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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 4h
In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.org
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The January 6 Memory Project
A public archive of Department of Justice news releases and related court filings concerning prosecutions from the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Tim Snyder on Trump's fixation with Putin: If you believe in countries, the United States is a much more powerful country than Russia. But if you just believe that it’s gangster on gangster, well then sure, Putin is a much better gangster than Trump.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Historian Tim Snyder compares what Trump is doing in Latin America to Soviet tactics in Eastern Europe after WWII: rig elections, apply threats, install the leadership you want. His description of Trump’s approach: “smash and grab.”
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Donald Trump is using the U.S. treasury and our tax dollars like it’s his personal piggy bank. And just like he squandered hundreds of millions given to him by dear old dad, he’s squandering our money now.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's not rocket science.
Graphic with a quote from the KAPOW Handbook; it reads: 

 “Give what you can, take what you need.
That's mutual aid.”

At the bottom, it displays the URL: https://kapow.works/handbook
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026
This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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mb579.bsky.social @mb579.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Early Women Architects of Europe and North America - McFarland
Early Women Architects of Europe and North America William Farina 978-1-4766-9779-6 979-8-3686-0234-9
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mb579.bsky.social @mb579.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In Maine the Portland Press Herald today published a scathing op-ed from the Editorial Board titled: “It’s Maine’s turn to be concerned about Susan Collins.” @heathercoxrichardson.substack.com.web.brid.gy
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
September 28, 2026
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September 28, 2026
It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
Well at least everyone agrees about one thing. "Using taxpayer dollars to run ominous campaign ads of the President has been done before and is completely legal…in banana republics."
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Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads are receiving bipartisan criticism
On Sunday, the president aired an ad saying he would “demolish the deep state” and “cast out the communists, Marxists, and fascists.”
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026
"My theory is that race is at the bottom of the Trump phenomenon....at the end of the day race overwhelms everything else: Class, education, income, religion." On the hard lessons of Springfield and the targeting of the Haitians:
lnk.thebulwark.com
The Hard Lessons of Springfield
There are plenty of people happy about what is happening to the Haitian community.
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Live Science @livescience.com · 27/09/2026
James Webb telescope shares one of its biggest images ever, with record-breaking stars hiding in the dust www.livescience.com/space/astron...
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James Webb telescope shares one of its biggest images ever, with record-breaking stars hiding in the dust — Space photo of the week
One of the largest images from the James Webb Space Telescope so far reveals an intricate landscape of dwarf stars and spectacular clouds.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. In 2025, he made 1,794x more. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers? I will continue my boycott of Starbucks.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
Man left bloodied and hurt after immigration enforcement agents tried to arrest him in Evanston, a Chicago suburb
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US citizen injured after ICE agents reportedly mistook him for fugitive
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mb579.bsky.social @mb579.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In the Land of Billionaire Barbarians www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o... "The richest people in the tech industry have blocked policies that would raise taxes, increase wages or otherwise reduce their wealth to make life better for the people who live around them."
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Opinion | In the Land of Billionaire Barbarians
The center of the tech industry is culturally barren because wealthy executives have no interest in communities outside their fiefs.
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OneSerenityNow @oneserenitynow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They ALL should have walked out the moment he insulted the women reporters. He lies daily and they push his propaganda and/or white wash it. There is NOTHING noble in waiting 10 yrs to show some GD spine and integrity!
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
September 21, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 21, 2026
On September 18, while White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was out of town, Trump suddenly announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19/09/2026
After Trump’s mail voting loss at the Supreme Court, his efforts to rig the election will escalate. What’s his next tactic? Marc Elias breaks down the new way the Trump administration will try to disenfranchise voters. Stay in the know: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
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mb579.bsky.social @mb579.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/o... "the result of the British law is... far more just and merciful than the life sentences so common in the United States. And because these cases typically don’t go to public trial, tragedies can avoid becoming true-crime dramas. We should follow Britain’s example."
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Opinion | I Study Women Who Kill Their Children. Lindsay Clancy Deserves Mercy.
It is too hard for women suffering from postpartum mental illness to prove the insanity defense.
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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I suspect a lot of you outside of the state of Ohio (and possibly some of you inside of the state of Ohio) are not aware of the current billion dollar bid Black Rock is making to buy up our electric utilities  Yes, -that- Black Rock I feel like this should be much, much bigger news 🚨
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Data center investors want to buy Ohio’s public utilities
Consumer advocates warn a $10 billion deal that would give BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, control over AES Ohio could create conflicts of interest that end up raising electricity rates ...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
August 22, 2026
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August 22, 2026
On Tuesday, August 18, during a debate for a runoff to win the South Carolina Republican senatorial primary, Senator Darline Graham (R-SC) answered a question about Taiwan and the importance of the So...
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mb579.bsky.social @mb579.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
@katmabu.bsky.social , do you know if there are any initiatives to make mittens, hats, scarves for school kids? I'd love to get involved.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Wow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively.
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"In today's society, you know, everybody's filming everything, everybody has a cell phone," Glueck said. If an officer punches someone on camera, that can go viral in an instant; even a standard taser leaves puncture wounds. But "the glove is low optic, and it looks better on camera, and it looks better to those witnesses. With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars."But local police across the country are still eagerly buying the gloves—in large part so that they can harm people and avoid being sued for it. It's been successful "from the patrolmen to the jailers," Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard said in a Compliant Technologies promotional video. "It's been a great tool as far as mitigating liability," according to Nelson County Jailer Justin Hall.
Bob Couey of the Floyd County Sheriff's Department sung the GLOVE's praises, too: "I highly recommend these gloves to anybody that's looking for a utility they can use that is conducive to not leading to lawsuits."
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 15/08/2026
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/the-...
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Opinion | Seeking to Prosecute Fauci Is Disgraceful
The Senate committee's actions are legally flawed and set a dangerous precedent
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mb579.bsky.social @mb579.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
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ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive (Gift Article)
Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.
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mb579.bsky.social @mb579.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
NYT contd "vice chair for the Chicago chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association: “Before, I was saying, ‘As long as you have an ID, you can travel domestically,’” Ms. Shepherd said. “Now I am turning around and saying, ‘If you are in the process of changing status, avoid any travel.’”"
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mb579.bsky.social @mb579.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
NYT "“In 38 years practicing immigration law, I had never seen this,” said Charles Kuck, who is based in Atlanta and is representing an Indian engineer who was detained while awaiting a work-permit extension. “And I know it’s happening to lots of people.”
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Garriel Keeble @coyotestar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Thank you Melissa Murray for the best book on the Constitution ever. So clear anyone can read and understand our most important document.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 10/08/2026
On this day in 1907: Essanay Studios began its 10-year run of making movies in Chicago, featuring Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson and other box-office stars. The studio made 2,000 films. About 215 survive today.
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Today in Chicago History: Essanay Studios — briefly home to Charlie Chaplin — opens for movie production
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 09/08/2026
Small cruise ship rescued skiff in south-east Alaska even though Meta billionaire’s $300m megayacht was closer
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Zuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht reportedly declined to help stranded boat
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/08/2026
This summer, the Trump administration rescinded a Biden-era policy requiring ICE to report and investigate deaths that occurred within 30 days of someone being released. As a result, the sheer scale of deaths of ICE detainees is being obfuscated by the agency.
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The deaths ICE doesn’t count
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano passed away in the hospital days after being released from detention.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
We achieved a major milestone in the fight for free and fair elections this week. You wouldn't know it from reading the legacy media, but it may prove as important as anything else in preventing Donald Trump from subverting the midterm elections. newsletters.democracydocket.com/a-major-win-...
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A major win for voting rights you didn't hear about this week
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/08/2026
Anybody else getting deja vu?
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Once more Cassidy had the deciding vote. Once more he folded.
Despite concerns about weaponizing DOJ, Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, is now attorney general.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 08/08/2026
Blanche’s confirmation underscores a simple truth: a handful of Republicans in Congress could stop this chaos tomorrow. They simply choose not to.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Last night, the GOP members of the Senate approved Trump’s effort to destroy the rule of law in the US, wreck the Justice Dept., enable rampant corruption, defend pedophiles, and attack the president’s enemies. And they know they did those things. An egregious violation of their oaths of office.
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The Weekend on MS NOW @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
“Todd Blanche now becomes the symbol of Donald Trump's corruption of the rule of law in America” Retired Judge J Michael Luttig minces no words over what it means that Todd Blanche has been confirmed as attorney general and the danger that poses to the upcoming midterm elections.
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Casey @skycog.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The Senate passed H.R. 4405, the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct, on November 18, 2025 Trump signed this legislation into law on November 19, 2025. RELEASE THE UN-REDACTED EPSTEIN FILES UN experts demand accountability for trafficking allegations in ‘Epstein files’ www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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UN experts demand accountability for trafficking allegations in ‘Epstein files’, warn of continuing violence of patriarchal power systems
GENEVA 16 April 2026 – UN experts* today called for justice and accountability for trafficking allegations emerging from the ‘Epstein files,’ warning that the disclosures reveal the continuing violenc...
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The Weekend on MS NOW @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
“You might as well just have a system where there are no checks and balances.” @weissmann.substack.com unloads on the “preposterous” argument from Republicans that they supported Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general because the next nominee would likely be worse.
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Common Cause @commoncause.org · 07/08/2026
No one should get special treatment under the law just because they’re wealthy or powerful. But a sweeping immunity deal for President Trump raises serious concerns about accountability, transparency, and equal justice. Here are 5 things you should know 🧵⬇️
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 07/08/2026
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared ready to win U.S. Senate approval to take the role permanently after Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday he would vote for the confirmation. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/08/07/r...
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US Sen Bill Cassidy says he will cast decisive vote for Trump’s pick for attorney general • Wisconsin Examiner
Todd Blanche appeared ready to win confirmation as Attorney General after Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday he would vote for him.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 07/08/2026
The crypto industry has spent unbelievable amounts of money this cycle to intimidate members of Congress into passing this Trump and crypto industry-backed bill, which passed in House last year with the support of 78 Democrats. The fight isn’t over.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
It’s a sad day for the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026
🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."
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Whitehouse on Blanche: "Today is a sad and embarrassing day"
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
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moina.bsky.social @moina.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
'Weak, cowardly, unprincipled': Bill Cassidy hit by onslaught of fury after Blanche speech www.rawstory.com/bill-cassidy...
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'Weak, cowardly, unprincipled': Bill Cassidy hit by onslaught of fury after Blanche speech
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) announced he will support Todd Blanche's nomination for U.S. attorney general — and critics immediately hammered him as a "coward."The Louisiana Republican announced ahead of ...
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mb579.bsky.social @mb579.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/08/2026
"What distinguished West Point is not that it claimed a monopoly on character development, but that it recognized technical competence without moral development can become dangerous." Many of our leaders lack both, but character might be most important.
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Character Is Countercultural
On virtue, politics, and public service.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 05/08/2026
New Mexico sued the U.S. Justice Department, accusing federal officials of stonewalling the state’s criminal investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein on.wsj.com/4c4M0jj
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New Mexico Attorney General Sues DOJ for Access to Epstein Files
A lawsuit accuses the Justice Department and Todd Blanche of stonewalling the state’s investigation into activities at Zorro Ranch.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I think Democratic Socialists are winning primaries for the same reason Trump won in 2024. Namely, neither party has dealt with the massive problem of runaway wealth inequality. And the DS's are running on it. With Trump, I think fed-up voters just said, "Fuck it, let's burn this house down."
motherjones.com
Why did Trump really win? It's simple, actually.
When the economy thrives while half of America struggles, something has got to give.
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