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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/09/2026
A surprise decision by the U.K.'s counterterrorism police to release five suspects on bail during an investigation into a suspected bomb plot at a U.S.-operated air force base in England has deepened questions and uncertainty about the incident. to.pbs.org/4ymWQKL
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British police find no explosives in vans linked to 5 men detained near U.S.-run military base
The UK's Counter Terrorism Policing said petrol was recovered from three vans near RAF Fairford.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith walked into the Senate, defended his prosecutions, rejected claims that his work was politically motivated, and refused to retreat under threats of prosecution. The hearing became a battle over evidence, power, accountability, and who gets to investigate whom. Smith for the WIN! #Pinks
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Science Magazine @science.org · 29/09/2026
Heart attacks and strokes triggered by electrical misfiring in the heart are among the biggest killers on the planet. In 2022, researchers created a “liquid wire” that, when injected into pig hearts, can guide the organs to a normal rhythm. Learn more on #WorldHeartDay: scim.ag/4iUYkai
Injectable electrodes could prevent deadly heart arrhythmias
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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026
CNN, MS NOW, Politico ask judge to extend block on White House ban reut.rs/4xOMZwh
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CNN, MS NOW, Politico ask judge to extend block on White House ban
CNN, MS NOW and Politico asked a federal judge ​on Monday to issue a court order preserving their White House ‌access while they fight US President Donald Trump’s move to ban them over coverage he dislikes.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is crucially important.
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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A new federal court order, first flagged by Politico’s Kyle Cheney, reveals that another Salvadoran national has been unlawfully deported *twice* by the Trump administration in the past 8 months in violation of orders by a federal judge and an immigration judge. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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Another Abrego Garcia: Man Unlawfully Deported Twice
Now Lost in Salvadoran Prison System A new court order Friday in...
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STAT @statnews.com · 27/07/2026
A third of all med schools have signed on to include nutrition in their curriculum, but are treading lightly on MAHA topics lacking in scientific rigor. www.statnews.com/2026/07/27/k...
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As some medical schools embrace RFK Jr.'s nutrition push, they deftly sidestep MAHA priorities
Even as some medical schools heed health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s call for more nutrition education, several told STAT that they plan to steer clear of topics that aren’t backed by evidence.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
ICE agents must be tried for the murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
READ--> The government wants to scare Americans out of sharing the news freedom.press/issues/the-g... ➡️ Follow @freedom.press for more.
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The government wants to scare Americans out of sharing the news
The Department of Homeland Security has a new tactic to suppress reporting: silence people who repost information from news stories
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
#SaveActIsPayToVote Trump doesn't care about me or you He wants the SAVE ACT to keep YOU FROM VOTING This includes RED STATES ESPECIALLY NO PAY TO VOTE STOP THE SAVE ACT
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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Today, our friend Jay USAF Major Jason Watson read his oath to the Constitution and demanded that Congress do its job to IMPEACH this President and cabinet. He was arrested on the Capitol steps. #DOOR @defendersofourrepublic.org @removalcoalition.bsky.social @citizensimpeachment.com
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This is how you do it. This is what we should be talking about rather than “no one’s doing anything,”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Jack Smith on MS NOW: "I'm very concerned of what's going to happen in the next election, absolutely."   "I think the state attorney generals have a tremendous role to play here … And I would also say that I think a thing that all of us can do is support election workers and election officials."
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 03/07/2026
Our Constitution bans foreign emoluments and names bribery as an impeachable offense. Another case where the problem isn’t the Constitution.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/07/2026
WOW. Todd Blanche IGNORES the court order to produce certain Epstein files or explain redactions, and INSTEAD claims it needs more time, and should be able to do it UNDER SEAL. We saw this deflection coming a mile away. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Response to Order to Show Cause – #19 in PHANG v. BLANCHE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01417) – CourtListener.com
RESPONSE TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE re 15 Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by TODD BLANCHE. (Woodward, Stanley) (Entered: 07/02/2026)
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Trump’s profiteering in office was once unimaginable in a democracy, particularly by a sitting American president. The Trump family’s earnings move him into an echelon of enrichment more associated with strongmen in Russia and Turkey. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/w...
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Trump’s Huge Windfall Has Few Known Global Precedents
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Again, charges here are so, so absurd that you really need to look at what happened in the grand jury. we've seen the evidence. grand jury misconduct is rife in the Trump DOJ. We've seen the evidence. It comes from the top.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 30/06/2026
​"This is the most corrupt administration in American history," said one House Democrat. "It is not close."
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'Not Even Trying to Hide Their Brazen Corruption': Trump Sons Set to Profit From Tungsten Mining Deal
"This is the most corrupt administration in American history," said one House Democrat. "It is not close."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/06/2026
DeLAURO: Will you commit that you will carry out our spending laws as Congress intended as they were enacted? VOUGHT: We'll make sure we are spending money where you intend us to spend money, but ... DeLAURO: The answer to that then is 'no'
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Sotomayor: "The Court gives the President a power unknown even to the English Crown against which the Founders revolted, elevating him above his once-coequal branches by transforming a duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed into a license to act in defiance of those very laws."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/06/2026
"Mr secretary! The floor is hers. You know, there is a chairman. That's me" -- even the Republican committee chair is losing patience with Markwayne Mullin, who is gripping a stress ball as he clearly struggles to control his temper
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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Two defendants who received 50 years each, Savanna Batten and Elizabeth Soto, were never accused of helping plan the demonstration here. They arrived separately, left the protest when guards asked them to, and were not accused of any act of violence talkingpointsmemo.com/news/prairie...
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Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Activists Sentenced to Decades in Prison on ‘Terrorism’ Charges
Federal judges in Fort Worth handed down maximum sentences to eight people...
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
So Scientific American did an article on the hydrogen peroxide they added to the algae pool… Turns out the “expert” they got to weigh in has a bachelor in Sports Management and is named Tim. Tim has some ‘splaining to do
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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Been wondering why NSF isn't spending most of its FY26 appropriation? A $1.5B tech initiative may be the reason. And big cuts to hundreds of research programs could be just the beginning of the bad news. www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say
Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 23/06/2026
Reporting from TX that ICE is abandoning plans to use a warehouse in Socorro as a projected 8,500-person detention camp. It will be turned into offices, conference space, training, and “some detention.”
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ICE changing plans for Socorro warehouses, U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar says
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar said that ICE is no longer looking to use three warehouses in Socorro, Texas to hold 8,500 people.
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Femke de Jong @fmkdejong.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... We are raising the alarm because continuing observations of one of our most important components in the climate system are becoming unsustainable.
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Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready
The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Today’s monitoring of it may be discontinued
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
make america have kidney failure again! when they find that their raw milk is contaminated with E. coli, campylobacter, or listeria... they *make cheese* with it?? the donald j. trump administration: pioneers in diarrhea governance. www.propublica.org/article/mark...
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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Without birthright citizenship, Folarin Balogun, who scored two goals for the US, would not be eligible to compete for the US.
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California Dreamy: A Smashing World Cup Opener for the U.S. Men
The USMNT show sharp teeth and steady teamwork in a historic 4-1 win over Paraguay.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Excellent medical care that this same senator spent his career denying to others.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
New York City is the most perfectly "American" place in the nation, just one wave of newcomers after another, gradually building up the culture, one remarkable cultural collision after another. MAGA chuds hate NYC not because it's awful but because it disproves every lie they tell about immigration
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Donald Trump is celebrating his birthday amidst photographs and videos going viral of the reflecting pool he supposedly "fixed" looking more disgusting and algae-riddled than it ever has in its history I just saw a shade of green I have never seen before in my life #ETTD
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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
In his latest court appearance this week, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya showed signs of malnutrition, torture, and abuse. The Israeli occupation has illegally held the Palestinian pediatrician in detention for over 500 days after abducting him from the Gaza Strip.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This is textbook violation of fiduciary duty on behalf of the Board — it's deliberately sabotaging your own institution to make a political point. Every Board member who voted for this is breaking their oath.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Congratulations to Elon on becoming the world’s first trillionaire from London 🔥
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 12/06/2026
As punishment for organizing a hunger strike in a Washington state detention camp, federal immigration agents forced 44-year-old Cuban national Rogelio Bolufé onto a plane early this month, threatened him with torture, took him to Ecuador, and left him there with nothing.
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Feds Deport ICE Detainee Organizer to Ecuador  - The American Prospect
Rogelio Bolufé is a Cuban national who faced ongoing retaliation for organizing against inhumane conditions inside detention camps.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/06/2026
"So this very much looks like a deliberate war crime. It's an attack I fear the USA will regret for a long time. It is no different than Al-Qaeda deliberately targeting civilians. If the US gets attacked in return, it will only be served what seems to be official American policy on a cold plate."
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War Crimes Seem To Be Official US Policy Now
We Will Rue The Day
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 12/06/2026
now that's a fucking Space X IPO headline
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The world’s first trillionaire is a killer
Elon Musk’s empire of wealth is built on suffering.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The Department of Justice (DoOJ) is pressing forward with claims of election fraud against states as President Trump revives his unfounded assertions that elections cannot be trusted. The agency is seeking to assert more control over elections and challenge how state... TAT: [Undermining democracy]
nytimes.com
Justice Dept. Pushes Limits of Its Power Over State Elections
The department once tried to stay out of state elections, urging caution. It is now pressing forward with claims of fraud as President Trump revives his unfounded assertions that elections cannot be trusted.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 12/06/2026
Prosecutor in 2017 anti-Trump protest cases faces 6-month suspension reut.rs/4e7826E
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Prosecutor in 2017 anti-Trump protest cases faces 6-month suspension
Disciplinary officials in Washington said on Friday that a former federal prosecutor should be suspended from practicing law for six months, finding she used deceptively ​edited videos as evidence in criminal cases against protesters during Republican President ‌Donald Trump's first inauguration.
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Guy Walton..."The Climate Guy" @climateguyw.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
On 6/12 a CAT1 heatwave continued across portions of the Northeast, South and West. This will persist across the South and West into this weekend. My categorization criteria: guyonclimate.com/2026/05/11/e @michaelemann.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @donsutherland1.bsky.social @zacklabe.com
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Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The only thing better than @chasecain.bsky.social's climate videos are his thumbnail images. youtu.be/UoCF36id_HI?...
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Extreme Heat is Making the World Cup More Dangerous — And Science Proves It
YouTube video by Chase Cain
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Texas doesn’t stand on its own. For that matter, neither does Greg Abbott. He’s spent years attacking blue states while New York and other blue states subsidize the very system Texans benefit from. 👇🏼
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New York Democrat says Texans are raising life insurance costs—is he right?
A New York State senator is fighting Texas over life insurance, claiming New Yorkers are subsidizing their Southern peers.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 12/06/2026
For his role in helping wreck the Earth’s climate system, Exxon paid him $686 million, or $144,573 a day, during his tenure as CEO. His retirement package was $400 million, writes @billmckibben.bsky.social.
commondreams.org
Climate Denier Lee Raymond Left the World Hotter Than He Found It
​I don’t believe a loving God consigns people to eternal damnation. But I do believe that Raymond, Exxon, and Chase have helped send the rest of us to a kind of hell.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 03/06/2026
Disappointed that no rep at the FY27 budget hearing asked Sec. Mullin about the future of the warehouses. Mullin did say, after some heated back and forth, that DHS likely won't sell the aircraft fleet purchased by Kristi Noem because the Coast Guard "needs assets."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/05/2026
Rep. Garcia on Pam Bondi: "She continues to push all of the investigation and the blame on Acting AG Todd Blanche. She said, 'Acting AG Blanche was managing the entire investigation.'"
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/05/2026
Rep. Garcia on Pam Bondi's Epstein deposition: "It's also interesting that sitting next to her is…somebody that currently works for the DOJ…The DOJ is in there right now, stopping questions about President Trump."
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 29/05/2026
“Today’s ruling is a critical reminder that no one is above the law, not even the president of the United States," said Stand Up America executive director Christina Harvey.
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'Blatant Abuse of Power' Blocked as Judge Puts Temporary Halt on Trump's $1.8 Billion Slush Fund
“Today’s ruling is a critical reminder that no one is above the law, not even the president of the United States," said Stand Up America executive director Christina Harvey.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/05/2026
Rep. Stansbury: "There is not a single Republican in the room besides the chairman. For a supposed group of individuals who care deeply about justice for the survivors, not a single Republican could be bothered to travel across the country today to come hear testimony from the former AG."
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/05/2026
35 federal judges appointed by presidents of both parties agree: Trump's $1.8 BILLION slush fund can't stand. There's a reason Blanche dodged my question when I asked if he'd get a judge to sign off on the fund. He knew no independent judge would allow this robbery of taxpayers.
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Former judges accuse Trump of deceiving court with fraudulent ‘anti-weaponization’ settlement
A settlement was never brought before the court before the president dismissed his suit against the IRS, according to 35 former federal judges.
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