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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Goddammit, does anybody have the email for the vote-fixing cabal, I'm sick of being part of the conspiracy and not getting the texts. So we fixed it for city councilwoman Raman but *not* billionaire climate lefty Steyer? Are we on WhatsApp now instead?
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For the People @sadworld.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
How come the male victims Epsteins island got payouts but not the females? Were they going to expose Republicans?
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⚜️Frenchy’s Tea Time & Politics : Madder Than The Hatter @itsfrenchy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The thing I like about Todd Blanche is his willingness to pretend smart lawyers would still willingly represent this man in any fashion. Lawyers should have to disclose how many competent people hate them before they can collect a retainer.
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 10/06/2026
Jamie Raskin got a full segment on Fox News to explain what fraud actually looks like. The examples were certainly memorable. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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House Democrat blasts Trump for ‘scam from top to bottom’
House Judiciary Committee’s ranking Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin’s full opening statement was surprisingly aired in its entirety on Fox News on Tuesday. Addressing the GOP’s efforts to persecute and…
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 26/05/2026
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Dutch News @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
If its advice is adopted, some official accounts would disappear; others would be retained only for diplomatic contacts and crisis communication.
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Civil servants urge politicians to abandon X amid threats - DutchNews.nl
The Dutch government’s most senior communication officials have told the cabinet to pull most of its presence off the social media platform X (Twitter). A recent report found that over 22,000…
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civicAPI ☑️ @civicapi.org · 26/05/2026
Tonight, we've got runoffs in Texas - most notably in the US Senate race on the Republican side, but also in House districts 1, 18, 33, 35 on the Democratic side, and 7, 30, 35, 37, and 38 on the Republican side. As usual, I'll post results for all of them as they come in!
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Reuters @reuters.com · 26/05/2026
LIVE: Map shows temperatures across Europe during heatwave youtube.com/live/WcQqu5Q...
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LIVE: Map shows temperatures across Europe during heatwave
YouTube video by Reuters
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 26/05/2026
🔴 Lithuania reports expanded Russian GPS interference. Darius Kuliesius, deputy head of Lithuania's communications regulator, stated on Tuesday that Russia has increased its Kaliningrad-based infrastructure to enable systemic GPS signal falsification reaching up to 450km into European territory.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Single payer for primary care! (that’s my dad) www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
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UCSF doctor has bold plan to achieve universal primary care in California
A UCSF doctor has co-authored a paper proposing a road map toward single-payer health care in California — focused on ensuring primary care for all.
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White House Watchdog @whitehousewatchdog.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
President Trump's administration seeks to restrict federal employees from leaking information through proposed non-disclosure agreements.
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Trump administration proposes NDAs for federal workers to crack down on leaks to journalists
President Trump's administration seeks to restrict federal employees from leaking information through proposed non-disclosure agreements.
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WIRED @wired.com · 26/05/2026
Jason Rezaian spent years reporting from Iran before being imprisoned by the regime. He says internet access is key to transforming the country—if only the US government would do something about it. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
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The US Can Put People on the Moon. Why Can’t It Get Iranians Online?
Jason Rezaian spent years reporting from Iran before being imprisoned by the regime. He says internet access is key to transforming the country—if only the US government would do something about it.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 26/05/2026
⚡️UK targets crypto networks and shell companies helping Russia dodge sanctions. Britain imposed 18 new sanctions targeting financial networks it says help Russia evade restrictions and sustain its war, including the Ilan Shor-linked A7 network.
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UK targets crypto networks and shell companies helping Russia dodge sanctions
Britain imposed 18 new sanctions targeting financial networks it says help Russia evade restrictions and sustain its war, including the Ilan Shor-linked A7 network.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
RFK Jr just caught dinner.
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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 26/05/2026
BREAKING via Anna Barrett: A three-judge panel on Tuesday morning blocked Alabama from using a 2023 congressional map the panel ruled racially discriminatory and ordered the state to use a remedial map aimed at giving Black Alabamians a chance to elect their preferred leaders.
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Federal judges block Alabama's use of 2023 congressional map | Alabama Reflector
The court ruled that the purpose of the map "was to distribute Black voters across districts to dilute their votes."
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 26/05/2026
Army bomb disposal experts were called to a garda station in a busy city this weekend after a man walked into the public office with a suspected device. jrnl.ie/7051795t
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Irish army bomb disposal experts called to deal with explosive device at Kilkenny garda station
The incident began on Saturday evening.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Iran’s Foreign Ministry accused the United States of violating a ceasefire less than 48 hours after it took effect, saying U.S. military actions in the Strait of Hormuz showed Washington’s “aggressive” approach despite ongoing diplomatic efforts, according to a statement issued on Monday.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Iranian media is updating that the visit of Iranian Parliament Speaker Qalibaf to Qatar was good and achieved progress in the context of unfreezing Iran's frozen funds as part of the agreement with the US.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 26/05/2026
🔴 Food aid for 130,000 Ukrainians has been destroyed after a Russian ballistic missile targeted and struck a UN World Food Programme warehouse in Dnipro. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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Russia Targets UN-Marked Food Warehouse in Dnipro, Destroying Food Aid for 130,000 Ukrainians
An Iskander ballistic missile hit a Dnipro WFP warehouse, destroying food assistance for 130,000 people. WFP says the aid’s value was $1.4M.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Iran will restore "full internet access" within the next 24 hours, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, citing a communications ministry official. The official said the gradual reopening would begin within minutes following an order by President Masoud Pezeshkian.-Iran Intl
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 26/05/2026
“Among them is anhydrous hydrogen chloride — one of the most acutely hazardous substances in the facility — which becomes immediately life-threatening at airborne concentrations twenty times lower than the chemical that forced 50,000 California residents from their homes this week.”
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After Garden Grove, Surprise Can't Say It Wasn't Warned: ICE Detention Facility Under Construction Sits Next to a Far More Dangerous Chemical Stockpile - Northwest Valley Indivisible
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 25, 2026 Contact: media@northwestvalleyindivisible.org SURPRISE, Ariz. — A hazardous chemical facility in Surprise, Arizona stores hundreds of thousands of pounds of industr...
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Pope Leo writes a 184-page, 42,300 word encyclical on AI. This guy writes this in the New York Times opinion section the next day! It's never enough for some of y'all. Never enough.
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Ryan C. Smith @rcsmitheco.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Words cannot express how incredibly stupid that would be, especially right now. Israel taking direct control of such a hotly contested site would guarantee needless escalation in the region. Seeing as Mike Huckabee, a Christian End Times extremist, pitched it, I fear that's the goal.
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Exclusive: US and Israel 'actively working' to strip Jordan of Al-Aqsa custodianship, sources say
The plan has sparked fears that Jordan's role in Jerusalem could be sidelined in favour of a new arrangement aligned with Israeli interests
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Psaki's Apprentice @sleepycongressman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Guess what was on CBS last night? NO ONE KNOWS! Why? Because NO ONE WAS WATCHING! Morning to you there, Bari
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Yle News @handle.invalid · 26/05/2026
The Federation of Finnish Enterprises argues that a drone threat warning is not a "normal business risk".
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No obligation to pay salaries if drone threat prevents commute to work, business body says
The Federation of Finnish Enterprises argues that a drone threat warning is not a "normal business risk".
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/05/2026
Burgum: "We shouldn't even call these 'data centers.' We should call it manufacturing intelligence. There's a concentrated information propaganda war that's geo-targeted. Any place that's trying to build data centers is getting bombarded with foreign-directed propaganda to try to block these."
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Reuters @reuters.com · 26/05/2026
China restricts overseas travel for top AI talent at Alibaba and DeepSeek, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4vaiSOD
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China restricts overseas travel for top AI talent at Alibaba and DeepSeek, Bloomberg News reports
China is restricting overseas ​travel for ‌top professionals involved in advanced ​and strategically ​important AI work at ⁠firms like ​Alibaba Group ​Holding and DeepSeek, Bloomberg News reported ​on Tuesday, ​citing people familiar with ‌the ⁠matter.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Zelenskyy met with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Kyiv.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 25/05/2026
Deadly blast in Pakistan marks uptick in Balochistan separatist violence.
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Train bomb in Pakistan's Baloch region: Why violence is on the rise
Deadly blast in Pakistan marks uptick in Balochistan separatist violence.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 25/05/2026
Several Wisconsin cities and counties have been ending their contracts with the embattled tech company Flock Safety, and Verona Mayor Luke Diaz is heartened by the ongoing domino effect: “We can stand up to be an example for other communities.”
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Foes of AI Surveillance Get Wins in Wisconsin. But They Fear They're Playing Whack-A-Mole. - Bolts
Privacy activists are celebrating Dane County’s decision to end the use of Flock cameras while also calling for protections that can stop the “revolving door of surveillance companies.”
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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Never thought I’d read a whole encyclical, but here we are
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Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)
ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________
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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌊2026 🌊 @callyson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“Paramount is apparently trying to suppress copies of ‘Only in Monroe’ from appearing on other social platforms by filing frivolous copyright notices, even though the show was produced by a public access TV channel and doesn't use their intellectual property" www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
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CBS stops effort to halt sharing of Colbert’s public access show after backlash
CBS swiftly backtracked on the copyright threats after Colbert’s surprise episode was shared online by third-party sites
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 25/05/2026
⚡️'Disinformation campaign' — Estonia slams Russia's planned UN court case against Baltic states. Russia said it would appeal to the International Court of Justice over alleged discrimination against Russian communities in the Baltic states, but Estonia dismissed the move.
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'Disinformation campaign' — Estonia slams Russia's planned UN court case against Baltic states
Russia said it would appeal to the International Court of Justice over alleged discrimination against Russian minorities in the Baltic states. Estonia called the move a part of Moscow's disinformation...
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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌊2026 🌊 @callyson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
"We’re here...not at a stopping point, but at a starting point" “We need to fight with all we got" “vote, vote, vote” “Our task is bigger than defending the past...Our task is to build a democracy worthy of the people who bled to create it in the first place” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘They may draw racist maps, but we are the south’: thousands rally in Alabama for Black voting rights
They may draw some racist maps, but we are the south, this is our south. The south belongs to us.
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The Captain @thoreau.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Re you shitting me???? wtf are we doing???
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Truthout @truthout.org · 16/05/2026
Prayer camps, direct action, and lawsuits were key to the victory, offering a roadmap for future land defense fights.
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How Indigenous Organizers Defeated Plans to Mine a Sacred Black Hills Site
Prayer camps, direct action, and lawsuits were key to the victory, offering a roadmap for future land defense fights.
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Neel Kumar @neelkumar3050.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This is utterly batshit crazy. FFS it's way past the time of some 25th amendment. He belongs in some mental institution babbling away every day. Absolutely he is projecting. His every accusation is a confession. Thank you for your attention to this matter, LOL!!
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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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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Bill Cassidy stuck us with RFK Jr for literally nothing
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/05/2026
Thomas Massie pushed for the release of the Epstein files, and the response has been tens of millions in outside spending, smear campaigns, and coordinated attacks. If this is what they do to a sitting member of Congress, imagine what Epstein survivors face when considering whether to come forward.
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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Bill would require pro-Israel lobbyists to register as foreign agents. “...the Americans Insist on Political Agent Clarity (AIPAC) Act, would amend the [FARA].... critics have argued that [AIPAC] engages in extensive coordination with the Israeli government..." www.commondreams.org/news/thomas-...
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As AIPAC Spends Millions to Oust Him, Massie Unveils Bill Requiring Pro-Israel Lobby to Register as Foreign Agent | Common Dreams
"The lobbying that happens on Capitol Hill should be reported if it’s a foreign country, whether it's Great Britain, Australia, Turkey, Qatar, or Israel," said the Kentucky Republican as the Israel lo...
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bdonnelly @bdonnelly.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
It's kinda amazing that most of the US media somehow considers the 38% of Americans who approve of whatever this shit is as somehow "legitimate Americans" and the 60% of us as somehow unserious deranged people while the Preisdent mutters about six genders and shits his pants in China.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I know it doesn't feel like it, but this is correct.
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Ashok Dadhwal @ashokdadhwal196.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson defended congressional stock trading by arguing lawmakers need extra income because congressional salaries have been frozen since 2009. He said members should be allowed to trade stocks so they can “take care of their family.”
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The civilian leaders of the U.S. and South Korean militaries met at the Pentagon to discuss Seoul’s efforts to strengthen its defense capabilities and assume a larger security role.
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Pentagon talks include South Korea taking wartime command of allied forces
During a Pentagon meeting, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed South Korea’s increased defense spending, according to a Defense Department transcript.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Nothing is more pathetic than having to pretend this lazy, smooth-brained kindergarten-level burn is somehow very clever
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OPB @opb.org · 15/05/2026
FEMA is reimbursing state and local health departments in Washington for costs related to their COVID-19 response.
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Washington gets $538M in delayed COVID-era payments from FEMA
The federal government announced Wednesday it’s reimbursing the Washington state health department $263 million for costs responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/05/2026
The plan will loosen rules clean power rules.
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Carney Unveils Major Plan to Double Canada’s Electricity Production
The plan will loosen rules clean power rules.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If Joe Biden had done this, Republicans would be apoplectic about how Democrats are weak on national security, & the breathless national media coverage would look like this. Happy week, everyone!
8/20/21 CNN article: "Europe left exposed as Biden walks America away from the world stage"7/13/24 tweet: "The next week is going to be yet another object lesson in how neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party, & how only one party is ever expected to be held to any standards whatsoever in the National Conversation (tm)."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The photo that perfectly sums up the Beijing summit.
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