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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Super important story by @crampell.bsky.social at @thebulwark.com about the Trump administration's misuse of personal information:
open.substack.com
Trump’s Chilling Weaponization of Confidential Government Records
Remind me—who else in history made lists of Jewish intellectuals and people with disabilities?
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Mortality rates: Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000 Penicillin 2/100K Viagra 4/100K Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K) More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23/07/2025
US attorney general told Trump that his name is among many in the Epstein files, WSJ reports reut.rs/3GPrqHt
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US attorney general told Trump that his name is among many in the Epstein files, WSJ reports
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy told President Donald Trump during a meeting in May that his name was in the Epstein files, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing senior administration officials.
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Mark Ebenhöch aka INGLORIOUS BASTARD @realmarkebenhoch.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Obama who? EPSTEIN FILES! 🤣🤣
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Via ABC News's Rachel Scott, let's never forget for a minute what a classless scumbag the President is. x.com/rachelvscott...

Rachel Scott
@rachelvscott
On Minnesota - I asked the president about the assassination and whether he plans to call the state's democratic governor 
@Tim_Walz
 

"Well, it's a terrible thing. I think he's a terrible governor. I think he's a grossly incompetent person. But I may, I may call him, I may call other people too," the president said.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/06/2025
A man impersonating a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said on Saturday, and killed the lawmaker’s husband. The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife, officials said. nyti.ms/4jRTrvw
A black card with white text that reads: "Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of ‘Targeted Political Violence’ A person pretending to be a police officer assassinated Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state representative, Gov. Tim Walz said, and killed her husband. The gunman also targeted a state senator and his wife in 
a separate shooting. June 14, 2025"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/06/2025
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The Wall Street Journal Roasts ‘Starry-Eyed’ Trump for Being ‘the Only Person in the World Still Surprised’ by Putin www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
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The Wall Street Journal Roasts ‘Starry-Eyed’ Trump for Being ‘the Only Person in the World Still Surprised’ by Putin
The Wall Street Journal roasted President Donald Trump for being "the only person in the world still surprised" by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Remember when Republicans fought central planning? Now they’re applauding a president who tells Apple where to produce and Harvard who to hire. They've trading in limited government for micromanagement, freedom for fealty, and market forces for Mar-A-Lago favors.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/05/2025
This is completely false and not From Liz or me.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
This is Day 24. Still 0 deals.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/05/2025
HUNT: Is Rubio still working on the Abrego Garcia case? TAMMY BRUCE: I'm not going to speak to his work in detail HUNT: You're the spokesperson for the State Department!
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
(AXIOS) - The Senate on Wednesday killed a resolution that would have effectively reversed President Trump's 10% tariffs on all imported goods, with just three Republicans joining with Democrats in support of the measure. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/04/30/s...
axios.com
Senate GOP leaders succeed in protecting Trump tariffs
It comes the same day the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter — the first contraction in three years.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The Secretary of Agriculture announced yesterday that the Admin is about to ask Congress for hundreds of billions to bail out farmers because of Trump’s tariffs.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The arrest of Judge Duggan reeks of desperation. They've had a really bad few weeks. Trump's poll numbers have plummeted. Putin & Xi are mocking him. Defiance in the US is growing. The economy is getting worse. They keep getting routed in court. Anything, anything to keep the focus on "illegals."
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ACLU @aclu.org · 25/04/2025
The Constitution is clear: The president has no right to unilaterally change federal election rules.
motherjones.com
A federal court just blocked key parts of Trump’s anti-voting executive order
The states and Congress, not Trump, have the power to regulate federal elections.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
No lies detected 🤖
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Elon backtracked on DOGE savings goals from $1 trillion to $150 billion. But watchdogs report only $12.6 billion in verifiable savings. That represents just 0.173% of the U.S. federal budget for 2025. We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
If you hear about a citizen of another nation being kidnapped without due process and held hostage in a foreign prison and think, “I’m an American citizen, this is not my problem,” you are missing the reality of what these fascists intend.
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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
We just crossed the penultimate red line. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-is-jo...
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Trump Just Defied the Supreme Court. What Is John Roberts Going to Do About It?
Is he scared, deluded, or clever?
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
This is a lie. Here's how Mr. Abrego gets back. 1. Bukele releases him from CECOT. 2. The US gives him humanitarian parole as part of the court order requiring them to facilitate his return. 3. His family buys him a plane ticket. 4. He flies home. THIS ISN'T HARD.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
We are at a dangerous, dangerous moment in US history, where the President of the United States is threatening to send US citizens to be imprisoned by a foreign ally, and the foreign ally is saying it won't respect an US court orders to release people that it's holding.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
So, if I understand correctly, the President of the United States is saying that the Supreme Court of the United States consists of nine “sick people,” including three whom he appointed. apple.news/AMHDqIFcpRxi...
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michaelwhuff.bsky.social @michaelwhuff.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
To republican members of Congress (and other Republicans): you realize this includes you, right? “Trump is claiming the power to ignore…the U.S. Constitution, declare someone a criminal, kidnap them, send them to a third country, and claim that there is no way to get [them] back.”
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Bren @kindofnerdy.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
@aoc.bsky.social to Utah residents: "It doesn't have to be like this anymore...We can make a new world, a better world, a better country where we can fight for the dignity of ALL people." This event drew 20,000 people!....Something's happening, guys. Change is in the air.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/04/2025
COLLINS: You said that if SCOTUS said someone needed to be returned you would abide by that. You said that on Air Force One just a few days ago TRUMP: Why don't you just say, 'isn't it wonderful that we're keeping criminals out of our country?' That's why nobody watches you anymore.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
There’s a video circulating on social media that Trump raised the minimum wage to $25 an hour. 1. That’s a lie 2. Trump can’t do that 3. Trump wouldn’t do that even if could 4. Trump actually just *cut* contractor minimum wage.
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Patricia Zengerle 🎃 @reuterszengerle.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Trump is defying court orders … and we are seeing there is nothing to stop him
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14/04/2025
Breaking news: Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said Monday that he did not plan to return Kilmar Abrego García to the United States, the man at the center of an ongoing court battle after the U.S. government wrongly deported him to El Salvador.
washingtonpost.com
Live updates: Salvadoran president says he won’t return wrongly deported man to U.S.
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
JUST NOW: Trump + the president of El Salvador each say there is nothing they can/will do to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia They claim he’s a “terrorist” & “gang member” without evidence or criminal record The Supreme Court’s ruling to “facilitate” his return will be ignored
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/04/2025
I’m grateful @governor.pa.gov and his family are safe after a terrible attack — which was particularly horrific for a Jewish family on the first night of Passover. Hate and violence have no place in our country.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Trump surrenders again.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/04/2025
The dream is dead
Headline about iPhones being exempted from tariffs
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/04/2025
Federal workers: We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your confidentiality extremely seriously. To collect tips, we use encrypted forms and apps, so messages cannot be read by anybody other than you and ProPublica. ➡️ Reach out here: propublica.org/tips
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How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
You know how much you love it when companies build Byzantine phone systems to keep you from accessing a live person or getting real help for your particular issues? That is the system DOGE is creating for your Social Security benefits. www.forbes.com/sites/teresa...
forbes.com
Social Security Is Breaking Down— Millions Will Feel It First
Trump and DOGE have not cut or delayed Social Security checks—yet. The Social Security Administration does not miss checks. In 80 years, it never missed payment
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
A really powerful WWII era "don't be a sucker" piece, that explains how authoritarians have to separate and destroy groups of people so they can take power. I don't usually watch anything this long (22 min) but couldn't stop watching once I started this.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🤔👇🏽
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NPR @npr.org · 20/03/2025
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Murphy resigned from the Department of Justice, telling NPR, 'It just was not a Department of Justice that I any longer wanted to associate with.'"
npr.org
Why a DOJ prosecutor resigned, telling coworkers and bosses 'you serve no man'
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Murphy resigned from the Department of Justice, telling NPR, 'It just was not a Department of Justice that I any longer wanted to associate with.'"
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
What does it say about a regime that wants a population that is less educated, less informed, less free to say what they think, more riven by fear and insecurity? It tells me it’s a regime that cannot count on the peoples’ trust and will not last.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
At Republican Congressman Mike Flood's town hall last night in Nebraska, the crowd broke out in chants of "tax the rich." They're right. Here's why.
youtube.com
12 Myths About Taxing the Rich | Robert Reich
Robert Reich debunks 12 misconceptions about tax policy in America. Watch More: Do Corporate Tax Cuts Actually Help Americans? ►► https://youtu.be/srJZHQHHT8g Citations: http://bit.ly/12mythscitations
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 19/03/2025
Earlier this month, Elon Musk suggested Amtrak be privatized.
huffpost.com
Amtrak CEO Steps Down To Keep Trump’s ‘Confidence’ In Agency
Earlier this month, Elon Musk suggested Amtrak be privatized.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Musk staffers are joking about how upcoming Social Security changes will restrict access by requiring in-person visits while simultaneously shutting down offices. They are touting the cost savings from limiting access.
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
NEW: The FDA largely protected food inspectors from staff cuts. But the credit card freeze in food science labs, the axing of a key food safety committee and funding cuts to state inspectors all limit efforts to keep food safe: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/h...
nytimes.com
Food Safety Jeopardized by Onslaught of Funding and Staff Cuts (Gift Article)
The Trump administration halted some food testing and shut down a committee studying bacteria in infant formula. Earlier funding cutbacks under the Biden administration now threaten state labs and ins...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
He said he’d do it in Project 2025: President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday to close the Department of Education, fulfilling a years-long pledge to dismantle the federal agency, the White House confirmed. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
nbcnews.com
Trump set to sign executive order shuttering the Department of Education
The president campaigned extensively on a promise to dismantle the department and appointed an education secretary keen to carry out the task.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 19/03/2025
The protests on Columbia’s campus should not be used to justify restricting one of the most vital U.S. freedoms and the essence of the country’s culture of excellence in higher education: free speech, columnist Howard W. French argues.
foreignpolicy.com
Trump’s War on Universities Is More Dangerous Than You Think
What his attack on Columbia means for America’s entire democratic system.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Email sent to FDA staff informs that agency leadership canceled the agency's LexisNexis subscription, even though staff need this tool to research legal and regulatory information as part of their jobs. I'm reproducing the text of the email here:
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
politico.com
Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says
Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.
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