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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says

Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

CARTOON OF THE DAY…

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 22/09/2026

Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees

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Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We tallied 75 cases in which federal district court judges ruled against the Trump administration's actions on the grounds that it was violating the plaintiffs' First Amendment rights.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Who did this? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Joe "I'm a Zeppo Marxist" Bacon @josephebacon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

How many times has Trump promised us a dividend, rebate or check???? 15 times so far!!!!

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

CBS Miami got the actual grand jury report implicating Ashely Moody and Ron DeSantis in stealing Medicaid funds to put into political campaign. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...

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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida

A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 26/08/2026

Another "voter fraud" allegation collapses: Trump claimed three states had more than 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote, but months later, the Department of Homeland Security is claiming only 185 such cases exist. It hasn't provided what basis it has for accusing them to Nevada:

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DHS acknowledges the noncitizen numbers it touted on voter rolls were inflated

The Trump administration claimed to have found 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls in four states. But the agency's communications with states since then indicate that data was preliminary.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

When Trump took office, most of the people ICE arrested were convicted criminals. Today, only about 1 in 5 are. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ices-summe...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

News: The U.S. economy grew at a disappointing 1.5% in the 2nd quarter of 2026. Congratulations to @sarahbca.bsky.social for her “Bookmark this” comment last December when Howard Lutnick said 2Q of 2026 would be “amazing.” @atrupar.com

Lutnick: "Look for the second quarter of 2026 to be amazing."
SarahBCalif: "Bookmark this."

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I cross-referenced my database of candidates against credible voter fraud cases. GOP politicians are implicated at 50x–38,000x the general public's rate. Yet even if every American voted with the integrity of a GOP candidate, it still wouldn't come close to justifying making voting one iota harder.

Bar chart titled "Voter fraud among Republican politicians vastly exceeds the public's. That rate is still just 1 in 850." The chart shows that 0.118% of Republican politicians (17 out of 14,442 DIME candidates from 2016–2026) have been credibly implicated in voter fraud. This rate is represented by a tall red bar that dwarfs the microscopic rates for the general electorate, making the politicians' rate 50x to 38,000x higher than the documented rates for everyone else.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026

"Fox News has not seen the evidence yet and is not in a position to evaluate the accuracy of the president's statement and claims"

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Lomi Kriel @lomikriel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

NEW: Law enforcement experts reviewed available footage in the Houston ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo last week. What they saw was troubling, appearing to violate longstanding best practice, possibly even the law. "Professionally incompetent.” www.texastribune.org/2026/07/15/t...

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Houston ICE shooting shows likely law enforcement policy violations

More than a dozen attorneys and former law enforcement officials reviewed footage of the deadly ICE car pursuit for The Texas Tribune. They said ICE’s tactics were breaking with best practice and poss...

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Marco Rubio on 23 June: "No country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway. That's existing international law."

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Here's the Iran-US MoU, and it's pretty much a severe strategic defeat and capitulation for the US and a massive strategic and economic victory for Iran. Really an utter humiliation for the US thanks to Trump's naked incompetence. edition.cnn.com/2026/06/17/m...

1 — The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States, together with their allies in the current war, declare upon the signing of this Memorandum of Understanding an immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, and undertake that from now on they will not launch any hostile action against each other, and will refrain from the threat or use of force against each other. The final agreement will confirm the provisions of this Article and the remaining Articles.

2 — The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States undertake to respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to refrain from interfering in each other’s internal affairs.

3 — The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States undertake to negotiate and reach a final agreement within a maximum period of 60 days, extendable by mutual consent.

4 — Immediately upon the signing of this Memorandum of Understanding, the United States lift the naval blockade and prevent any interference or obstruction against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and restore traffic within a maximum of 30 days to its full capacity; the traffic of ships shall be proportional to the pre-war volume of traffic on the part of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States also undertakes to withdraw its forces from the surrounding areas within 30 days after the final agreement.

5 — Upon signing this Memorandum of Understanding, the Islamic Republic of Iran will immediately take steps to ensure that the movement of merchant ships from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa is resumed within 30 days to the pre-war volume, taking into account the need for the removal of technical obstacles and the neutralization of mines by Iran.

6 — The United States undertakes, together with its regional partners, to create a comprehensive plan agreed upon by both parties for the rehabilitation and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran, while ensuring financing of at least $300 billion. The implementation mechanism of this plan, as part of the final agreement, will be formulated within 60 days.

7 — The United States commits to ending, on a schedule to be agreed upon as part of the final agreement, all types of sanctions currently facing the Islamic Republic of Iran, including resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and all unilateral U.S. sanctions, both primary and secondary.

8 — The Islamic Republic of Iran reiterates that it will never produce nuclear weapons. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States have agreed that the fate of enriched material and the fate of all other mutually agreed nuclear-related issues, including Iran’s nuclear needs, will be adequately addressed in a final agreement; the final agreement will confirm the provisions of this Article.

9 — The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States agree that, pending a final agreement, they will maintain the status quo: Iran will maintain the status quo on its nuclear program, and the United States will not impose new sanctions on Iran or strengthen its forces in the region.

10 — The United States undertakes that immediately after the signing of this Memorandum of Understanding, and until the date of the lifting of sanctions, the United States Treasury Department will issue waivers for exports of Iranian crude oil, petrochemical products and their derivatives, and all related services, including banking, insurance, transportation, and the like.

11 — The United States undertakes that, in light of the progress of negotiations towards a final agreement, frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran will be released and made fully available. These funds, whether held in the master account or transferred, will be used for any final beneficiary payment determined by the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran and will be fully available for use. The United States undertakes to issue all necessary permits and licenses on this basis.

12 — The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States agree that an implementation mechanism will be established to oversee the successful implementation of and future commitment to the Final Agreement.

13 — Following the signing of this Memorandum of Understanding, and upon receipt of assurances regarding the commencement of implementation of Articles 4, 5, 10, and 11 of this Memorandum of Understanding, and the continued implementation of these steps, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States will enter into negotiations for a Final Agreement solely with respect to the remaining Articles.

14 — The final agreement will be approved through a binding resolution of the UN Security Council.

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Jim Robert @mollygrub.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Musk functionally ran the US government for 6 months last year and managed to: increase spending, slash services, kill 100,000s, and help nurture both Ebola & Screwworms. Yet somehow no one mentions this when they talk about the company he is going to take public this week.

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stillthinking.bsky.social @stillthinking.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

What in the actual fuck. The receiver of the trophy is now probably going to be the DNI? Of the US? What the actual fuck.

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enrich12 @enrich12.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I notice that American officials aren't telling this to AMERICANS. 😡 #WakeUpMAGA #Iran #PromotionalPresident #TrumpLies

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Will progressives realize the truth? Voters reward the GOP when Democrats succeed. The problem is whiteness, not economics. A thread.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 18/05/2026

“True Christianity is represented by the party, and the German people are now called by the party and especially by the Fuehrer to a real Christianity…The Fuehrer is the herald of a new revelation.” - Nazi politician Hans Kerrl, quoted in Shirer, William. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, 392.

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stillthinking.bsky.social @stillthinking.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Based on the history of the US, why do people think we aren't headed to some level of national violence? Are we trying to pretend that's not where we are headed becaue it's uncomfortable to think about? Something will break and it won't be pretty. Change through voting is being removed from us.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We’re getting there.

Daniel Dale
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Trump April 23: I contacted people "that have worked for me in the past, doing swimming pools," and one gave me a great price on the Reflecting Pool project
Trump May 4: "I have some very good contractors," asked three of them to "do me a favor fellas" and go look at the Reflecting Pool, and the best one gave me a great price
Trump today: The Reflecting Pool contract "went to a contractor I did not know, and have never

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This has to be the funniest question AND response I've ever seen in a poll. Less than half of Republican men think they could beat Trump in a fight. What a bunch of pathetic losers.

Democratic women are more likely than Republican men to say they could win a fight with Donald Trump
Who do you think would win in a physical fight between you and Donald Trump? (%)

Bar chart shows the following think they would win in a fight vs Trump

Dem men: 82%
Dem women: 71%
Independent men; 69%
Independent women: 46%
Republican men: 46%
Republican women: 19%

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I realize this is obvious to most but allow me to rant: At the core of Trump's base love for him is a simmering resentment over their mediocrity and gratitude for him making it permissible to be arrogant whilst mediocre. Everything in this cult can be traced back to that. (thread)

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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 28/04/2024

28 April 1945, Benito Mussolini is executed by Italian partisans. This (long!) thread recounts the events surrounding the flight, capture & execution of Mussolini (Photo: last known photo of Mussolini alive, as he leaves Milan on the evening of 25 April 1945) [Thread] >> 1

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/04/2026

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stillthinking.bsky.social @stillthinking.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Just another reason to continue to boycott Target. Fuck them. I hope they go completely out of business.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 05/04/2026

there were 1,600 murders in New York City in 1975 there were 303 murders in New York City in 2025 New York City's population increased by about 30% over that time period

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

This Reddit post is formatted like a joke but it’s actually a very dry recitation - at times, direct quotes - of America’s public war strategy over the last month. This can’t go on. This is deranged. Impeach and imprison.

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 01/04/2026

It’s the dog for me

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Tony O'Neill @keptman42.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Yankees have a new statue for Monument Park

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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Stable genius.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

someone in AI fucked up and actually told the truth

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r/ExperiencedDevs • 21h ago
Tech-Cowboy
An AI CEO finally said something honest
(Meta
Dax Raad from anoma.ly might be the only CEO speaking honestly about Al right now.
His most recent take:
"everyone's talking about their teams like they were at the peak of efficiency and bottlenecked by ability to produce code
here's what things actually look like
- your org rarely has good ideas. ideas being expensive to implement was actually helping
- majority of workers have no reason to be super motivated, they want to do their 9-5 and get back to their life
- they're not using Al to be 10x more effective they're using it to churn out their tasks with less energy spend
- the 2 people on your team that actually tried are now flattened by the slop code everyone is producing, they will quit soon
- even when you produce work faster you're still bottlenecked by bureaucracy and the dozen other realities of shipping something real
- your CFO is like what do you mean each engineer now costs $2000 extra per month in LLM bills"

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

CATO: “.. In short, seven independent research teams have now examined the “who’s paying” question and have reached essentially the same answer: We are.” @cato.org @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.cato.org/blog/white-h...

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

1. The president is burning up the American middle class with the largest tax increase since the early 1990s, which itself is snowballing the price of everything from coffee to clothes to carpets to car parts. Yet this isn’t a major, ongoing, attention-grabbing story.

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Tonight's #TimelineCleanse is an amazing feat of skill by this brilliant border collie. Border collies are the smartest breed of dog, but they are veryyyy high energy & need lots of mental stimulation. I hope you enjoy this video. I'm under the weather & really needed a dose of cuteness.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

"No I'm fine, you just make sure you get your fucking video first"

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stillthinking.bsky.social @stillthinking.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Having trouble feeling sad for the WashPost. We knew this was coming from day one (pick which day 1--bezos buying or Trump pt. 2) and instead of fighting against it they went along with it hoping the leopard wouldn't eat their faces. Democracy dies in full light because billionaires don't care.

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 03/02/2026

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/02/2026

Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

He said only the best people, so why are these considered his best?

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Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is · 30/01/2026

Anthony John Crowley, 52, a Customs and Border Protection officer from Minnetonka, MN, was arrested in June 2025 for possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material depicting a minor under the age of 12. Crowley was sentenced YESTERDAY (Jan 29th, 2026) to 71 months in prison.

Anthony John Crowley booking photo (Sherburne County Sheriff's Office)

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 30/01/2026

disturbingly plausible

Fascism is a literally suicidal ideology, one obsessed with purging the body politic to the point of total self-negation. What’s funny about Suicide Rightism is how direct it is about all this. You don’t need some big theoretical analysis; there’s no level of abstraction to move through. It’s just pretty straightforwardly pro-suicide. I don’t think you have to be a professional psychologist to understand why dramatic, attention-grabbing suicide might be appealing to semi-employed guys who spend 14 hours a day watching Asmongold or whatever. Its promise is that all the pain and frustration you feel can be visited on the people you believe authored it--and then ended. Not to put too fine a point on this, but this is school-shooter ideology.

And as the D.H.S. tweet of the penguin meme makes clear, the Suicide Right case for Trump is that he gets this. The reward for supporting him is oblivion. He and I.C.E. and the C.B.P. are the armored bulldozer giving you the chance to kill immigrants and liberal white women and male nurses before you put a gun in your mouth. His administration is the plane, just waiting for you to get inside. I guess 2024 was a Flight 93 election, after all.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/01/2026

A Republican-led Utah audit of over 2 million voter registrations found only one noncitizen, who never voted. The results undercut the right-wing narrative of widespread noncitizen voting, especially as Republicans renew their push for a proof-of-citizenship requirement in voter registration.

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Utah reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted

The results sharply undercut the narrative of widespread noncitizen voting Republicans are using to promote new nationwide restrictions on voting.

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