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@dawnpiper.bsky.social
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Killing time till it kills me. Lifelong coastal CA dweller. A day spent sailing is never a day wasted.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 03/09/2026
Reform’s dodgy dealings can no longer be ignored.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church Byline Times' new findings cast doubts on Farage's claim of refusing to associate with extreme elements – @josiahmortimer.bsky.social reports
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Reform UK Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church
For a year-and-a-half, Byline Times has attempted to get to the bottom of a photograph showing the party’s leader with far-right activists. Now, this newspaper's findings cast fresh doubts on Farage’s...
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
www.commondreams.org/news/louisia... Unreal, in one of the Poorest States in America; beyond cruel, it's GOP Rule!
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Louisiana Advances One of the Country’s ‘Cruelest’ Anti-Homeless Bills | Common Dreams
One homeless advocacy group said the bill, which would require homeless people to perform unpaid labor to pay for involuntary treatment, "evokes debtor’s prisons, convict leasing, and the ugliest day ...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I've written before about how USAID was the first government agency killed by conspiracy theory. This confirms it. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
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The Death of USAID
The most consequential legacy of DOGE will be human misery on a massive scale
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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
So it wasn't just Matt Goodwin and Reform, Orban was bankrolling US politics too. @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
1/2 This memo identifies absolutely no source of legal authority for paying TSA. It does not point to an appropriation that is available for this purpose, nor does it point to any legal authority to transfer some other appropriation to TSA. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Paying Our Great Transportation Security Administration Officers and Employees
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SUBJECT:       Paying
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
A bill passed the Senate last night 100-0 to fund TSA, the Coast Guard and FEMA. If Speaker Johnson called it for a vote it would pass easily. But he won’t do that. Because Trump has ordered him to keep TSA shut down and keep the chaos. Pure incompetence.
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dawnpiper.bsky.social @dawnpiper.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Effective 20 April 2026 Army Regulation 601–210 Seriously? 4/20 for this? Why must everything be meme-worthy? "Eliminates requirement of a waiver for a single conviction of possession of marijuana or a single conviction of possession of drug paraphernalia"
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
They’re trying to ram through KOSA, a full Section 230 repeal, and a slew of other anti-LGBTQ censorship and surveillance laws under the guise of “cracking down on AI” and a ton of dumb leftists are falling for it.
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Draft AI Framework to Replace State Laws Released by Senate (1)
The Senate has released a draft national framework to replace state laws on artificial intelligence and promote the technology’s development while minimizing risks to Americans.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Iran attack wipes out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years - www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Exclusive: Iran attacks wipe out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says
Two of Qatar's 14 LNG trains and one of its two gas-to-liquids facilities were damaged.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
US National Debt hit $37 trillion in August. Then $38 trillion in October. Now $39 trillion in March.
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Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Moscow’s internet is gone. Ministers and commanders are “falling out of windows” and being arrested. Russian soldiers are posting videos complaining about losses. Ukraine advancing on the battlefield. Putin has shut down Russia because he is terrified of a coup.
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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
It seemed obvious to me and my colleagues that 40 tweets from one person had fundamentally taken over British media and government leadership's attention for almost a week in Jan 2025. Essay from UK MP @liambyrnemp.bsky.social liambyrne.substack.com/p/take-back-...
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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 20/02/2026
The BBC just remade Lord of the Flies — the story that taught generations humans are fundamentally savage. But when it ACTUALLY happened in real life? Six boys shipwrecked for over a year built a functioning society.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Big money has bought British politics 75% of Reform’s money has come from three rich white men democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/02/2026
Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The Birther-in-Chief's disgusting history of racism has its own page on Wikipedia. See for yourself, here: shorturl.at/UQaXQ
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Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
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fishymcgee.bsky.social @fishymcgee.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n... Meanwhile, back at stately Wayne Manor
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The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 28/01/2026
Toughest congressperson in America rears back for a punch, and refuses to cut short townhall, after asshole sprays her with something.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 28/01/2026
video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight
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CNN @cnn.com · 27/01/2026
Outrage is growing in Italy over the deployment ICE agents to assist US security operations at the Winter Olympics next month. cnn.it/3NJAMre
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun. Any second now, I'm sure. He was a white guy, if that helps? Hello? NRA?
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21/01/2026
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 19/01/2026
In a note to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, President Donald Trump blamed Norway for not awarding him with the Nobel Peace Prize and linked that with his interest in obtaining "complete and total control of Greenland." 🧵 (1/x)
An image of a post from X by Nick Schifrin.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.
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KARE 11 @kare11.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
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Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or his attorney
A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
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PoliticalNash @politicalnash.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Hey #HouseGOP #SenateGOP Get with SenThomTillis to stop trump from destroying our NATO alliances, there has to be some kind of red line for you. Greenland will never (and shouldn’t) be part of the U.S. Trump is deranged and you’re enabling him by your silence. #DV1 #ProudBlue
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dawnpiper.bsky.social @dawnpiper.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
“Tribal members are not aliens. They are not subject to immigration enforcement and detention. They are citizens of this land by treaty, by statute, and by history. … Our citizenship is not negotiable.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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ICE is sweeping up Native Americans in Minnesota arrests, tribal leaders say
Indigenous leaders fear federal agents are unlawfully detaining and racially profiling Native Minnesotans
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/01/2026
The United States government doesn’t ban political organizations outright, but it does have a legal apparatus, put in place almost a quarter-century ago, for transmogrifying protesters into prosecutable terrorists.
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When all protest is terrorism
The groundwork for Trump's free speech crackdown was laid by the War on Terror.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Kyle Rittenhouse was an honored guest at a 2024 gathering of Oregon Republican activists. This is the monstrously depraved tweet he sent tonight. These are the people who claim to be defending Christianity and “western civilization.”
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After thinking about it, should I travel across the state line to Minnesota?
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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 27/11/2025
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
@neguse.house.gov gives a lesson on how to reframe a journalist’s stupid question about #SNAP! 💪🏼
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 27/10/2025
Farage: epic grifter
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/10/2025
Incredible things are happening. www.wdbj7.com/2025/10/19/t...
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Teen removed from boys basketball tryouts, told to join girls team over birth certificate error
The boy's parents say a mix-up at the hospital led to him being mistakenly listed as female on his birth certificate.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
WATCH: “A MASTER PLAN” Usually stoic Kushner silently panics as Witkoff spills the beans on the Trump regime’s war profiteering in Gaza - they’ve been working on for ‘TWO YEARS’🤔 (But don’t worry, apparently $50 Billion is “not a lot of money”! 💰🙃) PSA: This slip-up should be a big deal.
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dawnpiper.bsky.social @dawnpiper.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Attempted PIT maneuver. wikipedia.org/wiki/PIT_man...
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 20/10/2025
Trump’s priorities: Bulldozing the White House ✅ Reopening the government ❌
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/10/2025
After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets. Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent. ➡️ Read more: propub.li/4ohnDm6
Article excerpt: Emily said she made clear the family didn’t have Venezuelan passports but was told that wouldn’t be a problem; the U.S. government would procure any necessary documents for them. They said the operator gave them an Aug. 1 departure date and told them to expect their plane tickets by email.

Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved with their children to Columbus, Ohio, where Deybis’ nephew let them stay in his unfinished basement apartment until their departure. The plane tickets never came.

Then the nephew was detained in a traffic stop and deported. Panicked, Emily and Deybis said they called the toll-free number again and again, leaving messages that went unanswered. Emily submitted a new application and sent more emails.Article excerpt: ...They found travel agencies that offer to procure travel documents at a cost but said they were told the Venezuelan government requires an arrival date and proof that plane tickets have been purchased. Emily and Deybis can’t afford them.

“Thank you so much for your patience and we understand your frustration,” they heard back in another email. “Wait for new instructions from DHS.”

As they wait, they worry about how they’ll survive when winter comes. Most days, Deybis visits local food pantries and looks for discarded items in alleys and on street corners that they can resell. A few weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to help pay the rent.

“We’d rather be in Venezuela with our family than suffer here,” he said.
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Politico @politico.com · 14/10/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Trump got a Covid vaccine today.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/10/2025
"We’re operationalizing our old corridors—taking ancient trade routes our elders told us about and articulating them in a modern context." Indigenous nations plan tariff-free trade corridor across US-Canada border. From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:
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Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border
“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."
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dawnpiper.bsky.social @dawnpiper.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The pain on display from non-white members of a democratic society across the pond from the USA is a painful mirror to where we're at as an international community.
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dawnpiper.bsky.social @dawnpiper.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
An important episode from abroad: youtu.be/Bwl3JBysglM?....
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Why is Farage spooked by Starmer? | James O’Brien - The Whole Show
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dawnpiper.bsky.social @dawnpiper.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
RIP Jane Goodall.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID? It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Don’t look away
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