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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Talarico: It looks a lot more like professional wrestling, right? You've got these old guys lathered up in their fake tan, throwing cheesy nicknames at each other. And those nicknames, they don't lower the cost of groceries.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 09/06/2026
#Breaking A Commission of Investigation set up to examine the response to one of the most serious cases of paedophilia ever uncovered in Ireland has found there was a clear and serious dereliction of duty by senior gardaí even by the standards of the time
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Kenneally report: 'Clear dereliction' of duty by gardaí
A Commission of Investigation set up to examine the response to one of the most serious cases of paedophilia ever uncovered in Ireland, has found there was a clear and serious dereliction of duty by s...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"I'm only doing this for one term. I am not a politician. I did not ever want to be a politician. I'm doing this because we need to do something now. We can't survive 32 more months of what we've seen for the past 16, full stop."
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The GOP is not a political party. It’s an organized crime syndicate.
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Trump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator’s Coal Companies
EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them “pencil...
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 09/06/2026
"The Epstein coverup...should be a key part of the upcoming debate on Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general....The vote on Blanche can become, it should become, a vote on Epstein." www.thebulwark.com/p/to-defeat-...
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Blanche: “Not a Crime to Party with Mr. Epstein”
To defeat Todd Blanche, talk about Jeffrey Epstein.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/06/2026
NEW: Trump administration officials earlier this year killed a federal criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice, the Republican former governor of West Virginia and a close ally of the president’s. By @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social
propublica.org
Trump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator's Coal Companies
EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them “pencils down.”
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Eric Ansley Díaz 🏳️‍🌈 @geekboyeric.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#Supergirl is a direct follow-up to a very well liked movie, features Krypto (who everyone loves), has Jason Momoa as Lobo (which fans said they always wanted) & stars an actress everyone agrees was a standout in HotD. The only reason there’s a hate campaign against it is because “Girl.”
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
He’s turned the White House into a laundromat, just as Trump Tower was. 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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/06/2026
Acting AG Todd Blanche says he's working to install "roadblocks" to prevent Democrats from prosecuting Trump and his associates in the future
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
OMB is forcing “the Smithsonian to spend congressionally appropriated funding in a way that’s ‘consistent with the FY 2026 President’s Budget’ in order to receive it. The president’s budget differed widely from what Congress ultimately chose to fund.” www.notus.org/trump-white-...
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Trump Is Eyeing Control of Smithsonian's Budget
The administration is creating a conflict with how Congress intended its money be spent.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/06/2026
"One of the nation’s largest White supremacist groups is rapidly expanding, adding hundreds of members across 49 states in the past two years." Cool cool cool. Everything's going well.
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Exclusive leaked documents expose growing White supremacist group
The documents, provided by a source inside Patriot Front, shed new light on the inner-workings of the group.
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Philip Stewart @5thstewart.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Peter Hotez has been studying neglected diseases for over 30 years, he knows what he is talking about.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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Sam Litzinger @samlitzinger.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children
Millions of WIC recipients would have less money for fruits and vegetables under the legislation, which funds the Agriculture Department and other agencies.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children
Millions of WIC recipients would have less money for fruits and vegetables under the legislation, which funds the Agriculture Department and other agencies.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 05/06/2026
In case you didn't know, Republicans have put the entire Senate floor on hold so they can jam through a $70 BILLION check for ICE. After all the brutality we've seen, this is how they respond: A blank check and an absolute refusal of commonsense reforms. I'm voting NO.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“State prosecutors in Paxton’s office agreed to a plea deal in which Hoffman pleaded guilty to misdemeanors that did not require him to register as a sex offender.”
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children
Millions of WIC recipients would have less money for fruits and vegetables under the legislation, which funds the Agriculture Department and other agencies.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/06/2026
Thousands of Albanians are protesting a resort planned for a pristine strip of the Mediterranean coastline and backed by President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner. The project is a “wipeout of nature,” a protester said.
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s Albanian resort plan sets off days of protests
The protests, raising concerns about conservation, transparency and the project’s ties to the Trump family, began Sunday in the Albanian capital, Tirana.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 05/06/2026
NEW: "We’re privatizing gains for Musk and socializing the costs for the rest of us." www.thebulwark.com/p/congrats-y...
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Congrats. You’re About to Unwittingly Make Elon Musk a Trillionaire.
SpaceX is IPOing next week. And there’s a good chance you’re gonna own a portion of it—whether you like it or not.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 04/06/2026
How do you measure the impact of something that didn't happen? How can we ever know how much damage to future discovery Trump has done by gutting science funding today? One way you can try: Look at recent breakthroughs to see what role federal funding played in making them possible. Like this one:
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The Cancer Research Machine Trump Is Gutting Just Delivered a Big Breakthrough
There’s new hope for one of the deadliest cancers. But Trump’s war on research puts future discoveries at risk.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Holden Thorp is an institutionalist. He's been a university chancellor, provost, now EiC of Science. When institutionalists pull the fire alarm, we listen, because the call to action he issued this week exposes the dire nature of the threat we are facing. 1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Another red alert for American science
Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ken Paxton was indicted for scamming his own friends. He convinced them to invest hundreds of thousands in a company while secretly pocketing a commission. Paxton sold out his own friends for a quick buck. What makes you think he won't sell you out in the Senate?
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 02/06/2026
Solid summary here of the many, many ways the Trumps are profiting off the presidency— Will Weissert, Michelle L. Price for @apnews.com
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How Trump has used the presidency to benefit himself and his allies
President Donald Trump has found multiple ways to harness the presidency to benefit himself
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Trump's Gangster Diplomacy - celebrated by far-right VVD Syneder: "Our entire diplomatic process has been reduced to only two negotiators: president’s son-in-law and president’s friend. They are not diplomats. It looks incredibly corrupt, it can never work. In fact, it has already failed." (2026)
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/05/2026
Heatwaves are becoming the norm. This is what Britain will look like in the year 2052 | Bill McGuire
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Heatwaves are becoming the norm. This is what Britain will look like in the year 2052 | Bill McGuire
People sleep outside because their houses are too hot to inhabit, water is scarce and supermarkets are for the wealthy, says climate academic Bill McGuire
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/05/2026
"In September 2025, nine mosques and cultural centers in and around Paris were targeted...Bloody severed pig heads, each marked with the word “Macron” in blue ink, were left outside their front doors." This was a Russian stunt. From @occrp.org Read more: www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
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Leaked Documents Reveal Russian ‘Cognitive Strikes’ Against the West — Including Islamophobic ‘Pig Head’ Attacks in Paris
Leaked chats and documents showcase the Russian presidential administration’s role in false-flag vandalism attacks and election interference campaigns in Europe and beyond.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/05/2026
Scott MacFarlane reports on the THREE federal lawsuits challenging Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A big piece in today's @theguardian.com Please note, I am being optimistic in my scenario 😮 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Heatwaves are becoming the norm. This is what Britain will look like in the year 2052 | Bill McGuire
People sleep outside because their houses are too hot to inhabit, water is scarce and supermarkets are for the wealthy, says climate academic Bill McGuire
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I’d argue governors being denied access to federal law enforcement facilities in their state is part of what I call slow civil war.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/05/2026
Meanwhile, Louisiana Republicans are presiding over one of the worst Black maternal and infant mortality crises in America. Where are the bills addressing that very real problem? Black women in Louisiana account for roughly 36% of births, but nearly 58% of pregnancy-associated deaths.
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Ol' Chef Dan @olchefdan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Honestly, one of the funniest tweets I've ever seen.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Morning everyone. Do you know that your President just exempted himself, his family, and all his family's companies from our tax laws? You are subject to the law. Now he is not. No one should not pretend this is okay or normal. It's an ongoing constitutional crisis.
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ssommer642.bsky.social @ssommer642.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
In West Bank, Latest Victim of Israeli Settler Violence Shocks in a New Way www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/w...
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In West Bank, Latest Victim of Israeli Settler Violence Shocks in a New Way
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Tom Steyer @tomsteyerhq.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
5pm today: Meta gives $950K for Xavier Becerra 4am tomorrow: Meta lays off 10% of workforce Mark Zuckerberg wants a friend in Sacramento. I won't be.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
“.. What we are talking about is nothing short of the sitting president of the United States looting from the Treasury for his own gain,” she said. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5733...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20/05/2026
"It's just a way to hand this stuff out to people they like—and particularly people who will carry their water and do their crimes." "The levels of corruption here are off the fucking charts." @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social & @timmiller.bsky.social on the $1.776 billion slush fund.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 20/05/2026
So if you or I cheat on our taxes, we could spend time behind bars. But if Trump... or his kids... or his businesses cheat on their taxes, the law doesn't apply. This is insane & beyond corrupt. DOJ works for the American people, NOT Donald Trump.
cnn.com
New settlement term bars IRS from investigating Trump, his family for past tax issues | CNN Politics
The Internal Revenue Service can’t bring claims against President Donald Trump, his family or businesses for past tax issues, according to additional terms added Tuesday to the settlement the Justice ...
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Tom Steyer @tomsteyerhq.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Once again, the Trump Administration is viciously targeting trans people. As governor, I will always stand with the trans community. Scapegoating trans people echoes fascist regimes throughout history. It must not be allowed to stand.
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“Counterterrorism” Now Officially Means Targeting Trans People – Mother Jones
The White House will prioritize the “neutralization” of groups it considers “anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist.”
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The Republican super PACs spending to prop up her candidacy also must be called out and condemned for weaponizing a system that enables dark money to flood our elections, suppress votes, and drown out the actual will of the people. (2/2)
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20/05/2026
Then they came for the real estate shell corporations, which they said shady billionaires were using to anonymously buy up enormous swaths of properties. And I did not speak out. Because, years ago, I had my name legally changed to Equity Holdings LLC.
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First They Came for the Pieds-à-Terre…
First they came for the pieds-à-terre, which they said were driving up the cost of housing. And I did not speak out. Because my pied-à-terre was in Greenwich...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 20/05/2026
The Trump administration is moving to roll back limits on some PFAS, the toxic “forever chemicals” found in the drinking water of millions of Americans. to.pbs.org/4dXNaxt
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Trump administration moves to roll back limits on forever chemicals in drinking water
The Trump administration is moving to roll back limits on some PFAS, the toxic “forever chemicals” found in the drinking water of millions of Americans. The Biden-era rule set the first national drink...
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 19/05/2026
"It’s highly worrisome given that public health resources in the US have been slashed and even a couple of cases in the US would be challenging with our current workforce,” said @ggronvall.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Rubio criticizes WHO’s Ebola response as US continues sweeping public health cuts
US secretary of state says WHO was ‘a little late’ in identifying deadly Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Japan, China lead foreign government retreat from U.S. Treasurys as Iran war fallout stokes currency fears www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/c...
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Japan, China lead foreign government retreat from U.S. Treasurys as Iran war fallout stokes currency fears
The sell-off came as the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran conflict and resulting surge in crude oil prices sent the yen and other Asian currencies tumbling.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/05/2026
We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.
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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate
ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/05/2026
VAN HOLLEN: Will individuals who assaulted Capitol Hill police officers be eligible for this fund? BLANCHE: Anybody in this country is eligible to apply if they believe they are a victim of weaponization
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
NEW: Donald Trump is limiting access to student loans for healthcare programs and other critical fields. Americans are already struggling to get essential healthcare due to labor shortages. We must support our essential workers, not price them out of serving their communities. I'm suing.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr: In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine. She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation. Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot. 1/3
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Kyle Clark: I should say there are more Republican county clerks in Colorado than there are Democrats, but they have spoken with one voice to say: Don’t do this.This will make our jobs harder and potentially less safe if you let Tina Peters out.
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