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Gia Monroe 🇺🇸 @giamonroe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Witness claims man shot by three deputies at Sacramento-area car wash wasn’t holding gun. "'His pants was falling. So, he picked them up like this,’ Johnson said. ‘He wasn’t holding a gun at them. I didn’t see no gun.' ....The [SHU] identified him as Ingold Guttenbeil.” www.kcra.com/article/sacr...
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Witness recounts deadly shooting of man by deputies at Sacramento County car wash
Sacramento County deputies shot and killed a 34-year-old man near the intersection of Marconi and Eastern avenues late Sunday morning after responding to reports of a man asleep in a car wash parking ...
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
incredible this will get little to no coverage
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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eastbay- "nothing ever lasts forever" @orindahome.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Beng @bengtang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bluesky. The official app of sports.
A screenshot of my Bluesky feed, with nothing but baseball posts
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Speaxeasy ⚖️💜💛 @speaxeasy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a short story by Harlan Ellison and is a singular piece of literature.
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This right here. This is how you respond to their bullshit.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So incredible
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I went to the grand reopening of the African American Civil War museum this week and the timing is just right — its mission to preserve Black history is more relevant now than ever
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The African American Civil War Museum Reopens To Honor The Black Soldiers Who Changed History
The museum recently held its grand reopening in Washington’s historic U Street Corridor.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am Jane Doe.
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NPR @npr.org · 29/09/2026
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June. n.pr/4hTdlIv
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A young sailor died by suicide. Her family blames health care gaps and long deployment
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June.
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Melody Kay Young @melodykayyoung.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“For more than two months, our mom has cried every night wondering who killed her husband, lifelong partner, and our father. When a government agent shoots someone, the least they can do is take responsibility...ICE has hidden the killer and tried to drag our father’s good name through the mud.”
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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nugs @nugs.net · 25/09/2026
Happy Dolly Day 🎉 Leftover Salmon and Lindsay Lou came together at Ionia Freak Fair for a beautiful rendition of "9-5" and the full set is now available to watch on-demand in the nugs app 📺 Watch anytime at nugs.net/leftoversalmon
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Queen of Halloweentown MetaBlueSky ♨️ @metabluesky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"What if the Trump Administration went after the rights of Black people like they are with trans people." They did, they are. Y'all don't care and forgot about it just a few months in. I live in the South, I don't have that luxury. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Voting rights advocates regroup as Callais decision threatens Black representation
With “the crown jewel” of civil rights legislation gutted by the U.S. Supreme Court, and possibly the seats of 20 Black members of Congress at stake in November, voting rights advocates on Wednesday c...
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Speaxeasy ⚖️💜💛 @speaxeasy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Attorney General Anthony Brown @oagmaryland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The federal government is proposing a rule that could threaten to reduce Medicaid funding for states when they impose taxes or fees on health insurance companies. The proposal would also make other changes to the rules for Medicaid funding and impose impossible reporting obligations on the states.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Demi @demi0186.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026
Black American culture IS Pop Culture. Never forget it.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
An analysis of public records shows NYPD boss Jessica Tisch has assigned dozens of officers with extremely troubling records to Community Response Teams. The Adams-era jump-out squads are known for routinely violating the constitutional rights of Black and brown New Yorkers.
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Why Does Jessica Tisch Keep Stocking the NYPD's Most Problematic Unit With Problematic Cops?
An analysis of public records shows Tisch has assigned and promoted dozens of officers with troubling records to Community Response Teams.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“These are images 🇺🇸 servicembers want you to see…” ABC News reporter Rachel Scott (who Trump recently snapped at) shares images of destruction on 🇺🇸 military bases
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carmenlynn.bsky.social @carmenlynn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When they’re worse than nothing at all “A police department in Texas that arrested a local resident for complaining on social media about their city’s contaminated water supply has been ordered closed after failing to prove it provided any benefit to the community.”
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Texas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to community
Disbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply
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Speaxeasy ⚖️💜💛 @speaxeasy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The replies are inspiring tbh
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Good. Send a message. "The two women at the center of the death of Sam Nordquist, the transgender man who was tortured and killed in Ontario County, New York, in 2025, were sentenced to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder on Tuesday." abcnews.com/US/2-women-s...
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2 women sentenced to life without parole for murder of transgender man Sam Nordquist
Precious Arzuaga and Jennifer Quijano were sentenced Tuesday to life without parole for the death of Sam Nordquist, a transgender man, in Ontario County, New York.
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Madame Hardy @madamehardy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Saw this attack in the wild for the first time, in a purported ebooks site claiming to be using Cloudflare. I expect many (most?) of you use Linux or Macs, but just in case: This is trying to get you to run a Windows program that will infect your computer. If you ever see this, run away fast.
C Verification Stesp
[cloudflare logo]

To better prove you are not a robot, please:

1. Press and hold the Windows Key + R
2. In the verification window, press Ctrl + V
3. Press Enter on your keyboard to finish.

Perform the steps above to finish verification.
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Safeword Guesser @nasdaqistan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
prisoners - they've already expanded using prisoners to do work for nothing. they even let them go home - they're not a threat to anyone. the only reason they're in "jail" and not on parole is because the prison is pimping them out. www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 05/09/2026
My cousin’s shirt took me a second. He said “it’s great because anyone who would be offended by it couldn’t understand it anyway.”
A shirt with the following words in rainbow colors:
Fluorine
Uranium
Carbon
Potassium
Titanium
Rubidium
Uranium
Magnesium
Platinum
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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Hail to the king.
rmy of Darkness (1992). Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams. He is showing everyone his boom stick (shotgun).
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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Serena and Venus Williams make Arthur Ashe stadium ROAR once again as they take the 2nd set against Joint and Chan at the U.S. Open. 44 and 46 years old by the way... Absolute legend stuff. 👑🥹👑
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Seeing a lot of liberal arts majors and pundits who are suddenly constitutional law experts opine on the legality of the next steps in Missouri congressional elections. My advice is to ignore them and maybe pay attention to what the lawyers who actually litigate redistricting cases have to say.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/09/2026
Oh, this is going to piss some folks off. They’ve repeated the lie so many times they thought nobody would check the receipts. We checked. Jeffries is the first Black party leader in congressional history, and the “bought by AIPAC” smear has been repeated like gospel. Here are the actual numbers.
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Every Day Is Juneteenth @everydayjuneteenth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We will never stop recommending "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia Butler. Sincerely, The BLACK-Owned Online Bookstore ✊🏾📚 #booksky #blackbooksky #blacksky shop.mrwelltravelled.com/products/par...
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Parable of the Sower (Paperback)
by Octavia Butler Description The acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror that includes a foreword by N. K. Jemisin. .When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in...
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sigh…let’s get this out of the way. 🚨😭 #StayReadyCrew Here’s another recall. There’s a few (again) so I’m just gonna do a thread. Mangoes at Walmart Prunes at CVS Sidenote: can you imagine the horror of being taken out by prunes?💀🤣😭😭😭😭😭 www.thehealthy.com/news/fruit-r...
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New Fruit Recalls Affect Products Sold at Walmart and CVS
It’s been a rough few months for shoppers, particularly those looking for healthier food options.
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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As I've said before... We have always been a police state. The only difference now is that we are seeing it as a nation whereas minorities have always experienced it
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Wisconsin cops used Flock over 100 times to track a Navy veteran after he lawfully recorded a traffic stop
A lawsuit claims the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office used the cameras in retaliation against the vet for exercising his First Amendment right.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 02/09/2026
Black Americans are being found hanging in 2026. For generations, Black people were lynched while institutions stood by and did nothing. We cannot repeat that history. I’m demanding a full investigation from the DOJ.
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Perhaps a global far right power grab?
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Happy 62nd birthday, actor and muscian Keanu Reeves. 🎂 #FilmSky
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Molly Morrison @mollyhannahm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
the fact that the NBA was forced to investigate and punish its richest owner because of a scandal uncovered by an investigative journalist… shoutout to pablo torre! journalism is so important!!!
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you’ve never rocked out to Punjabi music, then I feel true pity and sadness for you.
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Brent Crude @my2bits4u.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The very minute we take power back there needs to be a massive solar energy bill sitting and waiting designed to remove the oil companies from running our lives ever again. The sun is free this can be done and the oil companies have burned their own house down . Fuck them hard
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 31/08/2026
NEW FROM ME: On a hellish third-country removal flight last month, passengers say ICE-contracted guards got drunk, teased and beat them, tied them up, refused to let them use the lavatory. One says he witnessed an ICE agent admit to illegal chain refoulement. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
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‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American Prospect
On July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
1. Keith Sonderling, Trump’s nominee for Labor Secretary, traveled to China in 2015 to pitch investments in a Florida real estate project. During these events, Chinese nationals were promised green cards and access to “America’s Comprehensive Welfare”
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
MONDAY MORNING TOON: future tech innovations (note: I am familiar with the torment nexus meme, no need to fill my mentions with that one all week! thanks.) www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Future tech innovations
A cartoon by Tom Tomorrow.
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Sapling 🌱 @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Woke up to this news and I’m beyond disgusted. It’s a US *constitutional right* now to create and own ‘CSAM,’ as long as it was made with AI?? AI gen images are built from real images, of real children. This directly re-exploits every single CSAM survivor. (More in 🧵) #abolition #trafficking
A federal judge has ruled that the First Amendment protects an individual's right to privately possess child sexual abuse content created using Al if it does not depict a real person and remains in the home.
On Tuesday, Judge John Z. Lee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th District ruled that the First Amendment protects an individual's right to privately possess images or videos of child sexual abuse created using artificial intelligence if the material does not depict a real person and remains in the home. In his ruling, Judge Lee urged the Supreme Court to reconsider the issue of virtual abuse material of children in the age of Al, suggesting that technological advances complicate existing legal precedent.
The case Lee ruled on came about in 2024 when the Department of Justice brought charges against Steven Anderegg, alleging that he used Al to create thousands of explicit images of children. He was accused of breaking federal obscenity laws by producing, distributing and possessing obscene visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Anderegg sought to have the possession and production charges dismissed under the First Amendment. Last year, a judge in the Western District of Wisconsin agreed to dismiss the possession charge, prompting the federal prosecutors to appeal.
Lee, in his ruling upholding the lower court's decision, cited the precedent set by Supreme Court rulings from 1969 and 2002. One held that individuals have a right to possess obscenity in the privacy of their home. The other found that "virtual" child sexual abuse material, not depicting a real person is not child pornography.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NEW EPISODE: The Department of Justice just made a major move to restore a U.S. Postal Service rule that could cripple mail-in voting in the 2026 midterms. I explain this fast-moving litigation, how we got here and what's coming that you're not hearing about. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Fu...
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BREAKING: Trump's DOJ Moves to Restore USPS Rule That Could Cripple Your Vote
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NEW: A Florida grand jury finds the DeSantis Administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer funds when it diverted the money to the Casey DeSantis’-related nonprofit, Hope Florida Foundation. I track the money flow in this outrageous corruption and grift! youtu.be/JDOh1GUZrfs?...
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DeSantis CAUGHT By Grand Jury FUNNELING MILLIONS Away From Floridians!?
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.
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