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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 12h
I love to be the one to disappoint MAGA!!! We have a James Talarico sighting!!!
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 12h
FYI, Republicans will outlaw sale of mifepristone soon, as part of the wider national abortion ban. I know this because I know Project 2025. And so far, unfortunately, all of my P2025-related “predictions” have come to pass.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 14h
Well, logical thought and education aren't exactly traits found in most MAGA people. 🙄
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
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Political Humor @politicalhumor9.bsky.social · 12h
It's time to arrest Trump aka Russian agent Krasnov for treason.
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Goddess Ntwadumela @goddessntwadumela.bsky.social · 12h
🚨 Missing Indigenous Person Alert (MIPA) for Anthony Swan, 21-year-old man. He was last seen 9/3/26, Yakama Reservation, Yakima County WA.
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Sahoni, Official Re(a)d Wolf @sahoni.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
When colonization came to call in the US, many folks wrote about america as a pristine Eden whose forest were filled with delights and bounty. This was because indigenous folk (Like mine) built up food forest. Things that were razed and destroyed as a part of racist violence. Colonization is ongoing
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Craig Thomler @craigthomler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wake up #USA. You are dropping in all lists.
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Rosa DeLauro @delauro.house.gov · 01/10/2026
This administration wants to take control over federal funding of biomedical research. As the lead Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, not on my watch.
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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 02/10/2026
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a measure to ban anyone from marrying anyone under the age of 18, making California the 18th state to do so in a decade-long nationwide push to outlaw the practice. cal.news/3U3J14X 📸 Rahul Lal
A demonstrator participates in a “chain-in” protest during a news conference at the state Capitol in Sacramento on June 22, 2023, urging lawmakers to ban child marriage in the state. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters
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James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some new changes to SNAP go into effect today thanks to Trump and Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill.” States are going to have to pick up more of the cost of administering the program, which could force some states to make additional cuts to benefits.
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Shameka ❤️🏀 @shameka23.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yamato has been a complete non-factor in the playoffs. Man I wish they had Chennedy Carter fr 😭 #WNBA
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump preys on the public’s willingness to believe a good conspiracy theory. At what point do people see through the act? In the meantime, he is destroying our democracy.  www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Page one of repressive playbook’: critics warn of Trump’s conspiratorial attacks
President’s outlandish and extensive conspiracy theories endanger US freedoms, health and science, experts say
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gift link to Lina Khan’s op ed on regulating AI. While existing law can provide some accountability, it is absurd to think private companies can police themselves. Give Congress funds to hire real experts and legislate, just as we do with other dangerous products. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Opinion | Trump Wants A.I. Companies to Police Themselves. What Can Go Wrong? (Gift Article)
Government enforcers have the laws and the experience to control A.I.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026
Millions of voices are impossible to ignore. As we begin our second year without federal funding, our reporting remains loud and clear because people continue to step up to power this free press. Public media is an ongoing commitment that we will live out together. Donate today: n.pr/3VxNBIZ
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 01/10/2026
The family of Renee Good, the Minneapolis woman who was fatally shot by a federal immigration enforcement agent near her home in January, filed two federal lawsuits Thursday alleging wrongful death, among other contentions.
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Live: Renee Good’s family files lawsuits over fatal shooting by ICE agent
Renee Good was fatally shot on Jan. 7 in south Minneapolis by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 01/10/2026
Child victims in a gruesome abuse case have been awarded $4.4 million in a settlement with the state Department of Human Services due to Child Protective Services failures in the case.
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WV pays $4.4M in historic child abuse case after CPS didn’t rescue kids from slavelike conditions
Child victims in a gruesome abuse case have been awarded $4.4 million in a settlement with the state Department of Human Services due to Child Protective Services failures in the case.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Collins Nails Jennings.......👏🏻
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Renee Good’s family sues the U.S. government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis.
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Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis
Renee Good’s family has sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death and other violations of federal law in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minnesota.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UNREAL!!! Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students. The goal of Trump regime to erase the LGBTQ community from existence thehill.com/homenews/edu...
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Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 28/09/2026
Every day, this administration continues to target LGBTQIA+ kids. It’s incredibly harmful and does the exact opposite of what our shared goal should be: protecting kids. The LGBTQIA+ community and all our students deserve better.
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Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23/09/2026
A federal judge has ordered Texas to install air conditioning in all of its prisons by the end of 2029, saying that inmates in lockups without it are being given punishments that violate their constitutional rights.
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Judge orders Texas to have air conditioning at all prisons by end of 2029
A federal judge has ordered Texas to install air conditioning in all of its prisons by the end of 2029, saying that inmates in lockups without it are being given punishments that violate their constitutional rights.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
AI is generating a new wave of economic populism. It could be a tipping point. My latest in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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AI is generating a new wave of US populism. It could be a tipping point | Robert Reich
It’s becoming obvious to many Americans that corporations have been raking it in while workers take it on the chin
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Before Hitler rose to power, Germany had thousands of competing newspapers. Then the Nazis learned how to control who could be a journalist, what could be reported—and eventually, what counted as news. Here’s why Trump's press purge matters. thecycle.substack.com/p/how-to-kil...
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How to Kill a Free Press
How the Nazi’s took over Germany’s news
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 22/09/2026
Remember when Pete Hegseth texted a reporter war plans over Signal? The fact that there are people out there who still think this man is qualified for the job is absurd. He should have been removed from office then and there.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES Missouri’s emergency stay application leaving the 2022 congressional map protecting Black voters in Kansas City in place for the midterms. A victory for Elias Law Group, its client and voters of Missouri! www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...
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🚨 von Glahn v. Hoskins
Learn more here.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 08/09/2026
Massachusetts law no longer imposes a gestational-age limit on abortion—meaning for the first time, a woman in the state can choose to end her pregnancy at any point, without a prosecutor looking over her doctor’s shoulder.
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Massachusetts Decriminalized Later Abortion, No Health Emergency Required
Massachusetts law no longer imposes a gestational-age limit on abortion, meaning women can get abortions throughout any point in pregnanct.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Here is my homage to Gloria Steinem. shero.substack.com/p/gloria-ste...
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Gloria Steinem Taught Me That
It’s taken me a few days to really grasp that I live in a world without Gloria Steinem now, so I will do my best to explain this great loss and the overwhelming rush of inspiration that has followed.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/08/2026
ProPublica identified 155 counties in the Deep South with private schools that opened as likely segregation academies. One in Amite County, Mississippi, has never — over nearly 30 years of surveys — reported enrolling more than one Black student. (Published Dec. 2024)
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The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation
A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with w...
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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
For the first time in 5 years, less than half of Americans can afford healthcare. The GOP’s billionaire buddies don’t need tax cuts, we do! #RestoreACATaxCredits‼️ My own family’s been deeply impacted. Like so many others, we’re depending on a GoFundMe for HEALTHCARE. This is no way to live. VOTE
Graph showing that for the first time in five years, less than half of Americans can consistently afford healthcare
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Greenwood County Democratic Party (SC) @gwdcountydems.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
They railed against DEI because they claimed they wanted "merit-based hiring". What they really wanted was to eliminate policies that forced looking at the merit of a wide pool of people so they can dole out jobs and contracts to friends and loyalists.
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The manager at Trump’s North Jersey golf club set up the botched renovation of the Reflecting Pool, according to a NYT investigation
The New York Times found that David Schutzenhofer, who has run the Trump Organization's Bedminster golf club since 2006, was picked by Trump to lead the renovation that damaged the national landmark.
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Tom Hewitt @tomhewittnews.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What is it about Alaska that makes us a magnet for every ludicrous clearly-never-gonna-happen megaproject that people dream up? www.adn.com/business-eco...
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Underwater data center proposed for Alaska’s Cook Inlet by East Coast company
A similar project proposed off the coast of Maine has stirred debate about how it may impact its fishing-dependent economy.
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Trump’s binky fought clearance process for a year: www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
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Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year
The close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff.
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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 20/08/2026
What a goal by Kat Rader, marking NINE in just her rookie season! 😱
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
According to a whistleblower complaint from a former Department of Justice civil rights lawyer Trump administration officials ignored the recommendations of their own investigators as they pushed to find civil rights violations at Brown, Columbia, and Harvard. www.courthousenews.com/whistleblowe...
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Whistleblowers claim Trump officials played politics with university antisemitism probes
A group of career Justice Department civil rights attorneys told Congress an interagency investigation into discrimination at several U.S. universities was unconstitutional and subordinate to politica...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
FYI: @mainenewsroom.com is terrific if you're interested in news and smart takes from the Pine Tree State.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Wait so, you’re suggesting Drunk Pete’s time as a tv personality did NOT prepare him to be Defense Secretary the way General Lloyd Austin’s Silver Star, 5 Distinguished Service Medals and unique distinction of commanding combat at the 1, 2, 3 and 4-star levels prepared him for same under Pres Biden?
Photograph of General Lloyd Austin, saluting, dressed and outfitted in full military uniform and ranks, against a black background
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13/08/2026
NEW FROM ME: The US Air Force has done dozens of secret ICE flights to Honduras since early June, in the largest and most regular use of their aircraft in Trump's second term. Read it here now, or read it in NYT six months from now. gillianbrockell.com/the-air-forc...
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The Air Force has been doing secret ICE flights to Honduras for months
At least some of the flights were third-country removals, human rights group says.
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Steve the Dog🐾 @stevethedogcivics.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
From “Politics Chat August 12, 2026” by @hcrichardson.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/Ek3Xru1... Full carousel on Instagram. www.instagram.com/p/Db_m2ApFjf... 
 #PoliticsChat #heathercoxrichardson
First slide of an Instagram carousel summarizing Heather Cox Richardson’s “Politics Chat, August 12, 2026”. A curly-haired dog is pictured in a black circle on the left. Black text on a blue background reads: “In today’s Politics Chat, Heather reflects on the chilling revelation that the White House used journalists and staff as an unwitting decoy on Air Force One to divert potential Iranian threats away from President Trump. She condemns the move as an unprecedented display of cowardice that needlessly put innocent lives and government officials in harm’s way.”
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camofarc.bsky.social @camofarc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social describes the rump 90% reduction in area of the nat’l monuments Bears Ears & Grand Staircase–Escalante for a Canadian uranium mining company. To get a sense of the desecration & harm, please visit bearsears.patagonia.com 1/2
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 13/08/2026
Dan Sullivan voted to keep the Epstein files sealed. He then raked in campaign donations from Epstein associates, including one from Epstein's “black book.” It’s sickening. Alaska deserves better than a senator who profits off of protecting pedophiles.
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Dan Sullivan Received Campaign Donations From Epstein Associates After Voting to Block Release of the Files
Sullivan cast a vote to stop the DOJ from bringing the Epstein files to light
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
226 data centers. BILLIONS in sweetheart tax deals. Ohioans stuck paying thousands more for electricity. Sherrod Brown nails it: John Husted led the damn charge. Big corporations got the sweetheart deal. Ohio families got the bill. THAT is who Husted works for. Not you.
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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The National Weather Service predicts the flood will crest Thursday. Officials managing the flood response recommended residents evacuate by 3 p.m.
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Juneau residents grapple whether to stay or flee as glacial outburst floodwaters rise
Mendenhall Valley residents prepare their homes and belongings as floodwaters rise during Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood.
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
7 in 10 Americans don’t want data centers in their communities. Towns are fighting back. Big Tech’s response? Sue them and build anyway. To hell with that. Our water. Our electric bills. Our towns. WE get a damn say.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
They're named in the Epstein files — and donated to Ken Paxton’s campaign: At least one member of a Texas family whose business once considered buying Jeffrey Epstein's notorious plane — "The Lolita Express" — donated thousands of dollars to support Ken Paxton's Senate campaign earlier this year.
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They’re named in the Epstein files — and they donated to Ken Paxton’s campaign
This family’s aviation company was once in talks to buy Epstein’s plane, and one family member was the focus of an anonymous allegation.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Fascism’s attack on cultural institutions like museums, libraries, and universities isn’t random; it done for very specific reasons. Project 2025’s descriptive instructions track this expansive strategy closely. Cc: @Pressley.house.gov @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
PETITION TO CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF DR. ANTHONY FAUCI AND AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH www.standupforscience.net/sufs-fauci-p...
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SUFS Stand Up for Fauci Petition to Congress — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Sign the SUFS Petition to demand Congress rescind they contempt referral immediately.
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
August 6, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-6-2...
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August 6, 2026
Sixty-one years ago, on August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B.
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