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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

When journalists asked me about where we would see the effects of DOGE, my answer was a) during crises and b) for the big services that interact with the public like SSA, VA and IRS. So lets check in on the IRS: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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The IRS is imploding.

The CEO says the agency is proving it's possible to have “less people and better results.”

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Some thoughts about the murder by ICE in Minnesota. This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Jeff Daniels speaks out.. He's everything that's wrong. We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.

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Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/06/2025

SAY IT PLAIN: Federal “ICE officers” should not be anonymous. And this shouldn’t be a controversial thing to say.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Melissa Hortman was murdered in her own home. Not a random act. A political assassination. We cannot afford silence—or soft language. Or hope as a plan. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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We Can't Afford to Miss a Beat: Honoring Melissa Hortman by Strengthening Our Fight

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #366

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 14/06/2025

I am devastated by the loss of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in a horrifying act of violence. Our prayers are with their children and all who loved them, and with State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were also targeted.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Former ABC News correspondent and anchor Terry Moran has joined Substack. He says he can’t wait to “get at the important work that we all have to do at a time of such trouble in our country.” bit.ly/3HAX77o

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/06/2025

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

SecState Rubio claims that no on has died because of USAID cuts and suggested that I had lied in my reporting. So here I show him photos of specific children who have died because of the Trump administration's reckless cancelation of aid: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

BREAKING: Over 130 former federal & state judges have filed an amicus brief urging the court to drop charges against Judge Dugan in Wisconsin The charges seek to criminalize judicial discretion & set a dangerous precedent for executive overreach We MUST defend judicial independence👇

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

JONI ERNST: "Well, we are all going to die." ME: "You first, dear."

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/05/2025

Said it before, I’ll say it again. We shouldn’t privatize NASA. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/s...

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SpaceX Loses Control of Starship, Adding to Spacecraft’s Mixed Record

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 27/05/2025

NEW: Judge Murphy, sounding MAD, rejects the Trump admin's request to reverse his order to give due process to deportees on their way to South Sudan, saying that they are "manufacturing the very chaos they decry." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Defendants have mischaracterized this Court's order, while at the same time manufacturing the very chaos they decry. By racing to get six class members onto a plane to unstable South
Sudan, clearly in breach of the law and this Court's order, Defendants gave this Court no choice
but to find that they were in violation of the Preliminary Injunction.
Even after finding that violation, however, the Court stayed its hand and did not require
Defendants to bring the individuals back to the United States, as requested by Plaintiffs. Instead, the Court accepted Defendants' own suggestion that they be allowed to keep the individuals out of the country and finish their process abroad. In the interest of full transparency, the Court quotes
at length from the hearing transcript:

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Trump is fixating on Harvard because they represent a community that he could never be a part of based upon merit. This is at the core of every malignant narcissist's pathology, deep insecurity and a bottomless craving for acceptance and legitimacy.

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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Trump's threat to arrest Governor Evers is a chilling attempt to normalize fascism & silence dissent. They want to bully & intimidate anyone who doesn't conform to their ideology. We will NOT be intimidated. We will NOT be silenced. We will DEFEND our freedom.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 30/04/2025

Rep Eric Swalwell walked out in *shock*—and who could blame him? Every single GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee just voted to let Trump “deport” American citizens. This is illegal, authoritarian, and unforgivable 🤬 Time to call, write, & protest before the full House votes.

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Kathy Kastenholz @kathykastenholz.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Milwaukee Judge Dugan was taken before federal Judge Stephen Dries and was charged with two federal crimes. The first count is concealing a person from discovery and arrest, and the second is obstruction of federal government proceedings.

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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 19/04/2025

It is time for Trump to put up or shut up in Court. A FEDERAL JUDGE said “no evidence before the court connects Abrego Garcia to MS-13 or any criminal organization.” No one is vouching for one man. We are standing up for EVERYONE’s right to due process under the Constitution.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/04/2025

NEW: I've read a lot of court documents in my time, but this is one of my new favorites. How a Judge tells a President to F**k Off. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/how-a-judg...

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How a Judge Tells a President to F**k Off

I read a lot of court documents, and I like to highlight some from time to time that really encapsulate the moment we find ourselves in. The latest from the 4th Circuit does it perfectly.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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Jackie Llanos @llanosjackie.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.

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Dan Przygoda @dprzygoda.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Proof of life.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

BREAKING: Senator Chris Van Hollen says he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia tonight “I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance,” Van Hollen tweeted.

Senator Chris Van Hollen # A @ChrisVanHollen
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Chris Krebs is America’s next profile in courage. The entire nation should support this honorable and courageous fellow citizen.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia alive? Because the amount of resistance to addressing his being trafficked gives the distinct impression that either he is dead or what they have done to him is so unspeakable that they cannot afford for him to be freed, seen, or spoken with.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16/04/2025

I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia. I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.

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Just landed in El Salvador to discuss release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

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Will Carless, USA TODAY @willcarless.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I can’t think of a precedent for this! We live in interesting times and I’m flying to El Salvador tonight to report on the senator’s mission and the effort to return Garcia to the United States. Watch this space

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

JUST IN: Sen. Van Hollen says he is going to El Salvador tomorrow to see if he can talk to Abrego Garcia.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16/04/2025

Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family. I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.

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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

AMERICA NEEDS YOU: All living former Presidents & VPs — both Dem & GOP: Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden, Gore, Quayle, Cheney, Pence & Harris — must hold a press conference saying that while they disagree on policy, all agree that Donald Trump is a danger to the republic. Pass it on.

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We must all stand as a united front against the kidnapping and illegal detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. Senator, I am willing to join you and help Organize other members of the House to do the same. @vanhollen.senate.gov

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/04/2025

If President Trump can wrongly deport a Maryland father to a prison in El Salvador and then defy a 9-0 Supreme Court order to facilitate bringing him home, who’s next? This threatens the rights and freedoms of everyone in the United States.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

There we go.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

BREAKING NEWS

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

8/ This is a watershed moment, as Trump thumbs his nose at a Supreme Court ruling, gaslighting the public by pretending his won 9-0 when he lost 9-0. If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Congratulations to John Roberts and the Supreme Court majority for severely weakening the judiciary. What a legacy.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Things are getting so stupid so quickly I’m having trouble catching up

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 07/04/2025

Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious.

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Kathy Kastenholz @kathykastenholz.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

@maddow.msnbc.com due to heavy turnout in Milwaukee there is a ballot shortage at up to 7 polling places. Still 45 minutes before polls close. Voters are being told to stay in line…if in line when polls close at 8 pm you will be able to vote.

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