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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 10h
New ACLU report documents 76 ways mass deportation is used to attack free speech and due process. This is a crucial piece of research for understanding how immigration enforcement is dividing our country. @aclu.org www.aclu.org/publications...
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76 Ways Mass Deportation Is Breaking Our Democracy | American Civil Liberties Union
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 16h
New: As Trump's meme coin dangled a gala dinner with the president for its top buyers, the wallet holding the creators' tokens moved ~$70M of $TRUMP to an account where it can be sold. @jeffstein.bsky.social for @washingtonsun.com
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Trump’s Meme Coin Firm Wants You to Buy. Insiders Are Preparing to Sell.
Trump personally made more than $600 million from his meme coin last year.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h
This is the first OMB Director who, when you hear the President mention his name, you start pondering what illegal abuses of power will be coming soon. My guess: some systemic bribery efforts as well as punishments to blue states.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21h
ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19h
We used to have a federal agency devoted to investigating and prosecuting abuses by law enforcement, but Americans voted for the "let cops do crimes" candidate instead bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 14h
The function of modern media is laundering and reformatting this insane man's statements for the public so they don't have to confront reality. The fact that *this person* holds the world's most powerful office and we allow it to continue raises so many hard questions we just choose to ignore it
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 14h
An “octogenarian crank and two billionaires” given the keys to defense strategy sounds like an Onion headline, but @paulwaldman.bsky.social shows the grift is very real. Read the receipts and support real reporting: Subscribe to @atrupar.com ‘s Public Notice! 🗞️👇🏼
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 16h
BREAKING: We're asking the DOJ & Interior IGs to investigate Davey Hearn's prosecution They botched a $14M pool job & pinned it on an innocent citizen The judge said they shot first & asked questions later. @democracydefendersfund.org, Steptoe & WLG have questions of our own👇 -TN
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
"Whatever conclusions reached by the commission of an octogenarian crank and two billionaires, they'll be handed off to Hegseth, who believes wars are won by whichever side can do the most pushups, and whose obsession with creating an all-white, all-male military is dragging DoD down by the day."
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“Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire
Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar ... and are given the keys to the DoD.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 18h
I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Curtis Yarvin, a major influence on Vice President JD Vance, is openly fantasizing about Hitler again. Extremism isn’t fringe on the right.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h
At Trump rallies, people "can chant hateful, racist things" while remaining "kind of anonymous," says @amandamarcotte.bsky.social. They might not say this individually, but "there's safety in numbers." On the pod she so good on how MAGA copes with a sunsetting Trump: newrepublic.com/article/2162...
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Trump Rages over Sagging Rally Crowds as GOP Panics: “Five-Alarm Fire”
As Trump’s rallies fail to ally GOP midterm fears, the author of a piece on his diminishing stature explains how his cascading failures are driving away his supporters right when he needs them most.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, 100 percent. There's no reason why a Democratic House can't defund both the Office of Remigration and third-country deportations more generally. As I reported recently, here's what's being discussed: newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 22h
Despite her recent statements, she has, over the past year and a half — through the Trump administration's countless illegal impoundments, funding freezes and pocket rescissions — done little to actually rein the executive branch in.
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Susan Collins Voted to Confirm Russ Vought. Is She Having Second Thoughts?
In recent weeks, as the Office of Management and Budget Director Russ...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I don't mean to make waves or anything, but as a journalist, I am definitely opposed to the president talking about arresting journalists.
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Leah-Bug @leah-bug.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How does Russia take out 20% of the United States’ most senior military leadership without firing a shot? By turning to the same man who is responsible for the destruction dozens of bases in the Middle East, the depletion of our arsenal, and hiding it all from the American people, Petrov Hegseth.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chilling ICE Challenge Coin Features a Slogan About ‘Hunting’ Humans talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
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Chilling ICE Challenge Coin Features a Slogan About ‘Hunting’ Humans
Editor’s note: Nicole is taking some much-deserved time off around her birthday...
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Seems like if you're going to make a national story out of Hasan Piker, who campaigned a few times with the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, saying Israel causes antisemitism, you should also make a national story out of the favorite intellectual of the US Vice President supporting Hitler.
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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How nice for them. Next question: which act of Congress authorized this expenditure of federal funds? Quaint it may be, but our constitution forbids drawing funds from the treasury except pursuant to acts of congress.
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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"I choose to remain hopeful that one day we will remember that nobody elected these nine petty kings and queens. Power in a democracy flows from the people, and if the people ever remember that, this Supreme Court can be stopped." - @elienyc.bsky.social
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This starts with her aggressively trying to link him to the Muslim Brotherhood. I'd like to see someone turn the tables on this. "You're Christian, right? Did you support Timothy McVeigh? Did you agree with Dylann Roof? Or Eric Rudolph? Robert Lewis Dear? No? Even though you share their religion?"
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A whole political movement should be stood up against this arrogant and sociopathic bullshit www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 05/10/2026
Reports are swirling around that tech companies are cashing in on corporate tax breaks from the Big Beautiful Bill to bankroll massive data centers. So I am requesting Congress’s official tax estimators provide a full report on just how much money Republicans shelled out to these corporations.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Epstein case whistleblower dies by suicide — he is not the first Simon Andries revealed business ties between Howard Lutnick and Jeffrey Epstein. He is not the first person connected to the Epstein case files to have died after the materials were made public. ✅️Follow us for the latest updates
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Epstein Whistleblower Simon Andriesz Reportedly Dies By Suicide
None of the reports have linked Andriesz's death to his whistleblowing.
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American Friction @americanfric.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump's war on the media poses the question of what he thinks the news is meant to be! @mattgertz.bsky.social from @mmfa.bsky.social joins @jacobjarvis.bsky.social to discuss the latest attacks ➡️ linktr.ee/americanfriction
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online) MISSISSIPPI MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person) OHIO SOUTH CAROLINA — mail TENNESSEE TEXAS npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, patron saint of Republicans raping children. Are they going to have him lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda?
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
HE DID SOME OTHER STUFF TOO, BARI.
Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What a lie. Some of these people are being imprisoned indefinitely in squalid condition in African prisons. Others report being beaten and arbitrarily deported in violation of international law back to their home countries, where they face persecution or torture.
The indefinite nature of their confinement has taken a severe toll. In October 2025, a Cuban man who was on the July flight went on a hunger strike for a month-until he started showing signs of organ failure —to protest the conditions of his detention, including his ongoing confinement and lack of access to legal counsel.
Terrified of being imprisoned in Eswatini forever, another man repeatedly told his attorney that the prison there never lets people go. One man told his attorney that he feels like a caged animal with no end in sight. The prison does not have air conditioning, making the hot, humid summer months especially uncomfortable for the men.
Food is insufficient, medication is scarce, and requests often go unmet or are belatedly met.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As we enter the final month before the midterms, don't get cocky. If anything, it's time to ramp up the work and pour it on. Check your registration. Vote early. Push your friends and family too. Look for local places to help out. Phone bank and write postcards. Volunteer for Election Day.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 04/10/2026
"He's an investor, not an inventor." Filmmaker @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how Musk, like Trump, built his name on work he didn't do. Watch the full discussion: zeteo.com/p/this-filmm...
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Incredible how the editors at @nytimes.com still don't understand how embarrassing it is to do this, and how it undermines the credibility of the paper and its journalists. It's like a toddler covering their face to play hide and seek. We see you but it's not cute, you look like an asshole.
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 04/10/2026
Robert De Niro has a message to share. The November is our time to shine at the polls. Fuck those ICE goons and just get there.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Works Progress Administration was created in May 1935 as part of the New Deal to provide jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression. One of the WPA’s most idealistic goals was to send books and librarians to areas where there were none. Read more: bit.ly/4hkgtNC #ALA150
Sepia tone photo of factory workers standing around a rolling book cart at the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio, circa 1915. Text over photo reads "Libraries During the Great Depression". American Library Association logo
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 04/10/2026
Ninety years ago today, Oswald Mosley tried to march his Blackshirts through the Jewish East End. 🧵 He had thousands of uniformed fascists behind him and 6,000 police clearing the way. But the people of the East End got there first.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'
J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In light of that Atlantic article going around featuring the traumatized truck driver who hit Pierre Damas Bel, I'll re-up what I wrote a month ago. craigcalcaterra.com/blog/there-i...
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Blood on J.D. Vance’s hands
A young Haitian man walked in front of a truck. His blood is on J.D. Vance’s hands
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Simon Andriesz, previously a managing director at a Wall Street firm, discovered an email chain from 2018 in which Lutnick and Epstein had discussed the prospects of a start-up business they were both involved in.“ Now he’s dead.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is a powerful article. Infuriating how every time the trucker was trying to find empathy for Pierre and Haitians in general, his girlfriend and mom kept intervening with some racist logic or conspiracy.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
1. She's president's human binky & controls his social media 2. Foreign govts use her a conduit for Trump 3. She's lied about much of her background 4. She wouldn't or couldn't get security clearance (see 3) 5. She has an obsession w/ Trump giving their relationship a vaguely inappropriate dynamic
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For people unfamiliar with this list of schools Hegseth claims are essential to America's defense, Liberty and Hillsdale are small religious colleges. Hillsdale is the pet project of the DeVos/Prince families, and its whole admin helped Trump with his fake elector scheme, organizing MI electors. 1/
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE violated nearly 100 court orders in 1 month—now DOJ is attacking the MN federal judges who spoke out @ngertner.bsky.social, @rwpusa.bsky.social, Matthew Seligman & I authored a joint op-ed standing up for judicial independence Full op-ed @ContrarianNews.org 👇 -TN
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We Object! DOJ’s Latest Attack on our Heroic Federal Judges
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ethics rules exist to safeguard an independent judiciary—not act as a muzzle when the executive branch defies court orders The Judicial Conference agrees judges may advocate for the rule of law Why DOJ's complaint must be rejected @ContrarianNews.org 👇 -TN
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We Object! DOJ’s Latest Attack on our Heroic Federal Judges
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Oatsie @alexcsinger86.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Imagine if President Obama had flown around the country with a substitute wife because Michelle hated his guts. The media would have filed impeachment papers themselves
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 03/10/2026
You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn.
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