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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 5h
NEW: The ICE agent seen wearing a hi-vis vest and waving around an AR-style rifle at the scene of the shooting in New York was a supervisor named Brenden Cuni, who has a history of alleged violence and lying in court. @dmehro.bsky.social, @awinston.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social report:
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h
The people elect their representatives to enact legislation, and unelected judges veto that legislation. Is this really the democratic system our founders envisioned?
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How the Supreme Court seized power to rule over the rest of us
A false mythology put the justices on top. The people could knock them down.
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Eric Schmitt @erschm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump’s military retreat: From the Persian Gulf to Britain, American forces pull back under the threat of Iranian attack www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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Trump’s Retreat: From the Gulf to Britain, American Forces Pull Back
A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended consequences.
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
this is f**king nuts
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: Trump’s DOJ put a convicted election hacker on poll duty. Yes, really.
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Trump’s DOJ Put Convicted Election Hacker on Poll Duty
As Harmeet Dhillon rebuilds the Civil Rights Division after roughly 300 career employees left, Justice Department records place David Michael Levin in the federal election-monitoring operation.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
Wow. We can’t believe this 🥹. Barnes & Noble just put WTF America?! on their Most Anticipated Nonfiction list. We wrote this for this community, and you're the reason it's having this moment before it's even out. Thank you, truly. If you haven't preordered, the link's here 👉 bit.ly/wtf-america-...
Square graphic featuring the Barnes & Noble logo above the headline “Our Most Anticipated Nonfiction.” The cover of WTF America?!: The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy by Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas is prominently displayed in the center, highlighting the book’s inclusion in Barnes & Noble’s most anticipated nonfiction selections.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Susan Collins, Mainers still have questions for you. We’ll keep asking, even though you refuse to answer.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What a Gaza expert told Isaac Chotiner about his own family’s experience. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
I know that your wife and two of your kids were killed early on in the war.

Yeah. And later on, in July, 2025, my mother and my sister and her children were also killed. And when they were seeking refuge at my uncle’s house, he was killed, too, with his wife.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
Why did ICE just spend $16.7 million on electric shock gloves? @hurwitz.bsky.social investigated. Watch:
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The Orwellian Company Behind ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves
“With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars.” That makes it hard for victims to sue.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New: Republican Candidate: “The Country Went to Shit After” Women Got Voting Rights Brandon Herrera made the remark in 2023, but now hopes women will vote him into office. meidasnews.com/news/republi...
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Republican Candidate: “The Country Went to Shit After” Women Got Voting Rights
Brandon Herrera made the remark in 2023, but now hopes women will vote him into office.
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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover @firinglineshow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What should the next president do with Trump’s White House ballroom? “Knock it down” says @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu. She argues the ballroom is about more than architecture: “It’s Trump seeking to remake the institution itself.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In case you missed it:
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Salon.com @salon.com · 26/09/2026
A Democratic majority will have the tools to stop the Trump agenda — but it must use them.
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The Democratic playbook for taking on Trump after the midterms
The party will have many tools to hold the administration accountable — if it uses them
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ACLU @aclu.org · 26/09/2026
Banning Flock and other surveillance companies from tracking our every move isn't a partisan issue. Tell Congress to ban automatic license plate readers at aclu.org/get-flock_out
Two-panel graphic featuring photos of Chad Marlow testifying before Congress with subtitles reading "More than 200 municipalities have terminated their relationships with Flock and other ALPR companies. The question is: Will their Congress join them? The time has come for Congress to prohibit any law enforcement entity who receives federal funding from using ALPRs — without exception."
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/09/2026
We need organized people power to win and protect the midterms. At the next No Kings on October 17, we’ll kick off the voting season with our communities and continue to build a nationwide movement ready to activate at the first inkling of election sabotage by the Trump regime.
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No Kings
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo...
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On September 20th in Austin, Texas, a DoorDash driver was shot in the back by ICE officers. His wife and attorney have been denied access to see him. This is Trump's vicious and violent America. Status Coup's Phillip Hawkins explains.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨"I've Been Shot!" DoorDash driver Wilber Perez told his wife after ICE shot him in Austin, TX. A local cop—not ICE —provided medical care, finding a "deep hole between his shoulder blades.” His wife was then blocked from the hospital. READ MORE: www.statuscoupsubstack.com/p/breaking-i...
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BREAKING: ICE Shoots DoorDash Driver in the Back, Wife REMOVED From Hospital
“I’ve been shot!,” DoorDash driver Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez reportedly told his wife on the phone after an ICE agent shot him in Austin, Texas. Local police—not ICE—provided emergency medical care
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21/09/2026
With a key Senate election and multiple battleground districts, Iowa is crucial to winning the midterms. Help us contact Iowa residents to make sure they have all the information they need to vote for Democrats who will fight for working families and against the Trump regime.
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Indivisible for Josh Turek, Christina Bohannan, Lindsay James, Sarah Trone for IA Phone Bank Series · Indivisible
Join Indivisible as we engage voters across the country to get out the vote and take back Congress in 2026. We’ll make calls into Iowa to get people to the polls on or before Nov 3rd and share the exc...
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Salon.com @salon.com · 21/09/2026
Unlike any defense secretary before him, Hegseth has inserted himself into promotion board decisions, especially when it comes to selection of officers for promotion to major general.
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Pete Hegseth declares war — on his own troops
The defense secretary's crusade is inflicting damage unlike any in history
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Damning new reporting on the breadth of Trump's deportation operation that follows up on two scoops from The Handbasket last year: the State Department's creation of the Office of Remigration and monetary agreements with "third countries" to accept refugees from elsewhere.
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 21/09/2026
A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was in custody Monday at an ICE detention center in Texas after he was released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back, according to a spokesperson for the man's attorney. to.pbs.org/4xC7LPw
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Man shot by ICE in Austin held with a bullet still in his back, attorney says
A Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas is being held at a detention center after being released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back.
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Adam Mockler @adammockler.com · 21/09/2026
Hegseth Says He Could Never Hide a Combat Death
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Brandon Roberts @bxroberts.org · 21/09/2026
Great scoop! I'm bummed and a little surprised that WSJ didn't publish the disclosure this reporting is based on. www.wsj.com/politics/rfk...
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Exclusive | RFK Jr. Got Free Flights to Fiji and Greece From a Top Donor
The health secretary disclosed over $250,000 in gifts from security specialist Gavin de Becker.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Natalie Harp was spotted behind him carrying a large bag
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Adam Mockler @adammockler.com · 21/09/2026
Pete Hegseth Brought the Paul Brothers to the Pentagon
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 21/09/2026
Speaking about modern tech leaders, Kara Swisher says, “There’s no guardrails on these people, ever.” “There’s never been a moment where the people do not get a say, and these people get to make decisions for the rest of us that are really problematic,” she tells @adriennelaf.bsky.social at #TAF26.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/09/2026
Full report here: youtu.be/ahdKLdKcqFA?...
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Trump DOJ SCRAMBLES As Epstein Survivors Blow COVER-UP WIDE OPEN!!
The Redacted Reading Room in Dallas showcased the incredible artwork of Maria Farmer. Raw, startling, and searingly honest, Maria’s pieces are a memorable part of the experience, alongside the…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/09/2026
Epstein survivor Dani Bensky gets emotional reflecting on the bipartisan push for transparency: “Our world is so polarized right now and it is so divisive.” “When you just boil it down to base level of, like, ‘R*ping little girls is bad. Can we all agree on that?’”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20/09/2026
The president can't even let Americans enjoy a late-summer Sunday without some new craziness—and this very much fits the bill.
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Trump wants to make his massive triumphal arch a killing machine
It'll store and deploy drones, snipers, and other weaponry for "national security" purposes, he says.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20/09/2026
The goals for the next No Kings on October 17 are simple: 1) Boost early voting to historic levels. 2) Recruit and prepare our communities to stop election sabotage. We’ve always been headed for this moment where democracy reasserts itself. We’re the ones doing the reasserting — and we will win.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20/09/2026
Millions of people at thousands of local events means lots of moving parts, supplies, and recruitment that can only come together with grassroots support. We could really use your help to make October 17 as big, joyful, and impactful as possible. Please pitch in if you can!
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Show your support with a contribution.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/09/2026
Welcome to the Golden Age (via Biblical Activism/IG)
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So the man shot by ICE says agents shot him because he didn't stop his car. Officers can't shoot someone simply b/c they're not stopping -- per the SUPREME COURT. supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21/09/2026
@houstonchronicle.com reported at 5:15 p.m. “DPS troopers fired pepper balls toward protesters” who had gathered at the location where ICE shot a man earlier today. Read more: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/local/a...
A 14-year-old boy has his face washed after DPS used pepper balls to clear protesters out of the street near the scene of an I.C.E. shooting at the intersection of Anderson Square and Research Boulevard on Sunday, Sep. 20, 2026 in
North Austin.
Aaron E. Martinez/Austin American-Statesman
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/09/2026
Buttigieg in Texas: Many Texas Democrats, and a lot of independents, and quite a few of what I'm fond of calling the future former Republicans, are fed up with the carnival of chaos and corruption going on in Washington and in Austin, and are ready to make change in just a few weeks.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/09/2026
Internal emails and documents obtained by The New York Times demonstrate President Trump’s political capture of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
Debris from fallen ceiling plaster soiled the carpet in the Grand Foyer inside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. A headline reads: "How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center." Photo by Salwan Georges for The New York Times.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20/09/2026
The American people hate data centers and they don’t trust AI — and it’s a huge opportunity for Democrats.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/yd5K9rTIfe8
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Trump SWEATS as Epstein Survivors Confront Kash Patel at Senate Hearing and Demand Justice!!!
YouTube video by Legal AF
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/09/2026
People aren’t buying what Trump’s selling on his own social media platform these days. Brutal.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20/09/2026
Trump’s refusal to acknowledge Russian interference is a clear and present danger.
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Will Putin's decade-long war on US elections hit the midterms?
Trump's Russia denialism has left America vulnerable.
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Salon.com @salon.com · 20/09/2026
The defense secretary's crusade is inflicting damage unlike any in history.
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Pete Hegseth declares war — on his own troops
The defense secretary's crusade is inflicting damage unlike any in history
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/09/2026
POWERFUL: Epstein survivor Dani Bensky gets emotional reading a message left for survivors at the Redacted Reading Room: “‘We believe you.’ Honestly, for so many years, I was like, ‘No one ever will.’” “It’s like a hug… It’s like the world is saying, ‘No, your experience matters and you matter.’”
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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
terrific piece by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu for @theatlantic.com on those she rightly calls "the clan of predators currently in charge of the U.S. federal government." They are making a huge mess for us, while cleaning up for themselves. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends.
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 19/09/2026
Any questions? Many thanks to snarkypoliticoguy (TT) for this accurate summary.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/09/2026
ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes. (Published Dec. 2024)
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How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/09/2026
This is no way to run a democracy.
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How the Supreme Court seized power to rule over the rest of us
A false mythology put the justices on top. The people could knock them down.
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New: U.S. intelligence officers have expressed concerns in internal reports about possible Chinese espionage related to a pending sale of dozens of advanced F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia valued at $24 billion, according to American officials. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/u...
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U.S. Intelligence Warns of China Theft Over Sale of F-35 Jets to Saudis
Internal reports, including one from the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency, say China could acquire U.S. jet technology through spying or cooperation with Saudi Arabia.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/09/2026
Ed Sheeran? Change the channel, at least according to AOC. The New York representative recently weighed in on the Macklemore-Ed Sheeran dispute, highlighting the real conversation here: Billionaires will be a threat to free speech when they want.
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