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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 30/12/2025
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., delivered a sharp rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration's plan to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, rejecting its reasons justifying cutting off the agency's funding.
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Judge delivers sharp rebuke in White House plot to cut off funding for key agency
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., delivered a sharp rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration's plan to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, rejecting its reasons justifying cutting off the agency's funding.Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote that the agency can keep receiving funding ...
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Whenever we're out of this shit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be built into an absolutely nightmare bureaucratic goliath. Increase the original funding by a million times and hire thousands of staffers trying to fuck shit up for business.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/07/2025
A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.
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Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says
A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 29/07/2025
sorry to share twitter screenshot but im wheezing
WNBA player Paige Bueckers in glasses with tweet saying she asked the ref if he needed her glasses

Reply from a doctor saying she’s a -1 maybe a -1.5

Reply from someone named Ethan saying “you’re dying alone so what”Dr. Glaucomflecken says “ok I probably could have phrased this a little better”
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 29/07/2025
BREAKING: New documents and testimony make it clear that Emil Bove urged DOJ officials to defy court orders – then misled the Judiciary Committee about it. The facts are disqualifying. And the timeline is damning. Let's break it down. 🧵
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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
a software ceo got caught in 4k on the jumbotron with the company’s chief people officer at a coldplay concert
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/07/2025
Wu: "It's a 500 year storm that keep hitting every year. We're saying there's something wrong with that. You're not supposed to have 500 year events every year. And every time Dems offer up legislation to say 'let's do something about this, let's save lives,' it's uniformly rejected on party lines"
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
JUST IN: Judge Gallagher says either El Salvador is lying to the UN or the administration is lying to her about the people deported to CECOT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/07/2025
hey every single journalist who still uses twitter as your primary site, does the fact that the chatbot is promoting the Final Solution rise to the level of a news story or no stop making this the global hub for news communication
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
we hate Stalin but we're going to do a little Stalin, as a treat
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
1/ @vermontgmg.bsky.social was kind enough to let us republish his fantastic piece on how scary giving $200 billion to a run away, ill-disciplined, and ill-trained force is. It is a must read: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.
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Annie💙&Joe💛 @annieandjoe.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Woman in long dress is looking out the window.
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National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The United States is beginning to look like a dictatorship seeking to divest itself of anyone who is poor and speaks Spanish.
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Immigration policy has become a question of character
The United States is beginning to look like a dictatorship seeking to divest itself of anyone who is poor and speaks Spanish. How a person reacts to the sight of armed, masked men assaulting immigrant...
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
We are living in a time where people are cheering at the idea of people being eaten by alligators and still demanding that we believe they are “pro life” and follow Jesus.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
“were you lying about the epstein list then or are you lying now?” the only question that pam bondi should be asked in every interview this week
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
BREAKING: Documents filed in court today assert that officials from El Salvador told the United Nations that it "facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure" by the U.S. but that "the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the" U.S.
As set forth in the attached Report, the Government of El Salvador responded to the UN
inquiry opened by the four families asking about the disappearance of their family members:
1 The attached exhibit has redacted personal identifying information for the four men discussed in the WGEID report. Petitioners can file an unredacted version of the exhibit under seal at the Court's request, with the exception of one of the cases for particular privacy reasons related to that individual.
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The Salvadoran State emphatically states that its authorities have not arrested, detained, or transferred the persons referred to in the communications of the Working Group. The actions of the State of El Salvador have been limited to the implementation of a bilateral cooperation mechanism with another State, through which it has facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure for the custody of persons detained within the scope of the justice system and law enforcement of that other State. In this context, the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the competent foreign authorities, by virtue of international agreements signed and in accordance with the principles of sovereignty and international cooperation in criminal matters. In this regard, the actions attributable to the Salvadoran State are limited to its sovereignty and territorial jurisdiction, and therefore it cannot be held responsible for the failure to observe the principle of non-refoulement with respect to the persons mentioned.
Ex. 1 at 6, 9 (emphasis added).
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Laura @revlaura.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I really need to work on my knife skills. -Oh, like for cooking? *blinks* Yes, for cooking.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2025
Nobody said it would be easy, but Republicans found a way to cut taxes for the rich while taking away your healthcare. A story of true heroism.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
So Mike Johnson is just going to hold the vote open for hours again so Trump can start threatening people. Standard operating procedure now in the House.
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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
Laura Loomer‘s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.
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U.S. Federal Department of Propaganda @usfdop.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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Congressman Hank Johnson @hankjohnson.house.gov · 02/07/2025
What has been called Big and Beautiful is as Cruel and Ugly a piece of legislation as I have ever seen in my 19 years in Congress. This Big Ugly Bill cuts access to healthcare for 17 million Americans, which will lead to thousands of premature and preventable deaths.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 02/07/2025
BREAKING: The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban. The court’s liberal majority ruled 4-3 on Wednesday that the ban is no longer valid because newer abortion restrictions superseded it.
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Once upon a time in this country, improving everyone’s life expectancy was a major goal. Now, public officials just shrug their shoulders at people in their care dying right and left.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.
Jason Delgado (Florida Capitol reporter for Spectrum News 13) on X: "Quick look at what inside a detainment tent looks like here at Alligator Alcatraz." What is shown in the picture is a long tent structure, about 50 feet wide. There is a corridor running down the middle. On each side are three rows of bunk beds. The bunk beds are sectioned off into cells which are constructed out of chain link fence, with chain link on the ceiling as well, making each cell a literal cage. It looks to me like each cell contains 9 bunk beds, so has capacity for 18 people each.
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Cara Stewart @kycara.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I got kicked out of the fight against the bullshit Medicaid paperwork reporting requirements but I can’t stop pointing out how ALMOST EVERYONE enrolled in Medicaid is already working or disabled or CHILDREN or in nursing homes
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie. One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears. They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Chutzpa is an administration that lectures Europe about free speech and then uses denaturalization threats to intimidate Americans who refuse to toe the GOP line.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
If you live in a blue metro area or a blue state more generally, the message coming out of the GOP is pretty clear: We're not trying to live with you or come to a common agreement about how to live; we're going to extract YOUR resources to pay ourselves and shape the country to our tastes.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
“In the last week, more than 200 veterans have volunteered to attend immigration hearings with Afghans who worked with U.S. forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistan…”
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Hundreds of veterans volunteer to attend asylum hearings with Afghans
The effort began after a former Afghan interpreter was detained after his San Diego asylum hearing this month.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029: - $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion - $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million - $8 billion for hiring/retention - Billions more.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/06/2025
Under grilling by Jon Ossoff, Russ Vought repeatedly refuses to admit that it was a mistake to fire the federal employees who oversaw the safety of the nuclear stockpile (a mistake the administration acknowledged when they had to scramble to hire them back)
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
ACAB all day every day except everyone must concede this *one* exception: Quiet Car Enforcement. On Amtrak, I’m Sgt. Orlins. And this is my beat. Respect the rules or get out.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
That this SCOTUS stay comes on the day this story dropped….Is it comforting to know that you’ll get due process in South Sudan? ktla.com/news/local-n...
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ICE has deported dozens of U.S. citizens, report says
Amid the ongoing immigration raids in Southern California and elsewhere, some American citizens have been rounded up, prompting criticism of federal agents. According to a new report, though, Ameri…
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 23/06/2025
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump can continue to deport migrants to countries not of their origin without limited notice.
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Supreme Court greenlights Trump’s controversial deportation tactic
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump can continue to deport migrants to countries not of their origin without limited notice. Reporting the decision, Politico's Kyle Cheney said on X that the decision was 6-3 with liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketan...
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
He just dropped $280,000,000 worth of artillery in a war that’s not ours, but our grandparents have to live on Ramen noodles because America can’t afford Meals on Wheels anymore. Make it make sense.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
CARTOON OF THE DAY… 🇺🇸
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.
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Meg 🇨🇦 @nutmeggy.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Starting a war bc nobody went to his birthday.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Michael Pham fled Vietnam at the age of 13. He was named bishop of San Diego a month ago. Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away” timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
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ICE agents scatter as SD Bishop Pham, other clergy visit immigration court
"Our presence made a difference," one priest said, quoting an immigration lawyer saying their client was given more time to prepare for another hearing.
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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
If you’ve got a badge and a gun but think your actions are shameful enough to need a mask, you should quit.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 20/06/2025
BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional. We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
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Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
A global boycott of the 2028 Summer Olympics is increasingly necessary.
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium. ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
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Abigail Disney @abigaildisney.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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A film about men quilting in a Missouri prison has 'overwhelmed' the system with donations
'The Quilters' on Netflix has prompted such an outpouring of fabric and yarn that donors are urged to give money instead.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This is as big a lie as anything the Bush folks said in 2003. Demonstrably false.
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