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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Again, the red background here, priceless.
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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Schutz says he hasn’t had time to review my cases against Trump. He’s been running for AG for a year as of today. If he can’t find the time to even skim the cases that protected more than $7b in funds for our state, how are Minnesotans supposed to know what he’d do when Trump comes for our state?
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.
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Colin McMillen @mcmillen.dev · 01/10/2026
this is completely unhinged, even by Trump's standards.
Have you seen the videos of Mitch McConnell back in the Senate? Do you think he should resign because of his health condition?

It was a disappointment to a lot of Republicans. So that's just—well, Sleepy Joe gave pardons to everybody. He gave them to Fauci. He gave them to this. But you mean I'm not allowed to give them, but Sleepy Joe's allowed to give them? This ain't gonna be much of a story. Here we are doing this. You haven't asked me one fucking positive question. All of this. What about this? What about that? What about that? What about this? All negative. Why are you devoting all this time to the White House? You know how I do, I do that out of my back pocket. I pay for a lot of it, but I fix it because the White House should look like that. It shouldn’t look like—if you would have stood in that balcony and looked at that wall, half the wall was falling. It's actually dangerous. People are walking under, crap was falling off it all the time. Every time it rained, it was leaking, horrible. Now it's perfect, and I would say that I should be given credit for fixing the White House because I'm also doing very well with the war. I'm doing very well with another war that we already won, Venezuela. Do you notice you haven't asked me a question about Venezuela?

We did earlier.
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"we're going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity" is the new "other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bye!
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
texastribune.org
DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
Eventually we have to talk about the police themselves when discussing what’s happening.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2013: $380,000 Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2026: $14,600,000 He cashed in and sold out Michiganders.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
This month's @motherjones.com cover is astounding. Reposted with alt text:
Cover of the September-October issue of Mother Jones Magazine: a white background with the words "50 years of fearless journalism" in black print, centered above the name/logo of the magazine in large Bright Red. Below that in black, the words "the southern strategy — jim crow was dead and buried. Then came the Roberts court."

And then, framing those words, there are two sets of robes: to the left, the simple black robes of the Judicial Branch of the United States Government, as a Supreme Court Justice might wear; to the right, the white robes and hood of the KKK.

A white person's hand with cuff of business suit and shirt visible, reaches into the scene from the right, poised to grab the Klan robes.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When that day finally comes, don't you dare try to tell me you didn't know.
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Alexis Goldstein @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Fascism is capitalism’s most ferocious threat response, a way of making sure that the public anger that wells up during times of deep crisis is directed downward at the vulnerable rather than upward at the system.” 🎯 I’m *devouring* @astra.bsky.social & @naomiaklein.bsky.social’s newest book.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yumna Rizvi of the Center for Victims of Torture: “This administration wants to conflate this threat of immigration with terrorism, so wants to create this idea that the individuals at Camp 6 are so terrible and so horrific." Story via @msepic.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
mprnews.org
St. Paul man arrested in ICE surge sent to Guantanamo Bay
Adam Abdullah has no criminal record, but the government is holding him at a military prison set up for terrorism suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
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Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Happening now in TX: Voters in battleground Tarrant County are telling GOP local officials what they think of their plan to cut 30% of voting locations this year “Nothing you can do can stop us from removing you in November”
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“I don’t know how to do it,” one indigenous child said through a translator, referring to the asylum application that the immigration judge asked him to complete in English. “I don’t know if you can help me fill it out.” documentedny.com/2026/08/06/u...
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11 Years Old. In Immigration Court. Alone. No Lawyer.
More children than ever before are being forced to face immigration judges by themselves without legal representation, advocates say.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
ICE just arrested a 5-year-old on his way to a soccer game in Austin. His name is Liam, just like the little boy from Minnesota. He should be in kindergarten this week. Instead he's in a trailer prison in the desert. Release Liam. Release these kids. Close the Dilley children’s prison.
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Nathan Coulter @handle.invalid · 20/08/2026
Myers was the deciding vote when gun violence prevention failed in the House. He also told a colleague “It’s my job to know when to vote and when not to vote” to explain why he literally hid behind a pillar rather than vote on protecting MNans from ICE. #mnleg
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Aya @melangell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"I’m not talking because every time I talk, blood comes out of my mouth and makes my dress dirty, and I don’t want my mom to have to clean it” is the last thing Hind Rajab said to the paramedics before Israel shot the car she was in 355 times.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
From the standpoint of everyone else, you can work multiple jobs in this economy and still not be able to afford rent, groceries, or healthcare.
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This is absolutely insane, all of these undercover agents going into churches to surveil constitutionally protected speech. But it really says a lot about how they did all of this and found so little that violated the law. The administration was publicly shamed globally because of this resistance.
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daviss @daviss.org · 14/08/2026
Along with surveillance of people with Anti ICE signs in Loring Park, court documents describe months of undercover agents attending events in Minneapolis (shown as described by the government):
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13/08/2026
These are the actions of an authoritarian state. Instead of investigating the agent who killed Alex Pretti, Trump's DHS conducted sweeping surveillance of Minnesota organizations that were peacefully standing up to this Administration's lawlessness. Despicable.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is f’ing heartbreaking 💔
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Carol D @carol-sompls.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Tell Angie...
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Maisie Williams as Arya Stark: The North Remembers
ALT: Maisie Williams as Arya Stark: The North Remembers
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Your voice and your vote matter. Make a plan to vote or return your ballot by 8 PM today when polls close. You can find your polling location here: MNVotes.org
Vote today by 8PM
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
ICE detain teenage U.S. citizen woman for hours-say her legal documents are "fake." Goons then took her 2 minor sisters into back of unmarked car-including 4 year old. She had social security card & drivers license on her-agents handcuffed her & booked her in detention anyway.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Happening now at Highlands Park, N.J. The 12-year-old daughter of Edwin Jovanny López Cornejo, a Salvadoran immigrant who died at Delaney Hall Saturday, spoke out about his death at a press conference Tuesday. She concluded by saying, "ICE Out!"
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
a lot of what the right does nowadays is create an emotional support system for bigots. bigotry will offend and alienate people in your life, so the right looks provides a counterweight that lavishes you with praise.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 28/07/2026
See you in court, creep.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21/07/2026
ICE ripped two fathers from their families in one week because Stephen Miller is demanding more deportations.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
ICE is hiring violent, mentally ill wife-beaters and handing them guns and badges. But a fast casual dining chain recently sent me a flyer about its “plant-based” menu. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
When journalists asked me "where we will see the effects of DOGE on outcomes?" one of my responses was "during crises...as long as media connect the dots." Well, dots connected: www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...
wired.com
The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year
“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The ACLU has just detailed hundreds of cases of misconduct by immig agents: -kneeling on necks 52x -Agents choking people 10x -smashing car windows 47x -ramming cars 14x -Hit people w/ car 6x Report repeatedly cites ProPublica's reporting B/c transparency takes a village--when the govt blocks it
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Maybe they should just practice locking the door and turning off the lights and remaining silent while hiding under their desks…or is that just appropriate for kindergartners? 
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's son: I am calling for a full investigation into the events that transpired on July 7. He did not deserve to be reduced to a headline of Mexican man shot and killed by ICE. He deserved to live a quiet life as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a husband, a father, and a job creator.
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hannahwheel.bsky.social @hannahwheel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
just when you think it couldn't get any worse 💔😭
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As time went on, Ronaldo remained in the dark. He did not learn about his father's final moments from a hospital or law
enforcement. Instead, confirmation of his death came in the cruel form of videos on
social media.
"I recognized him immediately: not from his appearance, but from his voice crying in the street as he was bleeding out," Ronaldo said through tears.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Absolutely horrifying and exactly the kind of violent, brutal encounter that ICE lies their asses off about. We need answers and an investigation IMMEDIATELY.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Hegseth proudly announced that the flu vaccine would no longer be required for people serving in the military. A flu outbreak is now happening at Lackland Air Force Base, and flu vaccinations are again required. The AF has now been forced to admit that a 25-year-old recruit has died of influenza.
yahoo.com
Air Force confirms first death in Lackland flu outbreak, Rep. Castro says
A flu bug has swept the ranks of recruits at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base, the service's basic training hub. Nearly 300 are said to have been infected.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 29/06/2026
Gabriela Soto: My husband, Martin Soto, was abducted by ICE this February when he left our home at night to buy diapers for our 11-month-old son. Martin — who is a loving father, husband, son, church member, worker, and neighbor — was then jailed for 4 months at Delaney Hall.
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ICE Kidnapped My Husband on His Way to Buy Diapers for Our Infant Son
My husband, Martin Soto, took part in the hunger strike at Delaney Hall. I led a rally. The retaliation was immediate.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Minnesotans had the guts to stand up to Donald Trump, but Congresswoman Craig didn’t. Minnesotans deserve a Senator who will stand up to this president before it’s politically expedient, not after. www.startribune.com/craig-flanag...
Minnesotans Stood Up to Donald Trump, Their Next Senator Should Too

When Trump returned to power and began laying the groundwork for his mass deportation agenda, he brought forth his top priority: The Laken Riley Act.

The fact that three days into his second presidency, Congresswoman Angie Craig’s first instinct was to vote for his top priority instead of standing up to him is inexplicable.
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Sylvia at Tono Latino @tonolatino.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We keep voting good people in, and then they go soft. Colorado has a candidate who actually does what she says. @senadorajulie.bsky.social already lowered prescription drug costs, protected immigrants from being targeted by ICE, and locked in abortion rights before she even got to Washington.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I just finished reading the indictment. There are 276 statements in it. The overwhelming majority seem to be accusing the defendants of being involved in organizing blockades and of being anarchists. There is one claim that one defendant kicked a police car...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Julia Roberts: Renee Nicole Goode is not a symbol. She is an American woman, a queer woman who was doing the very best she could do to be good in an unjust world. And I am honored to celebrate her life and her legacy tonight, because the life she gave is our responsibility to carry.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/06/2026
oh my goodness - Lieu played Rubio a video of Trump sleeping while Rubio tried to talk to him during a cabinet meeting. Then this exchange: RUBIO: I've never seen him fall asleep LIEU: I'm gonna show you a video that shows you just lied to Congress *plays another clip of Trump sleeping by Rubio*
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