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Ellen Barber

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Ellen Barber @ellenbarber.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tell Congress: Defend the Affordable Care Act and Make Health Insurance More Affordable Now, via @voicesofhealthcare.org Easy form for writing a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...
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Tell Congress: Defend the Affordable Care Act and Make Health Insurance More Affordable Now
Affordable Care Act tax credits that made health insurance coverage affordable for millions of middle class American families have expired. Tell your Senators and Representative to expand health insur...
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SMART Elections @smartelections.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Doug Jones PhD, one of the leading #electionsecurity experts in the U.S. has strongly endorsed #SMARTelections' #electionprotection program. Training is this week & next. Tues/Thurs 7pm ET. Each training is different. Sign up to protect the #midterms www.volgistics.com/appform/2660...
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Ellen Barber @ellenbarber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Join @freepress.bsky.social in telling media companies NOT TO CAVE! Sign their petition here:
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Tell Media Companies: Don't Cave to Trump
Add your name to Free Press’ petition today.
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From Maine to Arizona, federal agents appeared in nearly every corner of daily life, captured mostly on security cameras and through cracked blinds. We reviewed 50+ incidents. Here’s how the summer escalation in immigration arrests unfolded: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer (Gift Article)
A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.
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Ellen Barber @ellenbarber.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What did #DOGE do with our Social Security records? In 6 states, YOU can ask for a grand jury to find out. I heard @indivisible.org might help with the process in #NewMexico! @indivisibleabq66.bsky.social @carmitage.bsky.social cmarmitage.substack.com/p/four-peopl...
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Four People Have Begun the Process to Convene Grand Juries Over DOGE, the Make Corrupt Politicians Pay Act Is in the Mail to 1,519 Legislators, the Calls Start This Week, and More
Also: the Sign-Up Form for New Petitioners, the Oppositional Federalism Paper Free on SSRN, a New Form for Your Questions, and the First ER Designs Retiring September 30.
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Politi-Kat-SRQ @politi-kat-srq.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Want to make a difference in your state? Find the petition to seat a grand jury and sign it. Easy enough, right? You know what to do. cmarmitage.substack.com/p/we-are-off...
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We Are Officially Beginning the Process to Convene Grand Juries Over DOGE.
Six states allow citizens to convene grand juries via petition. Every official with the authority to act was asked. None acted. Time to grab a clipboard.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/09/2026
TEXAS OHIO GEORGIA NORTH CAROLINA MICHIGAN IOWA ALASKA These are the states we’ve identified as most vulnerable to GOP election interference before, during, and after Election Day. If your state is on that list, we want to train you how to get into election protection formation.
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Sign Up to Protect the 2026 Elections · Indivisible
Sign the pledge to protect the 2026 elections! From a [last-minute switch to precinct-based assigned polls in Dallas County](https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/03/04/dallas-county-precinct-voting-pr...
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SMART Elections @smartelections.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
More #ElectionFraud from #DeliverTheVote Sliding door in the ballot box Revolvers Brickbats Using a cannon to intimidate voters Inventing towns (to create more votes) Digging a fresh grave next to the polling location Riots Read the Substack smartelections.substack.com/p/methods-of...
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SMART Elections @smartelections.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Want to help prevent this? Sign up for our #Election Verification Training #CountTheVote. Use the QR code on the flyer or this link www.volgistics.com/appform/2660... Training starts 9/15/26 - twice/week for 3 weeks. You don't have to attend all trainings. Just one is fine.
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SMART Elections @smartelections.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thread: Election Fraud & What You Can Do A list of actual methods of #fraud from #DeliverTheVote, the brilliant history of US #elections by a #Pulitzer-nominated historian Such as: -> Repeat voting (8 men registered 161 times in one day) -> Closing polls smartelections.substack.com/p/methods-of...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 09/09/2026
ICE agents terrorized residents in a quiet Maryland neighborhood for 40 hours. trib.al/2cafW2g
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ICE Beats Up Protesters After Taking Over Neighborhood for Days
ICE agents terrorized residents in a quiet Maryland neighborhood for 40 hours.
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Ellen Barber @ellenbarber.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The USPS Board of Governors has the power to PROTECT vote-by-mail, but they're not doing their job. Join @usmailnotforsale.bsky.social & tell USPS to Deliver Our Ballots: actionnetwork.org/letters/deli...
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Deliver Our Ballots - Tell Postal Service Leadership We Demand to Vote-by-Mail
The USPS Board of Governors has power the protect vote-by-mail, but they are not doing their job. Will you send them a message?
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 02/09/2026
The universal view of experts, @becingber.bsky.social explains, is that the Trump administration's killings at sea are murder under domestic law, extrajudicial killings under international law, and given their systematic nature, may well be crimes against humanity.
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God @thegodshow.com · 02/09/2026
Thomas Massie revealed 14 of Epstein's co-conspirators by name.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A huge thank you to Patagonia! The company has joined conservation and Tribal groups in suing the Trump administration, seeking to overturn its move to shrink Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah by more than one million acres.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Three Strikes: Did Todd Blanche's DOJ Violate Jim Comey's Attorney-Client Privilege a Third Time? emptywheel.net/2026/09/02/t...
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Three Strikes: Did Todd Blanche's DOJ Violate Jim Comey's Attorney-Client Privilege a Third Time? - emptywheel
There are signs that Todd Blanche accidentally on purpose breached Jim Comey's privileged communications for a third time.
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SMART Elections @smartelections.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Come for the merch - stay for the amazing info about the history of US #elections www.youtube.com/live/htordBu... Plz share w/ everyone you know & Plz bring your spirit of generosity This is our #Midterms #Fundraiser
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SMART Elections @smartelections.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#Votapalooza! is Tomorrow! Aug 29th 1-7pm ET Make Sure You’re There and Bring Friends! The day centers around #DeliverTheVote, a book which chronicles the remarkably creative & astonishingly frequent history of election fraud in US #elections. Join here: www.youtube.com/live/htordBu...
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Ellen Barber @ellenbarber.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Independent newsfolk, have you heard about this fun nonpartisan event? Sat. 8/29! @meidastouch.com @maddow.bsky.social @hartmannreport.com @us.theguardian.com @jesscraven101.bsky.social @jenafifield.bsky.social @moreperfectunion.bsky.social @gelliottmorris.com @glegum.bsky.social @atrupar.com
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Ellen Barber @ellenbarber.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
SATURDAY 8/29! Readings from DELIVER THE VOTE by Tracy Campbell--stories of creative #election shenanigans throughout #UShistory. With @triumphicdhq.bsky.social, Denis O'Hare, @ealexthegreat.bsky.social, @gangstagrass.bsky.social, @attackerman.bsky.social & many more! www.youtube.com/live/htordBu...
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Votapalooza! from SMART Elections
YouTube video by SMART Elections
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SMART Elections @smartelections.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#Votapalooza! is tomorrow Sat 8/29/ 1-7pm ET We'll be giving away & auctioning signed copies of the brilliant masterpiece #DeliverTheVote. Also reading from it! Free copies will be toward the beg & the end. We'll also give away t-shirts, buttons & pens! www.youtube.com/live/htordBu...
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 28/08/2026
"For more than a year, the National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer." www.notus.org/agencies/tru...
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Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer
The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
among many other things I would like to see dems campaigning on, it should be made clear to companies that profit from deals like this that any public lands or resources given to them by trump will be immediately nationalized with appropriate punitive fines
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SMART Elections @smartelections.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Excited @triumphicdhq.bsky.social is joining #Votapalooza! Our online livestream fundraiser presentation of #DeliverTheVote (the brilliant book about US election fraud) by #Pulitzer nominee Tracy Campbell who will also be with us! 8/29 1-7pm ET www.youtube.com/live/htordBu... #SaveTheDate & Share!
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SMART Elections @smartelections.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Pulitzer-prize nominated historian Dr. Tracy Campbell will read from his gutsy intro. Celebs include #Triumph the Insult Comic Dog & the band Gangstagrass! Sign up to get a reminder now! go.reachmail.net/Subscription... Fundraiser for #CountTheVote our program to protect the #midterms!
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SMART Elections @smartelections.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Is there #ElectionFraud in US #elections? We can learn from #history & we'll be doing that on 8/29 from 1-7pm ET at #Votapalooza! #SMARTelections 6 hour livestream fundraising extravaganza where we will be reading from the masterpiece historical book "DeliverTheVote."
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Doug Bock Clark @dougbockclark.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
1/ This spring, while investigating the Trump administration’s efforts to influence the midterm elections, my reporting partner @jenafifield.bsky.social and I noticed something unprecedented, something very troubling… 🧵👇
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Ellen Barber @ellenbarber.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Urgent petition organized by @peoplepowerunited.bsky.social. They still need more signatures. Please sign and share! www.mobilize.us/peoplepoweru...
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Stop ICE From Torturing People With Electric-Shock Gloves · People Power United
ICE is planning to spend up to $20 million on thousands of gloves capable of delivering painful electric shocks through a person’s skin to force compliance. These devices look like ordinary gloves unt...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/08/2026
NEW: Internal National Park Service records obtained by MeidasTouch’s Scott MacFarlane reveal more than $400 MILLION has been steered toward Trump’s White House and D.C. projects, while funding for major national parks is being slashed.
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Trump Turns National Parks into Piggybank
Cutbacks and Setbacks Hammer America's National Parks in the Shadow of Trump's Vanity Projects
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Ellen Barber @ellenbarber.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Sign the Petition
Stop the Closure of the National Archives at Chicago!
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Ellen Barber @ellenbarber.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Sign the Petition
Stop the Closure of the National Archives in Chicago and San Francisco!
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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
He's right. The FCC should abandon this unlawful attempt to consolidate broadcast media into oblivion. Congress set this cap in federal law, and only Congress can change it.
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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Eliminating the national broadcast ownership cap does not free local broadcasters from economic pressure, it just changes who's doing the squeezing. Trading a squeeze from Big Tech for a squeeze from Big Media does nothing to protect the communities this cap was designed to serve. 🧵
Screenshot of full Gomez statement
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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Your local newsroom used to decide what you got to watch. Now that decision increasingly runs through whether it pleases the White House, and without a consumer protection measure like the national ownership cap in place, it will only get worse.
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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
FCC Chairman Carr just removed a significant legal hurdle to further broadcast consolidation — specifically involving media conglomerates that are friendly to Trump and his far-right agenda. Learn more:
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Free Press Plans to Take Carr to Court in Response to Thursday's Unlawful Decision to Eliminate a Vital Limit on Media Consolidation
Chairman Carr’s goal is to spur more media consolidation involving companies Donald Trump views as ideological allies and corporate cronies.
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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"Changing this limit requires congressional action, but Carr doesn't care. He'll do whatever it takes to clear the way for Trump-aligned billionaires to swallow up stations wherever and whenever they please." - Free Press' @mattfieldwood.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
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FCC scraps limit on local TV ownership in win for media conglomerates
The 2-1 vote along party lines repealed ‘national cap’ that served as a key check on consolidation of the TV industry
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Ellen Barber @ellenbarber.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Urge Your Senators to OPPOSE the "CLARITY Act"--use @indivisible.org's easy form: act.indivisible.org/sign/urge-de...
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Urge Your Senators to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption
Last year, the House passed the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), a bill disguised as “crypto regulation” that actually serves the billionaires and bad actors at the center of today’s crypto chaos. This bill d...
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
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Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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Ellen Barber @ellenbarber.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“A Democratic Press Secretary could easily set themselves up at the Capitol and hold a daily briefing to fact-check whatever KKKaroline Lie-vitt had just lied about. An immediate Democratic response every day … would have an impact.” www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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Trump's humiliating end would be almost guaranteed by this single Dem hire
Dear Democrats, Since too many people are complaining about you without providing any suggestions on what you could be doing better (other than “DO BETTER FFS!”), I’m here to help. We’re all tired of ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 29/07/2026
EPA will hold a virtual public meeting of the SACC on August 3-7, 2026. While registration for comments are closed, we encourage anyone interested to attend. Learn more at:
epa.gov
Peer Review for Evaluating 1,1,2-TCA; 1,2-DCP; TBBPA; EDB; and tDCE | US EPA
Information about the EPA's Peer Review of 1,1,2-trichloroethane; 4,4'-(1-methylethylidene)bis[2,6-dibromophenol] (TBBPA); 1,2-dichloropropane; ethylene dibromide; and trans-1,2-dichloroethylene under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 29/07/2026
Trump's "Make America Healthy Again" administration is weakening the review of toxic chemicals by undermining the federal advisory committee that provides independent, unbiased, and up-to-date scientific expertise to inform EPA decisions that keep us safe. 🧵 ⬇️
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: A group of 25 states is suing the Trump administration, accusing federal officials of leveraging billions of dollars in federal disaster grant funding in an attempt to coerce states into implementing the president’s anti-voting agenda. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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States sue Trump admin for withholding $148M in disaster aid over ‘unlawful’ election demands
While many red states have raced to enact President Donald Trump’s policy goals — even ones that have been blocked by the courts — blue states have persistently refused.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
My latest is a tale of two clerical errors involving noncitizens registered to vote. Texas got a pass. New Jersey got a conspiracy theory. Don't believe the lies Trump is telling. Don't buy into the right wing smears. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-a-tale-of-t...
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A tale of two clerical errors: Texas got a pass. New Jersey got a conspiracy theory.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Taylor Farms, the lettuce supplier at the center of our explosive diarrhea outbreak, has spent millions to oppose food regulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans:
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Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak
The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/07/2026
This is not a drill. Call your House representative NOW and demand they vote NO on the NDAA. Dial (202) 224-3121 and give the operator your ZIP code or state to be connected. They may vote on this at any minute now.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/07/2026
Additionally, now that the SAVE Act has been attached to the NDAA, a vote for the bill would not only endorse its massive topline funding for continued militarization and President Trump's war agenda, but also advance voter suppression by making it harder for eligible Americans to cast a ballot.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/07/2026
They could vote any minute. Tell your representative to oppose the NDAA until key provisions on military integration between the US and Israel and the SAVE Act are removed.
SOUND THE ALARM
The House is voting on the
NDAA today and they added a Israel × U.S. military merger
AND the SAVE Act to it!!
CALL YOUR REP NOW AND DEMAND THEY VOTE NO!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Another endangered species just lost federal protections. At the request of the Trump administration, a federal judge in Texas removed Endangered Species Act protections from the dunes sagebrush lizard, a species found only in parts of southeastern New Mexico and West Texas.
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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 14/07/2026
Breaking: A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an immigration policy targeting noncitizen researchers, advocates, fact-checkers, and trust and safety workers based on their work. knightcolumbia.org/content/fede...
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Federal Court Suspends Trump Immigration Policy Targeting Technology Researchers
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