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Alex @a1extimmons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Be sure you learn that ALPRs aren’t just Flock so when you only talk about Flock to your politicians & fellow citizens be sure to talk about them all not just Flock because cities are just going from one ALPR to another thinking they got around our issues with mass surveillance & AI equipped cams
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Pokin @pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Awful to think so many are using this app. It tracks all sorts of bad things. You do NOT want this on your devices. It’s all about spying on you. bsky.app/profile/clea...
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M. Ann F. Mann/eyemannonymous @eyemannonymous.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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It’s Official: The DOJ Stalled the Investigation Into Donald Trump
Merrick Garland has long claimed he’s been methodically building his investigation into January 6 from the bottom up—but a Washington Post exposé shows otherwise.
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Pokin @pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
😎😎 coolest leader EVER,
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Awkward — “VP JD Vance has been exposed as the source of a story whose supposed leak was used by the White House in court to justify the termination of Politico's access to the press pool.” 😬
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JD Vance unmasked as leaker for story White House used to justify press ban: report
Vice President JD Vance has been exposed as the source of a story whose supposed leak was used by the White House in court to justify the termination of Politico's access to the press pool, Oliver Dar...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. (Published Jan. 2025)
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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I will write this more in days ahead. But it is really important to know that (on Xitter) Stephen Miller is trying to stave off being blamed for the catastrophe that is now predicted to happen to the GOP. Frantically. [ahem] I'd like to prevent this from happening.
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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 22/09/2026
Your tax dollars hard at work making you worse off by making others miserable for no gd reason and except racism. It’s not law enforcement It’s ethnic cleansing They’re just starting with the ones who are hardest to protect
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
15/ ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. We reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and have independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. This is the first piece of an ongoing series:
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#trumpsCorruptionCostsUs #voices4Victory #usDemocracy #dv1
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Alternative View, Pacific Northwest @alt-pnw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I guess that explains what Susan Collins is actually deeply concerned about.
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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 18/09/2026
Dissolve and reconstitute. There has been a complete breakdown in discipline. They were asked to do unlawful things and they willingly complied, over and over again. It’s not law enforcement. It’s ethnic cleansing.
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elmegil.bsky.social @elmegil.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Washington Post just moved an especially good report on the developments today. Highly recommend. /13 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show
The quote headlined an unsealed document in the New York Times’s copyright case against Microsoft and OpenAI.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump spends his days padding his pockets, obsessing over plans to build monuments to himself, sleeping in meetings, and occasionally sending out fake announcements about illegal rebates. No wonder gas is heading to $5 a gallon.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
DHS used a law written for shipping containers to dig through the finances of the Sunrise Movement, SEIU, and a racial justice nonprofit, none of them accused of a crime, which means the target isn't smuggling, it's you & whatever group you write a check to. #CorruptTrumpRegime
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Abortion is healthcare. Deaths from ectopic pregnancy increased in states with abortion bans than others. An untreated ectopic pregnancy causes bleeding, fallopian tube rupture, death. www.propublica.org/article/ecto... #pinks
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/09/2026
Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people. Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
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Supreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Disclosures — ProPublica
Search Supreme Court financial disclosures for organizations and people that have paid justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.
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Caitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA. Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
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A Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remain
In May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure.
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
if this was in an evangelical movie about the antichrist you'd think it'd be a bit much
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 11/09/2026
The Biden White House guys who had the meeting on AI with Andreessen have *just now* figured out that they should point out that Andreessen has been intentionally lying about it ever since in order to drum up support for the fascists. WHY THE FUCK DID YOU WAIT www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Opinion | What Really Happened at the White House Lunch That Marc Andreessen Says Sent Him to Trump
Setting the record straight about the venture capitalist’s meeting with us in the Biden White House.
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TJ @tjsls.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Is this a joke? Am I reading this right? Does he have a coms team/person? If DV generally resulted in the abused party leaving or a reckoning that resulted in better paths forward….it wouldn’t be as bad a problem. The whole point of abuse is to subjugate the victim….and he’s…bragging about it?
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Mark @njdoc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The White House reportedly offered jobs to Massie’s staffers weeks before the Epstein files vote. One aide was offered double his salary. This is what obstruction looks like! 3 million documents are still withheld. Ask yourself why. #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AU5ZA2Ws2QB-...
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Sinister Trump Plot to Steal GOP Rebel’s Staff Revealed — The Daily Beast
Rep. Thomas Massie alleges a pressure campaign that included poaching his own staff.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/03/2026
Ayatollah Killed In U.S. Airstrike theonion.com/ayatollah-killed-in-u-…
“I thought U.S. airstrikes were only supposed to target women and children.”

Peter Yew, Gala Funder
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 24/01/2026
Content warning. ICE fascists pistol whip a person, pile on him 5-1, and then murder him in broad daylight. Do not believe a word of the story from ICE or DHS. This is a fascist regime and they will lie. We must abolish and prosecute ICE. This cannot go on. youtube.com/shorts/2IqIn...
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ICE KILLS ANOTHER CIVILIAN
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The next few days are going to be hard. The fear is palpable. So please, if you’re at all wondering: I wish you could see how much the world needs you. Right now, all that matters is getting to morning. * thetrevorproject.org/get-help/ * pflag.org/resource/support-hotlines/ * translifeline.org/
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I am Jane Doe and Blassey Ford @oldtehanu.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I appreciate this. It begs the question: why has no one who investigated him previously disclosed this? In other words, why so fqing late?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly and explicitly outlined his continued commitment to his maximalist war aims in Ukraine – the same aims for which Putin launched his full-scale invasion in 2022. Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar121725
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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Do you remember when the broadcast networks declined to air primetime speeches by Obama and Biden they deemed too overtly political? Because I do apnews.com/20ccd7a90e43... www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
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ABC, CBS, NBC won't carry Obama
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC, CBS and NBC decided against covering President Barack Obama's speech on immigration live on Thursday, although the Spanish-language Univision network is delaying its telecast of t...
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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
I PROMISE you... people like this guy, specifically, when they do public performative sadism like this? This guy has incredibly bad/dark shit in his closet. The kind of stuff that one might be publicly hanged for.
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department. One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone. When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 07/12/2025
Plot fucking TWIST.
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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
This time it's a white blonde woman, an American citizen, dressed in medical scrubs for work & weighing all of 85 pounds. She was cooperating in every way with the agents. They still manhandled her. It can happen to any of us. I really want this one to go viral.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
And notice: 11 stars—the number of states in the Confederacy. “Americanism” is the new fascism, as predicted.
A screenshot of a Wikipedia article for Halford E. Luccock. The highlighted text quotes his 1938 sermon warning that when fascism comes to America, it won’t be called fascism but will be called “Americanism.”
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
1/ You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what 6 Democratic members of Congress said on video. Trump called it seditious. The FBI launched an investigation. Then came reporting in WAPO about an order SecDef Hegseth gave ahead of the 9/2 attack on a boat allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.
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Sarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Photo of the Year: "Mona Lisa vs. ICE" This woman was injured during the ICE raids in NYC yesterday. The visual juxtaposition of her calm face bloodied amongst the dark chaos around her. Photo: Michael Nigro
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
People should turn off the Amazon sidewalk setting in mass. It’ll really hurt amazons coverage and surely they won’t be too happy about that
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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 24/11/2025
Usha has no more fucks to give.
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jaimi.bsky.social @jaimi.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Here’s the plaque at West Point with the relevant text highlighted
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 24/11/2025
These are deeply evil men who are perjuring themselves so that a 70-year-old grandfather will die alone in federal prison for daring to stand up to their crimes.
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
My friends and former colleagues at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum get all the credit for this one. I don’t think they’ll mind if I share it. If you’re so inclined and happen to be on any of these platforms, please follow them on Facebook, X, Instagram, Threads, and YouTube.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate. Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents. couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
couriernewsroom.com
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
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Zee (missing life's little cues) @miscue.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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Whosamama @whosamama.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
yes, they are nazis. cross-reference the demographic data of these female individuals with the records of the male individuals who have joined ICE and you'll have a detailed description of the way they became brutalizers. www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
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Nazi Ravensbrück camp: How ordinary women became SS torturers
Female SS guards enjoyed home comforts at a camp where they tortured thousands of inmates.
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Sarah @sosomanysarahs.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Thinking today how homelessness runs through this story, through Epstein's (Virginia Guiffre had been homeless before meeting him), and even through Gaiman's (his nanny was sleeping on the beach when Palmer recruited her, and he used threats of homelessness against another victim).
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elmegil.bsky.social @elmegil.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
read the whole chain
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