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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 30/09/2026
Fewer than half of Minnesota students who take the state’s standardized test are able to read and do math at grade-level expectations, according to data from May's Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments.
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Minnesota students’ standardized test scores continue to stagnate • Minnesota Reformer
Fewer than half of Minnesota students who take the state’s standardized test are able to read and do math at grade-level expectations, according to data released Wednesday by the state’s education dep...
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Moraa Unredacted @omoraa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Don’t make legends out of them by calling them the Cornell 7. Call them what they are: the Cornell rapists.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21/09/2026
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE officer in Austin, Texas, is now at a detention center for the agency after he was released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back, according to his attorney's spokesperson.
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Man shot by ICE officer is detained in Texas with a bullet still in his back, attorney's office says
A Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas is being held at a detention center after being released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Like music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by private equity 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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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
GENEVA (AP) — UN-backed human rights experts find 'reasonable grounds' to believe US committed war crimes in 2 deadly strikes on Iran.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12/09/2026
Mississippi police say they were still investigating the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month, a day after a man was arrested in connection with the killing.
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Police say more arrests coming in death of Mississippi woman found hanging from tree
Mississippi police say they were still investigating the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month, a day after a man was arrested in connection with the killing.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 01/09/2026
Cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch. More than 1 million children have already lost access to SNAP at home.
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SNAP cuts could raise cost of free school meals for Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch. More than 1 million American children have lost a...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
At least one in four of all the people who have played in the NFL might expect to end up with CTE, according to new data
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At Least 1 in 4 NFL Players Gets CTE, Major New Study Finds (Gift Article)
The actual prevalence, researchers said, may be much higher.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation.”
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Judge to Baby: File an Asylum Application
The 1-year-old is one of the migrant children who advocates say appeared in immigration court without legal representation.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor who recently resigned after being accused of plagiarism, has been found dead, police said
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Jason Arday, former Cambridge University professor, found dead
The former academic was found unresponsive in Battersea. Police said they were treating his death as unexpected, but it is not believed to be suspicious
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This idiotic tweet reminds me of when a friend and I visited Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. Founded in 1850, it reveals a fascinating history. We noticed how many gravestones were for infants. And for many young sibling dying in the same week. We realized that it was before vaccines and antibiotics.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Prosecutors charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job
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LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28/07/2026
Exclusive: Officials relied on a vague and unsubstantiated allegation to separate Pete Buttigieg from his young twins last month. Previously unreported police records, obtained by The Post, and an interview with the apparent complainant offer the most detailed account yet: wapo.st/4wt1Zjs
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.
New court filings detail immigration agents in Los Angeles referring to potential targets using racial slurs.
Civil rights groups are asking a federal judge to bar an “ongoing campaign of suspicionless and discriminatory” stops in the Central District of California.
Immigration agents who descended on Los Angeles last summer referred to Latinos using slurs like “tonk” and “wet,” according to body camera footage and text messages detailed in a court filing asking a federal judge to bar agents from making stops based on racial profiling.

After a June raid at Home Depot in Hollywood, body camera footage captured an agent saying: “There was a guy, I’m pretty sure he’s wet he was just sitting in that minivan.” A text chain revealed an agent referring to “tonks everywhere selling food” — using a word reportedly derived from the sound an agent’s utility flashlight makes when hitting a migrant’s head. In a video, an agent said, “Yeah, just plug us in wherever you see some tonks and we’ll jump out.”
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 28/07/2026
The Trump administration is using the CFTC’s authority — which was intended to limit the economy’s exposure to massive risk-taking — to ban Minnesota from limiting people’s ability to take on extreme risk. minnesotareformer.com/briefs/judge...
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Judge halts Minnesota ban on prediction markets • Minnesota Reformer
The companies have successfully persuaded the Trump administration that they are not gambling sites but a platform for futures contracts.
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Jill Ross @jillfr.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The UN once tried to declare food a human right and two countries voted against it. The United States and Israel™.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This is crazy to be happening in 2026. The US has now recorded more measles cases this year than in any year since 1991, marking the highest total in 35 years. As of today, the country had reported 2,295 confirmed measles cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University U.S. Measles Tracker.
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CoolCoolSkies @coolcoolskies.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I cannot emphasize enough that people need to read. Anything and everything. Read shit you don't understand, read about points you don't agree with, read someone's praise AND criticism of something you love. You cannot stop learning. You cannot get lazy or complacent. Don't let them dumb you down.
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Why I picked Spain? Spain formally recognizes the State of Palestine, having officially granted statehood on May 28, 2024, alongside Ireland and Norway. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated his support for a viable two-state solution. Spain is taking in refugees. The flotilla!!! I also love Yamal.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Trump administration replaced panels about the brutality of slavery at the Philadelphia President’s House memorial while the public slept overnight
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Trump administration replaces panels at President’s House slavery memorial under the cloak of darkness
Hours after federal agents removed the restored panels at the President’s House slavery memorial under the cloak of darkness and replaced them with new ones, attorney Michael Coard of the
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Politico @politico.com · 10/07/2026
Black leaders across the South have expressed a visceral shock in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act. But as the surprise wears off, a sense of isolation has begun to set in among some. 🔗 politi.co/4vSW46T
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The Trump administration has taken over full control of what appears on National Park Service websites. For decades, park staff managed their own sites, working closely with local communities and tribal nations to tell the stories of the places they know best. That’s over now.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 15/04/2026
What’s actually in the SAVE Act — an interactive explainer minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/15/w...
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What's actually in the SAVE Act — an interactive explainer • Minnesota Reformer
As the Reformer recently reported, millions of women could face new challenges to voting under President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act, which would require voters to prove their citizenship before c...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 12/02/2026
Skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych wanted to wear a helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed in the ongoing war against Russia.
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Ukrainian Athlete Disqualified From Winter Olympics Event Over Helmet Depicting People Killed In War With Russia
Skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych wanted to wear a helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed in the ongoing war against Russia.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 29/01/2026
Lawsuit: DHS blocking lawyers from meeting with detainees minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/28/l...
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Lawsuit: DHS blocking lawyers from meeting with detainees • Minnesota Reformer
DHS also has a recent history of defying court orders.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
A photo of Claudette Colvin in a red sweater
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
People fatally shot by UK police in 2024/25: 2 People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/11/2025
Most of us have no idea how bad it is inside ICE detention centers because they have kept it hidden. Then a truth teller shows up and says it plain. The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Across the nation, federal workers are turning to food banks and taking on second jobs as missed paychecks continue.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 21/10/2025
Commentary: Despite repeated promises to lower prices, President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act has repealed clean, affordable energy tax credits, a move that will raise energy prices and stifle innovation. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/21/t...
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Trump's budget bill is making energy expensive again • Minnesota Reformer
One in every six U.S. households is behind on their electric or gas bills, and as of March, customers owed gas and electric utilities more than $24 billion in late payments.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 01/10/2025
Fifteen years after a 1,600-bed private prison in Minnesota shuttered, the Trump administration is considering reopening the facility as an immigrant detention center. Dozens of faith leaders and residents gathered in Appleton, MN, Tuesday to protest the plan. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/01/p...
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Possible opening of ICE detention center in Minnesota sparks protest • Minnesota Reformer
Fifteen years after a 1,600-bed private prison in west central Minnesota shuttered, the Trump administration is considering reopening the facility as an immigrant detention center.  Internal Immigrati...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
An 11-year-old Michigan boy was expelled from school for a year after he took a gun away from a classmate, disarmed and disassembled it, according to his mother He’s now enrolled in a non-accredited online program as he tries to keep up
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11-Year-Old Expelled After Taking Gun Away from Classmate, Friend Says He 'Acted Out of Courage and Compassion'
The mother of a Michigan elementary school student is speaking out after her 11-year-old son was expelled for taking a gun away from a classmate. Savitra McClurkin said her son was expelled after admi...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/09/2025
BREAKING: Police in Kathmandu open fire on anti-government protesters, killing at least 8 people and injuring several more, Nepal's media report.
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Protesters in Nepal surround parliament and clash with police as government blocks social media
Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Nepal's capital to express anger over a government decision to block most social media platforms.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
"Two people fighting the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula were arrested by federal law enforcement, in a confrontation described by firefighters and depicted in photos and video."
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Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 17/06/2025
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee is facing backlash–including a direct confrontation with Sen. Tina Smith–after making a joke on X about Rep. Hortman’s assassination. minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/16/s...
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Sen. Mike Lee outrages Minnesotans with social media jabs about Hortman murder • Minnesota Reformer
The Utah senator has since faced widespread backlash for his comments.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
“The University of Michigan is using private, undercover investigators to surveil pro-Palestinian campus groups, including trailing them on and off campus, furtively recording them and eavesdropping on their conversations, the Guardian has learned”
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University of Michigan using undercover investigators to surveil student Gaza protesters
Revealed: security trailing students on and off campus as video shows investigator faking disability when confronted
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Women who miscarry in West Virginia should be prepared to face potential criminal charges, a county prosecutor warned
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West Virginia Prosecutor Warns Miscarriages Could Lead To Criminal Charges
Women should protect themselves by alerting law enforcement about their miscarriages, he advised.
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Black Girl Nerds @blackgirlnerds.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
When The Handmaid’s Tale premiered in 2017, it came in like thunder — gripping, and eerily prophetic. Based on Margaret Atwood’s dystopian 1985 novel, the Hulu series tapped into a rising global unease about the erosion of women’s rights, authoritarian overreach, and the weaponization of religion.
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The End of 'The Handmaid's Tale': Retrospective on the Series | Black Girl Nerds
'The Handmaid's Tale' is streaming on Hulu.
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NPR @npr.org · 22/05/2025
By @alejandrabee.bsky.social The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
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Congress moves to loosen toxic air pollution rules
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 15/05/2025
The suicide rate held steady in 2024, but guns are increasingly prevalent in suicide attempts minnesotareformer.com/briefs/suici...
Chart of MN and US suicide rates
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
An extreme Georgia abortion law is forcing a brain-dead woman to stay on life support for months so doctors can try to deliver her unborn baby
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Georgia Abortion Law Forces Brain-Dead Woman To Stay On Life Support For Months
Adriana Smith's mother says the delay, caused by her pregnancy, has been "torture" for the family.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
NY17 Constituent and local social worker Emily Feiner was singled out and forcibly removed during Rep. Mike Lawler's town hall.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
A bit much for the pro-Covid party to demand shared sacrifice. But also, sacrifice for *what?* What’s the payoff? They’re asking you to endure several years of pain for a future in which you and your kids can expect to work 40 years on an assembly line. That’s literally what they’re promising.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Facebook allegedly detected when teen girls deleted selfies so it could serve them beauty ads
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Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads
A recent tell-all by a Facebook insider reveals the insidious nature of Facebook's advertising empire, and the dangerous consequences.
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
My latest at Joy's House: a warning from the media world as fascism tries to grab hold of our country open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...
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The Daily Reid: A 60 Minutes warning
The departure of the head of CBS' long-running news magazine is a very bad sign
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Trump said he was not joking about the possibility of seeking a third term, claiming a lot of people wanted him to pursue it. While he emphasized he was focused on the current, he hinted at the existence of methods to make it happen.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
The Texas measles outbreak has hit 400 cases Of the 400 cases, 398 were people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status
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Texas Measles Outbreak Hits 400 Cases
Of the 400 cases, 398 were people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/03/2025
When Wisconsin voters head to the polls Tuesday for a special election to fill a vacant seat on the state’s Supreme Court, they’ll be casting a vote in what’s become the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history.
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Why Elon Musk, GOP Are Trying to Buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
Read more here.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too.
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