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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
> @cnbc.com #Tariffs www.cnbc.com/2026/10/08/i...
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My friend Sam Karas was detained for almost three hours while reporting on the border wall construction in the Big Bend region. She was detained by a "bearded man" who claimed he worked for one of the wall contractors. bigbendsentinel.com/2026/09/20/b...
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‘Bearded Man’ detains journalists for hours near the first segment of border wall erected in the Big Bend
Man tells deputies he works for the wall contractor A Big Bend Sentinel reporter, a photojournalist and a Sierra Blanca activist were blocked from leaving a remote Hudspeth County private road for mor...
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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
MSNow: For the first time, someone in the Trump Administration had admitted the truth of Iran's destruction of the US Navy's primary base and logistics center in the Middle East: NavSec Hung Cao admits the Iranian military "blew the Hell out of Bahrain." All the rest was lies.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"[Donald Trump] is the most lawless president in American history. I don't think anyone even comes close. And the attempt to require the U.S. Postal Service to interfere with elections—that he knows he will lose—is itself an impeachable offense."
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Sara Spector @miriam2626.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#DorisMiller was born the son of black sharecroppers in Waco, Texas. The renaming of the battleship after Trump is an insult to all Texans. Miller is a source of #Texas pride.
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pappchar.bsky.social @pappchar.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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EmmaK @emmasdogma.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Camp David has been used to host world leaders since 1943. Nothing new needs to be built.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
One of the largest Wildberries logistics centers, covering more than 200,000 square meters, is on fire in Koledino, Russia's Moscow region. Logistics warehouses are also burning in Domodedovo following a drone attack.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The R's have been doing this for decades, at least back to Reagan. A slow, steady drip of "America First"; a propaganda of fear mongering laced with religion and so-called patriotism.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
January 6 was only 5 and a half years ago, and we’ve already cycled through investigation, indictment, conviction, pardon, and now gleeful promises to do it again only with actual hanging rather than just chants about it. Nice job GOP.
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They're still doing it because we didn't hang them
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
FITCH SAYS ON THE UNITED STATES THAT FISCAL PRESSURES WILL INCREASE AS MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY EXPENDITURES EXPAND BY NEARLY 1 PERCENTAGE POINT OF GDP BY 2032, ADDING THAT GRIDLOCK AND GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS MAY BECOME MORE LIKELY AND POSSIBLY MORE PROTRACTED AS WELL
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13/08/2026
These are the actions of an authoritarian state. Instead of investigating the agent who killed Alex Pretti, Trump's DHS conducted sweeping surveillance of Minnesota organizations that were peacefully standing up to this Administration's lawlessness. Despicable.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
ICE plans to equip agents with gloves that can deliver electric shocks. What could possibly go wrong?!
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
You struggle to buy groceries and fill your tank. Healthcare is increasingly unaffordable and parents wonder how to pay for childcare or even ensure basic nutrition. But this sick, corrupt sociopath is blowing close to a billion dollars for White House vanity projects. 82 days until the midterms.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/08/2026
Senate Democrats are demanding answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after reports of deteriorating conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea that has been deployed since November.
washingtonpost.com
As poor conditions are reported on USS Abraham Lincoln, Democrats demand answers
Sailors’ families told the Military Times that two men tried to jump overboard as crews endure food shortages, broken toilets and water contamination.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Well, it's not like Ohio voters will be mad about this -- I'm sure they love Big Pharma billionaires and hate people who suffer from Alzheimer's.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 13/08/2026
NEW: DHS spent months gathering information on dozens of Minnesotans as it sought to crack down on the state's anti-ICE protests, according to legal filings. Through the campaign, DHS collected information on constitutionally protected activities in churches, parks, schools and private group chats.
democracydocket.com
Trump admin conducted major surveillance operation in Minnesota during protest crackdown, new filings show
The sprawling surveillance effort involved several undercover operations at churches across the U.S.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13/08/2026
By hook or by crook, Trump is hellbent on getting his name on the Kennedy Center & his hand-picked board is all too happy to try & make it happen. Can you imagine if Trump spent time & energy on things Americans actually care about, like lowering costs & ending his war in Iran?
nytimes.com
Kennedy Center Board Decides to Inscribe Trump’s Name on Building
The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge’s order to remove his name.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 13/08/2026
I’ve covered all kinds of Jan. 6 rioters who were re-arrested after receiving Trump pardons, but none of them faced accusations quite like the hair-touching guy — who was found guilty in DC yesterday. “It’s just a creepy thing to do,” the judge said. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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‘It’s just a creepy thing to do’: Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter convicted in hair-touching case
Quite a few Jan. 6 rioters have been re-arrested after their presidential pardon, but none have faced accusations quite like this.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, which is stationed in the Middle East, are so poor that sailors have tried to jump overboard. Trump also gutted the VA, firing thousands of workers who are veterans themselves. Remember this when Trump and Republicans claim the mantle of patriotism.
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Jayne Miller @jemillerbalt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Agreed.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Internal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===>
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Good framing.
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Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure
Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports — a ...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Dana Bash showed in this interview exactly how to handle a gaslighting sociopath. This is precisely how journalists should deal with all of them, including Trump.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 02/08/2026
Head Start has helped over 30 million kids since 1965. It was built to give poor children a fair shot before kindergarten. Now the Trump administration wants to gut the standards that make it work, while calling it “cutting red tape.”
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It (Gift Article)
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Def. Sec. Pete Hegseth promised it "would be the most transparent administration ever.” As the US-led war against Iran enters its sixth month, the offering to the public is less information about the conflict and its direction, even as the costs continue to mount. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
cbsnews.com
Trump administration calls itself the most transparent. Yet few details of the Iran war have been shared.
The Trump administration is offering the public less information about the Iran war and its direction, even as the costs continue to mount.
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pappchar.bsky.social @pappchar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Not surprised in the least.
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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
More.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 30/07/2026
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose for the fourth consecutive week to its highest level in a year, another setback for prospective homebuyers hoping for a break from elevated home loan borrowing costs.
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Average 30-year US mortgage rate rises to highest level in a year at 6.66%
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose for the fourth consecutive week to its highest level in a year, another setback for prospective homebuyers hoping for a break from elevated home loan borrowing costs.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 30/07/2026
There are three big problems for Blanche with crooked Trump deal he incubated: (1) the slush fund for cop-beaters and MAGA-loons, (2) the Trump family tax fraud amnesty scam, and (3) they pulled it off through collusion and possible “fraud on the court.”
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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 30/07/2026
61 years ago, Medicaid and Medicare were created. Now, these programs help 130 million Americans receive the lifesaving health care they need. Senate Democrats are committed to reversing Republicans’ $1 trillion health care cuts to ensure every American has access to affordable health care.
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
if you don't test, you keep the numbers down
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
@connectwithjacob on IG On the six-month anniversary of Alex Pretti's death at the hands of ICE agents in Minneapolis, his mother, Susan Pretti, shared an emotional message. "Please never forget Alex and what he believed in: equality and peace for all." #sayhisnamealexpretti #abolishice #Pinks
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/07/2026
In a buried report, oil regulators pinpointed nearly 600 wells operating illegally, threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water. Then there were 1,400+ wells that had operated for decades without any limits at all — grandfathered in from an earlier era. (Published March w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social)
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Oil Regulators Found Hundreds of Wells Violating Oklahoma Rules. Then They Ignored Their Findings.
Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state’s injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking wa...
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Foodie Boricua 🇵🇷🐍 @sirenaylaluna.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Here's mine for the challenge/trend.
Mother cheetah tells her cub "I must teach you to be fierce". The cheetah cub responds with "But mom, I am fierce" in incorrect grammar. We get a close-up of the cheetah cub's face. This cub is too cute. The cheetah mom then licks her cub's adorable face.
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The IX Sports @theixsports.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A common theme among this year's veteran All-Star selections is movement in free agency. Our @maggiehendricks.bsky.social on a trio of WNBA vets who have made the most of the heightened opportunities and incentives to make full use of free agency.
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How improved WNBA free agency has spurred player movement | The IX Basketball
Nneka Ogwumike, Natasha Howard and Gabby Williams spoke on what the WNBA's improved free agency did for their careers.
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Dude had Gatorade powder in his van because he takes care of his people and these ghouls tried to frame him up. Just disgusting.
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Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove @kamlager-dove.house.gov · 24/07/2026
This is despicable. Our servicemembers' families are mourning, and the Trump Administration can't even properly honor their service because of Trump and Hegseth's fragile egos. We need transparency about the casualties from this reckless war. Our Gold Star Families deserve better.
nytimes.com
Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website (Gift Article)
Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.
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Sarah E. Minnis, PhD 🏔️ @saraheminnisphd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Unconscionable erasure. Shame on the people who made this decision.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The most surprising thing about this news is that the CDC reported it.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Bunch of new medical personnel being flown to Germany? Probably nothing to see here. 🤦‍♂️ (Germany is the primary hub to prepare for military casualties in the Middle East. They’re flexing a lot of personnel, including over 100 medics)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Priorities.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The CDC reported more than 11,000 Cyclospora cases nationwide so far this year, compared with an annual average of about 2,800. Many people are referring to it as TDS, or Trump Diarrhea Syndrome. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/w...
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
BREAKING: $4 is back/ according to GasBuddy data, the national average just hit $4/gal again. 2026 is now the first year ever to reach $4 in two separate surges: once in the spring, now again. not in 2008, not in 2022, not ever. two $4 runs in the same year.
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pappchar.bsky.social @pappchar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
So much for the “pro-family party. Please vote. Your children are depending on it.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
matthew always brings the receipts
• A law called the "Food Traceability Rule," designed to make tracing contaminated food easier, was supposed to go into effect on January 20, 2026.
• Taylor Foods started paying Sidley Austin to lobby. on "regulation of food safety" in January of 2025.
• On March 20, 2025, FDA announced they were pushing back the implementation of the "Food Traceability Rule" by 30 months.
• On March 26, 2025, Taylor Fresh Foods Inc contributed $1,000,000 to MAGA Inc, a Trump-aligned super PAC.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Monday morning update: Trump’s nemesis, Spain, wins the World Cup, edits him out of their victory picture as gas hits $4 per gallon.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It turns out a man who spends untold hours and dollars to hide his bald head will spend untold hours and millions of dollars to hide his involvement with child rape and his humiliation over losing an election.
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John Pappas @pappjo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
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