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CNN @cnn.com · 20/09/2026
Israeli President Isaac Herzog pardoned a soldier who shot and killed an incapacitated Palestinian attacker in the occupied West Bank in 2016, despite opposition from the military's chief of staff. cnn.it/4yOIQt3
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is a tremendous loss for Trump’s gerrymandering efforts-and a great win for democracy After the Missouri legislature implemented this corrupt map, citizens fought to get a referendum on the ballot. They got *305,000* signatures Then they went to court-and won The MAGA map will not be used
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/08/2026
Reminder! Opportunity to share your concerns & questions with representatives: Next week we have 4 empty chair town hall's happening in Ohio and Kentucky Sign up here: OH-7: zurl.co/bcw5E OH-10: zurl.co/Vc7Xa OH-15: zurl.co/EFwXu KY-6: zurl.co/skKjg
Flyer announcing an "Empty Chair Town Hall" for KY‑6 — a mock town hall because Rep. Andy Barr hasn't held one — scheduled Sept 3, 2026 at 6:30 pm in Lexington, KY, with collage visuals including an empty green chair, megaphone, globe, and open book with magnifying glass.Flyer announcing an "Empty Chair Town Hall" for OH-7 — a mock town hall because Rep. Max Miller hasn't held one — scheduled Aug 31st, 2026 at 6:30 pm in Cleveland, Ohio, with collage visuals including an empty green chair, megaphone, globe, and open book with magnifying glass.Flyer announcing an "Empty Chair Town Hall" for OH-10 — a mock town hall because Rep. Mike Turner hasn't held one — scheduled Sept 2nd, 2026 at 6:30 pm in Dayton, Ohio, with collage visuals including an empty green chair, megaphone, globe, and open book with magnifying glass.Flyer announcing an "Empty Chair Town Hall" for OH-15 — a mock town hall because Rep. Mike Carey hasn't held one — scheduled Sept 1st, 2026 at 6:30 pm in Columbus, Ohio, with collage visuals including an empty green chair, megaphone, globe, and open book with magnifying glass.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27/08/2026
US President Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ aje.news/xinz0b
US President Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 26/08/2026
👀 Overnight drone strikes on Russia reportedly set off major fires at a Wildberries logistics hub in Kotovsk, Tambov region, and the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/08/2026
US immigration agents arrested more than 49,500 people in July aje.news/u38gth
US immigration agents arrested more than 49,500 people in July
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tennisonskis.bsky.social @tennisonskis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I didn’t know about one of Dolly Parton’s latest projects, supporting reading in young children, until I viewed @hcrichardson.bsky.social’s podcast. It looks like there are different ways to get involved.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/08/2026
A secretive CIA trip to Moscow. Canada strikes back. American farmers face their worst financial crisis in decades. Republicans distance themselves from Trump. And the midterm warning signs keep piling up for the GOP. Here's your midday recap:
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Tuesday Afternoon News Updates: A Secret CIA Trip to Moscow?! – 8/25/26
Your midday updates. All in one place.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We now have credible reports of US forces operating without local government consent in Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. This is what we used to call gunboat diplomacy. And the pretext for the actions is use of the military to battle drug lords who haven't given the Trumps their cut.
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Ecuador official says US Special Forces are operating inside country
American soldiers are conducting operations near the Colombian border, while U.S. warships are being deployed, Ecuadorian officials said.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
For no discernible reason, the US military presence in Panama has suddenly been dramatically inflated. www.economist.com/the-americas...
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Donald Trump’s military expansion in Panama makes little sense
It is warping the neutrality which protects the country’s canal
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 25/08/2026
Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour, giant of resistance art, dies aged 79 aje.news/2xzmvt
Suleiman Mansour was among the Arab world’s most renowned visual artists and the creator of the iconic Palestinian painting Mount of the Bearers. [Courtesy of Sliman Mansour]Rituals under Occupation (1989), one of Suleiman Mansour’s most prominent works, captures the suffering of Palestinians living under occupation and their daily resilience. In this oil painting, a highly symbolic funeral scene unfolds: vast crowds carry the coffin of a Palestinian, draped in the Palestinian flag and depicted as a large cross, evoking the Christian narrative of the crucifixion of Christ. [Courtesy of Sliman Mansour]The Portrait (Portrait of a Man; 2017 and 2019), clay and acrylic on wood. [Courtesy of Sliman Mansour]Olive Grove depicts a natural landscape of stone terraces and olive trees. [Courtesy of Sliman Mansour]
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25/08/2026
Canada will place counter-tariffs on more than 700 products made in the US as retaliation for a new set of import taxes by the White House.
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Canada Is Hitting Hundreds of US-Made Items With Tariffs: Read the List
Canada will place counter-tariffs on more than 700 products made in the US as retaliation for a new set of import taxes by the White House.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 25/08/2026
Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrated after Israeli forces raided a UN-operated facility in occupied East Jerusalem, expelling UNRWA employees and hoisting an Israeli flag in the courtyard. The UN agency and experts say it’s a direct breach of international law.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 25/08/2026
Honda says it may not build new plant in North America without trade deal extension reut.rs/4gC7ANJ
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Honda says it may not build new plant in North America without trade deal extension
A senior Honda executive said the Japanese automaker might not build an eighth assembly plant in ​North America unless a key trade deal is extended.
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Craig Sicknick @jan6risingvoice.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
As usual, nobody in a position to do so will lift a finger to stop this extreme fraud, waste, and abuse. newrepublic.com/post/214628/...
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Trump’s White House Ballroom Defense Unravels as Secret Bunker Exposed
Trump claims he needs the White House ballroom for national security. But the White House already has a secret bunker.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"GEO donated $1 million to Trump's PAC on July 16, three days after the company announced it had signed an $85m contract with ICE. "On July 29, GEO announced it had received another $80m ICE contract; two days later, GEO gave Trump's PAC an additional $413,000..." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
So now Supreme Court Chief Justice will surely reverse his decision and prevent Trump from continuing to destroy the White House grounds by building his unwanted ballroom and unnecessary bunker, right? RIGHT?!?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/08/2026
A Navy sailor, on his way home after a long deployment aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in support of the war with Iran, said his father had been detained by immigration authorities in the U.S. His father has a driver’s license, Social Security card and a permit to work in the country, he said.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Sailor Says Father Was Arrested by Border Patrol
The sailor, Joshua Aviles, was on his way home from the Middle East aboard the beleaguered aircraft carrier when he learned his father had been detained.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 24/08/2026
US Treasury to stick to debt auction schedule despite bigger buybacks, Bessent says reut.rs/4zwipJX
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US Treasury to stick to debt auction schedule despite bigger buybacks, Bessent says
The U.S. Treasury will continue with its regularly scheduled ​debt auctions, including for long-dated bonds, despite its move to increase buyback sizes of 10- to 30-year securities, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on ‌Monday.
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CSIS Korea Chair @korea.csis.org · 24/08/2026
ICYMI | What’s Happening with Korea? Military Exercises, Kim Jong-un, and Iran In this episode of Capital Cable, Andrew Yeo, @victordcha.bsky.social, and @sydseiler.bsky.social join @csis.org Mark Lippert to discuss Trump's order to reduce U.S.-ROK exercises and more. 🎙️: shorturl.at/6k4bs
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
1/2 His son is serving America aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. His father..19 years in the U.S., a work permit, no criminal record was arrested by ICE while waiting for him to come home. THIS is Trump’s America. #USDemocracy #RisingBlue apnews.com/article/uss-...
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He was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol arrested him.
The father of a man serving on the USS Abraham Lincoln has been arrested by immigration authorities.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23/08/2026
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill two people, including a 4-year-old boy, medics say reut.rs/4xXe1lh
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Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill two people, including a 4-year-old boy, medics say
Medics said flying debris and shrapnel killed a 4-year-old boy.
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Hold My Beer ❌👑🐸🇲🇽🇨🇦 @holdontoyourbutts.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Posting every day til the midterms for our overseas friends. Use this essential tool. Can register, check your registration, request your absentee ballot, track your ballot, etc. Been using it for years. Super easy tool to help you vote from abroad. If stateside use vote.org www.votefromabroad.org
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Request Absentee Ballots for US Citizens | VoteFromAbroad.org
Helping US Citizens Request Their Absentee Ballot to Vote from Outside the US | VoteFromAbroad.org
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 21/08/2026
First Liam Conejo Ramos. Now Liam Tadeo.   How many five-year-old boys need to be taken by ICE before Republicans will admit to the cruelty of this mass deportation campaign? Where is our humanity? How can we justify putting a five-year-old through this?
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Daramola @izdaramola.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The thing about Trump is… a well functioning country would never in a million years elect a guy like him, let alone twice.. he is the sum total of our decay and degradation of standards.
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He didn’t change. They did.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 14/08/2026
Clark approached Epstein after he had already been convicted for soliciting prostitution.
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Who Is Cami Clark? Anthropic CEO’s Wife Asked Epstein To Invest In Porn Business
Clark approached Epstein after he had already been convicted for soliciting prostitution.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/08/2026
Why is child care so expensive when our child care workers are paid so little?
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Why is child care so expensive when our child care workers are paid so little?
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
David Frum Said This July 30 2026. Frum Was The Former Speech Writer For George W. Bush........
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Palantir CEO Alex Karp couldn’t stay seated in his chair as he proudly stated: 'We kill people sometimes', while speaking to shareholders. (Feb 2026)
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CNN @cnn.com · 09/05/2026
Disney World, Times Square and Yellowstone National Park can be packed to the rafters with tourists. But there are plenty of other places across the United States that continue to fly beneath the travel radar.
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25 of the USA’s most underrated destinations | CNN
Disney World, Times Square and Yellowstone National Park can be packed to the rafters with tourists. But there are plenty of other places across the United States that continue to fly beneath the trav...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/02/2026
Big Oil flooded Donald Trump’s campaign with cash. Now, they’re getting billions in handouts from his administration.
List of favors to the oil industry from the Trump administration.
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Rachel Maddox exposed the Republican governor of New Hampshire for working with ICE for a detention center that people of New Hampshire are totally against. youtu.be/0WdqphevyUY?...
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Political catastrophe: Republican governor botches ICE prison decision
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/02/2026
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.   This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.   Not one dime for this cruelty. www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/02/2026
NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
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LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
The unwelcome facility would detain up to 9,500 people
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Reuters @reuters.com · 11/02/2026
IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS, Washington Post says reut.rs/3Zx1HZZ
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IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS, Washington Post says
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service improperly disclosed the confidential tax information of thousands of people to federal immigration enforcement authorities, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the situation.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities: Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God. Thank God we have video. Because according to DHS, these 7 heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against him or something. It's nonsense, people. It is nonsense and it's lies."
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
people.com/nj-girl-foun... "6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
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The Verge @theverge.com · 20/01/2026
As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts. Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
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It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis
But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 12/01/2026
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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Jeff Galvin @docgalvin64.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Great read. Spread it far and wide. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/12/2025
A 6-year-old boy in Queens is one of the youngest migrants to be taken from a parent by ICE and placed in federal custody in New York City as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. The child and his father fled China earlier this year.
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ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China
The child and his father fled China earlier this year and the boy had just been enrolled in school. Federal officials have tried and failed to send them back.
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Mr Global 🌎 @mrglobaltoo.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
The Scary Time youtu.be/2-uif2lCEGs?...
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The Scary Time
YouTube video by Mr Global
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/11/2025
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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