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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Live from the Freight Elevator | Cake | Billionaire in Space *New Song*
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MAWriterGirl 🇸🇪🇸🇯🇮🇸🇫🇮🇩🇰🇫🇴🇦🇽🌍 @mawritergirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Many thanks to @theunpopulist.net for reposting my piece on Stephen Miller’s Office of Remigration, which really needs more attention. This agency announces right in its name that white nationalism is the basis for US immigration policy: www.theunpopulist.net/p/stephen-mi...
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Stephen Miller Is Paying Monstrous Dictators to Admit Expelled Immigrants
A Democratic Congress needs to urgently investigate this abuse of taxpayer dollars that were actually meant for refugees
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/09/2026
Online behavioral advertising has always been creepy. AI makes it worse.
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DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The PM's statement that Canada is mapping out scenarios for US military violence is a game changer. There is no pretending that things will somehow go back to normal as long as the White House believes it can threaten violence against neighbours. charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-reminder...
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A REMINDER OF WHAT IS AT STAKE
Recent polls show that as many as 72% of Canadians believe that a military invasion from the United States is a real possibility.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In the wake of the news of the State AGs’ settlement with Paramount greenlighting the mega-merger w/Warner Bros., so many are left upset, including me. CA AG Rob Bonta joins me to answer some tough questions about the deal & whether he succumbed to political pressure. youtu.be/uS6l9K_T2Ms?...
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WOW! State AGs Reach SHOCKING Settlement UNLOCKING BILLION Dollar MEGAMERGER!!
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Leefeller @leefeller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Military Industrial Complex is Capitalism 101. So war is for profits, always.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 22/09/2026
Hurricane Polo strengthens to category 5 off Mexico's Pacific coast reut.rs/4heSrCc
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Hurricane Polo strengthens to category 5 off Mexico's Pacific coast
Hurricane Polo has reached category 5 strength, the highest possible, as it looms over the ​Mexican Pacific coast, posing life-threatening flooding risks, the US National ​Hurricane Center said in an advisory on Tuesday.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Dawn Ocean Harmony🎶🌴☀️♿️🐕‍🦺🦮👩‍🦽🚶🏻‍♂️ @dawnoceanharmony.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘Massive Betrayal’: Fury at Newsom and Bonta Over Merger Deal With Paramount “Today, billionaires have yet again bribed, censored, and bullied their way to the top.” www.commondreams.org/news/paramou...
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‘Massive Betrayal’: Fury at Newsom and Bonta Over Merger Deal With Paramount | Common Dreams
"Today, billionaires have yet again bribed, censored, and bullied their way to the top."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They’re just… saying it
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I love Iceland! 🇮🇸 Neither wild nor feral, almost all Icelandic horses are owned by farms or stables who release many of their herds into the rugged highlands to feed on rich, natural vegetation. #icelandichorses #icelandicfarmlife www.instagram.com/xlelesophiei...
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Signs of Fascism" originated in my town. (Sequim, WA) I filmed it. I remember getting a call, "hey your video got 5,000 views." By the end of the day it had 60K. Over 100K in a few days from just one platform. Then my DM blew up! Everyone wanted to replicate the signs. Nice to see the signs today.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy. Don't believe me? Look at this chart.
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The Hidden Danger of America's Wealth Gap
Taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy.Don't believe me? Look at this chart.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump's stock-trading is out of control. A president is supposed to govern for the benefit of the entire country — not for his own financial benefit.
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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I guarantee that this is the most adorable thing you will see today. What a great dad. “This was taken at Whitecap Powwow in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. We’re Cree from northern Saskatchewan Treaty 10 territory.” @Morg:3/TikTok
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026
More US military personnel have reportedly died during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has shared publicly, the latest and most serious evidence of the Trump administration’s ongoing cover-up around disastrous military failures in that conflict.
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What else is the Pentagon hiding from us?
Four more troops have died than Pete Hegseth's DOD has admitted, new reporting reveals.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
They hate the Bill of Rights because freedom is a threat to people in government who want to hide the truth about what they are doing from the American people. So they behave like tyrants because that is what they are. Vote this party out of power.
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Defenders of Our Republic @defendersofourrepublic.org · 19/09/2026
#MajorJasonWatson Major Jason Watson had his Article 32 hearing earlier today and this is the unsworn statement that he made to the court. Please share widely and consider becoming a Substack subscriber. #DOOR #GTS #Veterans #BlueskyVets defendersofourrepublic.substack.com/p/major-jaso...
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Major Jason Watson’s Article 32 hearing
Update #1
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CoCo ✌🏼💛🕊️ @coco.sheshed.rocks · 19/09/2026
The #KennedyCenter was built from 1964 to 1971 & opened on September 8, 1971. Congress originally created it as a national cultural center for music, theater, dance & the arts. After President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, it was renamed as the nation’s living memorial to him. #SheShed
JOHN F. KENNEDY
WAS ADMIRED WORLDWIDE
Nations from around the world honored his life and legacy with extraordinary gifts to the Kennedy Center.
THE KENNEDY CENTER IS MORE THAN A BUILDING.
IT IS A WORLDWIDE TRIBUTE TO HIS LEGACY.
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Violet 💜 @flamyviolet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
honestly who decided mornings should be a thing
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/09/2026
TUNE IN 7pm ET: @gtconway.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social are live covering the protests at the Kennedy Center.
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George Conway Goes Live From the Kennedy Center Protest
Join George Conway and Andrew Egger as they cover the protests at the Kennedy Center.
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clearskyglider.bsky.social @clearskyglider.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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President Trump was photographed looking over a placard that appeared to include the words "Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED" over what appeared to be an image of a...
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clearskyglider.bsky.social @clearskyglider.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Another example of why A.I is trash and should be abolished. youtube.com/post/UgkxwZ4...
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🚨 A disturbing new report says the U.S. military nearly launched an operation against a Chinese ship based on false intelligence generated with the help of A...
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clearskyglider.bsky.social @clearskyglider.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Let's give this protest all the support we possibly can! The Kennedy Center must stay standing! ✊ youtube.com/post/Ugkx8PH...
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clearskyglider.bsky.social @clearskyglider.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Very fascinating and valid points regarding this topic. Very useful information to use to our advantage against the villains in our lives. youtu.be/X-HRqoQhYL0?...
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REAL DOCTOR explains 4 reasons WHY VILLAINS LIVE SO LONG (I have bad news about Trump)
YouTube video by The United Front Show
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Toe Beans @v-ron.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Reporters & journalists have embedded with US military since forever. Until Hegseth Integrity means to do the right thing, even (especially) when no one is watching Hegseth didn't want anyone around to watch Now service members want the nation to see. From Navy ships to weapons levels.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“These are images 🇺🇸 servicembers want you to see…” ABC News reporter Rachel Scott (who Trump recently snapped at) shares images of destruction on 🇺🇸 military bases
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026
ICE agent Christian Castro - who shot Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis and lied about it, and who TX Governor Abbott refused to extradite - has been ARRESTED by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. www.startribune.com/minnesota-of...
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ICE agent wanted in Metro Surge shooting is booked into Hennepin County Jail
Christian Castro will now appear in state court one day ahead of his federal court proceedings.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW: A BIG order in my lawsuit against Todd Blanche, ordering him to finally answer my complaint. I explain how the judge rejected every one of Blanche’s excuses as to why he blew the deadline to respond & why this order moves my lawsuit even faster to the finish line: youtu.be/9bKB3rbRNCo?...
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🚨Judge SLAMS AG Blanche And REJECTS His EXCUSES In NEW Order In MY Epstein Lawsuit!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
footage is making the rounds on Facebook of a canvasser wearing a Stronger Maine shirt (a super PAC that supports Susan Collins) stealing a package yesterday
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Books and Tunes @booksandtunes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Hands Off the Arts is organizing a rally Sept. 18 against the president’s defacing of JFK’s memorial, his removal and censorship of art, and the threat to demolish the center if he can’t remake the site in his image." #KennedyCenter #Arts
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Hands Off the Arts to form ‘human chain’ around Kennedy Center
Drag performer Tara Hoot among event organizers
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Starting to look like the artist-boycott of South Africa back in the 80s. Maybe it can grow equally big? Boycotting ALL artists who support IsraHell/ refuse to use their voice against genocide? It only takes one to start the ball rolling. www.thenational.scot/news/2655742...
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Radio station drops Ed Sheeran music after listener feedback on Macklemore row
A radio station has dropped Ed Sheeran’s music after “the reaction from our listeners” to the decision to remove Macklemore from his tour over…
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/09/2026
This is no way to run a democracy.
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How the Supreme Court seized power to rule over the rest of us
A false mythology put the justices on top. The people could knock them down.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
KAEPERNICK: The part that I hope people take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore is they are openly colluding. They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In Alligator Alcatraz, detainees were forced into small outdoor cages for hours at a time. In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care. In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up. Unimaginable cruelty.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The alarm bells are ringing over the existential threat being posed by AI. We are at the tipping point. Either we step up and insist on regulatory oversight or we let the tech bros gamble with the future of humanity. My latest: charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-alarm-...
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THE ALARM BELLS ARE RINGING
The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mamdani is writing the playbook for how Democrats must continue to communicate with voters after Election Day. He could have done the usual thing and disappear after winning but if anything he’s communicating even MORE now.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/09/2026
At the same time as the agency is rolling back its power plant standards, it’s launching a new study that would test the country’s water supply for abortion medication, contraception, and hormones used in gender-affirming care, along with over 1,000 other medications and chemicals.
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The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A stunning new @propublica.org investigation reveals that Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch close to Putin, secretly bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s recent lavish Bahamas wedding, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy access to the Trump family 👇
Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin
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clearskyglider.bsky.social @clearskyglider.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
No matter what they do to try to intimidate and discourage us we can't give up the fight against A.I. The cost of giving up is greater than the risk itself. Stand for genuine human creativity and effort. youtube.com/post/UgkxCTM...
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Woody Guthrie penned "This Land Is Your Land" 86 years ago in 1940, in response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America." It was among the first songs to be chosen by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Recording Registry.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Big Tech oligarchs are bankrolling Flock cameras and the AI-powered mass surveillance state. But the people are fighting back — and winning.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Way to go Ireland!! 🇮🇪 👏👏👏👏 TT: @higovisuals
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 13/09/2026
Security researchers say rapid advances in artificial intelligence are making it more critical to address a flaw in Georgia's voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they have been cast. to.pbs.org/4xMnwEm
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The secret ballot has been an article of faith in U.S. elections. That's being tested in Georgia
The system's vulnerability has been drawing increased attention, with election security advocates criticizing state election officials for failing to fix it before the November elections.
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René Magritte @renemagritte.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Le Littré / The Littré Dictionary - c. 1963 #artbots #magritte
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Londoners say NO to Ray-Ban pervert glasses
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/09/2026
In 2000, Paulina Borsook published a book foretelling the anti-government sentiments of the tech world. Now that it’s too late, people are ready to listen.
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A tech prophet finally gets her second coming
In 2000, Paulina Borsook published a book foretelling the anti-government sentiments of the tech world. Now that it’s too late, people are ready to listen.
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