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Denise Palmer

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/10/2026
NEW: A Montana judge appeared skeptical of a law requiring college students to pledge to live in the state after they graduate in order to register to vote. While the measure remains blocked, the judge sharply questioned the state's claim that the new requirements don't actually apply to students.
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Montana’s claim that temporary residency law doesn’t apply to student voters hits skeptical judge
The law, enacted in 2025, bars those living in Montana for a “temporary purpose” from claiming residency for the purpose of voting. That includes people living in Montana as part of an  “educational p...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Spoken like a 12-year-old. Good job, VP.
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JD Vance Slammed After Taunting James Talarico With Blatantly Homophobic Jab
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I’m disgusted that this passes as leadership in America in 2026. Clearly afraid of a candidate like Talerico who possesses kindness and faith.
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This Day in Labor History: October 15, 1990. President George H.W. Bush signed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. This provided a path forward for compensation for Cold War uranium miners but still largely left out the Navajos, suffering and dying from their work for this nation's nukes!!
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
seen this from several GOP candidates over the last ten days as well as Trump. there is currently no war. all good.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/10/2026
For three decades, the Grace Hopper Celebration was a marquee event for women in tech. Now it’s been canceled — the latest sign of how the retreat from diversity initiatives is reshaping the industry.
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Grace Hopper Confab’s Sudden Cancellation Raises Alarm for Women in Tech
The cancellation of this year’s Grace Hopper Celebration, one of the largest gatherings of women in technology, is the latest example of how the retreat from diversity initiatives is reshaping opportunities for women in tech.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Trump administration ignored the court’s instructions again. Over 400 trees were chopped down at D.C.’s public East Potomac Golf Links over the holiday weekend without proper advance notice even after government lawyers promised the judge ample warning before any irreversible work.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I don’t think this is how the world works.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I asked both of Minnesota's Senate candidates -- Dem Peggy Flanagan and GOPer Michele Tafoya -- for any comment on the Trump admin raiding Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home today. Got a statement from Flanagan. Nada from Tafoya, so far.
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 10/10/2026
10/10 Court filings confirm ICE agents did add Mainers to “nice little database” of “domestic terrorists” #maine #MEpolitics
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Olivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 10/10/2026
A weapon developed for war and designed to inflict intense pain has been approved for loan to federal law enforcement on American soil. The Pentagon authorized the heat ray for DHS. Could ICE get access? Could it be used against migrants or Americans exercising First Amendment rights? Who decides?
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
They hope to deter Latino citizens from voting with these awful tactics. They must not succeed.⁩⁩
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
A father dropping his daughter off at college. Dozens more Californians separated from their families. This administration is not done pushing their destructive immigration agenda, backed by court-allowed racial profiling, and utilizing ICE agents armed to the teeth by your tax dollars.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"NPR spoke to an official at a government contractor .... He spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation from the government. 'No one that we spoke to at DHS was for this idea whatsoever. ... Everybody knew warehouses are horrible places to put people.'"
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
FTC chair say he's proud of the Trump admin's efforts to protect "white American men from discrimination" www.huffpost.com/entry/ftc-ch...
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FTC Chair Says He's Proud Of Efforts To Protect 'White American Men From Discrimination'
Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Andrew Ferguson said the quiet part out loud.
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Years and years of fighting to get a plaque installed honoring the officers who held the line on January 6th. Last week a federal judge dismissed our lawsuit. She said we have no standing. I'm used to losing. I'm not done. www.standingourground.us/p/they-dismi...
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They Dismissed Our Lawsuit. I'm Used to Losing. I'm Not Done.
Five and a half years.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This level of naked, open corruption is unprecedented in our history.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Stephen Miller asked the bureau to allow agents to go undercover in his Virginia neighborhood's political activist group, several sources with knowledge of the matter told CBS News."
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Trump adviser Stephen Miller spoke to agents at recent FBI training on domestic terrorism, sources say
Stephen Miller spoke at a training session at FBI headquarters just days before prosecutors criminally charged a man with making disturbing calls and texts to his wife, sources told CBS News.
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As the USS Lincoln comes home today, we commend the brave servicemembers who endured a near-record deployment and served our country honorably. It’s also a reminder that sailors and their families pay the biggest costs for this war of choice. We owe them an immediate end to this conflict.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Voting rights groups are citing recent ICE activity near voting sites and new evidence of intimidation as they expand a lawsuit seeking to keep armed federal agents away from polling places during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls
Among the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 08/10/2026
While Americans struggle to afford groceries, DHS handed a political donor a $464 million no-bid contract for planes it has barely used. This is waste, cronyism, and a betrayal of the public trust. The American people deserve better. op: @nytimes
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 07/10/2026
🤯 A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty to illegally importing Russian plutonium and shipping the hazardous radioactive material to dozens of online buyers worldwide. united24media.com/world/us-man...
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US Man Bought Plutonium From Russia and Sold It Online Across America
Jacob D. Miller admitted to illegally importing plutonium from Russia and selling it online to at least 67 customers across the US and abroad.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Note: Kentucky’s deadline is 4 p.m. local time. Louisiana’s online registration stays open until October 13, and Montana still offers late registration in person. Some states require registration by mail or in person, so don’t assume you can do it online!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reminder: Voter registration deadlines are hitting TODAY, October 5, in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. Please make sure you’re registered to vote!
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
“The Trump administration is pursuing deals with allied nations to extend its offensive to land across multiple Latin American countries.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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U.S. military says latest strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean kills 4
The military didn’t provide evidence that the vessel was ferrying drugs.
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Amelia Malpas @malpas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This enrages me so deeply I don't know what to say. Being able to control your body is *the* most basic freedom, one which is necessary for the exercise of all other freedoms possible in a liberal democratic society
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My Latest: Earlier this year, The New York Times asked Donald Trump whether he regretted not ordering the National Guard to seize voting machines in swing states after the 2020 election. His answer was chilling: "Well, I should have." newsletters.democracydocket.com/this-time-ta...
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This time, take Trump literally
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/10/2026
Ineligible votes are exceedingly rare, yet treated as a grave threat to our elections. But when far more ballots from eligible voters get rejected over technicalities, nobody bats an eye. And the imbalance works to Trump's advantage: demdock.com/4zfOYLe
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Renee Good's Family Sues ICE Agent Who Killed Her! youtu.be/W231R3KaTdA?...
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Renee Good's Family Sues ICE Agent Who Killed Her!
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 03/10/2026
Selling access. Pocketing the profits. Reporting via @washingtonsun
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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18-year-old in ICE detention for more than 200 days: 'They just took me away'
Elder Chavez Carranza has spent more than 200 days in an immigration detention center in Louisiana, hundreds of miles from his home in Albertville, Alabama.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?
Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pompeo supported a man who tried to overturn an election and destroy American democracy. This shows what the real threat it. It's not Trump and his authoritarianism; it's the acceptance of it.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
More communism running amok!!!!!
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And at the turn of the 20th Century, the American people saw the wisdom of antitrust, food and drug regulation, child labor laws, and national park preservation. Let’s go!
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/10/2026
Americans: you are not outraged enough about this. Christians: this is absolute blasphemy www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/p...
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‘God made Trump’ ad and at least 12 others are part of controversial taxpayer-funded ad campaign | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has created at least 13 campaign-style ads as part of its controversial taxpayer-funded, multi-million-dollar effort to promote President Donald Trump and his policies.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
The administration is threatening access to historical and irreplaceable records, including closing down one facility in California that is home to countless photos and family heirlooms. Congress must exercise its oversight power to save decades of regional and national history.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
During a sworn deposition on Monday, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) declined to answer repeated questions from one of his ex-wife’s lawyers about whether he pushed a girl down a staircase during high school.
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In a sworn deposition, Rep. Max Miller was silent on staircase assault allegation
"If the incident never occurred, why are you afraid of answering the question?" asked his ex-wife's lawyer.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/10/2026
Read the full story:
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DOD tells senator it has ‘no plan’ for troops at polls. But she has ‘no idea what Trump will do’
“I take that as a positive sign,” Slotkin said. “[I] still have no idea what Trump will do."
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 Remember that fancy dinner Trump hosted at his golf club for top holders of his meme coin, and Justin Sun and a bunch of other foreign investors attended? Well, he's doing it again. @jeffstein.bsky.social for @washingtonsun.com
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Want Dinner With the President? Buy His Meme Coin.
The $Trump meme coin is offering buyers a new "exclusive" opportunity to meet the president.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/10/2026
What if a typo kept you from voting? In Florida, under the "exact match" policy, a typo or hyphen can stall your registration. Civil rights groups sued, but a Trump-appointed judge just dismissed the case. Help us keep covering the fights over who gets to vote: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz @wassermanschultz.house.gov · 01/10/2026
This is a pointless policy change designed to punish hardworking TSA agents. It will slow down security lines and needlessly distract frontline security officers. We shouldn't make it harder for federal workers to keep us safe from threats.
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TSA officers told to stand, chairs banned at airport checkpoints nationwide
"This welcome change reinforces both our security posture and our commitment to hospitality by having these officers on their feet and alert," a TSA spokesperson said.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/10/2026
If "communism is the greatest threat to our country in its history" and he wants to root it out of America, then why is he hanging pictures of communist authoritarians in gilded frames in the White House?
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 01/10/2026
Christa Pike's botched execution is a horrifying reminder of the cruelty & inhumanity of the death penalty. State-sanctioned killing is barbaric and it's time we end this unjust punishment once & for all.
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Judge dismisses reflecting pool prosecution PERMANENTLY! Join me and Adam Klasfeld of @allrisenews.com on Substack live at 5:30 pm ET open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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LIVE SOON: Reflecting Pool Prosecution Dismissed PERMANENTLY! Will be discussing this important ruling with Adam Klasfeld
Starting Oct 1 at 5:30 PM EDT
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