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Just an ordinary New Yorker who saw the writing on the wall. I’m here to stay alert and informed.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“They’re kids! They’re kids!” Monstrous. Abolish ICE.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Former DOGE employees, including the one called "Big Balls," are working on an AI takeover of federal government services for the Trump regime. The staffers are seeking to have a chatbot be the main way people interact. But most consumers hate such bots & prefer human beings.
newrepublic.com
DOGE Staffers Are Back—and Leading AI Takeover of Government Services
The DOGE goons who drove federal agencies into the ground last year are back, including that dude who goes by “Big Balls.”
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Of all people flagged as illegal aliens by the "American citizen database" that DHS uses, 14% are US citizens. That means that if Trump gets his way by using the DHS database to "verify" state voter rolls, 24,500,000 US citizen registered voters will be denied the right to vote. 1/2
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 03/09/2026
As a result of Trump’s tariffs and war, American families are spending $3,500 more per year on the cost of food, gas and medicine. Meanwhile... Trump and his family have made more than $4 BILLION off the presidency. That's the cost of corruption.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa www.tampabay.com/news/2026/08...
tampabay.com
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
ICE sent them away under a controversial policy without knowing where they were going or what would happen next.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/08/2026
Imagine no Constitution, no First Amendment, no vast network of civil society–oriented nonprofits, no 250-year history of democratic habit; without those guardrails, Trump would *be* Putin. trib.al/NpPXOLt
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/08/2026
The Constitution gives no role whatsoever to the president in the running of federal elections. This amounts to an unprecedented attempt to bring American elections (at least partly) directly under his control. trib.al/xzAivwa
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/08/2026
It's hard to fathom that anyone thinks ICE can be reformed or retrained. ICE needs to be dismantled and then cauterized so it can't grow back. #AbolishICE
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A masked, armed man steps on someone’s head and bounces. MAGA: “How do you know it was ICE?” PAXIS.app notes: That’s the point. ICE now looks and acts like militia cosplay fascists. If we can’t tell law enforcement from a gang, that’s state violence. Keep PAXIS free: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
How to admit election cheating, and not one word about it is in the media.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🧵NEW: $120 million payment made by ICE to GEO Group subsidiary B.I. Inc. on August 6 for ankle monitor program for immigrants. ICE is a for-profit scheme, paid for by taxpayers. Immigrants are commodities. www.quiverquant.com/news/Governm...
quiverquant.com
Government Contract Update: $120M payment to B.I. INCORPORATED | GEO Stock News
We just received data on a $120M payment to B.I. INCORPORATED from the Department of Homeland Securi
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This is what America has become. A disease invested shit hole. Thanks Donny & RFK. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Leprosy cases are on the rise in Florida. Here’s how to reduce your risk
Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, can impact a person’s nerves, muscles, skin, eyes and respiratory tract, causing large bumps all over the skin and lead to paralysis and blindness
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 07/08/2026
Trump signed a new order targeting birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court blocked his earlier effort.
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Trump Tries Another Birthright Citizenship Order After Supreme Court Loss
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/08/2026
In July, on ABC, CBS, and NBC, there were 194 segments on the extreme heat waves rolling across the US. Number that mentioned climate change: 0.
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ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change
From late June through July, successive heat waves swept across large portions of the United States, breaking temperature records and placing more than 100 million people at a time under heat alerts. ...
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
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The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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democracy4u.bsky.social @democracy4u.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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enrich12 @enrich12.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trump is forever telling us that Americans are the enemies. 😡
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The two worst people on the planet working together would make a great horror movie, but also a greatly horrible reality.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
CHARLOTTE: “I don’t see how it was a suicide… somebody did that to her… Black girl, 16, hanging from a tree, on the grounds of a Black church, in a historically Black area. I don’t know any other way to put it.” The man who found #JulianaNzita isn’t buying what the police say.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/07/2026
Lemme tell you about the angel of history being blown backwards into the future: The shackles these people have been put in are Hiatt brand, same company founded in 1780 to mass produce shackles for slaver ships.
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Jadedpundit @jadedpundit.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Yes Evangelicals, this proves the theory!
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In a free country, failing to comply with law enforcement does not give the state license to murder you
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 15/07/2026
The man asking to be America's top intelligence officer can't solve a mystery which has 81 million witnesses.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Trump approved disaster aid requests from six red states last week. Two days later, he rejected aid requests from four blue states. Not only is he punishing states who didn’t vote for him, he’s playing politics with people’s lives. Despicable.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 09/07/2026
Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 25 days in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave, is now getting all three.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
OMFG. I cannot begin to describe my gasp at how Roberts & co decided to go all in on LOST CAUSE theory & insist that the Reconstruction Congress did Confederate sympathizer President Andrew Johnson wrong by attempting to keep him from destroying Reconstruction www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 19/06/2026
I’m sorry, no. This is not the guy who did the reflecting pool. No. Come on. We’re just putting a hat on a hat here. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Thanks to Trump's tax cuts, 88 corporations — including Coinbase, CVS, and Disney — paid ZERO federal income tax last year. They also spent $852M on political donations and lobbying. Their combined tax savings: over $26 BILLION (a 3,000% ROI!) We must break this corrupt cycle.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/06/2026
🚨EXCLUSIVE: A commercial airline pilot tells us they filed FAA and NASA safety reports after lighting from Trump’s UFC event at the White House allegedly flooded their cockpit on approach to Reagan National. They called it “10 times worse than any laser illumination event” they’d ever experienced.
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White House UFC Event Lighting Nearly Blinded Flight Crew on Approach to Reagan National
A commercial airline pilot that spoke to MeidasTouch this evening has filed aviation safety reports after powerful lighting used during the construction and
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Wolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
(cartoon Steve Sack) #politics
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 28/05/2026
Springsteen. Moments ago. Washington DC #nokings
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Who knew it was still even possible to stand out for vulgarity in America?
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 20/05/2026
Incredible performance by David Byrne on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert! Dance, Stephen, Dance!
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The Trump super PAC was handed $5 million days before the FDA opened the vape market to Big Tobacco.
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Vape Company Gave Millions to Trump Before Key Decision
A Trump super PAC was handed $5 million days before the FDA opened the vape market to Big Tobacco.
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The New York Times editorial board: “Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals.”
nytimes.com
Opinion | There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Here's how the corruption works: Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it Friday: FDA changes the policy
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Live Updates: President’s Ballroom and New Fund Face Test in Congress
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The open, shameless grift. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...
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A $5 Million Donation From Big Tobacco Preceded F.D.A. Vape Decision
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Effective tax rate paid by Jeff Bezos from 2014 to 2018: 0.98% Effective 2025 federal tax rate paid by Amazon: 1.4% Typical tax rate paid by the average American: 14.5% Just thought I should point that out.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
And then there's this: The settlement gets sweeter for Team Trump In a newly-posted, one-page document, the Justice Dept details that it is now prohibited from pursuing tax claims against Trump or his family in the future Signed by Todd Blanche
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: Todd Blanche confirmed at a Senate panel Tuesday that top Department of Justice officials are working with other Trump administration agencies to implement President Donald Trump’s dangerous and restrictive executive order on mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Blanche confirms DOJ working to ‘implement’ Trump order restricting mail voting
“This is corruption that has never been more blatant,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said.
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
AS PUTIN ANNOUNCES VISIT TO CHINA ON 18-19 MAY: This is the latest published Chinese political cartoon, which tells you how they really see DJT
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
This is an excellent profile of a Christian nationalist sociopath.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15/05/2026
The maker of jets that crashed and killed everyone onboard and the carmaker fined tens of millions for mishandled recalls have suddenly decided to sponsor their top regulator's reality show purely for the love of the open road www.wsj.com/business/boe...
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Boeing, Toyota Donated $1 Million Each to Transportation Secretary’s Road-Trip Show
A video series will feature Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his family on a road trip to mark America’s 250th birthday and promote tourism.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
For the umpteenth time: The most corrupt president in American history.
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
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