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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026
“They knew, they lied”: Fire survivors bring their fight to the Supreme Court’s steps
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“They knew, they lied”: Fire survivors bring their fight to the Supreme Court’s steps
As justices weighed the merits of Boulder's case against Big Oil, those who lost everything want accountability.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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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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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026
A new US indictment alleges an American co-conspirator helped fuel a school shooter’s attack in Canada. So did OpenAI's ChatGPT, according to our exclusive investigation
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you think Trump’s “musings” and “jokes” are not worth headlines, no matter how shocking or offensive they may be, then you haven’t been paying attention. The past decade and past week show they're too dangerous too ignore. My new piece at @contrariannews.org www.contrariannews.org/p/dont-dismi...
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Don’t Dismiss Trump’s Los Angeles-San Diego Comment as a ‘Joke’
No normal American would say those words. A president shouldn’t even think them.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The OPT rule is out, and it's a mess. DHS is aware that this rule will be challenged in court, but didn't even bother to do a defensible analysis of the costs. For example, their estimate of costs that this rule will impose on the public over 10 years is a range between $241 million to $29 billion.
Due to high uncertainty in regulated parties’ behavioral responses, DHS uses ranges to estimate costs and transfers. These ranges reflect different scenarios for how many OPT fees the educational institutions would fund. If all OPT fees are paid by schools, the main impact would be the transfer of payments from the fees. If some OPT fees are not paid by schools due to reduced participation, there would be opportunity costs from the lost OPT participation. DHS estimates the annualized costs of the proposed rule would range from $32 million to $8.2 billion, with a primary estimate of $4.1 billion discounted at 3 percent. Discounted at 7 percent, the estimated annualized costs of the proposed rule would range from $34 million to $8.2 billion, with a primary estimate of $4.1 billion. DHS estimates the 10-year total costs of the proposed rule would be $275 million to $69.9 billion, with a primary estimate of $35.1 billion discounted at 3 percent (see Table 10). Discounted at 7 percent, the estimated total costs of the proposed rule would be $241 million to $57.7 billion, with a primary estimate of $29.0 billion.
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Tax War Room @taxwarroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Meta paid just 3.5% of its 2025 profits in federal corporate income taxes. Part of the trick: claiming a research tax credit on equipment for its AI data centers. A break meant for innovation, turned into a subsidy for business as usual.
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Meta’s Federal Tax Rate Hits an All-Time Low Due to Breaks Expanded by Trump Tax Law
The company paid an effective federal income tax rate of just over 3.5% in 2025, the lowest it has recorded since the company went public as Facebook in 2012.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 07/10/2026
Chairman's family ties to Trump and Israel raise questions over editorial independence at CNN and CBS.
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Why Paramount-Warner merger has sparked fears about press freedom
Chairman's family ties to Trump and Israel raise questions over editorial independence at CNN and CBS.
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
HEADS UP: Over the next decade, 2 to 3 million Americans who earn student debt cancellation after making payments for 20+ years could be hit with a massive "tax bomb" because of Trump's Big Ugly Bill. #TaxJustice
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Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Left A “Tax Bomb” for Families Who Earn Student Debt Relief. Congress Can Still Fix This.
Over the next decade, 2 to 3 million Americans who earn student debt cancellation after making payments for 20+ years could be hit with a massive tax bill.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨 LEAKED AUDIO: Ken Paxton admits Trump’s policies are dragging down his campaign. “It’s the war. It’s gas prices. It’s diesel. It’s over $6 a gallon… the rise of food prices and everything else.” Even Ken Paxton knows who’s responsible for the pain Texans are feeling.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 07/10/2026
oh look paid protesters
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Reminder again that the President of the United States has no idea what a trade deficit is — a concept taught in high school econ. He thinks that if the US buys $500 of goods and services from Canada, and Canada buys $400 of goods and services from the US, we have “lost” $100.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/09/2026
ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes. (Published Dec. 2024)
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How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/09/2026
Breaking News: OpenAI disclosed six new instances in which artificial intelligence systems hid mistakes and other “concerning” behavior.
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OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There you have it, hurricanes only target states with democratic governors. 🙄
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/09/2026
This is no way to run a democracy.
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How the Supreme Court seized power to rule over the rest of us
A false mythology put the justices on top. The people could knock them down.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
👀👀👀👀 Karl Rove says he’s voting Democratic in Texas because the “GOP’s stables need cleaning” Yes. That Karl Rove.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: For over two decades, the OSCE has sent a mission to observe every federal election in the US.   But the regional security organization told DD that it hasn’t received an invitation from the Trump administration to observe the upcoming midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: These international observers have monitored US elections for decades. This time, the Trump admin didn’t invite them
It’s the latest ominous sign that the U.S. is backsliding on democracy — and adds to concerns that the administration wants to undermine the vote.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We had thought the “safety issues” at the Kennedy Center were caused by the Trump administration. It appears that might be the case. In a sworn declaration filed today, a legal observer said she witnessed a forklift carrying fencing drive to the north
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ron White: Eight of Ken Paxton’s assistants turned him into the FBI for fraud... They sued and won $6 million. Guess who paid that $6 million? You and me paid the $6 million for his bribery. His own party impeached him. He’s a criminal.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17/09/2026
The bill marks the first time in more than two years the US Congress has passed legislation supporting Ukraine
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Congress passes sweeping US sanctions bill targeting Russia
The bill marks the first time in more than two years the US Congress has passed legislation supporting Ukraine
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Reuters @reuters.com · 17/09/2026
US allies fret over how Trump might play his Taiwan hand with Xi reut.rs/4gVUtIB
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US allies fret over how Trump might play his Taiwan hand with Xi
US allies in Asia are growing anxious that President Donald Trump may be tempted to soften Washington's support for Taiwan in return for an economic win ​with Beijing as he prepares to host Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/09/2026
In Opinion If A.I. “could destroy human life on earth, why continue to build it? Often the answer is that since its development is inevitable, responsible actors need to get there first,” Michelle Goldberg writes. But that explanation “doesn’t account for tech leaders’ messianic dreams.”
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Opinion | Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse
Silicon Valley’s strange new theology.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026
For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. These “shadow docket” decisions have let the Trump admin. bypass lower courts on deportations, ICE stops and more — often with little to no explanation.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Is this a “holy shit” story? Because it seems like one.
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CNN @cnn.com · 13/09/2026
A federal judge said in a filing that a Trump administration order for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its staffing nearly in half was illegal. cnn.it/46FEatD
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/09/2026
"More people will die. And I highly doubt Franklin Graham will care." ICYMI, the MAGA patronage behind the new foreign aid regime:
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Trump’s New Foreign Aid Plan Is a Handout to the Religious Right
It’s MAGA patronage for right-wing evangelicals masquerading as foreign policy.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Shame on you!" chant breaks out as Roger Marshall makes excuses for his medical debt collection practices experts called "extreme" and "unbelievably aggressive."
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🧊🪖 ERO ONE is another step in transforming federal law enforcement into a nationwide military campaign.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The federal government spends more money than it collects in taxes and other revenue. That difference is the federal deficit. Because America has developed this very large structural deficit, the cost of carrying its debt has become one of the government’s largest expenses.
U.S. Treasury has borrowed $155 billion every month of this fiscal year-and is now paying $24 billion a week in interest on its debts
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/09/2026
I think there is an iceberg of undisclosed AI cyber incidents. Contrary to what many people think, these are not PR exercises. For instance OpenAI didn't want to collaborate with this investigation and tried to hide it.
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brent 🌹🗽 @therealbrent.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Holy shit
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I set this up more like a source list than an article in case folks want to deep dive into the primary sources. decodingfoxnews.substack.com/p/a-timeline...
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A Timeline of Maria Bartiromo, Election Denialism and a $2.7 Billion Lawsuit
Yesterday long-time Fox News host Maria Bartiromo was fired from Fox News/Fox Business after 12 years with the network.
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CNN @cnn.com · 04/09/2026
President Trump threatens to prevent the US from trading with many countries unless the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates. cnn.it/4zXsFeh
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/09/2026
"He was the very image of a young person engaged in American civic life. But he was systematically denied his dreams by a MAGA movement that didn’t see him as equal." @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on Pierre Damas Bel in the latest edition of Huddled Masses:
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Trump Took His Status. ICE Took His Dignity. He Took His Life.
This promising young Haitian immigrant was humiliated and tormented until he lost hope.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I don’t have the headlines handy at the moment, but this is absolutely not the language used to describe 162K job prints when Joe Biden was president:
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Remember the Epstein Files? So far, only about half the files have been released — and a potential cover-up by the Trump regime continues to generate bipartisan political action. Here's what you should know. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-epst…
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 04/09/2026
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration violated the constitutional rights of international students in seeking to deport them for their pro-Palestinian activism and criticism of Israel. The lawsuit was filed by the Stanford Daily, the student newspaper at Stanford University.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 04/09/2026
Lori Chavez-DeRemer pulling a wad of singles out of her purse, shoving them into an agent's hand, and insisting he put them on a stripper one by one despite his objections has to be one of the creepiest things a labor secretary has ever done. What a gross power trip.
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Salacious details of ex-Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s strip club visit, relationship with bodyguard revealed in IG report
The department’s inspector general probed into allegations that she abused her position as a top Trump administration official.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/09/2026
Trump says US can hit Iran 'anytime we want' as Tehran says deadly strikes, including on wedding party, a war crime.
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Trump threatens more strikes as death toll in Iran rises to 18
Trump says US can hit Iran 'anytime we want' as Tehran says deadly strikes, including on wedding party, a war crime.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/09/2026
Trump administration threatens to cut federal agencies' support for Smithsonian reut.rs/4gzL35q
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Trump administration threatens to cut federal agencies' support for Smithsonian
President Donald Trump's administration has threatened to cut federal agencies' ‌support for the Smithsonian, marking its latest escalation against the institution.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/09/2026
UNICEF estimates 20 million children suffered online sexual abuse in one year reut.rs/4xwNBXR
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UNICEF estimates 20 million children suffered online sexual abuse in one year
About 20 million internet-using children across ​21 countries were subjected to sexual exploitation or abuse on digital platforms in a single year, with most cases occurring ‌on social media platforms, a new report by the U.N. children's charity said on Thursday.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/09/2026
Trump’s Pentagon wants reporters to be not just docile recipients of the administration’s preferred narratives but active propagandists. That is a direct attack on the free press.
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I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/09/2026
Nepal must rebuild thousands of homes, no let up in search for missing reut.rs/4x1C1Tt
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Nepal must rebuild thousands of homes, no let up in search for missing
Nepal will have to rebuild around 20,000 houses in flood-ravaged areas, authorities said on Thursday, even as rescuers ​search for workers trapped in tunnels linked to hydropower projects and thousands remain missing after last week’s catastrophe.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/09/2026
Powerful storm hits Canada’s Toronto, cutting power to tens of thousands aje.news/ov57sk
Powerful storm hits Canada’s Toronto, cutting power to tens of thousands
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NPR @npr.org · 03/09/2026
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have asked a judge to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country n.pr/4gILJ8J
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Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and wife seek to end drug charges case on immunity grounds
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have asked a judge to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 03/09/2026
As millions of children around the country start another school year, they’ll be more vulnerable to infectious disease than kids have been in decades, @katherinejwu.com reports.
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More American Families Are Refusing Vaccines
This fall, the nation’s kindergartners will be more vulnerable to disease than they’ve been in decades.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/09/2026
Foreign support, drones fuel Sudan war and possible war crimes, UN probe says reut.rs/4gLPgS6
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Foreign support, drones fuel Sudan war and possible war crimes, UN probe says
Foreign weapons, military technology, fighters and logistical networks are ​helping sustain Sudan's conflict and expanding the warring parties' ability to strike deep into civilian areas, a United Nations fact-finding mission ‌said in a report published on Thursday, warning that some attacks may amount to war crimes.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/09/2026
“The litmus test for America’s future is what happens in the South.”
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The fight for America’s future is happening in the South
Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson talks about how national debates over data centers and redistricting are hyperlocal issues in his state.
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