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monalane.bsky.social @monalane.bsky.social · 8h
I'm in Kansas this week. This is very interesting.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h
NEW EPISODE: ICE never wanted you to see these: internal government documents that show Homeland Security Investigations has been probing nonpartisan groups that help register citizens to vote They even went so far as to outline a plan to use undercover agents. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJoZ...
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ICE Voter Plot EXPOSED in Smoking Gun Documents
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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Jerrad Christian @jerradchristian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨LEAKED RECORDING🚨 Last night, Rep. Balderson (my opponent) revealed his plan to lower insurance costs: make Americans wear health monitors. Guess which "expert" he got that idea from.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is a suspected outbreak of the plague in Russia. Yes, you read that right. And we cannot trust RFK Jr. and the Trump administration to be prepared to deal with this. We need a Democratic public health doctor in the US Senate.
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Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia
Administration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 06/10/2026
Non-citizens and citizens alike are left vulnerable to having our rights violated when the Trump administration repeatedly goes against bedrock democratic principles under the guise of immigration enforcement. Read more in our new report.
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76 Ways Mass Deportation Is Breaking Our Democracy | American Civil Liberties Union
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Judge Stadtmueller, a Reagan appointee in Wisconsin, orders the release of an ICE detainee in part because of the "systemic rigging of bond hearings against detainees." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 05/10/2026
If you’ve been waiting to get involved in the midterms, now is the time! We’ve got lots of ways that you can make a difference from anywhere over these final four weeks: indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b...
(over an image of a map of the US that shows Indivisible’s nine Senate target states and 31 House target districts for the midterm elections) It’s time to win the midterms.
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Climate Defiance @climatedefiance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
HUGE UPDATE: we halted Amazon's panel at Climate Week. We shut it down so hard that every guest and every speaker had to leave the premises. No one was able to return. Their whole event lasted less time than their warehouse workers' pee break.
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monalane.bsky.social @monalane.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My mother (& father) both served America in WWII. She was stationed in Berlin on V-E day & was asked to stay to serve in OMGUS to help occupied Germany reclaim itself. She would consider Miller as scum on the sole of her shoe, & unworthy to make any decisions affecting our country or others.
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Wyldefire @wyldefire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I was just told last night that my disabled son may lose 2/3s of his caregiver funds. This pays me to be his trained, live-in caregiver, and if anything it will CAUSE US to become homeless. All while Trump lives for free off tax payers. Anyone can become disabled at any time. Vote Blue. Please!
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
Not everyone at the secret White House meeting was on board with the plan to dismantle a cornerstone of the disability rights movement. “They pretty much thought that I was going to be on board with what they were doing,” one attendee told me. “I’m not sure how I got invited.”
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Ruben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Vote November 3rd Public Servants Not Kings #USDemocracy
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 03/10/2026
Partnerships are a big part of running safe and secure elections. New York State’s elections department works with state homeland security, information technology services, the department of transportation, and the FBI, among others. bit.ly/4iWpVaZ
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New York Board of Elections’ Preparation Includes Extensive Partnerships and Plans for Emergencies
A New York State election official discusses the year-round work that goes into safe and secure elections and what he learned from the challenges of the 2025 local elections.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 03/10/2026
Mark Zuckerberg tells investors that his AI push is a huge success. But when it files its taxes, Meta tells the IRS its giant data centers are an experiment that might fail. Why? Because calling them an experiment lets Meta claim a tax credit meant for real research.
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Mike Quigley @quigley.house.gov · 03/10/2026
The White House stole official government funds to create and televise a campaign advertisement, right before the midterm election. If Democrats take control of the House next year, the Appropriations Committee and I are ready to undo this waste, fraud, and abuse, and hold people accountable.
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Lawmakers call for action on ‘plainly illegal’ taxpayer-funded ads to promote Trump
House Democrats say officials may have illegally misused public funds to pay for president’s ‘narcissistic ego trips’
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
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Kevin☮️🌎☀️🌕⭐️🌈🌊 @hamkold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Join the fight against government regulations on the books that you and your family are allowed to read in the United States by signing the petition today. action.everylibrary.org/bannedbooks via @everylibrary.bsky.social‬
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PETITION: Don't Ban Books in the United States
Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.
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Leza_from_Philly @lolaleza.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Banned Books Week is October 4 through 10. We're asking you to wear the socks and fund the fight. Via @everylibrary.bsky.social www.everylibrary.org/banned_socks
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Book bans aren't cute. These socks are.
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monalane.bsky.social @monalane.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These are the same folk who don't believe in climate change, won't support wind energy, who mostly voted for trump and the idiot van drew and for cancelling science, and who charge for access to the beaches. Life is a mirror. Here's the beach disaster you asked for.
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: Donald Trump's DHS is proposing a new rule limiting asylum applicants' opportunities to explain why they cannot safely return home. Attacking those trying to enter this country lawfully for a safer, better life is un-American. I'm joining 21 AGs to oppose this cruel proposal.
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monalane.bsky.social @monalane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
But hope isn't the same as the passive optimism you suggest. Commitment depends on hope. If we're lucky, we possess a deep inner hope that is not dependent on prognoses, of being certain of the outcome. It fuels our commitment to work for something we are certain is good. -Vaclav Havel
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Redirecting...
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monalane.bsky.social @monalane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We just visited Canada. People from all over the world were visiting Canada. They told us they will not come to the US until DJT is out of office. Nor will Canadians we spoke to. They don't blame us; it's him and his party.
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monalane.bsky.social @monalane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As a matter of general interest . . . Cameras will be mounted on the dashboards of delivery vehicles
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monalane.bsky.social @monalane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And here it is
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reading is not just fundamental to learning; it helps us become better people. How so? One word: empathy. buff.ly/er70llB #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarianship #lit
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Readers have less hate! Is that why they want to ban books?
Recent events in St. Tammany Parish have shone a spotlight on learned hatred versus empathy. The family of Evette Randolf had hung a sign on their property with a simple message: “Ban Hate. Not…
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Agatha Frame @agathaframe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Susan Collins' out-of-state PAC is spending big bucks to buy her another six years to do the oligarchs' bidding. Posting this convo between @troyjackson207.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social, with the good people here at Bluesky at my big sis's request. www.youtube.com/live/UUPCTaN...
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Community Conversation w/ Troy Jackson and Heather Cox Richardson | Solidarity Forever Tour
YouTube video by Troy Jackson for Maine
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monalane.bsky.social @monalane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm thinking Koolaid will be on the menu at a future event? Be sure to invite Pete And may the guest speaker tell them: God is not male
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Way to go, California! Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill yesterday banning law enforcement (ICE) from using electric shock gloves.
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monalane.bsky.social @monalane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Release the files
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas are challenging Massachusetts' Shield Law, asking SCOTUS to let them punish patients and providers of abortion and gender affirming care. My office will vigorously defend the law and our authority to protect the rights and privacy of our residents.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After heavy lobbying and huge donations from Big Tech, Trump killed a proposed Biden-era rule requiring AI companies to disclose their riskiest experiments to federal officials. Everything is for sale. This is worth a read: www.levernews.com/ai-regulation-was…
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AI Regulation Was Coming. Then Trump Killed It.
After a flood of tech industry cash, President Donald Trump killed a requirement that AI giants disclose their riskiest
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You can also ask, “Who had the most impeachments?” and “Who was impeached for incitement of insurrection?” You’ll get your answers. 😂 They’re rushing to change what the system says. Oh boy, America’s “super intelligence” is so woke it even says climate change is real. Hahahaha.
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monalane.bsky.social @monalane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
America.gov is writing the Dems' political ads!
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America.gov
Find answers from official government sources and clear next steps for the services you need with America.gov.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Thank you, America.gov!
Screenshot of America.gov answering a question about the highest diesel prices in U.S. history. It states that President Donald Trump was in office when the national average retail diesel price reached a record nominal high of $6.29 per gallon on September 14, 2026, according to the EIA.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Interesting. Thank you, America.gov!
Screenshot of America.gov answering whether the Trump administration has arrested any of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients or co-conspirators during Trump’s current term. It says no arrests could be verified and cites a July 2025 DOJ/FBI review stating it found no incriminating “client list” or evidence sufficient to predicate an investigation of uncharged third parties.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The government's AI chatbot is able to say something that no Trump nominee is allowed to.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website believes he is the “former” president and acknowledges his criminal indictments
Screenshot of America.gov answering, “Has a president ever been criminally indicted? If so, who?” The response says former President Donald J. Trump has been criminally indicted and that no sitting president is shown in the cited sources as having been indicted. It cites Trump’s August 1, 2023 federal indictment on four counts related to conduct after the 2020 election, as well as Congressional Research Service information noting additional New York and Florida indictments.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think I'm getting the hang of this.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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monalane.bsky.social @monalane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Everything about us is up for grabs & stacked surveillance platforms will soon allow tracking of us wherever we are Investigate law enforcement contracts & speak out at town council meetings See deflock.org ACLU/ALPRS has model documents Take it from there folks Use your anger & do it!
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My office has sued Trump more than 70 times. Each of those lawsuits represents an illegal action taken by this Administration that would harm Massachusetts' economy and residents. We've protected more than $4 billion in funding and will keep fighting for the rule of law.
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
❗️russia just dropped a guided aerial bomb on a SCHOOL in Sumy, Ukraine. A school. How many schools, hospitals and homes must be destroyed before the world stops treating russian terror like another ordinary headline??!
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Federal immigration authorities on Friday asked contractors whether they could lease and install prefabricated detention units at about 50 enforcement offices across the continental U.S., saying arrests have outpaced the space those offices have to process and hold the people they detain.” 🔗
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ICE seeks ‘modular’ detention units for 50 field offices, saying increased arrests have exceeded its space
A request for information seeks ready-made detention, interview and courtroom units, with no limits on how many people the units would hold or for how long.
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monalane.bsky.social @monalane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Went to Canada to remember glaciers. Also remembered what America used to feel like: Welcoming & sane. Both experiences left me grieving. But hope & grief can co-exist. Wake up every single day & decide to practice hope. The answer is strategic & collective action. (- Let This Radicalize You)
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#tdih 1962, "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson published, exposed impact of pesticides on environment. Carson was vilified: called a Communist, disloyal, unscientific, and hysterical. Sound familiar? Attacks on truth tellers, with media complicity. See⬇️🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/si...
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Sept. 27, 1962: Silent Spring Published
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.
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