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Laura Hillstrom

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Just another face in the crowd

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
I swear, the Supreme Court as a body is not on the side of democracy.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court lets the Trump administration use a revamped federal voter eligibility database for now.
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Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now
The Supreme Court is allowing states to resume using a controversial federal tool to check voter eligibility before the November elections.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/09/2026
Nolan Wells was murdered. No doubt in my mind.
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Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“It looks strange,” said one person close to the Kremlin. “If they don’t really know each other, it looks strange,” he said. “If they’re close friends—okay, it still looks strange, but maybe just a little less.”
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Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Who is Umar Kremlev, who paid for part of Donald Trump Jr's wedding? Turns out, he's the business front of Vladimir Putin's chief body guard, one of the most powerful men in Russia. That's about as close as it gets. My latest. puck.news/who-is-umar-....
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Don Jr.’s “Dear Friend” in Moscow
Kremlev bankrolled Trump’s Bahamas wedding afterparty. He’s also a former Kremlin biker gang member and reputed proxy for Putin’s bodyguard.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 16/09/2026
These are the people who cut food stamps for hungry children because they say poor people don't want to work.
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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New from me. Union nurses warn 🚨 Big Tech and Big Brother are invading our healthcare system, which was already in crisis. I speak with a panel of @nationalnurses.bsky.social from Maine, Missouri, and Illinois. This is a must-listen! @therealnews.com therealnews.com/palantir-nur...
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'Purge Palantir!': Union nurses warn Big Tech and Big Brother are invading our healthcare system
“Palantir has no place in our hospitals, no place in our community... Nurses are advocates first. We're trained to advocate and to speak up when something is wrong, and that's what we're doing.”
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026
NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If we had a functioning political press in this country, they’d be investigating Kash Patel’s bizarre obsession with bestiality.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My man looks like a mobster who's just been pantsed by Bugs Bunny
Pete Hegseth, looking like a cocktail you found the morning after a party
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
How not surprising that a president who acts like a petty mob boss is holding one of our nation’s treasured institutions hostage until we meet his conditions—that is, putting his stupid name on the building. I say we just put it in mothballs until he is gone.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/09/2026
The NYT/Siena poll in September 2018 had Democrats leading by 8 percentage points. Dems got a net gain of 41 seats in that election. We need 3 to flip the House this time.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My high school calculus teacher came to our event🥹 Thank you Mrs. McDonald!
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 16/09/2026
large corporations love to impose guard rails on their own pursuit of wealth and power you can just ask them to be nice and they will that's definitely how all of this works
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‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation
US vice-president’s comments come as former Anthropic researcher revisits recent claim AI could destroy humanity
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mike DODGERS is too cowardly to show up to debate me.
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Fabian Nicieza @fabiannicieza.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Can you imagine if White House correspondents had the courage to support each other the way the opening acts on Sheeran's tour are supporting Macklemore...?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A minor detail is missing from the headline.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Corporations are not people. Their money is not speech. They should not be able to buy politicians. End Citizens United.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
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Taegan Goddard @politicalwire.com · 16/09/2026
Sherrod Brown Leads for Ohio Senate politicalwire.com/2026/09/16/sherro…
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Since I was 22, Mike Davis has tried to get me fired from multiple jobs, banned from Twitter, and dogpiled by right-wingers. QT unrelated.
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Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I never met Eliana Moreno in person, but I watched her nightly on KNBC and we emailed back and forth a few times. She was a pro’s pro, a first-rate live reporter who was literally on top of breaking news and always made it seem effortless. Way too soon. RIP
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
All four supporting acts have backed out of Ed Sheeran’s tour, including his own backing band. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore
Four openers and live band for Sheeran’s tour depart after removal of Macklemore over ‘free Palestine’ comments
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Trump has faced scrutiny for bruising on his hands, swelling in his ankles, and apparent drowsiness, among other health questions. Some doctors now say they're worried about another risk: The 23 pounds that Trump may have gained since his last campaign for president.
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Doctors say Trump’s weight poses a significant health risk
The president has gained about 20 pounds since his campaign, according to his statements and those of aides.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/08/2026
AI models have hacked out of their training environments and tried to deceive their creators. It’s probably still not enough to get Congress to act on AI safety.
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The threat of human extinction will get Congress to act on AI safety…right?
AI models have hacked out of their training environments and tried to deceive their creators. It’s probably still not enough.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 24/08/2026
As recently as last month, Republicans in some of this fall’s biggest races publicly expressed skepticism about the growing backlash to data center development.
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Republicans wrestle with data center backlash as Trump promotes the benefits
GOP candidates have sprinted to get in line with voter skepticism about data centers as they emerge as a top midterms issue. “It’s all full-on fever pitch now,” one strategist said.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/08/2026
I think this might be the first major media outlet article covering the president’s health in a significant way. Which is kind of nuts considering how they skewered Joe Biden.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Fun for Trump sons. Very, very distressing for many others
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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CNN @cnn.com · 23/08/2026
Tariff refunds were a windfall for US businesses in their most recent quarter. But for American consumers, not so much. cnn.it/46eSvN9
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 23/08/2026
President Trump has seized on “communism” as his new favored line of attack against Democrats, having invoked the word more than 100 times since late June as he tries to rouse voters and preserve a narrow Republican congressional majority in the upcoming midterm elections.
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Trump attacks Democrats as ‘communists’ — while acquiring government stakes in private companies
Trump’s actions have drawn criticism even from Republicans, who caution that their party shouldn’t abandon long-held beliefs about the government’s role in a free- market economy.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/08/2026
The Pentagon quietly added 60 more wounded service members to the Iran war casualty count. But that’s only one part of a much bigger story about what the Trump regime isn’t telling the public. So we dug in.
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Trump Accused of Hiding War Casualties as Plane Crashes Raise New Questions
Podcast Episode · The MeidasTouch Podcast · August 22 · 25m
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/08/2026
It's hard to fathom that anyone thinks ICE can be reformed or retrained. ICE needs to be dismantled and then cauterized so it can't grow back. #AbolishICE
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/08/2026
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/08/2026
this fish is going to change the world
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
DOJ's ABSRUD Seashell Prosecution Against James Comey About to Implode! youtu.be/TYwftSulqms?...
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DOJ's ABSRUD Seashell Prosecution Against James Comey About to Implode!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/08/2026
I mean, seriously. Were there politicians back in 1945 who thought "Yeah we should just reform the Schutzstaffel. It would be politically foolish to say we should defund or abolish them. I bet we can reign them in by re-writing laws that already exist. I'm sure they'll follow them this time."
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 23/08/2026
The answer was Nuremberg trials and total dissolution. Some institutions are too compromised to reform.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/08/2026
The mortality rate of ICE detainees is at the highest level in more than a decade and four times that of the Biden presidency, according to a recent Human Rights Watch report documenting the increase in detention deaths.
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The Deaths ICE Doesn’t Count
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano passed away in the hospital days after being released from detention.
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Slate @slate.com · 06/08/2026
My husband found an unwelcome visitor in our bed. It’s a threat that’s coming for all of us. slate.trib.al/wAQEoTC
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My Husband Found an Unwelcome Visitor in Our Bed. It’s a Threat That’s Coming for All of Us.
Ticks in NYC are a thing we have to deal with now.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is a crisis of federalism. Tim Walz is asserting as fact that Iran attacked water infrastructure in Minnesota and several other states. And Trump is saying it's Minnesota's own fault they were attacked as part of a war he started.
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Hackers targeted municipal water systems in 7 states this week, FBI says
The federal warning comes after more than 30 water facilities in Minnesota were breached.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
He’s cooked
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/07/2026
Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. Use our database (just updated!) to more easily search these organizations’ finances 👇
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527 Explorer — ProPublica
Every year, hundreds of millions of dollars flow through little-known political organizations called 527s. Use our database to explore who funds these organizations and how they’re spending their mone...
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trump Just SCREWED OVER Seniors And THEY ARE PISSED! #ReallyAmerican
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Trump Just SCREWED OVER Seniors And THEY ARE PISSED!
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Oh, so the average Fox News viewer will be objectively wrong? Well knock me down with a feather!
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
By the way, Trump's Ballroom that he says he urgently needs to host oligarchs at the Whitehouse, is estimated to cost around $600 million.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“If Collins wants credit for a body-cam headline, she can start by explaining why she voted to fund ICE with a blank check and zero accountability," Troy Jackson's campaign tells me. Dems haven't decided whether to run ads attacking Collins on ICE going forward. newrepublic.com/article/2138...
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CNN @cnn.com · 31/07/2026
A fighter jet crashed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California and erupted into flames, video from CNN affiliate KGTV shows. cnn.it/4pYm5Qg
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 31/07/2026
The Portland Press Herald reports on the red flag-riddled background of the ICE officer who killed an immigrant in Maine this month:
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ICE agent in Biddeford shooting had ‘too many red flags’ to become local cop
Reports that David Brouillette shot and killed a man while working for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have pushed concerns about his past into a national spotlight. 
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