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Trump forced out more than 8,000 Social Security staffers -- and claims that customer service is 'better than ever.' Senator Patty Murray talked with people outside the Social Security office in Seattle to see if that's true. WATCH HERE::: #socialsecurity #SSA @murray.senate.gov @democrats.org

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 57m

First term flashback.

Ivanka Trump in a white blouse with ruffled arms and a white skirt, holding a can of goya black beans like she is a spokesmodel.

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Bryan Behar @bryanbehar.bsky.social · 12h

Is there anything more MAGA than the smug arrogance of someone who’s dead wrong but doesn’t realize it yet?

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 10/08/2026

A US ambassador's job is to protect & defend the citizens & interests of the United States. US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has failed to do so. As violence consumes the West Bank & extremists call for a Greater Israel, he's become a mouthpiece for the Israeli govt. He should resign.

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Henry Berman @be-henry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

De.Ice.Action network was out in front of Boston's Museum of Science today to discourage local company Boston Dynamics from selling their robot dogs to ICE. @de-ice.bsky.social #bostondynamics #noice #standup #protest

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 6h

Mike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 5h

Elon Musk's America PAC just reported exercising another $1.9 million of free speech on Sept. 29 regarding elections in 10 different states (only one of which contains his legal residence). docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 7h

Nearly all Republican senators voted no (to block it), with the exception of Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) who voted in favor. They were joined by lone Democratic Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), who also voted against the measure.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 7h

U.S. Senate voted 47–51 on Sept. 29, 2026, to block a Democratic-led resolution from Senator Chris Van Hollen that would have required a State Dept report on human rights & violence in the West Bank. Voted Against/To Block the Resolution: Nearly all Republican senators voted no (to block it)…

politico.com

Republicans sink measure to spotlight Israeli violence in the West Bank

The overwhelming Democratic support for the resolution highlights the party’s increasing frustration with Israel’s government.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 5h

Yesterday, Trump’s America dot gov site answered factual questions like “who won the 2020 election” accurately. Today, it no longer does.

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Yesterday, asked about its chatbot's many debunkings of Trump, the White House said it "will continue to be updated to provide more features, resources, and the most accurate information from the federal government."
Today...lots of accurate answers have been simply forbidden, with the chatbot framing information like who won the 2020 election as forbidden "political commentary." x.com/ddale8/status/...

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Yesterday: Trump administration chatbot says it's not true that Trump inherited the worst inflation in history.
Today: Says it can't answer such questions...

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 5h

It was 100° in Arvin CA when this photo was taken. "Antonio" shares, "We are sorting the grapes, putting them into plastic bags and packing them into boxes weighing around 25 pounds." #WeFeedYou

The station where from workers sort and box and bag grapes

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

ICYMI, yesterday I was on CNN's Amanpour. In a lengthy discussion, we covered rising ICE enforcement nationwide, debunking Vance's claim that ICE was "prioritizing violent criminals," the stripping of legal services for migrant children, and even myths about noncitizen voting. Check it out!

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‘ICE is not prioritizing people with violent offenses’: Immigration expert on ICE arrests surge | CNN

As ICE arrest numbers surge quietly across the US, Bianna Golodryge speaks to Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council Aaron Reichlin-Melnick about what is driving the policy and the legality...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

Yesterday @politico.com was out with a story giving some context into the weird situation with TPS for El Salvador, which everyone expected to be terminated but is now in an unprecedented and indefinite limbo. Surprisingly, it was the White House that intervened. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

politico.com

White House pumped brakes on TPS termination for 200,000 Salvadorans

DHS was set to end temporary protected status for El Salvador before the White House stepped in.

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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What happens after graduation for students of D.C.’s schools? What about students who don’t graduate? The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education and the Office of Education Through Employment Pathways (ETEP) launched a dashboard that offers a first of its kind look into those questions.

washingtonsun.com

New Database Tracks the Education Outcomes of D.C. Students

The dashboard tracks wage, career, higher education and equity information for former students of D.C. schools.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 6h

These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026

The pattern dates back to the onset of the ICE surge. Last October, before new signage was installed reminding both feds and cops of the ban on using city property for immigration enforcement, federal vehicles were seen exiting another police parking lot in the 24th District:

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ICE agents in CPD's 24th district lot on October 9, 2025

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026

After elected officials joined community members in protest over the 17th District incidents, ICE still returned. A witness sent us a photo they captured of masked agents yet again using police property for their operations on Sept 10 in Logan Square:

a black chevy tahoe with its door open behind a fence. a man in a baseball cap and a hoodie walks beside it to another black SUV

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026

Witnesses then again recorded ICE agents in 17th District parking lots on Sept 2 and 3. According to a report to Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) we obtained, the family of one detained man was able to track his phone to the 17th District lot on Sept 3:

chicago.suntimes.com

Northwest Side residents blast use of Chicago police lot for ICE operations

At an Albany Park Police District council meeting Saturday, residents called on the Chicago Police Department to “end the collaboration” with federal immigration agents.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026

Videos provided by witnesses show ICE agents transferring immigrant detainees between cars in Chicago police parking lots at least twice this summer: on July 5 in the 11th District, and on Aug 28 in the 25th District. The Aug 28 transfer was also captured by CPD's own surveillance camera:

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ICE agents transfer detainee between vehicles in CPD's 25th District parking lot on August 28, 2026

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026

We spoke with that observer, who said ICE agents held her for hours. By the time they released her, her car had been towed. She also said she saw Chicago cops glad-handing with ICE. Hard to confirm, as the surveillance video file we obtained via FOIA request is missing nearly two hours of footage.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026

New: We obtained witness videos and surveillance footage showing ICE parking their cars, arresting an observer, and transferring detainees in parking lots across 4 of Chicago's police districts. Local officials have tried banning ICE from city property. But incidents in the lots keep stacking up:

unraveledpress.com

In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations

Videos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026

In one violent incident on August 1, immigration agents in CPD's 25th District station lot boxed in an ICE observer, ripped her from her car and moved her to one of their SUVs to detain her. We asked for security footage from that morning. It shows ICE agents in full view of local police:

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ICE agents box in and detain observer in CPD's 25th District parking lot on August 1, 2026

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h

Trump is going to try to normalize the deployment of armed federal agents at and around the polls. Let us be clear: this is completely abnormal. “The risk here is that they are going to try to wage a campaign of fear,” Marc Elias says. This isn’t over. Stay close: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt says There's no mention that Schmitt had all his facts wrong

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Klobuchar: “For a US senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team … and imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you a dirtbag, is something that deserves an apology.”

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h

Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...

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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault

Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 22h

If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h

Bc the last 30 seconds of this are the best, reminder that @amyklobuchar.com's dad was a sports journalist, which may explain her utter contempt for Schmitt mistaking the Hawks and Hawkeyes.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

Again, gas prices spiked in 2022-23 because Russia invaded Ukraine which caused a major disruption in global supply. Then they came down. Biden didn’t cause it. Gas prices rose in 2026 due solely to the stupidity of Trump who started a war in the Middle East.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19h

The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. (Published March)

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Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump

Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...

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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Trump Administration is trying to gut the Endangered Species Act - one of the most critical tools we have to protect our environment. We're in court to protect the endangered species that call Massachusetts home.

Brown text on a yellow background reads "reposting because i care about the piping plover" with photos of a fluffy white bird.

brown text on a blue background reads "reposting because i care about whales" with photos of whales.

cream text on a green background reads "reposting because i care about the leatherback sea turtle" with photos of sea turtles

cream text on a blue background with text that reads "reposting because i care about the shortnose sturgeon" with photos of the shortnose sturgeon

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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My life is what's possible when government works: I grew up on SNAP, in public housing and studied at Boston Public Schools. So, when I sued Trump for weaponizing SNAP benefits against our immigrant community, it was personal. You deserve government that delivers for everyone without discrimination.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/09/2026

DoorDash has remained shamefully silent about ICE violence against its drivers — even as one of those drivers, Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, sits in ICE detention with a bullet in his back and in desperate need of medical treatment.

(around a photo of Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez) DOORDASH IS ABANDONING ITS DRIVERS

JUSTICE FOR WILBER RAFAEL GARCES PÉREZ

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/09/2026

Conservatives are pissed at Sarah Huckabee Sanders for choosing a young white man to portray welfare recipients. trib.al/WfBh0ib

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MAGA Furious Over Republican Ad Featuring White Man as Face of Welfare

Conservatives are pissed at Sarah Huckabee Sanders for choosing a young white man to portray welfare recipients.

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 29/09/2026

UPDATE: ICE says it bought four robot dogs for $1.3 million in part for cross-border tunnel operations. It also says the robots will help tactical teams, listen for movement inside buildings, and look on top of closets and bunk beds.

projectsaltbox.com

ICE buys $1.3 million in robot dogs from Connecticut company

The agency bought the robots without seeking competing bids, and chose a version built to detect chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Democrats don't have any income" is an insane statement, but it's also an admission that he sees the money collected by the United States government as his personal piggy bank, to be raided as he sees fit.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is what Congress is doing instead of regulating AI or giving us healthcare.

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𝗕𝗮𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀🇮🇲 @bagofsweets.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s been taken down already. 😆

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Senator Darline Graham, sister of the late Lindsey Graham, is up. www.c-span.org/event/senate...

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chuckdenicolo.bsky.social @chuckdenicolo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"This is just the latest in a 45-year-long Republican scam where they break something in America, blame it on the Democrats, and then run for election on a promise to fix what they broke." Hopefully enough voters have realized the scam and will now vote in high enough numbers to change it.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The fatal mistake that just blew up a decades-old Republican strategy #AlterNet

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The fatal mistake that just blew up a decades-old Republican strategy

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

wisn.com

Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 29/09/2026

You will be able to set your watch by the frequency with which Musk sets his minions on people during this case, using their usual tactics of death threats and doxxing. And media will cover none of it.

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“We’re exhausted. Many new fires are appearing,” said Hartarto, as his fire truck hummed in the background. “The impact is worse than what I could have imagined.” Our imaginations will be tested.

bloomberg.com

Indonesia’s Worst Fire Season in Years Tests Prabowo Budget Cuts

Toxic haze continues to spread across Singapore and Malaysia, as a blockbuster El Niño and land-clearing practices create tinderbox conditions

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Mamdani in response to Kimmel asking him to send Trump a selfie of the two of them: "I love you, but I love housing more"

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