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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/10/2026
NEW: The women were victims of domestic abuse. That’s what they told police officers, attorneys and anyone who would listen. It didn’t matter. They were all taken to an immigration detention center.
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These Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse. ICE Detained Them Instead.
It’s especially intimidating for immigrants suffering abuse to call 911. With this in mind, Congress has long treated people who need help as victims, not targets for deportation. Under the Trump admi...
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parkerwhortley.bsky.social @parkerwhortley.bsky.social · 23h
I watched the video but I wish I hadn’t. Multiple grown men straight up gathered around and assaulted her in front of God and everyone. Threatened by a tshirt. She wasn’t armed. Security clearly on their side. Patting each other on the back.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
At some point we also have to deal with the fact that one of the two parties is openly hostile to democracy. If you have to win big every election or else the country falls into despotism we're all just playing Russian roulette every few years
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Shut up!
"GE warns its toaster may grow human arms and shoot you with a gun" Ok that sounds like their fault. They should do something about that
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Do this and more. More! prospect.org/2026/10/13/t...
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Time to De-Privatize - The American Prospect
When the Democrats take back Congress, we need an agenda to return public functions to government and reverse decades of privatization.
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parkerwhortley.bsky.social @parkerwhortley.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It’s a good time to remember that David Brooks is in the Epstein files.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/10/2026
NEW: Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won’t pay for it.
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Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.
Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won...
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parkerwhortley.bsky.social @parkerwhortley.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Okay then. Let’s see your search history, couch fucker. Also your boss punched a 13yo child in the face for not giving him a bj.
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parkerwhortley.bsky.social @parkerwhortley.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It’s so sad to me how intellectually disabled Joe Rogan is and yet millions of men hang on his every word when they could be reading books and getting smart like LL.
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
💪Demonstration against Palestinian genocide in Tokyo, Japan - Humanitarians demanding sanctions against Israel🇵🇸😢🇱🇧
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
Real America's Voice interviewed a guy at the Trump rally in Ohio who blasted Trump for peddling "lies and garbage." He went so hard on Trump and JD Vance that they cut the interview short.
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 11/10/2026
How a growing network of Reformed pastors and influencers is blending segregationist theology, the manosphere, and internet outrage to monetize white supremacy. open.substack.com/pub/confront...
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The rise of the Jim Crow theobros
How a growing network of Reformed pastors and influencers is blending segregationist theology, the manosphere, and internet outrage to monetize white supremacy.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/10/2026
Bipartisan leadership of a powerful House committee demanded answers from the Amateur Athletic Union after a ProPublica and @washingtonpost.com investigation found that the massive youth sports organization has failed to protect kids from sexual abuse.
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U.S. Lawmakers Launch Sexual Abuse Probe of Youth Sports Giant AAU
Bipartisan leadership of a powerful House committee demanded answers from the Amateur Athletic Union after a ProPublica and Washington Post investigation found that the massive youth sports…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026
Q: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides said they have not agreed to that TRUMP: Well they agreed, you know why? Because I said 'you agree.' That's why.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
You can kill as many people as you want, but you target a beautiful precious data center? The one that hosted all 40,000 Sexy Ladies For Ken Paxton accounts?
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/10/2026
Elon just blasted his home address to his 240 million followers along with his order number and last 4 of his Amex charge card while shilling grok bot. Someone else canceled his order.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026
New in PN: Trump wants a race war. Minnesotans won’t take the bait. "They genuinely don’t understand how whites could care for immigrant communities in their midst and they’re going to keep trying to drive a wedge. But Minnesotans will do what they do: take to the streets to protect our neighbors."
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Trump wants a race war. Minnesotans won’t take the bait.
We love our Somali neighbors.
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mind
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Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026
Do you know how hard it is to lose the war if you're the United States? It's about as unlikely as bankrupting a casino.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Colorado's Elections Chief Took on Trump. She Needed Extra Security As She Gave Birth
Colorado’s secretary of state can say with certainty: “The MAGA threat environment follows us through every step of life.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/10/2026
After a company owned by the billionaire Moroun family erected a concrete plant in their quiet neighborhood, Detroit residents said they began battling air pollution so thick they could “taste the dust.” They say local and state officials have been little help.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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parkerwhortley.bsky.social @parkerwhortley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Dear Gawds I cannot stand Hakeem Jeffries and I do not get how he can stand himself
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.
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call634-5789 @call634-5789.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
FACT:
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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parkerwhortley.bsky.social @parkerwhortley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
There’s a lot of money on the line he has to bend all the way over rn
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parkerwhortley.bsky.social @parkerwhortley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I have been looking forward to this story getting more publicity since it broke. It’s only one of many like it, and the people need to know.
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The Wolves of Real Estate: The Alexander Brothers | Official Trailer | Peacock Original
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)
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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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parkerwhortley.bsky.social @parkerwhortley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This whole performance with the fake crying tells me she knows it’s true and she knows she’s cooked. Yet another CI goes down for harming children. How many have to fall before their followers get the message?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think it's closer to the truth that LLMs *can* save time on *some tasks* which can be valuable *if* you monitor them and check their output. But that doesn't get you a trillion dollars so they have to squint into the middle distance and say stupid sci fi bullshit instead
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...
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parkerwhortley.bsky.social @parkerwhortley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
RR sold crack to BIPOC in urban areas destroying generational wealth, birthing what we now know as the private prison industry, and opening up neighborhoods to corporate overdevelopment, strategic underdevelopment, and state sponsored violence.
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parkerwhortley.bsky.social @parkerwhortley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
that’s so rapey
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
Pregnancy is the only condition where Florida courts have ruled that a mentally competent patient can be forced to undergo unwanted treatment, such as a C-section. (Published March)
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They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...
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parkerwhortley.bsky.social @parkerwhortley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
All of these men are self-important, self-serving, antisocial, behaviorally disordered, apathetic to the massive scale of harm they cause, and undeserving of the power they’ve purchased.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We allow monsters to rule us
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
WATCH: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica revealed the existence of the case for the first time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg
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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pay teachers a fair wage. Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage. Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry.
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parkerwhortley.bsky.social @parkerwhortley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you live in a state inundated by data center developers, they’re probably linked to this guy.
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Inside Blue Owl’s AI play
A former futures trader, Zahr now steers Blue Owl's push into AI data center leases and lending, a bet worth billions that has some analysts wary.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Stabs this whole interview with a copy of The Caliban and The Witch.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
UPDATED: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has now resulted in more than 83,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. We are continuing to track the increase in these cases:
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Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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