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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Trump would rather pull Blanche’s nomination for AG than allow him to commit in writing that Trump’s IRS deal is off. The immunity Blanche granted to Trump from IRS audits is a windfall that some experts estimate is worth $100 million in taxpayer funds for Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...

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Trump Threatens to Withdraw Blanche as Attorney General, Dealing Blow to Nomination

President Trump’s threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two Republican holdouts, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 31/07/2026

Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting, and President Donald Trump's approval rating on Iran has fallen slightly since last month, according to a new AP-NORC poll. to.pbs.org/3TuwmYf

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How views on Trump's handling of Iran have shifted, according to this poll

Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting, and President Donald Trump’s approval rating on Iran has fallen slightly since last month, according to a new AP-NORC poll.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 31/07/2026

The State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 30/07/2026

Alabama abolished judicial override in 2017, finally prohibiting trial judges from rejecting jury verdicts of life to impose the death penalty. Still, 25 people in the state face execution despite their jurors voting for life imprisonment without parole.

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Despite Jury Verdicts for Life, People in Alabama Still Face Execution

25 people face execution in Alabama whose juries voted for life.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 26/07/2026

The AI industry is courting the humanities — but it is asking the wrong questions, writes Carmody Grey. ft.trib.al/NmLmVIx

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 26/07/2026

On this day in 1949, a mob of hundreds of white men shot Ernest Thomas, a Black man, over 400 times while he was asleep under a tree in Madison County, Florida.

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Jul. 26, 1949 | White Mob Lynches Ernest Thomas, Member of Groveland Four

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Starting today until Sunday, August 2nd, you can vote early in person at a polling location! Make your plan to vote and be sure your voice is heard. Michigan, it’s time to get money out of politics, put money in pockets, and pass Medicare for All. More info at abdulforsenate.com/vote.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Crypto, AIPAC, big oil, and tech billionaires have spent over $10 MILLION to buy the seat for Peggy Flanagan’s corporate Dem opponent. Early voting in MN is already underway and we can’t let them buy another seat in Congress. Make calls if you can and help make sure everyone knows what’s at stake.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/07/2026

After these six House Democrats betrayed their constituents by voting with Republicans, we now need to turn up the pressure on the Senate. Email your senators and demand they reject right-wing plans to hand over our military decisions and data to Netanyahu: act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...

(above images of Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Vicente Gonzalez, Adam Gray, Jared Golden, Henry Cuellar, and Don Davis) INEXCUSABLE
These six Democrats voted with House Republicans to pass the NDAA — with the SAVE Act and a US-Israeli military merger attached to it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 02/07/2026

At least 776,000 children have lost food assistance due to the unprecedented cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program made by the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed last July.

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Nearly Half of People Who Have Lost SNAP Benefits Are Children

At least 776,000 children have lost food assistance since the law was signed

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 24/05/2026

On this day in 1911, a white lynch mob in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, abducted Laura Nelson, a Black woman, and her young son, L.D., from a jail and hanged them from a bridge.

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May 24, 1911 | White Mob in Oklahoma Abducts and Lynches Laura Nelson and Her Young Son

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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Republicans returning to Washington on Monday are facing questions about a $1 billion Senate security proposal that could help pay for President Donald Trump’s ballroom as Democrats say they will try to defeat it. to.wttw.com/4uKysk8

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Democrats Vow to Fight $1 Billion Senate Security Proposal for White House Ballroom

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Trump’s Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act. Decades of hard-fought voting rights progress – gone. MAGA is deliberately silencing voters who will stand with Democrats to take back the House and STOP Trump for good. Which means the stakes of this Midterm just went through the roof.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Enten: "Trump's numbers on inflation aren't just the worst for him ever. They're the worst I've seen for any president. They're worse than Biden's worst & worse than Carter's pre-1980 election. On the cost of living, just 9% of indies & 39% (!) of the GOP say we're on the right track."

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/04/2026

Today's Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais is the culmination of John Roberts’ two-decade crusade to gut the Voting Rights Act. It is, simply put, a devastating blow to American democracy.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 29/04/2026

The US military has burned through years’ worth of costly missiles and air defence interceptors in its conflict against the Islamic republic. ft.trib.al/NpdHF6T

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “The faithless president depicts himself as Christ while he plunges the nation into wars of choice… Remember — While you pay more for everything, the First Family’s wealth is growing by billions. Because they’re crooks, and everybody knows it.”

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 17/04/2026

On this day in 1915, a white mob took a Black man named Caesar Sheffield from jail and shot him to death near Lake Park, Georgia, for allegedly stealing meat from a smokehouse.

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Apr. 17, 1915 | White Mob Lynches Black Man Accused of Stealing Meat in Georgia

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

WATCH — @khanna.house.gov : “ @schumer.senate.gov just voted with Republicans to send more bulldozers and bombs to Israel… you are out of touch with the base of this party and your own caucus. Step aside.”

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 14/04/2026

On this day in 1906, a white mob lynched Horace Duncan and Fred Coker, then lynched Will Allen the next day. All three men were innocent of any offense.

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Apr. 14, 1906 | Horace Duncan and Fred Coker Lynched in Springfield, Missouri

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 11/04/2026

On this day in 1913, President Woodrow Wilson authorized overt racial segregation in federal employment. Federal endorsement of Jim Crow policies was a significant blow to Black civil rights.

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Apr. 11, 1913 | President Wilson Authorizes Racial Segregation in Federal Employment

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 10/04/2026

On this day in 1956, white men attacked Nat King Cole during a segregated performance in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Apr. 10, 1956 | White Men Attack Nat King Cole During Performance in Birmingham, Alabama

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Not one word of this is hyperbole.

AOC:

This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted.

To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 06/04/2026

As Trump threatens the people of Iran with more war crimes and continues to destroy America’s reputation, Congress isn’t powerless in this moment. Demand that your senators and representative do everything they can to stop the regime’s illegal war.

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Tell Congress: End the Illegal War on Iran

Trump's unauthorized, unprovoked war in Iran has cost the lives of US service members and thousands of civilians in Iran and across the Middle East. And now, Trump is threatening a ground invasion and...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Jeff Bezos' Washington Post editorial board endorsed Pam Bondi as a "qualified" and "serious" pick for Attorney General. Nowhere in the endorsement did they mention that she's a former Amazon lobbyist. Another reminder that billionaire control of our media is a threat to democracy.

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Jeff Bezos' Editorial Board Calls Trump's AG Pick, Who Lobbied for Amazon, 'Qualified'

The Washington Post's editorial board gave a thumbs up for Trump's attorney general pick Pam Bondi, who previously lobbi

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 03/04/2026

On this day in 1911, President William Howard Taft expelled Black soldiers from San Antonio because local officials claimed they threatened “law and order” by protesting Jim Crow laws.

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Apr. 3, 1911 | President Taft Expels Black Soldiers From San Antonio for Protesting Jim Crow

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 28/03/2026

“If people do not know their history, they are liable to repeat it." Bryan Stevenson on the importance of facing our past honestly, the power of hope, and the opportunities that emerge when you stand with condemned and disfavored people. @edwardluce.bsky.social @ftweekend.com

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Death row lawyer Bryan Stevenson: ‘Hope is our superpower’

[FREE TO READ] The attorney and activist on overturning capital convictions — and his fears that civil rights gains are being dismantled

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 29/03/2026

On this day in 1964, segregated white churches in Jackson, Mississippi, barred two interracial groups from entering Easter Sunday services. Nine men were arrested and convicted of disturbing public worship.

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Mar. 29, 1964 | Interracial Group Arrested for Entering Segregated MS Churches

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Blue Woman Voting 📎 @bluewomanvoting123.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Thune has the votes to override a veto if he needed to so that TSA, etc., could be funded. The GOP too cowardly to do it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Senate Democrats voted multiple times to fund TSA separately from ICE. Republicans voted it down every time. Republicans are to blame for today’s airport chaos — all because they’re happy to keep letting Trump’s thugs terrorize our communities with no consequences. Remember this.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 18/03/2026

On this day in 1831, the Supreme Court failed to enforce treaties that would have protected the Cherokee people from state and federal interference and from forcible removal later that year.

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Mar. 18, 1831 | Supreme Court Rules Cherokee Nation Is Barred From Suing to Enforce Treaties

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 17/03/2026

On this day in 1886, a white mob killed 23 Black people in the audience of the trial of a white man accused of assaulting two brothers who were Black.

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Mar. 17, 1886 | White Mob Storms Mississippi Courthouse, Killing 23 Black People

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 07/03/2026

The Dred Scott ruling denied citizenship to all Black people in America and enshrined racist ideology that continues to haunt our nation today.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 07/03/2026

Their case eventually reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Black people were not American citizens and had no right to sue in federal court. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

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Mar. 6, 1857 | Dred Scott

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 05/03/2026

On this day in 1959, 21 Black teenagers burned to death in a building fire at a segregated and neglected “reform” school in Arkansas after being left alone and locked inside their dorm.

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Mar. 5, 1959 | 21 Black Boys Burned to Death While Locked into Neglected “Reform” School

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 04/03/2026

On this day in 1921, a white lynch mob hunting a Black man saw a different Black man walking down a road and killed him instead. The mob claimed mistaken identity and faced no punishment.

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Mar. 4, 1921 | Georgia Mob Lynches Black Man; Later Claims Mistaken Identity

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 28/02/2026

On this day in 1942, mobs of local white residents threatened and harassed Black families moving into new housing in Detroit. Many of these families had fled racial violence and inequality in the rural South, in a wave known as the Great Migration.

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Feb. 28, 1942 | White Mobs Riot Against Racial Integration in Detroit

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 26/02/2026

On this day in 2012, George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin while he was walking home from a store. Zimmerman claimed he looked "suspicious" because he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt.

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Feb. 26, 2012 | Trayvon Martin Fatally Shot in Sanford, Florida

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 24/02/2026

On this day in 1865, the Kentucky General Assembly refused to endorse an end to slavery in America. Kentucky did not officially ratify the Thirteenth Amendment until 1976.

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Feb. 24, 1865 | Kentucky Refuses to Ratify Abolition of Slavery

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Our government shot & killed an American citizen during a stop last year. We’re only finding out about it now. Where’s the outrage ⁦‪from Senators Cornyn‬⁩ & ⁦‪Cruz‬⁩ ? This is their constituent. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Texas U.S. citizen was fatally shot by an immigration agent last year during a stop, new records show

The death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, would mark the earliest of at least six deadly shootings by federal officers since the start of the Trump administration's nationwide immigration crackdown.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 21/02/2026

On this day in 1965, Malcolm X, an outspoken critic of racism and white supremacy, was assassinated in New York City. He was just 39 years old and left behind his wife and six young daughters.

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Feb. 21, 1965 | Malcolm X Assassinated During Speech in New York City

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 20/02/2026

Earlier this week, a federal court ordered the National Park Service to reinstall exhibits that discuss slavery at President’s House in Philadelphia which were removed in January.

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Court Orders Exhibits on Enslavement Restored in Philadelphia

Earlier this week a court ordered the NPS to reinstall exhibits.

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LWV Chicago @lwvchicago.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

We mourn the profound loss of Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., a towering force in the struggle for justice, equality and democracy. Rev. Jackson devoted his life to lifting up the voices of the marginalized and protecting the sacred right to vote. www.lwvchicago.org/news/remembe...

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Statement from LWV Chicago President Jane Ruby on the Passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. — League of Women Voters Chicago

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