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Rick Stengel @rickstengel.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Can reporters stop using the word deal? It’s an agreement, a settlement, a treaty, an understanding, an MOU etc. Using the word deal is accepting his simple-minded TV game-show framing and contributes to the bogus drama he is trying to create.
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jane @lazylazyjane.myatproto.social · 02/05/2026
a lot of people crack wise about bluesky but what if i told you it facilitated the purchase of the onion by an internet guy who then went on to dismantle one of the biggest misinformation engines of the 21st century
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bitterseaturtle.bsky.social @bitterseaturtle.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/04/2026
Time to share this again.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/04/2026
If you don’t what I’m talking about re: Air Wisconsin, here’s my story from January. ICE’s flight broker bought the distressed airline with BBB $$, told crew to come back from furlough for govt and athlete charters. All they do is ICE flights. gillianbrockell.com/air-wisconsi...
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Air Wisconsin has done 60+ ICE flights since mid-January
Dozens of secret flights carrying shackled migrants follow Air Wisconsin’s sale to ICE’s flight broker.
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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
You may know the California governor campaign is in flux. Now's the time to take a fresh look at Xavier Becerra. I can't think of a better review of his exemplary character, qualifications & accomplishments than this, from a former colleague in the Biden-Harris administration. Read & share. 1/x
The Case for Xavier Becerra
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Given how rapidly the CA governor’s race has changed in just 24 hours, it’s time for CA voters to take a close look at Xavier Becerra.
I’m biased, of course. I was his public affairs chief at HHS in the Biden-Harris administration. But XB is the kindest, most decent, fearless, empowering Cabinet secretary I’ve worked for – and I’ve worked for a number of them under four US presidents.
Here’s the case for Xavier Becerra:
- XB’s personal story is All-American.
- He’s the son of two immigrants who worked very, very hard to make lives better for their family and helped XB achieve everything he could ever have
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
It’s National Pet Day So please enjoy this video of Xavier Bacerra with a puppy.
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Guy Venables @guyvenables.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
One of my cartoons in Monday's Metro
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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Thank you, Northwest Georgia. This wasn’t the result we wanted, but the message is clear — people here are ready for leadership that puts them first. The fight continues. On to November! #GA14
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 03/04/2026
A Fiery Priest Takes on the Death Penalty in a New Short Doc From Rolling Stone Films Director Joel Fendelman and producer James Chase Sanchez discuss their doc on Jeff Hood, The Spiritual Advisor, out now from Rolling Stone and Documentary+ Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
“.. Ten years ago today, Donald Trump said he would pay off the national debt in the span of just eight years.” @reason.com reason.com/2026/03/31/1...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 06/03/2026
No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.
Mayor Mamdani and a child play with Legos while looking very serious and concentrated. The child is impossibly adorable and wearing tiny blue glasses.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2026
Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
School district in Arkansas makes so much off solar panel revenue it gives all its teachers $15k raise. Unless I’m mistaken, there are no SFUSD buildings wit solar panels www.tiktok.com/t/ZThnKYJG1/ My kid goes to SOTA and that huge flat brutalist building would be perfect
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If only all school districts did this. #GoodNewsOnly
TikTok video by NowThis Impact
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The North American Leshy @northamericanleshy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 14/02/2026
Yes! What if we treated extremely normal human variation as something other than a "disorder"??? www.positive.news/society/yout...
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Rethinking ADHD as ‘hypercuriosity’
What if ADHD isn’t a deficit of attention, but an intensified curiosity? A new study explores how reframing ADHD could transform education
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 26/01/2026
The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.” The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Brief operational term of art 🧵 to help better define what we're experiencing. What we're experiencing is state terror. I've seen a lot of terms thrown around for what the Trump admin is doing w/ICE, CBP, & other federal law enforcement (LE). The now largely out of use term is state terror. 1/
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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taracasas.bsky.social @taracasas.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Why are pepper balls even legal? @governorwalz.mn.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov @governor.ca.gov chemical weapons on American streets should not be common, and certainly should not be used in our states. #banpepperballs
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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taracasas.bsky.social @taracasas.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Prophetic substack.com/app-link/pos...
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A Government that is "for the People" vs. "the Keeper of the Commander's Intent"
Plus, last call on subscription offer, sharing resources on Latinos in the election and the threat of Christian nationalism in all 50 states.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 26/12/2025
She goes to police calls in a Prius. It's part of a new approach to mental health emergencies
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She goes to police calls in a Prius. It’s part of a new approach to mental health emergencies
Briana Fair, a mental health clinician with the San Mateo Police Department, received a dozen voicemails from the same distressed caller over a single weekend this month.
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Joe Fore @joefore.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ. It's a surreal--and troubling--read. drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 09/11/2025
The iconic 86-year-old singer covers Frank Ocean, Leonard Cohen and more on 'Sad and Beautiful World.' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review ↓
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Mavis Staples Creates A Soul Canon All Her Own
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
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a close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom right
Alt: Kylo Ren yelling more
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 08/11/2025
Before anyone gets mad at Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, listen to Kate. Justice Jackson didn’t side with Trump: she issued a temporary stay to prevent a rushed ruling that could let presidents exploit shutdowns to bypass Congress. Her move protects SNAP recipients & constitutional checks & balances
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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 24/10/2025
Virginia, today is the LAST DAY to register to vote ahead of the November 4 election. Check your registration status TODAY to make sure you can vote without delay! abigailspanberger.com/vote
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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
It is a cascade of inhumanity unconsidered by its authors and truly monstrous in its details and breadth, and I hope everyone will consider that EVERY SINGLE DETENTION is a repetition of this complicated, terrible torture of innocents.
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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."
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Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better." Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better. Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand. We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
ICE must release Steve and must stop targeting journalists
Federal agents detained Chicago journalist Steve Held of Unraveled Press on Saturday, September 27 outside of the Broadview Detention Facility while he was reporting on the ongoing protests. 

We urge his immediate release. 

Injustice Watch, Invisible Institute, Block Club Chicago, Lumpen Radio, Investigative Project on Race & Equity, The TRiiBE, South Side Weekly, Cicero Independiente, Reader, Borderless
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
How Cities Are Beating the Heat Great summary of techniques that your town or city should consider (gift link) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Cities Are Beating the Heat (Gift Article)
The world is hot — and only getting hotter. We looked at what places around the globe are doing to keep cool.
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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.
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Sue in Rockville 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋 @sueinrockville.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Look! More greedy cowardly bastards caving into the #WorstPOTUSEver Let them know your thoughts! www.nexstar.tv/board-of-dir... #IStandWithJimmyKimmel
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
HUGE. The first major court victory involving conditions of confinement at ICE field offices. The judge bars detention in any cell which isn't: - Restricted by capacity - Has mats for people to sleep on overnight - Is cleaned 3 times a day - Provides hygiene supplies - Offers free legal calls
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Stop what you're doing and listen to this warning from @marcelias.bsky.social about the real reason for Trump's National Guard deployment in DC.
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
History and Article IV’s Guarantee Clause makes clear that a state’s governor cannot remove members of the legislature. No governor has ever claimed such power. It runs against the full history of Texas and American democracy as a whole. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Governors Can Not Remove Elected Legislators. Period.
A democracy must have an independent legislature. Only voters elect and unelect representatives.
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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
“Trump ordered federal law enforcement agents from several agencies to be deployed on city streets and called for more juveniles to be charged in the adult justice system.” Making the school-to-prison pipeline great again www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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FBI dispatching agents to D.C. streets as Trump weighs calling National Guard
The unusual move comes as President Donald Trump threatens a federal takeover of the nation’s capital.
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Steven Martin @stevenmartin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
He builds our city but the companies he works for treat him like he’s disposable. 80-hour weeks. Paychecks worth what 20 hours should earn. No sick leave. No safety. No dignity. This isn’t the “American dream.” It’s wage theft in plain sight. Watch. Share. Demand change.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/08/2025
Chemical pollution is a rampant threat to humanity, science group warns www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Chemical pollution is a rampant threat to humanity, science group warns
More than 100 million “novel entity” compounds are in circulation, with unknown health impacts.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
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Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
My name is Isaiah Martin and I’m running for Congress. We can’t solve today’s problems with yesterday’s politics. Repost and follow if you’re ready to send Donald Trump a message that Democrats are ready to FIGHT BACK!
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Perry Meade @perryforcongress.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I’m excited to officially announce my candidacy for California’s 40th Congressional District! It's critical that Democrats take back the House to stop the chaos and corruption threatening our democracy. I'm ready to fight for an affordable future for all!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days. They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention. Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
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Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone
A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work.
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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Collecting the DNA of migrant children then putting them in a the CODUS database is unconscionable. They’re minors! They are not criminals and authorizations from a parent or guardian would be needed to collect this!
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
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