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David Kaplan

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE has disclosed another detainee who died We know: -After 17yrs, he'd only ever been busted for... *an expired car tag.* He was in a camp run by for-profit w/ history medical neglect An American died at one of its jails *after strep-throat.* austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...
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Julian Curo-Churata Is the 37th Person to Die in ICE Custody This Fiscal Year, Capping Off the Agency’s Deadliest Year on Record
According to ICE, 47-year-old Peruvian national Julian Curo-Churata died in Louisiana on Tuesday, September 29.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
Of all the politicians Navatek’s CEO courted, Susan Collins was its most important patron. The senator’s office steered federal contracts worth millions toward the company while her campaign was pumping its CEO and his network for donations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg
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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This one is doing the rounds
A picture of Elon Musk, via the London Economic. The quote says “If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.“ – Nathalie Robin Justice. 
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teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social @teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Meischa was Roger Marshall's patient. This is her story.
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Jake Schlachter ❌👑 @jakeschlachter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Important to understand the Trump regime as an occupying force designed to destroy American governance, so that it can be replaced by theocracy (Vought), fascism (Miller), or Elysium (Thiel).
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
John Cornyn and George W. Bush are teaming up to make sure that Donald Trump gets the cronies, mediocrities and ideologues he wants in lifetime appointments to the courts.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "Our whole government made a corrupt tool of one man's vengeance and power and wealth ... in one month, Athens, we will vote to rebuke him so decisively, no president will dare such abuses again for centuries!"
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s alarming how much influence Hasan Piker may potentially one day have in the Democratic Party. by Laura Loomer, Nick Fuentes, David Duke, Thomas Rousseau, James Fishback, and Alex Jones
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
NEW: Nate Hochman was fired from the DeSantis campaign in 2023 after promoting a video with the Sonnenrad, a Nazi symbol embraced by white supremacists. He now works in Rubio's State Department, as deputy director of policy planning and chief speechwriter. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u...
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For Fired DeSantis Campaign Staff Member, a Second Chance at State Dept. (Gift Article)
The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Note on pieces like these, not only is there no suggestion that Republicans should distance themselves from him, there's no hint that there's a reason to. No recap of his CSAM machine. No inflammatory racist quotes. No mention of the DOGE death toll. No history of his fabulist quotes.
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Exclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midterms
Musk is resuscitating his America PAC, which spent more than $260 million in 2024.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2026
it is in fact just the media, which has devoted more attention to this than it has to the fact that multiple republican lawmakers are dealing with “we hired nazis” scandals and that the “we hired nazis” problem extends to the white house
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Probably unintentionally, the Trump administration played the perfect strategy for our broken media and "opposition" party. They did all the most boisterous, spectacle-driven stuff early and now that they're just casually running an immigrant exterminationist regime the press is bored by it.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is an amazing story about journalistic cowardice at the Bulwark. So many receipts.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 26/08/2026
Barber says a church that doesn’t stand with immigrants “being terrorized” should “take church off the sign and put ‘club’ up instead.”
Rev. Barber standing next to a group of activists and clergy.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 16/08/2026
North Korea is supplying Iran with the weapons it is using to kill Americans. Trump is an enemy of the United States. www.military.com/feature/2026...
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North Korea’s Rogue Strategic Pipeline Arming Iran's War Effort: Exclusive Interview
Iran’s missiles hitting U.S. and partner forces may trace back to an overlooked source: North Korea. In a Military.com exclusive, expert Bruce Bechtol explains the alliance.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
No ammunition, no petroleum reserves, weakened alliances, weakened economy, strengthened enemies, reduced funding for science and research...hmmm, sounds like Putin's perfect formula for a "successful" Trump presidency.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026
Is any high-profile media outlet going to run a story contrasting how Platner was treated by the Democratic Party (run out on rails) with how Max Miller is being treated by the GOP (protected, supported) and drawing the obvious conclusions?
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Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“..here is a succinct and correct English-language sentence on the matter: ‘Susan Collins is financed by a man who wants to make it easier to create nude pictures of children.’”
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David Kaplan @iwasamine.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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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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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
One of the biggest opponents of air conditioning in Texas prisons, as I wrote a few years ago, is now the Mayor of Houston: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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How Houston Mayor John Whitmire kept Texas prisons hot as 'living hell'
"The real solution is don't commit a crime, and you stay at home and be cool."
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 31/07/2026
Kinda wild that @jamellebouie.net is the only person saying this clearly in a high-profile media outlet, but I'm so glad he is.
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Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 21/07/2026
Here's my conversation with @benwikler.bsky.social about his new book, THIS IS THE PLAN, which you should all buy open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
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Ben Wikler has a plan to save democracy — and the Democratic Party
Listen now | A conversation with the former chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and author of the new book "This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The news should be covering ICE like a serial killer on the loose
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 09/07/2026
I don't think the government of a democracy should have masked secret police that roam the country murdering people, with their actions treated as totally outside the law.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 08/07/2026
NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
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He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Graham Platner’s history of sexual assault proves he does not belong in the US Senate. He belongs on the Supreme Court. by Susan Collins
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Mike Luckovich
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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 03/07/2026
Swift has long wanted Gotham. It hasn’t necessarily been reciprocal.
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Welcome to Indifference? The Very Unrequited Love of Taylor Swift and New York City
Swift has long wanted Gotham. It hasn’t necessarily been reciprocal.
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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
the taylor swift wedding thing is so morally and aesthetically offensive to me and i wish i didn't have a single opinion or thought about it
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
its crazy how one of the only jobs where you can openly espouse the most disgusting gutter racism on-the-clock is “person who makes laws and is in charge of everything”
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
These are the actions of a traitor not an American President......
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Free Speech Champion(tm) Bari Weiss demanding CBS News smear an American executed by her government for protesting bsky.app/profile/elio...
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Shoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This is the inflection point for the political momentum shift in the US
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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
ok, this place has the juice
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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Kind of love how done Hunter Biden is with everything
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Eamon Javers @eamonjavers.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
“Frankly,” the president said of the negotiations, “I thought they started to get very boring.” Trump tells CNBC: 'I don't care' if Iran negotiations are over www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/t...
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Trump tells CNBC: 'I don't care' if Iran negotiations are over
President Trump spoke with CNBC's Eamon Javers about the latest with the Iran war in an interview Monday.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
This reminds me a lot of Obama 2006. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...
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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
As far as history is concerned, the news doesn’t get much bigger than “Trump regime to continue planned rollout of concentration camps that will exceed Japanese American imprisonment.”
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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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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This. All of this. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Trump on Iran War: Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
“How could you possibly believe I would cozy up to an evil sex offender?”
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 01/04/2026
The central organizing principle behind the Trump administration is white supremacy. The corruption just made it worth Trump's while.
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