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Sara L Spurgeon

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
“This is about stepping up where the federal government has failed.” On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law banning law enforcement officers in the state from using electrical shock gloves.
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California bans ICE's favorite shock gloves
A DHS spokesperson has said that the agency "will not abide" by any state ban.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/09/2026
"Roger Marshall said he was 'frustrated' by the president’s actions, while Jerry Moran, apparently asleep for the past ten years as Trump has flattened every laissez-faire principle imaginable, urged the president to 'let the free market work.'"
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What’s the Matter with Kansas’s Senators?
They’re tied to Trump’s anchor.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wilber Garcés Pérez is shown wounded and surrounded by law enforcement after being shot by ICE. While ICE pulled the trigger, cooperating police agencies, medical staff who allegedly released him with a bullet near his spine, and other complicit institutions share responsibility.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
"Trump is a bully. And bullies will keep bullying until they get a punch in the nose," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.
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The Washington press corps needs to boycott White House events | Margaret Sullivan
CNN, MS Now and Politico accurately call last week’s sudden lockout ‘a direct assault on the first amendment’. That’s right
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This year’s El Niño is on course to be the largest in at least *1,000* years. That’s going to drive excess heat into the atmosphere and combined with man-made heating will make 2027 the hottest year ever recorded. #climatecrisis
theguardian.com
‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FBI at the polls? And another Jan. 6 rioter is up to no good. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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FBI at the polls? And another Jan. 6 rioter is up to no good.
This week in Injustice for All, we visit with some old friends, talented types like Lindsey Halligan and John Eastman. Also? FBI Director Kash Patel continues to be one of the dumbest guys in the…
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Willie Nelson, a lifelong environmental activist put out a statement on data centers today, specifically addressing the issue in his home town of Abbott, Texas.
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david. @david.uncensored.zip · 17/06/2026
Back in my day you just took the justice on vacation to get a favorable ruling
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 17/06/2026
All three publications are battling the obstacles of a fascistic internet that hates everything we have to say, and doesn't want you to hear us at all. So we joined forces so you can hear us loud and clear.
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Trustfnd | Feminist Bundle
3 creators collaborating.
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The Lever @levernews.com · 17/06/2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is reportedly scrambling to kill a ballot measure that would impose a one-time 5% tax on roughly 200 billionaires — raising an estimated $100 billion for Medicaid and social programs.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Relatedly, Trump and MAGA fully grasp that their longer term success will depend on our willingness to move on from everything they've done to our country, and directly to us. Musk as well. There cannot be any forgetting. www.offmessage.net/p/detrumpifi...
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The De-Trumpification Process Begins Now
We are already in a battle for historical memory. Proceed accordingly
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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
"[T]his “burnout” that secure scholars are feeling is phantom pain where their colleagues should be. Or, to use a term that every other normal worker in the US uses to describe their workplace under these conditions: you are suffering from the effects of intentional systemic understaffing."
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A Profession, If You Can Keep It
Imagined meritocracies mean little to extractive institutions.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
UPDATE — LEBANON, TN: Republican former school board member Donnie Self pleads guilty to exposing himself to teen girls at multiple businesses (including a hot chicken restaurant and a gas station) Full: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The facts are clear enough: • The top Medicare fraud states are TX and FL • The top fraudsters appear consistently to be white and Republican (Tump has pardoned 13 of them) • As Rick Scott about how you do it and get away with it • DOJ has responsibility to investigate and prosecute, not states
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/06/2026
NEW: Ballroom donors have won more than $50B in government contracts according to watchdog group @publiccitizen.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds
President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the gifts as a boon to taxpayers, but critics of the project say the administration’s refusal to release a full list of donors creates the potential for co...
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@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫 @amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
We have to end his power in November. It is life or death.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/06/2026
If my math is right, the crime rate for pardoned insurrectionists is roughly three times higher than that of immigrants.
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Maggie @sbh08mae.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The first poll after the Texas runoff election for Senator, shows Ken Paxton losing to James Talarico. Voters are voting against Paxton’s criminality & corruption. Talarico offers the change that Texans want so desperately & he’ll keep the promise to vote for their concerns & values in the Senate.
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FRagoczy @fragoczy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 02/06/2026
"All this effort on the part of DHS to keep people from seeing into the facilities, and to keep those trapped inside from describing what is happening there, suggests that ICE feels that they have something to hide," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social.
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Life inside the Delaney Hall ICE detention camp is a travesty | Moira Donegan
The immigrants’ courage is matched only by the severity of their limited options. Ultimately, the pressure for change will have to come from the outside
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey is an absolute treasure and I am looking forward to this. Unfortunately, I haven't had an opportunity to dive into her Iliad yet.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/05/2026
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TheDesk.net @thedesk.net · 25/05/2026
What did CBS stand to gain from issuing copyright infringement notices against YouTube accounts that shared Colbert's public access appearance? Whatever their motivation, it backfired in spectacular fashion over the weekend...
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CBS reverses copyright crusade over Colbert's guerilla public access appearance
Paramount says it will stop issuing copyright infringement notices against YouTube accounts that shared Stephen Colbert's public access appearance.
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Madeleine Swann @madeleineswann.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I really enjoyed Never Whistle At Night, a collection of dark short stories by Indigenous writers. Especially liked Quantum by Nick Medina, Collections by Amber Blaeser-Wardzala and The Prepper by Morgan Talty, but they're all very good
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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
When politicians say they can't hold corporations accountable, remember: they can. They just choose not to.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The NYT sees itself not as a defender of journalistic principles or a champion of democratic values, but rather a theater critic for political actors. There are no real-world consequences here, no pain or suffering for the common people who aren't in their social circles. It's just a parlor game
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This is big news. The far-right Supreme Court hijacked the Constitution to let corporations spend in our elections. But we are not powerless. We can fight back.
apnews.com
New Hawaii law targets corporate influence in politics after Citizens United ruling
Hawaii's Democratic governor has signed a bill to curb corporate and "dark money" influence in politics. This move comes after the 2010 U.S.
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
BREAKING: SB 2471 has been signed into law! It’s the first of its kind in the nation and renders the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision irrelevant in Hawaii. This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.
apnews.com
New Hawaii law targets corporate influence in politics after Citizens United ruling
Hawaii's Democratic governor has signed a bill to curb corporate and "dark money" influence in politics. This move comes after the 2010 U.S.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The GOP hates Black people. Tell it like it is. Do not soften it one Goddamn bit.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"Democratic governors and state legislators need to realize that this is no longer about fairness; it’s about fighting back so that they are not engineered out of the House forever. And I get that Dems don’t have the stomach for this kind of warfare--- find it."
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𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤 @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Great Britain has been ahead of the US when dealing with the revelations in the Epstein files. Epstein survivor, Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, ‘Nobody’s Girl’ has been named Book of the Year at the British Book Awards! #ProudBlue #GreatBritian www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
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Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir named book of the year at British Book Awards
Ms Giuffre’s memoir Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir Of Surviving Abuse And Fighting For Justice triumphed at the ceremony at Grosvenor House in London
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Sara L Spurgeon @saralspurgeon1.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Trust Isn’t the Issue (opinion)
What we actually have is a crisis of truth.
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Sara L Spurgeon @saralspurgeon1.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
www.usatoday.com/story/news/c...
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Texas Tech students protest academic censorship over LGBT, DEI topics
Texas Tech students and faculty protest state-mandated academic censorship, mourning the 'death of academic freedom'.
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Sara L Spurgeon @saralspurgeon1.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
www.texastribune.org/2026/05/06/t...
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Texas Tech’s targeted grad research warnings draw concern
Experts worry graduate students will learn too late about university’s ban on research work related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Sara L Spurgeon @saralspurgeon1.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
dailytoreador.com/article/tech... Texas Tech student newspaper bringing the fire! Maybe the rest of the media can step up and match what our student journalists are doing.
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Tech professors discuss curriculum policy’s effect on education
Tech professors discuss curriculum policy’s effect on education
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Oh, I *do* hope this gets back to the people who will be booking tables at all the popular and chic restaurants on Martha's Vineyard this summer.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
YouTube has removed one of my videos because I reported that women can still access abortion pills. I shared *factual & medically accurate* information about women's health—yet the platform says I'm "facilitating the sale of illegal drugs"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/05/2026
Codifying Roe, passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and holding members of this administration criminally accountable are important goals, but none of it sticks without Supreme Court reform.
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Costa Rica passed a law in 2018 that required electric utilities to install fast chargers every 50 miles on national highways. Tax breaks have made Costa Rica a pioneer in electric vehicles. Costa Ricans are buying electric vehicles at 3 times the rate of Americans. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/b...
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Driving Electric in Costa Rica Is Surprisingly Doable
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This is how I’ll be working out from now on…
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Donahue's name in particular comes up 42 times in the report. He's the agent who punched a detainee in the head and pointed his gun at bystanders in Evanston last Halloween. The report dedicates nearly two pages to him alone.
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For instance, Border Patrol Agent Timothy Donahue used excessive force multiple times in
a span of four weeks during Operation Midway Blitz. Most of these uses of force occurred
following roving patrols where Agent Donahue drove in an unmarked car looking for individuals
on the street to question their citizenship status. The Commission has identified the following
incidents where Agent Donahue appeared to be involved:
• On September 27, 2025, Agent Donahue tackled and arrested Unraveled journalist
Steve Held, who was pepper sprayed and held without charges while covering protests
at the Broadview detention center.
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• On October 3, 2025, while patrolling Little Village with Supervisory Border Patrol Agent
Thomas Parsons, Agent Donahue threatened to arrest a father and son if they did not
answer questions about their citizenship status.
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street when Agent Donahue first encountered them. When the son stood in front of his
father to protect him from being interrogated, Agent Donahue pulled the son’s arm and
slammed his body to the ground. Agent Donahue then handcuffed and arrested him,
together with his father.
• On October 8, Agent Donahue approached a man at a bus stop to question him about
his citizenship status in Libertyville.
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the man. During transport, Agent Donahue turned around and sprayed the handcuffed
man with pepper spray while Agent Donahue drove in heavy traffic. The man was in
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the man unbuckling his seatbelt. Agent Donahue then pulled the vehicle over, walked
around to open the passenger door, and hit the man’s leg three times with his knee.
Agent Donahue claimed that the man had his leg partially out of the vehicle..
• On October 15, while on a roving patrol in South Chicago with other federal agents,
Agent Donahue encountered a man who was walking on a sidewalk.
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Donahue and the other federal agents quickly exited and approached the man. As the
man backed up, Agent Donahue and the other federal agents grabbed him, handcuffed
him, and forcefully shoved him into the unmarked vehicle. Once in the vehicle, the
federal agents questioned the man about his identify and citizenship status. When they
learned that the man was a United States citizen, they released him on the street about
a half mile from where federal agents arrested him.
• On October 21, Donahue conducted a Kavanaugh Stop of a U.S. citizen named Jordan.
Agents took photos of him during the encounter, which Jordan described as “incredibly
scary“ and that resulted in him carrying his passport wherever he goes.
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• On October 31, Agent Donahue was driving in a SUV with Supervisor Parsons in
Evanston when he slammed on his brakes to intentionally cause a collision with a
vehicle behind them.
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pushing her into the back of his vehicle, Agent Donahue unholstered his firearm and
pointed it at several bystanders, threatening “Step back or I’ll f***ing shoot you.” Agent
Donahue then punched another bystander in the head, knocking him to the ground.
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Sara L Spurgeon @saralspurgeon1.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
www.facebook.com/share/v/1ExU...
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Sara L Spurgeon @saralspurgeon1.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Lol, I’d compare the level of stupid in this latest “he was almost assassinated!!” bit of theater to the plot of a Mel Brooks movie, but that would be an insult to Mel Brooks movies.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
If you wrote a political sit-com which featured this scene of Obama’s chief of staff intersectionality-splaining to Kimberlé Crenshaw, you’d be fired immediately and never work in show business again.
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Congratulations! You've unearthed a solid case for universal healthcare.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/04/2026
shoutout to everyone who insisted that weiss was a hyper-competent genius who would work her magic on CBS
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
JUST IN: Virginia adopted a new law yesterday to forbid sheriffs & local police from contracting with ICE — if ICE doesn't say it'll follow state laws & agree to let its agents be prosecuted. Everyone seems to agree ICE won't promise that, and that this spells the end of ICE contracts in Virginia.
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Virginia Bans ICE Contracts, Unless the Feds Agree to Obey the Law. No One Expects Them to.
A new law does not outright bar local contracts with ICE. But they can continue only if ICE accepts due process rules and state courts having power over its officers.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 23/04/2026
In Indonesia, hundreds of poor households got cash payments, and even though it was only about reducing poverty, it led to a 30% drop in deforestation. And in Namibia, a UBI experiment led to a 95% drop in animal poaching. There are things we do to nature purely out of the need for money to live.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 21/04/2026
The Fed relies on data and objective reality. Kevin Warsh’s refusal to acknowledge the 2020 election shows he’s more interested in politics than facts. An independent Fed Chair needs a backbone, not a loyalty pledge. — Warsh is compromised. Hard pass.
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