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lizzie by the bay @lizziebythebay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This makes my blood boil, so I donated to her campaign. I hope other people do too. secure.actblue.com/donate/bgp_w...

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

1/ This @propublica.org story is just gobsmacking. As table stakes: why does a family of billionaires need help paying for weddings? And why would they accept from Russian oligarch with ties to Putin and FSB? www.propublica.org/article/dona...

propublica.org

Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/07/2026

We didn't previously integrate wildfire-smoke costs into the supposed cost of climate change for the US, and it turns out to be bigger than all those other costs combined. Oops! Gosh I wonder if we're underestimating anything else. Probably shoulda done something about this. Ah well.

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What Worries Me Most About This Wildfire Smoke

We didn’t know days like this could happen. Then we learned how bad they really are.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

They flat murdered this man in front of his daughter in her Bluey pajamas. There is no hell hot enough.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

ICE desperately wants you not to care about this story But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

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ICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. | Will Bunch

Salgado came from Mexico, built the American Dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/07/2026

Ronaldo Salgado relayed his panicked search for his father, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, as he joined local legislators and activists in calling for a full and transparent investigation into the killing on Tuesday in Houston. wapo.st/4vUxMt9

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

They lied about killing Silverio Villegas González in Sept too. They think, with good reason, that it's easier to get away with summary executions of Mexican men. If you were enraged by the executions of Renee Good & Alex Pretti, you should be enraged by the execution of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. 3/3

southsideweekly.com

A Tragic Homecoming

After nearly two decades in Chicago, Silverio Villegas González returned to Michoacán in a coffin. His death at the hands of federal agents left two families divided by borders, shattered with grief, ...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I do not think there is sufficient appreciation for how catastrophic yesterday’s decision in Slaughter is for this country. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent and she intoned from the bench yesterday, “today the majority reshapes our Govt.”

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Scientific American is 180 years old. The most eminent science magazine for the general public. And today, sold off as scrap to stop the staff from unionizing. Many top editors I've worked with for a decade on several articles have been fired. What a disgrace @sciam.bsky.social

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Today was an absolute blood bath at SCOTUS for the less powerful to enforce civil rights in the federal courts. TL;dr - SCOTUS rules 6-3 that only corporations have rights that are enforceable in federal court??

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Feels like a metaphor for the administration

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

That’s the perfect name for this time of oligarchs: “the Re-Gilded Age.”

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I say this as someone who loves the WC more than any other sporting event: every team should get on a plane home right now. Or all the games should be rescheduled for 🇨🇦 & 🇲🇽. The USMNT should be disqualified now & suspended from the next WC. Or, we can start acting like a serious country of adults.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We’re the bad guys.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

If you credulously do a segment about the vote in California in which you don’t say the president is lying, you’re spreading disinformation to your listeners.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Can't recall a recent video that better captures Trump's essence. Misogynist goon sweatily belches out egregious lies to a woman reporter, insults and berates her when she asks for evidence, then storms off in anger, all while his spray-tan slowly slides down his face.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"Mr. Pelley also wrote that senior managers at CBS News had pressured him to insert bias into stories for “60 Minutes” this past season, though he did not provide details about specific segments." Pretty important part of the story re his firing. Maybe *the* most important part. CBS = new Fox.

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CBS News Fires Scott Pelley of ‘60 Minutes’

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The heart of our constitutional crisis in one exchange between me and Sec. Mullin. When asked a simple question - if he will obey court orders - he says he will not because some court orders are "politicized". That's not how democracy works. And that's why we are in a crisis.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Scott Pelley, hero.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Mikie Sherrill’s state police destroyed the mutual aid tent for families of the detained that had been in operation at Delaney Hall for more than a year, providing clothes, food, even stuffies for the kids. They just trashed it. I’m pretty speechless at the kind of person you have to be to do this

A photo from the inside of the mutual aid tent to benefit the families of detainees at Delaney Hall. Boxes of donations, clothes and materials are strewn all over the floor, documents and boxes open and thrown everywhere. NJ state police are evil.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The Roberts Court previously treated the “Purcell Principle” (can’t change electoral rules close to an election) as important. But that was in instances doing so advantaged Republicans. Faced with a situation where Republicans want to change rules while voting is already underway, the Court says OK.

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This is absolutely outrageous. SCOTUS reinstated Texas gerrymander 15 weeks before primary because they claimed it was too close to election to block it but now allowing Alabama to gerrymander one week before primary after trial court found map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026

The Purcell Principle means it always too late for courts to fix something racist and never too late for states to do something racist

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The Roberts Court, the Trump White House, and the national GOP are acting like this is their one big shot. Either they secure the lasting end of US Constitutional democracy, or they’re in very serious trouble from the backlash. And they’ve already gone so far that there’s no other possibility.

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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

How can he possibly stay safe without a ballroom?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

At this point, I think he is just trolling us.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Palm Beach International Airport is now officially renamed to Donald J. Trump International Airport. The airport will be required to purchase official Trump merchandise, directly violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This is important. “More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…its members “believe deeply in the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years,” such as the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power.”

scientificamerican.com

Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values

More than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years”

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Xavier Becerra @xavierbecerra.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

If you're feeling stressed about the governor's race, this one's for you. I've spent 35 years fighting for California — and I'm not stopping now. Join us: XavierBecerra2026.com

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Xavier Becerra @xavierbecerra.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

California has a fighter on the ballot. No baggage. Just a record that holds up. Join us — XavierBecerra2026.com.

Campaign graphic for Xavier Becerra for Governor. Teal background with a orange California silhouette, black-and-white photo of Becerra smiling and looking upward. Bold retro typography reads "Becerra for Governor." Bottom banner: xavierbecerra2026.com | Vote by June 2.

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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

You may know the California governor campaign is in flux. Now's the time to take a fresh look at Xavier Becerra. I can't think of a better review of his exemplary character, qualifications & accomplishments than this, from a former colleague in the Biden-Harris administration. Read & share. 1/x

The Case for Xavier Becerra
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@jeffnesbit
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Given how rapidly the CA governor’s race has changed in just 24 hours, it’s time for CA voters to take a close look at Xavier Becerra.
I’m biased, of course. I was his public affairs chief at HHS in the Biden-Harris administration. But XB is the kindest, most decent, fearless, empowering Cabinet secretary I’ve worked for – and I’ve worked for a number of them under four US presidents.
Here’s the case for Xavier Becerra:
- XB’s personal story is All-American.
- He’s the son of two immigrants who worked very, very hard to make lives better for their family and helped XB achieve everything he could ever have

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/04/2026

Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power

Long-serving prime minister beaten by opposition after early results showed clear lead

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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 12/04/2026

Viktor Orbán has congratulated Péter Magyar! #Hungary

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

"At some point if the ship doesn’t turn around, maybe it will start taking on water or listing badly or hit an iceberg, or perhaps the iceberg has been there all along and is named Donald Trump."

theguardian.com

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit

The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Today, Hungarians are voting. These elections loom large the world over. Viktor Orbán is a central figure in the international far right and his loss would be blow to familiar figures like JD Vance and Donald Trump, who are his pupils. snyder.substack.com/p/the-hungar...

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The Hungarian Candidate

Is Orbán's Decline Trump's Fall?

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Pathetic. gift link wapo.st/4ccudpF

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John Holbo @jholbo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Automatic draft registration: streamlined, efficient. Automatic voter registration: creeping deep state tyranny.

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I've taught European history for thirty years. Americans have always asked me how the Holocaust was possible, how Germans could have enabled a madman reveling in mass murder to carry out his plans. Now we can see in real time how this is enabled; now we Americans have front-row seats.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists. Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If I was a member of the cabinet or Congress. I would be asking myself what I would say to my grandchildren when they asked, “what did you do when the president of the United States threatened to destroy a whole civilization?”

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The whole Iran war is looking more and more like a gimmick to drop energy sanctions on Russia and pressure Europeans to do the same. A war to make Russia’s much larger war easier and possible to sustain.

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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

LAST WEEK: Trump voted by mail. (Again.) NOW: He signed an unconstitutional EO trying to give his administration the authority to control who else can. What Trump puts on a piece of paper won’t change our free and fair elections.

Trump: "I used a mail-in ballot. You know why? Because I'm the president of the United States."

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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Two-year-old Kaleth is being locked away at the Dilley trailer prison. He is getting sicker with each passing day. He will not eat the food CoreCivc serves, which detainees have said sometimes has mold and worms. He now has a fever.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I have yet to see a piece in a prominent MAGA outlet that seeks to understand what motivated No Kings protesters. It’s all just “they were paid” or “they have TDS.” Meanwhile, the Tea Party inspired an avalanche of think pieces and books from centrists and leftists trying to figure it out.

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