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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 14h
Last week, Arizona GOP state Representative Rachel Keshel briefly appeared on a QAnon-affiliated podcast alongside her husband, election denier Seth Keshel. During Rachel Keshel's appearance, Seth Keshel asked viewers to donate to her reelection campaign.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h
The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15h
Look, this is bad. Yes. But the Trump admin sent six (6) people to Maricopa and Pima. Where, by my count, there are 404 polling places, spread across 18,000 square miles (each county is ~9k sq mi). What they want is the FEAR to discourage the voting they can't actually prevent.
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 13h
The Vote Safe initiative will deploy volunteers in several swing states as Trump declines to rule out extreme election-related action
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Voting rights groups mobilize volunteers amid fears of federal interference and voter intimidation | Arizona Mirror
Voter protection in the midterms: Civil rights groups mobilize poll volunteers amid fears of possible federal interference
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 20h
When Trump posted a video of the Obamas as apes the NYT claimed "it was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware" that he posted it
NYT: "It was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware that the clip had been included in the video before he shared it."
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In all, PEN found 11,982 cases of bans, affecting 7,370 individual works. Over 4,500 were on the list for the first time, ranging from the 19th century classic “Jane Eyre” to Sui Ishida’s “Tokyo Ghoul” manga series. apnews.com/article/book... #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek
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PEN America: Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year, a record high
A new study from PEN America reveals that there were nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools over the past year, the highest since tracking began five years ago.
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Joe Ferguson @joeferguson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Happening now: Protest in front of the federal building in downtown Tucson after contractors for Border Patrol cut down the last remaining “grandmother” cottonwood near Lochiel and raiding a camp of peaceful protesters.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20h
This is by some counts a third scandal.
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Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 05/10/2026
“A group of power-hungry politicians has voted to put a set of highly deceptive propositions on your ballot this November. They want to make voting more difficult, hollow out our schools with funding cuts, and institute blanket mandates in school sports.” story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social
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Progressive PAC launches $1M campaign against ‘deceptive’ GOP-backed ballot propositions
Arizona ballot propositions: A progressive PAC is spending $1M to defeat four GOP-referred measures before Nov. 3.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 21h
US DOT is proposing a federal rule change to give more transit money to places with higher marriage & birth rates www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... Such a rule would direct money to places with more driving, more homeowners, more white people, & wealthier people www.urban.org/urban-wire/d...
The proposed rule would increase federal transit grant funding by up to 10% points if they have high birth and marriage rates.Giving more money to places with high marriage and birth rates would disproportionately benefit white and high-income areas.Communities with less car access would be penalized if the US DOT prioritizes marriage and birth rates.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23h
13/ Collectively, these cases show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, federal agents have run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens too. Read our investigation:
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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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h
White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 06/10/2026
An underappreciated part of the two abortion pill cases filed last week: they target not just mifepristone, but also *misoprostol.* That's the second drug in a typical regimen, but it's effective on its own. Louisiana says the cases would prevent mailing "back-up drugs" @autonomynews.co
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Three States Try Express Lane to Supreme Court Over ‘Shield’ Laws: October 5 News Roundup
Complaints filed last week target access to both mifepristone and misoprostol, a back-up abortion pill method.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 06/10/2026
ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.
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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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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: For the first time in 10 months, the U.S. admitted a refugee who is not a white South African. In September, the U.S. admitted 3,386 white South Africans and two Afghans (in D.C.) In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 16,287 white South Africans, five Afghans, and nobody else.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
folks, i can't tell you how many times i've rewatched this ad *that republicans are paying people to see*
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Palm Beach GOP endorses candidate accused of child sex abuseThe most prominent Palm Beach Republican of all time, noted pederast and president Donald J. Trump
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Phoenix New Times @phoenixnewtimes.com · 06/10/2026
Connections have been made between the contractor, right-wing election deniers, and an SPLC designated hate group. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/report…
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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As I told @lukerussert.bsky.social, the anti-abortion movement is adamant about restricting access to medication abortion. The Trump admin is caving to that pressure—but they’re waiting until after the midterms to take action because they know reproductive freedom is a winning issue.
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Andy Flach @andyfromtucson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Go to the Pima Recorder's Voter Dashboard to: • Check your voter registration (deadline for the election is today, Oct 5) • Sign up for ballot's status notifications so you can make sure it was received. • Request a mail ballot if you're not on the AEVL www.recorder.pima.gov/Voter_dashbo...
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Voter Dashboard Login
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
I could hug @anandwrites.bsky.social for this. This is so true but you NEVER hear it in US media. Never. Truly doing god's work.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
someone should ask donald trump, john thune and mike johnson how come they havent said anything about the recently deceased republican who served as speaker of the house for almost a decade.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wilber was finally able to undergo surgery on Thursday—11 days after he was shot. “When ICE can shoot a man in the back and then barely give him any medical treatment and let him suffer, there’s a reason for that because we have gotten to a point where we see people as less than human.”
texastribune.org
Austin man has surgery 11 days after being shot by ICE agent
The surgery on the Venezuelan national, who has been in custody since his Sept. 20 run-in with an immigration officer, removed the bullet lodged in his back.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'
J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.
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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
REMIGRATION REPORT
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3.3+
MILLION REMOVALS
INCLUDING DEPORTATIONS AND VOLUNTARY REMOVALS
ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
250,000
VISAS REVOKED
REVOKED
TRAVEL BANNED
FROM 39 COUNTRIES
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NATURALIZATIONS
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representmeaz.bsky.social @representmeaz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“A court battle that began when conservative-led states sued to block protections for transgender people has ended in a rollback of protections for people with disabilities — a result disability advocates have feared for months.”
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Green Valley News & Sun @newsroom.gvnews.com · 02/10/2026
A divorce case between a current and former member of a controversial religious group in Santa Cruz County was settled days before it was scheduled to go to trial in August. But two years of filings revealed new details about the group.
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Report casts new light on religious community; divorce case led to investigation of group
A divorce case between a current and former member of a controversial religious group in Santa Cruz County was settled days before it was scheduled to go to trial in August. But two years of filings revealed new details about the group.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Yana Kunichoff @yanak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ICE plans to hold 775 people at its new southern Arizona detention center, which is 50% more than the 513 people the center held when it was a state prison. azluminaria.org/2026/09/30/m...
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MTC says it will open ICE detention center in Marana within 60 days  - AZ Luminaria
A former prison slated to become an immigration detention center in Marana could reopen in the next 60 days, according to an email shared Wednesday by Emily Lawhead, director of communications for MTC...
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Yana Kunichoff @yanak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Data collected by Humane Borders using Pima County Medical Examiner numbers counted the remains of 86 people found in the desert and presumed to be people attempting to migrate as of August this year. azluminaria.org/2026/10/01/f...
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Federal government denies permit for 12 public land water stations run by Humane Borders - AZ Luminaria
The federal government has denied permits for 12 water stations run on public lands by local migrant aid group Humane Borders, removing 30% of the group’s water stations they say are crucial to saving...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Last year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US.
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 02/10/2026
Justice Kagan rejected the state's final bid to halt a court-ordered receivership set to begin Oct. 19 after 14 years of litigation
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Supreme Court clears the way for receiver to run Arizona prison healthcare
Arizona prison healthcare receivership: Supreme Court rejects the state's bid to block the Oct. 19 takeover
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 02/10/2026
The prison leader hired to fix Tennessee's protocol previously oversaw Arizona executions plagued by the same catheter problems
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How a Tennessee execution gone wrong connects to Arizona's capital punishment troubles
The official who oversaw Arizona's 2022 execution troubles now runs Tennessee's prison department, where a woman's execution was botched Wednesday
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When white nationalist are a part of your voting base
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
President Trump plans another dinner for the top holders of his memecoin, which has plummeted in value even as he made hundreds of millions of dollars last year — more than the salaries of all of Congress. Last year, he spoke and top holders got a WH tour. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Trump Memecoin Dinner Returns as Democrats Threaten Scrutiny
The promoter of Donald Trump’s memecoin is marketing another chance for top holders to attend an event with the president, just as Democratic lawmakers threaten fresh scrutiny of his crypto business d...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Judge Strikes Down Latest Version Of $100,000 H-1B Immigration Fee www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
forbes.com
Judge Strikes Down Latest Version Of $100,000 H-1B Immigration Fee
A federal judge has struck down the $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa holders and invalidated the Sept. proclamation that renewed it.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
After incessantly promoting AI data centers, Trump finally admits “it doesn’t mean I want them right next to my house..."
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Trump Admits He's a NIMBY on Data Centers
The president's new interview with Time magazine is just the latest evidence his brain is completely broken.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.
44. At all relevant times, Defendants Ross, Miller, Noem, Lyons, Homan,
Bovino, and the John Doe Federal Agents acted under color of federal law and within the
scope of a joint enterprise with the private actors described below. Defendant
Lewandowski acted in part under color of federal law and in part, as alleged below, as a
private person, his federal status having been limited to a temporary part-time designation
that his conduct exceeded. Shirley, Rufo, and Ben Bergquam, and the other non-party
private actors described below, agreed to and in fact participated in the conspiracy alleged
here: each acted in concert with, and with the knowledge and encouragement of, federal
officials.
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Audrey Dutton @audreydutton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Emma Joyce was sick and vomiting for days when she died. The next summer, Ava Joan got sick: wouldn't eat or drink, rapid breathing, and her vomit was black. It was untreated diabetes. The girls' toddler brother was next to die. Years later, another brother. www.propublica.org/article/idah...
propublica.org
Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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representmeaz.bsky.social @representmeaz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Worth remembering…
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 01/10/2026
Republicans only oppose packing the courts when antifascists do it
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 01/10/2026
Trump again using people's health insurance as a political weapon
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 17/12/2025
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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