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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 23h
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18h
Wall Street and corporations have schemed for decades to stack the bench with judges who rule against consumers and workers. Result? Federal courts have distorted the law to further rig the economy—and you're paying the price. Democrats must be clear-eyed about this challenge.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 18h
It looks like the FBI took down the video we filed a Hatch Act complaint about earlier this week. This rampant lawbreaking cannot continue, even if they backtrack when called out.
thehill.com
FBI post featuring El-Sayed runs afoul of Hatch Act, experts say
A new video from the FBI has spurred complaints the bureau has violated the Hatch Act by labeling Democrats — including current Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed — as part of the “defund the…
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h
I've retitled this piece "The Arrest is Yet to Come" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
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Kimberly Guilfoyle: The Best Is Yet To Come
ALT: Kimberly Guilfoyle: The Best Is Yet To Come
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 21h
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 19h
As you would expect, accepting large sums of cash in exchange for access or favors using her official position would obviously run afoul of these. Ambassador Guilfoyle must be fired and if she broke the law, which seems highly likely, prosecuted.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20h
This reminds me of a recent conversation I had with @alexhanna.bsky.social about AI and workers, in which Hanna noted that bosses tend to think most feminized work can be automated because they imagine the work as reduced to the task itself and forget the necessary relational aspects.
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 19h
Get out your penny bank, Markwayne www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ-D...
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USC student prepares to sue DHS after losing eye during 'No Kings' rally
YouTube video by ABC7
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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Brazil: Thousands of students march against Bolsonaro After Flavio Bolsonaro came out on top in the first round of Brazil's presidential election, thousands of people joined student-led protests against the far-right in Rio de Janeiro. www.dw.com/en/brazil-th...
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Brazil: Thousands of students march against Bolsonaro
After Flavio Bolsonaro came out on top in the first round of Brazil's presidential election, thousands of people joined student-led protests against the far-right in Rio de Janeiro.
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AFT @aft.org · 19h
On @stephaniemiller.bsky.social's show, @rweingarten.bsky.social calls Trump's voucher program a scam and slams the Big Ugly Bill for diverting billions of dollars from programs working Americans depend on—from healthcare to SNAP to public schools—to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. Watch ⤵️
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White House Defends Trump’s Comment to Let Iran NUKE 2 US Cities
YouTube video by Political Voices Network
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 19h
One Soldier at the polls is a voter. A formation at the polls is a felony. Hegseth just ordered a military-wide voting stand-down by Oct 15. But 18 U.S.C. § 592 makes it a felony, five years and a lifetime ban from federal office, for any officer to order, bring, or keep troops at a polling place.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 22h
🤣🤣🤣💥🙄
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 21h
I try really hard not to be seduced by conspiracy theories, but we never got any plausible explanation of why Gov. Polis let Tina Peters out of prison, and the idea that he was being blackmailed, or something similarly crazy, is about all that makes any sense.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The option of not moving on from "this is an illegal, unconstitutional outrage that should end his presidency immediately" was available to Peter Baker & every other journalist in the country, not only in 2019, but still in 2026.
publicnotice.co
“Neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
Mark Copelovitch unpacks his signature phrase.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 21h
It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 21h
Death of a handyman: ICE cited “convictions for driving with expired vehicle registration” and an unspecified judgment against him in favor of the Maryland comptroller. The 47-year-old Curo-Churata "had volunteered to leave the country on his own, but a judge denied the request."
thebanner.com
Laurel father and husband died in ICE custody in Louisiana
Julián Curo-Churata lived in Laurel for about 17 years before he was detained in June by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. He died in the agency’s custody on Sept. 29.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026
🎥 NEW: ICE never wanted you to see the internal documents it released last week. Why? It went so far as to outline a plan to use undercover agents to target nonprofits for registering voters. Marc Elias explains how deeply ICE has become involved in elections under Trump's second term👇
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ICE Voter Plot EXPOSED in Smoking Gun Documents
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Jeffrey Brown @texasgeologist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026
This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW
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Phoenix New Times @phoenixnewtimes.com · 07/10/2026
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congre…
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 07/10/2026
Republicans delayed some of the worst Medicaid cuts until after the midterms so voters would blame Democrats and give the GOP a talking point for 2028. Data via the Center for American Progress. lincolnsquare.media #ProtectHealthcare #VoteBlue2026
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💙Christine Slemmer💙 @slem63.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Armed Maidan: Ukraine Resists ruzzian Genocide @armedmaidan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For his birthday today, putler sent a cruise missile to kill three 1-year-olds—Serhiy, Oleksandr and Kyrylo—Maksym, 8, and 15 others in their apartment building in Pryluky 55 were injured If you don't want this evil to come to Riga, Warsaw or Berlin, help stop it in Ukraine Join our raffle⤵️
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 07/10/2026
MAGA crawling to Nov 3rd.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trans rights are human rights. Period 🏳️‍⚧️
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Punk Band Speaks Out After Ditching Show When Trans Band Member Was Denied Access To Women's Restroom At Venue
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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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
With our money. Playing in our faces. 🤷🏼 ✈️
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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Sun Journal wrote about Stephen Diamond, the retired attorney who wrote this trash, back in 2006. He worked for Susan Collins.
Before joining the commission, Diamond served as legislative director and legislative counsel for U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026
In Wisconsin alone, there were 39 private schools where every student used tuition vouchers during the most recent school year. Together, these schools educated 7,923 children and took in roughly $87 million from the voucher program. (Published August)
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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.
Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A Cayman Islands source gave Blum incriminating intel on 20 ultrarich Americans defrauding the US Treasury. He took it to the IRS in Miami, where a special agent looked over the documents and told him to get lost. Blum had expected gratitude. “This whole thing is a career killer,” the agent said.
motherjones.com
Oligarchs are robbing America blind, and the IRS is powerless to stop them
The Wealth Defense Industry and its politicians have seen to that.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
notable -- Fox News hasn't mentioned Trump's transphobic attack on Annie Andrews a single time. Not once. And they cover a lot of his Truth Social posts. Almost like they're trying to protect their audience from learning the true depth of his depravity.
notable -- Fox News hasn't mentioned Trump's transphobic attack on Annie Andrews a single time. Not once. And they cover a lot of his Truth Social posts.

Almost like they're trying to protect their audience from learning the true depth of his depravity.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Listen to Jim, he’s 100% correct.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Agreed.......
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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
will you people shut the fuck up
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New Mexico, it’s time! Early voting is OPEN all across the state. 🗳️   Check your voter registration, find your polling place, make a plan, and LET’S GET OUT THE VOTE!
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 06/10/2026
The President of the United States just offered to sacrifice American lives.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump has such contempt for the voters of South Carolina that he elevated someone utterly unqualified for senate who knows absolutely nothing about anything connected to the job who reads scripts given to her by MAGA handlers while calling the qualified Democrat names and slurs.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My own cousin wasn't registered to vote until a few months ago! It’s going to take all of us to win TN-09 this November. Today’s the last day to make sure your folks are registered to vote‼️ ➡️ Votejustinj.com/vote
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/10/2026
NEW: The Trump DOJ plans to send roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places this November — and hasn't disclosed who they are, where they're going or what they've been told to do. The NAACP is now suing to force DOJ to turn over the records, citing fears of voter intimidation.
democracydocket.com
DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a community note for the ages.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"I'm asking you to pretend I'm on the ballot." -Donald Trump
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