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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
It's totally broken but why fix it.
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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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⚜️Frenchy’s Tea Time & Politics : Madder Than The Hatter @itsfrenchy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I have no idea why, it might be the general lack of love for boundaries and being fenced in, but my local libertarians are true artists of political hate mail. It's inspiring, really. No one spite calls or hate emails Tom Cotton quite like they do but I give it my best. He deserves no peace.
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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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⚜️Frenchy’s Tea Time & Politics : Madder Than The Hatter @itsfrenchy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The group chat stays in disarray. I'm pretty sure all the emails are going to old email addresses. How we're fixing elections when we can't organize a bingo tournament at the old folk's home is unexplained sorcery.
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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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⚜️Frenchy’s Tea Time & Politics : Madder Than The Hatter @itsfrenchy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
No. The venomous ones have block shaped heads and cat shaped eyes. These are common rat snakes. We really can't catch a break.
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⚜️Frenchy’s Tea Time & Politics : Madder Than The Hatter @itsfrenchy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
He's manhandling the poor things. These are non-venomous and are excellent at chipping away at varmints and creepy crawlies. Someone get him a water moccasin, please. A very large, very angry one. Shake it up in a box and toss it his way. I have a nest of them we can send to Congress.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
RFK Jr just caught dinner.
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⚜️Frenchy’s Tea Time & Politics : Madder Than The Hatter @itsfrenchy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
This can't be healthy for the poor snakes.
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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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⚜️Frenchy’s Tea Time & Politics : Madder Than The Hatter @itsfrenchy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
This reads like we are being trolled. Even TMZ led with the Pope's message yesterday. It's good enough for Levin but not the opinion section of the NYT. Yeah, that sounds about right.
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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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⚜️Frenchy’s Tea Time & Politics : Madder Than The Hatter @itsfrenchy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The number of people feeding the LLMs pure gibberish to poison the well is growing too. The techlash is real. Feeding your brain garbage & allowing your most important muscle to atrophy by leaning on AI is wild. We already have social media cesspits. We didn't need more in a different form.
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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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⚜️Frenchy’s Tea Time & Politics : Madder Than The Hatter @itsfrenchy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We have adopted a rule that says we must keep an absolute nutjob in the Senate under our banner at all times, apparently. We tossed Manchin and Sinema and saddled ourselves with this professional, full time loser. I need us to clean up our act.
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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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⚜️Frenchy’s Tea Time & Politics : Madder Than The Hatter @itsfrenchy.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Batshittery at this level makes Giuliani and Michael Flynn seem like they were the smart ones.
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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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⚜️Frenchy’s Tea Time & Politics : Madder Than The Hatter @itsfrenchy.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I've got money on a last ditch defect ploy by Lindsey & J.D. narrated by Tucker Carlson. No one can convince me we aren't being Scooby Doo'd into a finale reveal of Catturd & Elon being the same guy. But hey, Loomer, Mike Flynn, & that naked mole rat Stephen Miller are Loyalists & True Believers.
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