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Director of Interdisciplinary Research at the Institute for Advanced Dialectical Research, dialecticinstitute.org - views expressed here my own. jerseyflight.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3h
Facebook turned outrage into profit, and America paid the price. In his review of 'The Social Reckoning,' @sonnybunch.bsky.social examines how Zuckerberg's algorithm fed users ragebait and pushed them toward extremism. lnk.thebulwark.com/4yht3lV?utm_...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h
Trump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has.
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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 3h
NEW: Avi Asher-Schapiro, reporter at ProPublica, joins Somil Trivedi of CAA. Avi discusses ProPublica's bombshell report on potentially illegal campaign donations by defense contractor Navatek to numerous elected officials in Washington, and how the Trump ADMIN killed the ensuing investigation.
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BOMBSHELL Report Could be the OCTOBER Surprise Trump FEARED...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4h
A federal judge has sanctioned a DOJ attorney for accusing an ICE detainee's attorney of misconduct without any evidence. The punishment: Two hours of legal training about the "special role of US attorneys" and the need to support claims with evidence. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h
This is as treasonous as it gets
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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 5h
Mike Johnson is preparing to lose the House while Pete Hegseth is bringing back public executions. With 25 days before the midterms, I break down MAGA’s complete deterioration. youtu.be/oNsR7UgXeq4
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Mike Johnson and MAGA Are Throwing in the Towel | Steve Schmidt
YouTube video by The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 8h
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 4h
BREAKING: A federal court blocked the Justice Department's efforts to seize access to sensitive voter data nationwide. Judges had already blocked the DOJ in 26 out of 26 states from forcibly collecting this information, and it's now prohibited from amassing voter data anywhere in the country.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h
🚨LIVE STREAM: Tonight at 6:30 ET. Election denier allies are begging Trump to take over voting machines and ballots. A federal judge just shut down the Trump DOJ’s nationwide voter data program, ICE is investigating voter registration groups. www.youtube.com/live/wlaYRTr...
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BREAKING: Election Deniers Beg Trump to HIJACK Voting Machines
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4h
NEW: Election denier Tina Peters reportedly discussed a scheme to wrestle control of the midterms from the states with the White House. But the dubious plan, which involves sweeping changes to voting machines and hand counts of ballots, rests on a little-used regulation that covers...WiFi routers.
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Election deniers say an obscure rule on Wi-Fi routers means Trump can decide how votes are counted. Here’s why they’re wrong
"The Commerce secretary doesn't have more power than the president. The president has zero power over elections in the United States.”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h
🚨BREAKING: A judge ruled the DOJ's policy of collecting states' unredacted voter rolls and urging them to remove voters flagged as ineligible is illegal. "This policy...has left untold numbers of disenfranchised voters in its wake and inflicted injuries to the Plaintiffs' privacy," the court wrote.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 5h
NEW: The Trump administration sanctioned the International Criminal Court hours after a former ICC judge won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Trump administration’s continued attempts to dismantle the ICC undercut its ability to investigate and prosecute atrocities like war crimes and genocide.
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Philosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 17h
@propublica.org tracking U.S. citizens being detained by ICE:
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From the TheLib community on Reddit: The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18h
The people elect their representatives to enact legislation, and unelected judges veto that legislation. Is this really the democratic system our founders envisioned?
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How the Supreme Court seized power to rule over the rest of us
A false mythology put the justices on top. The people could knock them down.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 19h
An explosive new report alleges Walmart is compiling shopper data to "price people, not products" using surveillance and dynamic pricing.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21h
Trump has claimed that states are “merely an ‘agent’ for the federal government” and they must do what the president tells them. “Almost nothing in that statement is correct as a matter of law,” Marc Elias says. Keep an eye on the people trying to rewrite the rules: demdock.com/4rSKLdE
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 22h
LIVESTREAM youtube.com/live/wBCvQ2-...
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BREAKING: NYPD CLASH With Protesters After ICE SHOOTS Man in Bronx | LIVE PROTESTS
YouTube video by Status Coup News
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Philosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 22h
Politically speaking, this would be a psychological play against Trump. Predictably, he would lash out and likely overstep his bounds. What little restraint he does have would go to the wind.
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Wasser @tafelwasser59.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Guilfoyle & Deters are the headline but Trump set the tone He's made $2 B in office while nearly a million people lost money on his meme coin & 80%+ of voters say corruption is costing them Voters will remember in Nov. @nicollewallace.bsky.social & I dug into it on @ms.now👇 -TN
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Judge threatens to order Midway Blitz agents to hand over personal phones for review — after Bovino refuses From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-...
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Judge threatens to order Midway Blitz agents to hand over personal phones — after Bovino refused
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis presides over a lawsuit brought by Illinois and Chicago against Homeland Security. It alleges Midway Blitz was designed to coerce the state and city into assisting the f...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There are 4 official FBI interview reports, but only 3 unredacted handwritten notes of the alleged 13-year old victim of Epstein & Trump were submitted to the judge in my case. The missing note’s link to South Carolina & how Todd Blanche has yet to explain where it is: youtu.be/5TEPxgVe18E?...
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New BOMBSHELL Reporting Reveals MISSING FBI NOTES In MY Epstein Lawsuit!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23h
NEW: The Trump administration wants to livestream a firing squad execution for this holiday season. Pete Hegseth wants the public to see the Dec. 3 scheduled killing of Nidal Hasan. Tonight, at Law Dork:
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The Trump administration wants to livestream a firing squad execution for this holiday season
Pete Hegseth wants the public to see the Dec. 3 scheduled killing of Nidal Hasan. Also: A Navy board made clear in a recent action that it disagrees with the trans military ban.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h
ICE is out with an official statement, which says the target was a gang member. But they say virtually nothing about the shooting itself.
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On October 8, at approximately 4:00 PM ET, ICE officers were conducting a targeted enforcement operation in the Bronx, New York, to arrest a criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic with a prior criminal conviction for grand larceny, and multiple prior arrests for assault, robbery, possession of drugs, and weapons possession. He has associations to the Trinitarios gang, the same gang who brutally shot a CBP officer last year.
This criminal illegal alien was arrested by the
NYPD on December 7, 2023, but was released into the community a few days later by reckless Democrat sanctuary policies that put American lives at risk.During the incident, an ICE officer discharged his weapon and the criminal illegal alien was injured.
ICE officers immediately rendered aid. The individual is alive and at a local hospital. The FBI and HSI are on the scene. The incident remains under investigation. More information will be shared as it becomes available.
When dangerous illegal aliens are released back onto the streets by radical sanctuary politicians, our officers are forced to make arrests at large in the community in unpredictable and dangerous environments.
Our officers should not have to risk their lives, and innocent Americans should not have to face unnecessary danger, because sanctuary politicians refuse to cooperate with federal law enforcement.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Q: Many feel you have not addressed the fact your son in law is a white supremacist influencer. What have you said to your family? COLLINS: That's my family OSSOFF: Imagine running for Senate while neo-Nazi propaganda is disseminated to an audience of millions from your home. That's Mike Collins.
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Philosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Street anger from the latest ICE shooting:
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From the EyesOnIce community on Reddit: A person was shot during interaction and detainment with ICE Agent, 5 year old child was in the back seat of the car.
Explore this post and more from the EyesOnIce community
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Dave Troy @davetroy.com · 08/10/2026
🟡 ELEVATED RISK: Our new Election 2026 tracker assesses risks to the midterms as 'elevated' — real actions have been taken to interfere, but guardrails are holding. Bookmark the tracker and follow updates in real-time. Updated continuously. election2026.america2.news
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The Election 2026 Risk Report: a live, sourced risk tracker
A sourced, sober read on real risks to the 2026 U.S. midterms, from casting ballots through counting, certification and the seating of Congress on Jan. 3, 2027.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026
The Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
Sen. Ossoff: "We're going to repeal the tariffs. We're going to end this disastrous war in Iran…If you want to understand whether the Trump-Collins budget has helped you, just go fill up a tank of gas, go to the grocery store, try to buy food for your kids."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed: "Weak, cowardly, won't stand up until his poll numbers drop ... he has the audacity to do an ad looking at the drugs prices in Canada, expect he voted four times to keep you from buying the prescriptions drugs in Canada. It's incoherent."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed: "He wants unconditional support for a foreign government. I want unconditional support for kids in our schools, healthcare, childcare -- things he would vote to defend."
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mayor Mamdani: bsky.app/profile/mayo...
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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW BREAKDOWN: Popok reports on the new Democratic National Committee emergency injunction suit to stop Trump from spending Taxpayer Dollars on political propaganda ads to disrupt a fair election, and Trump lying about who is paying for the ads!
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Trump DEADBEATS and STIFFS the American Taxpayer for TENS OF MILLIONS for “Love Me” Ads!
YouTube video by Legal AF
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Whoa. @haleaziz.bsky.social has the scoop on a truly insane plan to use some military training ships for deportations, with people presumably shackled or locked in cells for days at a time as they transit to Central and South America. Each journey would be staggeringly expensive — and dangerous.
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Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants (Gift Article)
Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/10/2026
In our latest report, we identified 76 ways that the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda is making our democracy increasingly unrecognizable. We've also laid out the roadmap for the next Congress to investigate this onslaught on our civil rights and course correct.
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Mass Deportations Are Breaking Our Democracy. Here’s How.
ACLU breaks down key findings from our latest report on mass deportations' impact on democracy.
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Philosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is one of the worst videos as far as crushing the heart. It brought me to tears. People must be held accountable for treating human beings like this. Even if what you’re doing is legal, this is not a civilized way to do it. Imagine this day in these children’s lives. Will never be forgotten.
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Philosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“According to a new study published in Current Psychology, young adults who score higher in social dominance orientation tend to have less gray matter in a brain region involved in empathy and emotional processing.”
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People who favor group-based inequality tend to have less gray matter in an empathy-linked brain region
A preference for social hierarchy may be linked to both brain structure and motivation. Researchers found that people scoring higher in social dominance orientation had less gray matter in a region ti...
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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Popok: The DNC has filed their own lawsuit in the District of Columbia to put a stop to the waste of taxpayer dollars for the Donald Trump propaganda ads, the love me ads that you see running on television as a way to try to prop up a failing administration and help with the midterms.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
ICE has been showing up at and near polling places, and voting rights groups say it’s scaring naturalized citizens and immigrant families away from the polls. Help us keep eyes on the polls: demdock.com/3TR0Gga
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Another day, another judge telling Trump he can't pick his own press corps CNN, MS NOW & Politico stay in while he rules on the ban by Tuesday This from the White House that left CNN off Air Force One under a court order. Shocking, I know 👇
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Soulless ghoul, Stephen Miller, has ordered DHS officials to have “inhumane” & "cruel" detention facilities. ICE is still on our streets terrorizing men, women, & children. I share one of the latest horrors in NJ & explain how ICE may be violating yet another court order: youtu.be/aA8UE8DDmPw?...
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Trump’s ICE SPIRALS After COURT ORDER VIOLATION EXPOSED!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Philosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Make no mistake, this a Republican intimidation tactic to scare voters from turning out for fear of being arrested by ICE.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
As the Trump DOJ hemorrhages qualified lawyers, Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the “Civil Rights” division, hires partisan hacks & incompetent lawyers who have been fired, rejected, or driven out of their prior positions. Why these hires put the entire country at risk: youtu.be/8G1PVefC5do?...
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Trump DOJ SCRAMBLES As LAWYERS FLEE And Department COLLAPSES!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026
⚠️ ICE documents obtained through a FOIA lawsuit show the agency: 🔺 Collected tens of millions of voter records 🔺 Considered sending undercover agents to go after voting nonprofits 🔺 Weighed investigating voting machines 👀➡️ demdock.com/4ybyK4L
The image shows large red text stating "48.4M," with smaller text below explaining that this is the number of records obtained by ICE from a noted election denier, related to an alleged voter fraud hunt before the 2026 midterms.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This was one of the more diabolical Trump admin moves on immigration; ordering ICE to stop taking biometrics for detained immigrants seeking immigration benefits from USCIS, which meant that the agency would deny their applications by default.
In December 2025, USCIS announced that DHS would stop collecting biometrics related
to USCIS immigration applications for people in its custody. ECF No. 14-2; ECF No. 14-3 at 2-
3. In its press release, USCIS said that going forward DHS "generally will not take biometrics of detained aliens unless they are in removal proceedings and have a pending application or petition filed with the Executive Office for Immigration Review." ECF No. 14-2. That means DHS would continue to collect biometrics only for certain applications for relief, including those that can be made to immigration courts (which fall within the Executive Office for Immigration Review), but not for applications for many kinds of immigration status, including the plaintiffs' applications
(which must be submitted to and determined by USCIS). See 8 C.F.R. § 245.2(a)(1) (adjustment
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
The Postal Service is slowing delivery across the country. Will your mail ballot be affected? Find out if your ZIP code is affected by checking out our interactive map: demdock.com/4BcR5RR
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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 08/10/2026
DOJ’s civil rights division has hired a new class of lawyers. And it’s really quite unsettling. Here are some highlights from a @nytimes.com investigation. youtube.com/shorts/ZnqWM...
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DOJ’s new hires
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Clearyb @clearyb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why I'm excited about this week's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: #Optogenetics might have huge implications in the future for cochlear implants, like moving from dial-up internet to fibre broadband.
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