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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 27/09/2026
What an odd moment in United States history. A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government. Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump started “renovating” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in April. After spending $19.2 million of taxpayers’ money, it appears he’s abandoned it.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE brutally detain woman's gardener-right in front of her house. 4 goons drag and violently pull man out of truck head-first. Kneel on his back after pinned down to pavement. "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" he cries out. Incident occurred in Everett, Washington.
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King of Nothing believes he can do anything! 🤬 The blue wave can’t come soon enough!!!
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Trump Fought With Architect Over Ballroom Death Trap Until He Quit
Trump believes building codes don’t apply to him or the White House ballroom.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Another human life lost in ICE custody, and the systemic neglect continues without accountability. How many more horrific stories must come out of these detention facilities before we demand basic human dignity for all? Silence makes us complicit in this cruelty. www-cdn.abcnews.com/US/costa-ric...
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Costa Rican immigrant died while in ICE custody, agency says
A 36-year-old immigrant from Costa Rica died last week in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to an agency notification sent to lawmakers on Monday.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A US citizens out on a stroll to the local drug store, suddenly and inexplicably brutally assaulted by a officers of Trump's secret police, who beat him senseless, throwing him to the street and then nonchalantly drive away. Evanston Now has documented the entire incident.
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Victim in ICE stop was walking to pharmacy, witness says - Evanston Now
Agents drove off, leaving the man bloodied on the pavement.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yemen’s Houthis have confirmed they hit fuel storage tanks at Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. The question now is whether Saudi Arabia escalates this war.
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Requested my mail-in ballot today; I will be 1600 miles from home on Election Day for the birth of my first grandchild. 👶🏻🗳️🌊
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I didn't know any of this. Of course, none of it matters to someone who supports Trump.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026
Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked.
According to Mohamed, guards at Guantanamo have said they are being held there because that's what officials in Washington, DC, want. "There's no other nation, only Somali people in Guantanamo Bay, in the prison," he told me. "And when we ask them why we are here, they tell us... Washington...ordered to keep Somali people in the Guantanamo Bay."
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Video reported by Telemundo appears to show ICE agents surrounding the vehicle of two 17-year-olds in Alamo, Texas, removing one from the car and using pepper spray. The video appears to show one of the teens being struck while on the ground. More: substack.com/profile/2357...
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American Oversight @americanoversight.org · 12/09/2026
Interior Dept employees are reportedly “routinely” shredding documents and sending disappearing Signal messages, and officials are “terrified of written records.” We launched an investigation and sent letters demanding DOI follow preservation requirements. americanoversight.org/interior-doc...
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American Oversight Launches Investigation, Demands Records Preservation at Interior Department Following Allegations of Routine Document Destruction, Signal Use - American Oversight
We sent letters to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the National Archives, and demanded a halt to records shredding and disappearing messages amid allegations of “culture of secrecy.”
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L i l y @everlily24.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
He thinks they'll fall for his lie again.
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David is from where I grew up; his parents owned a very popular restaurant. He is one of many from that area directly impacted by 9/11. #neverforget911 💔
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Ethan's Rescue Pet Project @ethanspetproject.org · 11/09/2026
1/4 Today, it is especially important to remember Sirius. Sirius was a NY Port Authority K9 which deployed to the scene on that early Tuesday morning. Sirius was the only K9 killed on that day, being caught in the falling rubble. His partner Lt David Lim
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Under the law, both the person who pays the supplemental income and the person who receives it are liable. The Trump Justice Department might decline to enforce the law, but the statute of limitations is five years. Trump’s term ends in a little over two years.”
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Also, TODAY WISH RUBY BRIDGES a very Happy 72nd Birthday today...🎂💙 Ruby at the tender age of just 6 years old because the first black child to integrate an all-white school school in New Orleans Walk in her shoes ..try to imagine..she never missed a day of school She is Still Active Today
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What the fuck?!?! This is who MAGA wants their children to look up to?!?! (Not to mention the fat motherfucker couldn’t stand up on skates let alone fight!)😡🤬
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
DHS is stealing Haitians money while they deport them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/w...
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Haitians Deported From U.S. Are Left Broke and Stranded (Gift Article)
Hundreds have been deported to Haiti in recent weeks, and some say they have been left with no money, no protection from gangs and no place to go.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It is journalistic malpractice that major news outlets are not producing 5-alarm-fire reports to warn the public that the president of the United States is out of his mind.
Trump posts a map of New Mexico with the word "Mexico" crossed out and "America" added in its place.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
ICE uses vehicle to push peaceful protesters off a public sidewalk in Frederick, Maryland.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
7 faith leaders & clergy arrested after blockading the ICE surveillance center in Williston, Vermont.
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Jonathan @jonathansocials.com · 03/09/2026
The Liar in Chief thinks a president should be impeached for lying.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We met the Domingo family. 18-year-old Wendy has been left to take care of her siblings after their parents were detained and sent back to Guatemala.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A 76-year-old man holding permanent US residency and grappling with stage four prostate cancer is reportedly being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention in Tacoma, Washington. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE holds man with stage 4 cancer in detention despite permanent US residency
ICE spokesperson says Loreto Javar failed to disclose criminal conviction in Philippines when he applied for visa
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🛻 VEHICULAR ASSAULT 🤠⁉️ LOVE FIELD, DALLAS: A man in a truck leaving the Signature Aviation ramp turns his wheels towards an ICE flight observer and accelerates, then threatens to call the police over being filmed in public. Remember what they said about Rene Good before they murdered her?
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/08/2026
A reminder that Google Maps allows you to alert it to mistakes it made and suggest fixes.
The "Fix an address" screen in Google Maps showing a "pin" on "Lake America"The form to fill out a false address, with me typing in "Lake Ontario"
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"The solicitation seeks 5,500 detention beds in four regions on contracts running 10 years each: 1800 beds in central Pennsylvania, 1500 near Denver, 1500 near Seattle, 700 near Miami..." www.projectsaltbox.com/p/mobile-det...
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Mobile detention sites, courtrooms inside the jails, and a clause saying state law does not apply. What ICE's new detention solicitation reveals
A contract solicitation posted Friday covers vans that hold people at arrest scenes, courtrooms inside private detention centers, and a clause declaring state law inapplicable.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
ICE detained family at gunpoint— gun inside car including 3-year-old daughter. Goons dropped the girl on the ground while dragging her mother out—visibly injuring the girl's arm. Girl ran away instinctively out of fear—agent picked her up and threw her into the car.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 26/08/2026
The future of Parton’s Imagination Library has become uncertain due to the quiet machinations of Republicans in the Midwest that have sought to unravel public funding for the cause. trib.al/Z9f1GpD
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
U.S. Navy sailor Joshua Aviles said he learned his father was arrested by federal immigration officials while on his ninth month aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier that has been at the center of reports of mental health challenges and subpar conditions faced by service members.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
💥 ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident. Still wearing hospital gowns. Both victims of car collusion, with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit. Grace Calero 39, & Giulianna Carriel 19, from Ecuador.
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#AZ A toddler who can't speak was ordered to prepare legal documents in immigration court or be removed from the country. No attorney was there to help. This is happening to children across the system since federal legal aid contracts were allowed to lapse on July 31. Absurd? FIRE THE GOP! #Pinks
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
No one wanted to be his partner, but she saw the champion no one else saw. Original post
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NPR @npr.org · 19/08/2026
The 1,200 deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean, with the first batch of 20 expected on Thursday. n.pr/4ih3iO6
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Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S.
The 1,200 deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean, with the first batch of 20 expected on Thursday.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
RACIST POLICE VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN AKRON A shocking video emerged last week of an 11-year-old Black child being violently arrested by Akron police officers.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Palantir paid no U.S. federal income tax last year despite recording substantial profits. truthout.org/articles/pal...
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Palantir Paid No Federal Income Tax. Its Global Tax Rate Is Just 1.4 Percent.
The infamous surveillance company paid $22.7 million in global corporate taxes while raking in $1.6 billion in profits.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Trump's Government Responded to Murdering Alex Pretti by Spying on the Entire Anti-ICE Community in Minnesota emptywheel.net/2026/08/13/t...
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Trump's Government Responded to Murdering Alex Pretty by Spying on the Entire Anti-ICE Community in Minnesota - emptywheel
A court filing in the Antifa 15 case from Minnesota confirms what I suspected from the start: the prosecution is an attempt to implicate the entire left because of a few low level alleged clashes with...
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Owen Meany - Vive la résistance @jmoreau.net · 13/08/2026
This is what happens when we let the elites rule. Even the master of forgiveness Jeshua would be shaking his head. #epsteinclass #theLeastOfThese fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying
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USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying
The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy complications and deaths in Nepal.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Trump’s Justice Department dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in just the first six months of Trump’s second term.
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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Outrage in Lewiston, ME! Video shows police pinning an elderly man face-down & striking his head 5 times after a traffic stop dispute over ID. Downplaying brutality as "open-hand strikes" while a cruiser rolls away unattended is unacceptable. We demand full accountability! 🎥 TheSidewalkSchool2
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
NEW: Regarding the claims that Rep. Max Miller withheld his toddler's "blue bunny," I have some new screenshots suggesting there was a pattern of Miller not giving the bunny back. There were pleas from multiple people on multiple dates. (Thread: 1/8)
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Alex Jones, who has not paid a single cent to the Sandy Hook families despite owing them $1.4 billion, has been in a $3,000 per night suite in Hawaii for the last few weeks illegally using the InfoWars accounts to boost his traffic. Today he said there's going to be a national draft in three weeks.
Alex Jones saying there's going to be a national draft in 3 weeks.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Now @apnews.com has a deeply reported story confirming the recently-hired ICE officer who shot a man in Maine had serious mental health issues and a long history of violence against women. This comes after ICE slashed hiring standards and rushed some into the field before background checks cleared.
By  JACK BROOK, MICHAEL R. SISAK, AMANDA SWINHART and CLAIRE GALOFARO
Updated 7:59 PM EDT, July 16, 2026
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood and never should have been given a badge and gun to patrol American streets, several of his close relatives told The Associated Press.

David Brouillette has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, according to those relatives. They accuse him of attacking women in his life over the years, and one shared a voicemail with the AP from last winter in which he told her that he thought someone should slit her throat.

Brouillette’s troubling past further challenges how thoroughly the Department of Homeland Security has vetted recruits as it went on a hiring spree to help carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

At least 10 people have died in encounters with immigration agents since Trump launched the crackdown after retaking office, including 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a Colombian national who was shot and killed by Brouillette on Monday while in his car near his home in the coastal Maine city of Biddeford.

DHS, which hasn’t released the name of the officer who killed Durán Guerrero, has said the “vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon.”
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