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Melinda Andrews

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Hypatia L.A. Seneschale @femiyahtzee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
TIL that there are only about 20 Black people in America.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
NEW EPISODE: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin just gave away the game. His 15-word slip exposes the real goal of Trump's voter ID push. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZn4...
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Your Driver's License Won't Pass Trump's Voter ID Test
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 17/07/2026
In this section of his speech, Trump is lying about the intelligence community's findings about China's actions in the 2020 election. This is the actual IC finding, declassified in 2021. www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...
Key Judgment 4: We assess that China did not deploy interference efforts and considered but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the US Presidential election. We have high confidence in this judgment. China sought stability in its relationship with the United States, did not view either election outcome as being advantageous enough for China to risk getting caught meddling, and assessed its traditional influence tools—primarily targeted economic measures and lobbying—would be sufficient to meet its goal of shaping US China policy regardless of the winner. The NIO for Cyber assesses, however, that China did take some steps to try to undermine
former President Trump’s reelection.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/07/2026
Tonight, you will likely hear the president claim there was foreign interference in the 2020 election. To be clear, there were attempts, but there was no evidence they changed any election outcome. From a joint DOJ/FBI/DHS/CISA report in 2021: www.dhs.gov/sites/defaul...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Scarborough to Spineless Speaker Johnson: “I’m not gonna mock you, Mike, I’m just gonna call you a liar. Because that’s what you are. You know EXACTLY what happened in Maine.” #AbolishICE
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
New black kid stole my spot at harvard just dropped bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The legacy of Donald Trump's Supreme Court:
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hrlatinam.bsky.social @hrlatinam.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🎁link - share.inquirer.com/crtCuD
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The Minneapolis 15 ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up | Will Bunch
An outrageous federal conspiracy case against 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota really seeks to silence all dissent.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/06/2026
This might piss some folks off, but we need to have honest conversations about the far left’s blind spot on race, Black voters, and why so many of us feel our priorities are treated as secondary.
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The Blind Spot of the Far Left
A Message From a Black Progressive
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
AI has started blocking the Wayback Machine from chronicling the web. Considering that nearly 40% of websites disappear after 10 years, this will enforce a giant loss in collective memory.
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AI’s biggest casualty could be history itself
The Internet Archive is a vital resource that has helped the search for truth in more than one global event, writes Anthony Cuthbertson, but it is in danger of becoming the latest collateral damage of...
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Trump should show up here at the L.A. County ballot processing center because he’d learn within five minutes this is democracy in action, not some conspiracy.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This heinous ruling confirms a worst-case-scenario reading of Callais as an all-purpose shield for racist lawmakers who want to gerrymander Black communities into electoral oblivion. And it’s outrageously partisan—a totally unprincipled gift to the GOP. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/06/2026
NEW: lots of you have sent me this article asking for my thoughts. I’ve been able to confirm it. Just as she says, Trump’s administration is staging vote.gov on a non-government cloudflare account under the EOP where there’s no oversight or accounting. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/thedreyd...
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I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House
There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.
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Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social The Bruce Springsteen concert I went to last week was unlike any concert I’ve attended in decades. It was far more than a fabulous, concert; it was an inspiring resistance event. Springsteen is a model for how to stand up against Trump. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bruce Springsteen is a model for how celebrities should resist Trump | Steven Greenhouse
His recent concerts are a thunderous call to fight for democracy. The nation could use more like him
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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Most folks don't realize how central events like J6 were to the Jim Crow state. Dozens of unprosecuted coups & massacres—actively encouraged by those in power—revived the fundamental logic of the pre-emancipation state: that Black Americans had "no rights which the white man was bound to respect."
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
“The one thing the framers of the Constitution did not want was a federal government in Washington telling people what they had to believe. That has been unconstitutional since the framing of the Bill of Rights." www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...
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Trump’s Freedom 250 Event to ‘Rededicate’ USA as ‘One Nation Under God.’ Faith Leaders, Legal Scholars Warn of Dangers of Christian Nationalist Extremism -
President Trump's Freedom 250 will stage Rededicate 250 -- a 10-hour Christian Nationalist event at the National Mall on May 17. Part of Trump's hijack of America's 250th birthday, the White House cal...
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Good analysis by the Guardian. Racism is always built on lies. Supreme court’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Supreme court’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ
Exclusive: Data in justice department filing quoted by Samuel Alito in his opinion relied on unusual methodology, a Guardian analysis has found
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
“Sunlight has to travel 93 million miles to reach the Earth, but none of those miles go through the Strait of Hormuz,” says @billmckibben.bsky.social. “That makes it a very appealing alternative, especially now that it’s cheaper than burning coal and gas and oil.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tel everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Better framing: He's nuts and out of control. "At one point he even mused he should award himself the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor." Gift link: Behind Trump’s Public Bravado on the War, He Grapples With His Own Fears www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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WIRED @wired.com · 14/04/2026
“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.” www.wired.com/story/govern...
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Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion
“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”
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Ally Sammarco @allysammarco.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Take a look at the CNN sourcing and fact-checking on their Swalwell article. Look at how many extra people they contacted in order to corroborate claims. They viewed screenshots, called parents/husbands/friends/colleagues. They viewed TV footage and interviews, & more. Two things worth pointing out:
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Please stop referring to the Voter Elimination Act by the Orwellian moniker MAGA gave it, which makes it sound good. We do not need to repeat their words (ahem, "Patriot Act," "Citizens United") but rather make clear exactly what's at stake.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/03/2026
Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.
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U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows
The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...
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Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, “A Call to Conscience” - Statements - Archdiocese of Chicago - AoC Portal
As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes fr...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
“.. Then he said he heard an officer say ‘Dudes, you killed that dude.’” @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I'm no fancy political consultant, but, hey, if you're in Dem comms, you should notice that Fox News panicked over Trump wearing a cheap Trump merch baseball cap to receive the bodies of soldiers he got killed for no reason he can articulate, and you should absolutely lean into that.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/03/2026
Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday
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Naomi Mittet @naolimit.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The Center on Conscience & War is a non-profit organization that advocates for the rights of conscience, opposes military conscription, and serves all conscientious objectors to war. centeronconscience.org/co-app/
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Application for Conscientious Objection Military Discharge Writing Tool
Step-by-step help with the process, starting with the six essay questions. "A firm, fixed, and sincere objection to participation in war in any form."
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
(📢) ALERT: See images. Mike is Director of the Center on Conscience and War. Coupled with other signals I've been writing about—and a Post report suggesting a possible attack on Kharg Island—this is...bad. On Sunday I'll publish a full book linking the Trump-Epstein Scandal to the Second Iran War.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Good one. I think it will come in handy.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org
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Trans Continental Pipeline
Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Here’s new and irrefutable evidence from the Epstein files that Howard Lutnick made false statements and was misleading about his interactions with Jeffrey Epstein. It hasn’t yet caused a storm. So please give it a read and share widely.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
We only have access to this incredibly important (and evil) memo because Chris fought tooth and nail to obtain and share it! An impressive journalistic feat and a real public service.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Yes, Mr. Vought fancies himself a devout Christian. Yeah, like Torquemada. The man is a hypocrite, power-mad zealot, and his worldview is immoral, destructive and deadly.
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Cooper River Indivisible @crindivisible.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms. I recently explained three things states can do and four things Congress should insist on in order to protect the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
It's staggering how this political eunuch has not just done nothing at all as Speaker of the House, but has actually worked to prevent his colleagues from doing anything at all as well. For all the right's fetishization of "originalism," this is a development that would've made the founders weep
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I’m so glad you went. I had many people ask me - “is it safe? Should I leave my phone and ID at home? Do I need an exit strategy?” We’re building this bizarre and paranoid civic culture based almost entirely on miasmatic online fear endlessly feeding itself. Selma marchers didn’t even mask!
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/ (New piece) newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Free speech in America continues its death spiral—just like Trump and MAGAs wanted.
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Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This is actually one of the most troubling ICE stories I’ve seen recently — an eye-popping sign of how corrupt, broken, and racist the internal culture is:
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
So far in Minnesota They Shot a 37-year-old mother Renee Good four times, killing her, right after she dropped off her son at school. Then Ice kidnapped a five year old. Then ice kidnapped a two year old Then border patrol murdered Va nurse. Then Sec Noam went on tv and lied about it
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
A photo of the man murdered by ICE today, just before the shooting. He’s standing and holding a phone in his right hand and holding his empty left hand to the sky and looking behind him at a woman running away while an ICE agent closes in on him from the front. On the ground behind the man is a woman that the victim will soon try to help, leading several ICE agents to attack him and pin him to the ground, before shooting him several times.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This is a really important project. The voters of North Carolina deserve to learn Justice Earls' extraordinary story in advance of her reelection contest this fall. Her victory in November will be key to saving the NC Supreme Court from the grips of a corrupt and ultra-partisan MAGA majority.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The choice for replacing Rodney Scott, if pushed out, is seemingly Joseph Mazzara, a lawyer who’s facing possible contempt charges in the CECOT case in front of Boasberg. He may have been the one who wrote the “raid homes without real warrants” memo. Noem named him Deputy Commissioner last month.
DEC 22 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
See Distribution
Rodney S. Scoff
Commissioner
CBP Management Changes
Effective immediately, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) welcomes Mr. Joseph Mazzara as the new Deputy Commissioner. Mr. Mazzara joins CBP after serving as the acting General Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Mr. Thomas McGuire has also joined CBP from DHS as our new Chief of Staff. Lastly, Ms. Mackenzie Douglas joins CBP as a Senior Advisor, previously serving in the same role with DHS. Please welcome these new members of the CBP family as we continue to excel in protecting our borders and preserving lawful trade!

I would also like to thank Mr. James Kerochan, our outgoing Chief of Staff, for his service this past year. He is transitioning into a new leadership role as the Deputy Director of U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services. 1 am confident that he will continue to make a positive impact in the DHS family.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Trump's FCC is cracking down again on Kimmel, SNL, Colbert,. These shows now are mandated to put Republicans on air or be subject to sanctions. Trump wants to program US TV like Putin does with Russian TV www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/b...
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Federal Regulators Take New Aim at Late-Night TV
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