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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.
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'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams
Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026
Trans people have been warning y'all for years that they were perfecting tactics on us to use on everyone else. The reporter of this piece, Christina Jewett, contributed to that too. She helped fuel the moral panic over puberty blockers in trans youth. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video. 
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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 05/10/2026
Begging news media to stop making themselves unwitting NPCs in a weird cult's alternate reality game You do not need to breathlessly repeat claims that LLMs will end the world or create utopia with handwavy details or abstract philosophical arguments Ask follow-up questions or hire people who can
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
America doesn’t have a polarization problem America has a right-wing extremism problem
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s amazing how after 40+ years of working, a retired person immediately forgets that other people are still working and cannot answer the phone at odd times of the day. “What are you doing?!” Well, it’s 10:04 am on a Thursday so I’m doing about what you used to do at this day & time.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Noncompliant @noncompliant1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I need every political candidate ever to put my damn phone number in the trash and never send me another text message. Especially the ones who DON'T EVEN LIVE IN MY STATE. Y'all. Just stop. Texts are not helping you. People hate them. You could stop spending money on that and do something else.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot by ICE 10 days ago. The bullet is still lodged in his back. He’s been forced to sleep on the floor and hasn’t been given medication, according to his attorney. Now DHS is claiming he assaulted an agent. Can we trust anything DHS says given its track record?
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 21/09/2026
US has deported more than 25,000 people under secretive agreements with 35 countries to take migrants with no ties to those nations, according to an investigation published Monday u.afp.com/Sj9Z
Airport staff and officials attend to a plane carrying migrants deported from the US at the Roberts International Airport in Harbel, some 56 km outside of Liberia's capital of Monrovia, on August 20, 2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
25 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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Kitty Kowalski @kittykowalski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm old enough to remember when professional athlete Pete Rose destroyed his career over Sports betting. And now they're using Sports figures to promote gambling?
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So which one of Kash’s friends trying to join the FBI had a bestiality conviction on his record?
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Langston Hughes’ literary estate now belongs to International Literary Properties, which says a Harlem Renaissance licensing program is next on its list.”
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Private Equity Is Coming for Authors, Dead or Alive - The Ankler
Like music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by investment firms and changing how Hollywood will deal with IP
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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about. A credulous media, turning a LIE into some kind of fantasy promise. SHAME.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026
Sometimes I feel old for remembering when the tech industry’s primary product wasn’t death threats
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Jordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 09/09/2026
Any answer other than “who gives a shit, republicans are using a dozen kids playing JV volleyball as a distraction from looting the county and covering for elite pedophiles” is cowardly horseshit
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026
No matter how much you throw trans people under the bus, you are still going to get attacked. All you've done is betray a vulnerable minority, anger your base, and made the issue front and center.
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Screenshot showing two sequential posts on X by journalist Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) discussing Texas politics:
 * Top post: Text reads, "Paxton on Talarico: 'He wants to transition your kids!'" accompanied by an embedded video frame of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaking at a podium in a dark suit and red tie.
 * Bottom post: Text reads, "Talarico says he would vote in favor of a national ban for transgender surgeries for minors," above a video thumbnail from Fox News Channel featuring a woman anchor in a red blazer, with lower-third banners reading "EXCLUSIVE," "SHIFTING THE REINS?", and "TALARICO STANCE DIFFERS FROM EARLIER COMMENTS."
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Talk about....both how nice and how absolutely embarrassing and terrible this is. America 2026.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/08/2026
Dr Oz: "If we could just get the average American to feel so healthy, so with it, so vibrant that they want to work just one extra year, that's worth $1 trillion to our GDP every year"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 31/08/2026
There’s a reason they refer to us as human capital stock.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 27/08/2026
There is currently a Wikipedia edit war on the Great Lakes Wikipedia pages because everything is so stupid
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A literacy program that provided free books to Missouri children faced a major budget cut, prompting the state to freeze new enrollment on July 1, just months before Dolly Parton's death. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’m sorry; this is hilarious. www.vanityfair.com/story/the-wi...
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The ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ Author Is $1.2 Billion in Debt
VF visits Robert Kiyosaki in Arizona to unravel the self-mythology of a longtime bestseller and friend of Trump.
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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Michael @michaelr12.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Just a reminder this statement was said by a sitting Congressman to the public, Trump and his DOJ offered not one pushback, denial or lawsuit.. it’s still just sitting out there
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Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton didn’t spend her dollars on space travel or a trip to the titanic because she was writing checks to put over 330 million books in the hands of children. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has confirmed it will continue to send out millions of books to children after her passing. R.I.P
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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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Hellrosser @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
For those of you that haven't read it, Chapter 10 of Project 2025 was literally about creating food insecurity by cutting safety nets and slashing regulations and restrictions on food production. No, we weren't overreacting to Project 2025.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Not to bring more downers to the downer party, but it is really worth remembering how many states have cut Imagination Library and/or have threatened to do so. Dolly cared far more about young people and literacy than any politician. It's been a brutal year for IL cuts.
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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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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.
A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottomA nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
In the meantime, you can access the censored Amnesty reports on gender critical groups here. Make sure they cannot erase these documents from the internet. Like a snowball. dn711306.ca.archive.org/0/items/amne... A growing threat. archive.org/download/rep...
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[No//Thrones] @krakoan-lorax.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Diarrhea in the lettuce, glass in the popsicles, E. Coli in the berries, screw worms in the beef, salmonella in the chicken & eggs, listeria in everything else. Man I love deregulation. Libertarianism is such a great philosophy.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 13/08/2026
14 million souls ended in a single year by Elon Musk's cruelty and stupidity Here are some of the comparisons: Rwandan genocide: 800k dead Cambodian genocide: 3 million dead The Holocaust: 7 million dead
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Begging folks to wake up and realize that the massive increase in food borne illness and infectious diseases is not an accident. This was always the goal. The regime removed protections because they want “the vulnerable” to die. Fascism and eugenics go hand in hand.
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Foodborne illness outbreaks are especially bad this summer | CNN
Federal data suggests that this is a particularly bad summer for foodborne illness outbreaks in the US.
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Kids have just as much right to read what they want as adults do
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
And they steal your tax money to pay themselves for it, too, thanks to voucher schemes! I feel so hard for this young generation. Books stolen from them. Education stolen from them. Vaccines stolen from them. Public spaces stolen from them. PLUS they have to interact with peers raised with this.
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Sleve McFRIGHTael @spacebandito.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Putting an advertisement wrap on a cybertruck is so funny. Like I don't know anything else about Tyler's Automotive, but I guarantee they will rip you off worse than anybody else in the state
Cybertruck with warp for Tyler's automotive
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
this guy’s personal wealth is roughly the gdp of portugal. he could personally cover healthcare of every person living in the state of illinois for a year and still be one of the tenth richest people alive. he’d be just as rich as he was two years ago.
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax | TechCrunch
California's Prop 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's billionaires.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 11/08/2026
I can not express how much I resent that these dumb ass tech companies have forced me, a person who used to want to jack her brain into the internet, to prefer going outside to grow tomatoes. THEY MADE US ALL HATE TECH, WE SHOULD MAKE THEM REGRET IT
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QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
i personally think polymarket and all companies like it should be regulated out of existence and their assets seized by the state
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
So not the librarians or teachers or drag queens? The child of a prominent member of the Genital Obsessed Party? Wild.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The LAPD has declined to renew its Flock contract after an internal audit found 161 false stolen-vehicle alerts in just two months or the equivalent of a 32.3% false positive rate. Flock has created an unacceptable and dangerous surveillance state and they can barely do it right.
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Fearing that progressives will lose general elections but centrists will win them is illogical Have you even been paying attention
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