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ED of Heartland Signal, a digital newsroom and radio network. Priors: Texas Tribune, National Trust for Local News, AJC + start-ups. Board member: Online News Association, The Current GA, Canopy Atlanta. DJ at WRFG-FM ATL.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com · 17/09/2026
"Much like a lot of kids when they watch TV, they're not able to distinguish between programming and advertising, and the stuff that's trying to sell them something." @davidpakman.bsky.social breaks down children's unique vulnerability to social media algorithms on @chewsviews.bsky.social.
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Chris Frantz @chrisfrantz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Good Night From The Drummer, My Friends. Sleep Tight.
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Al Green - Perfect Day (Official Lyric Video)
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Rodney Gibbs @rodneygibbs.com · 13/09/2026
I'm spinning tunes on WRFG now until 1pm ET, and it's a full covers show. There's a French "Paint It Black," a cumbia "Son of a Preacher Man," Randy Newman flipping Peter Gabriel, Dolly Parton doing Eurythmics and more. Tune in! - Atlanta: 89.3 FM 📻 - Streaming: wrfg.org 📱
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WRFG – Progressive information and hand-picked quality music from Atlanta, Georgia
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Rodney Gibbs @rodneygibbs.com · 28/08/2026
Love me some crop art heartlandsignal.com/2026/08/28/m...
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Minnesota State Fair crop art sprouts political creativity
From MAGA Kool-Aid Man to Antifa Waldo, Minnesotan artists drew huge lines to see their "seedy" creations
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Rodney Gibbs @rodneygibbs.com · 28/08/2026
Aaron's newsletter always makes me think and sometimes makes me laugh. (I particularly like this week's snark about Axios.) heartlandsignal.com/2026/08/28/r...
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Radio Free America: Leftists are losing the war of ideas
El-Sayed has softened his single-payer pitch. Mamdani is sending tax notices to second-home owners rather than seizing property. Every time a left-wing candidate wins and then governs inside the exist...
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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoometz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Rachel Reid, who wrote the popular “Heated Rivalry” novel, has donated $300k to Annapolis Valley Regional Library, “one of the most significant private gifts” in their history. “I credit my local library for being a huge part of the reason I’m a published author today,” Reid said #Halifax #HaliSky
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‘Heated Rivalry’ author donates $300,000 to Nova Scotia libraries
Several Nova Scotia libraries that faced possible closures this summer are getting a major cash boost from one of the province’s most famous authors.
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Rodney Gibbs @rodneygibbs.com · 17/08/2026
Job alert: today’s the deadline to apply for @heartlandsignal.bsky.social's editor in chief role! Lead our newsroom that holds state governments accountable across the Midwest and beyond. Reporting, video, radio — we do it all. Remote, Midwest-preferred heartlandsignal.com/jobs/editor-...
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Heartland Signal - Job Opening - Editor in Chief Job | Heartland Signal
Heartland Signal is hiring a remote editor in chief to lead a growing state-politics newsroom. Edit daily, set the agenda, build the team. Apply by Aug. 13.
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Rodney Gibbs @rodneygibbs.com · 06/08/2026
Hey, hey — @heartlandsignal.bsky.social is hiring an editor in chief. Join our team working across digital, video and talk radio to hold state governments accountable. Remote, $100–$120k, bennies. heartlandsignal.com/jobs/editor-...
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Heartland Signal - Job Opening - Editor in Chief Job | Heartland Signal
Heartland Signal is hiring a remote editor in chief to lead a growing state-politics newsroom. Edit daily, set the agenda, build the team. Apply by Aug. 13.
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Rodney Gibbs @rodneygibbs.com · 22/07/2026
@heartlandsignal.bsky.social is hiring an editor in chief. Come lead our Chicago-based newsroom focused on state issues affecting democracy across the Midwest. Remote, U.S.-based. Apply by August 6. heartlandsignal.com/jobs/editor-...
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Heartland Signal - Job Opening - Editor in Chief Job | Heartland Signal
Heartland Signal is hiring a remote editor in chief to lead a growing state-politics newsroom. Edit daily, set the agenda, build the team. Apply by Aug. 6.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
An enraging story about what look like UT's efforts to kowtow to powerful conservatives. “I ask questions that maybe someone in a position of power might disagree with. … We ask these questions because we’re trying to get at what is the truth,” Chaar López said. www.statesman.com/news/educati...
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UT border surveillance scholar was a shoo-in for tenure. UT denied him.
American Studies scholar Iván Chaar López fears UT’s unexplained tenure denial violated his academic freedom amid scrutiny of controversial fields.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Georgia GOP Silent Amid Revelations About Senate Nominee’s White Nationalist Son-in-Law talkingpointsmemo.com/news/georgia...
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Georgia GOP Silent Amid Revelations About Senate Nominee’s White Nationalist Son-in-Law
GOP Senate hopeful Rep. Mike Collins’ flirtations with antisemitism now extend beyond...
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The ACLU has just detailed hundreds of cases of misconduct by immig agents: -kneeling on necks 52x -Agents choking people 10x -smashing car windows 47x -ramming cars 14x -Hit people w/ car 6x Report repeatedly cites ProPublica's reporting B/c transparency takes a village--when the govt blocks it
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 17/07/2026
The president thinks it's dangerous to collect even publicly available voter files all in one place. Yet his Justice Department is trying to do just that with confidential personal voter info and entirely inadequate security protections. bit.ly/46tX4nd
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“Confidential” Agreements Show Trump Administration’s Plans for States’ Voter Data 
At least 10 states have handed over their full voter files to the Justice Department.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16/07/2026
NEW: North Carolina’s Republican-led election board approved a plan to make it easier to toss out ballots submitted by voters who lack photo ID. Previously, local election boards required a unanimous vote to reject such ballots. Now, only a majority is needed — a boon for GOP-dominated counties.
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North Carolina’s Republican-led election board makes it easier to reject ballots
Democrats are sounding the alarm about the board's attacks on voting.
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Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This week's newsletter is about the most important political issue of the moment: diarrhea link.heartlandsignal.com/v/443/b6619d...
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Lomi Kriel @lomikriel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
NEW: Law enforcement experts reviewed available footage in the Houston ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo last week. What they saw was troubling, appearing to violate longstanding best practice, possibly even the law. "Professionally incompetent.” www.texastribune.org/2026/07/15/t...
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Houston ICE shooting shows likely law enforcement policy violations
More than a dozen attorneys and former law enforcement officials reviewed footage of the deadly ICE car pursuit for The Texas Tribune. They said ICE’s tactics were breaking with best practice and poss...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
NEWS: Federal judge in Georgia quashes DOJ grand jury subpoena seeking information about election workers who volunteered or worked during the 2020 election in Fulton County. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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CONCLUSION
The subpoena power of the Grand Jury is broad, but it is not absolute. If it
were, the Supreme Court could simply say so, which it has not. Given the low need
for the subpoenaed information and the highly burdensome nature of the disclosure
of the same, the Subpoena is unreasonable and must be quashed pursuant to Federal
Rule of Criminal Procedure 17(a)(2).
Based on the foregoing, Fulton County's Motion to Quash Grandy Jury
Subpoena [Doc. 1] is GRANTED and the United States of America's Cross-Motion
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to Enforce Grand Jury Subpoena [Doc. 10] is DENIED. Accordingly, the Subpoena
(Subpoena No. 2026R00350-01) [Doc. 1-1] is QUASHED and Fulton County is
under no obligation to comply. Fulton County's request [Doc. 34] for access to the
materials included in United States' Motion for In Camera Review [Doc. 32] is
TERMINATED AS MOOT. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED TO
TERMINATE this case.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 7th day of July, 2026.
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Governor Wes Moore is a combat veteran, bestselling author, former nonprofit CEO, and is Maryland's first Black governor. Moore celebrates Thurgood Marshall, the legendary civil rights lawyer who won Brown v. Board of Education and became the first Black Supreme Court Justice. #WeAreAmerica250
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Great recap here of the hellacious InfoWars legal drama we've been living in for almost two years now, and the ridiculous machinations we've been going through in order to pay the Sandy Hook families literally anything at all. Good stuff by @lizdye.bsky.social .
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How The Onion Made Alex Jones Cry
Needs more SUPER MALE VITALITY pills.
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com · 19/06/2026
Radio Free America: How to lib out over sports heartlandsignal.com/2026/06/19/radi…
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Radio Free America: How to lib out over sports
Nathaniel Frum says Democrats can win back men by out-arguing sports radio callers about Arch Manning. He's wrong, but not for the reason you think. Sports do give politicians a way to talk about thei...
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Rodney Gibbs @rodneygibbs.com · 09/06/2026
Smart work and an idea that America needs. Check it out.
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Rodney Gibbs @rodneygibbs.com · 09/06/2026
What would Congress look like with no gerrymandering? @heartlandsignal.bsky.social drew all 435 districts as a fair map. The result: more competitive seats, fairer outcomes & a House that actually reflects the popular vote. Check out your area heartlandsignal.com/2026/06/09/w...
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What Congress would look like without gerrymandering - Heartland Signal
What would fair Congressional districts look like nationwide? More representative, more competitive, and closer to guaranteeing that whichever party wins the popular vote wins the House.
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Rodney Gibbs @rodneygibbs.com · 03/06/2026
Heartland Signal is hiring an early-career reporter to cover politics and policy. Bonus points if you're as comfortable behind a mic as you are behind a keyboard. Covering states across the Midwest, we're fact-based, independent, and we don't play bothsidesism. heartlandsignal.com/jobs/job-sta...
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Heartland Signal - Job Opening - State politics reporter
Early career reporter wanted to cover state news across the Midwest and beyond. We're fact-based, independent and pro-democracy.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
This story opens with an account of a Salvadoran on temporary protective status who scrubbed Logan Airport bathrooms for nearly 30 yrs but just got fired because of a Stephen Miller initiative. Somehow reminds me of that tweet that got @terrymoran.bsky.social fired. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/u...
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Trump Squeezes Immigrants by Cutting Them Off From Jobs, Health Care and Housing
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
@joshuabenton.com about an important new study that investigates perceived bias. Via @niemanlab.org
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Think the media’s biased against you? You probably think misinformation is too
A new study finds that the same motivated reasoning and partisan instincts that make people see bias in mainstream news also shape how they perceive "fake news."
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
New — I talked with @katmabu.bsky.social the morning after a judge dismissed all charges against her and her co-defendants thanks to extreme government fuckery about what comes next, the crazy rumor mill and setting a precedent for telling ICE to fuck off. Our convo here:
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Kat Abughazaleh shows us how to fight fascists
Q+A with one of the Broadview Six, who had all charges dropped against them after grand jury misconduct.
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Rodney Gibbs @rodneygibbs.com · 22/05/2026
I may quibble with the guitar god reference (I'm a St. Vincent stan), but Aaron nails it otherwise.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This week's newsletter is out. It's about the Nazi philosopher whose ideas sparked the gerrymandering race to the bottom radio-free-america.beehiiv.com/p/how-a-nazi...
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How A Nazi Philosopher Explains the GOP Gerrymandering Strategy
Explore how Aaron Kleinman compares GOP gerrymandering to Nazi philosophy and why Republican redistricting threatens democratic principles in state politics.
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com · 04/05/2026
Indiana State Senate President Pro Temp Rodric Bray (R) acknowledges that the out-of-state spending in Indiana's state legislative primaries are from Republicans trying to unseat other Republicans who voted against President Donald Trump's gerrymandering wishes.
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com · 05/05/2026
Minnesota State Sen. @erinmayequade.bsky.social (DFL) says if the child victims of the Annunciation School shooting were alive, they would pass the assault weapons ban in front of the state Senate.
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com · 02/05/2026
March 17: “You’ll get your oil, we got plenty.” — Mike Rogers, Michigan Senate candidate May 1: $4.86 a gallon. Highest in Michigan since 2022. Rogers’ campaign? No comment.
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com · 28/04/2026
Wisconsin state Rep. Dean Kaufert (R-Neenah) announced his retirement three days after Heartland Signal asked his office about an investigation into inappropriate sexual comments he allegedly made about underage girls in 2019. bit.ly/3Ot2uJK
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Wisconsin GOP Rep. Dean Kaufert to retire following Heartland Signal inquiry into sexual harassment investigation – Heartland Signal
Wisconsin state Rep. Dean Kaufert (R-Neenah) announced his retirement three days after Heartland Signal asked his office about an investigation into inappropriate sexual comments he allegedly made abo...
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com · 01/05/2026
While Mike Rogers recently dismissed concerns over the Iran War’s economic fallout, Michigan’s average gas price hit $4.86 on Friday — the highest level the state has seen since 2022. heartlandsignal.com/2026/05/01/m...
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Mike Rogers told Michigan not to worry about gas prices. Now they're nearly $5 a gallon – Heartland Signal
While Mike Rogers recently dismissed concerns over the Iran War’s economic fallout, Michigan’s average gas price hit $4.86 on Friday — the highest level the state has seen since 2022.  Michigan Senate...
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Rodney Gibbs @rodneygibbs.com · 01/05/2026
What, me worry?
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Mike Rogers told Michigan not to worry about gas prices. Now they're nearly $5 a gallon – Heartland Signal
While Mike Rogers recently dismissed concerns over the Iran War’s economic fallout, Michigan’s average gas price hit $4.86 on Friday — the highest level the state has seen since 2022.  Michigan Senate...
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Bryce Tetraeder @brycetetraeder.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
We have a deal. theonion.com/at-long-last...
At Long Last, InfoWars Is Ours
By Bryce P. Tetraeder, CEO, Global Tetrahedron
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
In suit seeking return of 2020 election records, Fulton County requested info from DOJ regarding the timing of events leading up to the search warrant. DOJ says that info is privileged. But Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon previously discussed the timeline in a media interview:
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/03/2026
NEW: Under AG Pam Bondi, the DOJ has dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in just the first six months of Trump’s second term.
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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...
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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I wish more people in public office had Ann Johnson's courage.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/03/2026
5/ She would soon find that the choice of how she’d give birth wouldn’t be hers. The judge would decide.
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She Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.
A virtual court hearing from a pregnant mother’s hospital bed shows what forced medical treatment can look like.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/03/2026
THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.
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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 09/03/2026
🚨NEWS: @knightcolumbia.org & @protectdemocracy.org just filed a lawsuit on behalf of @thecoalition.bsky.social challenging the Trump administration's policy targeting social media researchers and trust & safety workers for visa revocation and deportation. More: knightcolumbia.org/content/tech...
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Technology Researchers Challenge Trump Policy Threatening Deportation for Work on Social Media Platforms and Online Harms
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
US judge voids 2025 actions taken by Kari Lake as Voice of America CEO, including job cuts. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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Rodney Gibbs @rodneygibbs.com · 06/03/2026
I don't know about you, but if I don't show up for my job, I lose my job.
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Report: Wisconsin state Rep. Shannon Zimmerman missed 225 votes last session
A report from the progressive think tank A Better Wisconsin Together revealed that Wisconsin state Rep. Shannon Zimmerman (R-River Falls) missed 225 votes during the 2025-26 legislative session.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The greatest orator of our times
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/02/2026
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance theonion.com/terrified-conservative…
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance
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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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THE DILDO DISTRIBUTION DELEGATION
The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/02/2026
🚨NEW: A federal judge out of Oregon has issued a sweeping rebuke of the DOJ’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls. The opinion released Thursday concluded that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
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