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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ken Paxton sentencing remarks today on the campaign trail: "The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what...they served 60 days." I put this on a loop for you because you simply won't believe it.

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaq

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Please share the application with anyone you think might be interested and help us spread the word! Here’s a bit more about Periplus, why we exist, and how we assess fellowship applications:

Periplus is a mentorship collective serving U.S. writers who identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color. We’re happy you’ve found us. We’re looking for mentees—Periplus Fellows—who are located in the United States, and are at least 18 years old, and whose writing shows great promise. We are seeking to mentor writers who are relatively early in their careers and would especially like to award fellowships to those with limited past access to writing resources and supportive communities. We aim to equalize access so that writers can achieve their goals regardless of their background and affiliations.

In assessing your application, we’ll be most focused on the promise we see in your writing sample. We will also consider how helpful a Periplus Fellowship could be for your craft and career.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: Republican members of the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) adopted a resolution Monday seeking the Trump administration to intervene in a vague crusade against the state’s voting system just weeks before the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines

“I think this is federal overreach," the board's lone Democrat warned.

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 24/09/2026

AZ Sheriff on Flock: "If we rely on private cameras to continuously log the habits of innocent Americans without a warrant, we are paving the way to an AI-driven surveillance state. We cannot wait for a future Supreme Court ruling to correct AI overreach. We must protect the 4th Amendment today."

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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Jon Husted has now voted 14 times to continue the Iran war. That’s 14 votes causing record high gas and grocery prices, and Ohioans are paying the price.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the part many Americans -- including the Bezosites at the Washington Post -- don't understand. Canadians don't see this just as a Trump thing. It's that America elected him twice, and the second time with an even bigger mandate. The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 17/09/2026

A bill is quietly moving through Congress that would broaden DHS' power to surveil anyone shopping in a strip mall or picking up groceries. Retailers shouldn't be deputized to help ICE.

retaildive.com

How the retail crime bill could bolster ICE

Concerns are mounting that organized retail crime-fighting legislation, which passed the U.S. House and is now before the Senate, could drag retailers into mass deportations that have little to do wit...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“To play in venues that silence anyone advocating for Free Palestine is simply not an option for us… most of the audience supported @macklemore… the real enemy is the Zionist lobby. Up the workers. Free Palestine.” @edsheeran’s band Beoga reminding us what moral clarity is

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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 15/09/2026

All of Ed Sheeran’s opening acts and his touring band have dropped out of the remaining dates of his ‘Loop’ tour in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore.

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Lynn: Let's storm the Bastille @auberon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I mean he also promised $5k DOGE checks, $2k tarrif rebates and child savings accounts too. Shame on you, if you let him lie to you about money a 4th time.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/09/2026

BREAKING: Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will NOT air on ABC due to threats from Trump’s FCC. The interview will instead be posted to YouTube.

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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The first step in taking back Congress is making sure our neighbors are registered to vote. Join us this Thursday to learn how to engage, register, and turn out voters in your community ahead of National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 15: win.dnc.org/NVRDTraining

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Saoirse, Sword-Dog 🏳️‍⚧️ @messer.dog · 08/09/2026

Pittsburghers, eyes open. ICE is out here in Oakland.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🚨 MAIL VOTING Trump votes by mail in Florida. He's making it harder for you to do the same thing 56 days out, and calling it security. Write your representative right now and say so: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

actionnetwork.org

Tell Congress: Protect our use of voting by mail and voting machines

Contact Congress today!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.

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Katelyn Oldham *Abolish ICE. Defund DHS.* @katelynstarrpdx.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The levels of open corruption are staggering.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"In Springfield, the heightened level of fear is so widespread, and the state-imposed terror against a vulnerable minority so constant, that it is impossible to see this as anything but Trump's proof of concept for the president’s militarized vision of what America should be." Nails the stakes:

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is insane. When I was in first grade my parents let me walk 3 blocks to school in the mornings, and home after it was over. The independence that I got as a child helped me so much in my life. No parent should face charges for something like this, let alone be convicted!

In June, when Parkinson was preparing for the bar—and also happened to be eight months pregnant with her fifth child—she and her then-youngest, Sam, went for a bike ride, as they often do. They stopped for her son's favorite activity: collecting goose feathers from the path near their community pond. When they got home, he asked if he could walk back and get some more.

Parkinson said yes. It's a short walk, along a sidewalk separated from the street by 10 feet of grass. Sam would have to cross two streets with crosswalks, which she'd seen him do safely hundreds of times—including six times that morning, she says. Off he went while she made lunch.

A passerby saw Sam and alerted security. One of the community's security guards escorted the boy back and gave Parkinson an earful. Pretty soon there were three cop cars, just as many cops, a security vehicle, and two Child Protective Services (CPS) workers at Parkinson's door.

CPS ended up investigating her for abuse and neglect.

The cops, meanwhile, charged her with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. CPS found the allegations substantiated and placed Parkinson on the state's child abuse and neglect registry. She will remain there for seven years.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"I have a question about the critical Michigan Senate race: Are centrist Democratic officials and pundits going to spend the next 60 days loudly making the Republican Party’s arguments for them?" from @ryanlcooper.com. prospect.org/2026/09/02/a...

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Are Centrist Democrats Too Racist to Compete in Michigan? - The American Prospect

Vote blue no matter who? Not if you’re too brown!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/09/2026

TEXAS REPUBLICANS DID IT —63 DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY Tarrant County, they voted 3–2 to close 92 Election Day polling locations, cutting the number from 316 to 224. More than 100 people showed up to speak out before the vote. Republicans did it anyway. Closing nearly 30% of the polling places.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

2. last week, an ice agent accused of shooting a minneapolis resident walked free from jail in texas—after texas governor greg abbott refused to hand him back to minnesota. american federalism is fraying at the seams.

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The Fight Between Texas and Minnesota Should Never Have Got This Far

A legal battle over one ICE agent’s future is a sign of serious strain between red and blue America.

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

They built a whole mail-voting crackdown on a fraud claim the judge said isn’t in the record. Protections have to be locked in before the next attempt. Put that on your Representatives.

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Tell Congress: Protect our use of voting by mail and voting machines

Contact Congress today!

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

support her. This is a weird election and massive unexpected things can happen. The DNC thinks it can abandon a Black female in one race and get huge Black turnout in another race. It can’t. That is all.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

appoplectic about that than anything. Also, Israel hasn’t gotten its hooks in her, so she is a no go for the DSCC. I can give you chapter, verse and footnotes about why the Dems abandon Black female nominees if they play ball exactly how the party desires. Angie needs our help, so please

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Just so you know, the Dem establishment has all but abandoned FL. It was poised and prepare to throw huge money at a Jolly/Vindman ticket. It will not support Angie Nixon, and we can see that happening in real time. Not only is she a progressive, she is DSA, and the establishment is more

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Infuriating. No consequences for violating the law, and for doing things that are irreparable. He wants to leave a lasting scar across our country, a giant gaping wound where our national treasures stood for decades unmolested and there by all, regardless of political bent. He wants to do things

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/08/2026

We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:

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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica

Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Trump’s "Justice" Department sent election monitors into Wyoming polling places, where they tried to ask voters questions and inspect voting machines. Even the governor of Wyoming – one of the most Republican states – was alarmed. They're trying to take over our elections so they can steal them.

nytimes.com

Wyoming Governor Objects to ‘Very Odd’ D.O.J. Election Monitoring (Gift Article)

Governor Mark Gordon, a Republican, said he was concerned by the behavior of election observers who visited a polling station in Cheyenne.

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LovelyLeah 𑄝੭𑄝੭𑄝੭ @lovelyleah75.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The CBP has illegally invaded Tohono O’odham land. They are protecting the contractors from arrest by the tribe for trespassing and digging in preparation to build a wall they have not given permission to be built by DHS. #Blues #Impeach all of them. #GTS #Regimechange

Screenshot of a PSA from the Tohono O’odham Nation.
It reads:
Armed and masked agents of the
U.S. government have invaded the sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation.

TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRWOMAN
Verlon M. Jose
CHAIRMAN
Carla L. Johnson
VICE CHAIRWOMAN
Public Service Announcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026
ARMED FEDERAL AGENTS AND CONTRACTORS ENTER
TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION LAND

Tribal Members Should Remain Vigilant, Avoid Escalation, and Prioritize Personal Safety SELLS, Ariz. - This morning at 4:00 a.m., border wall contractors and approximately 20 masked, armed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents from the Tucson Sector entered the Tohono O'odham Nation and began engaging in pre-construction activities. The contractors, who are on the Nation illegally, were accompanied by agents as they worked on three separate locations near the border with drill trucks to conduct soil sampling and other activities.
This is in direct violation of the Tohono O'odham Code, Title 4, Chapter 2, "Civil Trespass, Removal and Exclusion of Nonmembers." We previously warned unauthorized individuals attempting to access our land that they would be in violation of this trespassing law. Tohono O'odham Police Department (TOPD) officers were on the scene this morning and have been monitoring the situation. In addition to the CBP agents, multiple BIA officers and a CBP BORTAC SWAT Team have been deployed to the Nation to protect the contractors, and a tethered balloon is being used by federal authorities for enhanced monitoring. CBP has set up a vehicle blockade to prevent TOPD from issuing citations and removing contractors.
We have also learned that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has coordinated with Mexican police to have them deploy personnel to protect the area from the souther side while border wall contractors are doing work. At this time, interactions between TOPD and federal law enforcement have been peaceful and profession…

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Abolish This @abolish-this.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"We shouldn't take places off AirBnb until we verify that their rents would be deeply affordable if we did!" said no one :)

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Nita Cosby @5-2blue.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

More than 1.2 million Texans’ voter registrations are suspended. That’s more than 6% of the state’s total 18 million registered voters. Texans still have time to check if they’re registered to vote before the October 5 deadline. Here's how to check. www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...

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More than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations are suspended

Some voters dropped from Texas voting rolls may not be aware until they show up to cast a ballot. More than 1.2 million Texans are on the state's Voter

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Here is what you're going to do: 1. REGISTER TO VOTE www.vote.org 2. Learn about the candidates on the ballot. You should know what Congressional district you live in...at MINIMUM. An educated voter isn't easy to manipulate. 3. HOUND your peers to ensure they are registered to vote, too.

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Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Indiana

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Kentucky

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Missouri

iarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Washington

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

rollingstone.com

Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026

Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 25/08/2026

Troops speaking out against their deployments to our cities are right: The National Guard should be used for real emergencies like natural disaster relief, not as political pawns for the president.

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In candid interviews, National Guard members speak out about D.C. deployment

As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Last fall 625,000 people wrote in against this. Ninety-nine percent said don't. Tuesday they filed to do it anyway — and opened a brand new comment period. Same play twice. Either they think the first one was a fluke, or they think nobody has the stomach to repeat it. Flood Congress:

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Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests

Contact Congress today!

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