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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/05/2026
REPORTER: Are Dreamers with DACA status deportation targets when you're talking about resuming mass deportations? TOM HOMAN: If you're in the country illegally, you got a problem. Amnesty is off the table.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Did anyone check on the spider?
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Gotta say, this is the most violent ceasefire I've ever seen.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/05/2026
BREAKING: The U.S. military just carried out strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Port and Bandar Abbas, per Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin, citing a U.S. official
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Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
If Weiss were a liberal trying to skew CBS leftward the entire RW universe from Trump downward would be screaming this is what happens when a woman (lesbian no less!) is given a position bc of DEI and affirmative action. Only when conservatives are hired beyond their competence is it OK.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
WTF? That CAN’T be legal. The US Government continues to behave like the corrupt and criminal organization their President is used to running.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/05/2026
"Right now, today, I give Graham Platner a 1-in-3 chance to be the next Democratic nominee. For president. I know. It sounds like I’m taking crazy pills. But before you click off, let me show my work." Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4wfU7lt
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Tennessee's governor has now signed into law the new congressional map, which is meant to lock in an all GOP congressional delegation and eliminates the Memphis-based majority-Black district.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Excited to live in a country where you can mail someone a handgun but not an abortion pill
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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Platner hits the Epstein class in his first ad. Treating Collins with kid gloves hasn’t worked before, Platner is taking them off. Video: @grahamformaine.bsky.social via X (@grahamformaine)
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Sir Anthony Hopkins was very angry when he came in. Mainly because of a life of the streets and also horrendous skin issues at him. He is now happy and the big boss of our retirement village
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
ICE Abducts Disney Cruise Staff Right Off of Ship in Horrific Raid At least 10 staffers were detained, some of whom were zip-tied in front of cruise passengers as they were led off the boat.
newrepublic.com
ICE Abducts Disney Cruise Staff Right Off of Ship in Horrific Raid
At least 10 staffers were detained, some of whom were zip-tied as they were led off the boat.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 07/05/2026
Traders made over $2.6 billion through four suspicious trades made in March and April, according to an ABC News report.
forbes.com
Justice Department Investigating Suspicious Oil Trades Timed To Trump Iran War Announcements, Report Says
Traders made over $2.6 billion through four suspicious trades made in March and April, according to an ABC News report.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Serious question: Does the GOP really believe Americans want an illegal war in Iran, a billion-dollar ballroom, a $1.5 trillion defense budget, $70 billion added to the deficit, and cuts to healthcare, food assistance, and education—while Americans cannot afford housing, gas, and groceries?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/05/2026
Sen. Mark Kelly: "If you say something that the president or this administration does not like, they're going to come after you. The president is trying to silence us, and I can't think of anything that's more un-American."
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
First he was told that he had to be put to sleep. Then it looked like he might never walk again but what nobody had counted on was the heart within little Stormzy. I remember the days trying to teach him to walk again. He must have fallen over a thousand times but every single time he got back up.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
After Missouri voters passed ballot measures to enshrine abortion rights and establish paid sick leave, GOP state legislators overturned them. Now voters may have to pass another referendum just to protect the progress they've made. The GOP's contempt for democracy is absurd.
commondreams.org
'Promising Milestone': Missouri Campaign Submits Signatures to Protect Voter-Approved Laws | Common Dreams
Missouri organizers reach milestone in campaign for constitutional amendment to protect ballot initiatives from legislat
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This just shows how ridiculously stupid this administration is. *Everyone* else in politics was already well aware of how politically toxic high gas prices are—they are the one thing voters notice most. For God's sake, the prices are light up on big signs on street corners for everyone to see.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Warning to New York: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says the administration is planning to surge ICE agents into the city.
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Jeff Stringer @blooms-ghost.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This is an actual post from the current, possibly last, president of the United States. It was reposted by actual American public servants whose only 'function' it is to shit-post propaganda all bloody day.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/05/2026
Internet rules dictate that whenever you see the Tom Holland Umbrella video, you have to share it. I'm just following the rules.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/05/2026
Sen. Mark Kelly: "According to them, any time a retired veteran says something that the Secretary of Defense doesn't like, they can be punished…It's an outrageous violation of our constitutional rights."
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/05/2026
Trump shelved ‘Project Freedom’ after Saudis refused use of bases and airspace
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Trump shelved ‘Project Freedom’ after Saudis refused use of bases and airspace
Riyadh told White House it would deny access for operation to provide tankers military escort through strait of Hormuz * Middle East crisis – live updates A refusal by Saudi Arabia to allow the US to use its bases and airspace to provide a military escort for oil tankers passing through the strait of Hormuz lay behind Donald Trump’s decision to shelve the plan days after it had been launched. Riyadh told the White House it would not allow its Prince Sultan airbase to be used to mount the operation billed as Project Freedom, which the US presented as the successor to the bombing campaign called Operation Epic Fury. Continue reading...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 07/05/2026
Executives for the whirlpool maker cited a “rapid deterioration” in economic conditions during the Iran war.
forbes.com
Whirlpool Shares Plummet 21% After ‘Recession-Level Industry Decline’ Hits Earnings
Executives for the whirlpool maker cited a “rapid deterioration” in economic conditions during the Iran war.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Friends — We are witnessing what happens to a person who is consumed with the need to dominate but cannot. Trump's looming failure in Iran is not just a serious geopolitical defeat for the United States; it’s a personal crisis. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-b…
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Politico @politico.com · 07/05/2026
FEMA’s top official said that the “vast majority” of calls were answered during the deadly Texas floods. But new data indicates that the agency failed to answer 58% of the calls, and the average wait was 61 minutes at the peak.
politico.com
FEMA said it answered the phone during the Texas floods. Most callers didn’t get through.
The agency’s top official told lawmakers that the “vast majority” of calls were answered. New data indicates most people couldn’t get through.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Dallas Republicans Warned That Texas Was Turning Blue. Then They Wrecked an Election. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dallas-...
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Dallas Republicans Warned That Texas Was Turning Blue. Then They Wrecked an Election.
DALLAS – For this city’s Republican Party, the 2026 primaries were supposed to...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.
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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
World Health Organization experts stressed that the hantavirus cruise outbreak is not the start of another pandemic. There are several differences between Covid & hanta. They say the public health risk remains low. No pay wall.
theguardian.com
World Health Organization expects more hantavirus cases but doesn’t ‘anticipate large epidemic’ - Europe live
The outbreak has been linked to a birdwatching expedition in Argentina joined by two passengers before they boarded the ship
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 07/05/2026
The Hormuz U-turn is the ultimate confession of presidential impotence. Donald Trump’s "diplomacy” has left us with few friends, no leverage, and a global reputation that is currently in the gutter. He didn't make America Great, he made us irrelevant.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
JUST NOW: Rep. Todd Warner walks into the house to strip majority Black Memphis or representation wearing a trump flag as a cape as Rep. Camper of Memphis looks on Video: www.instagram.com/reel/DYCuFmt...
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 07/05/2026
The indictment of @splcenter.org is not a legal prosecution. It is It is an expansion of Trump's Christian nationalist agenda: a direct attack on free speech and an attempt to silence the organizations that fight for our rights. But we will not be silenced. @civilrightsorg.bsky.social 🔄 📣
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Piyush Mittal @piyushmittal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The GOP is an accomplice to everything Trump does. Everything.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
WATCH: “I’m proud of you. I love you.” Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social embraces his brother @keshaunpearson.bsky.social as Troopers arrest him for refusing to leave the balcony in a show of nonviolent resistance after Speaker Sexton cleared it
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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We won’t stop fighting until we get all the Epstein files released and justice for the survivors.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/05/2026
could you look any guiltier than Lutnick does here?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The Oval Office is a nursing home.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
He has no fucking clue what he’s doing. He never has. And every single word out of his mouth about this war is a lie. He lies as he breathes, and he has no fucking clue what he’s doing. What a dangerous, shitty thing it is for the world to have a pathologically dishonest madman in the White House.
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Dr. Art Garfunky @chimpvsdog.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
History will show that when we needed them most, mainstream journalists chose protecting their jobs over democracy, and it was cartoonists who took up the fight. @jackohman.bsky.social
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/05/2026
Billionaires don’t oppose data centers. That’s why.
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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A climate monster is growing in the Pacific Ocean. The building El Niño will crest around the end of next year—arriving on top of global heating. And it appears stupendously intense—almost certainly stronger than the “Super” El Niño of 2015-16. Must read! Gift link. link: tinyurl.com/mtr9663c
Link preview: the world is about to get a preview of life in 2035
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Tim Hannan @timhannan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Donald Trump is the most corrupt politician in US history. That some people haven’t caught onto that by now is fucking frightening.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I fixed the headline to make it accurate:
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/05/2026
SHADY AF Tennessee Republicans are now trying to eliminate the requirement to notify voters when their polling place changes during this gerrymandering mess. Ask yourself one question: If everything is fair & legitimate, why would they need to make it HARDER for voters to know where to vote? 1/2
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/05/2026
New in PN: The Confederacy rises again "But this is more than a tragedy for voting rights. It’s a kind of revival of the Confederacy, in a way that few liberals thought was possible. The Lost Cause doesn’t seem so lost anymore."
publicnotice.co
The Confederacy rises again
Undoing the 1960s isn't enough. They're even taking aim at the 1860s.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/05/2026
COLBERT: How dumb do you think it is for people to say that I should run for president? OBAMA: Well, you know, the bar has changed. I think you would perform significantly better than some folks we've seen. COLBERT: Is that an endorsement? OBAMA: It was not
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Isabela Dias @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“I live in constant fear that I will be subjected to further baseless detentions just for going about my daily life." On May 2, Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a Florida-born US citizen, was detained by ICE in Alabama for the third time (!) in the span of a year. And he's suing the federal government.
motherjones.com
ICE keeps detaining the same US citizen again, and again, and again. He’s fighting back.
“I only wish to live my life in peace,” Leonardo Garcia Venegas said in a declaration.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I would appreciate it if the United States Justice Department would stop trolling me while I’m on vacation
DOJ Rapid Response • @DOJRR47
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Sorry for your loss, Anna.
Go Anna Bower @ @AnnaBower. 4h
NEWS: Judge Boulee DENIES Fulton County's motion for return of 2020 election ballots seized by the FBI.
Judge finds that the county failed to show that its constitutional rights were "callously disregarded" — but says some statements in affidavit are
"troubling."
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Again. But we have to fight every inch of the way before November. Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/SCse1FFEKLM
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