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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The entire DHS must be dissolved and reimagined. Fuck ICE #iceOutforGood #iceOut Gifted wapo.st/4yA4G3T #usDemocracy #dv1 #voices4Victory
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Emails show how ICE trimmed training for deputized officers
Police officers helping ICE arrest unauthorized immigrants were given a shortened training course that scaled back instruction on the nation’s immigration laws.
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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 15h
Katie Phang on Alito CBS interview: the most gratuitous, ass-kissing thing I have seen.
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 16h
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10h
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h
New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS on the president's brilliant strategy to make Republican candidates across the country exactly as popular as he is.
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Operation: Albatross
As the midterm elections draw near, it seems ever likelier that we're finally going to witness a reckoning for Republicans. For nearly two years now, Republican members of the House and Senate have t...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h
By "a few folks in the media," does Secretary Kegsbreath mean Trump's own Navy Secretary who reported on all the attempted suicides by sailors stuck on the USS Abraham Lincoln?
Eight USS Abraham Lincoln Sailors Attempted Suicide During Deployment in Iran War: Navy Secretary
“Since the beginning of Lincoln’s deployment, there have been a total of eight suicide attempts across the strike group,” Hung Cao wrote.
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 18h
Sen. Collins faced Troy Jackson last night in their Maine Senate debate. On stage, Collins inaccurately described ProPublica’s story about an FBI anticorruption investigation that probed the conduct of her & her staff until Trump’s DOJ shut it down. Let’s get into the facts…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h
Thread 👇👇
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20h
14 years of GOP presidents & 12 of unified GOP Congress in the 21st century. Not once did we get masthead editorials like 👇, let alone op-eds, Substacks, podcasts & Takes™️ from Ezra Douthglesias & co. about how The Republicans must do an Abundance of Popularism, let alone basic competent government.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Imagine if the national media covered American politics through the lens of which party actually competently staffed & governed the country when it was in power, instead of covering it as horse races, theater, & grading on a curve for the One Special Boy & the far right authoritarian party.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22h
Nevada Republican politician Michele Fiore, nicknamed “Lady Trump,” collected money for a memorial to 2 fallen police officers but spent it on plastic surgery, rent and her daughter’s wedding. A jury convicted her of fraud. Trump pardoned her because he’s pro-criminal. Vote against all Republicans.
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‘Lady Trump’ was convicted for fraud and then pardoned by the president. The White House didn’t say why.
“Justice Interrupted”: The latest installment in MS NOW’s series examining the clemencies and pardons by Donald Trump — and the fallout from them.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22h
I've endorsed the Media and Democracy Project's pro-democracy election coverage guidelines. You should too.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h
An authoritarian government forcing people to use new politically-driven language in their speech -- call it "newspeak," if you will
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22h
This article (and Slade's book) are fan fiction. Trumpism isn't a break from Reaganism, it's the intended result, a gov't by, for, and of corruption, lawlessness, racism, and misogyny. That's why Reaganites with power—Thomas, Alito, Kennedy, McConnell—worked hard to empower and entrench Trumpism.
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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 22h
I wonder if Bergum realizes, or gives a shit, that in the years to come this clip will be featured alongside ominous music and a voiceover narration about how he and other conservative hucksters like him fucked over humanity and countless other species, perhaps irreparably.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 22h
I guess this is what happens when AIPAC-AI writes your talking points without any human in the chain to check for basic humanity. David Valadao (R-CA-22) literally says that military aid to Israel helps the US because the money goes to the production and TESTING of American weapons systems.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h
With our money. Playing in our faces. 🤷🏼 ✈️
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h
Cornell does, after all, have a distinguished tradition of producing leaders: governors, members of Congress, CEOs, Nobel laureates, people entrusted with decisions affecting millions of lives. Perhaps leadership could begin with one. Before teaching young men how to run the world, teach them what to do when the world is one room, one woman, one terrible thing happening, and nobody wants to be the first man to ruin the evening.
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Dina Sayegh Doll @askdinadoll.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Supreme Court term kicks off with a major case that could finally make Big Oil pay for the damage it caused, just like Big Tobacco. Public outcry forced Alito to recuse, giving the environment a real shot at a win. @meidastouch.com
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Warren is too professional to remind everyone that Pulte is on camera receiving a trophy that says “Bill Pulte Fucks Only the Young” but I’m not
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Watch this before you go Prime Day shopping.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On the left: President Trump false claims of violent crime in Chicago (as prelude for laying a pretext) On the right: Most recent official stats showing Chicago success in back-to-back years of historic reductions in violent crimes
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Dannyboy wildlife @dannyboywildlife.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“The lifeblood of MAGA is sadism: a desire to inflict pain on women, minorities, LGBTQ people. A lot of people don't necessarily feel comfortable saying that on an individual basis, but when they go to a rally, they can chant hateful, racist things and get that glee, and they're kind of anonymous.”
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Which will happen first?: 1) The Iran war ends with a stable settlement and global oil supply returns to pre-war levels 2) Reserves run out I don’t know which will happen. No one does. But I can tell you that the current global economy is still operating under the assumption that it’ll be 1.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
one funny thing about Alito is he is constantly fuming over his critics. just a big blubbering baby.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: Amid public health concerns over online sports betting, major operators like DraftKings say their in-app safeguards can prevent users from spiraling out of control. Our reporter decided to find out for himself whether that was true.
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Our Reporter Spent 10 Weeks Gambling on DraftKings. Here Are 5 Things He Learned.
ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson immersed himself in the world of online sports betting on DraftKings to test the limits of the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. Here are five things he learn...
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Democrats have to explain what we're trying to build, not just what we're trying to block.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Precisely. I’ve been saying elsewhere that the blatant authoritarianism is fueling their opposition. In a big way.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We can’t just move past what SCOTUS has permitted this Administration to do to people who have lived and worked in the U.S. for years and even decades.
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Boehlert Media Busters @mediabusters6.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Watch & Share "Experts have long warned that immigration dragnets & the erosion of civil rights for immigrants will inevitably result in the erosion of rights for US citizens" Over 50 US Citizens have been assaulted & arrested by Trump’s #ICEGestapo bit.ly/4rYGV2P The remedy: #VoteBlueNoMatterWho
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
GOLDMAN: “.. S&P excluding AI stocks has fallen roughly 7% from its late-August peak, giving back its entire summer rally." @yahoofinance.com
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So, one of my best argument against the electoral college is that it actually provides perverse incentives to presidents to ignore states they’re not going to win. Of course, Trump takes “perverse” to unhinged extremes.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Can you imagine any other...ah, nevermind. Should be leading news for a week, a month, a day? But, nah, nothing. The President of the United States openly talking about taking out major American cities and the millions that live in them.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 06/10/2026
If Nidal Hasan is executed by firing squad, as the Pentagon spokesman says Hegseth and Trump have decided, it will be the first death sentence carried out by the U.S. military since 1961, and the first by firing squad since 1945. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
Screenshot of a tweet from @SeanParnellASW dated 5 Oct 2026, reading as follows:

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. He killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while shouting “Allahu Akbar” during the attack. 

The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution. Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.
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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How nice for them. Next question: which act of Congress authorized this expenditure of federal funds? Quaint it may be, but our constitution forbids drawing funds from the treasury except pursuant to acts of congress.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of america can sort of say ‘ugh, look at these cities.’ but we are holding a lot of your people who you failed to love and take care of.” 👏 👏 👏
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com · 05/10/2026
"The issues that were occurring in the 50s and 60s against Black folks are now occurring in the 2020s against all people." Former EAC Chair Thomas Hicks said that Trump's attacks on mail-in voting are creating modern barriers to voting.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Americans picked Trump II, and their biggest objection is high prices. Hungary chose Orban, and their eventual big objection was corruption. Erdogan and Modi won multiple terms. Brazilians about to go Bolsonaro again. Not always free and fair, but yeah, millions want it. Wouldn’t work otherwise.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ruffalo: Hands off our fucking vote. I’m gonna Hulk out. You won’t like me when I’m angry. Hey, I’m still here. They thought I was out for the count. I’m still here. I’m still playing the Hulk.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The New York Times asks the RNC for crowd sizes for Trump's events. Rather than provide numbers, the RNC issues a meaningless statement, and the NYT prints it! Why would the RNC answer a reporter’s questions when the NYT is willingly to reprint Republican propaganda instead?
Natalie Baldassarre, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, responded to a request for crowd sizes at each event by saying on Sunday that the rallies were “drawing some of our highest ticket demands to date,” adding that “our Republican candidates will continue to build off this momentum and drive voters to the polls as we approach Election Day.”
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin was on-site last week at a new ICE facility for unaccompanied kids that’s about to open at an airport in Louisiana. Mullin reiterated the Trump regime’s “worst of the worst” baloney. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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