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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
stripes.com
West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11/08/2026
1. We've gotten so used to Trump's declarations that it's easy to focus on the substance of this executive order (which is utter nonsense) rather than the fact he's making it at all. To my knowledge it's unprecedented for a president to issue direct clinical guidance from the White House podium.
whitehouse.gov
Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is absolutely WILD. Here's the dashboard video posted by @fritschner.bsky.social. Fast forward to about 1 minute. An ICE officer jumps out of a van and pulls a gun on this woman immediately before lying and claiming she "almost ran us over." *profanity warning if watching in public.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Shannon is an excellent reporter and I hope you will read this story. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/24/p...
themarshallproject.org
A Prison on Fire
Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal fought alongside US Special Forces in his home country of Afghanistan, and survived. It was instead ICE custody that killed him. He came legally to the US, where he applied for asylum. He was detained by ICE anyway, and died of an unspecified allergic reaction in custody.
nbcnews.com
Afghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custody
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, the death report shows.
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Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Doing god’s work. Great NYT pic of the rainbow at the Kennedy Center last night for the “Great Unnaming”
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 04/06/2026
very compassionate very innovative
engadget.com
Meta will reportedly let employees take 30-minute breaks from its tracking program - Engadget
Workers can pause the all-seeing eye when they need to "check something personal."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
What a coincidence! I just interviewed this Fisher Price Farmer Says See 'n' Say, and it told me some incredibly interesting things about farm life. Let me know when you'd like to publish this!
https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Classic-Farmer-Says/dp/B00IVJK8Y0/ref=asc_df_B00IVJK8Y0?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=79989681302448&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=96016&hvtargid=pla-4583589160763749&psc=1&msclkid=ab98be1bf39019dc3b61d4076c4f54b2
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/05/2026
I ain’t reading all that. I’m happy for you though, or sorry that happened
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
NOW: I’m outside the Delaney Hall ICE prison in Newark, NJ where protesters are supporting detainees inside who are on a hunger and labor strike because of inhumane treatment. Follow this thread for updates.
press conference with activists and congressman jerry nadlercongressman dan goldman leaving delaney hall
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
ICE agents pepper-sprayed Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey.
nj.com
ICE agents pepper spray protesters, N.J. senator in clash outside Delaney Hall in Newark
“It’s sad, it’s a sad day," says pepper-sprayed senator.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/05/2026
Q: Are you attending your son's wedding this weekend? TRUMP: Uhhhh. He'd like me to go. I'm gonna try and make it. I said, 'This is not good timing for me. I have a thing called Iran and other things.'
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jeffmax.bsky.social @jeffmax.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The terrible consequences of DOGE and rampant corruption. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | I Survived Ebola. This Is What Scares Me Most About This Outbreak.
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runner4fun.bsky.social @runner4fun.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
GOP US Senators only find the backbone to stand up to Trump when they have finite time in the Senate and no plans to run for reelection. Otherwise, they are all complicit.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
#BREAKING U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros annoucnes that charges against the remaining members of the "Broadview Six" will be dismissed with prejudice.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/05/2026
Don't call it a cult.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/05/2026
Trump is literally out here saying random words and calling it a commencement address. Get a load of this gibberish.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20/05/2026
Trump bought more than $1 million in Dell stock. Nine days later, he told a Georgia crowd to “go out and buy a Dell computer.”
motherjones.com
Trump has been investing in companies and then pumping them in his speeches
Yet another extraordinary example of a president milking his office for personal profit.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Very rich people getting booed during commencement speeches is my new favorite genre of entertainment.
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I am old enough to remember when Google's arrival was a game changer for access to the truly global and astonishingly useful worldwide web of shared knowledge and expertise. I really did not expect to witness its death throes, poisoned by ignorance, arrogance and greed.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 19/05/2026
This is an unprecedented level of corruption. Trump is forcing the government to drop ALL tax audits of him, his family, and his businesses—giving him FULL IMMUNITY from prosecution. What is Trump hiding from the American people? Congress must step up and stop this corruption.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
My man doesn't understand what popular means
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 19/05/2026
oh good “This has been out of control for weeks, clearly,” said Atul Gawande, a former senior official at USAID. “Speed is everything. From when the first case happens is critical.” He said that the Trump administration’s closure of USAID had already impeded the response to the outbreak.
nytimes.com
Ebola Raged for Weeks in Congo Before Anyone Raised the Alarm
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/05/2026
Q: The DOJ has a new fund that was announced today -- $1.7b. Why should taxpayers pay for the J6ers? TRUMP: Well, it's been very well received, I have to tell you. I know very little about it. I wasn't involved in the whole creation of it. This is reimbursing people that were horribly treated
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
So maybe you shouldn’t have cut funds allocated to address it???
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
It’s bullshit for the Washington Post to call this looting of the Treasury a “deal“ and an “agreement.” The Trump regime is self-dealing to create an agreement between Trump and Trump, with no judge allowed to weigh in. It’s a dictator stealing from the people.
In unusual deal, a $1.8 billlion fund that could help Trump allies is created. 
The agreement to end the Trump family’s lawsuit against the IRS grants a commission broad authority …
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Both these things are likely true: 1. LLMs represent the biggest advance in the history of software. 2. the capital being deployed to do the AI buildout is wildly misaligned with the value the technology will deliver. Both can be true: It’s great AND it’s a bubble. open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc...
open.substack.com
The Capital is Misaligned and the Crash is Coming
My strong disagreement with the sentiment on Wall Street.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/05/2026
Videos of the DOGE staffers who gutted humanities funding using ChatGPT went viral. Now a federal judge has ruled that personnel didn’t have authority to terminate the grants. Kelsey Ables and Janay Kingsberry spoke to the plaintiffs: theatln.tc/IxYPHbn5 📸 Matt McClain / The Washington Post / Getty
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
In 13 years of learning about various government programs and agencies, the two-word phrase that explains the most, and that I most wish the general public knew about and understood, is “administrative burden”.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
It is wrong and criminal for government agents to kidnap someone, send them to die in a concentration camp, and disappear them, regardless of immigration status. But it's still worth noting she has a green card. The government doesn't even pretend this is about deporting undocumented people.
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Louisiana Republicans have eliminated a city clerk position in New Orleans days before a Black man was set to take office. “It’s a sad thing to see the state government repeating what happened to Black public officials during Reconstruction,” said Calvin Duncan, who was set to take office Monday.
apnews.com
Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected position days before an exoneree was set to take office
Louisiana Republicans have eliminated the office an exoneree was set to take after being overwhelmingly elected to the New Orleans-based seat. Republican Gov.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
which stage of democracy is this
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Secretary of Defensiveness Pete Hegseth
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Cannot stress enough that what's happening now and will accelerate over next few weeks is a big spike in fuel costs paid for by every American that will flow *directly* into insane, unprecedented profits for American oil companies. They're going to be the big winners of this.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I know we get inured to stuff, but it is hard to fathom the cruelty here. At a time of tax cuts for the most powerful, they are trying to remove basic supports for the most vulnerable. The Trump administration's war on people with disabilities continues.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/04/2026
Q: I want to go back to the Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act TRUMP: When did it come out? Just now? Q: No. It came out this morning. TRUMP: Was it considered a win for who? Q: For Republicans TRUMP: I love it!
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 29/04/2026
They killed the Voting Rights Act today. Let's stop giving them our fucking money. Join the May Day Eve Cancel Party tomorrow and stop giving so many of your dollars to right wing billionaires. www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
mobilize.us
May Day Eve Cancel Party! · Indivisible Brooklyn
Have you been meaning to cut back on all that money you send billionaires but just never find the time? Hang out with comics creators and CANCEL unneeded services and software from billionaire-owned c...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Can we just have the government employees we are paying work on stuff that helps average Americans instead of working on stuff to aggrandize Trump?
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🎃ℌ𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 ℑ𝔞𝔫👻 @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I can't believe this. @normcharlatan.bsky.social you're a Minnesota Legend, my man.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Trump fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. The letters read, “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I’m writing to inform you that your position as a member of the National Science Board is terminated, effective immediately.”
science.org
Trump fires NSF's oversight board
Dismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
ICE has violated almost 100 court orders. Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order. That's an out-of-control agency that shouldn't get another dime.
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Joe Dudek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
She was granted withholding of removal 26 years ago and has spent the time since helping courts navigate language barriers. But ICE needs numbers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
In which seals clap because Biff just <signed his name> like a big boy Hilarious if it wasn’t so sad.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/04/2026
Joe Rogan is standing directly behind Trump in the Oval Office
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/04/2026
brilliant -- Morning Joe put together clips of Pete Hegseth reciting a fake Bible quote from Pulp Fiction, along with the Samuel L. Jackson scene from the movie
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