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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Huh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even.
My RT of a Katie Miller tweet which RTed the NYPost coverage of the Ilhan Omar raid. 

She said: Promise made, promise kept.
I said: Katie Miller is not going to do very well in a deposition.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11/10/2026
Let’s see if someone actually watches the video :)
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Again, the red background here, priceless.
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Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.
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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In 2020, Ken Paxton stole Texas for Trump by blocking 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Harris County [Houston]. And he can do it again. The attack on mail-in ballots and drop boxes, unseen by the media, will determine the midterms nationwide. gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/how-paxton...
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How Paxton Will Steal Texas
The Senate candidate stole it for Trump, he can do it again.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
While the world burns, and you pay more for everything, your tax dollars become the royal family’s wealth. Because it pays to be a Trump, especially when the whole world knows daddy's a crook.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
As expected, the suspension of voters in Texas was very carefully crafted to target Democratic voters in major Democratic centers. This is how the Texas GOP controls the state: by insuring that it has the lowest levels of voter participation in the entire developed world.
newrepublic.com
Texas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate Race
If you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it.
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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Leading up to the 2024 election, 4.7 million Americans were wiped off the voter rolls, a daylight robbery of democracy. To prevent another electoral crime wave sabotaging the midterms, we're launching the counterattack. Join us. #SaveYourVote gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/47-million...
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4.7 Million Will Lose Their Vote — Today We Counterattack
To prevent another electoral crime wave sabotaging the 2026 midterms, we're launching the counterattack.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026
Jack Smith: "I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime"
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
1. A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity Alliance (APA).
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UPDATE: The money behind a network of sham “progressive” super PACs
A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity Alliance (APA).
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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Ken Paxton just won the Republican primary for Senate in Texas. As seen in our film Vigilantes Inc., Paxton proudly claims that Trump would've lost TX if he hadn't blocked 2.5 million mail in ballots in Harris County — which has the second largest Black and Hispanic populations in America.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The American taxpayer is responsible for making Musk a trillionaire: without the billions in public funds that have repeatedly bailed out and kept afloat his multiple failing businesses, he'd be just another serial bankrupt. His fortune was built on OUR backs. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Description of several federal and state sources for the billions in taxpayer funds that have kept Musk from bankruptcy and allowed him to buy the US government.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
1. Lead Left, a super PAC created on 4/24, purports to stand "against MAGA extremists." It has spent $3M+ in Democratic primaries. But it's funders and motivations have been secret. Until now. It's a GOP dirty tricks operation. 🧵
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A GOP dirty tricks operation, exposed
Following the breadcrumbs from a “progressive” super PAC to a powerful Republican operative
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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This amazing image really captures the Tennessee fight and it's all over the internet. I am reposting it to encourage people to credit photographer Nicole Hester and the Tennessean.
Rep. Justin Pearson D- Memphis attempts to attend a Senate Committee meeting and is denied entry by the Sergeant at Arms on the second day of special session concerning redistricting at Cordell Hull State Office Building in Nashville on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The new acting Secretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, who is replacing John Pelan, is a theocratic loony who thinks California is infested with witches. The only thing the Trump administration shows *any* aptitude for is filling its job openings with unqualified kooks.
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Joshua Cherniss @jcherniss.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Schubert's Hungarian Melody, played by Andras Schiff, who has been refusing to return to his native Hungary under Orban (out of principle, and also b/c pro-regime elements were threatening to break his hands if he returned). www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm39...
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András Schiff - Schubert - Hungarian Melody in B minor, D 817
YouTube video by Classical Vault 1
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The president is clearly threatening multiple nuclear strikes. I don't see why we're not discussing impeachment proceedings or, in lieu of that, military activity intended to prevent such an attack. I'm generally of the opinion that we believe people when they tell us, then act accordingly.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Russia is assisting in an open shooting war against the United States. Efforts by people to assist them now, including in our own government, would seem to qualify as treason under the "aid and comfort" passage.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I read the “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Most of the media apparently *hasn’t* read it because, if they had, they would be sounding the alarm about the provision in Point 1, below, which almost none of them have even mentioned. I hope this summary helps raise awareness. 1/
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
“Lying in feces, throw up, urine… like animals in a cage at the zoo.” A whistleblower recounts the horrific ICE detention center conditions in Baltimore — a similar story everywhere.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
"If you feel sick to your stomach, you are on the right side of history." This HORRIFIC scene has Stephen Miller's cruel, inhumane fingerprints all over it. Concentration camp warehouses??? DO NOT LOOK AWAY. This should be a MUCH bigger story.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 25/01/2026
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber @mjmcoomber.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti Absolutely heartbreaking
Photos of Alex Pretti with Sara’s caption:

On August 16th at approximately 10:00 pm
I received a call from the ICU at the VA saying my Dad had sepsis and needed to be intubated to stay alive so Josh and I headed in. We were greeted by the kindest, most calming and warm soul who helped us understand what was happening and showed deep care for us and my Dad. He continued to show utmost patience and kindness over the next few days as my Dad remained in the ICU and we were there continually. It was Alex Pretti, the man shot today by ICE. If you see this video and don't think it's murder, I don't understand your thinking and ask you to question your heart. He was out there trying to help and protect and from the little we knew of him, it doesn't surprise me he was not afraid to be on the front lines of this horrible scene in our Minneapolis. Weeping for his family and all those at the VA who no longer get to work with him or receive his care.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Things are so bad that the Minnesota prison system has had to launch a website specifically to combat DHS lies. The first major release from DOC officials suggests Gregory Bovino outright lied about the target of the Border Patrol operation during which agents shot and killed Alex Pretti.
KARE 11: Minnesota DOC launches new website to 'address ongoing misinformation by DHS'
The DOC names Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino directly in a statement.Minnesota Department of Corrections Statement on Minneapolis Shooting and Federal Claims
January 24, 2026
The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) extends its condolences to the family and loved ones of Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by federal agents this morning in Minneapolis. The loss of life is tragic, and Minnesotans deserve transparency, accountability, and facts.

In the hours following the shooting, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino held a press conference asserting that the operation was targeting an individual named Jose Huerta-Chuma and characterized him as having a significant criminal history. Because federal statements have repeatedly included inaccurate information about Minnesota custody and criminal records, the DOC reviewed available records to determine whether the individual referenced had any connection to Minnesota state prison custody.ased on DOC records and publicly available Minnesota court data:

The individual identified by federal officials has never been in Minnesota DOC custody.
DOC and court records show no felony commitments associated with this
Public Minnesota court records reflect only misdemeanor-level traffic offenses from more than a decade ago.
The individual is not currently under DOC supervision.
DOC records further indicate that an individual by this name was previously held in federal immigration custody in a local Minnesota jail in 2018, during President Trump’s first administration. Any decisions regarding release from federal custody at that time would have been made by federal authorities. DOC has no information explaining why this individual was released.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
BREAKING: A witness who was just 5 feet from Alex Pretti filed an affidavit depicting what she saw. She says he didn’t touch any of the officers and didn’t appear to be resisting. He was merely helping a woman who had been pepper-sprayed. She’s is terrified that ICE is looking for her.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
No words for this. Please share widely.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It was an execution.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
🚨“You’re gonna have to kill me!" Minneapolis protester SCREAMS as swarm of Border Patrol agents pin him to the ground. "I have done nothing at all! I am a United States citizen! You're gonna kill me! That's what you want! You want to kill me on this street!" LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 22/01/2026
Why are we acting surprised?
Dozens of allegations. 34 convictions. No respect for the Constitution.
And we’re supposed to believe January 6th was a bridge too far??
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Every Democratic leader in the country needs to be loudly denouncing what is happening in Minnesota. Restore order, rule of law, withdraw. Silence is complicity and our party leaders need to make clear they stand.
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Aram Shabanian @aramshabanian.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
My full statement on Trump’s unconstitutional military operations in Venezuela:
Trump promised peace, but has delivered war. For months, the Trump administration has escalated conflict in Venezuela with unconstitutional and illegal strikes, and lied to the American people. Now, Trump has committed the United States to running another country for the foreseeable future while Americans foot the bill for regime change. 
Today, Trump finally said the quiet part out loud. The justification for this war isn’t about stemming the flow of drugs. This is about regime change. This is about enriching oil corporations and billionaires. Congress must immediately assert its constitutional authority over American military action—the same authority Trump’s own chief of staff said he needs.
This is the worst kind of betrayal from Trump. He committed the United States to an uncertain role in South America with an indeterminate timeline. As Trump’s influence over the country and the world wanes, he is ready and willing to endanger Americans and abandon the Constitution as a last-ditch effort to hold on to power and relevancy.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Please make sure every military member you know knows this.
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 18/12/2025
The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”… BULLSHIT. @repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition. This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The implications of this are greater than anyone realizes—and one of the reasons the third book of Proof of Devilry is not out yet. One of the major intelligence operations Epstein was working on was importing young models from abroad to place them with rich men for an unclear intelligence purpose.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/11/2025
This should alarm everyone. On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.” It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025. THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
This is amazing!!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Seems like a reasonable request
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Caroline Stout @babybluetx.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Hi, I'm Caroline, and I used to work for Charlie Kirk and TPUSA. Over the past several years, I've grappled with how to reconcile my past political involvement with the state of politics now, but with the direction of U.S. politics, I truly cannot stay silent.
babybluetx.substack.com
I Thought I Belonged. Then I Realized What I Was Part Of.
Why I left the conservative movement--and why you can too.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.” @nytimes.com #OKgov www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2025
Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data. We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district. Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight. But consider this... Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending. Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2025
This is the moment Republicans have been dreaming about…🤢
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
When you see how excited Trump, Russ Vought, and Republicans are about the government shutdown, it becomes pretty obvious the reason why they refused to negotiate a compromise with Democrats is because they wanted this and they completely own this, regardless of their lies.
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