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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 08/10/2026
"When bystanders called 911 seeking emergency medical attention for the locked down protester, the callers were informed that emergency medical services would not be responding to the scene."
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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One (or all) of the following is happening: - ICE is intentionally conducting insultingly bad FOIA searches to screw requesters out of records about the agency's use of force. - It is failing to create records, or improperly destroying the ones it generates. All scenarios are unlawful.
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ICE Says It Can't Find Its Own Records Of Teargassing And Arresting Broadview Protesters
ICE's own rules require reports every time an agent uses force. But the agency says it can't find any from its attacks on protesters on Sept. 19, 2025.
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: As AI companies provoke intense scrutiny, former Obama White House official Jay Carney has joined an effort to “rebuild bonds” between Democrats and the AI industry. Dem operatives are joining the AI industry in droves – we’ve tracked over 100 former Biden officials who made similar moves.
Jay Carney’s new job: Rebuild tech’s bridge to Democrats

Jay Carney is heading back to Silicon Valley’s political trenches. Carney, the former Obama press secretary who left Airbnb this summer, has joined SV Angel, Ron Conway’s early-stage venture capital firm, to run a new initiative called Project Blueprint.

Its purpose is to rebuild bonds between leaders in the artificial intelligence sector and Democrats who are demanding new rules to regulate the technology.
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 09/09/2026
We have a new piece up at @arkansasgrita.bsky.social about one local police department's friendly relationship with ICE, including bodycam footage of a constitutionally questionable traffic stop which resulted in the detention of 5 people, including 4 passengers. arkansasgrita.com/stories/tont...
arkansasgrita.com
Tontitown traffic stops led to ICE detentions months before 287(g) agreement
Bodycam footage from Oct. 2025 traffic stop resulting in five ICE detentions raises questions about constitutional violations, lawyer says.
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 09/09/2026
single-issue voter and the issue is daylight savings
facebook comment reading "I'll vote for if u approve daylight saving bill I was told u will not approve it It is in the senate now Jonesboro AR"
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 09/09/2026
We have a new piece up at @arkansasgrita.bsky.social about one local police department's friendly relationship with ICE, including bodycam footage of a constitutionally questionable traffic stop which resulted in the detention of 5 people, including 4 passengers. arkansasgrita.com/stories/tont...
arkansasgrita.com
Tontitown traffic stops led to ICE detentions months before 287(g) agreement
Bodycam footage from Oct. 2025 traffic stop resulting in five ICE detentions raises questions about constitutional violations, lawyer says.
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 27/08/2026
wow, wrong wrong and wrong again!
caitlin flanagan talking about things she doesn't know anything about
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 19/08/2026
Several Arkansas cities pull plug on Flock cameras arkansasadvocate.com/2026/08/19/s...
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Several Arkansas cities pull plug on Flock cameras | Arkansas Advocate
The backlash against Flock Safety Cameras in Arkansas has occurred as swiftly as its adoption by police departments throughout the state.
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 30/07/2026
seeing this here in Arkansas, where 44 local police departments have signed onto 287(g) under the Task Force Model arkansasgrita.com/stories/44-a...
arkansasgrita.com
44 Arkansas police departments partnering with ICE, promised funding
The Department of Homeland Security reimburses trained police officers' salaries, bonuses, overtime, and promises up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding to departments that sign up for the ...
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This account is horrifying. Thanks to the Press Herald for this coverage. www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/b...
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Biddeford witness saw gunshot victim bleeding from head
One resident who saw the shooting said he heard the man who died say 'I tried to stop.'
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 12/07/2026
well i’ve seen about enough men’s soccer
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 12/07/2026
singing wonderwall after is really fuckin funny honestly
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 12/07/2026
harry kane is such a whiner lmao good grief
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/07/2026
We can see this in the ICE flight data. Domestic “round-up” flights are spiking, and some activist flight watchers report the flights are getting fuller. But deportation and removal flights remain steady. This means the concentration camps are getting packed to the brim. It’s awful to comprehend.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"she asked for it"
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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A lot of leftist men were — and seemingly still are — willing to accept Graham Platner's many many faults because they have a sneering, condescending belief that working people in this country are white townie oafs who will only listen to other white townie oafs. www.garbageday.email/p/the-curdli...
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 07/07/2026
lmao!
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 06/07/2026
watching this match exactly where you’d want to be, in a crowd of roughly 8,000 in a public park in springdale, arkansas
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 02/07/2026
soccer good
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
"Uncivil, a consortium of scholars and researchers of which Moreton is a member, found that 20 out of the 23 foundations most active in the pluralism and depolarization space also fund conservative policy networks or pro-Israel organizations."
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 09/06/2026
1) hozier’s “hozier” 2) james bay “chaos and calm” 3) frozen soundtrack
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Immigrant detainees at Delaney Hall ICE prison in Newark, NJ have been forced to cook, clean, & repair the facility for as little as $1/day and sometimes for free. They are on a hunger & labor strike; protesters outside have been tear-gassed. Here's our report, including a quote from a detainee:
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Delaney Hall ICE Detainees Take Aim at GEO Group’s Bottom Line - The American Prospect
Immigrants held at GEO Group’s Delaney Hall in Newark are on a labor strike and a hunger strike, refusing to perform the jobs that keep the place running.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 28/05/2026
I don't use any of this shit. the guys who insist everyone's doing it are merely telling on themselves. I also did not cheat/take shortcuts on schoolwork and I know how to use a library. It's infuriating to be freelancing while laziness is rewarded with salary and healthcare.
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The attack on the UCLA Gaza encampment was one of the first times in my professional career where I took a look at a situation and thought, “someone might seriously die tonight” Some of the worst hours I’ve ever experienced and reported on
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
JUST IN: Governor Abigail Spanberger last night returned this bill to lawmakers with an amendment request (rather than signing it). Her amendment would clarify that sheriffs/jails are allowed to honor ICE detainers, i.e. warrantless ICE requests to keep someone in jail beyond their release.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 13/04/2026
ICE Reports 16th Detained Death of 2026 at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, a 49-year-old man from Mexico, died on April 11 at a private prison in rural Louisiana. The pace of one death every 6 days continues to hold. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-report...
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ICE Reports 16th Detained Death of 2026 at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana
Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, a 49-year-old man from Mexico, died on April 11 at a private prison in rural Louisiana. The pace of one death every 6 days continues to hold.
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...
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The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril
As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 12/04/2026
"The right’s characterization of higher education is a fiction. Students across the ideological spectrum feel free to express themselves, think their education is worth the cost and don’t think their views are silenced." Only 3% of Republican students feel out of place on campus for their views.
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Frank Bajak @fbajak.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Israel kills more than 300 in Beirut. Unclear what the targets were. 1/3 of victims women, children and elderly. Israel said it hit Hezbollah command and control centers, but the only Hezbollah official reported killed was a top aide to the group's secretary general. apnews.com/article/leba...
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AP reporter describes intense Israeli attacks that stunned Beirut
An AP reporter describes how Israel's massive bombardment of Beirut stunned the city. Israel's biggest coordinated attack of the current war hit 100 targets in the space of 10 minutes on Wednesday aft...
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Just to spell this out… You need ID to vote in Kansas. For most, that means a driver’s license. Kansas has canceled valid licenses of people who’d updated their gender marker. Many of those affected will need new licenses to be able to vote. A new license costs $16. = Poll tax on trans people.
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A New Law Voids IDs of Transgender Kansans. It Also Threatens Their Voting Access. - Bolts
Almost as soon as Kansas lawmakers passed a new law targeting transgender people in late February, state officials started invalidating some people’s driver’s licenses without warning. The law, which ...
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 07/04/2026
just got an email about the CBS x The Free Press x Paramount (sponsored by Bank of America) Bari Weiss extravaganza that UVA is hosting & promoting. really embarrassing if you ask me. people who do not care one bit about the brutal realities of this world because they're benefiting from it.
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
let's be clear about what's happening: donald trump and benjamin netanyahu, whose countries have been committing genocide in gaza since 2023, unilaterally started a war with iran, and are now threatening genocide there.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
God help us.
A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 07/04/2026
bro pls play one shining moment and let me go to bed
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 01/04/2026
lol, lmfao even
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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
NEW: Like many of you, I found the revelations about César Chávez’s sexual abuse of Dolores Huerta, Ana Murguia, and Debra Rojas absolutely devastating. For @prismreports.org, I wrote about the importance of grappling with Chávez’s true legacy—both as as a civil rights leader and a rapist.
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César Chávez’s shadow
Revelations that César Chávez sexually abused young girls and women has set off a bomb in Latino communities and movement spaces
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 20/03/2026
is there anyone who's written intelligently from the left on this idea that "markets," prediction or otherwise, can produce good information because they incentivize people with knowledge to act on it?
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 20/03/2026
Every so often I think about how I had to fight to get the phrase "persistent economic inequity," in a NYT story because they wanted to use "trapped in poverty" instead, and it had to go to the standards editor because they thought persistent economic inequity might be biased
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Chabeli Carrazana @chabeli.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The community has been “shaken to its foundation,” said Monica Ramirez, the founder of Justice for Migrant Women. She and other leaders are now trying to push forward the farmworker movement and continue the work that many women — not just Chavez — spearheaded. 19thnews.org/2026/03/wome...
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The women leading the farmworker movement won’t let it be defined by Cesar Chavez
The sexual abuse allegations against Chavez have rocked them. But their focus is still on protecting other women.
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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 18/03/2026
And more from Dolores Huerta: "I have never identified myself as a victim, but I now understand that I am a survivor — of violence, of sexual abuse, of domineering men who saw me, and other women, as property, or things to control."
medium.com
March 18, 2026
Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 18/03/2026
after Charlie Kirk died pundits like Ezra Klein praised his "hard conversations" with students. under the higher ed backlash he helped start, the real hard-to-have conversations are about gender, race, sexuality, protest. the feminists touring colleges with academic bans: @us.theguardian.com
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Say gay: feminist magazine reclaims Charlie Kirk-style campus tours after Florida DEI cuts
Florida restricted teaching around sex, gender and race. Lux is now giving students a forum for these issues
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The extent to which every single one of these guys has absolutely no idea what the fuck they're talking about is frankly stunning. You should be embarrassed to go out in public and spout shit like this. It should scar your soul and make you weep in shame, but that requires introspection, so...shit.
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 15/03/2026
once at a DC salon during trump's first term I said that I grew up adjacent to TEA partiers and Christian fundamentalists and yes, racism is and was a big part of the whole deal... the entire room full of beltway insiders acted like *I* was the out-of-touch one
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m @lurrie.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
we expelled them, blacklisted them, called cops to beat the shit out of them, and deported them. why aren't they protesting again? i'm very smart
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Meatpacking plant workers in Colorado are set to strike on Monday in what would be the first and largest labor action to hit the industry in decades www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Nearly 4,000 US meatpacking workers to strike at plant run by top Trump donor
Workers at JBS USA to strike Monday in what will be the first labor strike in the meatpacking industry in decades
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olivia paschal @oliviapaschal.com · 10/03/2026
i just.......
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History News Network @myhnn.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
“What have the years done to him? What has his billion dollars made of him?” Read @oliviapaschal.com on Upton Sinclair’s 1937 novel about Henry Ford. www.hnn.us/article/what...
hnn.us
What Has His Billion Dollars Made of Him?
Finding shades of Elon Musk in Upton Sinclair’s 1937 novel about Henry Ford.
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