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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/07/2026
But it’s all nonsense. Researchers have documented hundreds of thousands of deaths. A USAID whistleblower revealed that the agency itself projected that the cuts would unleash immense human suffering. trib.al/iornXLs
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 18/07/2026
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
More war crimes: In its fourth strike on water infrastructure, the US has destroyed two water tanks in Sirik, Iran, completely cutting off water distribution in all villages of the Bemani district and the city of Kohstak, the Hormozgan Water and Sanitation Authority says.
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 17/07/2026
Lawmakers demanded answers about Homeland Security’s vetting and training of immigration enforcement agents after it was disclosed that the ICE officer involved in a deadly shooting this week in Maine had a history of mental health issues and violent behavior.
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Lawmakers demand answers after ‘bombshell’ report of ICE officer shooting in Maine
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Total woke cultural victory. We're bringing pronouns back. It is now illegal to be a white male. We're doing May Day parades just for HR ladies.
Nolan's Odyssey getting good reviews from critics and audiences per Rotten Tomatoes.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
AP: “A history of terrifying & violent behavior… attacked multiple women… threw boiling water at his ex wife while she was holding her child…” The MAINE killer ICE agent is more proof ICE is hiring the worst of the worst and giving them badges & guns. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/07/2026
A White House teleprompter operator used his position to win around $100,000 by placing bets on the prediction market Kalshi about what President Trump would say in his speeches, the company said on Thursday. nyti.ms/4w7ZDWT
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/07/2026
"What the federal government has been doing to people assumed to be immigrants is different from normal police brutality. It is a targeted campaign. We are witnessing, for the first time since Jim Crow, American death squads."
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America’s Death Squads Are Real
Sometimes you can’t see the world clearly from the inside.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 16/07/2026
“Heartstopper” stands out as a new series centering queer joy instead of trauma. New research shows how “#Heartstopper” is helping LGBTQ+ fans imagine brighter futures while building real-world connections. theconversation.com/heartstopper...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Courtesy of Hegseth, everyone who goes to any beach in America with their families consents to sudden and unexpected low flyovers from military jets as part of your experience. Maybe the pilot will be getting testosterone injections. This is how your tax dollars are being spent.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 16/07/2026
Todd Blanche has been the lead obstructionist in the Epstein cover-up. He isn't here to serve the people — he's here to serve Trump. The American people and the survivors deserve better.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
What could go wrong?
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
CHINO IS MISSING IN BROOKLYN: last seen at Van Voorhees Playground (Columbia St/Atlantic Ave). He's 85 pounds and chipped: 982091069752224. If you've seen or found him please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT CHINO!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
New in PN: "Trump’s gaseous Greenland blather seems like a minor monstrosity next to his murderous bombing of Iran. But they’re part of the same phenomenon — a foreign policy driven by ego & inflamed colonial malice, in which US sees no allies, just territory to be won & glorious carnage to commit."
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Trump's renewed Greenland threats are why we have no allies
And our former friends won't trust us again anytime soon.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Everything he does is a grift. The most corrupt regime ever, with no close second. www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/u...
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Tom Rennie @thomasjrennie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It’s fair to say @tomrenniesoccer is not happy with Thomas Tuchel this morning. Subscribe now for the full 25 (TWENTY FIVE) minute rant on England’s World Cup elimination. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org:
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15/07/2026
Donald Trump keeps finding new ways to make money off the presidency. trib.al/aBKR4mO
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Foreign Company at Center of Trade Dispute Paid Trump Millions
Donald Trump keeps finding new ways to make money off the presidency.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Has there been a more pathetic and ineffective leader of the House Democrats in our lifetimes? I can't think of one.
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WIRED @wired.com · 14/07/2026
“If the government is going to use AI in formulating policy that affects us all, the public has a right to understand its impact,” says Dan McGrath, senior oversight counsel at Democracy Forward.
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DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How
In response to a public records request, HUD has withheld documents about DOGE’s use of AI—in part by citing a privilege that doesn’t exist.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Officers shooting a man, running away from law enforcement, who is not a target of law enforcement, and who poses no threat to law enforcement, is murder. Federal officers do not have the power to commit summary executions because they are aggrieved.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham was one of the worst. Decisions he made, the policies he supported, the rhetoric he spewed helped degrade American democracy and hurt regular people. Graham dedicated his life to serving the rich and powerful and preserving social hierarchies.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12/07/2026
Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
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The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/07/2026
Stephen Miller is outraged over birthright citizenship. His arguments are nonsense | Sidney Blumenthal
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Stephen Miller is outraged over birthright citizenship. His arguments are nonsense | Sidney Blumenthal
Trump’s immigration architect calls the supreme court’s decision ‘outrageous’ as he pushes for policy rooted in genetics, not law
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
When Lindsey Graham appears in a history book, it'll be his prediction in 2016 that the Republican Party would be destroyed for supporting Donald Trump and then a few lines about how he proved it by becoming Trump's toady. That's pretty much it. That's his legacy. Pathetic lickspittle.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
It really is wild, sad, bizarre, predictable. Not only is it not believable. It's no overstatement to say that when ICE says guy tried to run us over, tried to attack, threatened to shoot ... that's ICE for 'hey, our guys were pumped up and they shot the guy.'
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
ICE shot and killed a man in Houston with no criminal record who was not even their target. They pushed him off the road. And now he is gone forever. ICE is a domestic terrorist organization. We need to abolish ICE now and stop Trump’s murderous thugs.
The New York Times: Man Killed by Federal Agent in Houston Was Not the Target of ICE Search
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Betraying American law to help… Iran
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Look if you think it’s fine for Trump to corruptly get a red card revoked (or “suspended”) bc FIFA is already corrupt, maybe you understand the MAGA mindset better than you think. “All politicians are corrupt so it’s ok for Trump to be corrupt” is a very common maga rationalization
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Dear European friends: If you don’t like the FIFA decision and think Trump/FIFA/USA is corrupt my suggestion is to BOYCOTT AND DIVEST FROM THIS FUCKING COUNTRY like I’ve been freaking begging you to because of our multiple HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS!!
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 05/07/2026
There is a growing sense among Christian nationalists, says historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez, that Latter-day Saints’ voting muscle is no longer needed. The focus instead is increasingly turning to “who counts as Christian?” And for most evangelicals, “Mormons are not going to be in the fold.”
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Pete Hegseth’s spiritual adviser longs for a day when Latter-day Saints can’t hold office or possibly even vote
In the "ideal" world of Doug Wilson, who also is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's spiritual adviser, Latter-day Saints would not be allowed to hold office. Why? Because, in Wilson's view, they are not Christians.
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Jenny DeMilo @jennydemilo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Mental healthcare for me but not for thee
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Maybe she can press for low-income housing in the district.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Interesting detail - Fox & Friends is hosted by the regular weekday hosts this morning not the weekend cast. How would Fox News have enough time to ask the regular cast to come in? The show starts at 6AM but they are usually there hours earlier.
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Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is · 08/01/2026
A thread of ICE and CBP sex offenders and credibly accused sex pasts. Content-warning descriptions of abuse Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.
Ramon Marquez mug shotRamon Marquez in his CBP Honor Guard uniform
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
It’s a “fact” through the sheer Triumph of the Will.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/09/2025
Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump’s border chief, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later closed by Trump administration officials.
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Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash
Mr. Homan came under scrutiny after he was said to be recorded last year taking $50,000 in cash from undercover F.B.I. agents.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
When 97 percent of what's being written about a person is bad, it's very likely that 3 percent of those offering opinions are full of shit. Our president is an unfit fascist. And open speech without government restriction is an American birthright. Or was. Once. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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Trump: ‘It’s no longer free speech.’
The president doubled down on his claims that critical media coverage of him is "illegal."
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 20/09/2025
Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 20/09/2025
Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash. Pam Bondi knew. Kash Patel knew. Emil Bove knew. And they made the investigation go away. A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
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matthewchoberka.bsky.social @matthewchoberka.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
@el-p.bsky.social RTJ4 not on apple music now?
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NPR @npr.org · 09/08/2025
Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly with attorneys and are being held in dangerous conditions.
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A family's fishing trip ends with the dad at 'Alligator Alcatraz'. Here's their story
Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly with attorneys and are being held in dangerous conditions.
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matthewchoberka.bsky.social @matthewchoberka.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Demand that Utah Senate President Adams Resign! act.betterutah.org/sign/demand-...
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Demand that Utah Senate President Adams Resign!
We are calling on Utah Senate President Stuart Adams to resign from office. Last year, President Adams used his position of power to influence a backroom change in the law to benefit a family member w...
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.
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Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Because they have not studied or worked in authoritarian bureaucracy, most liberal reporters and pundits are significantly underplaying the catastrophic consequences of 100,000s more ICE agents and private contractors. Their failure to explain these provisions of the new budget is inexcusable.
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