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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16/02/2026
The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/02/2026
Mayor Frey: “The continued presence of 2,000 federal agents in a city that only has 600 police officers is still not de-escalation…The restoration of peace…throughout our city depends on one main thing, which is for ICE to leave.”
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
lol this is the most ominous letter I've ever seen in my life.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/01/2026
Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Jesus. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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ICE agents eat at small-town Mexican restaurant — then arrest workers
Federal agents detained three workers from a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Willmar yesterday, hours after four agents ate lunch there.

It was not immediately clear what the immigration status of those detained was, or whether the people detained included the restaurant’s owners or only workers.

An eyewitness who declined to give a name for fear of retribution, told the Minnesota Star Tribune that four ICE agents sat in a booth for a meal at El Tapatio a little before 3 p.m. Staff at the restaurant were frightened, said the eyewitness, who shared pictures from the restaurant as well as video of the arrest.

The arrest happened around 8:30 p.m. near a Lutheran church and Willmar Middle School as agents followed the workers after they closed up for the night. A handful of bystanders blew whistles and shouted at agents as they detained the people. “Would your mama be proud of you right now?” one of the bystanders asked.
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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
“A UAB physician who used AI to make hospital respirators safer may move abroad because of his parents’ problems with the U.S. immigration system…Tlimat is a critical care physician at UAB with a background in software engineering. He came to the country as a Syrian refugee in 2013.”
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UAB physician and AI innovator may leave US due to parents’ immigration limbo
Dr. Tlimat said his life feels like a roller coaster due to his parents’ situation
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
As I have long said, David Sacks is the biggest and most conflicted piggy at the trough: Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
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Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
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Dan Grove @grove.cx · 02/12/2025
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Friday night massacre: 5 judges fired from S.F. immigration court today
The Trump administration has fired at least 12 immigration judges in San Francisco so far this year, part of a national trend.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/12/2025
Breaking News: The Trump administration fired eight immigration judges in New York City, part of a disruption in the courts around the U.S.
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Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York
The firings, part of a nationwide effort, felt “like a Monday afternoon massacre,” said one judge who lost her job last month.
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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
If immigration judges are neutral and independent as due process requires, then they must be independent from the Executive Branch. We must move immigration judges from Article II to Article I to provide a check on a lawless administration like this one.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
holy crap
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
House Republicans are using the expiring ACA subsidies as a punching bag, which is resulting in dramatic out-of-pocket price hikes for enrollees; make no mistake, this all comes from the top, directly from Donald Trump. It's outrageous.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 04/10/2025
“Russ Vought, the OMB director, has been dreaming about this moment—preparing this moment—since puberty." trib.al/BLgoiIE
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GOP Senator: Project 2025 Creator Has Dreamt About This Since Puberty
Republicans all know the havoc Russell Vought is about to unleash this shutdown.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Our poor Founding Fathers never dreamt a team of White Christian Nationalists would dismantle both the Congressional & Judicial branches of gov't via total corruption to preserve whiteness to emotionally & psychologically terrorize the beautiful diversity that once was the United States of America.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
He’s foaming at the mouth to go full Gestapo.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 26/09/2025
Bookmark this for the next time Republicans say the left is to blame for all political violence in this country. trib.al/uVgIloU
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Trump Nominee Quietly Deletes Posts Calling for Liberal’s Execution
Bookmark this for the next time Republicans say the left is to blame for all political violence in this country.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Scott Jennings and Ben Shapiro are currently both sitting at a panel table on CNN, not OANN. Seems like a pretty good barometer of where things are in this country. 😕🇺🇸
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 03/09/2025
Listen, all I’m saying is that I’ve seen more pictures of Donald Trump partying with Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell than I have of Donald Trump playing with his children Barron & Tiffany.
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 03/09/2025
Wow. Good thing Donald Trump wasn’t elected on the express premise that he’d bring prices down or anything.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Nobody is “grooming” your kids to be gay or trans but people ARE grooming them to be Nazis.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Reading about "The Founders Museum," an AI-generated digital hall of Presidents commissioned by the White House from PragerU, in which dead Presidents recite Ben Shapiro quotes
One concern is how AI-generated videos can sometimes blur the line between reality and fiction. In one video, an artificially generated John Adams says, "Facts do not care about your feelings" — a phrase often used by conservative commentator and PragerU presenter Ben Shapiro.

"I have real concerns about the extent to which they weave together words that are preserved in primary sources from historical figures with other sort of commentary," Gillis explains. "And it's not always clear [when] the historical figures actually said the words that are coming out of their mouth, or wrote them down, and when this is the work of whoever scripted them."
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
NEWS: Rep. Robert Garcia tells Jen Psaki that the Trump White House is actively telling Republicans to not sign the discharge petition that would force a vote on the release of the Epstein files. @robertgarcia.bsky.social @jenpsaki.msnbc.com
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that? RFK JR: “I never said that.” KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.” RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024) ht: @cwebbonline.com
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Last year, Idaho passed a strict law that forbids anyone from providing to a minor any service that could be construed as medical or psychological in nature without parental consent. Now, minors calling the state's suicide hotline are being forced to have a parent speak for them or hang up
More than 1,500 Idahoans between the ages of 5 and 17 contacted the hotline between when the parental consent law went into effect on July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, according to data provided by the Idaho Crisis and Suicide Hotline. 

Some of those young people can’t move forward in their call without a parent giving permission. 

Sometimes, a parent or guardian can get on the phone, according to Idaho 988 Director Lee Flinn, “but in most situations, the minor hangs up because they tell us they feel like they can’t do that.”

“We really do want and hope that minors have a parent or two parents that support them, but one of the things that we hear sometimes is that they don’t have a parent they can talk to,” Flinn said. 

She emphasized that the hotline still accepts calls from anyone, and encourages people of any age to call, text or chat online if they are in crisis.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/09/2025
Russia is opening schools "with ceremonies that are military ceremonies, teaching kids how to hold rifles, dressing them up in Soviet outfits, because Russia doesn't value life right now. They value war." Caolan Robertson joins @timmiller.bsky.social
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Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The EPA released a report last week that misrepresents the very papers it cites, creating a report completely deprived of facts in order to justify de-regulating industries responsible for the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions. open.substack.com/pub/rebekahj...
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EPA lies about climate research in new report
I do this work because it’s important and too many writers are afraid to speak with moral clarity.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
it seems highly possible that “follow the money” is panicking some people more than birthday cards
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Take CFPB data - which includes investigation files on all major companies that includes subpoenaed info like trade secrets, internal comms. Stuff that can move markets, damage reputations. Now the richest man in the world technically has access to that. No CEOs have stood up or protested. Wild.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22/04/2025
Republicans have long tried to slash the ACA expansion to help pay for Donald Trump’s tax cuts. Now the GOP is doing everything it can to avoid taking responsibility for putting the health of millions of Americans at risk.
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GOP Rep. Lays Out Exactly How Party Will Kick People Off Medicaid
Representative Austin Scott brazenly admitted that Republicans want to scale back Medicaid.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Need a laugh? 😆 Check out Trump v. Trump ⬇️
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20/04/2025
On Easter weekend, Rubio called for all nations to respect the right of Christians to declare Christ the King. That’s rich coming from someone who is sending Christian refugees back to die, says @timmiller.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gfl...
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“They Will Be Killed” Trump Orders Afghan Refugees to Self-Deport
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20/04/2025
"He's fu*king sending Christian refugees back to their death. What a sick person."
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Zappit @zappit.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
4Chan was hacked, its source code was leaked, admin emails were leaked, AND a lot of registered users used their real names and .edu email addresses. Lotta CHUDs getting exposed to sunlight today.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This is one reason why Dems shouldn't hedge everything they say about immigration with a generic "illegal immigration is a serious problem" intro, it just feeds into Trump's framing. Pick specific bad Trump policies—there are many—and attack.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
So everything gets expensive and manufacturing… goes down? 🤷🏼‍♂️ #TrumpTradeWar
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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
If you are a lawyer in dc vote today. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump allies launch a bid to take control of a powerful Washington legal group
Attorney General Pam Bondi's brother, Bradley Bondi, and a top deputy to Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for D.C., are vying for leadership roles at the D.C. Bar Association.
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John W Dean @johnwdean.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
ATTENTION DC Bar Members — Pam Bondi’s brother wants to protect his sister! VOTE FOR A WORKING BAR.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
DC Bar sent out the formal notice of elections. If you're DC barred, please vote and, in my opinion, you should vote for the person not named Bondi.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15/04/2025
Social Security offices closing down, economy in a tailspin, and your 401k is up in smoke. They know you counted on these things but they just don't care. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va2T...
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Their Game, Your Life
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 15/04/2025
Related— “Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) may have violated House ethics rules on Wednesday by calling on the Department of Justice and FBI to investigate protests against Tesla–a company in which she has a financial interest, buying stock in it as recently as last week.” (From March)
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Urges DOJ Probe Into Tesla Protests—A Possible House Rules Violation Since She Owns The Company’s Stock
Marjorie Taylor Greene May Have Violated Ethics Rules: Urges DOJ, FBI Investigation Into Tesla Protests While Owning Company’s Stock
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Indivisible Westside LA ❌👑 @indivisiblewestsidela.com · 15/04/2025
Smart. Maybe those of us living here need them too
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Remember: nearly every single one of these "cuts" by the White House is actually money that was budgeted by Congress for every university, organization, etc. This funding was part of ongoing operations and planning. The federal government is essentially breaking contracts with every "cut."
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
How is it that every time Bill Maher trends for being a piece of shit there’s STILL a new group of people JUST figuring out that he’s a piece of shit?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
L - The official photo from the Kremlin of US Special Envoy @SteveWitkoff putting his hand over his heart as he greets his friend Vladimir Putin again this week. R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday. Putin’s stooge.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
This man is utterly unhinged.
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Jim Drastic @jimdrastic.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
“Do you believe Social Security check amounts will go down over the next 2 & 4 years?” Rep. Jake Auchincloss’ answer is a wake up call. 😳 📺New Episode: youtu.be/FHAZHarE9WE?... ————
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EXCLUSIVE: From Social MEDIA to Social SECURITY with Rep. Jake Auchincloss
YouTube video by The Dangerous Ones
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Lauren Thompson Dyslexia Interventionist @laurenscribbler.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Read this. Incarcerated citizens are still citizens, still people. And the US has a bad habit of disproportionately imprisoning black and brown folk. Do not let incarcerated people be disappeared to foreign prisons and forgotten.
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David Leopold @davidleopold.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Or, maybe Trump is just too weak to stand up to Bukele?
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