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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13/06/2026

Even when it’s not obvious, the 250th anniversary has been poisoned by commercialism, partisanship and a rejection of history. Gift link: bit.ly/4ejc8r4

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America’s 250th anniversary is now a Trump birthday party

Even a history lesson and a commemoration of the nation's founding can't escape partisanship, commercialism and America's historic tensions.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers. The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second. And the Hunter hunters are silent. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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Paula Chertok @paulachertok.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

THIS is really important. And needs amplification. Alex Pretti was not a protester. He was a FIRST RESPONDER. Part of a community-led network protecting their own community from the brutality of Trump's lawless paramilitary force. Alex's final act was responding to a woman CBP shoved to the ground.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

welcome to america, the country that makes you watch executions in the street frame by frame a few times a month just to stay up in current events

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Again, I know it’s persnickety, but I want to emphasize that Alex Pretti was not “showing up at a protest,” he was driving around the city as part of a community-led first responder network. He was likely carrying a gun the same reason anyone does: he felt like he might encounter an unsafe situation

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

"This isn’t about immigration enforcement. This is straight-out fascism. ... They are using the mechanism of armed officers with masks who are beating up and killing citizens to create disruption, so they can use more force to eliminate the possibility they could be removed from office."

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Paula Chertok @paulachertok.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

"Fort Snelling was once used to imprison Native Americans in the 1800s. A mix of federal and local agencies, and the state historical society, now operate there." Let's get lulled into thinking this regime is pulling back from police state autocracy b/c Gestapo clown Bovino is leaving Minnesota.

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Paula Chertok @paulachertok.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

🚨Watch what they do, not what they say🚨 Hegseth just approved DHS request to use Fort Snelling MILITARY Base near Minneapolis for Border Patrol — preparing to bring 300-500 vehicles, 10 trailers, 500-800 CBP personnel, CBP Air Assets and MUNITIONS.👀 www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows:
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026

Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.

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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head. "I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/01/2026

People need to stop pretending the U.S. government isn’t actively rebranding as a white supremacist movement. 🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles. This isn’t subtle.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/01/2026

How many people have to say it? ICE is out of control, and racist as f*ck. This is ICE culture “They opened the door and asked if I was afraid yet? I said, ‘Absolutely NOT.’ Then they said it, ‘Well, you’re white and it wouldn’t be any fun and told me to get out of the car.’” - Rev Callaghan

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Although Machado ultimately said she was dedicating the award to Trump, her acceptance of the prize was an “ultimate sin,” said one of the people.

“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” this person said.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

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WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"

YouTube video by Phil Lewis

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Trump Resistance Movement @trm.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

He's a failed human.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

BREAKING WSJ: The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision

Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Sotomayor, joined by Kagan and Jackson, do not mince words: "[T]his Court now intervenes to grant the Government emergency relief from an order it has repeatedly defied. I cannot join so gross an abuse of the Court’s equitable discretion."

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
In matters of life and death, it is best to proceed with cau-
tion. In this case, the Government took the opposite ap-
proach. It wrongfully deported one plaintiff to Guatemala,
even though an Immigration Judge found he was likely to
face torture there. Then, in clear violation of a court order,
it deported six more to South Sudan, a nation the State De-
partment considers too unsafe for all but its most critical
personnel. An attentive District Court’s timely interven-
tion only narrowly prevented a third set of unlawful remov-
als to Libya.

Rather than allowing our lower court colleagues to man-
age this high-stakes litigation with the care and attention
it plainly requires, this Court now intervenes to grant the
Government emergency relief from an order it has repeat-
edly defied. I cannot join so gross an abuse of the Court’s
equitable discretion.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

BREAKING: SCOTUS over liberals' dissent, blocks district court order requiring process before carrying out third country removals. SCOTUS's order allows Trump admin to carry out third country removals without the protections required—notice and opportunity to raise a challenge. No reason is given.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24A1153
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. U.
D.V.D., ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[June 23, 2025]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE JACKSON and by her referred to the Court is granted. The April 18, 2025, preliminary injunction of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 25-cv-10676, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of the Court.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases. This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

This is a bombshell story. “Most of these numbers are apparently still in use. There are WhatsApp profiles…and even Signal accounts in some cases.” “It was particularly easy for DER SPIEGEL reporters to discover Hegseth’s mobile number & email address.“💥 Hegseth’s Whatsapp profile pic. 👇

A picture of Hegseth with two of his children. Hegseth is topless and wearing a baseball cap. DER SPIEGEL has published the photo in full but I have covered the faces of the children to try and protect their identity.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

🚨NEW: Major development. German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet. ‼️It includes details of Signal accounts. “It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”

Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard
Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers, is freely accessible on the internet.
By Patrick Beuth, Jörg Diehl, Roman Höfner, Roman Lehberger, Friederike Röhreke und Fidelius Schmid
26.03.2025, 21.20 Uhr

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Paula Chertok @paulachertok.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Trump is firmly in Mad King territory, ridiculously declaring himself Chair of the Kennedy Center, America's premier arts & culture institution. Is the least cultured president in history, whose role models are the world's worst dictators, now cosplaying Chairman Mao leading a cultural revolution?

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Paula Chertok @paulachertok.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe into Elon Musk? Before Defense Dept IG was fired, he began investigating Musk's failure to report meetings with foreign leaders, including numerous conversations w/ Putin—who reportedly asked for geopolitical favors. newrepublic.com/article/1913...

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Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe into Elon Musk?

The New York Times revealed last year that Musk and SpaceX failed to meet federal reporting requirements for Pentagon contractors. No one has asked: What’s going on with that today?

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

There is a pattern that shouldn't be ignored: putting Gabbard, who served Russian interests, as head of ODNI; the CIA head leaking new hire data; purging Counterintelligence/National Security bureaus; ending CI operations; giving Musk, who talks regularly w/ Putin/top aides, keys to government data.

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Paula Chertok @paulachertok.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

🚨🚨Trump Justice Department shutters specialized FBI team combatting foreign election interference threats This regime is so corrupt and unpopular, they're begging foreign enemies like Putin to subvert our elections—again. Never ever forget how this nightmare began. electionlawblog.org?p=148505

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"Trump's Justice Department shutters specialized FBI team combatting foreign election interference threats" #ELB

CNN: The FBI is preparing to disband a team of specialists charged with combatting foreign threats to US elections, a source familiar tells CNN. The shuttering of the FBI Foreign Influence Task Force ...

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

There could hardly be a more insane headline than this - the whole of the US's foreign intelligence service being offered redundancy. This is going to end very badly, for America & (despite the CIA's bad press) many other countries whose security benefits from intelligence sharing.

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Paula Chertok @paulachertok.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Azerbaijani plane that crashed in December was hit by Russian Pantsir-S missile, govt source tells Reuters 38 people were killed when the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, after being re-routed across the Caspian Sea from Russia. www.reuters.com/world/azerba...

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Azerbaijani plane that crashed in December was hit by Russian Pantsir-S missile, government source says

An Azerbaijani passenger plane that crashed in December after being diverted from Russia to Kazakhstan was hit by a Russian Pantsir-S air defence system, an Azerbaijani government source told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/02/2025

Hey everyone. It’s Feb 3rd, and the Democrats have been at home since Jan 24th because the house is out of session. They should have come back, the place is on fire. Get suing, messaging, demonstrating, speaking, everything and ANYTHING

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/02/2025

Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you. Do something

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Paula Chertok @paulachertok.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

ICYMI Major student-led anti-corruption protests in #Serbia add pressure on President Vučić 3 months after 15 people were killed in railway station collapse, 10000s of protesters protested populist Vučić govt, whose ineptitude & graft are blamed for the tragedy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Major anti-corruption protests in Serbia add to pressure on President Vučić

Novi Sad’s bridges blocked by thousands rallying against government and in memory of roof collapse blamed on graft that killed 15

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 03/02/2025

Elon Musk's mother moved to South Africa in the year Apartheid was created, and she and Elon left the year it ended. The last Apartheid Prime Minister, a man who refused to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, was a family friend who stayed at their home. This is not a crazy theory.

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Paula Chertok @paulachertok.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Shocked Dem lawmakers watched as Rhodes “strode nonchalantly into the Capitol complex, took a seat in a Dunkin’Donuts & held court…in the same bldg he gleefully watched under attack.” Rhodes on J6: “My only regret…We should’ve brought rifles. We could’ve fixed it right then…I’d hang fucking Pelosi”

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Paula Chertok @paulachertok.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Judge Imposes New Travel Restrictions on Convicted Seditionist Elmer Stewart Rhodes: Can’t Enter DC or US Capitol Rhodes was seen at the Capitol Dunkin’ Donuts after Trump commuted his sentence along with mass pardons to the #January6 Trump coup paramilitary mob www.mediaite.com/crime/judge-...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/01/2025

I'm with them.

This is a photo of Allison Gill sitting with Capitol Police Officers in the front row at a January 6th Committee hearing. Officer Harry Dunn is in the foreground, then Officer Daniel Hodges, Officer Brian Sicknick's partner, Mike Fanone, and Allison Gill.

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Gabrien Gregory @gabriengregory.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Dr. Leana Wen just stated President Biden should authorize H5N1 vaccines & ramp up testing nationwide, especially for farmworkers. Have we learned nothing from COVID? Waiting around & hoping for the best is unacceptable. The threat is at our doorstep. www.cbsnews.com/video/dr-lea...

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Dr. Leana Wen says for bird flu, "we should have learned our lesson from COVID" in testing

Dr. Leana Wen, the former Baltimore health commissioner, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," that amid the concerns over the bird flu, the Biden administration should be making rapid tests ...

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Paula Chertok @paulachertok.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

💥“We can now clearly say that Russia shot down the plane… The first 3 days, we heard nothing from Russia but absurd theories” —Azerbaijan’s Aliyev rebukes Russia, says Putin apology is only step 1). Russia must also 2) admit guilt and 3) punish those responsible. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/w...

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Azerbaijan Blames Russia for Plane Crash and Rebukes Kremlin

The leader of Azerbaijan criticized the Russian response to the crash of a passenger jet that Azerbaijani officials said had most likely been hit by Russian air defenses.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

He’s just now figuring this out

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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 24/12/2024

Russians launched a ballistic missile at a residential building packed with civilians in Kryvyi Rih on Christmas Eve Rescue efforts are underway at the scene.

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Paula Chertok @paulachertok.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

"mass shooting number 563 in the USA in 2024" On this unspeakable failure alone, Republicans should lose every election in every district in every state. Dead and traumatized children are NOT the price of freedom. That's the lie we're told by the cynical grotesque GOP, fully owed by the gun lobby.

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