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NPR @npr.org · 29/06/2025
EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
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The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Call Blackburn & Hagerty and make them know you know
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
College presidents are finally standing up to Trump. A letter signed by more than 400 university heads offers a sharp rebuke to the bully-in-chief.
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At last, college presidents are standing up to Trump
A letter signed by more than 400 university heads offers a sharp rebuke to the bully-in-chief.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’ politi.co/42TgorF
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Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’
The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father’s efforts to keep her in the United States.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Arresting judges. Threatening allies. Lying about trade deals. Trying to sell campaign merch from the White House. Floating a 2028 run. Deranged. Dangerous. Undemocratic. We must retake our democracy.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country. Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 20/04/2025
The details keep coming out. We keep learning how Pete Hegseth put lives at risk. But Trump is still too weak to fire him. Pete Hegseth must be fired.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
BREAKING NYT: Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer. The info included the flight schedules for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting Houthis. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Signalgate 2 is out already? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
BREAKING - Hegseth shared military bombing plans in 2nd Signal chat - with his wife, brother, and personal lawyer Now we see why he fired 2 scapegoats - and his top 3 deputies were pushed out Total MESS at the Pentagon, putting America at risk HEGSETH MUST BE FORCED OUT - NOW
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Biden: Why are these guys taking aim at social security now? They are following that old line from tech startups. The quote is move fast, break things. Well, they are certainly breaking things… They want to wreck it so they can rob it
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US. When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Dan Caldwell is fired from the Pentagon for leaking inconvenient information that threatened to embarrass Donald Trump. Pete Hegseth is *not* fired from the Pentagon for leaking top secret military information that threatened the lives of our pilots overseas. #TrumpPriorities
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
They should be more concerned
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
no criminal record no gang ties no tattoos active pending asylum case **19 years old** sent by trump to prison (forever?) in el salvador www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Ice deports Venezuelan teen despite reportedly knowing he was not a target
Merwil Gutiérrez sent from New York to El Salvador prison although family says he has no criminal history or gang ties
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CNN @cnn.com · 16/04/2025
JUST IN: Hongkong Post, the postal service in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, has suspended postal service to the US after President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes. cnn.it/3RiYxF6
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'... "Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..." www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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Red Wine & Blue @redwine.blue · 15/04/2025
We revealed our Project 2025 tracker on last night’s Zoom, breaking down how this plan is already being put into action. This tracker is a great resource for understanding what’s happening, why it matters, and what we can do to stop it! Check it out: go.redwine.blue/P25TRACK-BS
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The Reality of Project 2025 - Red Wine and Blue
With many of its authors in top level positions, Project 2025 is being implemented. Keep track and find recommended actions to fight back!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Trump ends promising cancer research. USA! USA! “Two patients’ treatments using the experimental therapy had to be delayed because NIH’s capacity to make personalized cell therapies has been slowed by the firing of highly skilled staff..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Bone chilling. A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0. 1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Since the Trump admin continues to claim Mr. Abrego Garcia is a gang member, I thought I'd take the time to put together a timeline, based on all the documents filed in court, which lays out all the "evidence" the government has ever offered. As you'll find out, there's very little "there" there!
TIMELINE
ABREGO GARCIA GANG ALLEGATIONS - SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION. 

2011-2019: Entry and Early Life: Kilmar Abrego Garcia flees El Salvador to the US at age 16, after M-18 gang members extort his family and threaten to kill him and rape his sisters if they didn’t keep paying. He moves in with his US citizen brother in Maryland and lives there without trouble for years.

March 28, 2019: PGPD Arrest. Kilmar is arrested for loitering outside Home Depot while looking for day labor. A Prince Georges County PD detective grills him about whether he’s a gang member. He denies any involvement. Four hours later, he is transferred to ICE custody, without PGPD charging him for any offense.

April 2019: ICE Allegations: At a bond hearing, ICE claims Kilmar is part of MS-13. They submit one piece of evidence: a “Gang Field Interview Sheet” (GFIS) filled out by the PGPD detective that claims Kilmar is part of MS-13. The GFIS says (1) he was wearing Chicago Bulls gear, and (2) a “confidential informant” allegedly claimed that Kilmar was a ranking member of the “Westerns” clique, which is in Long Island, a place he has never lived in.Summer 2019: Investigation: Kilmar’s lawyers reach out to PGPD to investigate these claims. They find out that (1) the police did not even file an incident report about his arrest, and (2) the detective that filled out the GFIS has been suspended for an unknown reason.

August 2019: IJ Decision: At his final bond hearing, ICE declines to offer any evidence of gang membership other than what’s in the GFIS. The IJ denies bond, finding that the GFIS is sufficient proof of membership at this time, despite noting its obvious flaws. Kilmar appeals this decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals.

October 2019: Withholding Win: The immigration judge rules that Kilmar is ineligible for asylum because he filed the application too late. But the judge does grant “withholding of removal,” finding that it was “more likely than not” that he would be subject to persecution if deported to El Salvador. A removal order is issued, but with a restriction that the one country he cannot be deported to is El Salvador.December 2019: BIA Decision: Kilmar appeals the bond decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals. The appeals board declines to find “clear error” in the immigration judge’s decision to rely on the GFIS document. However, he is released anyway because he had won withholding of removal.

2019-2025: Normal Life: Kilmar lives a normal life in Maryland with his U.S. citizen wife, their biological son, and his two stepchildren. With his work permit, he gets a job as a sheet metal worker, joins a union, and raises his family in a DC suburb. He doesn’t get into any trouble with the law.

March 2025: Sent to CECOT: On March 12, 2025, ICE comes to Kilmar’s home and arrests him in front of his children. Three days later he’s transferred to Texas, where, thanks to an “administrative error,” he is put on a plane to El Salvador and sent to CECOT
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Emergency Announcement youtu.be/U1kPW5MGxQQ
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Emergency Announcement
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
China really upping their trolling game since the tariffs.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The president told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Holy shit. Video posted by President Bukele’s team on X shows the moments before his press conference with Trump in which Trump tells him: “We want to do homegrown criminals next. You gotta build about five more places.” (h/t @titonka.bsky.social @michelekelemen.bsky.social)
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Guy who claims to be a master dealmaker can’t even strike a deal with one of his closest allies to secure the return of a man he mistakenly sent to prison?
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justjackmcfurland.bsky.social @justjackmcfurland.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Add your name to the petition to demand the Office of Government Ethics investigate Trump, his family, the administration, and all members of Congress for any unethical recent market trades! sign.moveon.org/petitions/di...
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Demand an investigation into unethical insider trading!
Add your name to the petition to demand the Office of Government Ethics investigate Trump, his family, the administration, and all members of Congress for any unethical recent market trades!
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
UPDATE: The 9:30 deadline has passed with no information from the Justice Department about Abrego Garcia's location or status, as demanded by the judge. She has not granted an extension, unclear if she will.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/04/2025
This is Trump “facilitating” the return of Abrego Garcia thanks to the vague SCOTUS order.
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Comic Sands @comicsandsnews.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The White House Press Secretary tried to convince reporters that Trump's sudden reversal on his proposed tariffs was actually all part of his master plan—but nobody's buying it.
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Karoline Leavitt Dragged After Making Mind-Numbing Claim About Trump's Tariffs Reversal
Sure, Jan.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Raskin: The basis for this most destructive trade war in the history of the world is the profound economic research and policy writings of one Ron Vera, a completely fictional economist conjured up by Peter Navarro, a real person who Elon Musk just called a moron
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
"Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging... "An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service..." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging
An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 08/04/2025
in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to work with others to “conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.”

The Department of the Interior is excited about the potential of “de-extinction” technology and how it may serve broader purposes beyond the recovery of lost species, including strengthening biodiversity protection efforts and helping endangered or at-risk species.

The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel California: once a species enters, they never leave. In fact, 97 percent of species that are added to the endangered list remain there. This is because the status quo is focused on regulation more than innovation.

It’s time to fundamentally change how we think about species conservation. Going forward, we must celebrate removals from the endangered list - not additions. The only thing we’d like to see go extinct is the need for an endangered species list to exist. We need to continue improving recovery efforts to make that a reality, and the marvel of “de-extinction” technology can help forge a future where populations are never at risk.

Since the dawn of our nation, it has been innovation – not regulation – that has spawned American greatness. The revival of the Dire Wolf heralds the advent of a thrilling new era of scientific wonder, showcasing how the concept of “de-extinction” can serve as a bedrock for modern species conservation.

The Dire Wolf revival carries profound cultural significance as it embodies strength and courage that is deeply encoded within the DNA of American identity and tribal heritage.

Breakthroughs of this nature will inspire leading minds and future generations of innovators to chase the impossible, capture it, and unleash its potential!

The Department of the Interior looks forward to a vibrant future full of innovation that advances core missions such as wildlife conservation.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Raskin: He destroyed more than $10 trillion in American wealth in a single week. And then he went golfing and bragged to America about winning the tournament at his own golf course. That's like bragging about being endorsed by your own campaign manager. So much winning
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
✅ DEI Employer of the Day™ Vrbo (Expedia Group) "Vrbo is deepening our commitment to diversity and inclusion" Meanwhile, Airbnb co-founder and Board member Joe Gebbia sits on Tesla Board and works for Elon Musk's DOGE.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
And Senators Ron Wyden, Rand Paul, Chuck Schumer and Tim Kaine just released a companion version in the Senate:
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/04/2025
NEW: China is furious at JD Vance following the VP's crude remarks about "Chinese peasants." China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls Vance's comments "ignorant and impolite." Vance has once again made a massive blunder on the international stage.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
According to IRS estimates, the internal sabotage by DOGE has already cost the U.S. Treasury more than $500 billion in revenues that otherwise would have been raised by April 15th. But it doesn’t stop there. DOGE is also in the process of closing down the Tax Division at the Department of Justice.
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DOGE to Shutter DOJ Tax Division
I didn’t know this until this morning. And I’m surprised it hasn’t...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
It seems that Trump wants a recession. Why? A recession will drive down the prices of real estate, companies, and shares of stock. Trump and his fellow billionaires want to buy up everything on the cheap and then enjoy the ride upward — no matter the cost to working people.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/04/2025
As a reminder, when Trump says he is putting massive tariffs on China, or any nation, that means he is putting a massive tax on YOU. China doesn't pay a single penny. You, the consumer, do.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
You’d think when you’re claiming the richest country in the world can’t afford childhood cancer research you might wait a year before throwing yourself a 100 million dollar birthday parade. But carpe diem, suckers.
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WIRED @wired.com · 08/04/2025
SCOOP: In his first meeting with staff, Dr. Oz, who now controls the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its $1.5 trillion budget, promoted the idea that AI avatars could replace frontline health care workers.
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Dr. Oz Pushed for AI Health Care in First Medicare Agency Town Hall
Dr. Oz, who now controls the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its $1.5 trillion budget, promoted the idea that AI avatars could replace frontline health care workers.
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justjackmcfurland.bsky.social @justjackmcfurland.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
You’re Not Imagining Things: Your Grandparents Had It Easier Than You open.substack.com/pub/sharonmc...
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You’re Not Imagining Things: Your Grandparents Had It Easier Than You
Standing in the Rose Garden and holding a red “Make America Great Again” hat, President Donald Trump announced that he had very good news for the country.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/04/2025
At this rate, things are going to get much, much worse.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/04/2025
The economy is in free fall. The markets are collapsing. Our soldiers are dying. Our sensitive information is being leaked over text message and gmail. Random people are being kidnapped and sent to foreign torture prisons. And Trump is fucking golfing.
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The Astute Galoot ™️ 🏴‍☠️ @theastutegaloot.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
F*cking pathetic, and a real post 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Upon learning that your own mistake sent an innocent father to a brutal prison where he’s likely to be tortured, anyone with a shred of decency would be overcome with shame and fight like hell to get him back. They think it’s funny. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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