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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed Letitia James, the state’s attorney general, as special prosecutor to investigate the alleged gang-rape at Cornell University
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Letitia James appointed special prosecutor in alleged gang-rape at Cornell
New York attorney general brought in by governor after recent questions raised over university’s 2024 investigation
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Rob Saltman @rsalt159.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On my way to Chicago right now. Stand up for what is right!
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
NEW: Days after ICE fatally shot Alex Pretti, Virginia prosecutor Steve Descano got a call to join attorneys banding together to help bring charges against the federal immigration agency. Months later, Descano and his colleagues are working overtime to prepare for the threat of ICE at the polls.
democracydocket.com
The local prosecutors who fought ICE are ready to combat federal election interference
“I think what I can say is that we’re going to be ready for anything,” one district attorney said. “And whatever that scenario is, it’s going to be kind of plug-and-play to have the place we’re going ...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
People are exhausted, the news is relentless, but better days are ahead. Tonight: we’re going to paint a picture of how good it’s looking for Democrats right now. 🔥 DON’T STOP BELIEVING. Hang out with us, and jump in the comments. LIVE 10 PM ET / 7 PM PT
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Reformers Live: We're exhausted, but better days are ahead. Don’t stop believing.
YouTube video by Christopher Webb
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Join us! Let's get the word out about the candidate that will beat Ann Wagner this fall!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
ICE is still refusing to follow through on its pledge to equip its officers with body cameras. Their goal is without body camera footage, accountability becomes much harder. If you witness an interaction, remember to keep your camera rolling and document what you can safely.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
In the past two weeks, Trump has recorded his lowest-ever approval ratings from whites without college degrees, across either term as president. yougov.com/en-us/articl...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/07/2026
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Maybe they should just practice locking the door and turning off the lights and remaining silent while hiding under their desks…or is that just appropriate for kindergartners? 
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Ossoff: If you’re CIA director John Ratcliffe, and you see what's about to happen, this is the last chance to jump ship and speak out, because you will be forever tainted by your association with these kinds of shenanigans.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Aj Holmes: Ok... And...?
ALT: Aj Holmes: Ok... And...?
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
To be more pointed, Trump is saying that all Black votes in Georgia are illegitimate. Because he believes the Civil War was incorrectly decided. bsky.app/profile/osso...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Florida's House District 47, which narrowly voted for Trump over Harris, is going to flip to Democrats in November because the GOP incumbent (and lone GOP candidate) was disqualified from the ballot for not filing all the necessary paperwork. floridapolitics.com/archives/806...
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
the man’s a WMD deployed against us all
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
BUT MOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This is DHS's strategy to evade state law, preventing inspections and oversight. CoreCivic will still run these facilities but now with DHS owning them they won't be subject to the same scrutiny. calmatters.org/justice/2026...
calmatters.org
Private prison company sells two of California’s immigrant detention centers to the feds
Private prison company CoreCivic sold two California properties to the Department of Homeland Security. It will continue operating them as ICE detention centers.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This piece was originally written by me exclusively for Democracy Docket members. We decided to share it with everyone because today’s ruling is too consequential not to. Become a member to get my exclusive analysis first. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
democracydocket.com
The RNC tried to throw out your ballot
Today, the Court rejected the RNC’s scheme to disenfranchise voters. Today, democracy won.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
“There are tons of people here” - Dean Cain LOL
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The U.S. Supreme Court has “declared war” on American democracy, on “modern society,” and on “everything it takes to function in the 21st century,” warns Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, after the court expanded presidential powers once again. (cont.) www.msn.com/en-ca/news/p...?
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 29/06/2026
A Strawberry Moon is the first full moon of summer. It signals the start of summer, when strawberries ripen in the US. The name comes from the Algonquin tribes. And it's tonight.
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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day. Our electeds, volunteers, and candidates were proud to join the celebrations today at Carnegie Community Centre and at Grandview Park. Now more than ever, COPE stands with Indigenous peoples in the fight for real reconciliation, redress, and justice.
Solomon Yi-Kieran, Sean Orr, Angela Liu, and Devyani Singh.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/06/2026
Children weren’t the target of federal food program changes, but they’re increasingly “collateral damage,” one expert said. The drop in the number of children receiving SNAP benefits is a “public health crisis” in the making, said another expert.
propublica.org
More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...
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@SuzanaD3 @suzanad1.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Evelyn @recalculatingroute.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I'm attending Harriet’s Wildest Dreams's event, “Arrested, Now What? Navigating the DC Courts” - sign up now to join me! #HarrietsDreams www.mobilize.us/hwd/event/95...
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Arrested, Now What? Navigating the DC Courts · Harriet’s Wildest Dreams
Every day, innocent people, especially Black and marginalized communities, are forced to plead guilty to petty charges just to escape a system that punishes poverty and protests. Judges and lawyers kn...
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
“Trump Administration Abandons Fight Against Wind Energy as Clean Energy Output Surges The clean energy sector is showing resilience despite challenges thrown at it by a hostile White House, a recent report found.” insideclimatenews.org/news/1506202...
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Trump Administration Abandons Fight Against Wind Energy as Clean Energy Output Surges - Inside Climate News
The clean energy sector is showing resilience despite challenges thrown at it by a hostile White House, a recent report found. A string of legal victories has further dampened the Trump administration...
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
As my book Coverage Denied shows, battling health insurers is a truly American experience and sadly, most people lack the administrative capital to navigate this red tape. That’s why I call insurance denials health care “rationing by inconvenience.” We can do better. www.amazon.com/Coverage-Den...
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Amazon.com: Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States: 9781009649810: Yaver, Miranda: Books
Amazon.com: Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States: 9781009649810: Yaver, Miranda: Books
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 17/06/2026
Read the MOU here - its clear the US lost as Iran gets the vast majority of the benefits Pt 9 is esepcially which preserves Iran's nuclear program. So Trump's primary justification for the war failed miserably. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 15/06/2026
In a series of interviews with The Intercept, Amanda Feindt, a U.S. Army major and former whistleblower, described a grueling pattern of obfuscation in which military officials refused to answer questions about her child’s treatment, and claimed not to have the attendant evidence. interc.pt/4uA5ZwA
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I know the game was technically a draw, but I think it should be counted as a win. In a just world, it would be so.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“These may be perverse days when it’s awfully hard to celebrate the founding of America. But in 140 days, on Nov. 3, we have the opportunity to stand up to this sickness and corruption and accelerate the necessary process of curtailing this hateful regime’s power.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...
open.substack.com
Disgrace and Dishonor
The spectacle of Donald Trump's cage fight shows spits at the memory of Abraham Lincoln and trashes our White House
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
As always, must read from retired General Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/sentinels-...
thebulwark.com
Sentinels at the Bacchanal
Military participation in the spectacle in D.C. is a reminder that trust in our armed forces depends on them standing apart.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"The steady murder of people in South American waters, and the targeting of Iranian and Cuban civilians, demonstrates that Trump remains enamored with the idea of using massive state terror to advance his aims. There’s little doubt that he would use the military against US civilians too..."
open.substack.com
The US under Trump is a global scourge
We're the baddies.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/06/13/gene-shalit-today-movie-critic-purveyor-puns-dies-100/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f017
washingtonpost.com
Gene Shalit, ‘Today’ movie critic and purveyor of puns, dies at 100
He appeared on the morning show for four decades before retiring in 2010.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/06/2026
How Donald Trump’s son-in-law used his position to hop in bed with autocrats—and sell out America.
Cover of Mother Jones, featuring a baby Jared Kushner swimming after a dollar with the headline Nevermind the Corruption: How nepo baby Jared Kushner is selling America out.
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Cynthia Brumfield @metacurity.com · 13/06/2026
So Trump signed a new cyber policy memo that got exactly zero press coverage yesterday, unless I missed something, perhaps because it reads more as a justification for Trump's June 2 AI order rather than a standalone cyber policy initiative, but there is a new cyber angle here. 1/2
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
NEW EPISODE: Donald Trump is waging a three front war on voting: restricting voter registration through proof-of-citizenship laws, controlling who gets to use mail-in voting via the U.S. Postal Service and laying the groundwork for another "stop the count" campaign. youtu.be/b28A7nduT8c?...
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EXPOSED: Trump's 3-Part Plot to End Free Elections in 2026
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Trump’s top aides are attracted to lies the way pandas are attracted to bamboo. Gift link, to a piece you really should read wapo.st/4e5DMJh
wapo.st
DOE head says agency didn’t punish blue states. His lawyers admit it did.
A federal judge ordered the Energy Department to restore another 11 grants after its lawyers acknowledged it aimed to punish Democrats.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
the president announced an attack in venezuela while secretary of state marco rubio is at a soccer match
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 13/06/2026
As you watch the World Cup, remember, Israel is participating despite their globally acknowledged genocide of Palestinians, USA is participating despite their funding of Israel’s genocide, & illegal invasion of Iran, & illegal kidnapping of Marduro, & illegal mass murder of Venezuelan fisherman 1/2
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
As soon as Trump formally nominated Blanche to be Attorney General, we launched a campaign to make sure the Senate never confirms him. It takes one minute to send a letter to your senators right now and urge them to do the right thing. Send yours here:
actionnetwork.org
Tell Your Senators: Oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General
Contact Congress today!
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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Greg Abbott thinks Texans will keep footing the bill for his grift. We disagree. Tonight, during the Spurs-Knicks game, we’re launching our first general election ad—taking aim at the Greg Abbott Corruption Tax. Watch:
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/06/2026
Lawyers for the Kennedy Center have ordered staff to remove all references to Trump from the institution’s signs, documents, and more, according to a memo obtained by @janaykingsberry.bsky.social.
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Trump’s Name Is Disappearing From More Than Just the Kennedy Center
Lawyers are ordering staff to remove “Trump” from email signatures, letterhead, website, brochures, promotional materials, press releases, signs, and more.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/05/2026
ICE is holding “a man who has Stage 3 lung cancer,” Kim told reporter @alexjn.bsky.social. He wants to “spend his final months… with his family. But they just won’t let him go."
motherjones.com
Andy Kim: Nothing's improved since Minnesota—except private prison profits
We spoke to the Senator pepper-sprayed outside ICE's Delaney Hall detention center.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 30/05/2026
5/29/2026 - Fed agents fire tear gas at protestors without checking the wind first, and gas themselves Then one agent futilely attacks a barricade that was aggressively laying on the ground
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 24/05/2026
This is Adam Hoffman, a 49-year-old Waco, TX attorney. He faced life without parole for repeatedly raping a young boy. Texas AG Ken Paxton offered him 1 day in jail & no sex offender status. A judge increased his sentence to 60 days. Not an immigrant. Not a trans person. Not a Black or brown person
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
So naturally, you know what to do…👇 Enjoy. 😎✨
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