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“I can hear the drums of liberation for the first time in 800 years. The drums of liberation!” 🐘🏴‍☠️

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 1h
The SWAT team like descent on Rep Omar's home weeks before an election, after JD Vance declared an intention to investigate her for some crime, any crime, echoes decades of misuses of law enforcement power for political purposes, starting with J Edgar Hoover's deportation of political opponents.
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Lessons from a Red Scare
The American people are capable of turning the tide against repression.
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Axios @axios.com · 08/10/2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the public will be able to watch the Fort Hood shooter's execution
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Pete Hegseth says public can watch Fort Hood shooter's execution
Hegseth said Nidal Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be."
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You just knew there was an example from her time as a Fox News pundit where Kim Guilfoyle called for investigations and criminal charges against Democrats for "racketeering" and "corruption" because they were "influence peddling" and "willing to sell access." www.mediamatters.org/kimberly-gui...
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FLASHBACK: At Fox, U.S. Ambassador Guilfoyle endorsed criminal investigation into Clinton “pay-for-play” claims
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There's a viral discussion in the Black community right now in the aftermath of a Haitian actor calling Americans lazy. He has been getting slammed for days, and it's fueling the diaspora wars. But this is an example of how American tech bros are trying to "optimize" out of basic social skills
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otama56.bsky.social @otama56.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Man Points & Smiles: 'Gimme Give Me'
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/10/2026
While in ICE detention, Martin Soto organized a hunger and labor strike to improve conditions inside the facility. He was released after eight months on Tuesday.
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Martin Soto went out for diapers. He came home eight months later.
The asylum seeker, who led a hunger strike inside a for-profit ICE facility, was released with an ankle monitor late Tuesday.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 08/10/2026
Former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen said he could not believe what he was reading in Kimberly Guilfoyle's newly revealed text messages.
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Trump official’s leaked Signal chats astound legal expert: ‘I can’t believe my eyes’
Former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen said he could not believe what he was reading in Kimberly Guilfoyle's newly revealed text messages.Eisen, who served in the Obama White House and later as U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic, appeared on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Wednesday to discuss ...
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
LOUISIANA: WORST IN THE NATION Republicans have run Louisiana's legislature for more than 15 years and hold every statewide office. ❌Worst state in America, dead last in U.S. News two years in a row CRIME ❌Locks up more people than any state. Only El Salvador locks up more
Overall health: 50th
Highest incarceration rate in America
* Highest combined state + local sales tax: 10.13%
X Economic Hardship Index: 50th
* Children in poverty: 25.0% (49th)
* Women in poverty: 24.0% (50th)
Senior health: 49th
WIC coverage: 33.5% (50th)
Gun death rate: 27.6 per 100,000 (49th)
Homicide rate: 17.8 per 100,000 (49th)
Low birth weight: 11.3% (49th)
Teen birth rate: 23.1 per 1,000 (48th)
X Life expectancy: 73.8 years
Louisiana
Drinking-water violations: 49th
Food insecurity, age 60+: 14.0% (50th)
Nursing-home quality: 50th
Child injury deaths:
34.3 per 100,000 (49th)
Cancer mortality: 158.3 per 100,000
Stroke mortality: 50.7 per 100,000
Chlamydia rate: 792.4 per 100,000 (50th)
Drug deaths: 48.6 per 100,000 (46th)
Premature death: 11,285 years lost before 75 (48th)
* Income inequality: 49th
High school completion: 44th
Preventable hospitalizations: 48th
Frequent mental distress: 19.8% (48th)
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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On our latest podcast episode, Banner managing editor @andreatudhope.bsky.social talks to reporters @iamstevenhale.bsky.social and @mikeiereiland.bsky.social about covering the failed execution of Christa Pike from inside and outside the prison.
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LISTEN: A Nightmare Unfolds in Tennessee’s Death Chamber - Nashville Banner
Banner reporters discuss events surrounding the attempted execution of Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Massacre at Minab — The bombing of an Iranian school, killing 120 children, is one of the worst U.S. war crimes since Vietnam. Drop Site spoke to survivors, first responders, parents, and witnesses.” From @jeremyscahill.com
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Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave
The bombing of an Iranian school, killing 120 children, is one of the worst U.S. war crimes since Vietnam. Drop Site spoke to survivors, first responders, parents, and witnesses. This is their story.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New: Jasmine Crockett was offering government relations & lobbying services on a campaign-funded website. It was taken down after Zeteo reached out. Experts say they’d never seen something like this before. Rules bar members from lobbying and from using campaign funds for non-campaign purposes.
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Jasmine Crockett Offered Lobbying Services on Her Campaign-Funded Website – While in Office
The offering was removed after Zeteo contacted the Texas Democratic congresswoman’s office.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026
Yesterday’s White House gathering resulted in a voluntary, non-binding, and non-enforceable agreement to commit to safety policies the companies had already committed to during the Biden administration, and that they’ve claimed to be already following.
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Eric Schmitts the Bed
Plus: Trump’s dangerous, reckless embrace of AI.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In 5 cases, Liza Black observes that the US’s colonial legal structure is primed to discount the murders of Indigenous women and Two-Spirit people as worth investigating. HOW SETTLERS GET AWAY WITH MURDER is here!
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How Settlers Get Away with Murder: The Killing of Indigenous Women and Two-Spirit People in the Americas by Liza Black
In this damning exposé, historian Black (Picturing Indians) exhumes a sinister pattern of missing and murdered Indigenous women ...
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Bev @lolbev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
a quote to pull you in, “Researching this book required a form of historical combat. Archives exist not as neutral repositories but rather battlegrounds where evidence can be buried alive.”
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Text from a friend. HEADS UP TEXAS. CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION ASAP. This is a family with a Latino last name.
Texts from my friend: I wanted to share with you a message from Texas I thought would be a good fact or call to action for your audience.
I wanted to share something that happened to my 76-year-old mom in Texas yesterday because I immediately thought of you and the reach of your mic.
My mom, Margaret, has been a voter since she was 18 and has always voted. She went to a voter-registration event in Bexar County and, when they suggested she check her registration, her record couldn’t be found. She immediately filled out a new registration application.
Then she checked her husbands, and his record couldn’t be found either.
Regardless of why any individual registration has an issue, this feels like an important public-service message: Texans should check their voter registration now, while there’s still time to fix a problem, not discover it when they go to vote.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“We cannot let war and genocide become normal.” Status Coup’s @jordanchariton.bsky.social was on the ground in NYC as hundreds of demonstrators gathered and over 100 were arrested for speaking out against Netanyahu’s presence at the UN General Assembly and demanding an end to the genocide in Gaza.
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Steve Saidemonster 🧌🧛🦇⚰️👻👹 @smsaideman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this is a terrific statement.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
clicked to read about political ad spends on anti-trans shit, ended up reading something quickly beautiful/profound about hope seemingly against all odds lol, by @katelynburns.com www.burnsnotice.com/we-may-have-...
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We May Have Just Seen the Tides Turn on Trans Rights
Some conservative PACs have backed off from running anti-trans ads. Is this a sign of what's to come for trans people?
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otama56.bsky.social @otama56.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
God Valley movie in 2027! 🥳
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Tony Tony Chopper's Excited Starry Eyes
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/09/2026
They’re also working with the Trump administration to remove AI regulation and obtain military contracts.
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Rest assured: AI companies say they're investigating tens of thousands of rogue bot incidents
They're also working with the Trump administration to remove AI regulation and obtain military contracts.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This post really pissed me off. As someone who has been an activist for forty years and training activists, organizers and non-profit leaders for 15 years, one of the most relevant factors for continued engagement is whether people enjoy the work, feel like they belong, and find community in it.
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otama56.bsky.social @otama56.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh hell no!
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Zoro's Three-Sword Style
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EL PAÍS América @elpaisamerica.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Los 68 mexicanos de las islas de Revillagigedo encaran al huracán ‘Polo’ en máxima categoría dozz.es/pnanv6
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Los 68 mexicanos de las islas de Revillagigedo encaran al huracán ‘Polo’ en máxima categoría
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404 Media @404media.co · 25/09/2026
"One’s like a happy or upbeat sad song if that makes any sense, and one’s a sad, sad song. I think one’s in a minor key, one’s in a major key, but I’m not a music professional."
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AI Love Song for Mistress Played at Murder Trial Is Most Excruciating Watch in Recent Memory
"One’s like a happy or upbeat sad song if that makes any sense, and one’s a sad, sad song. I think one’s in a minor key, one’s in a major key, but I’m not a music professional."
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A new ethics complaint has been filed against Iowa Senate candidate Ashley Hinson. The report details her husband using his connection to Hinson to arrange meetings with an insurance lobby that was paying him during her time in the House of Representatives.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
These are the people who have betrayed their fellow Americans by supporting a criminal who is ruining our country. The stain of what they have done can never be washed away.
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The Mighty Jungle💙💛 @ocanannain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Michael de Adder
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Fotos by Fuzzy @fotosbyfuzzzy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Michael de Adder is great at portraying what His Orangeness does.
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EL PAÍS América @elpaisamerica.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Una denuncia de abuso sexual pone bajo la lupa a los militares que custodian la cárcel de mujeres de Guayaquil dozz.es/9okqc9
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Una denuncia de abuso sexual pone bajo la lupa a los militares que custodian la cárcel de mujeres de Guayaquil
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otama56.bsky.social @otama56.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Seth Meyers: Right?!
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW: DOJ is justifying President Trump's ban on media orgs by citing stories about sensitive topics like depleted U.S. munitions, the war in Iran, Trump's ballroom security features and ... bad "vibes" at the GOP midterm convention w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Trump cites national security, midterms coverage to defend press ban
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump promised to bring prices down starting on day one. Instead, ground beef and rice just hit the highest prices ever recorded. Ground beef is now $7.16 a pound, up from $6.63 a year ago. Remember that at the grocery store, and at the ballot box November 3. #GroceryPrices #VoteBlue
GROCERY STORE PRICES
ALL-TIME RECORDS
Price per pound, the highest ever recorded
Ground beef, all kinds
August 2025
August 2026
$6.63
$7.16 RECORD
Ground beef, 100% beef
August 2025
August 2026
$6.32
$6.92 RECORD
White rice
August 2025
August 2026
$1.06R
$1.11 RECORD
Trump: "I will immediately bring prices down, starting on day one."
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics average prices, August 2026, not adjusted for inflation.
Records began in 1980 for rice, 1984 and 1998 for beef. Trump quote: August 15, 2024.
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FREEBROOKLYN❌👑 @freebklyn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Banner that says Netanyahu is not welcome in NYC
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Donald Trump is an idiot, and the mainstream press is covering up for him: presswatchers.org/2026/09/dona... NEW from me on Press Watch.
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Donald Trump is an idiot, and the mainstream press is covering up for him | Press Watch
He does incredibly stupid things and doesn’t understand basic concepts, for starters
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
White nationalism. That’s what the Trump regime’s immigration policies are all about. Brown and Black people out. White people in. Doesn’t get any simpler than that. The only immigrants the regime really wants are White Afrikaners: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
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Trump administration to welcome up to 17,500 more White South Africans as refugees
The Trump administration is planning to welcome up to 17,500 additional White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees over the next 12 months, according to a notice sent to Congress.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 22/09/2026
Trump’s UN speech went from campaigning to denial — and then it took a dark turn
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Trump’s UN speech went from campaigning to denial — and then it took a dark turn
Reading between the lines — and despite a shocking aside about ‘annihilating’ Iran — it seems like Trump might be feeling a little tired and a little scared, writes Holly Baxter
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FOX: We’re active with Iran—how do you get out? El-Sayed: You don’t get in in the first place. We had an agreement that had contained nuclear weapons. We did not need to do this, so the first time the dunce got elected he pulled back on the agreement.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨 7,758 letters have hit Capitol Hill demanding Pete Hegseth's impeachment for unconstitutional strikes. The regime is dodging a floor vote. Force them on record tonight: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Impeach Pete Hegseth
Contact Congress today!
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🏳️‍⚧️ Ciara RayneCloud 🏳️‍⚧️ @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/ari4... As we say, it always gets worse.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In case you missed Susan Collins embroiled in a pay-to-play scheme… Maine, it’s time to send Susan Collins packing this November. We can’t afford six more years of being sold out to Trump and Collins’ corporate cronies.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
30,199 citizens have officially demanded John Roberts' impeachment. He broke his oath to shield an unaccountable Court. Put your representative on record tonight: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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otama56.bsky.social @otama56.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Crystal The Cavern Spirit
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 22/09/2026
The discourse is going to be bad I'll just say that covid is still a thing, immunocompromised people still exist despite this country's best efforts, and this is what happens when, instead of systemic clean air interventions, you do the equivalent of a boil water order for air
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El Diario de Nueva York @eldiariony.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
La mujer de California que envía dinero a niños migrantes detenidos en Texas
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La mujer de California que envía dinero a niños migrantes detenidos en Texas
Casey Revkin empezó a ayudar a menores afectados por las políticas migratorias durante el primer gobierno de Trump
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rough day for Susan Collins in the local Maine press, where ProPublica's bombshell story is the lead story.
Screengrab from WNTWScreengrab from Maine PublicScreengrab from Portland Press HeraldScreengrab from Bangor Daily News
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