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@steelblue13.bsky.social
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Protector of Democracy, beach lover. Find community, unite. Power of the People. Cruising somewhere around the Motor City.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11h
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 11h
NEW in Semafor: Obama has cut an ad for Mississippi Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom in his race against GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith: "it’s time for a change" www.semafor.com/article/10/1...
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Exclusive: Obama cuts ad in Mississippi Senate race
Democrats are hoping nominee Scott Colom delivers an upset in the deep red state in the November midterm elections.
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Tina Says #VoteOutTheCorruption @trcfwtt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
TY @gregolear.bsky.social Same old fuckery with a different EO👇
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Tina Says #VoteOutTheCorruption @trcfwtt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Add this clown to your EO watch list @5gw.bsky.social
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victorytwin.bsky.social @victorytwin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
With taxpayer funds?
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Lola Patolla @lolapatolla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It’s $5 Fri! All of our rescues have a touch of 💔. But this little girl just broke our whole ❤️. Found stray, she’s emaciated, hairless & we found out deaf 🥹. She has tiny tufts of beautiful brown fur so we named her Cocoa. We appreciate any help ♥️. www.rescuecoop.org/donate
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December.
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Lavonne @loveon9.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It was just after 2 a.m. on a pitch-black Friday morning when... The Democratic candidate strolled across a parking lot to repair a damaged campaign sign. Greene-Placentia is a longtime long-haul trucker. She’s challenging MAGA Hamadeh. The ultra-red district ...Peoria, Surprise, Sun City, Anthem.
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Tina Says #VoteOutTheCorruption @trcfwtt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What is her cut of these crooked gas deals? @gregolear.bsky.social @dempseytwo.bsky.social
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He cannot, in fact, do whatever he wants.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This was one of the more diabolical Trump admin moves on immigration; ordering ICE to stop taking biometrics for detained immigrants seeking immigration benefits from USCIS, which meant that the agency would deny their applications by default.
In December 2025, USCIS announced that DHS would stop collecting biometrics related
to USCIS immigration applications for people in its custody. ECF No. 14-2; ECF No. 14-3 at 2-
3. In its press release, USCIS said that going forward DHS "generally will not take biometrics of detained aliens unless they are in removal proceedings and have a pending application or petition filed with the Executive Office for Immigration Review." ECF No. 14-2. That means DHS would continue to collect biometrics only for certain applications for relief, including those that can be made to immigration courts (which fall within the Executive Office for Immigration Review), but not for applications for many kinds of immigration status, including the plaintiffs' applications
(which must be submitted to and determined by USCIS). See 8 C.F.R. § 245.2(a)(1) (adjustment
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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I Refuse to “Sane Wash” Donald J. Trump!
A quick three-minute rant about the role of the press and a cognitively declining president.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WHOA. This is big news. Mr. Soliman is a 31-year-old gay man from Egypt who came here at 3 with a green card. He lost his green card after a conviction, but an immigration judge found that he would be persecuted in Egypt and barred sending him there. He's locked in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea now.
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties, in a decision that could have far-reaching implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump administration’s third-country removal scheme.

Arizona District Court Judge John C. Hinderaker, a Trump appointee, ruled that DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and “must facilitate Plaintiff’s release from custody in Equatorial Guinea and return to the United States and must ensure his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to Equatorial Guinea.”
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
​A mother grieves over the body of her son, who was killed today in a russian strike on Kremenchuk. Russia is a terrorist state! Monsters.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa - from @gillianbrockell.com
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Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa - The American Prospect
A Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sarah Rogers Censors Conference on Disinformation emptywheel.net/2026/10/08/s...
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Sarah Rogers Censors Conference on Disinformation - emptywheel
The Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers pressured the EU, Lithuania, and Canada into pulling support for a disinformation conference that already had pulled its punches when disc...
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I was unaware that as someone born in America I inherited Athens. So does that mean I’m eligible for Greek citizenship?
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The United States has made its choice.
We choose the unapologetic pursuit of national power.
"Nationalism" became a dirty word,
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tore down our monuments, condemned our own history, and taught children to be ashamed of the countries they would inherit.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Once again I offer a hearty “what the fuck are you doing, moron?” to Jared Polis, who commuted her sentence the last time she pulled this shit
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
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Tina Says #VoteOutTheCorruption @trcfwtt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Cleta bsky.app/profile/trcf...
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Tina Says #VoteOutTheCorruption @trcfwtt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Let me pause you right there cause they’ve got a new (😭) EO obsession. @5gw.bsky.social @thelolo.bsky.social @clayberg248.bsky.social @jim-stewartson.bsky.social @iguanasauna.bsky.social Please feel free to EO me to Mars.
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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 07/10/2026
It is October 7th! 3 years since the attack by Hamas terrorists. Please consider watching this interview, reading this blog, and watching this documentary with an Israeli filmmaker who went to the location two days after the attack! stevenhassan.freedomofmind.com/p/we-will-da...
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We Will Dance Again: Documenting the Nova Music Festival Terror Attack by Hamas Terrorists
With Yariv Mozer
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pretty clear that the Trump admin's "Civil Rights" department is actively seeking to force schools to segregate further and deny more Black students.
The Department’s investigation found that post-SFFA, UCLA Law’s application includes personal statements and essay prompts, which are designed to elicit information about race. And UCLA Law’s admissions staff instructed prospective applicants how to reveal their race in these sections of the application—during race-based recruitment efforts, such as its annual “Diversity Admissions Open House”.

The Department’s analysis revealed that UCLA Law rejected white and Asian applicants who had the same LSAT scores as admitted black and Hispanic applicants. Plainly, lower-scoring white and Asian applicants would have been admitted by UCLA Law if they were black or Hispanic. Further, in 2024 and 2025 (combined), half of the admitted black applicants had LSAT scores that were at or below 90% of the admitted white applicants.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🧊✈️ "They put him on a plane without telling him where it was headed and left him in a prison in a country he had never heard of, where nobody ever accused him of anything. No notice, no hearing, no chance to object. That is not due process by any definition.”
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Tina Says #VoteOutTheCorruption @trcfwtt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I asked myself who would be responsible for watching out for all these #DFC “deals”. Guess what? news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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US development bank left without oversight after watchdog let go
The U.S. development bank is left without environmental or human rights oversight after the director of the Independent Accountability Mechanism is terminated.
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Tina Says #VoteOutTheCorruption @trcfwtt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I think about this article when I see his crypto grifting. nymag.com/intelligence...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
this is effectively a new $100k tax on international students, and will destroy the market. Which is killing the golden goose -- higher ed is one of the most successful exports the US produces
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump admin's new rule adding prohibitively expensive new fees for "OPT"—temporary work authorization program for international students and new grads in the United States—is out. Would require colleges to pay $70,000 for year one. $30,000 for years two and three combined for STEM fields.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: Trump’s DOJ put a convicted election hacker on poll duty. Yes, really.
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Trump’s DOJ Put Convicted Election Hacker on Poll Duty
As Harmeet Dhillon rebuilds the Civil Rights Division after roughly 300 career employees left, Justice Department records place David Michael Levin in the federal election-monitoring operation.
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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The President of the United States, in front of a crowd of his supporters, during a televised rally, admits to a Quid Pro Quo pardon, which is a felony and impeachable offence. And absolutely nothing will happen, because his party, which controls congress, are fascist collaborators and sycophants.
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US Asunder @usasunder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There was a crooked man, from a crooked lane...
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Керрі Світ🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇪🇺 @carriesweet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Funny how the press demanded every last detail of Biden's health status but studiously ignore Trump's issues.
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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How do we even know they WERE ICE? I'm really concerned there are masked unidentifiable armed men in ICE costumes roaming about in r@pe and murder caravans who have fruckall tp do with ICE. And ICE themselves are bad enough.
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The Economist @economist.com · 07/10/2026
Forget building new shelters ahead of winter in Gaza. Heavy machinery to clear debris and to repair schools, hospitals, electricity and sanitation is banned on grounds of “dual use”. Even tent poles are forbidden
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Jared Kushner has a $2.45bn recovery plan for Gaza
But the board of peace’s grand promises ring hollow in the strip
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Just A Grandmom🇺🇸 @grandmompa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I love this quote. Hey, MAGA voters: "You made a deal with the Devil. Did you really think it was going to be fair?"
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Diesel futures fell after Trump announced a “massive” European oil release.⁣ ⁣ Then traders read the actual G7 statement, and the entire price move vanished.⁣ ⁣ Turns out the massive release was mostly a PR stunt. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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An Agreement to Agree About an Earlier Agreement
Read the G7 communiqué closely and the "new" 100 million barrels turns out to be leftovers from March.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
2 people were killed and 3 others injured in a Russian attack on Kirovohrad region‼️ One person remains missing, search efforts continue.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/10/2026
This Talon Air ICE flight has now landed in Ghana, a possible third-country removal. Migrant passengers onboard have been shackled at the ankles, wrists and waist for at least 14 hours.
An ADSBx map showing N120LW landing in Accra.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 07/10/2026
Donate to protect Ukraine's skies from Russian terror ⬇️
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Sky Defense: Donate to Protect Ukrainian Skies | UNITED24
Donate to air defenses: drones, electronic warfare devices, vehicles for mobile air defense units, and other equipment that can intercept russian weapons
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News for 38 Year Olds @newsfor38yearolds.com · 07/10/2026
Examining the DOJ's effort to prosecute non-citizens accused of voting PBS News www.pbs.org/newshour/show/examining… Subscribe →
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Examining the DOJ's effort to prosecute non-citizens accused of voting
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/10/2026
ICE removal flight to African continent outbound
An FR24 map showing N120LW going from AEX to SJU to Dakar
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Tina Says #VoteOutTheCorruption @trcfwtt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nutlick trying to google 13848
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Muppet Kermit The Frog Typing Fast
ALT: Muppet Kermit The Frog Typing Fast
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Tina Says #VoteOutTheCorruption @trcfwtt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Put this one on the betting markets because his loser bro is going to get gov $ from the #DFC run by Leon Black’s son Ben. #EndlessCorruption bsky.app/profile/trcf...
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
At NYT, Ken Vogel writes about 2 Trump advisors traveling to #Srpska (the Serbian sliver of Bosnia-Herzegovina) to help the pro-Russian government run its campaign. At the same time, Mike Flynn happens to be in Srpska to pimp his propaganda film. (Funnily, both Vogel & Flynn have blocked me on X).
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Whose religious liberty?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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