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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 30/09/2026
We should absolutely protect Jane Doe and talk about what we can learn from the failures before, during, and after the harm in this case, but we gotta keep pointing out that this is but one case in an overwhelming, gigantic sea of experiences like this.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Statham recently said she now believes Duncan is innocent. She says she has been harassed by law enforcement ever since. She has. I've seen some of it. This is a 33 year old case. The state has said for years that all biological evidence was destroyed. She was the girl's mother. This is insane.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Zohran Mamdani "was the only senior elected official who stayed at the 9/11 memorial ceremony at the WTC until the end…Vance was the first to leave the VIP area, and other elected officials began 'schmoozing.'" Per Steve Kastenbaum:
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Mayor Mamdani was the only senior elected official who stayed at the 9/11 memorial ceremony at the WTC until the end. It started at 8:40 AM, and concluded close to 12:30 PM. Most of the other current electeds left at various times. Former Mayors Bloomberg & Giuliani stayed.
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Mamdani stayed until the end of the memorial ceremony at which point he was seen talking with 9/11 victims' family members. All of the other senior elected officials left the 9/11 Memorial before the reading of the names concluded.
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The source tells me that V.P. Vance was the first to leave the VIP area, and other elected officials began "schmoozing." At some point, Mayor Giuliani's people started "bringing people over to talk with him." CORRECTION:I used photos in a previous similar post that were from 2025
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you are in D.C., come join us at the MLK Library on Monday at 630pm in room 401-A for this fantastic event. We'll be talking about propaganda, repression, and what we can do about it together.
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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 13/06/2025
75 YARD PUNT DOWNED AT THE ONE FOR ATTICUS BERTRAMS & WISCONSIN PLUS CBS MUSIC
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
THE PUNTER ON THE OTHER HAND
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
'don't care about shit people who don't hold any power say on podcasts' should be a universal rule tbh.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 31/08/2026
Walk with us across the Brooklyn Bridge on September 13th to honor our veterans and military families — register now for New York City’s first-ever Remembrance Ruck at on.nyc.gov/ruck.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Paid political influencers are highly effective propagandists. Which is why Pete Hegseth is paying them to manipulate other Americans in state-funded, prev undisclosed influence ops. Gift link: wapo.st/4x0p3pf
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Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.
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Jeff Janis @jeffjanis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hi @cbbworld.bsky.social I miss the Howl app (not a joke. I liked it!) We had some good times back then. Current show is of course great too! Ack what is this post oh well
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Jeff Janis @jeffjanis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Thank you @minakimes.bsky.social for your work, specifically the ranking of all teams you did a bit ago. I’m a long time Seahawks fan, just moved to Baltimore. Gonna be a fun season!
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton
article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Indianaarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Kentuckyarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Missouriiarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Washington
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
It's like Amnesty International UK have never heard of the Streisand Effect. I fully intend on challenging this DMCA strike and force them to litigate this in federal court in the US if they want to take it down. This is squarely fair use.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/08/2026
oh look, dems can easily leverage messaging to hijack, create, or redirect entire newscycles by exploiting the infotainment media's obsession with scaled ad engagement, who could have possibly imagined such a thing
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Who is Natalie Harp? Sen. Jon Ossoff puts Trump aide in spotlight
The former TV news anchor began working for Trump in 2022 and has become a close aide during his second term.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/08/2026
The ICE raids and cruelty we are seeing inflicted on children are unacceptable.

The federal government has stripped legal representation from hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied children. Many will soon face an impossible choice: navigate our immigration system alone or risk detention and deportation.

Our city is stepping up. We've invested $16.9 million in immigration legal services for unaccompanied children, with another $32 million in this year's immigration legal services budget, including rapid-response legal advice and representation for people in detention.

If you need immigration legal support, we're here to help. Our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline is available in your preferred language, regardless of immigration status.
Call 1-800-354-0365
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A ton of effort is going to go into pretending taxing rich people doesn’t work just like a lot of work went into immediately ignoring and getting rid of that expanded child tax credit once it was revealed it worked way better than expected
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Don't just talk about doing things, DO THINGS. Start local. But actually take action. It's so much better than being on the sidelines taking no risks and yelling directions at others.
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Jeff Janis @jeffjanis.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I adore @pftompkins.bsky.social , but I REALLY adore his Father’s Day posts. So, if on the .001% chance you read this, sir: thank you.
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Jeff Janis @jeffjanis.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Beautiful game!
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Leslie Gray Streeter @lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
ICE detained people at my kid's school today, shaking him so much that he begged me to bring him home, but to bring his passport so he could prove he's an American. They are coming for us all. And now my kid knows. I hate this. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
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Streeter: ICE detained people outside my child’s school and forever changed him
COLUMN | My son called me panicked as ICE detained people outside his Baltimore City public school. It’s forever changed him — and me, too.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Scott Pelley standing up to management on behalf of his coworkers and then being moved to tears talking about how good they are and how valuable their work is is what I call a positive model of masculinity
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/05/2026
We found that Jeff Bezos paid zero taxes in 2007 and 2011. In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children. Revisit our 2021 story:
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Anyways instead of paying attention to what Trump says about America 250 we should really pay attention to what Fredrick Douglass said about America 75, and what Anna Julia Cooper said about America 100, and what Ida B Wells said about America 125 and what Du Bois said about America 150 and…
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Jeff Janis @jeffjanis.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This is very important
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Jeff Janis @jeffjanis.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Makes me sad to see left conspiracy theories run amok
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Jeff Janis @jeffjanis.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
This guy celebrating Wet Day a little late, but… @cbbworld.bsky.social
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 09/04/2026
it was never ever going to stop with banning care for minors (care that their parents consented to btw)
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Ban on using public funds for adult gender transitions advanced by Oklahoma House
OKLAHOMA CITY — House lawmakers on Wednesday advanced various bills that attempt to control how taxpayer funds can be spent on health care-related services.The most controversial of the measures, whic...
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Is this some panacea? Of course not. But those who have power--even soft, indirect, or uncertain power, including the power to get noticed--have a responsibility to exercise it now. Dooming that it "won't work" is not constructive.
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Stuff the president says is inherently newsworthy! The right response to the fatigue we all feel from hearing him is not to stop covering it, it's to hammer him and his party to explain it and not let them shrug their way out of taking responsibility for it. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-have-t...
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You Have to Grind This Motherfucker Down
The only correct way to interview This Guy has never been tried.
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patrick mcneil (he/him) @patrickryne.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Please help me share the post below. I don’t have a huge following, but this nomination is a bit under the radar and deserves more attention. His committee vote is this Thursday.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Looking at the 2024 crime figures, it's absolutely insane how Trump, tech billionaires, and centrist pundits fooled everyone into thinking Biden had turned the U.S. into some Hobbesian hellscape. 50-year lows for violent crime, armed robbery, property crime. Second-lowest homicide rate.
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How have crime rates in the United States changed over the last 50 years?
Both violent and property crime are far below their 1990s peak, but some crimes see periodic rises.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/03/2026
Texas AG Ken Paxton has declared that it is illegal for mental health providers and therapists to treat trans youth. It means that trans youth will be denied access to any mental healthcare that isn't conversion therapy. Paxton also threatens parents of trans youth with child abuse investigations.
A scanned image of the first page of a legal document on letterhead from Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, dated February 27, 2026. It is labeled "Opinion No. KP-0518" and addressed to Mr. Darrel D. Spinks, Executive Director of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. A portion of the first paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "mental health care providers" licensed by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council."A scanned image of the second page of the Attorney General Opinion document. A section in the first full paragraph is highlighted in yellow, which reads: "[f]or the purpose of transitioning a child’s biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the child’s perception of the child’s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child’s biological sex."A scanned image of the third page of the Attorney General Opinion document. The text discusses various statutory and dictionary definitions of the terms "health care provider" and "health care". There are no highlighted sections on this page.A scanned image of the seventh and final page of the Attorney General Opinion document, showing the "SUMMARY" section and the signature block for Ken Paxton. The entire summary paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "The definition of a “health care provider” in subsection 161.701(2) of the Health and Safety Code unambiguously encompasses the professions regulated by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Any licensee that facilitates the provision of unlawful procedures or treatments that aim to transition a child’s sex are thus forbidden from receiving public money in support of those efforts and, separately, risk revocation of their licenses to practice."
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
This week it was uncovered that the Trump regime is trying to "cure" trans prisoners of being transgender, while doing everything they can - from labeling our mere existence as explicit to stripping us of our legal documents - to ensure we *all* end up imprisoned in their ever-growing camps.
Bureau of Prisons:
February 19, 2026
PURPOSE AND SCOPE
To establish professional guidelines for the mental health evaluation and treatment of inmates meeting the diagnostic criteria for Gender Dysphoria (GD) to assist their progress toward recovery, while reducing or eliminating the frequency and severity of symptoms and associated negative outcomes.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best:
I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves.
Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone.
That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins.
If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after.
Sahar Delijani, Iranian author
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 14/02/2026
Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.
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Insight: Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/02/2026
There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today. I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand. There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
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Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom
We have seen this song and dance before.
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Jeff Janis @jeffjanis.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Glorious thread. Made me appreciate the show even more. Going to PR this spring for the first time, needed a history lesson!
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Levi Kalish @kalish.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
NEW: It’s difficult to account for the abuses trans immigrants face in ICE custody after Trump destroyed safeguards, oversight agencies, and data about detainees. But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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ICE Is Treating Trans Immigrants With A New Level Of Cruelty
A HuffPost investigation found how the Trump administration systematically destroyed safeguards for detainees, subjecting them to abuse and neglect.
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Jeff Janis @jeffjanis.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
@marisakabas.bsky.social thought you might be interested in this www.reddit.com/r/FedEmploye...
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From the FedEmployees community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the FedEmployees community
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The Kansas bathroom bill applies to state government buildings. State Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat who is trans, was selected to fill a vacant seat earlier this month and it's believed this bill was specifically targeted at her. Disgusting and hateful. Details here:
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'This bill spits on basic human decency': Kansas Legislature passes bathroom ban without hearing • Kansas Reflector
The GOP-led Kansas House and Senate on Wednesday approved a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people, after the House debated for hours.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 28/01/2026
1. The most extreme anti-trans bill ever proposed is currently rocketing through the Kansas legislature. It would empower bounty hunters to search for trans people in bathrooms, even in private businesses, and sue them for large sums of money. The House is voting on it today.
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Kansas Advancing Anti-Trans Bill Allowing Bounty Hunters To Patrol Private Business Bathrooms
The bill, which is racing through the Kansas legislature, stands a significant chance of passing the Senate.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 28/01/2026
Florida escalates its attacks on trans people further by moving to allow any state employee to be sued by parents for damages for NOT outing their trans child. This story brought to you by @alyssaur.bsky.social
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Yet More Anti-Trans Bills Move Through FL Legislature — Assigned
Two particularly vile bills expanding existing anti-trans laws are on their way through FL’s House and Senate.
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Jeff Janis @jeffjanis.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Lots of people replying without first hand knowledge of bipolar 1. Mania episodes are incredibly powerful and distorting, and the longer they go on the more intense they get. This statement feels real and truly regretful. He has a long ways to go, but this is a good start.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
NEWS from inside the Senate Dem meeting tonight: 1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill 2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas. (cont'd)
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 10/01/2026
this is really just the tip of the iceberg. if you are in minneapolis please continue to spread the word about Defend612.com ans the Monarcha line
CODE RED
ICE IS CURRENTLY GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN MINNEAPOLIS!
DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR FOR THEM.
ICE IS GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR DOWNTOWN
BY THE FOOTBALL STADIUM.
MONARCA: 612-441-2881
IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER DETENTION LINE: 651-641-1011
WARRANTS LABELED "FORM I-205" OR "FORM I-200"
ARE *NOT* JUDICIAL WARRANTS.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR THEM.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 08/01/2026
BREAKING: The Hennepin County District Attorney's office says they have jurisdiction to charge the ICE agent involved in the fatal Minneapolis shooting.
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