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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Former @bardcollege.bsky.social President and friend of Jeffrey Epstein, Leon Botstein, has finally resigned all his college positions after emails emerge in which he asked Epstein if a trafficked woman was “for me.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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Leon Botstein, Former Bard President With Epstein Ties, Resigns From College Positions
Leon Botstein had already retired from the presidency of the liberal arts college this spring, after emails showed he had maintained a longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEWS: A federal judge has ordered DHS to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, 5 months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, where he has no ties. The decision that could have implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump administration’s 3rd-country removal scheme.
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Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa - The American Prospect
A Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States.
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Kirsten Grind @kirstengrind.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: Behind the A.I. boom is a perilous social scene full of underage partying, drug use and rape allegations. Much it is taking place at group tech houses, including the most notorious in Silicon Valley, AGI House www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/t...
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The A.I. Party House Where Networking Has a Dark Side
Group tech houses have proliferated across the San Francisco Bay Area in the artificial intelligence boom. One of the most prominent has also racked up an extensive police record.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“At a court hearing in June, government lawyers left open the possibility that parents could be prosecuted for their role in their children’s medical care.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/n...
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NYU Langone Ends Care for Trans Youth in Deal With Justice Department (Gift Article)
The major Manhattan hospital system agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a federal inquiry into gender-transition treatments for adolescents.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The spirit of our dear departed Janey Godley is in Doonbeg, Co Clare, Ireland today.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Today is 18 years since Russia invaded Georgia. The West deterred us from invading anyone else by continuing work on Norstream 1 as if nothing happened and then arranging a "reset". We understood it to mean you didnt care. We understood you correctly.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 07/08/2026
I just proclaimed a State of Emergency for Calaveras County in response to the ongoing Gann fire. With this, I'm authorizing @caloes.bsky.social and state agencies to provide additional assistance to support firefighting efforts in the area.
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Evanston police said they are responding to a bomb threat at Evanston Hospital and located a “suspicious package” Public is still urged to avoid the area
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/05/2026
Dr Oz: "One in three Americans are under-babied"
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com · 16/07/2026
After a good inflation rate report, U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) says "affordability" is a made-up term. "The Democrats invented this term 'affordability.' I just call it living."
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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
wtf “But the 25-foot buffer is not a fixed line. It moves with the agent. Which means the crime moves with the agent. Which means an ICE officer can walk toward you, close the distance himself, and manufacture your arrest.”
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ICE Gestapo Weaponize New Fascist Kansas Law That Makes It Illegal to Witness ICE – The Kansas City Defender
Kansas Republicans overrode their own governor to pass the Halo Act, a moving 25-foot arrest zone around every agent in the state. In Olathe, ICE is already using it to trap the people who film them, ...
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 16/07/2026
Trump Is Building a White House Helipad. He Sought No Approvals. By Luke Broadwater and Marco Hernandez July 16, 2026 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Inside Trump’s Swift Construction of a White House Helipad
The president has bypassed a review or approval process in his swift effort to build a granite helipad on the South Lawn.
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Tiffany C. Graham @bluenote123.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but that’s rape. www.salon.com/2026/07/15/m...
Quote from a paragraph in the attached article.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Senate Republicans just confirmed another one of Trump's personal attorneys to a lifetime seat on a U.S. appeals court, an alarming trend that raises Qs about whether their loyalties lie with the Constitution or with Trump. Matthew Schwartz, 48, is the third one. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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Senate Confirms Trump’s Third Personal Attorney To Lifetime Federal Judgeship
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 11/07/2026
'Talarico is just skin and bones' says a man who is just bones
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"KKK, but Best Buy, bitch"
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 05/07/2026
A federal agent fired a pepper ball launcher from the vehicle he was driving, striking a protester in the stomach. This was outside the ICE detention facility in Broadview this afternoon. 📸 Evan Stone www.instagram.com/evan_stone_p...
An unmasked federal agent in the driver’s seat fires a pepper ball launcher out the passenger window, pointed in the general the direction of the photographer
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mynameismypassport.bsky.social @mynameismypassport.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I'm dying!! Waiting for the lightning to strike them down. Poor sheeple. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...
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Update from Aishvarya Kavi
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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Absolutely extraordinary story from the Sunday Times that is going to be very hard for Farage to deflect. "Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal" www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal
The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Two years ago today the people of Clacton elected me as their MP. Since then I have held no constituency surgeries, hardly visited the place and earned more than twenty times as much as my MP salary in outside grifts.
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TheSnarkTank @thesnarktank.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I seem to remember something in the constitution about on our 250th anniversary the president gets fed into a volcano as a human sacrifice for 250 more years of prosperity. Am I the only one that remembers that part?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/07/2026
If you're an FBI analyst surging to Atlanta to review records, reach out to me. I'll keep you anonymous. Signal in bio. Please share this post widely.
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✠ 𝐃𝐨𝐜 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 - 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🖇️ 𝟾𝟼𝟺𝟽 @unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Stand with USAF Maj. Jason Watson! Please RP
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Wow
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Tom Kean Jr. was healthy enough to authorize stock transactions up to $190,000 during his nearly 4-month absence from the House. There’s more to this story than he’s saying.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I'm confident nobody will share this.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/06/2026
Children weren’t the target of federal food program changes, but they’re increasingly “collateral damage,” one expert said. The drop in the number of children receiving SNAP benefits is a “public health crisis” in the making, said another expert.
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More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/06/2026
number of gas-burning, polluting turbines Elon Musk's company xAI has installed in Black neighborhoods around Memphis: 57 (at least) number of legally-required EPA permits he has gotten for those turbines: 0 ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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The Trump DOJ Is Trying to Do Elon Musk a Big Favor
The government claims that it has the power to dismiss the NAACP’s lawsuit against one of the president’s political allies.
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🚨🚨🚨The DOJ's proposed complaint "seeking to halt and remedy the City of Evanston’s ongoing violations of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Fair Housing Act" Full filing: www.justice.gov/crt/media/14...
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16/06/2026
New: We've been tracking reports of ICE activity across Chicagoland for five weeks. In that time, rapid responders have seen an escalation as feds have abducted dozens, caused at least two car crashes, threatened community members with weapons and flouted state courthouse protections. Read more:
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“ICE never really left:” car crashes and courthouse arrests mark spring escalation
Videos show federal agents pointing weapons at bystanders and trying to access state property as rapid response groups have reported at least 80 detainments across Chicagoland in the last five weeks.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Meet Crumb, Button, and Clover. A friend in the Bay Area found them behind a gas station. Unfortunately, she isn't able to keep them, so if she can't find someone to adopt them, they will be going to a shelter. Can you help me find them a home? They are in good health and very tame.
Three kittens in a small cage. Two are orange; one is black. The black cat wearing a blue scarf.The two orange cats in a blanket and wearing blue scarves.The two orange cats laying next to each other while wearing blue scarves.
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TheSnarkTank @thesnarktank.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
If they’re not going to take the tarp down, it seems like it would make a great screen for a projector, no? #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #ALLofThem
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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Trees are coming down in Jackson Park.
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TheSnarkTank @thesnarktank.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Out of an abundance of caution, Donald Trump to wear portable ballroom to Knicks game.
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Edward Harrison @edwardnh.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
With just days left, the U.S. opening match at the World Cup is still not sold out This tournament is going to be a flop www.npr.org/2026/06/08/n...
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With just days left, the U.S. opening match at the World Cup is still not sold out
Hundreds of tickets are still available for the U.S. and Canada opening matches for the World Cup on Friday. Even more are available in resale platforms — many at below face value.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
NEW: Federal judge blocks Trump admin's effort to move 14 trans women to men's prisons. "[I]t is fundamentally unreasonable for prison officials to respond to serious risks ... by intentionally creating those risks and offering to treat them after they predictably occur." Today, at Law Dork:
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Federal judge blocks Trump admin's effort to move 14 trans women to men's prisons
"[I]t is fundamentally unreasonable for prison officials to respond to serious risks ... by intentionally creating those risks and offering to treat them after they predictably occur."
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TheSnarkTank @thesnarktank.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
All the boos tomorrow are going to reopen his ear wound.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 05/06/2026
Good afternoon! Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates— 💰His net worth is up $1.8 billion, to $6.1 billion 💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million 💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million 💰20-year-old Barron is worth $150 million And Jared became a billionaire last year. Have a great day!
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
As misleading headlines go, that has to be up there with some of the worst! As is the claim that "Immigration is fuelling mass unemployment among under-25s." The "shocking new study" does NOT show that at all 🙄 🧵 1/21
Express Headline:

Twenty-seven young foreign workers hired for every one Brit as immigration fuels unemployment crisis.
Immigration is fuelling mass unemployment among under-25s, according to a shocking new study.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said in a yet-to-be-published proposed rule Friday that it’s drawing up plans to radically crack down on mail voting by sending ballots only to voters who are registered with the federal government. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Postal Service moving forward with Trump’s attack on mail voting
It signaled it plans to only send ballots only to voters who are registered with the federal government.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/05/2026
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
has this story broken through at all? i can’t tell.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Trump on Iran War: Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"An ICE takedown caught on camera left a 19-year-old bleeding and requiring stitches to his head. Cellphone video showed the teen get tackled by agents. Once they figured out they had made a mistake, they dropped him off at a park, bloody and bruised..." www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/d...
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DHS responds to claim of wrongful ICE detention
The Dept. of Homeland Security has responded after a Bronx man said he was injured during what he described as a case of mistaken identity involving immigration agents in Norwood. Jeury Concepcion tol...
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Cop Appears To Yell ‘I’ll Kill You’ Before Fatally Shooting Man Fleeing Traffic Stop, Video Shows
Newly released body-camera footage shows an officer firing six shots into a car being driven by Derek Jordan, who struck a CTA bus and a squad car while trying to flee from police in Humboldt Park.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/05/2026
Sen. Ron Johnson claims preposterously that as many as 3.9 MILLION (!!!) Americans died as a result of the covid vaccine Complete insanity
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This morning another busy day in Chicagoland for federal immigration agents. Rapid response groups reporting 1 person taken in St. Charles, IL. ICE presence also reported near the Cook County Domestic Violence Court and the Kane County Circuit Clerk's Office.
Hijos de Migrantes report of an ICE vehicle spotted near the Cook County Domestic Violence court on 5/8/2026.Report of ICE vehicles spotted near the Kane County Circuit Clerk's Office in St. Charles, IL on 5/8/2026.Hijos de Migrantes report of an ICE arrest in St. Charles, IL on 5/8/2026.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 07/05/2026
Remember when Trump said “we can't take care of daycare?” Now he wants $1 billion taxpayer dollars for his golden ballroom.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/05/2026
NEW: ProPublica identified at least 79 children who’ve been left screaming, unable to breathe, or otherwise hurt by tear gas and pepper spray during Trump’s historic immigration crackdown.
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Has Harmed Scores of Kids With Tear Gas, Pepper Spray
In several cities, judges have chastised federal officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”
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