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heistdocumentary.bsky.social @heistdocumentary.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
If you’ve ever worked inside a federal agency, or know someone who has, you already know this kind of purging weakens our country. HEIST documents how institutions are dismantled from the inside out. Watch the full documentary on YouTube. And visit the website at www.heistthedocumentary.film
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Pokin @pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This documentary about how our agencies have been dismantled by the Felon and DOGE is nominated for an EMMY!! You gotta watch and share. Please. Everyone needs to understand how bad this is for us.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 17/05/2026
Thousands of people rallied Saturday in the cradle of the modern Civil Rights Movement to mobilize a new voting rights era as conservative states dismantle congressional districts that helped secure Black political representation. to.pbs.org/49MM4mz
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Thousands rally in birthplace of Civil Rights Movement to defend Black political representation
A crowd of thousands gathered in front of the city’s historic Alabama Capitol, the place where the Confederacy was formed in 1861 and where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke in 1965 at the end of...
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
On the left is an Onion headline from March. On the right is Reuters, today.
The Onion
MAGA Voter Claims She Loves High Gas Prices
March 10, 2026Reuters
Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These rural voters agree.
By Brad Brooks
May 16, 20265:14 AM CDT
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 17/05/2026
Spending more time on X makes one more right-wing. There is causal evidence of this!
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 17/05/2026
Russian strike on Kyiv kills 24, including children.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 14/05/2026
my favorite genre of international dialogue
Iranian President Sayyid Mohammad Khatami assuming on CNN that most Americans have read Alexis de Tocqueville
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Robert Rath @robertrath.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
KASH PATEL WENT SNORKELING ON THE WRECK OF THE USS ARIZONA. I genuinely cannot contain my fury right now. The Arizona is a military cemetery we in Hawai’i are literally taught to respect in *Kindergarten.* www.civilbeat.org/2026/05/fbi-...
civilbeat.org
FBI Director’s Hawai‘i Trip Included ‘VIP Snorkel’ At A Pearl Harbor Memorial
With few exceptions, snorkeling and diving are off-limits around the USS Arizona. A Navy spokesperson confirmed the outing but said the service wasn't able to track down who initiated it.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
It’s really hard to describe how insane this story is. Of course Patel went snorkeling over the USS Arizona - that’s what happens when you put an irreverent internet troll in charge of a government agency. Disrespectful assclown.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
🔥🔥LIVE: Putin’s navy was supposed to dominate the Black Sea. Now it is burning, hiding, and losing ships to a country without a traditional blue-water fleet. 👉Russia’s naval disaster is getting worse tonight.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/05/2026
Trump has spent the day angrily posting about Thomas Massie and Lauren Boebert due to their role in pushing for the release of the Epstein files. That says a whole lot. His latest post: "Is anyone interested in running against Weak Minded Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s Fourth Congressional District?"
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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
“possible”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I assumed the word "million" was accidentally dropped after the subbed note that he was fined "$200" for this but, no, the fine was two hundred dollars. For late disclosures on tens of millions of dollars. A fine of Two. Hundred. Dollars.
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Asked about the Iran War's effect on gas prices, Thomas Massie challenger, Ed Gallrein, replied: "The president is playing five-dimensional chess." "He is resetting the entire global power structure. So let him work through that to reset that, to set the conditions...just like President Reagan did"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/05/2026
The same week of Garcia Venegas’s third detention, a top immigration official said at a border security conference that arrests “where we thought they were an illegal alien but they were actually a U.S. citizen” had “happened zero times.”
propub.li
Why Have Immigration Agents Detained This American Citizen Three Times?
Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen whose prior detentions went viral and were detailed by ProPublica, was recently detained for a third time — and shackled. “I just want to live in peace,” he…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/05/2026
On May 2, agents followed Leonardo Garcia Venegas back to his home because they didn’t believe his claims of citizenship or that the REAL ID he showed them was legitimate. It was familiar territory: He’d already been detained twice. 🔗 Read more: propub.li/3Ppaufa
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 17/05/2026
Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers — and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels. to.pbs.org/4c0Eh6n
pbs.org
States are struggling to meet their clean energy goals. Blame data centers
Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers -- and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 16/05/2026
Right now, we’re watching a systematic attack on the political power of Black voters across the South. It threatens to bring us back to a deeply shameful part of our past. Today, I’m standing in solidarity with the National Day of Action and in support of fair representation for every American.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
RESULT: Louisianans was voting on a constitutional amendment today that’d have made it easier to “reclassify” civil servants in a way that made them fireable. Voters just rejected that amendment (the AP has called).
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
New Byrd bath results: Senate Judiciary and Budget Ds successfully argue that the ballroom provision violates the third prong of the Byrd rule — having matter outside of the Judiciary Committee’s jurisdiction. This is fixable, but only if Rs *severely* curtail the money’s flexibility.
budget.senate.gov
Golden Ballroom Slush Fund Violates Byrd Rule, According to Senate Parliamentarian | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
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Senate Budget Committee @senatebudget.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
🚨Senate Democrats forced Republicans to strip the $1 BILLION for Trump’s ballroom from their ICE/Border Patrol funding bill. While we expect Republicans to appease Trump and redraft, Democrats will fight any new provision. Taxpayers shouldn’t fund Trump’s gold-plated ballroom.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Breaking: The Senate Parliamentarian just advised that the $1 billion for Trump's ballroom will be subject to a 60-vote threshold if it remains in Republicans' bill.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
There it is. The Senate parliamentarian rules the $1 billion for Trump's ballroom in the GOP's budget reconciliation bill violates the rules + is subject to 60 votes vs 51. Via budget committee Dems:
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Yes, more babies suffered before vitamin K shots, recommended as routine in US in 1961. Without shot, risk of bleeding 81 times higher. “Brain bleeds are among the most serious outcomes.” publichealth.jhu.edu/2026/why-new...
publichealth.jhu.edu
Why Newborns Need Vitamin K | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
The vitamin K shot at birth is a lifesaving intervention, but more parents are refusing it—with deadly consequences.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
NYT confirms — with new details: Last year, Navy SEALs used two boats to escort Kash Patel and nine others on what a Pentagon email called a 'VIP Snorkel' next to one of the military's most sacred sites, the underwater tomb of the U.S.S. Arizona. One Navy vet called the swim "horrifying."
nytimes.com
Snorkeling at Pearl Harbor: Kash Patel’s Travels Add to Focus on Ethical Issues
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy just lost his Republican primary, the AP projects.
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
They think that you’ll just move on after they dodged your question once or twice cause you have limited time. I’m more than happy to spend my entire time getting the answer to my damn question.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
NEW: The Senate parliamentarian has rejected major provisions in the GOP's reconciliation package -- aka the $72B spending bill for ICE + Trump's ballroom. These bits now need 60 vs 51 votes to pass: *ALL CBP funding *Funds for initial screenings of unaccompanied migrant kids *$2.5B for DHS
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/05/2026
GILLIBRAND: What is your record?! I don't want to just hear about what you don't like about the Biden administration SCOTT TURNER: During the Biden administra-- GILLIBRAND: Stop talking about Biden! Talk about your record TURNER: During the Biden administration-- GILLIBRAND: Oh my God!
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
He said irregardless. Was he trained in litigation by Doug Collins?
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
HOW DARE YOU QUOTE ME?!?!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
KAITLAN COLLINS: “What about Trump’s promise to lower gas prices?” JIM JORDAN: “That’s life.” COLLINS: “If someone’s paying more for⛽️, saying ‘that’s life’ might not make them feel better.” JORDAN: “Those are your words, not mine.” COLLINS: “No you said that. Just now.”😬
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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Democracy Docket's exclusive case tracker: Active Voting Rights Cases: 161 Active Redistricting Cases: 44 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 80 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 78 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 29 www.democracydocket.com
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NPR @npr.org · 04/05/2026
Many of the changes Trump wants to make to the White House and the city are facing legal challenges. Some are reversible, while others could reshape the nation's capital for generations to come. n.pr/4d0N1IT
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The many ways Trump wants to change D.C., from buildings to statues to parks
Many of the changes Trump wants to make to the White House and the city are facing legal challenges. Some are reversible, while others could reshape the nation's capital for generations to come.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 04/05/2026
democracydocket.com
Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act, greenlights GOP gerrymanders
Justice Elena Kagan, in dissent, accused the majority of making changes that "eviscerate the law."
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 04/05/2026
White supremacy is a public health issue. When minority groups already subjected to health inequities are denied government representation, health outcomes will worsen as health inequalities increase. This is unacceptable. Public health workers. We must speak out, show up, and vote.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This talking point is now repeated as gospel truth across the MAGA right. Legal filings and public evidence make clear that the SPLC was warning about the 2017 white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally - not sponsoring it. Which is of course obvious to anyone outside of the MAGA media cocoon.
Harriet Hageman false claims SPLC sponsored the “Unite the Right” rally in 2017
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
In Europe or the United States... there's no army capable of waging modern warfare like what's happening now in Ukraine. That's why they're really helping in the Middle East."
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"We in Europe must stop thinking that we are the only ones helping Ukraine. We must ask ourselves, how can Ukraine help us?" That's why I was initially a strong supporter of Ukraine's EU membership and NATO membership.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
🇫🇮🇺🇦 Stubb: There's no army capable of waging modern warfare like Ukraine. Finnish President noted that "instead of talking about what Ukraine needs from Europe, perhaps we should start thinking about what we in Europe need from Ukraine."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/05/2026
Morning Joe put together a supercut of Sen. Blumenthal asking Trump's judicial nominees who won the 2020 election, and each of them refusing to acknowledge that Trump lost
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
In the now all-too-common category of things that are completely unsurprising and yet utterly shocking, Republicans have completely memory-holed the killings of the Hortmans and shootings of the Hoffmans in Minnesota. As far as they’re concerned it just never happened.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 04/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
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Since Congress Let Obamacare Subsidies Expire, Millions Are Dropping Coverage
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 04/05/2026
New reporting confirms that MILLIONS of Americans have dropped their health care coverage because of Trump and Republicans in Congress.
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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 01/05/2026
I have no idea what to say about all of this clearly bat 💩 abuse of power going on in Republican supermajority State legislatures. I did read an uplifting comment that perhaps they’ll dummymander themselves out of office?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/05/2026
Enten: "Take a look at this shift -- oh my. GOP-leaning independents on Trump, in the 2024 election, he got 91% of that vote. But down he goes. Now at 53% on the job approval ratings. That's a 38 point drop from where he was in the 2024 election. This is a core group for Trump."
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
There are machine gunners and snipers at the Kremlin's towers.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Russia is putting up control points and surrounding the Kremlin with machine gunners ahead of the parade - Russian Telegram channels. Entrance to the Red Square has been closed. Armored vehicles and vehicles with machine guns are stationed around the Kremlin.
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