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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 7h
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The Dignity Act calls for more concentration camps.
Trading workers permits for concentration camps is reprehensible.
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Mona @monan88.bsky.social · 17h
@jennbudd.bsky.social Jenn wanted to share this article. Perhaps collaborating with journalist John Washington would be fruitful 💗 www.lookoutnews.org/breaking-bor...
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BREAKING: Border Patrol Arrests Tree Sitters, Cuts Down ‘Grandmother’ Cottonwood
Border Patrol agents arrested people protecting the tree Monday morning, ending a months-long protest that had halted border wall construction in the area.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
A retired Army colonel who has worked with the Pentagon to promote Pete Hegseth’s agenda has a history of praising dictators, denigrating women and minorities, and suggesting that only people with children should be allowed to vote.
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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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Mona @monan88.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/09iqu... This man is a gem
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Why Netanyahu Brought Starlink to the UNg
YouTube video by Jupiterbaal
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ICIJ @icij.org · 25/09/2026
ICYMI: ICIJ's #PanamaPapers investigation got a shout out in Apple TV's Ted Lasso! Catch up on the groundbreaking investigation here: buff.ly/dlL6xvd
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
in 2017, a trans reporter was fired at @marketplace.org for writing a blog post abt the need for journalists to resist rising fascism, racism and transphobia. @kairyssdal.bsky.social, the host of the show, said nothing & let his colleague's career be murdered. judge his hr tips accordingingly.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Excuse me? You voted for a convicted rapist and 34x-convicted felon who promised "Mass Deportation Now." And now you're surprised, shocked that he has governed as a rapist felon deporting people en masse? I'm related to people like this and STILL I'll never understand this level of delusion.
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Sasha Abramsky @sashaabramsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This morning WH correspondents for MS NOW and CNN were denied access to WH and had their press passes seized. This attack on press is absolutely antithetical to democracy. Thought: What would happen if entire WH press corps walked out in solidarity? Why give these fascists the oxygen of publicity?
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
'the Overseer Class'
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John Washington @jwashing.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Update, Day 49 of the tree-sit in Lochiel: three of the land defenders were arrested today. From press release: "Sheriffs appeared surprised to arrive to a scene of whimsical animals disrupting the construction."
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LOOKOUT @lookoutnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"(What if) an LGBTQ rally happens and the Flock cameras capture all attendees?" Cities are canceling contracts, but police departments, private retailers and college campuses may still be surveilling residents. Read the story: www.lookoutnews.org/surveillance...
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Flock Camera Scrutiny Raises LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Concerns
From police departments to private retailers and college campuses, Flock cameras are feeding a national law enforcement network. Cities can cancel their contracts, but residents may still be captured…
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Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you defend the anti-trans stances of Amy Acton, James Talarico, or Josh Turek, you need to drop the fantasy that you're a good person. You're not an ally. You're not trustworthy. You don't hate fascism. You just hate not being in charge.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Open AI has hired Chuck Schumer's daughter to help them with government relations. I don’t like it one bit, and this kind of thing is a big part of the reason top Democrats have done such a poor job of turning the Trump family’s far more extreme corruption into an election issue.
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Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
HR 4795 passes 237-169. 33 Dems voted yea. Roll call should be up soon and will know who the 33 are once it is uploaded.
Floor of the Us House

Chyron: on passage HR 4795

Republican: 203 yea, 2 nay, 13 NV
Democratic: 33 yea, 167 nay, 14 NV
Independent: 1 yea
Total: 237 yea, 169 nay, 27 NV
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AZ Advocacy Hub @azadvocacyhub.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Our Linktree has all the essentials an Arizona Activist needs: volunteer-from-home spreadsheet updated daily, know-your-rights pages in English & Spanish, postcarding and textbanking sign-ups, letter to the editor forms sorted by county, + more. ⬇️ linktr.ee/azadvocacyhub #Arizona #ArizonaPolitics
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Getting my job back at the Washington Post would not have been possible if it wasn’t for me belonging to a union. @postguild.bsky.social and @wbng.org are the unions I belong to. I was able to challenge my wrongful termination because of the collective bargaining agreement / union contract!
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 27/08/2026
Earlier Thu., Israeli warplanes launched 2 strikes on the Ali al-Taher hills on the eastern outskirts of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, firing several missiles that caused large explosions. In Marjayoun, Israeli forces accompanied by tanks & military bulldozers advanced into the western outskirts of Mays...
Earlier Thursday, Israeli warplanes launched two strikes on the Ali al-Taher hills on the eastern outskirts of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, firing several missiles that caused large explosions.

In Marjayoun, Israeli forces accompanied by tanks and military bulldozers advanced into the western outskirts of Mays al-Jabal, in the Al-Dabsh area, as artillery struck several homes. Israeli forces also set homes on fire and bulldozed agricultural tents.

An Israeli strike killed a newlywed Lebanese woman in Arabsalim today and wounded six others, the health ministry confirmed. 

Journalist Courtney Bonneau reports from the southern town of Kfarshouba, where she says Israel’s occupation is effectively imprisoning the Lebanese population in conditions similar to those imposed on Palestinians in the West Bank.courtneybonneauimages
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Short report from Kfarshouba as Israeli forces bomb Arab Selim. 

Cameraman: Ali Ezzedine
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
for @literaryhub.bsky.social, i wrote about the killing of jason arday lithub.com/steven-thras...
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Steven Thrasher on the Killing of Jason Arday
Though I have been mostly offline for my annual summer social media sabbatical, I watched the Jason Arday story unfold with increasing horror over the last couple of weeks. With hundreds of stories…
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Harlem Globetrotters Ankle Breaker Dribble
Alt: Harlem Globetrotter performs trick while a Washington General pretends to guard him haplessly
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🧵 Sine Kerr, Andy Biggs’ lieutenant governor pick, shared a photo of the “young” republicans on their GOTV team. Some I recognize include Lucas “Luke” Cilano, a co-founder of the Lions of Liberty, an offshoot/sister group to our local Oath Keepers chapter in Yavapai County.
Sine Kerr / @SineKerr on X.com

Arizona's Young Republicans are ready to do the critical work needed to win in November:
Knocking Doors
Making Phone Calls
Texting Friends
Getting Young Voters to the Polls for Biggs/
Kerr!

[the post includes Kerr and Biggs posing with about 30 volunteers, including Luke Cilano.]

5:16 PM • 8/22/26 • 5.9K Views
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 21/08/2026
“Any politician who is not speaking about the role of Silicon Valley fascism in the destruction of our democracy is not someone who can be trusted.” Read “Silicon Valley’s Most Dangerous Innovation,” my interview with @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/silicon-vall...
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Silicon Valley’s Most Dangerous Innovation
Author Gil Durán says the rise of ‘tech fascism’ is putting our democracy in peril – and asks us to imagine a world without billionaires.
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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Nice to see mainstream pick this up after my talk with Laurie Cantillo of Humane Borders. Media & Americans generally do not consider these deaths as ICE deaths but they should. The deaths are caused by the same policies, same politicians, same agencies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Rise in migrant deaths as 19 bodies found along Arizona border last month
Pima county figures show highest number of monthly migrant deaths in two years as critics condemn US policy
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The regime is paying local law enforcement 5 figure bounties to kidnap kids from our communities. Kids whose parents or caregivers they already abducted. They're building these concentration camps - that's the term for sites holding civilians without due process - to torture then traffic kids.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Can't say gay and bisexual people were killed in the Holocaust in the core curriculum *at an American university* www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Sahuarita police chief John Noland praised the plan to give ICE agents electric shock gloves. The entire Sahuarita police department (in a town of 35K) has had the electric gloves for about two years. Noland also brags that he showed off the shock gloves to the ICE Field Office Director of Phoenix.
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SPD chief applauds ICE's investment in 'Compliance Gloves'
The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will soon be spending $20 million to equipment officers with gloves that can deliver electric shocks ...
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Gil wrote a book about our tech fascist would be overlords and, *completely coincidentally* our tech fascist would be overlords are blocking him from speaking about the book.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Joe Biden sold the weapons that destroyed every cancer hospital in Gaza, denying an estimates 17,000 Gazans access to chemotherapy.
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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Report finds pattern of sexual violence among accused Arizona Border Patrol agents
A new report by the Ohio Immigrant Alliance shows that Arizona leads — second only to Texas — in the number of Border Patrol agents accused and convicted in sexual abuse cases.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Pro-tip: If your message about some horrific thing happening is to highlight the unintended consequences in order to appeal to the listener's self-interest, you're most likely implying that the intended consequences are A-Ok. Or at the very least - not worth concern.
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John Washington @jwashing.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This is the tree people have been sitting in for now 13 days, blocking construction of a fast approaching double border wall in Southern Arizona’s San Rafael Valley.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 01/08/2026
⭕️ Two Israeli female soldiers photographed themselves posing beside a young, blindfolded Palestinian detainee who appears to be a minor and proudly posted the image on Instagram. The post, which circulated widely online and was reviewed by Drop Site News, was uploaded by Israeli soldier Nikol...

⭕️ Two Israeli female soldiers photographed themselves posing beside a young, blindfolded Palestinian detainee who appears to be a minor and proudly posted the image on Instagram.

The post, which circulated widely online and was reviewed by Drop Site News, was uploaded by Israeli soldier Nikol Stelmashvski as part of a 20-photo carousel containing additional images from her time in Gaza. Her account [@ nikol.stel, IG] has since been made private after the photo drew public backlash.

The image is the latest in a documented pattern of Israeli soldiers publicly sharing evidence of Palestinian detainees being humiliated or abused. Such conduct violates international humanitarian law, which prohibits the degrading treatment of detainees.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Two straight days in which news organizations made uncanny valley image choices where famous people look like Onion stock image illustrations.
USA Today: RFK Jr. will host a new cooking show with celebrity chefsNYT: Ross Douthat Joins 60 Minutes as Correspondent
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @repyassansari.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Last night, I arrived in Texas for a congressional oversight visit led by @demwomencaucus.bsky.social and @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social. Today, we’re heading to the Dilley ICE detention center—the nation’s only dedicated family immigration detention center.
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LOOKOUT @lookoutnews.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A transgender woman held at the Eloy Detention Center says she was strapped into a wheelchair, handcuffed and questioned for hours after being accused of soliciting sex. The allegation, shared by Rep. Yassamin Ansari, has not previously been publicly reported. www.lookoutnews.org/a-trans-woma...
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Mamdani’s right that NYC almost certainly can’t arrest Netanyahu for his crimes against humanity. However, any enterprising federal DA (who wants to be their state’s next Senator) could attempt to arrest him for calling drone strikes on humanitarian aid ships with American passengers on board
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
have you noticed that everyone who supports palestine—zohran mamdani, lamine yamal, brian romero, brad lander, darializa avila chevalier, claire valdez, eon huntley, melat kiros, sang hae kil—is, like, winning in 2026???
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Of all the negation errors, "non citizens are not voting" is the MOST confusing one to voters in focus groups because it's a double-negative. People actually can't follow what this is meant convey. As ever, say what IS happening don't argue against what is NOT happening.
Chart of words to say and to avoid.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
MI: You have the chance to elect a good dude. An actual good dude. Future is in your (mittened) hand(s).
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
the World Cup final will be between two teams that Cape Verde played even through 90 minutes
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 15/07/2026
Bad News for the Network State: Malaysia Launches Probe into Balaji Srinivasan's cultish "Startup School." www.businesstimes.com.sg/internationa...
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Malaysia launches probe into Srinivasan’s Johor startup school
[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian authorities have launched an immigration probe into a school for technology startups, just months after investor Balaji Srinivasan pitched the educational facility to official...
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
BREAKING: I am suing Northwestern University, a member of congress, two cabinet secretaries and the Attorney General of the United States. I explain why in @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/when-we-figh...
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When We Fight, We Win: Why I Am Suing Northwestern University—and the US Government
Yesterday, I filed a lawsuit against Northwestern University and—in his official capacity as Chairman of the US House of Representatives House Committee on Education and the Workforce—Michigan Cong…
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Video explantation 1/2
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Tad Stoermer @tadstoermer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Body cams. Yes. That is the issue.
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Brotha Tiptoe @thesuburbanthug.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026
Between these Abrahamic religions, White people, the Black overseer class, cops,willful ignorance to Black Histor, celebs, “Black adjacent” politicians, racist fashion brands, patriarichal relationships, homophobia, capitalism, white people, etc the reality is, my community loves their oppressors.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13/07/2026
In general, the whole “Trump-goon-turned-Democratic-hero” genre needs to be retired. Susie Wiles does not get to be a normie center-left podcast guest when she has a book to sell.
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Mona @monan88.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I'm attending Civic Engagement Beyond Voting's event, “In Conversation: Dr. Rhonda Matthews” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/cebv/event/9...
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In Conversation: Dr. Rhonda Matthews · Civic Engagement Beyond Voting
Join us for a conversation on the intersection of girls' & women's empowerment and systemic racial barriers with Dr. Rhonda Matthews Dr. Rhonda Matthews is a dedicated educator, community advocate, a...
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
More blockbuster reporting on Madison Square Garden’s surveillance apparatus from @wired.com An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, including labeling those identified as “LGBTQIA.” …! By @noahshachtman.bsky.social and @regret.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/madiso...
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Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities
An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”
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