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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10h

$2000. That's how much your household has already spent this year on Trump's Middle East War. Congressional Republicans won’t lift a finger. It’s time to vote them out.

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Washington State Department of Health @doh.wa.gov · 10h

We're ready! Are you?

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 17h

Vote Republican in November if you want more of this

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

DHS made multiple false statements to the press. To Fox News, DHS lied and claimed Ms. Comans had "circumvent[ed] leadership and unilaterally" reimbursed local governments for shelters for migrants. DHS now admits in court it "knew the statement was false at the time it was made."

iii. February 11, 2025, Statement by DHS Spokesperson to Fox News On or about February 11, 2025, a DHS spokesperson provided an on-the-record statement to Fox News that “four employees are being fired today for circumventing leadership and unilaterally making the egregious payment for hotels for migrants in New York City” and that the “[f]irings include FEMA’s Chief Financial Officer, two program analysts and a grant specialist.” The statement was published by Fox News. The Government concedes and the Court finds that other than the fact that Ms. Comans had been fired, the statement to Fox News was entirely false. The Government further concedes and the Court further finds that officials at FEMA and DHS knew the statement was false at the time it was made

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

In early 2025, Ms. Comans was directed *by DOGE employees themselves* to continue payments to local governments for sheltering migrants. She followed those orders. Then other DOGE employees found out, and the Trump admin decided to blame her personally and smear her in public for the payments.

early point of confusion was whether the Executive Order required a pause in funding only to nongovernmental organizations or whether it also paused funding to state and local governments. This
was not a decision to be made by the CFO. In fact, as CFO, Ms. Comans had neither the authority
nor the ability to direct money to or away from a particular grant recipient. Defining the scope of
the Executive Order was left to senior DHS or FEMA leadership, their general counsels, or at the
very least other FEMA employees who had direct authority over the grant programs at issue.
Ultimately, the agency’s decision was that payments should continue to state and local
governments. This decision was explicitly approved by employees of the newly
created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) who were embedded with DHS
and were reviewing and approving all funding initiatives. As a result of DOGE’s approval, Ms.
Comans was directed to continue payments to state and local governments.
Thereafter, other DOGE employees embedded with the Department of Treasury claimed
FEMA’s payments to state and local governments violated the President’s Executive Order. What
followed was a series of finger pointing and backtracking that resulted in the decision to blame
Ms. Comans and three other career officials. On February 11, 2025, Ms. Comans was fired and
DHS and DOGE officials began their public campaign to use her as a scapegoat.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

WOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue."

In conducting this hearing, the Court is not called upon to resolve factual disputes between
the parties. The facts set forth in this Memorandum Opinion and Order were proposed by the
Plaintiff, unobjected to by the Government, and then deemed admitted by the Court. Dkts. 74, 75,
77.2 These facts establish that high-ranking government officials, including then Secretary of DHS
Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, engaged in a coordinated public relations campaign to impugn the
personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans. For reasons unfathomable to this Court,
officials chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an
impeccable record of public service. In short, Ms. Comans was professionally targeted and
personally attacked by government officials for no legitimate reason. The attacks against Ms.
Comans were based entirely on false information, and many government officials knew the
accusations were untrue at the time they were made. With no regard for the truth and with no
consideration for the personal and professional effect on Ms. Comans, government officials
exploited their access to mass media outlets to broadcast false information. These false
statements reached hundreds of millions of people. The purpose of this Order is, to the best of
this Court’s ability, to correct the public record and establish as a matter of law that the
statements made by these officials about Ms. Comans were objectively and demonstrably false.

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Kemedriels wife💍 @galadrielswife.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

🚨🚨LIVE Q&A WITH THE CAST 30 OCTOBER!

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yes, it’s not a Scrooge corporate fatcat character being haunted, it’s a young woman voter? Idgi

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Chicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Ms Rachel from the top ropes

From Ms Rachel's account on Threads, she writes, "CORECIVIC, a company that makes hundreds of millions locking up KIDS in immigration detention
has a PAC that's sending campaign checks to Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
Susan Collins chairs the Senate committee that writes ICE's budget.
ICE is CoreCivic's customer.
The company gets paid out of a budget she controls, and it pays into her campaign."

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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

WSJ reports Texas' top law enforcement official and now Senate candidate Ken Paxton spent a New Year's Eve in Dubai partying with two fugitives who had been indicted on charges of massive health care fraud schemes. One of them was a major Paxton donor.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/10/2026

Cancelling a subscription shouldn't be this hard. If you can sign up with a click, you must be able to cancel with one. Head to nyc.gov/click-to-cancel to file a complaint against any business that makes it hard to cancel a subscription.

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Hoai-Tran Bui @htranbui.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I reviewed WILDWOOD, a stunning feat of animation and one of the most breathtaking things I’ve seen this year www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

inverse.com

'Wildwood' Is A Soaring Achievement Of Animation

'Wildwood,' Travis Knight’s new stop-motion animated film for LAIKA, is a new pinnacle for the medium.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Warrantless stops and violent roving patrols by masked federal agents across California, especially the Central Valley, have been terrorizing farm workers for the past 5 days. The chaos is escalating. full statement: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

United Farm Workers union condemns brutal
ICE surge impacting farm workers in Central Valley; highlights Rep. Valadao's comments as 'insulting' to his constituents

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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 09/10/2026

hello, I am doing some research and would like to tap into the collective brains of BSKY: 1. can you share some genre or literary fiction magazines that have closed and the archive is NO LONGER ONLINE 2. the same but the archives remain online FOR NOW i would also appreciate RTs for awareness 💀

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City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 09/10/2026

Today, and every day, we stand with the Somali community.

The marquee at Cedar Culture Center with the message "We love our Somali neighbors" written out.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Troy Jackson: "The gentleman's name was Johan Sebastian Guerrero. He had a 3 year old daughter. The only mistake he made that morning was going to work. Because Sen. Collins is not willing to stand up to Donald Trump, he was murdered in the streets of Biddeford for doing nothing wrong."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"

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Laura Morel @lauracmorel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The ACLU's letter cites my recent reporting on Deportation Depot. People told me stories about delays in medical care, living in extreme heat, and small portions of food. "The facility is designed to torture people and push them to their breaking point." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Out of sight in North Florida: Life inside Deportation Depot

Advocates say conditions at the former state prison mirror Alligator Alcatraz’s worst.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 08/10/2026

Here’s where Oregonians can get free help comparing plans, costs, prescriptions and provider networks. mrf.lu/2f49v

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

But most authors aren’t pulling off late introduced love interests well

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I read a great single POV romance where the supposed love interest was a red herring and the actual love interest was this random unlikely guy in the background since the beginning. But it was a very skilled writer so it wasn’t immediately obvious but was also really satisfying when it began to turn

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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026

A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 06/10/2026

Uh, whoa. But if you're curious as to WHY the Kansas Senate race — which features Methodist megapastor Rev. Adam Hamilton as the Democratic nominee — is suddenly a toss up, I went down and spoke to and members of his church last month. What I found was striking: religionnews.com/2026/09/23/h...

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How megapastor Adam Hamilton could break the GOP's hold on Kansas

LEAWOOD, Kansas (RNS) — While Democrats have long been considered a longshot for statewide races in Kansas, the Rev. Adam Hamilton's candidacy has proven unexpectedly competitive.

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just saying... Plague is a disease that is endemic in Asia, the western United States, and other places. We know how to treat it with antibiotics. It is not extraordinarily transmissible. There are 1000 to 2000 cases a year across the world, maybe 10 in the US.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 05/10/2026

Billed as a “tree-to-table” dinner, the family-style meal will celebrate “maple syrup, nature and community” on an 85-acre forest retreat. mrf.lu/2rPjX

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In the case of the U.S. Senate, if you want to give directly, here's a link to ActBlue. (If you don't like entering the ActBlue maw, you can also mail a check to your campaign of choice.) secure.actblue.com/donate/senat...

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I just gave to the Vote Maximizer High-Impact Races for 2026!

Give to High-Impact Races for 2026!

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's all good for your in-person activism. What about donations? Using publicly available data, sharpen your giving to competitive races to make a disproportionate impact. In Senate races, some surprises: South Dakota and Kansas give you the most ROI! samwang.substack.com/p/senate-mon...

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Senate Moneyball 2026

On a widening playing field, optimize your donations

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yes, turnout is critical! But let's be smart about it. At the Electoral Innovation Lab, we have a resource for you: Vote Maximizer. We use demographics and polling data to show you where you will have the most impact on the ultimate outcome. Not all votes will land equally. votemaximizer.org

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️

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The College Investor @thecollegeinvestor.com · 05/10/2026

New research: the college wage premium fell from about 87% in 2022 to about 78% in 2026, back to mid-1990s levels. AI accounts for roughly a third of the drop, and it lands as borrowers carry record debt.

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Student Debt Hit $1.86 Trillion As The Payoff From A College Degree Shrinks

The U.S. college wage premium fell to its mid-1990s level from 2022 to 2026, a new study finds, with AI explaining a third as student debt hits $1.86T.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 04/10/2026

A Native American woman has never been a governor or a U.S. senator. That could change this year if Deb Haaland wins the governor’s race in New Mexico, and if either former congresswoman Mary Peltola or Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan win a Senate seat. wapo.st/47uc2tE

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The people talking about the dignity of being, say, a welder, have never welded anything. And as far as “the pay is actually good” arguments go, the starting pay is good. The pay a few years in is good. But there’s a ceiling and it hits at about the same time the physical toll of the job does

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 04/10/2026

Alll of this. I started my career in construction, working office jobs alongside people who worked trades. Know how many 60-year-old guys I saw working as bricklayers? Doing demo? Zero. How many 50-year-old roofers there are? Zero. One reason unions fight for high wages is because careers are SHORT.

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VoteHub @votehub.com · 04/10/2026

NEW — President Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are both planning visits to South Carolina as the Senate race draws increased attention, per @nytimes.com. Annie Andrews (D) has outraised and outspent Sen. Darline Graham in a state Trump carried by more than 17 points.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 04/10/2026

Flu is hitting unusually early in parts of the West, catching doctors by surprise as some hospitals see levels of illness more typical of early winter. Epidemiologists and clinicians are encouraging patients to get their shots sooner instead of waiting.

washingtonpost.com

Why you should think about getting your flu shot right now

Flu is surging unusually early in some parts of the western United States, catching doctors by surprise.

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good news: Wilber Garces Perez finally had surgery to remove the bullet that was in his back for 11 days. It took far too long, and it's more proof of ICE cruelty. But we kept up the pressure, and Wilber got the care he needed. Speaking up for our neighbors works.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Acknowledge that people are interested not in reading the same thing over and over again, but in exploring one thing from an almost infinity of approaches an angles. Of exploring different facets of the thing itself. Of making a familiar thing new, of using to explore different ideas or realities.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And each trope, can we be rethought, refigured, played out in a thousand different ways, which questions, challenges, reinforces ideas previously explored. You can have more complex conversations precisely because you're entering a pre-existing discussion.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Engaging with an existing trope or plot pattern, isn't about simplicity or robot formulas. It's rather about an acknowledgement of the history of your field, a constant intertextual conversation with (or against) the meanings that have built up around certain tropes.

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Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Have old Elsa or Spiderman costumes your kids have outgrown? Bring them to the Halloween Costume Swap hosted by Rae Loft and find new-to-you costumes for your kids to wear. Mon., Oct. 5, 5-7:30 p.m. at the Bakery Blocks, 2222 NE Oregon St. www.portland.gov/bps/sustaina... #Halloween #Portland

“Halloween Costume Swap” written on a purple background with drawings of an astronaut, mummy, vampire and witch.

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Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 02/10/2026

the arts are back 2 bsky.app/profile/mayo...

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Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 02/10/2026

the arts are back 1

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