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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“Can an agency that deploys undervetted, overly aggressive agents and lies about its involvement in the deaths of both immigrants and U.S. citizens be trusted to deploy a weapon that leaves no physical trace?” www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-wants-...
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ICE Wants a Weapon That Leaves No Mark
The dark, twisted logic of the agency’s new electric-shock gloves.
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 22/08/2026
New Trump tariffs just went into effect. Now it’s 50% tariffs on Canadian goods. That means higher costs for small businesses, farmers, and all Minnesota families. Canada is Minnesota’s #1 trading partner. Minnesotans are paying for Trump’s chaos.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/08/2026
“The system is already draconian for all ICE detainees, and an extra layer of cruelty is added by also depriving communication access for deaf people.”
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How Trump's deportation machine deprives Deaf people of their humanity
An extra layer of cruelty is added by limiting communication access for Deaf people.
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
i remember a few years ago when this premiered & being both taken aback but unsurprised how many people only first learned about the Black wall street massacre (then learning rosewood, lake lanier, etc) are real things that happened in this country within the last century
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/08/2026
We might not be in a technical recession, but people sure feel like they’re in one. Walmart may be the canary in the coal mine. Sales growth just hit its slowest pace in more than 6 years as consumers get squeezed by gas, groceries & debt. When folks start pulling back at Walmart, PAY ATTENTION.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Among other reforms, it cannot stand that the President can sue everyone all the time but never face any lawsuits or criminal charges himself because he’s president. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic (Gift Article)
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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GGmaJoy @ggmajoyc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This applies to other careers outside of Healthcare, as well. For instance, teachers, to name just one.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Um... this administration is just a bunch of monsters? Like serial-killer-level sociopaths? Because trying to take dogs away from people who are already hurting is basically something you go to the lowest level of Hell for
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 25/05/2026
6 Greenville, SC residents, including at least 3 cops have been arrested & charged with child sex trafficking AGAIN—not immigrants, not trans people, not drag queens, not Black or brown people. And we will not hear Trump or any MAGA politician acknowledge this. These were cops. How deep is the rot?
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 24/05/2026
The settlement, which marks an extraordinary use of executive power, goes beyond resolving litigation and effectively helps shield the president from further examination of his finances and legal conduct.
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Trump's Deal With His Own Government Shields Him, His Family From IRS Tax Claims
The U.S. government will permanently drop tax claims against President Donald Trump as part of his lawsuit settlement with the IRS.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
You may remember Republicans absolutely losing their mind when Obama released $1.7 billion in frozen Iranian assets.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Senator Andy Kim confirms inhumane conditions, bad food and water and lack of due process in Delaney Hall. Says there are pregnant women not getting medical care. Asks for his Republican colleagues to also visit and press ICE and GEO Group on these issues. @north.dsanj.org
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal says Trump has lost the plot. They accuse him of burning down the GOP and ask: Does he want his legacy to be a ballroom, an Arc de Trump, and payoffs for friends from a fund Republicans would denounce if a Democrat tried it? www.thedailybeast.com/rupert-murdo...,
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Murdoch Paper Warns That Trump, 79, Has ‘Lost the Plot’
It’s the latest scathing take from a conservative institution.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Ryan Schwartz @ryanschwartz.tv · 24/05/2026
Interesting little post-Late Show development: Stephen Colbert now has a standalone YouTube channel separate from The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The first upload is the official posting of Friday's "Only in Monroe." 🔗 www.youtube.com/@colbert
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Stephen Colbert
The official YouTube channel of Stephen Colbert.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
How did I only just discover that Don Jr is marrying the daughter of a prominent Epstein enabler? Her late dad, a banker, wrote Epstein a reference letter calling him "a gentleman of the highest integrity" to help get him tax breaks &… his island. Can’t make this stuff up.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
As Christians, we cannot stay silent about violence done in our name. We must advocate for peace and commit ourselves to healing the pain caused by hatred toward Muslims, both here and around the world. This means we must also challenge those in power who spread this hatred.
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 21/05/2026
Our elections are safe + secure. The Trump admin’s efforts to tell the public otherwise must be called out for what they are: groundwork to call foul on midterm results that don’t go Trump’s way. Join us to make clear that attacks on our elections won't go unanswered. protdem.org/4tmigV5
Text on a poster titled "What We Can Do." The main message states: "We don't need to let the administration's deception be the last word." Three numbered points follow: 1) Debunk lies without amplifying them, with advice to lead with the truth and return to it. 2) Disrupt deception strategies, encouraging civil society leaders to challenge and expose deceptive official actions. 3) Challenge actions based on lies, urging contact with Congress and local election officials.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 21/05/2026
Protect Democracy, as part of a coalition, sent a letter to Congress urging them to fund election security at $825M next year — the same level Congress approved in 2020. Because the people keeping our elections running deserve real support. www.splcenter.org/resources/po...
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84 organizations urge adequate funding for Election Security Grants
The undersigned urge the support of state and local election officials who keep our democracy safe and secure with an appropriation of $825 million in FY27 under existing HAVA grant restrictions and t...
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 21/05/2026
🧵The people who run your local elections — setting up polling places, securing voting machines, fighting off cyberattacks — are doing it on a shoestring budget. Last year, Congress gave them 45M to split across all 50 states. That’s far less than needed.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/05/2026
🗺️ P.M. REDISTRICTING UPDATE 🗺️ 📍SC: Senate floor debate continues on map eliminating only majority-Black district. 📍LA: House committee hearing continues on map eliminating one majority-Black district. 📍AL: Hearing tomorrow to block map eliminating one of two majority-Black districts.
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Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves
Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states ...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Todd Blanche is carefully laying the basis for his disbarment
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 21/05/2026
Not everyone is as excited to pay off traitors as Trump. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Cops attacked by Jan. 6 rioters sue Trump over reparations scheme
Two of the police officers who responded to the pro-Trump Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol are now suing the administration after it revealed plans for a taxpayer financed slush fund to reward…
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 21/05/2026
Yesterday, VoteVets reminded Republicans about the costs of war. As The House prepares to vote on another War Powers Resolution today, remember that Veterans across the country are watching. Vote FOR the War Powers Resolution and AGAINST Forever Wars. Don't let us down.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 21/05/2026
As the US-Israel war with #Iran exacts a global toll, the economic blow to #Africa from upended energy markets and fertilizer supply is reshaping the trajectory of #democracy on the continent, too, writes Frances Z. Brown. www.justsecurity.org/139565/iran-... #IranWar #Kenya #Nigeria #Zambia
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The Middle East War Will Reshape Africa’s Democratic Trajectory
Economic fallout from the Iran war will have a major impact on African citizens and the prospects for democracy on the continent.
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“Drain the Swamp” turned out to mean “into his pockets.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/05/2026
YES. Thank you, @raskin.house.gov
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Voting Rights Act ended Jim Crow, but Louisiana vs. Callais is a slap in the face to those who bled for that victory. During Freedom Summer, James Chaney was murdered in Mississippi just for helping Black Americans reclaim their voice at the ballot box.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This excellent analysis lays bare that they realize they're wildly unpopular (popular agendas can achieve success through democratic means). And of course the more of this they do the more unpopular they become, so it's a treadmill and feedback loop.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 11/05/2026
America held elections during wars, national crises, and our darkest moments. Now voters are being told 45,000 ballots can be tossed aside and people can “vote again.” Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry’s response? “It’s not a big deal.” Disgraceful. #SheShed
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/05/2026
Why is Putin now talking about the war in Ukraine ‘coming to an end’?
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Why is Putin now talking about the war in Ukraine ‘coming to an end’?
Drone strikes, mounting casualties and a distracted US president means a slow-motion victory is in doubt
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Calling it an “Election Integrity Army” is like calling a bank robber a financial consultant. You don’t deploy an “army” to protect democracy. You deploy an army when you want people to be afraid to participate in it. We can't/won't stand for trump's fascist bullshit.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/05/2026
“The Southern stuff is pretty grotesque... It’s so undisguised.” Tim Miller and Bill Kristol react to Republicans trying to redraw Black-held districts out of existence across the South, and what it means for Democrats’ path back to the House.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Big update: Trump tells Congress the Iran war is over and says asking for authorization from Congress is unconstitutional.  Trump faces large protests ahead of speech in deep red area.  Important new Epstein testimony. We are fighting back against AI and fake information. Help me spread the word.
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Important Friday Night News Update and Message
This Friday evening I want to take a moment to talk about something that really matters, and I genuinely want this to be a conversation about what this all means moving forward.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 01/05/2026
Twelve-year-old Darrius Clark hit the brakes of his school bus after his bus driver had a medical emergency and blacked out. He and other students managed to maneuver the bus onto a median and put it in park.
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Hancock Middle School Students Stop Bus From Crashing After Driver Blacks Out
Quick-thinking middle-school students in Hancock County kept their school bus from crashing after their driver passed out while on a four-lane highway.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Ain't you glad he's dialing down the rhetoric?
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
People below Medicare age may not know this. But: THEY DON'T USUALLY GIVE PEOPLE THESE TESTS. They're screening tools, if the MD/NP thinks there is something to check.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The six Supreme Court Justices who stole the votes and voices of Americans and irreparably harmed our nation's electoral process this week should be pariahs for the rest of their lives. They should not be welcomed where decent people gather.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🔔 There it is — @GovBillLee announces a special session for TUESDAY MAY 5TH to steal representation from majority Black MEMPHIS and make 35% Democratic Tennessee a 9-0 state for Republicans A dark, vicious power grab that continues the downward spiral of 🇺🇸 “democracy”
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Civilized countries grew up and realized that everyone is better off if everyone has access to healthcare. Maybe the US will eventually grow up, too.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/05/2026
🗺️THE LATEST 🔺LA: Halted primaries to redistrict. 🔺AL: Scheduled special session to redistrict. 🔺TN: Moving toward mid-cycle gerrymander. 🔺SC: Faces GOP calls for a special session to redistrict. 🔺GA: Won't redistrict in 2026, but 2028 is on the table. 🔺FL: DeSantis to sign new GOP gerrymander soon.
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Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves
Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The world’s ten richest people — all Americans — saw their collective net worth increase by $260 billion in April. These ten people are now worth a combined $2.7 trillion. The bottom 50% of U.S. households, 66 million in total, is worth $4.3 trillion. Wondering if inequality is out of control?
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Foreign contributions to political campaigns are banned. Trump found a loophole—crypto—allowing him to rake in hundreds of millions from foreign regimes buying influence. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart.
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
DanielsGoldman.dg4ny.co presented FBI evidence of a horrific assault by Trump on a 13-year-old girl. They want us looking elsewhere, but we won't be moved. We will not be distracted from the #EpsteinFiles. We demand the truth.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 14/04/2026
⚡️Iceland, Poland back tribunal to prosecute Russia's aggression against Ukraine. Iceland and Poland have agreed to support the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute the crime of aggression against Ukraine, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said April 14.
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Iceland, Poland back tribunal to prosecute Russia's aggression against Ukraine
Iceland and Poland have agreed to support the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute the crime of aggression against Ukraine, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said April 14.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Every time they say they’re the party of law & order, that they’re pro-law enforcement, that DOJ is taking violent criminals off the streets & Democrats are pro-criminal, remember this. It’s all a sham; a mob-style loyalty exercise.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Beautiful again shall be Hungary’s name Worthy of its ancient fame What centuries past have smeared with blight We shall wash off and set aright. We swear by God we shall be free No longer sons of slavery. -- Sandor Petofi open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Orbán Was First. Trump Is Next.
Can America have its own liberal patriotic renaissance?
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 14/04/2026
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