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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 07/02/2026
Recording on-duty immigration agents in public is a First Amendment right, but obstructing agents’ work is a crime. Whether something constitutes as obstruction can be subjective. Here’s what legal experts say you should know. (via @politifact.bsky.social) to.pbs.org/3ZTwvEn
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Here's what to know about the constitutional right to record immigration agents in public
Recording on-duty immigration agents in public is a First Amendment right, but obstructing agents’ work is a crime. Whether something constitutes as obstruction can be subjective. Here’s what legal ex...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014. www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
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Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show
Though the commerce secretary has called his interactions with Epstein as "limited," the two were in business together four years after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/12/2025
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Gallego supported the Laken-Riley Act and supported renditioning people to a slave camp in El Salvador. He should not be trusted, but the fact that he is talking like this shows he knows which way the wind blows.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Joe Murphy @joemurph.com · 25/01/2026
@NBCNews.com tracked the number of people who officers from the Dept. of Homeland Security have shot, now at 12: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Trump's DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September. Here's what to know.
Federal agents have shot three people in Minneapolis in recent weeks, killing two U.S. citizens, Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Videos contradict the Trump administration's account of their deaths.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 23/01/2026
The Department of Justice under Attorney General Pam Bondi intends to leave the second volume of former special counsel Jack Smith's report in "the dustbin of history.
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Pam Bondi vows to block Jack Smith's unreleased report forever 'in the dustbin of history'
The Department of Justice under Attorney General Pam Bondi intends to leave the second volume of former special counsel Jack Smith's report in "the dustbin of history."On the second day of President Donald Trump's second term, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon ordered that the DOJ could not re...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/LOm8sbQHJmE
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MAGA Congress SPIRALS as Jack Smith Hearing BACKFIRES on Trump
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Buttigieg: Some say you can’t talk about any of the things that were wrong about America because that must mean you hate America. To me, anytime we talk about something that wrong, it’s because some of the finest moments that brought out the greatest character of this country is how we put it right.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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Greetis @greetis.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Alarm as DHS signals 'ethnic cleansing' campaign against US citizens: expert
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Alarm as DHS signals 'ethnic cleansing' campaign against US citizens: expert
The Trump administration provoked horror this week with the suggestion that the United States could be turned into a paradise if over a quarter of the people in the country were deported.On Wednesday,...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 04/01/2026
Blanche’s directives, while he still owned significant crypto investments, violated the conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, according to legal experts and former federal ethics officials.
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Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments
Before Todd Blanche could be confirmed as the second-highest official at the...
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Trump warns Venezuela's new leader of "very big price" if "she doesn't do what's right" www.axios.com/2026/01/04/trump-vene… www.axios.com/2026/01/04/trump-vene…
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/01/2026
How does an entire administration not understand this basic reality? Venezuelan oil is not profitable. Heavy crude takes years to extract profitably. It requires massive upfront investment, specialized infrastructure, refineries configured for heavy oil, long timelines, and political stability. 1/2
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Fear has become one of the most powerful forces in American politics. From GOP messaging to Democratic strategy, it’s shaping how voters are mobilized, how enemies are defined, and why our politics feels permanently on edge.
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The Fear Factor
The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 04/01/2026
I’ve been bothering NATO officials for over 2 years with one Q: what will happen if NATO member attacks another NATO member? No answer. Well, soon they’ll have to show us what this, in fact, means.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 04/01/2026
Federal support for criminal justice data collection and research is crucial to public safety, and this year’s grant terminations threaten to undermine that work. Our experts detail the impact work solutions to rebuild support: bit.ly/3Y4QGP2
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Rollback of Federal Investment in Research and Data Collection Jeopardizes Public Safety
The Trump administration’s abrupt termination of funding for criminal justice data and research will upend years of progress toward building safer communities.
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Greetis @greetis.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Flu is rising rapidly, driven by a new variant. Here's what to know
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Flu is rising rapidly, driven by a new variant. Here's what to know
Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday that after a slow start to flu season in early December, mu...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Trump on the US running Venezuela: It will not cost us anything because the money coming out of the ground is substantial. We’re going to take back the oil.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Swalwell: He couldn't run a casino, and now he's going to run a country in South America while he fails to run a country in North America?
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Greetis @greetis.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Explainer: Who's in line to collect Venezuela's billions in distressed debt?
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Explainer: Venezuela's billions in distressed debt: Who is in line to collect?
The toppling of President Nicolas Maduro has thrust Venezuela's debt crisis - one of the world's largest unresolved sovereign defaults - into the limelight.
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Greetis @greetis.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Could Change the World. Here’s How.
13 experts on what comes next in Latin America and beyond.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/01/2026
"The United States has now given Russia, China, and anyone else who wants to give it a try a road map for invading countries that displease them," argues Tom Nichols:
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Maybe Russia and China Should Sit This One Out
Putin and Xi are just shocked, shocked by the American attack on Venezuela.
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Greetis @greetis.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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Opinion | Trump's power grab met less resistance than expected. This phenomenon helps explain why.
Philip Bump: We have reverted from acting on what we know to acting on what we think.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/01/2026
Read the indictment against Nicolás Maduro here.
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Read the Indictment Against Nicolás Maduro
The Venezuelan president was accused of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine, among other charges. His wife, Cilia Flores, was also charged.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 02/01/2026
The group spent hundreds of millions opposing Democratic candidates in the 2024 election cycle.
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Trump’s MAGA Inc. Super PAC Has $300 Million Cash War Chest For Midterms
The group spent hundreds of millions opposing Democratic candidates in the 2024 election cycle.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/01/2026
After posting a photo of a blindfolded Maduro online, Trump said the US plans to "run" Venezuela, suggesting an American occupation. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump says US captured Venezuela’s president and plans to “run the country”
Trump did not request congressional approval for the attack, saying "Congress has a tendency to leak."
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Forbes @forbes.com · 02/01/2026
The New York state health commissioner James McDonald said Friday the state is seeing a “more severe flu season than prior years.”
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Record Flu Hospitalizations Reported In New York As Cases Surge Nationwide
The New York state health commissioner James McDonald said Friday the state is seeing a “more severe flu season than prior years.”
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 03/01/2026
Funding cuts by the Trump administration represent a departure from long-standing bipartisan support for criminal justice research and data collection — the cuts undermine that work and, by extension, public safety. bit.ly/3Y4QGP2
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Rollback of Federal Investment in Research and Data Collection Jeopardizes Public Safety
The Trump administration’s abrupt termination of funding for criminal justice data and research will upend years of progress toward building safer communities.
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Greetis @greetis.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It’s the oil. Timing may have to do with Epstein but the writing was on the wall.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
CBS News has capitulated but Democracy Docket never will. I created it without any corporate backers or private equity investors. It's only accountable to its members who help support its 22-person team. Become one now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Sabrina Fernandes @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Rubio is claiming that they did not need Congress permission because it was a law enforcement mission. The US is behaving as a global police state, extending its own arbitrary legal decisions to the whole world. This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 02/01/2026
A recent coronal mass ejection may disrupt Earth’s geomagnetic field, forecasters said.
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Northern Lights Forecast: 17 States Might See Aurora Borealis Friday Amid Geomagnetic Storms
A recent coronal mass ejection may disrupt Earth’s geomagnetic field, forecasters said.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Phang: If Republican senators and congressmen have an issue with their cell records being obtained by Jack Smith, they should take it up with Trump. Because Trump ordered his co-conspirators, and Trump himself made phone calls to make sure that those election results were not certified…
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
NEW: Jack Smith seemed in total command of the details of his probes and used his deposition to forcefully rebut claims of weaponization and reiterate his belief that Trump was guilty of historic crimes. Our 7 takeaways. w/ @Hailey_Fuchs @jordainc www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
JUST IN: A magistrate judge has ordered alleged pipe bomber Brian Cole detained pending trial. He’ll likely appeal this to his eventual trial judge if/when there is an accepted federal indictment.
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I was told electing a progressive prosecutor would inevitably lead to a rise in crime. share.inquirer.com/gjgwFN
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Philadelphia records the fewest homicides in 60 years, plus other insights to 2025’s crime
The drop in homicides to 222 mirrors a national reduction in violence and follows years of sustained declines after Philadelphia’s homicide rate peaked during the pandemic.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 02/01/2026
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Trump administration bans US veterans agency from providing abortions
Department of Veterans Affairs says justice department found procedure not to be legally sound
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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Effective today, CA’s ban on law enforcement wearing masks (with exceptions for undercover) takes effect. ICE agents will be identified and held accountable for their human rights violations in CA. Trump can’t pardon CA State convictions #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue m.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Rx...
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'What Are You Afraid Of?': Newsom Issues Direct Message To Masked ICE Agents
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
🚨BREAKING: A pro-democracy organization has filed two formal complaints asking federal watchdogs to look into potential illegal actions and partisanship inside the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, an independent federal agency tasked with helping states administer elections.
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Following Democracy Docket reporting, Election Advocates File Complaints Against Federal Election Panel
Read more here.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
WATCH — Israeli cybersecurity billionaire Shlomo Kramer: "It’s time to limit the First Amendment… We need to control all the social platforms, and take control of what they are saying."🤔
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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
In his 15 years of farming full time, Quentin Connealy has weathered his share of storms — literally. The first major flood hit in 2011. Three more came in 2019. The waters rose again in 202...
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University of Nebraska is eliminating a key climate research department
As Nebraska's weather intensifies, farmers are losing a critical resource to understand it.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 31/12/2025
New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows. A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
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ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 02/01/2026
Calls Grow for Elon Musk to Face Legal Consequences After His AI Bot Makes Suggestive Images of Children
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Calls Grow for Elon Musk to Face Legal Consequences After His AI Bot Makes Suggestive Images of Children
Elon Musk under fire as AI chatbot on X platform generates sexually suggestive images of children, sparking legal investigation.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/01/2026
You can get special immigration treatment in this administration as long as you launder Russian propaganda
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Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/01/2026
Mark Cuban on why he got into business selling drugs at a fixed markup, when he could make more money by selling at higher prices: “Because I’m rich as fuck and I didn’t care about the money....My next dollar is not going to change my life.”
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Mark Cuban Tells Us How He Can Fix America’s Shitty Health Care
The entrepreneur wants to do what many in his position have tried and failed to accomplish.
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