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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
25 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/09/2026
If we have a choice between Brooke Rollins developing an amazing pest management program OR her being so incompetent she didn’t know reporting zero cases would be suspicious as hell…. we're picking the latter. www.notus.org/policy/screw...
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Screwworm Cases Are Going Down. Experts Are Suspicious.
“It doesn’t make a lot of sense, biologically,” a former longtime USDA official said.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is so wrong www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch is leaving amid fights with Trump
Bunch, the first Black person and first historian to lead the institution, said he has ‘mixed emotions’ about departing.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
As expected, the suspension of voters in Texas was very carefully crafted to target Democratic voters in major Democratic centers. This is how the Texas GOP controls the state: by insuring that it has the lowest levels of voter participation in the entire developed world.
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Texas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate Race
If you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it.
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jules72k.bsky.social @jules72k.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Thank you from MN!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I just sent this out to Democracy Docket premium members, but in light of the Postmasters comments this morning threatening voting by mail, I felt it is urgent to post it online for everyone. Please read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...
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Mail-in voting is under attack. Here's what you can do
The USPS is proposing a rule that would require states to share information about voters who request mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections.
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
One hopes images like this, when paired with the knowledge that everything we burn ends up in that tiny slice of gasses, would help contextualize why we need to move away from energy sources we set on fire. One hopes. Climate communicators should make some hay of this.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2026
I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.
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jules72k.bsky.social @jules72k.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“The SAVE Act will require voters to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections…” “Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet: www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
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With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Early in his career, William Randolph Hearst famously joked that if his papers kept losing $1 million a year, he'd lose all his money in 60 years. If the Post continues to lose $100 million a year, it will take Jeff Bezos 2000 years to lose his money.
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Cato Institute @cato.org · 03/02/2026
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
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5 Calls @5calls.org · 29/01/2026
🚨 Senate vote TODAY on a gov funding package 🚨 Most likely it'll be a new bill that will pass the 5 non-controversial gov funding bills + a short term CR for DHS to buy more time for negotiations. And when those negotiations continue... we get LOUDER. "Reforms" are not enough.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/01/2026
Sir, you can’t break up with someone who already blocked your number
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5 Calls @5calls.org · 22/01/2026
Casual reminder that a bill must pass *both* the House and the Senate (and get signed by POTUS) to become law. The DHS / ICE appropriations bill passed the House. It still needs to pass the Senate with 60 votes. That vote will be *NEXT WEEK* Call your Senators.🔥📞🔥
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Repeat after me - the institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy, among which is the rule of law
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
January 21, 2026
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January 21, 2026
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this morning, a visibly exhausted president of the United States of America rambled in angry free association in a speech before the world’s leaders.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows: 
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
January 19, 2026
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January 19, 2026
Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
A photo of Claudette Colvin in a red sweater
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
“The fact they had a boat land there 500 years ago doesn’t mean they own the land.” 😆
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
DOJ is still violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Fox News claims to be airing the "entire video" -- but they're cutting off before the officer says, "fucking bitch."
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Q: Do you see any checks on your power on the world stage? Is there anything that could stop you? Trump: My own morality, my own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me Q: Not international law? Trump: I don't need international law.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 08/01/2026
This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Guys, with understanding that everyone is angry right now, I am honestly going to start blocking people who say things like, "Who cares? The law doesn't matter anymore," or "They can do whatever they want, they can't be stopped" etc. I mean, if you really feel that way, you're a part of the problem.
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5 Calls @5calls.org · 07/01/2026
ICE just point blank murdered a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis. Update call script here 👉 5calls.org/issue/ice-ra... 🔥📞🔥
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Stop the Aggressive ICE Raids and Attacks on Immigrants and Citizens ⭑ 5 Calls
The Trump administration has continually attacked immigrant communities across the country with aggressive ICE raids, abusive and inhumane detention …
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I don't know how else to say this: every biographer of Donald Trump understands that he doesn't care about human suffering. Not one iota. Not in the United States, not anywhere else. Not among children, not among animals. He is, *journalistically speaking*, an actual monster.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
My mother always told me that it was vulgar for men to wear ball caps in restaurants. Apparently, she was right.
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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
History shows us where we've already been...and may be going. @hcrichardson.bsky.social gives us a lesson in our country's birth of democracy...it's never been easy! #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks youtu.be/G0WXr_Uvl2Y?...
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Ten Steps to Revolution | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Hannah reminds us why we have a cabinet with "talents" like Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, RFKJr and Pam Bondi...
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 12/11/2025
“When they knew no one else was listening/reading, when they had no reason to suspect these would ever become public, Epstein and Maxwell talked about Trump being present in his house with a known sex trafficking victim, Giuffre; they stated “of course he knew” about the “girls.”
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What we learned from newly released Epstein emails
Trump might have done nothing wrong, but granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell could make it seem she is hiding somethi
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 03/11/2025
Why does the President have zero clue about one of the most corrupt pardons he's made so far?   Donald Trump is a crook, whether he knows it or not.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
New polling reveals 61% of voters think Trump has made the economy worse: "It seems we've finally come upon something that most Americans agree upon, and that is a central theme of Trump's winning message a year ago, 'I will bring costs down,' just simply has not happened."
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Teen Vogue did some great journalism around immigration detention and enforcement. Sounds like corporate has now killed that off. The media landscape shrinks even further.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
"Factchecking Trump on '60 Minutes'" In today's 'First Draft' morning newsletter from Zeteo, I counted and debunked at least *17 obvious, brazen lies* that the president told CBS's Norah O'Donnell, and that she just let slide:
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🧾 Factchecking Trump on '60 Minutes'
Mehdi debunks the president's lies, unpacks the failure of our mainstream media, and has the latest from Gaza, as well as Trump's 'Great Gatsby'-esque Halloween party.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/10/2025
During a press conference, Kristi Noem claimed that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. This isn't true. The reality is that at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents, including two kids with cancer.
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More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents
ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Kristi Noem is flat-out lying when she claims no U.S. citizen has been arrested in her violent crackdown. Do a web search on “immigration citizen arrested” and you’ll see. Here’s one of the many documented reports we found.
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This is nowhere close to being true. Two @ij.org clients are citizens who were arrested & @propublica.org found 168 more. Plus, we have witness statements from others who--like most of the citizens caught up by Noem's tactics--didn't have their arrests recorded so they didn't make the news.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
From Ken Burns' “The 2025 Battle of Portland” 🎶Sweet Betsy From Pike🎶 “Dearest Prunella: As I write to you, a silent war rages in Portland. ANTIFA is the sneakiest foe of any war. Being invisible, they are difficult to find. Please pray for me as I enjoy my delicious coffee. Your Loving Husband”
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Reuters @reuters.com · 27/09/2025
Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals reut.rs/46I9oj6
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Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals
The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to allow soldiers to keep medals awarded for their roles at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 27/09/2025
The same guy telling you Portland is war-ravaged, told you Mexico was going to pay for the wall and people were eating your pets in Ohio.
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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Your war correspondent on the ground in battle-ravaged inner northeast Portland
Hollywood farmers market
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