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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 22/09/2026
29 Questions that Congress should ask the Trump administration about the Venezuelan assets it claims to have seized. From Kate Brannen and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social:
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Questions for Congress on Venezuela’s Assets
Congress should pose the following questions to the administration about the assets it claims to have seized from Venezuela.
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Car deB 🇪🇺 🌻 @cartinedeb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A long, likely not complete, list of ties between Germany's AfD party and Russia, posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on that musk-rat site. It's highly worrying that someone like Dumb congratulated 'Alternatives' with their recent win. @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu @olgalautman.bsky.social
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 22/07/2026
Charitable giving platforms should not become agents of the Trump administration’s campaign against civil rights organizations, write @democracyforward.org's Regan Rush and Megan Marks, and Just Security's @dschulkin.bsky.social (Dani Schulkin). The indictment against @splcenter.org explains why.
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If Federal Courts Don’t Trust Trump’s DOJ, Should Civil Rights Funders?
After suspending donations to SPLC, major charitable giving platforms must question whether it is prudent to defer to a DOJ that courts no longer trust.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 14/07/2026
Under a new law, Florida intends to designate certain Muslim and anti-fascist groups as “terrorist organizations.” Elly Page on how the law raises "serious constitutional concerns," including sweeping criminal penalties that reach First Amendment speech and association.
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The Dangers of Florida’s New “Terrorist” Designations
Analysis of First Amendment implications of Florida's HB 1471, part of a growing trend of state-level terrorism designation laws.
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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Who Are the Palestinians? | Palestine Deep Dive with William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n83...
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Who Are the Palestinians? | Deep Dive with William Dalrymple
YouTube video by Palestine Deep Dive
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/07/2026
The US strikes against small boats have not stopped any significant drug smuggling. From @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The Results Are In On Trump’s Boat Strikes Campaign
They haven’t stopped the drugs, but that may not be the point.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
next time you hear someone “throws like a girl” this is what you should assume they mean
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J B @junglebay.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Gaza had 36 hospitals Israel has bombed all of them intentional multiple times 17 hospitals are destroyed Of the 19 still functioning Half of them operate in a limited function Iran claimed the Soroka strike wasn’t intentional Israel said 1 of the 438 strikes on Gaza hospitals an accident
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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Justice Dept. Withdraws Grand Jury Subpoenas of Journalists The administration backed down after the news organizations, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, fought them in sealed filings. FREE NYT GIFT ARTICLE 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u...
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Justice Dept. Withdraws Grand Jury Subpoenas of Journalists
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J B @junglebay.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
As Keir Starmer announces his registration the 7 th in 10 years Americans are now eying the British parliamentary system with envy
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/06/2026
Congress is getting ready to remove the requirement that shell companies register their real owners. The bill "will restore America’s status as the leading offshore haven"
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J B @junglebay.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
To be fair to Trump he entered the Iran negotiations not holding that many cards And the result is exactly what to to expect from someone not playing with a full deck
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J B @junglebay.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people? theintercept.com/2026/06/10/t...
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Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
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Derek Wang @derekjwang.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Suggest you consider bookmarking this from Lawfare.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
No no surely this can’t be true there’s an anti-censorship EO I keep hearing about www.engadget.com/2182752/doj-...
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The DOJ is reportedly asking Reddit and X for the identities of anti-ICE posters - Engadget
Reddit and X have reportedly received grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department, seeking the identities of users who posted about ICE.
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
May 2026 has been a month of endless humiliations for Putin. This is what the Kremlin does to try to cover up for it: engage in terrorism. A 🧵about Putin's nightmare month. bsky.app/profile/savc...
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
As a survivor of nearly drowning when I was a child, I'm reposting this free article on the warning signs to look for in people who are in distress.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
In normal times, the fact that government officials at HHS blatantly lied to the public and got caught would be a scandal of unusual size. Everyone involved in this disinformation scheme against the people of the United States should be held accountable.
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No child deaths definitively linked to Covid shots, FDA says
The agency’s analysis contradicts claims made by former vaccine chief Dr. Vinay Prasad.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 08/05/2026
here we go again, the new york times calling an increase of 115k jobs under Trump "solid" while it called similar or considerably bigger gains under Biden "disappointing" or "weak"
1. **Job Growth Slows, Sowing a Mix of Concern and Calm**
   - U.S. employers added 150,000 workers in October, falling short of expectations, but the labor market remains spark nearly three years into a recovery.
   - By Talmon Joseph Smith
   - Nov 3, 2023

2. **U.S. Job Growth Remains Strong Despite Economic Clouds**
   - Employers added 339,000 workers in May, the Labor Department said, though the report also offered signs of shakiness.
   - By Sydney Ember
   - June 2, 2023

3. **Against the Odds, the U.S. Economy Chugs Along, as Fears Linger**
   - Hiring slowed last month, a sign that the Federal Reserve's inflation-fighting campaign is taking hold. But with rising wages and low unemployment, the labor market remains resilient.
   - By Talmon Joseph Smith
   - July 7, 2023

4. **Job Market Slows Significantly, Raising Economic Jitters**
   - U.S. employers added 144,000 jobs in July, far short of forecasts, and unemployment rose to 4.3 percent, the highest level since 2021.
   - By Sydney Ember
   - Published Aug 2, 2024
   - Updated Aug 7, 2024

5. **June Jobs Report**
   - U.S. Job Growth Cooled in June
   - Hiring slowed last month, a sign that the Federal Reserve's inflation-fighting campaign is taking hold. But with rising wages and low unemployment, the labor market remains resilient.
   - Published July 7, 2023
   - Updated May 10, 2025

6. **U.S. Employers Keep Hiring, but Signs of Easing Are Seen**
   - The economy added 311,000 jobs in February despite higher interest rates. But hourly earnings rose more slowly as the pool of available workers grew.
   - By Lydia DePillis
   - March 10, 2023

7. **Job Growth Slowed in April, Muddling Expectations**
   - The increase of 266,000 fell short of estimates, though strong economic growth is still forecast for the months ahead.
   - By Patricia Cohen
   - May 2022

8. **Job Openings and Hiring Are at a 3-Year Ebb**
   - March data showed a cooling labor market, but layoffs remain low. The overall trend is likely to be welcomed by Federal Reserve policymakers.
   - By Ben Casselman
   - May 1, 2024

9. **Weak Job Gains Leave Washington on High Alert**
   - The Federal Reserve and White House had hoped for strong job gains, and the August report did not deliver. That makes coming numbers critical.
   - By Jeanna Smialek and Jim Tankersley
   - Published Sept 3, 2021
   - Updated Oct 8, 2021
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/05/2026
"In a maximum-gerrymandering scenario, more than 400 seats in the House could be safe and essentially uncontestable, delivering to voters year after year an unresponsive and unimpeachable class of lazy representatives with little incentive to represent them" www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The House of Representatives Is Turning Into the Electoral College
Thanks to the Supreme Court, the gerrymandering wars, already awful, are poised to get even worse.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
“Some presidents have a more acidic pen and pugnacious style than others. But it cannot be that the President effectively forfeits his constitutional authority to faithfully execute the criminal laws through grand-jury investigations if he has been especially critical of targets or witnesses,
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 30/04/2026
The United States needs a flat ban on presidential profiteering, writes @abigailbellows.bsky.social of @commoncause.org The schemes are evolving faster than the laws can catch them: www.justsecurity.org/137399/pione... #Anti-Corruption #WhenGuardrailsErode
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How to Stop Modern Profiteering in Public Office
Analysis of presidential profiteering under Trump and a proposed solution to restore public trust in government.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 25/04/2026
The Poverty of the DOJ Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center By @weissmann.substack.com, former head of the DOJ Fraud Section Weissmann writes that there are conspicuous and revealing gaps in the @splcenter.org indictment.
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The Poverty of the DOJ Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Former head of the DOJ Fraud Section, Weissmann discusses conspicuous gaps in the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
🚨 Great analysis of 21 harmful LIES by RFK Jr makingsciencemakesense.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-ask... by @jessicamalaty.bsky.social @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social @angierasmussen.bsky.social SUM: LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE!
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RFK Jr. Asked for “One Piece of Misinformation” He’s Ever Said. Here are 21.
(Just from the last week)
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Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson @debunk-the-funk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
No randomized placebo controlled trials they say? Hahahaha
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Jay Bhattacharya has ordered that a paper showing the effectiveness of COVID19 vaccines in preventing severe disease and hospitalization be suppressed and hidden. This man has been crying nonstop about political censorship for 6 years. But he’s the one who is actually doing it.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
A criminal charge of.... what?
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Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson @debunk-the-funk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I debunked the “An Inconvenient Study” documentary. It was bad. I had a bad time. But the video turned out great. May my sacrifice help you in your fight against anti-vaccine influencers. youtu.be/KhRZFw2DCBI?...
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An Inconvenient Study | DEBUNKED
YouTube video by Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
When @jbpritzker.bsky.social is President I will have some awesome ideas for his role as Commander in Chief overseeing and directing the Justice Department.
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J B @junglebay.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Even with the bizarre backing of the worlds leading dictator and leader of the worlds largest democracy Viktor Orbán lost by the biggest margin in Hungarian history Will Hungary still be able to hold the title of the EUs most corrupt member beyond the 4 consecutive years viktor lead it to
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Term 2 Trump looking like mid-late period Yeltsin in so many ways: an individual with visibly diminished physical and mental capabilities inhabiting an extremely powerful presidency, with no clarity over who is wielding actual decision-making power, presiding over a wildly corrupt system...
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J B @junglebay.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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J B @junglebay.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
If only there had been some sort of sign
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J B @junglebay.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Art of the Deal All deals are based on trust What value and trust could the Iranian’s place on any agreement remembering that they once had the JCPOA deal which included American Iran honored it Trump personally ripped it up & placed sanctions on Iran Would you trust the US after that ?
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J B @junglebay.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
To become a judge , lawyer,member of the armed forces, banking sector employee or law enforcement official etc. Certian ethics and moral standards have to be meet and maintained But when I comes to the leader of the supposed free world The voting public and some media didn’t think this mattered ?
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Absolutely most important question on this list: "Under what circumstances specifically do you believe the DOD could engage in surveillance of Americans? What potential use cases for AI does it believe would be lawful..." Read what Anthropic said DoD mass surveillance of Americans would entail.
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Questions Congress Should Ask Before Renewing Section 702
Experts share questions Congress, journalists, and the public should ask executive branch officials on surveillance authorities.
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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
📽️ There have been many scary, unnerving days in this latest Gulf war. But the past 24 hours was particularly bad. Why? Because both sides are now causing lasting damage to the world economy's life support system. Our latest primer on the econ consequences of this war👇 youtu.be/_NZ_9Ov4PXE?...
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Iran War: How the strikes on Ras Laffan could hit the economy
YouTube video by Sky News
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Coincidentally here I am talking about Senator Schmitt and his court case that he lost just yesterday. Schmitt filed amicus briefs trying to deny the outcome of the election. That’s the subtext here and never forget it. bsky.app/profile/week...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Donald Trump letting you know how the authoritarian capture of the media is going, in case you missed it. Unlike other authoritarians in places like Hungary and Poland he has no worries about advertising his authoritarian take over of the media.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
A great recap of how "smirking little shit" tech bros destroyed the National Endowment for the Humanities, by @lizdye.bsky.social www.lawandchaospod.com/p/doge-bros-...
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DOGE Bros Had More Fun Burning Down Government Than Testifying About It
None of this would have been legal if they’d sent competent adults. But the fact that they sent smirking little shits makes it so much worse.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
These are the stories media needs to be covering. Every time an infant dies of a refusal, tell the story. Use those words. The NYT has some of the most abysmal, sympathetic coverage of the AV movement because it can’t bring itself to offend, so we get writing implying we don’t know why it’s grown🤷🏻‍♀️
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J B @junglebay.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Why is United states of Americas so shy on calling it’s “Operation Epic Fury” Being conducted by the newly renamed department of War lead by the newly titled secretary of War and his American War fighters A War ? Instead of an “ targeted campaign of precision operations”
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I'm not quite sure what to call this — a video essay, an explainer, an econ lesson, or something else. It's my attempt to explain the economics of war — economic theories of how and why war occurs — and to use that framework to better understand our current moment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=416b...
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Forecasts About War Are Usually Wrong—Here’s The Pattern, And Why You Should Worry | Justin Wolfers
What if the most reassuring line in politics—“this will be quick and controlled”—is actually the biggest warning sign? War is brutally costly, so the economist’s puzzle is simple: if both sides know…
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404 Media @404media.co · 10/03/2026
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
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J B @junglebay.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This Seems appropriate
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas. "He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop
The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 06/03/2026
Anthropic v. Hegseth: Pretextual Designation and Unlawful Punishment By Harold Hongju Koh, Bruce Swartz, Avi Gupta and Brady Worthington www.justsecurity.org/133247/anthr...
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Anthropic v. Hegseth: Pretextual Designation and Unlawful Punishment
The Trump admin’s action against Anthropic is barred by statutory limits, the First Amendment, and the Constitution’s bills of attainder.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
BBC Verify has pieced together verified videos, satellite imagery and expert views after a deadly attack near a primary school in Minab, souther Iran, which suggest the area was hit more than once "by multiple simultaneous or near-simultaneous strikes". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Iran school and nearby military base struck multiple times, satellite image reveals
Iranian authorities say the attack, which took place on Saturday, killed 168 people.
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J B @junglebay.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
1st Iran’s nuclear program. Then regime change . Then Iran’s missile capacity. Then halting Iran from attacking its neighbors. Then its about an imminent threat from Iran against U.S. troops in the region after Israel attacks Iran As simple as what the Tariffs are for
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