the fight for equitable, affordable internet access

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Broadband And Racism

The U.S. almost got close to acknowledging systemic racism in broadband deployment. Then a coalition of corrupt shitgoblins sent the country spiraling backwards.

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

They chose gold. They chose scale. They chose a golf course owned by the man himself. They chose a fist raised against an invisible enemy. That is memory. That is not history. kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/history-is...

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History Is What Happened. Memory Is a 22-Foot Gold Statue on a Golf Course.

Donald Trump's gleaming likeness at Doral is the most honest monument in America right now, and not for the reasons its sculptor intended.

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 16/05/2026

These gerrymandered maps only work if we don’t show up. That is what they are counting on. These maps will break under the pressure of turnout.

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🎃R/O Malingering🎃LCSW @chinmusiclcsw.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Every Democratic candidate for office should denounce this immediately. If they don’t, you know who you’re dealing with.

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