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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 13h
Pompeo supported a man who tried to overturn an election and destroy American democracy. This shows what the real threat it. It's not Trump and his authoritarianism; it's the acceptance of it.
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Slacker Poser @slackerposer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump's new student loans rule sets new standards for federal student loan eligibility: namely, by denying loans to students pursuing degrees that lead to careers that “don’t make enough money,” with programs for art, music and social work being “hit the hardest.” www.rawstory.com/trump-educat...
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'I'm speechless, my God!' Dismay as Trump admin rolls out 'worthy' student rule
The Trump administration issued updated guidance on the rollout of a new rule that could shape the future of higher education in the United States — leaving critics dismayed about the potential ramifi...
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Slacker Poser @slackerposer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
After state demands, Hillsborough pulls more books from school shelves www.tampabay.com/news/educati...
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After state demands, Hillsborough pulls more books from school shelves
Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” was among those immediately removed.
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Indie Aut. Stuart Miller📖✍️🤓 Believe in yourself & your potential @stuartmiller1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Posted 18 hrs ago by "peoplesforumnyc: Right now in #NYC a massive crowd of #protesters take to the streets demanding war criminal #Netanyahu be brought to justice! #FreePalestine!" IG: peoplesforumnyc The People's Forum
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
should be day 2 stories if Maine/national media pick up on fact Collins' lobbyist husband, Tom Daffron, worked closely - for years - with Scott Reed, a key player in the corruption scandal @andrewperez.bsky.social & @martinpengelly.bsky.social wrote about that in June zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...
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Susan Collins’s Husband Worked for the Lobbyist Running Her Super PAC
The Maine senator's husband apparently consulted last year for the lobbyist leading Pine Tree Results PAC, documents show.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court on Monday ordered Missouri to reinstate a gerrymandered map that eliminates a Democratic district in Kansas City, even though the state has already distributed ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Missouri again ordered to use gerrymandered map for midterms — Supreme Court likely to decide
The circuit court ruling injects even more confusion into a year-long battle over which map the state will use for the general election.
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NPR @npr.org · 21/09/2026
NPR and our Member stations will continue to uphold First Amendment rights, and to stand with any news organization targeted for its reporting.
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Statement on White House bans from Tommy Evans, NPR's Editor in Chief
NPR and our Member stations will continue to uphold First Amendment rights, and to stand with any news organization targeted for its reporting.
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Slacker Poser @slackerposer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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NPR @npr.org · 20/09/2026
Fox Corp. must turn over hundreds of documents that could shed light on how founder Rupert Murdoch handled some of his media companies' biggest scandals. n.pr/3Vor80V
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Judge orders Fox to hand over hundreds of documents in shareholders' case
Fox Corp. must turn over hundreds of documents that could shed light on how founder Rupert Murdoch handled some of his media companies' biggest scandals.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
After enhanced ACA subsidies expired, enrollment fell sharply, premiums rose for many families, and the fight over health care costs moved from DC into home budgets. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/millions-l...
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NPR @npr.org · 17/09/2026
The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in years. And, the European Union has proposed that Canada become its first-ever "associate member." n.pr/4rhKNM5
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The Fed raises interest rates. And, EU proposes Canada become an 'associate member'
The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in years. And, the European Union has proposed that Canada become its first-ever "associate member."
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Because of course she was
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a big deal and it deserves a lot more attention. A federal whistleblower is sounding the alarm about a nationwide DHS operation called the “Unlawful Voter Initiative.” According to the disclosure, hundreds of employees at U.S. Citizenship and
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
That’s a problem because those websites require whoever is accessing the record to certify that they are the voter or have permission from the voter. Employees raised concerns that what they were being told to violate state law. They were told to keep doing it anyway.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 14/09/2026
“The IPCC published a special report in 2018 saying, 'Don't let the temperature rise by more than 1.5 degrees.’ It was a very shocking call. This was really urgent. “The next day, marijuana became legal in Canada, and guess what disappeared from the news?” An interview with David Suzuki.
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David Suzuki: "We need to declare an emergency that changes everything"
An interview with Canada's legendary environmental activist David Suzuki about what has to change if humanity hopes to survive.
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NPR @npr.org · 14/09/2026
Evanston, Ill., became the first U.S. city to compensate Black people for historical discrimination. The Justice Department is trying to kill its program before other cities follow suit. n.pr/4hqselp
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This city led the way on reparations for Black people. Trump is trying to stop it
Evanston, Ill., became the first U.S. city to compensate Black people for historical discrimination. The Justice Department is trying to kill its program before other cities follow suit.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This administration is all-in when it comes to grown men who are into abusing children.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Isn’t it interesting though that Mike Johnson shrugs all this off as just provocative things said just to create a “persona online” from one of his ACTUAL NOMINEES FOR CONGRESS, but Hasan Piker, who isn’t running for anything, supposedly represents the entire Democratic Party.
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Slacker Poser @slackerposer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Still working on this one but thought I’d share #protest #politics #songwriter #folk #newmusic
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Mike Rogers opposed 9/11 responder health care not twice, but nine times - Detroit Metro Times
Newly uncovered record shows Mike Rogers repeatedly opposed efforts to establish, advance, or fund medical care for people sickened after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Houthis just filmed a warehouse full of US-made armor they took off Saudi-backed forces after Mocha fell. Shot on an iPhone. Such a damaging image! The coalition’s decade-long war in Yemen is ending in captured American equipment & open humiliation.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 09/09/2026
Why would we not want Europes help? Are we… protecting someone? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Europeans investigating Epstein say DOJ has not agreed to requests for help
Some European law enforcement agencies chasing leads spurred by information in the so-called Epstein Files say the U.S. Justice Department has not responded to their requests.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to lift a lower court order and allow it to use a flawed federal immigration database to initiate voter registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ asks Supreme Court to let it use immigration database to purge state voter rolls
It marks the DOJ's latest bid to get the court to greenlight Trump's attempt to increase the executive branch's control over elections.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
1. Elon Musk is spending millions pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which bills itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/09/2026
"Marshall, a Republican seeking re-election this fall, filed lawsuits against more than 700 patients with outstanding bills ... Marshall's lawyers garnished patients’ paychecks and bank accounts. They routinely charged patients an 18% annual interest rate."
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Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. (Gift Article)
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The USPS Office of Inspector General told Democracy Docket that it has received the whistleblower’s allegations and is reviewing them. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS confirms internal probe into whistleblower’s mail voting allegations
The inspector general stressed that it operates separately from USPS and already conducts oversight of election mail, including unannounced observations at postal facilities, reviews of mail-tracking ...
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Slacker Poser @slackerposer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
apnews.com/article/post... discounted for late postmarks surged in Washington and Oregon after Postal Service changes
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Ballots discounted for late postmarks surged in Washington and Oregon after Postal Service changes
New data show the number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is what Trump did on 9/11.
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Huge WSJ report on Noem's DHS corruption. She made Corey Lewandowski a “special government employee,” where he had sign-off power over big contracts. While in that position, he pitched Qatar & UAE on hiring him on the side for help with DHS matters, including visas. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Chasing Side Deals, Flexing Influence: Lewandowski’s Power Moves at DHS
Kristi Noem’s close adviser effectively controlled billions in spending at Homeland Security; Lewandowski denies seeking business or playing any role in agency’s contracts.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
And divorces are especially ugly when the father is an unstable abuser.
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Slacker Poser @slackerposer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
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Florida immigration contracts quietly surged to $1.4B in disaster dollars
Almost none of the contracts’ amendments, worth hundreds of millions of dollars more after Alligator Alcatraz’s shutdown, were posted to the state’s transparency website.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/09/2026
We now know harmful “forever chemicals” are likely in the bodies of most people on Earth. Decades ago, 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into the public’s blood, but they kept that a secret. One 3M scientist helped reporter Sharon Lerner understand how they kept it quiet for so long:
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How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret
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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Meanwhile in Canada: "cartoon by Michael de Adder: signs #DonaldTrump is killing the US economy: global selloff of US Treasury Bonds, repatriation of gold reserves & declining use of the Petrodollar... the guy who conned his way through life & managed to bankrupt casinos is an economic disaster..."
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NPR @npr.org · 07/09/2026
One week after the deadly floods, very little is known about China's dead or missing. China's control over media and digital censorship is in stark contrast to open reporting in Nepal. n.pr/4d1Miba
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As Nepal identifies those killed in the floods, questions grow over China's reporting
One week after the deadly floods, very little is known about China's dead or missing. China's control over media and digital censorship is in stark contrast to open reporting in Nepal.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
DHS is stealing Haitians money while they deport them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/w...
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Haitians Deported From U.S. Are Left Broke and Stranded (Gift Article)
Hundreds have been deported to Haiti in recent weeks, and some say they have been left with no money, no protection from gangs and no place to go.
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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”--US Senator Carl Schurz (R-MO), 1871.
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Slacker Poser @slackerposer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Are Kenneth Branagh and Jason Bateman brothers? I say yes
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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
THIS IS THE PARASITE CAUSING CASES OF EXPLOSIVE DIARRHEA IN AMERICA ?
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ted Cruz says he was in the Oval with Trump when Natalie Harp came in with Elon's tweet about Trump being in the Epstein files. Trump's knuckles turned white as he unleashed a variety of curse words. Bondi and Blanche had both already told Trump this privately. www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-tru...
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'His knuckles turn white': Ted Cruz says Trump raged as Elon named him in Epstein files
President Donald Trump erupted the moment an aide handed him a printout of billionaire Elon Musk's post claiming he was in the Epstein files, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said.Cruz described the scene during ...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Haberman: Rubio, Hegseth, Todd Blanche, Kash Patel—these are people who believe, to one degree or another, they have to answer to Stephen Miller. Katie Miller… \
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
There’s no legitimate purpose for ICE to have this information. There are a ton of nefarious ones, though.
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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
British editorial cartoonist David Parkins illustrates the bottom line.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The new CDC Director is indeed the one who ordered the count of measles deaths to be changed from 2 to 0. “The highly unusual decision departs from the agency’s practice of including such data from state health departments, which historically make the determinations”.
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New CDC director delays adding Pennsylvania deaths to measles data
The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D).
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump’s attack on mail voting is reaching a crucial stage in the courts, but he’s only received backup from less than half of the Republican state attorneys general. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Less than half of Republican attorneys general sign on to defend Trump's anti-mail voting order in court
President Donald Trump’s attack on mail voting is reaching a crucial stage in the courts, but he’s only received backup from less than half of the Republican state attorneys general.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group asked the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to ensure a proposed constitutional amendment requiring Michigan voters to show proof of citizenship will be on November’s ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Right-wing group asks Supreme Court to put Michigan proof-of-citizenship amendment on November ballot
The request comes less than a week after the ballot measure failed to secure approval to appear before voters.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Seems like this should be a bigger deal. 🤷🏼 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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