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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"Right now, our industry is afraid of the wrong things. We’re afraid of offending power. We’re afraid of losing access. We’re afraid of another baseless lawsuit... "There is a fine line between being a team player and being an accomplice...” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 26/04/2026
Am I understanding this correctly? The President, the Vice-President, the Speaker of the House AND the Secretary of Stare were all at the White House Correspondent's Dinner together and security was so laxed that a guy ran through security with a long gun? I call bullshit.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 26/04/2026
The governor of Texas threatened to cut $200mn in public safety funds from Houston, Dallas and Austin if those cities did not revoke policies limiting police collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. ft.trib.al/JyW4g7T
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
ICE has violated almost 100 court orders. Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order. That's an out-of-control agency that shouldn't get another dime.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/04/2026
Trump is about to hit REM on camera during an Oval Office event. It's just incredible.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Child immigrant suffered alleged sexual abuse in federal custody, family says
An immigrant family is grappling with the ordeal suffered by a 3-year-old girl who endured alleged sexual abuse while her father fought for five months for her release from federal custody
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/03/2026
LANDERS: Why did the FBI seize election records in AZ? TRUMP: They probably thought the election was rigged LANDERS: It wasn't though TRUMP: Oh really? How do you know? LANDERS: Your own AG said it TRUMP: If you say it wasn't rigged, you're a rotten reporter LANDERS: Where's the evidence?
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 12/03/2026
A lengthy shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz would choke off oil exports through the world’s most vital energy-transport route.
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Escalating Hormuz Crisis Raises Specter of Prolonged Closure
Hopes for quickly reviving trade through the strait are dimming without U.S. naval escorts as Iran steps up attacks.
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NPR @npr.org · 12/03/2026
The fallout from DOGE staffers' efforts to access sensitive Social Security data continues as an agency watchdog disclosed a new investigation into "potential misuse" reported by a whistleblower. n.pr/4bkaRi6
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The government is investigating new claims that DOGE misused Social Security data
The fallout from DOGE staffers' efforts to access sensitive Social Security data continues as an agency watchdog disclosed a new investigation into "potential misuse" reported by a whistleblower.
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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 16/02/2026
Twitter/X is currently down.
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Jeff McDonald @jmcdonaldsa.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The Spurs have 34 victories through 50 games. Last season, the Spurs did not earn their 34th victory until Game No. 82.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Why is Trump posting racist memes about the Obamas in the late hours of the night? Because he's racist. But this is also perhaps a sign that his ongoing mental decline is getting even worse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHLciC67V8
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Has Donald Trump Finally Lost It?
Donald Trump’s mental decline has gotten worse.Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?And why won’t they
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/01/2026
the White House's official X account gloats over the arrest of Don Lemon with a chains emoji
screencap of WH tweet
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NPR @npr.org · 28/11/2025
Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips.
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4 marketing tricks to not fall for this holiday season
Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The White House says the federal statistical system may have suffered lasting damage, due to the government shutdown.
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Jeff McDonald @jmcdonaldsa.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Generally a fan of the BlueSky but folks' general inability here to comprehend how live Tweeting works is something I was kind of unprepared for. It's like, yes, I am aware there is more than one quarter in a basketball game. You don't have to parachute in a day later to tell me.
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Jeff McDonald @jmcdonaldsa.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Not sure how or when Keldon Johnson became of the league's best offensive-rebounding guards, but here we are
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Jeff McDonald @jmcdonaldsa.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Except that offensive foul, I guess. Ah well. Nobody's perfect
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 14/10/2025
Short sellers blame retail investors for worst returns since 2020 on.ft.com/46PPjsv
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Short sellers blame retail investors for worst returns since 2020
Rally in heavily shorted stocks comes as AI hype and hopes of lower rates push S&P 500 to record highs
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 03/10/2025
Trump administration demands universities sign up to ‘compact’ in return for funding on.ft.com/4mOgSay
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Trump administration demands universities sign up to ‘compact’ in return for funding
Critics say linking funds to adherence to the White House’s principles undermines academic freedom
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 03/10/2025
A memo sent to nine institutions called for 'institutional neutrality', in an unprecedented attempt by Donald Trump’s administration to impose control on the sector on.ft.com/4mQxxdw
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
“They are simply going too fast. I really think the speed at which they are trying to rip apart a free and open society is a huge tactical mistake on their part,” says Chris Hayes.
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‘Huge mistake’: Hayes EXPOSES blind spot in Trump’s breakneck power grab
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
What he is saying quite clearly is that Pam Bondi must indict several of his long-time political enemies immediately or she will be fired and replaced by someone who will.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
this is… not how it works. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Pentagon Demands Journalists Allow Government to Vet Information
The US Defense Department is requiring journalists to agree to use only pre-approved information about the military or lose their credentials to cover the Pentagon, the latest Trump administration eff...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2025
Crockett: "I'm gonna honor someone who decided they were going to proclaim I was involved in the 'great white replacement'? Yeah, I'm not honoring that ... it's unfortunate more of my colleagues even on my side couldn't see the amount of harm this man was attempting to inflict upon our communities"
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Pritzker: What's at stake here is free speech. It's our constitution and our way of life. Do we really want the president intimidating people, organizations to get others fired? People ought to be standing up and speaking out.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18/09/2025
NYT CEO warns Trump is deploying ‘anti-press playbook’ on.ft.com/3K63h0t
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New York Times CEO warns Donald Trump is deploying ‘anti-press playbook’
Meredith Kopit Levien says newspaper will not back down after US president sues for $15bn
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
“This is just the latest chapter in Donald Trump's ongoing campaign to crack down on free speech, dominate the media, and essentially render the First Amendment meaningless” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Jimmy Kimmel's indefinite suspension.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. In other words, I am the *opposite* of his cowardly employer.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2025
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/08/2025
"The backlash after Bondi walked back her promise to release the 'Epstein client list' was so fierce that it reduced Bongino to a raging tantrum, after which he failed to show up for work. But while the Epstein fiasco was the most public demonstration of his incompetence, it's hardly the only one."
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Dan Bongino's babysitter
FBI leadership needs some adult supervision.
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Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Redfin: Home purchases are getting canceled at a record rate. #EconSky t.co/7Lp6VuIB84
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https://www.redfin.com/news/home-purchase-cancellations-july-2025/
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
That’s not how economics work. The country has to pay its debts, or people stop lending money to the treasury. If they stop lending us money, the economy collapses.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Go figure, huh?
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NPR @npr.org · 19/07/2025
Last week, President Trump ramped up pressure on wavering GOP lawmakers, posting, "Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement."
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How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era
"It will test every single shred of creativity we have to continue to try to serve our mission," says one public media executive, as Congress ends federal funding for public broadcasting.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/07/2025
In a 2000 oral history, one Kerr County resident remembered when his father, in 1959, tried to warn a new resident about building a house close to the river. “It’s going to surprise newcomers when we get another flood like the ’32 flood," he said. By @loganjaffe.bsky.social
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Texas Officials Say They Didn’t See the Flood Coming. Oral Histories Show Residents Have Long Warned of Risks.
After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what we learned following the devastating July 4 flooding in Texas.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
I see the misinformation machine is kicking up to support Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Israel amendment. Advocates have a responsibility to be clear about what legislation does and doesn’t do. Her amendment did NOT cut off offensive aid to Israel. We shouldn’t pretend it does. My statement on it:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s statement:

Marjorie Taylor Greene's amendment does nothing to cut off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of US munitions being used in Gaza. Of course I voted against it.
What it does do is cut off defensive Iron Dome capacities while allowing the actual bombs killing Palestinians to continue.
I have long stated that I do not believe that adding to the death count of innocent victims to this war is constructive to its end. That is a simple and clear difference of opinion that has long been established.
I remain focused on cutting the flow of US munitions that are being used to perpetuate the genocide in Gaza.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/07/2025
People died in his state, and the governor of Texas is making football comparisons. NEWSFLASH: When the football team f*cks up, the fans don’t die.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 09/07/2025
What Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ means for corporate America on.ft.com/44osKtW
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What Donald Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ means for corporate America
Private equity cheers the legislation while Tesla and AI start-ups lose out
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2025
the cabinet meeting is now off the rails: "The only question is will I gold leaf the corners? My cabinet could take a vote. You see the top line mouldings."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2025
COLLINS: Did you approve of the pause of weapons shipments to Ukraine? TRUMP: We want to put defensive weapons because Putin is not treating human beings right COLLINS: So who ordered the pause? TRUMP: I don't know. Why don't you tell me?
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
“Elon Musk's 'Grok' AI Bot Goes Full Nazi” An astonishing story and development, even by Musk’s standards:
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Elon Musk's 'Grok' AI Bot Goes Full Nazi
Literally.
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Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Republicans Francis Suarez and Joe Corollo are the beneficiaries of delaying/canceling these elections www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/c...
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City of Miami postpones November 2025 election to 2026, extends officials' terms
Term-limited Mayor Francis Suarez and Commissioner Joe Carollo's terms would be extended by one year.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/07/2025
NEW: More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
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A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
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NPR @npr.org · 30/06/2025
In 2024, 64% of the eligible-voting population turned out, the second highest in 120 years. New data show that even if all those voters who stayed home had voted, Trump would still be president today.
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Trump still would have won in 2024 even if everyone had turned out to vote, Pew finds
In 2024, 64% of the eligible-voting population turned out, the second highest in 120 years. New data show that even if all those voters who stayed home had voted, Trump would still be president today.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
How was Joe Biden forced out of a presidential race for a disastrous debate and for looking frail and for confusing names, but this man, one of the most ignorant men to ever be elected to any office, allowed to continue on as president and treated as a normal, serious leader??
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 29/06/2025
Trump’s spending and attacks on Fed put US safe-haven status at risk, economists warn on.ft.com/40w3BLb
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Trump’s spending and attacks on Fed put US safe-haven status at risk, economists warn
FT-Booth survey reveals broad concern over president’s policies and attacks on central bank independence
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NPR @npr.org · 28/06/2025
Senate Republicans released the full text of their massive tax and spending bill that contains many of President Trump's top campaign promises. Here's a look at what's in and what's out. By @elenamoore.bsky.social
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Here's what's in the GOP megabill headed for a vote in the Senate
Senate Republicans released the full text of their massive tax and spending bill that contains many of President Trump's top campaign promises. Here's a look at what's in and what's out.
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House Judiciary Dems @democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 27/06/2025
Trump promised to lower costs. Instead, he gutted the consumer watchdog agency and helped big banks rip off Americans by an added $18 billion in fees and unchecked rip-offs. Trump’s Gangster State serves anyone who can line his pockets and sticks it to the people.
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Trump's CFPB rollback has cost Americans $18 billion, consumer groups say
President Donald Trump's rapid pullback of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cost Americans at least $18 billion in higher fees and lost compensation for consumers allegedly cheated by major companies, according to an analysis released Tuesday by two organizations.
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