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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
ICE wiped thousands of people from its database. Families are paying the price.
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ICE wiped thousands of people from its database. Families are paying the price.
Lawyers and loved ones are scrambling to find people suddenly culled from DHS rolls.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: New emails shared with Democracy Docket reveal that one of the agency’s then-commissioners last year communicated with a top anti-voting group to try to boost President Donald Trump’s plan to require proof of citizenship for voter registration. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: EAC commissioner communicated with Cleta Mitchell's group on proof of citizenship, emails show
Former vice chair Christy McCormick coordinated with Mitchell's Election Integrity Network to try to boost President Donald Trump’s plan to require proof of citizenship for voter registration.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Look at the community notes on this one. 👇
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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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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15/09/2026
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections. The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they've used for years. to.pbs.org/4gTQyfj
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Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms
The decision allows states to continue sending ballots under existing processes used by nearly one-third of voters.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/09/2026
NEW: Election officials and voting advocates heaved a tremendous sigh of relief late Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to keep in place a block on President Donald Trump’s mail voting restrictions for the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Voting advocates cheer Supreme Court ruling blocking Trump mail voting attack
League of Women Voters chief executive officer Celina Stewart, whose group brought the challenge to Trump’s order, blasted his “extraordinary attempt to interfere with voting in all 50 states.”
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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 15/09/2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday kept in place a lower court’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s embattled plan to place new restrictions on mail ballots for this year’s midterm elections. By @fischler.bsky.social
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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states | Colorado Newsline
The U.S. Supreme Court kept in place a lower court’s order blocking Trump’s embattled plan to place new restrictions on mail ballots.
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magillag.bsky.social @magillag.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Targrted with drones and air-launched cruise missile with “surgical strike capability”.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Pleased to speak with @nickturse.bsky.social about the Trump admin's yearlong killing spree. "There is no plausible legal justification for the strikes. They’re obviously not occurring in the context of an armed conflict and outside of armed conflict, the term for premeditated killing is murder."
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NPR @npr.org · 19/08/2026
The 1,200 deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean, with the first batch of 20 expected on Thursday. n.pr/4ih3iO6
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Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S.
The 1,200 deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean, with the first batch of 20 expected on Thursday.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/08/2026
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished. (Published January)
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
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magillag.bsky.social @magillag.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
So far, the Trump family's earnings from World Liberty token sales total more than $1.4 billion
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magillag.bsky.social @magillag.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The vandal is in the white house share.google/ZSfJyq8kjgOp...
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Trump blames vandals for damaged grass in the same spot where he held his big July 4 celebration
President Donald Trump on Sunday said vandals are to blame for large swaths of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial — in the same spot where Trump had a stage built and hoste...
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 17/08/2026
60% of Alaska is federal land – we depend on federal employees more than almost any state. The thousands of workers who were fired managed our forests, fought for our fisheries, and supported our veterans. We need more opportunities in Alaska, not less. www.adn.com/business-eco...
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Alaska lost federal jobs at one of the highest rates among states in 2025, report finds
By the fourth quarter of 2025, Alaska’s federal civilian workforce had lost 1,607 jobs, amounting to a 10.5% loss from a year earlier, according to a state report.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
THE BULLDOZERS ARE STILL MOVING INSIDE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. DHS and CBP leadership want the American people to believe what they're seeing is simply "surveying and planning." They are lying 🤥
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The euphemism for Great Depression just dropped.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12/08/2026
The company behind Truth Social said it will be unwinding much of its expansion and doubling down on its original media business by selling a form of White House access, a move that has raised big ethical questions among Democrats and government watchdogs.
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As Trump Media scraps some businesses, it's doubling down on Truth Social and the president
The president's social media company is going back to its roots. The parent of Truth Social said Monday it is abandoning several new businesses — crypto, online betting, financial services — to refocus on building up its social media platform.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
OUTRAGEOUS! DHS officers in Portland detained an Indigenous activist wearing the MMIW handprint outside the ICE facility. Suppressing peaceful demonstrators exposes the deep disregard for native lives. Indigenous sovereignty and human rights cannot be silenced.
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magillag.bsky.social @magillag.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Unfortunately a necessity
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Matriarchy Now @matriarchy.now · 26/07/2026
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A Groundbreaking U.N. Resolution Calls Forced Pregnancy What It Is: Reproductive Violence
It took until July 7, 2026, for the world's leading human rights body to call forcing someone to be pregnant—or forcing them not to be—what it is: reproductive violence. In a landmark resolution adopt...
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Mybuddysully @mybuddysully.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Mexico files 20 U.S. complaints, seeks U.N. review over ICE deaths
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Mexico files 20 U.S. complaints, seeks U.N. review over ICE deaths - UPI.com
Mexico said it filed criminal complaints with prosecutors in the United States over the deaths of Mexican nationals in ICE custody or operations.
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magillag.bsky.social @magillag.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
ICE currently holds more than 60,000 people in detention, with plans to increase detention capacity to 90,000 people by the end of the year
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/07/2026
Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Well, this adds up. No wonder she’s always “concerned.” Financial disclosure records show that Susan Collins received campaign contributions from men whose names have appeared in the Epstein files!
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More Donations from Epstein Contacts to Susan Collins Uncovered
Collins took money from men on the Epstein list before voting against releasing the files
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/07/2026
The price hikes and the product disappearances were not the blips of supply and demand – they were the results of behind-the-scenes pressure by Amazon, according to internal emails reviewed by the Guardian and court claims against the world’s largest company. From @georgejoseph94.bsky.social:
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‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet
Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says i...
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magillag.bsky.social @magillag.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The ICC was established to ensure that genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression did not go unpunished. Of course Trump is chafed.
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magillag.bsky.social @magillag.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Went to the zoo and learned the song is a lie.
Sign at a Kookaburra exhibit explains they eat small prey whole. And that larger prey will be hit against a tree branch or rock so it can be eaten. There is no mention of gum drops.
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magillag.bsky.social @magillag.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The measure would create a law for “reproductive freedom”, rather than serve as an amendment to the state constitution.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to obtain an unredacted copy of New York's statewide voter registration list. A big victory for Elias Law Group and our Client the NAACP. DOJ is now 0-12 in these cases. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...
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kevin @musingsbykevin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Our struggle continues!
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March on Washington 2026: Defend the Vote
On August 28, 2026, join Rev. Al Sharpton, the National Action Network, Martin Luther King III, Andrea Waters King, and the Drum Major Institute for the March on Washington: Defend the Vote. Stand with us as we honor history, protect the dream
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Imagine if any other president did this. Just months before the midterms, the bipartisan federal commission that helps states administer elections has been disbanded by Trump. Would your reaction be exactly the same? www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Trump fires Election Assistance Commission members ahead of midterms
The terminations follow the recent Supreme Court decision that granted the president more power.
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magillag.bsky.social @magillag.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE is still at it....date of injury on the death certificate was listed as the day before Paktiawal was taken into custody
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Todd Blanche defies Judge Emmet Sullivan's order to surrender the Epstein files it continues to withhold. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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DOJ refuses to hand over Epstein files after judge’s order
DOJ declines to turn over redacted information after judge’s order to release documents or explain why they’re being withheld
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SHRED @tshred.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Clarence Thomas worked for Monsanto and should have recused himself. www.npr.org/2026/06/25/g...
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Supreme Court backs Monsanto in its fight against liability from popular weed killer
The central issue in the Roundup case, filed by Missouri resident John Durnell, was who decides what should appear on a pesticide or insecticide label and whether a federal law overrides state claims.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a MAJOR VICTORY, the 6th Circuit REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to access Michigan's voter file. The first appeals court to rule on an appeal in DOJ's 9 defeats. I am proud of the Elias Law Group team for this critical win! www.democracydocket.com/cases/michig...
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🚨 United States v. Benson
Learn more here.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A major win for voting rights today! A federal judge has permanently blocked most of Trump’s first executive order on elections, including its attempt to require documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/06/2026
NEW: The Senate came back & did another vote on a new war powers resolution so that Rand & Cassidy could vote against it after Donald yelled at them. Trump's claim they "changed" the vote on the original one isn't true, but this "new" one effectively kills the first one. www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/p...
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Senate walks back rebuke of Trump over Iran war | CNN Politics
One day after adopting a resolution aimed at removing US military forces from the conflict with Iran, the Senate walked back its rebuke of President Donald Trump’s handling of the war, rejecting an at...
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magillag.bsky.social @magillag.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets share.google/QaJN81ngUCqH...
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License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets
A new kind of license-plate-reading camera will also scrape the smart devices you take with you, and wrap all that data in a nice little bow for law enforcement and the government.
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404 Media @404media.co · 11/06/2026
Flock, the automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company, exposed some of the license plate cops were looking for and the reason for doing so.
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Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing
Flock, the automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company, exposed some of the license plate cops are looking for and the reason for doing so.
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❤️💪🏻♀️🇨🇦 @smhebe.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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97 billionaires have donated to re-elect Susan Collins so far
None of them live in Maine.
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 14/06/2026
A court has blocked a Trump-era purge of national park displays covering slavery, climate change and Indigenous history.
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Trump Ordered To Restore Slavery Signs at National Parks: ‘Censorship’
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magillag.bsky.social @magillag.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Dr Hussam was detained in 2024 & held without charge, according to the Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), an Israeli rights group, for more than 500 days. He remains in solitary confinement & shows signs of torture. This is not unique. This practice needs to end.
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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
People have got to go to jail for this war. Both political and military leadership.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 06/06/2026
The Palestinian health ministry said that a 7-month-old baby was killed after Israeli troops opened fired at his parents' vehicle in the occupied West Bank, with the bullet striking the boy in the face. to.pbs.org/4xapvSW
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7-month-old baby killed after Israeli troops open fire on a car, Palestinian health officials say
The Palestinian health ministry said that a 7-month-old baby was killed after Israeli troops opened fired at his parents’ vehicle in the occupied West Bank, with the bullet striking the boy in the fac...
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Coko @coko.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Albania protesting Ivanka & Jared Kushner for planning to build on the island they "discovered"... 🙄
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 02/06/2026
Feds Begin Targeting ‘Anti-Technology Extremists’ Which Is Going To Make Everything So Much Worse The whole conversation around AI is about to get much, much worse. We've been talking a lot about…...
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Feds Begin Targeting ‘Anti-Technology Extremists’ Which Is Going To Make Everything So Much Worse
The whole conversation around AI is about to get much, much worse. We've been talking a lot about AI, generative AI, LLMs, or whatever your preferred moniker has become, for some time now. And for good reason. This is a still-emerging technology that has begun to infiltrate many parts of our lives, willingly or otherwise. We've talked about how its use has amounted to the…
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 30/05/2026
The verdict in the Trial of the Spokane 3 yesterday was devastating for many of our community members, but for the three defendants - Jac Archer, Justice Forral and Bajun Mavalwalla II - the fight is not over. Read more on what the verdict means and what's next in their ongoing legal battle below.
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The Trial of the Spokane 3: ‘The entire weight of the United States government’
The guilty verdict for three Spokane protesters and what’s next in their case.
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Mybuddysully @mybuddysully.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Judges in Maine and Wisconsin dismiss Justice Department's attempts to force turnover of voter rolls
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Judges in Maine and Wisconsin dismiss Justice Department's attempts to force turnover of voter rolls
Federal judges in Maine and Wisconsin have dismissed lawsuits filed by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to compel the states to hand over voter registration information to the federal government...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
RFK Jr. has fired the two leaders (Dr. John Wong and Dr. Esa Davis) of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force the expert panel that determines which medical screenings and preventive services insurance companies must cover at no cost to patients under the Affordable Care Act.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/05/2026
BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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