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Rise Up Western Mass Indivisible ❌👑 @ruwmi.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This evening!
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Every House Dem needs to join us in demanding @schumer.senate.gov be removed from leadership by Senate Dems. If they don't call for his removal, we know where they stand on tonight's disastrous vote.
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Is the shutdown over? Not yet. Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5. There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House. Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen. Stay loud. youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
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Shutdown NOT Over: What Tonight’s Senate Vote Actually Means
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to “look up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 09/11/2025
Get your flu shot! 💉 💪It may not prevent you from getting the flu but it will lessen the severity of the disease. Several pharmacies and grocery stores will give you coupons and discounts for shopping - how this poster bought some of my Halloween candy stash last month! 🍭
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NPR @npr.org · 09/11/2025
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
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Grocery prices have jumped up, and there's no relief in sight
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Rumeysa has a hearing Tuesday October 21st at the JFK Federal Building in Boston. This hearing is about restoring Rumeysa’s legal right to work in the US. Any and all allies are welcome! Please gather to show support at 8:30 am. #JusticeForWorkers #JusticeForRumeysa
Rumeysa has a hearing Tuesday October 21st at the JFK Federal Building in Boston. This hearing is about restoring Rumeysa’s legal right to work in the US. Any and all allies are welcome! Please gather to show support at 8:30 am.

#JusticeForWorkers #JusticeForRumeysa
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation Depraved. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
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tara-spence.bsky.social @tara-spence.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
As seen on my walk around the neighborhood today. Thankful for these friends and allies in our community.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/10/2025
"He takes food and health care from the neediest and tries to, in his words, traumatize people—then he calls himself a Christian. Pretty despicable." Russ Vought is Trump’s shutdown hero. His neighbors think his work is “abhorrent.”
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Russ Vought is Trump’s shutdown hero. His neighbors think his work is "abhorrent."
The people living near Trump's "grim reaper" of government cuts have put up signs letting him know they stand with federal workers.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva won her election two weeks ago. Republicans refuse to seat her in Congress.
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tara-spence.bsky.social @tara-spence.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This cannot be allowed to happen.
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tara-spence.bsky.social @tara-spence.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
tockify.com/highfivebook... #freedomtoread #firstamendment #censorship
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Banned Books Week: Snacks & Social Justice
Fri 10 Oct, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM [EDT]: Join us for an evening of family activism in celebration of Banned Books Week! This legislative session, two Freedom to Read bills are being voted on by the MA Hou...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/10/2025
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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James Neal - will know what will happen when it does. @jameswneal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
#bernie and #AOC today
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Trump sent 20 billion to Argentina for a bailout. China brokered a deal to quit buying American soybeans and buy beans from Argentina. Trump bailed out the country that swept the knees of American farmers. The Art of the Deal…
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tara-spence.bsky.social @tara-spence.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Repulsive. So glad I’m not getting my PH degree there.
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ACOG @acog.org · 22/09/2025
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. bit.ly/47Wxc59
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
At the end of each day I think things couldn’t possibly get worse because I’m an optimist. But Trump always proves me wrong. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
25% of Drs in US are foreign grads. Many are on an H1B visa. This will hit health systems hard especially rural hospitals and hospitals in underserved areas that sponsor these visas through waiver programs. The old cost was about 5000$ a year. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump signs proclamation imposing annual $100,000 fee on H-1B visas
Move deals potentially major blow to US tech industry, which relies heavily on workers from India and China
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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Trump is so vain that he wants to make it ILLEGAL to make fun of him. It really is the definition of pathetic. @jamellebouie.net nails it, as always.
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tara-spence.bsky.social @tara-spence.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
NIOSH is one of those agencies within public health that just quietly does its job without fanfare, but now that it’s been gutted the ripple effects to industry will have widespread consequences.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Overcrowded cells. Unsanitary conditions. Limited access to food and water. These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested. They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 18/09/2025
The latest from @gwynnefitz.bsky.social: www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/18/d...
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Homeland Security Arrests Brad Lander and 10 State Lawmakers Inside 26 Federal Plaza
The group included 10 state lawmakers, all Democrats, along with city Comptroller Brad Lander. Meantime, the NYPD arrested other protests outside the building, including Public Advocate Jumaane Willia...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/09/2025
🚨 Big news: @markruffalo.bsky.social will also join us tonight! We hope to see you in an hour at the No Kings mass kickoff call as we look ahead to our next nationwide day of defiance: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS
KICKOFF CALL

GREISA MARTÍNEZ ROSAS, UNITED WE DREAM ACTION

CHASE STRANGIO, ACLU

BISHOP WILLIAM J. BARBER, II, REPAIRERS OF THE BREACH

EZRA LEVIN, INDIVISIBLE

RANDI WEINGARTEN, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

JOEL PAYNE, MOVEON

KEYA CHATTERJEE, FREE DC

ASH-LEE WOODARD HENDERSON, EMCEE

JUST ADDED: SPECIAL GUEST
MARK RUFFALO

WATCH LIVE AT NOKINGS.ORG
TONIGHT, 9/18 @ 8 PM ET
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 17/09/2025
If you follow any group make it Friends of USAID on BlueSky or Instagram. This brilliant push for TIME Person of the Year is their idea. From ending smallpox to saving 91M lives their record shows why USAID deserves the cover. What an amazing idea worth amplifying. @altusaid.altgov.info
Mock Time magazine cover with the headline “Person of the Year” in red and black. Below, it reads “USAID & its Public Servants.” The collage features photos of USAID workers and beneficiaries worldwide: a COVID-19 vaccination card, health workers, children, humanitarian aid, a rescue dog, an airplane, and people receiving support. The design highlights global impact, aid delivery, and public service.
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
“Supporters of the proposal said it would effectively create a state version of the National Institutes of Health or the National Science Foundation, two of the nation’s largest institutional funders of scientific and public health research.” 🧪 #giftarticle
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California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
NEW @motherjones.com: Pardoned J6ers are using Kirk's killing to call for civil war Stewart Rhodes will rebuild Oath Keepers; Proud Boys call for "retribution"; & ex-insurrectionists are coming "out of retirement." Experts fear they could incite others to violence. W/ @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
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Pardoned insurrectionists are using Charlie Kirk’s death to call for civil war
“Charlie Kirk's assassination pulled me out of retirement. More work must be done.”
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Truthout @truthout.org · 11/09/2025
Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley have concluded that Israel is carrying out an ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza in which the U.S. “is complicit” in a report released after their recent visit to Israel and Palestine.
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Democratic Senators Conclude Israel Is Carrying Out Ethnic Cleansing After Trip to Palestine
Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley said it’s clear Israel’s goal is to make life “unsustainable” in Gaza.
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Aaron Weiss (no relation) @aweiss.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment. Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Governor Polis Orders Flags to Half-Staff to Honor the Anniversary of September 11th and the Passing of Charlie Kirk
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tara-spence.bsky.social @tara-spence.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
“Without unnecessary delay” meaning forced through with no discussion or questioning. I can’t imagine why the current party would want that. 😡
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tara-spence.bsky.social @tara-spence.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Help Springfield join Boston, Worcester, and Northampton by becoming a LGBTQ sanctuary city. Click the link to sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ma...
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Make Springfield a Sanctuary City for LGBTQ+ People
Why Springfield Needs to Act Now Our LGBTQ+ neighbors are under attack. Recent events show why sanctuary cities are more crucial than ever: • Supreme Court threats: The Supreme Court is being asked to...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/09/2025
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Today, the #revolution IS televised!! Watch the #50501movement livestream from #DC right here: www.youtube.com/live/8YjQZF6...
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FiftyFiftyOneMovement is live!
YouTube video by FiftyFiftyOneMovement
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tara-spence.bsky.social @tara-spence.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Nothing to see here I’m sure.
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tara-spence.bsky.social @tara-spence.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Take the time to read this instead of watching RFK lie with every utterance.
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socialirreitant.bsky.social @socialirreitant.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
@hcrichardson.bsky.social Good morning Dorchester!
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We're just a month away from this year's Banned Books Week, October 5-11! Join us to remind the world that Censorship Is So 1984! www.ala.org/news/2025/09...
Banned Books Week® October 5-11, 2025. Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights. ALA.ORG/BBOOKS. ALA American Library Association
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tara-spence.bsky.social @tara-spence.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
ICYMI, RFK is currently testifying to Congress about the death and destruction is he bringing to all Americans. If you can’t watch yourself, @altcdc.altgov.info is doing a great play-by-play. This is my favorite so far.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 02/09/2025
Over 1,000 Demonstrations Held Across the U.S. for Labor Day
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Over 1,000 Demonstrations Held Across the U.S. for Labor Day
More than a thousand demonstrations were held across the United States Monday for Labor Day.
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
It’s official as of yesterday: Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP leaders have now made it even harder in Texas to prevent school shootings, suicides and murders by domestic abusers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people
Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
⚠️ US suspends visas for ALL Palestinian passport holders “The new measures affect visas for medical treatment, university studies, visits to friends or relatives and business travel, at least temporarily.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
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U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Today is the ninth day that the homepage of Reginfo.gov — the federal government website for informing the public about what survey data and other information agencies collect — has displayed a notice saying it's "currently undergoing revisions" with no further explanation


Reginfo.gov is currently undergoing revisions. Until this temporary issue is resolved, data related to EO 12866 reviews and information collection requests (ICRs) may not accurately update. EO 12866 meeting requests and public comments submitted for ICRs will be handled via email until this issue is resolved.

    To view an updated list of all actions under EO 12866 review, please click here.
    To request an EO 12866 meeting, please send an email to MBX.OMB.OIRA.EO12866Requests@omb.eop.gov
        For EO 12866 Meeting Requests, please use the following subject line: "EO 12866 Meeting Request: [RIN] [Rule Title]." The Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) can be found on reginfo.gov. Please list the requestor's name and affiliation, as well as anticipated attendees in the body of the email request.

To submit a comment on an information collection request, please email your comment to MBX.OMB.OIRA.ICRComments@omb.eop.gov with the subject line: "ICR Comment: [OMB Control Number] [Collection Title]."
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
This is great! civileats.com/2025/08/27/h...
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How Libraries Are Creating Community Through Food
Libraries nationwide are offering community classes on nutrition, food security, and how to get a good meal on the table.
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Brief 🧵, as someone who has studied mass shootings for 13 years: -gender does not cause them -SSRIs, no -mental illness, no -internet/gaming, no Above can be compounding factors—but motive is complex, often very. The most fundamental combo: suicidality + rage + isolation + easy access to guns
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tara-spence.bsky.social @tara-spence.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Amidst all the shitty news from today, one spark of hope.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/08/2025
A whistleblower has revealed that the Trump administration is uploading the confidential Social Security information of millions to an insecure cloud server, putting our data at a high risk of being leaked or hacked.
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DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says
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