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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/10/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Technology has created an intrusive eye that never blinks — a stealthy weapon for dictators keen to stifle speech and thought,” Megan Stack writes from Kampala, Uganda.
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Opinion | I Went to Uganda and Saw the Authoritarian Future
A crackdown in Uganda shows how new technologies, Chinese influence and America’s moral retreat are making the world safer for autocrats.
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 09/10/2026
Who Is Oscar Belgal? What We Know About Man Shot By ICE In NYC
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Who Is Oscar Belgal? What We Know About Man Shot By ICE In NYC
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kassandrajoy.bsky.social @kassandrajoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“You might wanna sit down for this one.” Ex DOJ pardon attorney @lawyeroyer.com says the DOJ lawyer defending Trump’s media ban is a Hitler admirer.
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One helluva business model if you ask me.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Had Trump said a peep about the devastation in Nepal & China where 3000+ have perished, and decomposing bodies are creating a public health crisis? Or is he just raping Venezuela of her precious minerals?
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
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Alethekanon @judgement-bot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Military journalism faces a constitutional showdown as ousted leaders of Stars and Stripes sue the Pentagon. Evidence: retaliatory firings, censorship allegations, free speech breach #Aletheia #USNews 🌐
Alethekanon Psochic Hegemony Assessment Graph for Longtime Stars and Stripes leaders suing Hegseth, Pentagon to challenge their firings from military newspaperCore Verdict Card for Longtime Stars and Stripes leaders suing Hegseth, Pentagon to challenge their firings from military newspaper: Claim, Reality, and Verdict coordinates.System Analysis Details:

Context: - Pentagon Leadership: FAIL (-0.85, -0.90) — Retaliatory purges.
- Fired Journalists: PASS (0.90, 0.80) — Defending press freedom.

Nuance: Top leaders of the independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes filed a federal lawsuit challenging their abrupt dismissals by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Breakdown: The Bright Side:
A robust legal coalition is stepping up to defend the First Amendment rights of military journalists against executive overreach.

Social Physics: The Breakdown & Plane Error:
The Pentagon confuses WHO (independent journalism) with WHAT (subordinate military units), using command authority to crush oversight.

Trajectory: Social Physics Analysis:
Instead of engaging transparently with reports of sailors enduring severe hardships, leadership deployed punitive authority to silence critics and project insubordination.

The Unavoidables: The Trajectory: The Path of Deception.
When you map the gap between stated intentions and ground-level results, it plots a direct trajectory toward Deception. Institutional suppression destroys trust.

Alethekanon: The Unavoidable Truth: Censoring independent reporting on military hardships protects leaders at the expense of servicemembers.

The Unavoidable Lie: These firings were routine disciplinary measures entirely unrelated to investigative journalism.

Awwthekanon: Alethekanon:
Silencing journalists who report on fleet hardships inverts command accountability into authoritarian secrecy.

Brothekanon: Awwthekanon:
Our sailors deserve safe vessels, and the journalists who tell their stories deserve protection, not retaliation.
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Martin Luther King III @officialmlk3.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We will march as Dad marched and continue building the Beloved Community he envisioned: a nation where every person can live with dignity, opportunity, freedom, and justice. #MarchOnWashington2026
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March On Washington 2026: Defend the Vote Takes Place Aug. 28
On Friday, the King family will join 90-plus community partners to peacefully march for voting rights and justice for Black people.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
There are powerful forces out there working to divide us. It's our job to make sure they don't win, to make sure that hate doesn't win.
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El-Sayed Talks Bridging Black, Arab Communities
El-Sayed Talks Bridging Black, Arab Communities
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Fact! #BookSky
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 20/08/2026
The enormous US debt under Trump will hobble the next Democratic administration – just as the GOP planned
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‘Starve the beast’? The $40tn cost of Republicans’ false promises to cut spending
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 09/08/2026
The White House appears to think that it can ignore a Supreme Court ruling by lying about its previous defeat and trying to achieve the same goal another way. trib.al/BLR1trt
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Trump Thinks He Can Defy the Supremes on Birthright Citizenship
The White House is serving up a staler helping of the legal arguments the Roberts court already refused to swallow.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 05/08/2026
"If Abdul El-Sayed can win this fall, he’ll have handed his party a roadmap," writes @peterbeinart.bsky.social. "Democrats across the country should be taking notes."
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Abdul El-Sayed offers a template for Democrats to defeat Trumpism | Peter Beinart
The candidate has crafted a progressive nationalism and shown his party how to turn Republicans’ financial advantage against them
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 05/08/2026
New Mexico sued the U.S. Justice Department, accusing federal officials of stonewalling the state’s criminal investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein on.wsj.com/4c4M0jj
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New Mexico Attorney General Sues DOJ for Access to Epstein Files
A lawsuit accuses the Justice Department and Todd Blanche of stonewalling the state’s investigation into activities at Zorro Ranch.
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Katherine Churchill @katherinechurchill.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
roughly once a quarter I am pleased to remember that Sherrill Redmon broke up with Mitch mcconnell and became a feminist scholar and archivist at smith av.lib.uh.edu/media_object...
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Sherrill Redmon interview - University of Houston Libraries Audio/Video Repository
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 30/07/2026
Artificial intelligence tools are quickly advancing in sophistication and capabilities, raising alarm among researchers and industry figures who say the technology needs to be more tightly regulated.
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“Less Regulated Than Sandwiches”: MIT Prof. Calls for Oversight as OpenAI Agent Hacks Other Firms
Artificial intelligence tools are quickly advancing in sophistication and capabilities, raising alarm among researchers and industry figures who say the technology needs to be more tightly regulated. ...
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The Economist @economist.com · 30/07/2026
A new book tells the story of an atrocity in North Carolina in 1898 and its long aftermath
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A racist massacre. A white-supremacist coup. A century of lies
A new book tells the story of an atrocity in North Carolina in 1898 and its long aftermath
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 30/07/2026
The proposed "slavery acknowledgement," which would be read in conjunction with the Denver City Council’s land acknowledgement and the Pledge of Allegiance, also references the forced labor of enslaved Africans, segregation, Jim Crow laws and the Ku Klux Klan.
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Denver City Council weighs new ‘slavery acknowledgement’ that would be read at start of meetings
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/07/2026
Consumers know virtually nothing about the farms where their blueberries come from. Until something changes, they won’t be able to make choices that could make a difference in the lives of the people who pick them. by @maxblau.bsky.social
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Do My Grocery Store Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed?
Max Blau spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is the produce he buys at the grocery store part of the problem?
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
💥 This order clearly reflects that a federal judge does NOT just believe what the Acting AG Todd Blanche represents and has ordered him to basically “prove it.”
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/07/2026
Breaking news: The lining of the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool peeled in at least seven places along seams that were created when the material was applied, indicating likely problems in how it was installed, according to experts and a Post analysis.
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Reflecting Pool peeling likely caused by application flaws, experts say
President Donald Trump has blamed vandals, but a Washington Post analysis finds that the peeling tracks closely with stages of the renovation process.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/07/2026
Oklahoma approved oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of a public water well, without making the company prove this would not pollute the city’s water. The site has repeatedly failed tests since, indicating a potential wastewater leak. with @readfrontier.bsky.social
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To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk
Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 14/07/2026
For more eyewitness testimony 👉️ bit.ly/4vr8IsU
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Videos apparently blow hole in ICE agents' deadly shooting story
Videos from a fatal Immigration and Customs Enforcement shooting in Biddeford, Maine, show agents walking beside a slow-rolling car, undercutting the government's claim that the driver tried to use it as a weapon.The victim was a 26-year-old Colombian man who was authorized to work in the United Sta...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 14/07/2026
Newly released videos of a fatal ICE shooting in Maine directly contradict the government's claim that the victim used his car as a weapon, showing agents walking alongside the slow-rolling vehicle before pulling the driver out. #Biddeford #ICE
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTSs4BXgB The murder of Palestinians continues unabated. Not for any military objective. Just to kill as many Palestinians as possible. And as long as we let AIPAC own our politician, it will not stop until all Palestinians are dead.
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Just days away from her first birthday. This baby and her mother DESERVED to live a full life and it was cut short in an instant. #arab #arabtiktok #palestine #palestinian #palestine🇵🇸
TikTok video by Ashley Boulos 🇵🇸
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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 12/07/2026
Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
FDT and FICE!
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/07/2026
Bill Browder is definitely not a conspiracy theorist. He’s the man who wrote the Magnitsky Act.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
ICE is rapidly expanding its surveillance capabilities. The agency has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on vehicles equipped to support cell-site simulators, also known as fake cellphone towers.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Curious to hear Mitch McConnell's comments on the passing of Lindsey Graham.
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ceej @ceej.online · 12/07/2026
No statement from Mitch McConnell on the sudden passing of his senate colleague? So much for decorum
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BrokenPromiseland @brokenpromisedland.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 11/07/2026
A video of a ‘migrant’ on a small boat has been altered using AI to make it appear as if he’s waving a machete. The fake video has been shared thousands of times online, including by the leader of the London Assembly Conservatives, Susan Hall.
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Video of man waving machete on small boat isn’t real – Full Fact
A viral video apparently showing a migrant on a small boat has been altered using artificial intelligence to make it appear as if he’s waving a machete.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/07/2026
NEW: Citing ProPublica’s reporting, two lawmakers have called on the CDC to address a “preventable public health crisis” of parents refusing the vitamin K shot for their newborns — which has led to babies suffering uncontrollable bleeding and even dying.
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Lawmakers Call for CDC to Track Vitamin K Shot Refusals, Cite ProPublica Report
Two members of Congress are urging federal officials to monitor vitamin K shot refusals by parents and the potential consequences for their newborns, including severe bleeding or death.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 05/07/2026
I’ve come to understand patriotism as not a fan-like allegiance to a team, but a responsibility to understand the country’s history, warts and all, as we pursue the illusive promise of life, liberty and happiness, writes the Biblioracle.
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Biblioracle: For the Fourth, 9 books for your sense of patriotism
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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 02/07/2026
How democratic socialist Melat Kiros stunned Colorado politics with congressional primary win
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How democratic socialist Melat Kiros stunned Colorado politics with congressional primary win | Colorado Newsline
The Denver Democratic Socialists of America has now notched by far its biggest electoral victory to date, after years of downballot wins.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”
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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Today, our friend Jay USAF Major Jason Watson read his oath to the Constitution and demanded that Congress do its job to IMPEACH this President and cabinet. He was arrested on the Capitol steps. #DOOR @defendersofourrepublic.org @removalcoalition.bsky.social @citizensimpeachment.com
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 02/07/2026
"While they're standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting around waiting for a promotion Don't you know Talking about a revolution? It sounds like a whisper Poor people gonna rise up And get their share"
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Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout A Revolution (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Tracy Chapman
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
President Claudia Sheinbaum is rolling out Universal Healthcare for 120 Million Mexican residents. Now that is leadership, I’m both jealous and very happy for the people of Mexico.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
NO 👇 BULLSHIT DETECTED
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"The Court gives the President a power unknown even to the English Crown against which the Founders revolted, elevating him above his once-coequal branches by transforming a duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed into a license to act in defiance of those very laws." Sonia Sotomayor
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Frost: It’s too dangerous for you to visit Haiti for a day. Yet, they want to expel 350,000 people from this country. It is deeply racist, and part of this bigger project that Trump has of essentially expelling Black and brown people from this nation. And this is part of that.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/06/2026
The Republican nominee for New York governor prompted outrage among Democrats after saying that a Jewish congressional candidate “would be a camp guard in the concentration camp if he could.”
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Democrats slam New York Republican candidate for ‘concentration camp’ remark
Bruce Blakeman, who will face off against Gov. Kathy Hochul, called a Democratic congressional candidate “antisemitic” over his views on Israel. The candidate is Jewish.
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