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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/10/2026
Sen. Angus King says he sat down and made a list of everything Putin could possibly want from an American president. His conclusion about Trump? “This guy, this president, is doing almost all of them.” King then goes through the list. WATCH.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Aaron Swartz, coding prodigy and hacktivist who helped develop RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit, died by suicide after facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison for felony charges, just for downloading pdfs of research papers with the intention of making them accessible to the public.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
for as long as i've been alive, republicans have ran the same playbook: a few weeks before voting begins, they roll out completely fabricated smear campaigns. these things are always coordinated, so the talking points take over the news. the party is never electorally punished for their dishonesty.
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Free Software Foundation @fsf.org · 07/10/2026
Know of a great #FreeSoftware program but it's not listed in the Free Software Directory (FSD)? Stop by one of our weekly #FSD meetings on Fridays at 12:00 EDT: www.fsf.org/events #FSF #FreeSoftware
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 07/10/2026
With the $11 billion merger of Paramount-Skydance with Warner Bros. Discovery, just five corporations now control 90% of the U.S. media landscape. Ali Velshi explains why mega media mergers pose a threat to democracy.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
My friend and codefendant Brian Straw is running for reelection as Oak Park trustee to make his community safer through bikable infrastructure, housing + immigrant protections, and rebuking surveillance. He’s one of the best people I know — and a NIMBY nightmare: secure.actblue.com/donate/brian...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Mike Rogers called it “necessary.”
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Scribbie ♾️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦💕🦮🐦‍⬛🌎🥘 @scribunda.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/08/2026
Staffing “was always bad. And now it’s at a breaking point,” a VA psychologist said. They described being stretched so thin that one-on-one appointments were cut down to 16 minutes or replaced with group sessions with as many as 35 veterans. (Published March)
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Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It’s a traditional Japanese instrument called shamisen. It has only three strings. 🤯🎸🎶🎵
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Susan Collins pulls into town in a bus full of her supporters; then they all get off the bus; and then she addresses the folks who were on the bus with her as if they were regular Mainers; and legacy media covers this, pretending it isn't deeply bizarre. (Notice the guys with cameras.) #MEpolitics
Susan Collins campaign photo.
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Nate Federman @natefederman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Jared Kushner’s brother (and Bob Iger) just bought the Lakers for 12 billion dollars. I didn’t need another reason to hate the Lakers, but I’ll take it.
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Stacey💙 🌊 🪷 @yecats47.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Thank you @abbarsha.bsky.social !! @raykwong.lol @merlinmm.bsky.social @arlie.bsky.social @jaylionel.bsky.social
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 11/08/2026
They’ve really latched on to the idea that claiming someone was “trying to run them over” is their get-out-of-jail-free card for murdering people in their cars
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
SAMMY DAVIS JR. tearing it up on the Drums and Vibraphone in 1963. He was quite simply, a phenomenon.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
ProPublica Hires Four Reporters to Expand Washington and National Security Coverage ... THIS is how you do it.. committing to investigative journalism is a choice. As CBS and other legacy outfits abandon it, ProPublica steps up to the plate www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
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ProPublica Hires Four Reporters to Expand Washington and National Security Coverage
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
'So It Begins': Trump's Medicaid Work Requirements—as Designed—Wreak Havoc and Pain www.commondreams.org/news/medicai...
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'So It Begins': Trump's Medicaid Work Requirements—as Designed—Wreak Havoc and Pain | Common Dreams
"Pregnant woman disenrolled by mistake. Long waits to get through to the call center for help. No clarity on the rules. Medicaid work reporting requirements don’t work."
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The three countries with the largest number of wind turbines is 1. China. 2. United States. 3. Germany.
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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If I won the lottery I would hire an interior designer and just say “Columbo murderer” while waving my hand around my home office.
Patrick MacGoohan in an episode of Columbo; he’s seated at a glass desk in a wood paneled office with plants and wearing a black turtleneck with a tweed jacket.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"I'm Russ Douthat...I'm Mike Lindell...I'm Aleksandr Dugin...I'm Conor McGregor...and I'm Baron Trump. Welcome to 60 Minutes."
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Dixie 4 now ❤️🇺🇦❤️🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @msdixiediva53.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I did that almost 3 yrs ago. And CBS was a “don’t miss” source of news and programming for me at one time. Smh
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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 24/07/2026
New column:
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“LEADER JEFFRIES, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CALLING.” - Ralph Nader
By Ralph Nader July 24, 2026 “Leader Jeffries, President Trump is calling.” HJ: “Hello, Mr. President, this is a rare occasion!” DT: “Well, Hakeem, I want to have a confidential talk with you on a sec...
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A call for all of us to work harder to bring people together, across lines that feel very fraught, to strengthen our efforts to make this a city that’s safe for Jews, for Asians, and for everyone else.
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
One born every minute.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Happy Father's Day 🖤
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Could not agree more! Not only did Hillary beat the Orange Atrocity by 2.8 MILLION votes, but Al Gore got 543,895 MORE votes than Bush! The Electoral College allows candidates who received less votes to win the presidency. ABOLISH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
It’s always wonderful running into @cynthianixon.bsky.social. Both of us encourage New Yorkers to vote early this weekend. Polls are open until 5pm today & tomorrow!
Standing with Cynthia Nixon.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Did DoD just admit in a court filing that it used xAI's Grok Gov Model to hit the girls' school on the first day of the Iran war? Based on some passages flagged by @rgoodlaw.bsky.social in DoD's recent filing in NAACP's case against X, it looks like it did 1/
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Steve Morgan @steveve.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Dan Goldman confessed to coordinating with AIPAC on the debate stage tonight. Unlike my opponent, I’ve never accepted their support, and I never will.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
IMO, hosting this MMA event at the WH is part of a larger project to rebrand the GOP as a populist party, shedding the Alex P Keaton stereotype it once carried. And in doing so, make them seem like the right party for working class people, even as they cut taxes for the rich & slash social services
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’ www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’
Fired journalist accuses CBS News chief of interfering with report because it echoed what Trump said of the shooting
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 08/06/2026
"I just couldn’t go back to life as usual, because what I witnessed there wasn’t a war. I witnessed a level of destruction I had never experienced before. What I witnessed was really a genocide."
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Adam Hamawy, Ex-Volunteer Doctor in Gaza, Wins NJ House Primary Calling for End to Israeli Aid
We speak with Dr. Adam Hamawy, the former U.S. Army combat surgeon who just won the Democratic nomination in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District. He is now the heavy favorite to win the Democrati...
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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 14/05/2026
Statement by Ralph Nader on Boeing Verdict
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Statement by Ralph Nader on Boeing Verdict - Ralph Nader
For Immediate Release May 14, 2026 For more information, call: 202-387-8030   Statement by Ralph Nader  Yesterday, an Illinois jury in a civil suit rendered a verdict of $49.5 million to the family of...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 08/05/2026
I remember where I was when I found out Paul Wellstone was gone That was the day the music died
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 27/04/2026
Tax prep companies are spending big to BLOCK my bill. Why? Because I want to make filing your taxes directly with the IRS easy and FREE. We can't let them win.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 19/04/2026
There is billions in confirmed fraud within the Department of Defense, yet Trump and Vought are going after health care, childcare, and nutrition assistance. As Congress puts together the 2027 budget, we must fight back.
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Trump has no plan to cut the $39 trillion national debt, but he does want to cut childcare. His budget director is scrambling to clarify | Fortune
OMB Director Russell Vought appeared before Congress to answer questions about the request for the largest military spending boost since World War II.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
July 21 1935: The Führer orders a new reception hall and ballroom to "entertain foreign diplomats" at the Chancellery. Underneath the dance floor is an air raid shelter. A 2nd deeper bunker is built next to this in 1944, where he would spend his last days as the Reich collapsed.
Leonard Gall (left) architect of the new ballroom, stands with Hitler and Albert Speer at the other major construction project in 1936, the Haus der Deutschen Kunst in MünchenThe new ballroom and reception hall attached to the Old Reich Chancellery, with the floor removed to reveal the Vorbunker. Illustration by Christoph Neubauer www.atelier-neubauer.de
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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
They say you don’t really understand a policy until you feel it in your bones. Not read about it. Not debate it. Feel it at 3 a.m., when the house is so cold you can see your breath and you’re bargaining with the thermostat like it’s a luxury item instead of a lifeline.
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Trump re-ups push to eliminate low-income heating assistance program LIHEAP
President Trump is once again proposing to eliminate a program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes. The president’s budget, released Friday, states that the Low Income Home Energ…
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graham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The Treasury Department is working on a plan to gut its office that researches financial market risks. Because the office is funded by fees on the financial industry, this won't save taxpayers money. But it will make it harder to spot and prevent the next crisis. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
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Treasury moves to gut financial research office
Documents seen by POLITICO show plans are underway to reduce the data agency’s workforce, ahead of bigger proposed budget and staffing changes.
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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 25/03/2026
Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is not listening to supporters who urge him to connect with the National Cooperative Bank which loans money to start co-op food stores that can be located in food deserts in his New York City...
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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 25/03/2026
...and loans for housing co-ops since he wants to alleviate the housing shortages with high rents there. Can anyone get his attention on these opportunities? -R
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Lucky Shitt 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 @luckyshitt.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Good morning, BlueSky
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Fox News has spent less than 12 minutes covering the Pentagon's reported request for $200 billion to pay for the war in Iran. In the same time frame, they've spent 26 minutes talking about Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders being asked to leave a restaurant. www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-rela...
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Prime-time Fox shows gave less than a minute of airtime to the Pentagon’s $200 billion Iran funding request
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 09/03/2026
There is an audiobook edition of The Edge of Space-Time, and it's gonna fucking rock because Joniece Abbott-Pratt is narrating. Get it from @libro.fm and support an indie bookstore in the process. It's a win win win all around! 📚💙
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The Edge of Space-Time Audiobook on Libro.fm
A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered CosmosIn her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle p...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/03/2026
Never forget that Anne Frank died of typhus in a concentration camp This is no different bsky.app/profile/boyc...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Horrifying. Jesus Lord in heaven.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Masnick: "This is what so many of us kept pointing out throughout the 'Twitter Files' hysteria: the 'free speech' grift was never about protecting individuals from the state. It was about protecting a specific type of speaker from the social consequences of their speech."
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