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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3h
Immigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000 nfap.com/research/new...
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 8h
Knowingly stripping Ukraine of defensive capacity while Russian attacks continue is not legally trivial. It can raise liability for aiding war crimes under Rome Statute Art. 25(3)(c), and conflict with Geneva Common Art. 1’s duty not to encourage IHL violations. Knowledge and foreseeability matter.
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EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h
Does arresting the wife of an enlisted man and mother of four US citizen children, a person who’s been here since she was 6 years old, make our country great again?
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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🇺🇸IBWizard🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🌻😷 🖖 @ibwizard.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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chris @ckab.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
ok, yeah, the Neapolitan Novels fucked me up
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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"The 2.25m barrels of diesel Putin offered Trump will have zero net impact on the world price of diesel. But accepting them will collapse the US-led sanctions regime on Russia—and align Trump with Putin against Ukraine's attacks on Russian energy production..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
theatlantic.com
Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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THX•1138 @ithx1138.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We stand with
ZELENSKY ‼️
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Not to mention that we could’ve gotten plenty of diesel fuel-and cheaper, too-without helping Putin kill innocent Ukrainians. But now, the stain of their blood will forever remain on the hands of Trump and his soulless, hypocritical acolytes in the Republican party May they rot in hell
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It was inevitable that Trump would betray Ukraine-and the US-while funding Putin’s war by purchasing red-dye diesel fuel We knew it when Marco Rubio’s Senate Committee showed innumerable ties between his campaign and Russia The dumbest part-this “big deal” will only cover about 3 days of fuel
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has.
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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The fed government will lose a large chunk of the $26bn in payroll taxes from unauthorized immigrants, taxes needed for the social security fund. Even Scott Bessent & RFK Jr warn that lower net immigration threatens social security funding & could mean cuts to entitlements. #MomSky
theguardian.com
Trump immigrant purge could cut social security for Americans by $2,000 a year
New report on economic cost of anti-immigration campaign projects 8.6% reduction in retirement payments by 2034
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
When agents stop people for how they look, US citizens are caught as a matter of course. When filming agents leads to arrest, warning your neighbors becomes a risk. When a citizen can be held with no lawyer, no phone call, the only protection for any American is whether an agent believes them.
forwardky.com
Over 500 U.S. citizens have been arrested and detained by ICE
Experts have long warned that immigration dragnets and the erosion of civil rights for immigrants will inevitably result in the erosion of rights for citizens. Those warnings are coming true.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The federal government is lying to you. And we have the receipts. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.
The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Driver-volunteers go to homes to drop off diapers, baby formula, toilet paper, groceries... "Drivers switch routes and cars, write addresses on paper, and carry a water bottle so they can drop the paper in water and obscure the addresses if stopped... kansasreflector.com/2026/10/02/t...
kansasreflector.com
Trump's immigration sweeps leave southwest Kansas communities looking for way forward • Kansas Reflector
DODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues ...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity." "ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump announces he will withhold federal funding from Ohio if they vote blue in November… Isn’t EXTORTION, a typical mob tactic?! RICO. CHARGES. FORTHCOMING. 😎✨
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
A tiny bit of gentle advice for the men: before you try to explain or pontificate anything about the Cornell 7 to a woman, please remember chances are she’s already an expert 🙏🏻
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is why technofascists, oligarchs, and their servants, such as JD Vance, hate this Pope.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
RFK Jr. has been transforming a government that long championed vaccines into one that questions their safety. This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them. (Published March)
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
nbcnews.com
America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Go Canada 🇨🇦 👏💥
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We should all be disgusted of the White House Press Corp. No one walked out No one told Trumpy to go fuck himself. No one said mean things to Trumpy after he chopped down another pillar of American Democracy. No one asked for proof any of them published 'fake news'. No one did anything. Sad.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
He’s got a point!
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Paul @endthecaste.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Blue States are the donor States for federal taxes, and Red States ride our wave as TAKER States THAT is the damn truth!
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Indeed, it's far worse than that... Trump is running up a tab of many millions in taxpayer funds for purposes of promoting his own golf course. And the proper word for that is *corrupt.*
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"This is not the first time you've been demoted to YouTube... Why are they so scared of you?" Here is @jimmykimmel.com's online-only sit-down with @jamestalarico.bsky.social youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Here's the Kimmel show with the Talarico interview. Let's make this YouTube video go viral! youtu.be/gIbSEScdV2o?...
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Trump Makes 9/11 About Himself, A.I. Ready to Kill Us & Jimmy to Interview James Talarico on YouTube
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Anonymous - Trump offers a bribe of $5,000 in exchange for votes, the bribe is promoted as a dividend and would cost $1.2 trillion dollars. This is a felony under 18 U.S.C. § 597, bribing someone to vote a certain way is a federal crime punishable by prison. #cdnpoli
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will NOT air on ABC due to threats from Trump’s FCC. The interview will instead be posted to YouTube.
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The Mixologist @drmixologist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎 @stacescases2.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
WHAT BIDEN DID TO THIS COUNTRY
SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!
Karly Kingsley
@Karlykingsley
Whenever I see stuff like this, I
remember the Infrastructure Act and
how Biden disproportionately invested
in red states and when asked why, he
said "Because they need it the most."
So no, don't forget WHAT BIDEN DID.
He governed for everyone, EVEN THE
ONES WHO'D NEVER THANK HIM.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
COULD SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHICH CRIMES GET YOU DEPORTED AND WHICH ONES GET YOU ELECTED PRESIDENT?
IT'S So
CONFUSING
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I wonder if Iranian schoolgirls and wedding guests massacred by the Trump regime thought it was a "war."
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
It's nuts that Republicans in Congress DRAGGED Secretary of Defense LLoyd Austin through hearings for going to the doctor one day, but Mitch McConnell is out for four months and that's totes fine.
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Tobique Mike🇨🇦 @tobiquemike.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
With the recent promising successes in mRNA technology defeating pancreatic and now glioblastoma (brain cancer), it’s looking like anti-vaxxers may be the only ones that will die from these diseases soon. Dolly Parton backed mRNA research. This may end up being her greatest gift. #science
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/09/2026
This iconic 1971 photo of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes has always said so much without saying a word. Two women. Two raised fists. One shared fight for equality. Dorothy passed in 2022. Now Gloria is gone too. Two giants who helped change America. Rest in power, Gloria. ✊🏼✊🏾
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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Libby Klinner's military husband died March 12 during a mission, leaving her and her 3 children ineligible for certain benefits. Why? Because Congress has not officially declared war against Iran. But, go on about how the US values their military. #ProudBlue www.notus.org/defense/air-...
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Air Force Probing Iran War Widow’s ‘Missing’ Benefits
Libby Klinner said she was deemed ineligible for certain benefits because Congress had not officially declared war against Iran.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
RFK Jr. has cancelled hundreds of millions in mRNA vaccine funding - the same technology that holds enormous promise for future cancer vaccines. Who on earth looks at a technology that could help prevent or treat cancer and says, “Let’s stop investing in it”?
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I recently had my first doctor refuse to wear a mask for me. They confidently told me “new science shows you only have to wear one when you’re sick”. I reminded them that asymptomatic transmission is real and that I’m immunocompromised & have been hospitalized for a cold… 🧵
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Just ‘Steve’ 💙 @steveplou.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When everything you do is a knee-jerk reaction with no thought or consideration of the consequences of your actions.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
PabloReports: What do you make of Trump saying Americans who oppose data centers are backwards and poor? AOC: I mean, how about we put one in Mar-a-Lago? I love that. Let’s put a data center at Mar-a-Lago, and we’ll see how backwards and poor he is in response to that.
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