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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Once again. Just like the Paramount Merger Gavin Newsom does what he always does. Sells out the working class people for the billionaires again and again. Not only that but endorses a bill that will make it impossible to tax the wealthy at all. www.commondreams.org/news/newsom-...
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Newsom Endorses Ballot Measure That Would Cancel Out Billionaire Tax—and Ban Future Wealth Taxes | Common Dreams
"He’d rather millions of children and families lose their healthcare than ask a couple hundred billionaires to finally pay their fair share."
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: ICE over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote. The internal documents, obtained by the Democracy Forward, showed that ICE's investigative arm also contemplated sending undercover agents to investigate the organizations.
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ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.
washingtonsun.com
White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers
The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
MS NOW and CNN journalists were turned away from the White House this morning following Trump's announcement that he was banning several media outlets.
arlier this morning MS NOW journalists were denied access to the White House grounds. The White House belongs to the American people and the decisions made inside are funded by our tax dollars.
MS NOW intends to take any and all steps necessary to defend our First Amendment rights and the essential role of independent journalism in our democracy.
We stand firmly behind our anchors, our reporters, and our newsroom.
We will continue to report on the President, the administration, and the issues that impact the American people.Early today, CNN journalists were denied access to the White House grounds. CNN's mission to report on the U.S. government will continue regardless of any attempts to restrict physical access to the White House and other government buildings, or any other attempts to impede our journalism. We have a right under the U.S. Constitution to do our reporting without hindrance or interference from the government and this ban is an illegal assault on this fundamental right.
We will not be deflected from our duty to hold the government and other public bodies to account, and we will continue to report on the actions and processes of this administration without fear or favor.
CNN stands fully behind our White House team.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
WaPo Exclusive: More American service members have died during the Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly. Five of the officials said there have been at least 22 military fatalities — four more than what appears in the Pentagon's public database.
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Man who sprayed U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar with vinegar in Minneapolis has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026
“New students enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin can no longer major in studies focusing on Africans and the African diaspora, Mexican Americans and Latinos, or women and gender.” Puts a lot of “regain trust” rhetoric into proper relief.
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Majors related to race, gender cut at University of Texas
The University of Texas at Austin rejected a department’s plan to keep the majors, a decision that came without public knowledge, an interim department chair told faculty.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Nichols, a Trump appointee in Washington, D.C., has *blocked* the administraiton's mail-in ballot plan, saying USPS lacked the authority to issue it. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"
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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
An expensive and deadly war against immigrants, a dismantled regulatory state that leaves us increasingly vulnerable, wars abroad, & endemic corruption - and this is what we have to show for it.
A photograph of a gas station in LA, showing this:

Regular Gasoline: 7.39 a gallon
Extra
Gasoline: 7.49 a gallon
Supreme Gasoline: 7.59 a gallon
Diesel
No.2: 7.99 a gallon.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Look at this loathsome repulsive creature yelling at a reporter. In addition to the fact that he’s the worst president in US history, he’s one of the worst human beings on planet earth. His supporters have a very serious defect in their character.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/09/2026
Raskin after Kristen Welker plays him clips of controversial Hasan Piker comments and asks him to react to them: "I think all of that is an irrelevant distraction"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/09/2026
Maricopa County, Arizona, often sends out more than 2 million ballots in its initial mailing. Under new regulations ordered by Trump, it’s possible that one ballot with a bad barcode or wrong voter information could delay the entire batch.
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New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement
In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I love that a gratuitous event that will likely bankrupt my city will also mean more surveillance, less freedom of movement, & more criminalization: “They are taking existing lanes and restricting public use of those lanes…fines could reach up to $300.”
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
George Orwell is rolling in his grave right now. Representative Jim Himes
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/09/2026
Two ex-DHS officials described the practice of repeatedly rebooking immigrants into two Florida jails as an attempt to evade detention standards. “What it shows is that they were very aware that they were breaking a rule,” a former DHS staffer said.
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These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days.
Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusu...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
while milo gets to chit chat on TV with clear access to safety and basic needs, the US is flying untold numbers of immigrants to unsafe countries of origin or other countries where they don't speak the language or know anyone.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
John Roberts and the SCOTUS Republicans have allowed Trump to proceed with his egregious mail-in voting restrictions. 21 years ago, I warned at Roberts' confirmation hearing he would be a dangerously right-wing Chief Justice. I have sadly been proven right, over and over.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is why Google’s capitulation is so embarrassing. They think they work for his government
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
the largest donor to republicans created a child pornography generator and he is most likely responsible for more child pornography and non-consensual sexual imagery being publicly distributed than any one person in the history of the planet
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Dolly Parton gifted more than 300 million books to children with her wealth. trib.al/f8lj3au
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Meet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the Midterms
The leaderboard of the top 20 donors is dominated by the tech industry and ultrawealthy Republicans.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New: ICE plans to spend millions of dollars on Boston Dynamics dog robots. ICE says this is to improve "officer safety." The robots can open doors, pick up objects, have 360 cameras, infrared vision, etc. Boston Dynamics didn't respond to question on its stance on ICE www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
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ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots
ICE wants the robot dogs to improve “officer safety.”
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I think it's important at this difficult hour to speak as precisely as possible, and with awareness that people of good faith can hold many different views, so: fuck this collaborationist shit.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I think it's bad that the Democrats' House leader is having secret chummy meetings with a guy doing a domestic ethnic cleansing operation and funding a genocide abroad, then spending his entire week going on cable news to complain about a lefty Twitch streamer who nobody knows. Sorry for offending.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Reuters: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE SAYS MAIL-IN VOTING RESTRICTIONS REGULATION NOW IN EFFECT AS COURT CHALLENGES CONTINUE
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404 Media @404media.co · 26/08/2026
NEW: In leaked audio 404 Media obtained, Garrett Langley, Flock’s CEO, told cops that a 404 Media story about cops using Flock to track someone who self-administered an abortion was "entirely false." He's lying.
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Flock’s CEO Is Lying to Cops About 404 Media's Reporting on Abortion Case
Garrett Langley, Flock’s CEO, told cops that a 404 Media story about cops using Flock to track someone who self-administered an abortion was "entirely false." He's lying.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/08/2026
🚨NEW: Maine GOP governor nominee Bobby Charles says he plans to ask the Trump administration to send ICE agents to polling places this November. Federal law prohibits armed personnel at the polls and voter intimidation.
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Maine GOP governor nominee plans to ask Trump admin to send ICE to the polls
Federal law makes it a crime for a federal official to bring or keep troops or armed personnel at a place where an election is being held. The Department of Justice’s own guidance has also long…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BREAKING: Two people have died of measles in Pennsylvania, the state's health department has confirmed. Both people were unvaccinated. They are the first such deaths in the U.S. this year, and the first in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 35 years.
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Two die of measles in Pennsylvania outbreak
The deaths are the first measles-related fatalities in the U.S. this year. Both people had not been vaccinated against the illness.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) - US is preparing to rescind up to 200,000 business and tourism visas in largest mass visa revocation ever, officials say.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
NEW: Last week, DHS's Office of Inspector General came out with a report confirming the concerns that myself and others have raised for over a year, declaring that "As ICE shifted priorities toward immigration enforcement, HSI’s level of effort on fentanyl declined from fiscal years 2024 to 2025."
Screenshot of first page of DHS OIG report: DHS OIG HIGHLIGHTS ICE Homeland Security Investigations Hindered in Countering Fentanyl Entering the United States.

What We Found U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) technologies, intelligence, and information sharing did not effectively enable it to counter fentanyl entering the United States, based on our audit, which included interviews with 100 HSI agents across the country. Given HSI’s unique role in disrupting fentanyl supplies into the United States, failure to address these issues may lead to an increase in illicit fentanyl available to the public and additional overdose deaths. We found: • HSI’s technologies did not meet the needs of agents and analysts conducting fentanyl investigations. HSI users did not widely adopt analytical tools due to technical limitations, and HSI, after spending millions to develop these tools, decommissioned them 3 years after launch. • HSI’s counter-fentanyl mission was hindered by delays in agents obtaining funds to purchase information and evidence (i.e., drugs) during an investigation; a lack of independent authority to investigate fentanyl-related offenses; and low, inconsistent referral of fentanyl cases from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to HSI. • As ICE shifted priorities toward immigration enforcement, HSI’s level of effort on fentanyl declined from fiscal years 2024 to 2025. Fentanyl investigations decreased by 24 percent, investigative hours spent countering fentanyl decreased by approximately 30 percent, and fentanyl seizures decreased by 39 percent. ICE Response ICE concurred with all four recommendations. Appendix C contains ICE’s response in its entirety.
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
ICE just arrested a 5-year-old on his way to a soccer game in Austin. His name is Liam, just like the little boy from Minnesota. He should be in kindergarten this week. Instead he's in a trailer prison in the desert. Release Liam. Release these kids. Close the Dilley children’s prison.
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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
LA County is a perfect example of the role govt. attorneys play in frustrating accountability& transparency efforts. The Sheriff’s Dept. has bred a vicious constellation of deputy gangs that have murdered + hurt residents in jails and on the street. Everybody knows they exist.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Heads up: The Trump Justice Department plans to dispatch about 1,000 monitors to the polls this fall — probably the largest number under a Republican president, according to a top assistant attorney general.
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Justice Department plans to send about 1,000 monitors to the polls this fall
The move to send 1,000 poll monitors is likely the largest number under a Republican president, a DOJ official said.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Dedra Meero from Andor in white uniform, hair upNatalie Harp in black high collar top in the oval office, hair up
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Harrison Levitan @harrisonlevitan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Abolish him from leadership so we can abolish ICE.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/08/2026
Epstein’s best friend says what?
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Harrison Levitan @harrisonlevitan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This will not be an alternative to deadly force. This will be an alternate form of deadly force.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Eight months ago, This American Life sent reporters from Chicago to cover the protests and counter-protests outside the ICE facility in Portland. They chose Karlyn Borsynko to be their local guide to the world of Antifa. What they failed to mention is that KB self-identifies as a fascist.
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The Making Of
How one block in Portland, Oregon became a movie-set war zone that lots of people think is a real war zone.Karlyn Borysenko, anti-comm... • X.com @DrKarlynB
I'm not actually fucking around when I say I'm a fascist.
Most people are not willing to do what is required to defeat the left.
Karlyn Borysenko, anti-communist cu... • .2h Fascist. By which I mean I would put communists in a concentration camp until I can deport them to a third world country, and ban the publication of their ideas.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Republicans depicted Abdul El-Sayed as the guy hiding in a Trojan horse, but the president was actually the one hiding in a Turkish meal truck.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
NEW via Politico: Members of Trump's political team asked Ohio Republicans to NOT wage a public pressure campaign against GOP Rep. Max Miller, despite the serious domestic abuse allegations against him. tinyurl.com/4dw9pwwt
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
"Their argument would outlast the disease because it was so much more about continuing to have that argument than it was about anything else."
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We're Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True | Defector
In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
WaPo making same claim that’s been disproven again & again. Who do they imagine these people are, willing to pay the price of abandoning home, friends, lives they’ve built. “Sorry, kids, we’re leaving the only home you’ve ever known & all our friends to pay 7% state tax instead of 8%.”
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