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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23h
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Oxahath (He/Him) @oxahath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
These are analogous to the "People's Court" of Nazi Germany or the show trials of the Soviet Union. Legal theater to demonstrate the absolute power of the state and humiliate and terrify a group the government has already decided to destroy.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Exactly 😤😡
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PurpleSoul @purplesoullotus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The AI pic is horrible, yikes.
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BlackskyNews 🗞️ @blackskynews.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
“Five dollars. That’s it. We want every Baltimore family to have a place to put their loved one’s story, said Lisa Snowden, CEO and co-founder of Baltimore Beat. baltimorebeat.com/a-life-deser... Good #BlackskyNews
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A life deserves more than a line item: Baltimore Beat launches $5 online obituaries
BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 9, 2026. Baltimore Beat now publishes online obituaries for a $5 contribution, giving families an affordable way to tell the story of someone they loved. Publishing an obituary o...
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Few months ago, UCLA illegally fired me as DEI Director. Why? Bc I spoke truth about this bigoted piece of dog sh*t after he died. Now, my loving 2-dog 2-cat pack and I need your help making ends meet, til my lawyers reach a fair resolution against UCLA: www.gofundme.com/f/waiting-for-justice-auvzc
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This needs 3k likes 🤩
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/09/2026
The site's question-and-answer function confirms that President Donald Trump's name is in the Epstein files and that Democrat Joe Biden beat him in the 2020 election. It says federal officials did not find widespread fraud in that election, as Trump says constantly. to.pbs.org/4yZmkO8
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WATCH: Trump launches AI-powered government website America.gov
The president said the site is “glamorizing” the federal bureaucracy — but it doesn’t agree with him on many key issues.
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PurpleSoul @purplesoullotus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Crickets from those same people today. Not A Word!
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I live in an Idaho-adjacent state and am now following this story with interest. It would be very funny if Bsky could help get a non-Republican elected to the Senate from Idaho.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026
Class solidarity.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Texas Public Radio @texaspublicradio.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Federal District Judge Robert Pitman ordered the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to immediately submit a plan for providing air conditioning.
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Federal judge orders Texas to install AC in all of its prisons by the end of 2029
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts Court. Our September + October cover story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@deadder.bsky.social 😢😢😢
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Republican Presidential Venn Diagram
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B.A. Parker @baparker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This does lead to a bigger discussion about how AI blackface, and the weird servitude that it’s encouraging. Creating Black people to do your creative bidding because you want them to be “a corrupt cop, a drug dealer, and a sexual criminal” feels propaganda-ish on its best day.
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B.A. Parker @baparker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Going to a Black film prgm, one of the first things they taught us was the origins of this guy’s film “Blue Collar,” and his treatment of the writer Sydney Glass. Maybe no Black actors wanted to be in the movie bc he hasn’t written a complex Black character since ‘78 and even then he stole them? 🤷🏾‍♀️
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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We warned Texas’s Tarrant County Commissioners Court in Texas to reject any proposal to eliminate poll sites. They did NOT listen and now 92 polling sites are gone mere weeks before the midterms. www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...
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LDF and Partners Issue Letter Urging Tarrant County to Reject Polling Place Closure Proposal
The Legal Defense Fund today issued a letter to the Tarrant County Commissioners Court in Texas, strongly urging them to reject any proposal to eliminate poll sites. The Commissioners Court recently a...
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 23/07/2026
America’s first abortion bans were lobbied for by physicians who wanted to put midwives out of business. That the first person to be charged with violating Texas’ post-Dobbs abortion ban was a midwife is really too on the nose. Me on this history, from 2023:
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It’s No Surprise the AMA Is Leaving Abortion Providers Twisting in the Wind – Rewire News Group
In fact, the American Medical Association led the charge to criminalize abortion in the United States in the mid-1800s.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 In 1942, these men didn't just enlist to fight a world war—they fought a grueling battle at home just for the right to wear the uniform. They are the Montford Point Marines. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 17/07/2026
Campaigns are temporary. Communities are not. People who are truly rooted in their communities build trust over time by showing up, listening, and doing the work long before they ever ask for support or votes.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17/07/2026
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that election officials in states that choose not to use a faulty federal database to verify citizenship status could face fines or prison time. The statement marks an escalation in the administration's effort to exert federal control over elections.
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DHS Secretary Mullin threatens to prosecute election chiefs who refuse voter roll demands
His speech marked a major escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to assert federal control over state election procedures.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 17/07/2026
When you die, your name is not automatically and magically removed from voter rolls. This is so flimsy when you stop and think about it for five seconds. Of course there are dead people on voter rolls ... but they don't vote. Because they're dead!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is about Hegseth’s testosterone program. Fox is a disgusting, toxic, revolving network that platforms the worst of humanity, peddles in lies, and pays people well to put it all on full display. But this seems to be what their viewers want, which says a lot about them as well.
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EktaShahMD @ektashahmd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Read and de read and re read again
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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
"While we also found Native American, Hispanic, and white women characters, the most viewed and engaged-with AI-generated characters found by The Verge are Black women. Aliyah’s account alone has 40,000 followers." www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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AI avatars in digital blackface want to sell you this belt buckle
Can race, guilt, and empathy get you to pay $40 for this $9 belt buckle on TikTok?
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RoseyRoseamund - VOTE, OR FUCK OFF! @roseyroseamund.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I KNOW FOR A FACT NONE OF Y'ALL CARED ABOUT AIPAC A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. youtu.be/oLA-_fah2bE?...
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Hakeem Jeffries OPPOSES Bill To Stop Funding… What Kyle and Leftists Won't Tell You!!
YouTube video by TabithaSpeaksPolitics
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Jodi Cohen @jodiscohen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“You lie. You lie all the time,” the school owner said to the student. She then directed classmates to attack him. She gave one a high-five. This private school, funded with tax dollars, is among an explosion of private schools in the past 3 years. www.propublica.org/article/arks...
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This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.
One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about saf...
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NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Are you working in the U.S. under a Temporary Protected Status that is about to expire? Do you employ workers with expiring TPS status? We'd like to hear from you for a potential story. Email: indicator@npr.org.
Are you working in the U.S. under a Temporary Protected Status that is about to expire? Do you employ workers with expiring TPS status? We'd like to hear from you for a potential story. Email: indicator@npr.org.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 14/07/2026
The Trump Administration is taking your money and giving it to the President's children.
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🇵🇸 COMRADE ʇoN 𝕵𝖔𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝕲𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖘𝖞✊🏾 BLM ACAB @notjosiegrossy.satan.social · 15/07/2026
This video was filmed 52 years ago. Last week, white Christian nationalists stormed DC. Again.
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Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Thank you, Mr Smith! @eddsmitty.bsky.social Many here remember that the GOP War on Women has ALWAYS shaped our lives. DEMS were always the only Party that protected our rights, despite decades of relentless Republican obstruction. (Same as it ever was)
GOP War On Women 1974-2022 Chart
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In 2018 we had to flip 24 seats. We flipped 40. This November we need 6. Read that again. —-> SIX ‼️
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 13/07/2026
This is a video of ICE agents pulling a man out of a car and handcuffing him after shooting him in broad daylight in Maine — just days after killing Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas. (1/2)
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Tomorrow, Monday, July 13, 11:59p is the deadline for comments.
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I'm not sure most people understand that the proposed OMB rule is not just about NIH. In addition to scientific research, it would cover federal grants that also fund healthcare, public health, education, housing, clean water, transportation, and job training. Total $1.1 trillion.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/07/2026
🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 1 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/eoQwY
Graphic from Stand Up for Science urging action on a federal funding proposal. Large text reads: "1 Days Left" and "Help Us Stop Vought From Destroying American Science." A portrait of Russell Vought appears beside the U.S. Capitol. A banner along the bottom reads: "Submit a comment on the OMB proposal | Link in bio to take action." The Stand Up for Science logo appears in the top left.
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Pretty Khemyst @prettykhemyst.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026
Please take time to save funding for science!
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
🔗: people-app.onelink.me/HNIa/3j6n9snv The family of a missing U.S. Army specialist is speaking out amid a desperate search for their loved one. The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) said Spc. Sayveon Anderson was last seen at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on June 29
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Christina Henderson @chenderson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.
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The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Congratulations to Obama Foundation staffer Vanessa Beene on her beautiful engagement at Jackson Park! We love your celebration photos at the Obama Presidential Center.
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KERA News @keranews.org · 13/07/2026
The Trump administration's executive orders have meant that administrators are questioning what art can — and can't — be seen on campus.
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An artist brought 'I.C.E. pops' to a Texas campus. The show was shut down in days
The Trump administration's executive orders have meant that administrators are questioning what art can — and can't — be seen on campus.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/07/2026
Reminder: Memphis is still “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Task force members have reportedly killed at least two people in four days.
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Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
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Rogue Hedgewitch @bmcn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The democratic party has been the party of but the other guy is so much worse for so long dont think they even know how to stand up for people or principles anymore. What do they actually have to offer?
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We could have health care for all. We could have a national child care program. We could have free community college. Instead, Trump spends the money on detaining, brutalizing, & killing immigrants & an illegal war in Iran that's cost us over $103 billion in just a few months. #TrumpsWarofChoice
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/u...
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Mexican Man Killed by ICE in Houston Was Not the Target
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PurpleSoul @purplesoullotus.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
TEXAS Folks www.change.org/p/petition-f...
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Sign the Petition
Petition for the Resignation of TCAA Board Chair Cheryl Bean
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Jay Mann @jman42.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Anyone else think bluesky should get rid of their "Trending" section (or better yet, FIX IT!)? Searched on Ken Paxton and see 3 stories in a row about London temps, someone seeing Bonnie Tyler perform there, etc. Sure, Ken just went there, but none of these pertain to him.
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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I don’t have respect for any of you who thought a Totenkompf wasn’t a red line. You didn’t care about his rape apologia, his questionable finances, his derogatory comments towards others with PTSD, his RECENT consistent ableist slurring, his racism, his positive speaking of corpse desecration…
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/07/2026
A piece honoring Black veteran Sarah Keys Evans has been axed to “align with current guidance.” Whatever that means.
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The Army took down its page commemorating a civil rights icon
A piece honoring Black veteran Sarah Keys Evans has been axed to "align with current guidance."
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