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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22h
We murdered four more people in a boat today
U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 19h
this is my favorite example ever of an interactive clearly, creatively illustrated concept
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National Organization for Women @nationalnow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Take your rage and vote.
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EMILYs List @emilyslist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
According to new reporting, once the election is over the GOP is planning to enforce additional abortion restrictions. We need Democratic women to take back power and stop them.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Allison Gill has obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Epstein documents containing Donald Trump’s name for supervisory review. The DOJ is still refusing to release the actual videos. 👉 www.youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If Trump just takes money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose & seizes it to use it for an entirely different purpose, what is the point of having a Congress or appropriating money for anything? I’m sure the Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins must be concerned.
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🇺🇸🗳️ Make sure you’re registered to vote. Do it now & repost. iwillvote.com
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I Will Vote
Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 04/10/2026
It’s been nearly a year since the so-called ceasefire in Gaza was brokered by Trump. "So far, only one item of the 20 items on the Trump plan has been fulfilled, and that is the release of every single Israeli hostage in Gaza," says writer and analyst from Gaza Muhammad Shehada.
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“Buying More Time for the Genocide”: Muhammad Shehada on Trump’s Gaza Plan 1 Year Later
The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza has surpassed 74,000, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. While this figure represents the official death toll as confirmed by local autho...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The GLISTEN (formerly GLSEN) School Climate Survey is open through Nov 8. Survey respondents should be 13 years or older, identify as LGBTQ+ and/or two spirit, who attended grades K-12 in the US (or its territories) in 2025-2026. Please share widely. glisten.org/nscs27/?emci...
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2027 National School Climate Survey - Glisten
The National School Climate Survey aims to capture the experiences of youth who are LGBTQIA2S+ or questioning in schools across the country.
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 01/10/2026
Decisions about housing, healthcare, education and the cost of living shape what that future looks like. Make sure you have a say. Register to vote and make a plan! #WeDecide bit.ly/4wPidmz
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026
Want to learn about the history of our city?  Well you’re in luck. This month, we’re hosting a massive scavenger hunt across the city — all about the history of organizing in NYC. Sign up at organize.nyc.gov and come see the city through the eyes of the people who built it.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I learned today it's still possible in 4 US states to sue someone for having an affair with your spouse (most common in NC and MS, but also possible in SD and HI). Not sure how I didn't know this already, but WOW. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
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Former NASCAR Driver Ordered to Pay Woman $850K After Alleged Affair with Her Husband Ended Their Marriage
Jennifer Jo Cobb was sued in 2024 by a woman who claimed the driver had an affair with the woman’s husband
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
please keep in mind that many shitheel things tucked into the big beautiful bill aren’t set to take effect until AFTER the midterms, because they know they’re fucked. so tell everyone this, as often as you can so no one forgets, because the republicans WILL blame everything in that bill on democrats
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"gas prices have risen more in red states"
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Call it whatever you want. How about focusing now on releasing the unredacted Epstein files, ending ICE atrocities, stopping engagement in war crimes, providing promised support to Ukraine and Taiwan, finding a way out of the war with Iran, funding approved grants, etc etc etc
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
oh my God lol you can tell dude was absolutely feelin himself like 'we got him boys!' only to end up red in the face, flustered, and mad as hell as Klobuchar can barely keep herself from laughing in his face
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 29/09/2026
You can always count on Susan Collins to be "troubled" by the policies her votes have enabled
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
outstanding!
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Hands Off Our Vote! Live from NYC: How We Can Protect Our Elections” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Hands Off Our Vote! Live from NYC: How We Can Protect Our Elections · Indivisible
On Sunday, October 4th, movement leaders, artists, and issue experts will come together in New York City for a special Hands Off Our Vote live and nationally live-streamed event. It will inspire and m...
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yet another headline/issue we should never have to experience. Stress, fear, and the wasting of money and activist and judicial time over and over again.
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Rebellion as self care in these troubled times”.
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The Trump administration is seeking to use the presumptive unpopularity of [trans prisoners]— and lack of coverage that such cases garner — to advance extreme gender-restrictive policies that could apply to all trans people and, ultimately, to everyone.” open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
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Breaking: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prison
Solicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning.
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I love that California has already declared a state of emergency to begin prep and distribution of supplies. I’ve already ordered all home supplies for power outages and heavy snow/rain. Prep, but don’t hoard-ensure all have what they need.
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National Organization for Women @nationalnow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Administration is trying to rig midterms. Keep this front and center and in the news! SCOTUS lifted an order that allows the Department of Homeland Security to use a database to screen voter rolls and create barriers to the ballot. This is unacceptable and NOW strongly opposes this!
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Couldn’t agree more “Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 34 years “ robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-b...
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The Rahm Bomb
He’s the single worst Democratic hopeful now (almost) running for president. Democratic midterm candidates we warned: stay away from him.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is why we need to abolish ICE and replace it with a completely new vision and process for humanely and efficiently addressing asylum, citizenship, residency, and visitor status (policy and practice not rooted in militancy, punishment, and white supremacy, of course)
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Such important reporting www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 24/09/2026
"they're coming for birth control" is not alarmism, that is absolutely next on the agenda I have my doubts on how successful it'll be but they're going to make a real go of it
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
BLUNT ROCHESTER: You were in the Oval when Trump signed an EO calling for splitting MMR vaccine into 3 shots. You provided a list of options. You thought it a good one? O: ... BR: It's just a yes or no O: My job is to provide options BR: But you wouldn't have provided a bad one, right? O: ...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just so pathetic. One after the other, Trump nominated people to the most important positions solely because they’re sycophantic cultists who refuse to even say he is wrong about something that impacts public health even when they know he is. This is a nightmare for America. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
"Don't play games with me" -- Sen. Kaine isn't buying it when Overton repeatedly refuses to directly answer questions about whether she's aware of discussions within the administration about rolling back tobacco safety regulations (she clearly is but doesn't want to admit it)
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Isaac Kamola @isaackamola.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@aclu.org & @amnesty.org just published a massive report "Student Speech Under Attack." 300pp & 2 years in the making it offers the definitive account of how the speech of students (faculty and staff) was silenced, and continues to be policed, on campus. @aaup.org www.aclu.org/publications...
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"Student Speech Under Attack: Suppression of Pro-Palestine Speech and Dissent on Campus" | American Civil Liberties Union
"Student Speech Under Attack: Suppression of Pro-Palestine Speech and Dissent on Campus," an ACLU and Amnesty International USA research report, documents the heavy-handed responses by certain univers...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special redistricting election after pursuing debunked claims of a massive ballot discrepancy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to return seized ballots, affirms state’s power over local law enforcement
The twin rulings stand to make it significantly harder for local law enforcement to create election chaos and use unsubstantiated fraud claims to seize ballots outside California’s established electio...
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why exactly are there separate male and female world record categories for solving a Rubik’s Cube?
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is indeed ridiculous, but I’ll save my energy for outrage for his war crimes, sex crimes, violations of the constitution, generally undermining democracy, white supremacism, and so much more.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As I told @gregsargent.bsky.social, Congress should demand answers from those responsible for diverting taxpayer funding intended to protect people from persecution to some of the world’s worst authoritarians, for purposes which clearly violate human rights.
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Senator Maggie Hassan @hassan.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
A new Joint Economic Committee Minority report out today finds that President Trump’s vanity projects like his golden ballroom and gigantic arch could cost $1.82 BILLION. What could $1.82 billion do for Americans instead? Take a look.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
15/ ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. We reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and have independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. This is the first piece of an ongoing series:
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Well well well.
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Such a valuable resource www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...
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Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online
Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I mean they could spend their time giving speeches about how outrageous it is that the Fed wage is at $7.25 and that these are starvation wages.
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Itsmebetsy @profbetsy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Under any other administration this would be the scandal of the year apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE abducted a WBB player while she was traveling with her Kentucky State team in early August at Louisville airport. She has been imprisoned for 1.5 months and denied care for a serious ACL injury. It is the responsibility of universities and the NCAA to protect their players. They have failed.
Aminata Seck, 26, a student-athlete at Kentucky State University, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport while traveling with her school's basketball team Aug. 7, said Sadiqa Reynolds, a lawyer helping coordinate Seck's case.

Seck's team was headed to New York for a tournament, and she was taken into custody after going through airport security, said Reynolds, former president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What I want white folks to understand is when you let your friends, business partners, elected officials, consultants talk about us this way, we don’t trust you either. So ask Walmart & Hewlett Packard about the ppl they pay as lobbyists.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 20/09/2026
We just released the Mayor's Management Report for Fiscal Year 2026, and here's what we found: pothole politics is working and young New Yorkers are finding a government that serves them. Learn more at on.nyc.gov/managementreport
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