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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 13h
We recently launched a “Protecting Oregon Elections” landing page that includes answers to frequently asked questions about elections from Oregonians, lawsuit updates, and more. Check it out: ow.ly/6goS50ZUJEH #orpol #OregonElections
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melinsam.bsky.social @melinsam.bsky.social · 14h
2 million dollars for a public records request? That’s one way suppress journalists’ inquiries into police activities. theintercept.com/2026/10/01/o...
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Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
Eugene-based Double Sided Media requested police officer Justin Peckels’s records. The city slapped the publication with an exorbitant fee.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
literally in the next 48 hours! be aware!
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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Trump’s arch is a monumental mistake, and I’ll fight like hell to block it.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Perfect, perfect, perfect.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Watchdog group Public Citizen files a formal FCC complaint about Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads “Broadcasters may be held liable for airing any ad that is in violation of federal law. Federal law explicitly prohibits using appropriated public funds for government propaganda"
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why do we allow big profitable companies to offload costs to the public? They should pay living wages and provide healthcare benefits.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women:
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melinsam.bsky.social @melinsam.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM Developers know where they plan to build data centers months before communities do. Communities have blocked data centers by acting early. Use this map to learn how to block them in your community. #datacenters www.infrawatchpower.org
An interactive map to see where datacenters are planned, and some tools to help block them
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I live in an Idaho-adjacent state and am now following this story with interest. It would be very funny if Bsky could help get a non-Republican elected to the Senate from Idaho.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/09/2026
⚠️ Tens of thousands of Texas voters are missing from the voter rolls after the state failed to process their voter registration applications properly. But it doesn’t mean they won’t be able to vote in the midterms: demdock.com/46PkXFM
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is revolting! Rabbiatu, a dedicated nurse who served in the US for over 30 years, was forcibly deported to a country she’s never even set foot in—despite a court ruling halting her removal! Seeing her dragged on the floor is heartbreaking. Humanity where? 🎥 The Guardian
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
David Whamond, Toronto Star
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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Tufano79 ~ Josie @tufano79.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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PDX-Photodude @photodude.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In other news... #FDT
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melinsam.bsky.social @melinsam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=ayWi...
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It continues to be absolutely wild to me that anyone could frame this as anti-semitic . . . including the person who just wrote to me to tell me that *I* was anti-semitic for trashing Ed Sheeran's choices.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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PDX-Photodude @photodude.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I checked this. It's true as of 9/4/2026 @ 4:48 PM PDT. BREAKING: SOMEONE HAS HACKED THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WEBSITE AND IT NOW REDIRECTS TO THE EPSTEIN FILES WEBSITE. #FDT
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JPWilliams @jpwilliams.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📌Every single story about Trump should include bare minimum that he is a felon, and a serial liar. This is called necessary context. He is completely unscrupulous, and the normalization of this revolting man has been the most grievous thing I have seen in 44 years of journalism.
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adrenalinearch.bsky.social @adrenalinearch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Check your registration.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mehdi Hasan to CBS, CBS News and Bari Weiss - "Do you think it's super offensive and disgusting and Islamophobic to do a tweet about the potential first ever Muslim Democratic senator which begins by referencing 9/11?"
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My suggestion is to cancel your subscription to any media company that refers to Lake Ontario as Lake America.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 24/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/w...
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Some of Russia’s A.I. Drones Are Powered by Nvidia Microcomputers, Ukrainian Officials Say
The tech giant says it does not sell the devices in Russia, but they are widely available on resale markets. When purchased that way, they are virtually impossible to track.
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joes-spot.bsky.social @joes-spot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Never trumper Ever @okieblue54.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The heads of five federal agencies and the president conspired to “punish” a state because they wanted a criminal and traitor to our nation released from prison. The corruption is unlike anything we’ve ever seen. It’s time to end the madness in November.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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The Other 98% @other-98.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Navy may change the name of a warship to honor a brave black man who served honorably in the Pearl Harbor attack to the name of a cowardly draft dodger who is so ignorant he didn’t even know what happened at Pearl Harbor, according to his then Chief of Staff accompanying him on the visit
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/08/2026
3/ Left reporters and WH staff on a decoy plane to save his own ass 4/ And leaving our economy in shambles. He’s no hero and has no business having a carrier named after him. www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...
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Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump | CNN Politics
The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar wit...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/08/2026
The fucking audacity Doris “Dorie” Miller was a Black mess attendant in a segregated Navy who grabbed an anti-aircraft gun he had NEVER been trained to use and fought back during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was a war hero. Trump’s 1/ A draft dodger 2/ Started a war that we’re losing
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In an extremely rare move, a federal judge in MN orders the Trump DOJ to turnover ALL of its grand jury materials for her review in the case against Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, & others. Why this ruling puts the Trump DOJ in the spotlight for prosecutorial misconduct: youtu.be/pRf432N9A50?...
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Trump DOJ FACES BOMBSHELL Review In Don Lemon Case After Judge's SHOCKING RULING!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2026
Ossoff calls Trump "the draft-dodging crook president"
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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It would be great if someone in the room had the spine to call out this kind of language.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It's truly remarkable that on DPRK Independence Day, two world leaders sung the effusive praise of the Great Leader Kim Jong Un. One was Vladimir Putin. The other was Donald Trump.
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
50 Senators let a Weekend News Anchorman run the Pentagon because they were afraid a gameshow host would yell at them
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Don Comer @doncomer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
That old dog can't learn new tricks. Steam catapults on aircraft carriers, Coal instead of solar panels & wind, Pussy-grabbing rather than respect, Robber barons not democracy, Superstition overrides science, always going backwards.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Bizzle @bizzlemcdizzle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Much like a majority of the sex he’s had throughout his life, he never bothered with consent. He moved on the People’s house like a bitch. He didn’t even ask. He just started demolition. You can do that if nobody has the spine to stop you.
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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
SCOTUS seems to have forgotten this
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