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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...
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Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater
The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16/04/2026
While carrying out public business for his father-in-law, Jared Kushner "has continued to pursue his private interests and declined to disclose any information about them," Andrea Bernstein writes:
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Jared Kushner’s Mysterious Role in the Trump Administration
Is the president’s son-in-law carrying out the public’s business or pursuing his own private interests?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
What do these companies have in common? -Block -Citigroup -Coinbase -CVS -Dominion Energy -Disney -Halliburton -Hasbro -HP -Kohl's -Live Nation -Palantir -Paypal -PG&E -Southwest Airlines -Tesla -United Airlines They all paid a lower effective income tax rate than you: zero.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Child immigrant suffered alleged sexual abuse in federal custody, family says
An immigrant family is grappling with the ordeal suffered by a 3-year-old girl who endured alleged sexual abuse while her father fought for five months for her release from federal custody
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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Donald Trump murdered this man.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
TACO Trump is bailing out of his disastrous war and juicing the markets on Monday morning.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Punchbowl confirms what I suspected in a post last night. Thune reached a deal with Dems to fund DHS except for ICE and Trump rejected it. DONALD TRUMP is to blame for airport chaos - not Democrats.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
NEW: This new report, from BBC, is the best takedown of the insanity of Trump you will see anywhere. Calm, coherent and repeating only Trump’s own words. Devastating. Brilliant work once again from Roz Atkins. (🎥 BBC News)
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Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Aid to Ukraine from 2022-2026 was a rounding error. We used more in the first two weeks of the Iran war than we provided in the 4 years of aid to Ukraine.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 20/03/2026
Remember the Democrats’ position on funding TSA: Yes. No conditions. Just yes. Hard for a minority party to offer more. Republicans won’t take yes for an answer because they want the hostage.
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TSA lines are miserably long. Don’t miss your flight because of them.
The partial government shutdown is creating chaos in TSA security lines. People are missing their flights, but follow these tips to avoid getting left behind.
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NPR @npr.org · 16/03/2026
As an energy crisis grows, some countries are more prepared because of renewable energy and electric vehicles. Pakistan reduced its reliance on imported natural gas because of the growth of solar. n.pr/4sdk4je
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Oil and gas prices are soaring. Some countries are ready with solar panels and EVs
As an energy crisis grows, some countries are more prepared because of renewable energy and electric vehicles. Pakistan reduced its reliance on imported natural gas because of the growth of solar.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/03/2026
Q: Can you say why we're sending 5,000 Marines and sailors? TRUMP: You're a very obnoxious person
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Just absolutely unable to functions as grown-ups, let alone Cabinet officials who can reassure the public that they have a plan.
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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Screaming at the top of my lungs: The Founders saw a free and independent press as a fourth and necessary check against government power, one that could check them all. Any government against a free and independent press is against the very essence of American democracy.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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FCC chair threatens broadcasters over Iran war coverage
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said news broadcasters coverage of Iran war could impact their license renewal.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/03/2026
NEW: U.S. officials say Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to target American forces in the Middle East, including the locations of U.S. warships and aircraft, WaPo reports. Pete Hegseth recently said Russia is “not really a factor here.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
For Trump, a military conflict with Iran would distract from: -Epstein files -His deadly deportation agenda -Losing on tariffs at SCOTUS -Tanking polls -His devastating (and unpopular) budget bill -Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism When he's cornered, he lashes out. Be warned.
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NPR @npr.org · 13/02/2026
Those pardoned include ex-NFL players Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon. n.pr/464DSfV
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Trump pardons 5 former NFL players for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking
Those pardoned include ex-NFL players Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 12/02/2026
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by President Trump has been convicted of child molestation and other crimes after he tried to use an anticipated payout from the Trump administration to silence one victim, according to a Florida prosecutor's office.
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Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump is convicted of child molestation
Andrew Johnson tried to bribe a child victim with the promise of a Jan. 6-related payout, prosecutors say. Trump has discussed the possibility of compensating rioters, but no one has received any payments.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Narrator: "He lost the popular vote in 2016 by about 2.9 million votes."
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I just published: The Taken Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas Documented through court records. Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.
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The Taken: Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents From Minnesota to Texas
We document these patterns through the use of sworn declarations and court filings.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026
Jayapal asks Epstein survivors in hearing room to stand and raise hands if they still haven't been able to meet with Bondi's DOJ. Every single one of them doe. Jayapal then gives Bondi an opportunity to apologize. She responds by trying to attack Jayapal and Merrick Garland but doesn't apologize.
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Pam Bondi is a disgrace.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/02/2026
Walkinshaw: Bondi is going to have to answer questions about her failure to follow the law with respect to the Epstein files. Missed the deadline, continues to hide 2.5 million files, redactions that are not consistent with the law. What's she covering up and who is she covering up for?
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Then she gets survivors to raise their hand indicating that Bondi has not met with any of them. Jim Jordan filibusters.
About eight women with their hands up.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Pramila Jayapal starts with the cover-up of Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem's name in the email that
A redacted email to which Jeffrey Epstein says he "loved the torture video" that Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem shared.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
UK Launches Criminal Investigations Over Epstein Files While Pam Bondi/DOJ REFUSE to Investigate! youtu.be/D5j2C8JyBLc?...
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Release of Epstein Files FINALLY Results in Criminal Investigations!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/02/2026
Pam Bondi just laughed when asked if she would apologize to Epstein Survivors.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026
MS NOW: "A congressional official with knowledge of the matter is telling MS NOW the cause of the shutdown of El Paso airspace is a lack of communication between the Pentagon and FAA. The official told us the FAA and DOD are 'not in clear communications with each other.'"
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/02/2026
The FAA has now abruptly reversed course and says the air space closure over El Paso has been lifted.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The Department of Homeland Security has hired a 21-year-old social media manager from the Department of Labor for a key communications job, despite posts he made on Labor Department media accounts that raised internal alarms over possible white-nationalist messaging.
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Homeland Security Hires Labor Dept. Aide Whose Posts Raised Alarms
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Courage is contagious. Let’s keep going.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Breaking MS NOW: Trump's Justice Department has decided there will be no civil rights investigation of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, and instead two units of DHS will investigate their own officers and the man they killed.
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No civil rights violation probe into latest MN shooting, sources tell MS NOW
As DHS takes over the federal investigation, current and former law enforcement agents warn that Trump’s DOJ isn’t committed to facts or fairness.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Holy shit. He was filming. He went over to help a lady that ICE shoved down. Agents engaged him. His hands were on the pavement when he was shot. He never had his hand on a weapon. Cold blooded murder.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Moskowitz reads quotes of Republicans denouncing January 6 before they taught themselves to love it
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
You were saying?
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 23/11/2025
A teenager. A U.S. citizen. Detained by ICE at a courthouse. This isn’t law and order—this is intimidation. It doesn’t protect our communities; it undermines them.
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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
NEW: Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris... w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Raskin: If this were to pass, this astounding provision would give eight Republican senators a personal payday of at least a million dollars each, paid for by the U.S. Taxpayers at a time when we are throwing millions of people off of their health care…
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The corruption is absurd.
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