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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/08/2026
In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering exempting even more.
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Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.
In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is…
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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 19/08/2026
ICE surge operations threaten public safety, intimidate families, and hurt our economy. That’s why I’m asking parking garage and lot owners to stand with us and reject any ICE proposal targeting our communities. Boston is strongest when everyone feels safe.
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Mayor Wu urges Boston parking operators to turn away ICE leasing requests
The mayor cited public safety risks and economic harm in a letter sent Tuesday to local lot and garage owners. ICE fired back in an email to MassLive.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/08/2026
PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO DATA CENTERS IS NON-PARTISAN Sherrod Brown is putting Jon Husted’s record on blast. Husted was the point man as data centers poured in, benefiting from billions in tax breaks while communities were left dealing with higher electricity costs.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/08/2026
A wall of silence enabled child sexual abuse to continue for generations in the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church. But because of survivors like Kyla Chamberlin, we were able to tell their stories and help break down that wall. Hear directly from Kyla in this excerpt:
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota attorney general sues Texas governor to compel extradition of ICE agent charged in nonfatal shooting.
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Indivisible Guilford NC ❌️ 👑 @indivisiblegconc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Way to freaking go, friends in Alamance County, NC! WOOHOO! @alamanceresists.bsky.social #StopDataCenters #Moratorium www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2026...
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Alamance County Commissioners pass one-year data center moratorium
Alamance County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously for a one-year moratorium on data center development in the county. The board held a public hearing on the moratorium Aug. 17 as part of i...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 18/08/2026
Michael Allen Caruso is accused of kidnapping and molesting a child younger than 5.
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DeSantis Ally In Florida Arrested On Child Sex-Abuse Charges
Michael Allen Caruso is accused of kidnapping and molesting a child younger than 5.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
You shouldn't pay more on your electric bill so a utility CEO can fly on a private jet. I have legislation to cap their profits and lower your bill.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/08/2026
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished. (Published January)
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 18/08/2026
Nearly five million Texans rely on Social Security. Ken Paxton's team wants to hand those hard-earned benefits over to Wall Street. HANDS OFF!
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Axios @axios.com · 18/08/2026
NEW: ABC has filed a lawsuit against the FCC, arguing the agency has violated the First Amendment by retaliating against the broadcaster for its editorial decisions.
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ABC files First Amendment lawsuit against FCC
The broadcaster argues the accelerated review of its licenses is retaliation for its editorial decisions and part of efforts to silence a free and independent press.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2026
Ossoff on why he invoked Natalie Harp during his speech: "We're in wartime. The commander in chief has mired us in this geopolitical disaster. People have lost their lives ... and he retreats into this bubble of West Wing aides who are his security blanket to make him feel good about himself"
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18/08/2026
Remember Trump’s promise to lower cost on Day 1? Well, back-to-school essentials are a whole lot more expensive.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
All I know is that the country really needs @rosie.com to have her own TV show again for our collective well-being. Until then, her guest hosting this week on @jimmykimmel.com will have to do because it gets her back to us where she belongs. You are crushing it, Ro! 🩷
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2026
Sen. Mark Kelly: "Donald Trump said I should be hanged, executed, prosecuted. The guy couldn't even get the order right."
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) used the following words to describe data center developers today; "Predators" "Bullies" "Secretive" Shapiro signed a new state exec order tightening restrictions on data centers, requiring they get local approvals & provide their own power
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The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
During a recent visit to the Obama Presidential Center, Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya reflected on meeting as Obama campaign staffers. After Brian's 2017 ALS diagnosis, they founded I AM ALS. This is their story. #BringChangeHome
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Beat the machine. NEW AD.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BOSTON…😕 ✈️
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/08/2026
Would you rather give money to billionaires to help them buy another private jet or lower health care costs for millions of Americans? Trump picked the billionaires.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is not the reason we’re in an illegal war. My name is not the reason you can’t afford your healthcare. My name is not the reason that you can’t afford your rent or your insurance.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/08/2026
“What an absolute crook” — Ossoff on Trump
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/08/2026
ProPublica reporter @maxblau.bsky.social spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him with a question: Is the produce he buys at the grocery store part of the problem? Watch his quest to find the answer.
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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
BINGO! James Talarico: "I have a legislative record, Ken Paxton has a criminal record. He doesn't serve us, he serves himself. Since taking office, he has become a multimillionaire on a government salary. His net worth has increased 7000% while the pay of Texans is the same."
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Cassidy VOTED FOR RFK, JR. AND HIS BRAINWORM! He doesn’t now get to complain about “tragic” takes (a/k/a lies) about vaccines. Maybe Dr. Cassidy should give his medical assessment instead on Trump’s obvious lack of mental acuity and competence, which preclude him from serving in office.
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
North and South Korea are still technically at war. Our ability to help defend our ally against the North Koreans is because our forces are well trained and able to coordinate with the South Koreans. Hollowing out these joint exercises is shortsighted and a mistake.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Sen. Ossoff on Trump: "The president sleeps through his meetings. He golfs and trades stocks. See, he doesn't want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
After boycotting American products and shunning vacations south of the border, Canadians are pouring their incandescent anger at the U.S. into a new cause: ousting the American ambassador. More than 190,000 have signed a petition calling for the removal of Pete Hoekstra.
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Canadian Petition to Expel U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Takes Off
Mr. Hoekstra has been President Trump’s faithful messenger in Canada amid a historic low in relations. More than 190,000 Canadians want him gone.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The first thing we're going to do when we win this Senate seat? Hold Trump accountable. Then, onto the real work – taking on big corporations, taxing billionaires their wealth, and guaranteeing healthcare through Medicare for All.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/08/2026
Donor-advised fund sponsors have deemed the Southern Poverty Law Center ineligible for donations, jeopardizing tens of millions of dollars in funding. A source told ProPublica the charity has never gotten an explanation as to why it’s been cut off.
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Wall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic to Defund Charities
A quarter of all individual giving in the U.S. is made through donor-advised funds. A ProPublica investigation reveals how these high-stakes decisions to cut off funding often leave charities, donors ...
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Ken Paxton says housing has become "too expensive.” He currently owns 15 homes across the nation, worth $9 million.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/08/2026
O'KEEFE: You have been writing letters & trying to get updates on the status of McConnell. Have you heard anything? BESHEAR: I have heard absolutely nothing back from Mitch McConnell... all he needs to do is do a video for 2 minutes to the people he's supposed to serve, but he absolutely refuses to
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
For the first time in US history, America betrays South Korea, one of our closest allies for over 75 years. These exercises in various forms have taken place every year since 1974.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/08/2026
We should all be worried about "dynamic pricing." That's when companies change their prices in real time. If it's hot out, the cost of ice cream could go up. If it's cold, tea bags could go up. It's a way for giant companies to squeeze you even more.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Family members share with MeidasTouch that women aboard the USS Boxer have been “begging” for extra pads and tampons as basic feminine hygiene supplies run out at sea.
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"They Were Begging Us to Send Them Extra Pads and Tampons." Family Member Describes Feminine Hygiene Shortage Aboard the USS Boxer
A family member with loved ones serving aboard the USS Boxer reached out to us directly to describe a supply crisis unfolding on the amphibious assault ship,
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/08/2026
If only THIS were still what qualified as a presidential scandal. Another reminder that we had it good.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/08/2026
The deployment is expected to cost in the billions after it was quietly extended until Inauguration Day of 2029.
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Armed troops have patrolled D.C. for 1 year now. It's challenging democratic norms
The deployment is expected to cost in the billions after it was quietly extended until Inauguration Day of 2029.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Another federal worker placed on retaliatory administrative leave for speaking up. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration accused of ‘bullying’ union leader at consumer protection agency
Critic of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau leadership was put under investigation and suspended from job
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
BREAKING NYT: Trump's U.S. attorney's office in Chicago has spent the past year investigating a Democratic fundraising firm once co-owned by the daughter of the judge in Trump's hush money trial. The office demanded the firm's internal comms with clients — including Harris, Biden, and Jeffries.
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Prosecutors Examined Firm With Tie to Judge in Trump Hush Money Trial
The U.S. attorney in Chicago subpoenaed a fund-raising firm that had been co-owned by the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan, who conducted the trial that led to Donald Trump’s felony conviction.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/08/2026
President Donald Trump has long claimed, without evidence, that noncitizen voting is rampant. His own unprecedented efforts to prosecute these voters show otherwise.
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Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So fa...
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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gemanne.bsky.social @gemanne.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Canadian Petition to Expel U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Takes Off www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/w...
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Canadian Petition to Expel U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Takes Off
Mr. Hoekstra has been President Trump’s faithful messenger in Canada amid a historic low in relations. More than 170,000 Canadians want him gone.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/08/2026
Homero Calderón's detention by ICE spotlights the massive backlog in the U.S. immigration system. n.pr/3S8L8nc
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ICE detained a Venezuelan soccer pro. His case shows the immigration backlog crisis
Homero Calderón's detention by ICE spotlights the massive backlog in the U.S. immigration system.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/08/2026
Indiana, Illinois and surrounding states are preparing for another stretch of flooding through this weekend. n.pr/4hCjN7i
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The Midwest braces for more heavy flooding, as Indiana seeks federal aid
Indiana, Illinois and surrounding states are preparing for another stretch of flooding through this weekend.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 15/08/2026
The CIA reportedly bombed multiple civilian fishing boats off the Galápagos Islands earlier this year, and the public is only finding out now. Join us in demanding that Congress holds the Trump administration accountable NOW for carrying out these illegal, inhumane boat strikes.
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Tell Congress: Stop President Trump's illegal boat strikes
Since September, the Trump administration has murdered nearly 90 people in international waters, ordering over 20 lethal strikes on civilian boats near Venezuela. Congress must conduct oversight and c...
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
So basically our federal government isn’t doing its job?
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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 16/08/2026
We present to you, this year’s angels of the iconic Fisherman’s Feast! One of the things that makes Boston so special is our traditions that bring neighbors together year after year.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/08/2026
On Alaska’s Adak Island, it costs more than $340,000 per year to provide internet service to hundreds of buildings — all but a few of them empty. The money being wasted is yours: propub.li/4zrY1cT with @adn.com
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Rep. Jennifer McClellan @mcclellan.house.gov · 14/08/2026
The Great Depression left half of America’s seniors in economic insecurity, and in response, Congress created Social Security as a safety net. To commemorate the 91st anniversary of Social Security, I held a town hall to discuss the importance of protecting this benefit for generations to come.
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