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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
"The mainstream media, is, unsurprisingly, not covering itself in glory as it struggles to avoid saying that either the president’s brain has completely left the station or that he’s a mendacious liar who knows no bounds, or both."
publicnotice.co
The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure
It’s not “disputed.” He’s delusional.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/09/2026
“The reasons for US unwillingness to step in to help Saudi at this moment, when everything in history indicated it should, are probably down to military degradation … So what we are seeing is a weakening US, having to abandon its key allies, as its flounders running out of munitions fighting Iran”
phillipspobrien.substack.com
The Unravelling Of The American Age Is Accelerating
What Has Happened In The Last Days Is Ominous
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geneva 🖍️ nycc I-07 @gdbee.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
[ LISA 🌈 ] This is a redraw of an artwork from Jan 2016, 10 whole years ago!
Illo portrait of a young lady holding her hair. She has a dazzling rainbow afro that melts into multicolors. She's wearing a black tank top and magenta-ish dress. Heart motifs throughout the art and in her eyes. By gdbee, June 2026, Paint tool sai 2
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E @helicon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
My family is exhausting. I am not a damn bank. You're grown. Get a fucking second job. I only have 1 person to take care & that's my teenager.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
New: the FCC is trying to ban burner phones by forcing all telecoms to store ID information on all new and renewing customers. That includes a government issued ID number. Massive privacy-impacting change “We never thought that would happen here,” the ACLU says www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to...
404media.co
FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs
The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers' government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse s...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/06/2026
US ATTORNEY ESSAYLI: Is there enough fraud to sway an election? We don't know CUOMO: No ESSAYLI: You can't say 'no.' You haven't done an investigation CUOMO: I've covered elections for 30 years. You know how many cases of widespread fraud I covered? One! And it was the Trump administration
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to blame Europe for any potential outbreak of the Ebola disease in the U.S. during the World Cup
huffpost.com
White House To Play Ebola Blame Game Amid World Cup Fears: Report
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E @helicon.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
When you buy $151 worth of snacks because your daughter's track coach didn't post a "we need snacks" until late last night for a track meet that is today
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/04/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled that President Trump can be held accountable for his actions on January 6. Bring on the lawsuits. trib.al/9iMXxVn
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
"In growing numbers, [people are] flying to the Midwest to find a place to live. In the past couple of years, the region has become a popular place to relocate; three of the country’s five fastest-growing metro areas are there."
theatlantic.com
How the Midwest Became the Place to Move
It’s (mostly) about affordability.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
"No president can decide to withdraw from NATO without Senate approval." —Marco Rubio in 2023 "It's the president's decision if we stay in NATO." —Marco Rubio in 2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Shortly after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed Florida’s version of the SAVE America Act into law, pro-voting groups moved swiftly to challenge the severe new voting restrictions, asking a federal court to block the state from requiring voters to prove their citizenship status.
democracydocket.com
Pro-voting groups file lawsuits to block Florida’s SAVE Act
Just before signing the new voting restrictions into law, DeSantis unironically boasted that he had already successfully rooted out voter fraud in Florida.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
In a significant retreat for Mike Johnson and House Republicans, GOP leaders have reached a deal to end the DHS shutdown
huffpost.com
House Speaker Mike Johnson Drops Key DHS Demand
It looks like House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has folded after initially rejecting a bipartisan Senate deal.
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The way sitting politicians can say this stuff about Muslims while facing zero consequences is an indication of just how entrenched Islamophobia still is in our institutions and culture.

Congressman Brandon Gill

@RepBrandonGill
How many Americans have to get Allahu Akbar’ed before we realize Islam is a problem?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/02/2026
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Friends! Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon! We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights. Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Here is Tim Wise and I on the hidden history of murdered white civil rights figures. For more on this, register for our virtual lecture on Feb.10th, at 6:00 pm! buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Hey man. You work at a newspaper. Have some self respect and try to write at least one sentence that doesn’t feel like sandpaper on my eyeballs.
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E @helicon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I don't know anything about curling, but I am truly watching the Olympic curling session.
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E @helicon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "What the fuck are we doing?"
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
theguardian.com
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The "young intern" at the White House who has been retweeting juvenile, racist, and otherwise embarrassing material from Donald Trump's account for at least 11 years was born on June 14, 1946 at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, New York, NY. He sometimes goes by the name John Barron.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“I was confused as to why the victim was on his side, because that is not standard practice when a victim has been shot. Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds.”
I was confused as to why the victim was on his side, because that is not standard practice when a victim has been shot. Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice.
Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be
counting his bullet wounds.
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 25/01/2026
People are saying this because it doesn't matter whether someone is a good person or a bad person, there is no justification for police or ICE to execute them. We want people to stop being tried in the court of public opinion for being murdered
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If you want proof that Trump is going to try to rig the elections, here it is: In a letter to Gov. Tim Walz Saturday, Bondi claimed that Walz could “restore the rule of law” by complying with a list of demands, including giving the Department of Justice (DOJ) the state’s voter registration records.
democracydocket.com
AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I am okay. Thank you for all the well wishes. We are in scary times. Please stay safe and do not let these people silence you. Onwards.
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local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 24/01/2026
I remain absolutely furious that all this shit in Minneapolis started because a barely-literate homeschooled mormon made a video trying to run up in daycare centers trying to find people of Somalian descent doing fraud despite the ringleader (a white woman) being in jail since March. Demonic.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
BREAKING: Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul lawyers escalate their request for an immediate TRO to temporarily halt Operation Metro Surge following today's ICE killing of Alex Pretti — noting three shootings by ICE in the past three weeks, after 11 months of no officer-involved shootings in Mpls.
This is the third shooting and the second fatal shooting by Defendants' agents in Minneapolis in less than three weeks.! The situation is grave; this most recent fatal shooting and Defendants' escalating unlawful conduct provide compelling circumstances for Plaintiffs' request for this Court to treat Plaintiffs' motion as one for a Temporary Restraining Order as filed. If unchecked, Operation Metro Surge will only continue to inflict irreparable harms and wreak havoc on Plaintiffs and their residents.  ...

The need for emergency relief is urgent and undeniable. Plaintiffs ask the Court to act immediately, and certainly no later than the conclusion of the January 26 hearing, to preserve the status quo by ordering a temporary halt to Operation Metro Surge, requiring Defendants to drastically reduce the number of agents deployed in Minnesota. The record before the Court is more than sufficient to justify this immediate relief: Plaintiffs have demonstrated ongoing, irreparable harm and established serious constitutional claims. Every day that passes without Court intervention compounds these injuries and undermines the very rights this Court is charged to protect. Emergency relief is not only warranted, it is essential. Thank you.
1 For comparison, in the first 11 months of 2025, from January 1 to November 30, there were no officer-involved shootings in Minneapolis where the Minneapolis Police Department was involved. There was a single incident in July of 2025 where there was deadly force directed at an MPD officer. (Robertson Decl. I 2.)
CASE 0:26-cv-00190-KMM-DJF
Doc. 107 Filed 01/24/26 Page 3 of 3
Sincerely,
/s/Liz Kramer
Solicitor General
Liz Kramer
/s/Kristyn Anderson
Minneapolis City Attorney
Kristyn Anderson
/s/Irene Kao
Saint Paul City Attorney
Irene Kao
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Text of the video posted by Mac Randolph “Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point.”
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RIP Alex Pretti,
he was my Dads ICU nurse, he read my dad's final salut at the VA after he passed away. Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point. Also my Fathers final words to me was continue to fight the good fight. He would be honored in Alex' sacrifice, and ashamed of this current administration. In my Dads words I encourage you all to continue to "fight the good fight"
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Very good that TMZ is running this headline on its top story rn: www.tmz.com/2026/01/24/n...
MINNEAPOLIS KILLING NEW VIDEO SHOWS
TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION CREATED FALSE
STORY
... Pretti Posed No Threat
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
And another declaration from a medical doctor who was on scene and attempted to treat the man who was shot. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#109 in Tincher v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:25-cv-04669) – CourtListener.com
DECLARATION of Witness No. 2 re 108 Declaration in Support by John Biestman, Alan Crenshaw, Janet Lee, Abdikadir Noor, Susan Tincher, Lucia Webb . (Fisher, Caitlinrose) (Entered: 01/24/2026)
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
documentcloud.org
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
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E @helicon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
So my sister has the same name of the winter storm that is occurring in the South. Winter Storm Fern is a bish & so is my sis 😆😆
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/01/2026
The """"reporter"""" Vance is talking to here served in Trump I until CNN listened to his old radio show.
cnn.com
Trump appointee resigns as public face of agency that runs AmeriCorps after KFile review of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments on the radio | CNN Politics
Higbie made shocking comments about black Americans, Muslims, women, LGBT people, veterans suffering from PTSD and immigrants
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
For years, we have been lectured on the importance of major news outlets — about how their integrity prevents our democracy from dying in darkness. Yet Donald Trump just stood on a well-lit global stage and declared his intention to abuse the criminal justice system to destroy electoral democracy.
democracydocket.com
Donald Trump just announced breaking news. The legacy media ignored it.
Not only is Trump repeating a lie about the conduct of the 2020 election, but he is also announcing — at an international conference — that his administration will soon prosecute his political opponen...
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
"Like many other blue states, Minnesota pays more to the federal government than it takes in. But why should the state continue to subsidize a government bent on destroying it? What if it just…didn’t?" A big question from @snipy.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's PN: www.publicnotice.co/p/minnesota-...
publicnotice.co
What if we just stopped paying taxes?
Where there's a will there (might) be a way.
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Outsports @outsports.com · 22/01/2026
Empty Netters host privately called Heated Rivalry ‘trash,’ show creators ‘losers’ and ‘cowards’ - www.outsports.com/2026/1/22/24...
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This is a 16-year old girl who was carrying documentation and was pulled over with her documented friend, also 16. This is what they did to both.
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 23/01/2026
Hey friends, it's -15 degrees outside! In temps like this, exposed or improperly insulated skin can get frostbitten in as little as 10 minutes. Here's how you care for it if it happens. First, you need to identify what level of frostbite you have!
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E @helicon.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Fml 😭😭
Weather temperatures in the negative for Friday & Saturday
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E @helicon.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Took my teenager to the bone & joint doctor for a followup on her ankle. Eye TOLD her what day & time her appointment was. I reminded her the day of what time her appointment was. We get there & the nurse made her take off her shoe & sock 😒 Lawd, I had 2ndhand embarrassment cuz her foot was ashy af
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Amanda @tacittaciturn.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Our hero:
elle.com
Everyone's Talking About the 'Heated Rivarly' Sex Scenes—Meet the Woman Who Choreographed Them
Intimacy coordinator Chala Hunter talks about crafting the show’s steamiest moments, and why they’re revolutionary.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 16/12/2025
Dropping this the same day as the sad white guy essay is diabolical work from Reuters and I salute it.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles is scrambling to contain the fallout from her bombshell tell-all interviews with Vanity Fair
huffpost.com
Susie Wiles Calls Explosive Vanity Fair Story A 'Disingenuously Framed Hit Piece'
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The Supreme Court's use and abuse of the Shadow Docket is *how* Chief Justice John Roberts legitimizes Donald Trump's authoritarian takeover of the government. Me, in print for a change, in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
The Supreme Court’s Shadowy Plan to Subvert Democracy
In making frequent, ill use of the “shadow docket,” the high court is not just handing Trump policy victories. It’s upending the rule of law.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
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