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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15/12/2025
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago. His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship." He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 15/12/2025
Federal law requires the government’s files to be released by Dec. 19.
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Epstein Files May Finally Come Out This Week—But Could Be Missing Details On High-Profile Friends
Federal law requires the government’s files to be released by Dec. 19.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Piers Morgan slams his friend Donald Trump over his vile post about Rob Reiner: “That just crossed every line of basic human decency… This is just unacceptable — when people get murdered, you just show basic respect.”
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 16/12/2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall “just below the threshold of war,” the head of Britain’s MI6 spy agency said Monday. to.pbs.org/4qf9s2c
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UK spy chief says Putin is dragging out peace talks and wants to subjugate Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall “just below the threshold of war,” the head of Britain’s MI6 spy age...
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Hey Jake Tapper, fodder for your next book!👇
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Boom! Almost 5,000 sent--help us get there here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Block Trump's acceptance of a bribe from Qatar
Contact Congress today!
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
🚨🚨🚨Sneaky little bastards Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the GOP’s multitrillion-dollar budget bill is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing the government to obey its rulings: the power to enforce contempt findings. www.yahoo.com/news/trump-c...
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Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers
Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the multitrillion-dollar budget bill making its way through the Republican-controlled U.S. House is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing...
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Ms. M @msmalarkey24.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Bret momentarily stupefied as Trump admits his tariff “deal” helped China. 🫠
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God @thegodshow.com · 17/05/2025
Thou shalt not claim to be a Christian whilst planning a reality show where you torture immigrants.
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I Can’t Be Silent About This
How dare they call themselves followers of Jesus?
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
GAO is what DOGE wishes it could be. It’s good to see it pushing back.
A better Shiba Inu logo. Glowing eyes.
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I assume the courts will take this into consideration that the entire administration is acting in bad faith and respond accordingly.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/05/2025
The same day Moody’s downgraded the U.S. credit rating, citing rising debt & exploding deficits, Republicans tried to ram through permanent tax cuts for billionaires, which would add $trillions more to the deficit. 📌 All 3 major agencies now rank us below top tier. The GOP’s answer: make it worse.
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The House Republicans spending bill is Robin Hood in reverse. It smashes provisions like Medicaid and food assistance for poor Americans to give tax cuts to the already wealthy and big corporations.
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The House Republicans' Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich
The House Republican budget plan would eviscerate Medicaid and food assistance and shift resources toward the wealthiest Americans.
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
For years, the right-wing outrage was that Obama's Iran deal didn't address their ballistic missile program or state sponsorship of terrorism. Those both seem to be off the table entirely for Trump. Functionally, Trump's main "victory" is set to be that Obama's name isn't on it anymore.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
“.. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon had previously .. stopped short of confirming that Walmart would join” other retailers with price hikes. “He changed his tune on Thursday.” @barrons.com $WMT www.barrons.com/articles/wal...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
PRO PUBLICA: “IT IS CORRUPTION.” Trump officials were leaning on African countries to get Elon Musk’s Starlink approved, threatening to cut off 🇺🇸 funding to programs in their countries if they didn’t. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life. Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
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Michele/Meidas Fan @michelemanziano.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15/05/2025
The Constitution doesn't explicitly mention emergency powers, but many scholars argue it's implied by the structure of the executive branch (and courts have generally been willing to consent to this). But what happens when a president declares *everything* an emergency?
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How Trump’s “Emergency” Powers Could Become Permanent
The president is declaring emergencies on everything from an “invasion” of immigrants to a mythical shortage of fossil fuel production. But it’s all just a ploy for him to act like a Roman emperor.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I’m reliably told this is cutting edge research with lots of commercial and defense applications that no one in their right mind would shutter.
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Babe56💙 @babe56.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
That's what they do...republicons destroy everything they put their evil fingers on.
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marshalynn.bsky.social @marshalynn.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Oh my…who could everrrrr have expected this? Answer: anyone with a brain!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/05/2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi sold $1 million to $5 million worth of shares in President Trump’s media company last month on the same day that he announced expansive tariffs that led to a stock market rout, according to disclosure filings.
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Bondi Sold Millions in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Imposed Vast Tariffs
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Jim Samuel @jimsamuel.com · 15/05/2025
This is the best explanation I have read of why Pete Rose should not have been reinstated and should not go into the Hall of Fame.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/05/2025
When that second intelligence memo came out that said Tren de Aragua was not a proxy for the Venezuelan government, I was certain someone was going to lose their job. Sure enough.
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
It's not just Trump cashing in on the presidency—members of his corrupt cabinet are too. This is what happens when an administration is ran by and for the wealthy: higher costs for us while the rich get richer.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Who else thinks that when all is said and done DOGE will end up having cost us more than it saves? Of course they'll do their best to hide this from us, but eventually we'll know.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/04/2025
If Trump’s talking—he’s lying‼️ China’s President Xi is not talking to Trump, and there is no tariff deal. Expecting China to quickly fold was a huge miscalculation by Trump and he’s trying to cover it up. China is in this for the long haul and Trump is negotiating with himself.
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Excellent: “Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States — not the President — with the authority to regulate federal elections,” writes Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, overturning two provisions of the executive order on elections Trump signed last month. /1
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Trump’s executive order on elections is partly blocked
The president had asserted authority to regulate voting that the Constitution grants explicitly to Congress and the states. Said the court: “Executive regulatory authority over federal elections does ...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 24/04/2025
A Trump-appointed federal judge orders the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a Venezuelan man who was deported to El Salvador last month.
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Trump-appointed judge orders return of Venezuelan migrant deported to El Salvador
A judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration must facilitate the return of a 20-year-old migrant, who was deported last month, because his removal violated a class action lawsuit settled last year.
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marshalynn.bsky.social @marshalynn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Buy Levis!
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
where we are in 2025: major universities seeking a mutual-protection treaty against the U.S. president
Big Ten university faculties push for defense compact against Trump
The proposed NATO-like alliance for the 18 schools would allow them to share resources in case the president targets one of their members.
Today at 7:00 a.m. ET
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
“Radical left communist judges” amirite
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CNN @cnn.com · 24/04/2025
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan asylum seeker deported to El Salvador, ruling the removal violated a court settlement protecting some young migrants with pending asylum claims.
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Maryland judge orders return of Venezuelan asylum seeker deported to El Salvador | CNN Politics
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan asylum seeker deported to El Salvador, ruling the removal violated a court settlem...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Trump says the U.S. and China are 'actively' discussing tariffs. Beijing says that's false. www.nbcnews.com/news/world/t...
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Trump says the U.S. and China are 'actively' discussing tariffs. Beijing says that's false.
Global concern is growing amid a U.S.-China standoff over high tariff levels that amount to a mutual trade embargo between the world’s two largest economies.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Nearly half of people currently detained by ICE/CBP have no criminal charges, yet some are being held in conditions that would be unacceptable in high-security prisons. Admin has eliminated oversight bodies ensured health/safety requirements are met www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Immigrants forced to sleep on floors at overwhelmed ICE detention centers
Some immigrant detention centers across the country are over capacity. The administration has asked for emergency contracts to add more facilities.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
“‘Pretty soon, within the next couple of weeks, everything regarding IT and cyber at the department will start to operationally reach a point of no return,’ one source, who was part of a team that managed these systems at HHS for a decade before being part of the RIF, alleges to WIRED.”
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Quickwitter @quickwitter.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This is a list of amended tariff rates using the same calculation that the White House used, but without the mathematical error. It's from AEI which is a conservative-leaning think tank that claims they do not back political figures. Full article and explantion: www.aei.org/economics/pr...
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Cari Mangione @notbroken.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Trump is tanking the economy so the rich (including foreign oligarchs) can buy companies, land, data rights more cheaply. The fact that doing so will wreak havoc on 99% of American workers, children, and seniors is acceptable collateral damage in that plan.
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Walter MOONdale @dabenner.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Correct
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The Lever @levernews.com · 04/04/2025
🚨NEWS: After a supermajority of Florida voters passed a minimum wage ballot measure, Republican lawmakers are now trying to gut the measure in an attempt to let employers underpay subminimum-wage workers — including children. www.levernews.com/florida-repu...
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Florida Republicans Seek To Gut Wildly Popular Minimum Wage Law
Sunshine State voters overwhelmingly voted to approve a new $15 minimum wage, but Republican lawmakers are now trying to carve out exceptions.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 04/04/2025
Watch: Tesla’s global EV deliveries fell 13% last quarter. WSJ’s Aaron Zitner explains how Elon Musk’s endorsement of President Trump may have changed the brand.
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How the Trump-Musk Alliance Is Hitting Tesla’s Bottom Line
As the anti-Tesla campaign gains momentum and the brand suffers repeated attacks across the globe, WSJ’s Aaron Zitner looks at the fallout from President Trump and Elon Musk’s alliance.
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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 04/04/2025
As President Donald Trump takes drastic steps to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, disability advocates are worried about whether the agency can carry out its responsibilities to serve students with disabilities, reports Shauneen Miranda.
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'Really scared': Parents of kids with disabilities confront Education Department chaos • West Virginia Watch
Disability advocates are worried about if the Department of Education can carry out its responsibilities to serve students with disabilities.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 04/04/2025
The Trump administration launched a sweeping tariff strategy targeting countries with which the U.S. runs trade deficits. Some economists say the White House's formula lacks credibility and does not reflect actual trade practices. Watch the full video: cnb.cx/4hYGSxd
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/04/2025
In the ten days since Rümeysa Öztürk was detained by US ICE agents, her lawyers say their client has had three asthma attacks. During that time, ICE has not provided the detained student her inhaler, per her lawyers and three US Senators, or other medication required by law.
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ICE is reportedly violating detained Tufts student’s right to medical care
Democrats say that Rümeysa Öztürk's inhaler has been withheld and she has had repeated asthma attacks.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/04/2025
A Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky, killed at least 14 people on Friday, officials said. It was the latest in a series of Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities that have caused significant civilian casualties despite ongoing cease-fire talks.
nytimes.com
At Least 14 Dead in Russian Strike on Zelensky’s Hometown, Ukraine Says
The missile strike was the latest in a series of Russian attacks on urban centers that have caused significant civilian casualties despite ongoing cease-fire talks.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/04/2025
A trip to the grocery or liquor store is about to become even more expensive, economists say. From seafood to olive oil, these items will likely cost more under President Trump's tariffs.
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Higher prices are likely for these 10 grocery items when tariffs hit
A trip to the grocery or liquor store is about to become even more expensive, economists say. From seafood to olive oil, these items will likely cost more under President Trump's tariffs.
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