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@polcoastal.bsky.social
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Prioritizes family. Lifelong reader. Advocate for banned books. Feline fanatic. Compassion > greed

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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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God @thegodshow.com · 11/10/2026
SLAVA UKRAINE! 🇺🇦
Russian disinformation bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers
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DJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 28/05/2026
Wow. My book made the NYT list at #1. Thank you!!
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
MacFarlane: The critics of the January 6th prosecutions have alleged it was a Biden launched weaponization. It was Donald Trump's first term in which those prosecutions were launched.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Any questions about why the GOP is desperately trying to cheat before the midterms?
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Congratulations to @stephenking.bsky.social for this well-deserved honor!👍 (Novels/Novellas: Approximately 65 to 67 Non-fiction books: 5 books. Short Stories: Over 200 Pseudonyms: 7 novels were published as Richard Bachman. Frequency: He has published at least one book almost every year since 1974)
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
WHOA. In less than 12 hours, tens of thousands of Americans have helped launch GTFOice.org. People don’t want warehouse prison camps in their communities. Amazing to see the outpouring of defiance.
gtfoice.org
GTFO ICE — Get The Facilities Out
ICE is rapidly expanding its network of detention centers. We have a playbook to fight back. Sign up to get alerts if a facility is planned near you.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Election deniers. Conspiracy theorists. Anti-voting activists. Big Lie true believers. By the time we hold our next presidential vote, they could be running our elections — including in some key swing states. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Tomorrow SCOTUS will hear the RNC's latest bid to discard lawful mail-in ballots. I have been in this fight for years. I'll share my post-argument analysis exclusively with Democracy Docket subscribers. Sign up → bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Fascist republicans have never given a fuck about finding and stopping voter fraud, they are the ones committing the fraud in order to stop people being able to vote against them. They can’t win elections without cheating.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
A top U.S. general said Thursday that armed troops shouldn’t be “anywhere near” polling sites during elections while testifying at a Senate Armed Services Committee panel. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Air Force General: Armed troops shouldn’t be ‘anywhere near’ polling sites
Initially noncommittal on questions of how voters' rights will be protected if troops are ordered to poll sites, Air Force Gen. Gregory M. Guillot eventually said he sees no reason why armed military ...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Spring forward... Fall back... whatever. Can we just pick ONE & stick with it once & for ALL?!!! ⏰
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
For nearly two decades, Trump has been lying about elections and threatening the democratic process. A small group of us has been sounding this alarm, but far too few people in positions of power have been willing to act. The result is that things have only gotten worse.
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Trump told us who he was in 2012. Will we finally believe him today?
Trump has always been an election denier. He has always vilified voting. He has always started with lies, escalated to the courts, and ultimately embraced violent rhetoric.
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 28/02/2026
TRUMP’S IRAN WAR: we are starting a war illegally (ie without congressional approval), in order to obliterate Iran’s nuclear capability, which the White House has said it does not have any more as a result of the Trump administration’s attack on Iran last year? In short: An illegal pretextual war.
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notidefix.bsky.social @notidefix.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
US debt is blowing up....thanks to tariffs
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Women are increasingly disenchanted with Republicans and conservative thinking, so instead of addressing their concerns, the GOP is turning to the SAVE Act, in an attempt to keep them from voting. Please call your reps and ask them to vote against it. www.alternet.org/save-act-mid...
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Republicans have a plan to keep women from voting: report
Between a series of Democratic election victories in late 2025 and early 2026 and President Donald Trump's weak approval ratings in a long list of recent polls, Republican strategists are growing incr...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The president of the United States had his DOJ raid the Fulton County election office and seized ballots. This is clearly a dry run for 2026. Yet, this is treated by too many in legacy media as normal. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 because you deserve better. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
My law firm is currently litigation 81 voting and election cases in 40 states. This includes 11 redistricting lawsuits. It also includes 26 cases where we are litigating against the DOJ. Elias Law Group only has 60 lawyers. Big Law firms have 1,000-2,000 lawyers. Where are they in this fight?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
PSA: If Bill Kristol can say this dems should be able to say it
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17/01/2026
📽️NEW: A year into Trump’s second term, Marc Elias exposes the collapse of democratic guardrails like law firms and legacy media, and how it threatens fair elections. So, what new guardrails do we need for democracy’s survival? Watch to find out👇 youtu.be/jvpdsMH0s2s
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
$1.5T for the military budget $170B for ICE and Border Patrol $1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet $470M to send National Guard into cities $230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" $200M for Kristi Noem's jets $100M for Trump's golf outings But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/01/2026
NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/01/2026
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
He kidnapped the president of Venezuela for them And oil companies are like Meh
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/01/2026
DHS was created to FIGHT terrorists, not to BE terrorists. It needs to be defunded by congress in 2027, and we should select candidates who run on that platform.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
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Jenifer Robey @jenrobey.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Now the USDA is cutting all funding to Minnesota.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 09/01/2026
Officer 1: “Get out of the car!” <simultaneously> Officer 2: “Get out of here!” The confusion is not surprising. The shooting officer had his phone out too. This deserves a clear and fair investigation
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/01/2026
Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The Department of Justice's effort to gain access to you sensitive personal information continues. DOJ wants this data to be able to suppress the vote and subvert election results next Fall. They are suing 24 states to gain access. My law firm and I are fighting them in court in every one of them.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans. This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota: “Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
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CHAIRMAN SITTING BEAR'S STATEMENT REGARDING SRST PUBLIC SAFETY
JANUARY 9, 2026
I have been receiving reports and evidence of First Nations people being racially targeted, assaulted, and detained by the federal agency Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). We want to remind our members to be safe and proactive by carrying with you at a minimum your tribal identification cards or a copy of your degree of Indian Blood. Our tribal identification affirms our citizenship and political status.
Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands. Any federal activity within our boundaries must recognize and respect our tribal sovereignty, treaty obligations, and established jurisdictional boundaries. Any ICE presence or activity within our lands is not authorized, not welcome, and will be addressed. Unauthorized personnel will be escorted off our lands.
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Blah Gerrera @blah-gerrera.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Lots of people have been killed because multiple police officers screamed conflicting instructions at them. It's a sadistic game that predatory cops enjoy playing so they can provoke a "justifiable" shooting.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026
“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
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Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
Post from Amanda Gorman’s Instagram that says 

amandascgorman
Minneapolis, Minnesota
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE. on January 7, 2026
by Amanda Gorman
They say she is no more, That there her absence roars, Blood-blown like a rose.
Iced wheels flinched & froze.
Now, bare riot of candles, Dark fury of flowers, Pure howling of hymns.
If for us she arose,
Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief, Crouches our power,
The howl where we begin,
Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater Of the worst of what we've been.
Change is only possible, & all the greater, When the labour
& bitter anger of our neighbors
Is moved by the love
* better angels of our nature.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social: "We have an ICE agent who should have been trained not to be in front of a vehicle and never to shoot into a moving vehicle, and yet this happened on [Kristi Noem's] watch. The whole POINT of Homeland Security is to make this country more stable and safe."
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted more than $35 MILLION in taxpayer dollars to defeat two ballot initiatives last year. I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds. youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
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🚨Desantis CAUGHT FUNNELING $35 MILLION away from Floridians?!?
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Share and tell CBS to air this! Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported a segment about migrants sent to the El Salvadoran torture prison CECOT, just sent a blistering letter to colleagues, sounding the alarm that Bari Weiss spiked the story for political reasons.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote." {gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The corruption is absolutely staggering. One big money donor after another receiving direct benefits in return. Trump didn’t drain any swamps, he created a giant sewer to roll around in daily. Great reporting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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