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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/08/2026
Last week, ICE published a plan to order $20 million worth of electric shock gloves. These devices have been described by human rights organizations like Amnesty International as “readily misused for torture,” reports @hurwitz.bsky.social.
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The Orwellian Company Behind ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves
“With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars.” That makes it hard for victims to sue.
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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Trump Votes by Mail Again in Florida
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Trump Votes by Mail Again in Florida
The president also voted by mail in 2020 and in a Florida special election in March, even as he has railed against the practice and equated it to cheating.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 18/08/2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct. to.pbs.org/3SGR0Ei
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ICE pitches legal insurance to help shield local officers who make immigration arrests
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty miscon...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
These sailors are being put through this for a war that is unauthorized by Congress and for which funds haven’t been appropriated by Congress, a war that is now utterly pointless and which Trump simply doesn’t have the courage to end. Disgraceful. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports
Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
United and ready to defeat Trumpism.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 13/08/2026
Sailors and Marines are facing a mental health crisis after months at sea with no end in sight to Trump’s illegal war. Meanwhile, Hegseth is pushing dangerous, unauthorized flyovers as “morale boosters.” Want to boost morale? End this war.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Reporter: DHS plans to spend $10-20M on Taser gloves so when they arrest people, they will be tased. Hochul: That appears to me, on its face, to be a civil rights violation. James: It appears to violate several laws. Courtesy of @acyn.bsky.social
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 🚨 ICE AGENT SHOOTS AT PROTESTER & DRIVES AWAY! This is Trump's America! This #ICELawlessness is appalling! There's no oversight or disciplinary action & Trump is personally invested in the for-profit prison companies that run the detention centers that ICE is filling up. Truly evil!
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This is a really moving and thoughtful interview
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Man in viral D.C. Metro photo says he was ‘terrified’ as masked white nationalists surrounded him
Roswell Encina, a gay Filipino American civic leader, said the Fourth of July encounter with Patriot Front was frightening and impossible to separate from American history.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 01/07/2026
Major Jason Watson wore his Air Force uniform to the Capitol, named 13 service members killed by Trump's illegal strikes, and demanded impeachment. Capitol Police arrested him for it. The criminals who ordered those strikes are still free. The man who told the truth about them isn't. Remember that.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We are not at war here in the U.S. or in a world war. The border is not “open” and hasn’t been. Lots of people are helped by welfare. Noncitizens are banned from voting. We’ve had birthright citizenship since the 19th Century. This guy is a sitting senator:
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
If there was any doubt that Gov Jared Polis’ legacy is freeing Tina Peters, the NYT reports Polis just fired the clemency board members who revealed he overruled their unanimous wishes www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
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Colorado Governor Fires Officials Who Opposed Freeing Election Denier
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Ex congressman Jim Cooper chief of staff Lisa Quigley and data analyst david manasco👇🏽are both among those saying the new map stripping Memphis of representation actually has potentially put 4-5 TN districts within range… if Dems really turn out and vote. 👀
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/04/2026
Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Wow — somehow we completely missed Republican State Senator Page Walley (R-Savannah) condemning Trump’s racist post depicting the Obamas as apes. As far as we can tell Sen. Walley is the only elected Republican in Tennessee to do so. His post: www.facebook.com/share/p/1CNf...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
"Previous estimates showed the US economy generated 584,000 jobs in 2025, the first year of Trump’s second term, which was deeply discouraging. Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Norah 🤗 @thenoraheffect.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump is convicted of child molestation against 2 children He attempted to keep one victim quiet by claiming he would receive $10 million from the Trump administration as restitution for former Jan. 6 defendants and would share the money with the victim in his will 😑🖕
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Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump is convicted of child molestation
Andrew Johnson tried to bribe a child victim with the promise of a Jan. 6-related payout, prosecutors say. Trump has discussed the possibility of compensating rioters, but no one has received any paym...
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Dan Bernstein @danbernstein.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The NFL must suspend Steve Tisch immediately. It's mindblowing that we're now demanding a football league act against direct involvement with a child sex-trafficking ring, only because nothing and no one else will. Dan Bernstein Unfiltered on @312sportschi.bsky.social. Links below.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Sen. Mark Kelly’s First Amendment rights by moving to strip him of his retired military rank for reminding troops in a video last year that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders, a federal judge ruled Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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‘Horsefeathers!’: Judge blasts Hegseth’s attempt to demote Sen. Kelly over video to U.S. troops
The fiery decision against Hegseth included 15 exclamation points.
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Jeffrey AKA The Hairless Hippie @mojochefjeff.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto... Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche should not be practicing law, and they certainly should not be the most powerful prosecutors in the US. After Bondi's performance yesterday, she should be impeached by a large majority and investigated for her role in this heinous coverup
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MeidasTouch Was Front Row for the Pam Bondi Meltdown
Yesterday, Pam Bondi didn’t deliver testimony.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
How does someone become Pam Bondi? What happened to her that she has become a depraved, cruel, corrupt, immoral ________! This letter nails it!
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Dear Pam Bondi, (A Letter From A Father)
Dear Ms Bondi,
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A) This is a lie. Other countries have it. B) Trump uses it regularly. Bottom line: They are afraid of you voting.
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 12/02/2026
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here. Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Breaking WSJ: The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.
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The Upside Down @theupsidedem.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Thank you!! Hopefully more of this Congress is starting to realize that this is a moral issue. It’s no longer political. Do the right thing. And means they can’t stand quietly by while he ruins our #constitution
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"In Hutchins Texas, ICE reportedly bought a former Amazon property for $80 million. The broker’s contact on the listing was Majestic Realty, a Los Angeles–based firm owned by Ed Roski Jr, a Trump campaign contributor who is a partial owner of the L.A. Lakers..." jacobin.com/2026/02/ware...
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Real Estate Brokers Are Profiting From Warehouse Sales to ICE
Lucrative deals selling empty warehouses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Trump administration’s mass deportation machine are being quietly facilitated by a handful of powerful real esta...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 12/02/2026
Rep. Pramila Jayapal accused Bondi and the DOJ of “spying” on members of Congress by keeping track of their search history of the Epstein files.
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Lawmakers Accuse DOJ Of ‘Spying’ On Their Epstein File Searches Citing Photo Of Bondi’s ‘Burn Book’
Rep. Pramila Jayapal accused Bondi and the DOJ of “spying” on members of Congress by keeping track of their search history of the Epstein files.
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Dr. Oz appears to have invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentines Day party in 2016, long after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting sex with underage girls.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"A jury in Florida found the man guilty of five charges, including molesting a child under 12 and another under 16... "He tried to silence one victim by claiming he would receive $10 million from the Trump administration as restitution for Jan. 6 defendants... www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The outright embarrassment of Trump’s DOJ attempting to prosecute war heroes-for telling our troops to follow the law, no less Is only surpassed by the sheer incompetence of Jeanine Pirro’s inability to secure an indictment
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KellyK🌺 @azkellyk.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The GOP are not stopping at birth certificates—SAVE ACT 2.0 will END online and mail-in voter registrations & voter registration drives. Our democracy works when everyone has a voice! They want to take away your right to vote. ☎️ Call (202) 224-3121 #StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/6xhasUT4
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/02/2026
Rep. Lieu: “Howard Lutnick must resign… The Epstein Files new release shows that not only did Howard Lutnick lie to the American people, he went into business with Jeffrey Epstein, he visited Epstein Island, and Howard Lutnick did this knowing how evil Epstein was.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Thune’s plan has been obvious - drag this out as long as possible to put distance between the Pretti/Good murders and the final vote on DHS funding, hoping that the American public moves on. Senate Dems will never have more leverage for ICE reforms than they do right now.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“I swear it was 20 below, and he was working on school buses to get them so they had heat so these kids could make it to an event,” Nordlund said. “You don’t see people do that...” www.newsfromthestates.com/article/comm...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Magaziner: Mayorkas testified in front of Congress like 30 times. Noem has only been in front of our committee twice, and one of the times, she left because she didn't want to answer questions. It's going to be very different when we are in the majority next year.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Rep. Ro Khanna just read on the House floor the names of the six 'wealthy, powerful men' whose names were originally redacted in the Epstein files: Leslie Wexner Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem Salvatore Nuara Zurab Mikeladze Leonic Leonov Nicola Caputo www.politico.com/live-updates...
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House Dem identifies ‘wealthy, powerful men’ DOJ redacted in Epstein files
Rep. Ro Khanna read out the names of the six individuals on the House floor, where they will now be entered into the Congressional Record.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
1. One of the most insane conspiracies I have ever witnessed on the left is the idea that Savannah Guthrie’s mom was targeted because Savannah interviewed Epstein survivors. It was offered with ZERO evidence and spread like wildfire.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 11/02/2026
I know everything is on fire right now but please take 2 min to watch & share. We are on the cusp of losing our free speech & enacting state media because FCC Chair Brendan Carr is pushing through Trump’s NextStar TEGNA merger. youtube.com/shorts/QQFkc...
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The NextStar TENGA Merger Could End Free Speech In USA
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"They had driven almost seven hours from Froid, a town of about 200 people in the northeastern reaches of the state, to back one of their own..." www.newsfromthestates.com/article/comm...
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Community members fight for Froid man facing immigration charge
GREAT FALLS — Roberto Orozco-Ramirez pleaded not guilty Monday to a federal charge of reentering the United States illegally in U.S. District Court in Great Falls.The detention hearing arraignment las...
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 10/02/2026
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Hey, Propaganda Barbie: We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up. Ever.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The numbers speak for themselves
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
NEW: The unsealing of the FBI’s search warrant affidavit for its raid of a Fulton County, Georgia, election facility prompted swift condemnation from voting rights advocates, election experts and former federal officials. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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‘An absolute travesty': Critics slam affidavit behind Fulton raid for relying on 2020 election lies
The affidavit reinforced fears that the FBI’s seizure was not about uncovering new evidence but about resurrecting a false narrative.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This really is an incredible speech
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This is the FBI’s list of “Prominent Names” it was tracking in the Epstein Case. This list appears in this slide show, FBI email correspondence, and FBI tip sheets — all of which I saw unredacted today. Believe the survivors. You can see this file on DOJ’s website www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Another memorable ruling out of West Virginia, where Judge Goodwin — a Clinton appointee — excoriates the treatment of ICE detainees. "This is not what civil enforcement looks like in a humane system of government under law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This administration is a criminal administration.
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