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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump is getting pushback, even in Alabama joycevance.substack.com/p/florida-me...
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Florida Men
This Friday, Donald Trump will be in Mobile, Alabama, the place where his first campaign really started to gain traction after then-Alabama Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III threw his support ...
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh hell, HELL no. Unaccountable, unanswerable supra-power? Elon "I am the richest man in the world so I must be the smartest" Musk? Newt "Contract With America" Gingrich? And Palmer "how is this not insider trading" Luckey? Will even Congressional Republicans buy this? thehill.com/policy/defen...
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Hegseth puts Musk, Luckey, Gingrich in charge of military future warfare review
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced that SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk, Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey and former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) will lead a new Pentagon effort to study…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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E @teamjakeabbey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Way to go! You rock!
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: we just struck the 1st blow against Trump's illegal impoundment of almost $1B appropriated by Congress to help average folks We & partners sued to stop him from flushing away vast sums in housing support. Housing! The court just SUSPENDED his illegal action while we fully brief the case
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Three million highly sensitive records, out in the open for nine months.
Pete Hegseth drunk and drenchedKash Patel drunk
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
25th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump's DHS told Nevada it matched voters by Social Security number. Then it told Pennsylvania it never used Social Security numbers. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-maga-she...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A discussion of Trump’s ICE horror show and a failure on Iran so obvious even Fox has to acknowledge it. vimeo.com/1222227298/f...
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EBOF 8.28.26 Jamal Simmons, Bill Kristol
This is "EBOF 8.28.26 Jamal Simmons, Bill Kristol" by EBOF on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Funny that when he makes pronouncements like this, the other government never confirms it I mean, if Venezuela just consummated THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY, don't you think they'd at least have something to say about it
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🧊 "Tolling" happens when a person legally present in the US applies for a visa extension or change of status, *pays the requisite fees to DHS* & (often) receives work authorization while their application sits, without a response, for months or years. Now ICE is arresting these law-abiding people.
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ICE detains University of Maryland "teacher of the year" at Dallas airport
An instructor for the University of Maryland's School of Pharmacy was detained by ICE last month at Dallas Fort Worth airport.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“The Trump administration is set to award a multimillion-dollar contract to a small Texas law firm without immigration expertise to provide legal representation for thousands of unaccompanied migrant children in government custody during immigration proceedings.” abcnews.com/US/small-tex...
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Small Texas law firm without immigration expertise set to receive $150M contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children
The Trump administration is set to award a $150 million contract to a Texas law firm without immigration expertise to represent migrant children in custody.
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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It took less than two days for Trump to threaten journalists after Reuters reported that the US has used virtually all of its long-range precision missiles during the Iran war.
Screenshot of a social post by President Donald J. Trump that says: 'Donald J. Trump

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The U.S. has massive amounts of “munitions,” especially of certain types. Additionally, large amounts are being manufactured and shipped to the U.S. as needed. Defense companies are building the largest number of plants and factories in our country’s history. The “leakers” of these treasonous statements are being hunted down. Long term jail sentences will be sought! President DJT'
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🫵 You can reserve a “priority evac” from hurricanes hitting Florida on the *same planes* that ICE uses to traffic chained humans to Central America. All for just $1250 per year! 😬
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/08/2026
Tillis on Todd Blanche: "He's proven to me he's a man of his word" 🙃
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/08/2026
Thom Tillis has a terminal case of "but Biden"
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O Yes @nutmegfreak.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
And her father stays silent. 🤮
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Rising Sun🌤️NorCalman🧑🏼‍💻🗳️🔵 @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
& dad just yells fuck you at Fauci. You can kinda understand the family dynamics- sadly. I hope they grant the order for her - it’s clear there’s something wrong with the guy.
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Gina @cissybgood67.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I hope she has a plan to keep her and her child safe. TROs aren't bulletproof, her ex is f*cking crazy & her father is a woman-hating psychopath. 😕
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Vonn @vonn7777.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
What is wrong with Ohio? I guess the same thing that’s wrong with Alabama. They vote in people that could care less about their constituents.
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Speech And Debate @speechanddebate.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Seems he has a history of legal issues and wasn't even living in Ohio prior to running, yet District 7 Ohioans still chose him to be their representative.
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daniel1201.bsky.social @daniel1201.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
If he was a Democrat he they would make him resign Republicans don't care about their own integrity
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Stessa Cohen @stessacohen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Reminder: many women have been brutally assaulted and murdered by their abuser while a retraining order has been in place.
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For The Defense @forthedefense.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
And her father doesn't seem to give a shit.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Emily Moreno’s lawyers filed for a restraining order today against her ex-husband, GOP Rep. Max Miller, whom she has accused of domestic abuse. “Unless restrained, [Miller] will continue to harass, threaten and communicate with my counsel directly,” Moreno said in court papers.
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Tucson Rosie 🖖🥰 @tucsonrosie2001.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
We must save our planet.🖖😢 Some plants 🌱 and creatures are seriously being affected by Climate Change. Always remember that Conservatives will always defend profits over our health and all living things.😭
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
BREAKING: Trump may pull Todd Blanche’s nomination for AG because he knows he can’t get Todd across the finish line AND Trump doesn’t want to lose his broad, illegal tax immunity deal. I've got the details in the latest twist in Blanche’s nomination. youtu.be/UZbBmT0F2fQ?...
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🚨Trump PANICS And WEIGHS PULLING Blanche’s AG Nomination!?!
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Dennis M. Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The feds no longer protect endangered species habitat. States say they can’t pick up the slack. - Daily Montanan #mtpol Yeah, right. apple.news/ArfSkPVTSTdG...
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The feds no longer protect endangered species habitat. States say they can’t pick up the slack. — Daily Montanan
The Trump administration is removing protections from the key places where endangered species live, saying states can keep the areas safe.
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Dennis M. Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Montana is selling more state trust land than it’s buying #mtpol montanafreepress.org/2026/07/21/m...
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Montana is selling more state trust land than it’s buying
It’s been nearly a decade since the Land Board has purchased new trust land under the state’s 23-year-old ‘land banking’ program.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Google has been deleting the reviews of ICE detention centers on Google Maps, according to a new study. The study found Google deleted reviews from dozens of ICE prisons, then blocked users from writing new ones. DHS says ICE never requested that Google do this. theintercept.com/2026/07/20/g...
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Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers
In the past year, Google Maps was deleting all the reviews for dozens of ICE jails, a new study found.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 20/07/2026
The Trojan horse was a gift too. Air Force One never should have been gifted from another country. That raises serious corruption and national security concerns.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
BREAKING NYT: The Trump admin sought the phone records of several Times journalists and their relatives — including one reporter's mother — in its effort to unmask the confidential sources who had provided information for articles about the security capabilities of Trump's new Air Force One jet.
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Trump Administration Sought Phone Records of Times Journalists and Their Relatives
The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president’s new Air Force One. The Times has asked a judge to quash the subpoenas.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
RAPIDAN: We “no longer assume a near-term return to freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. Instead, we expect ongoing military risks to constrain vessel transits .. well into next year ..” 👀
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Not Going Back @nomorescrubs.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
In Las Vegas, the company was fined $400,000 by OSHA for not providing PPE and exposing workers to toxic fumes and burns. Firefighters were called and suffered serious burns. Then Lombardo (Republican gov) threw the fine out and left workers/firefighters SOL. He's up for re-election.
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observablereality.bsky.social @observablereality.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Yeah I no longer hold any belief next potus election even happens. They've committed too many damn crimes to walk away and not worry about 75% of the party going to prison. I will vote, and continue to do so. But imo, this country is on dead-man-walking status.
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pnwtrekking.bsky.social @pnwtrekking.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
But still believing in the fantasy that the Constitution will be the mechanism that holds them accountable. Still clinging to a document that SCOTUS and 48 pick and choose to eviscerate at their convenience is a wild brand of nihilism.
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observablereality.bsky.social @observablereality.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Essentially writing at the end here, "if these people are not stopped, this nation will fall."
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
NEW: A judge reluctantly erased the Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case against the Proud Boys tonight, concluding he had no power to get in DOJ's way. But Judge Kelly, a Trump appointee, made clear he disagreed — and underscored the gravity of the attack. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Why does the Trump DOJ continue to hide the unredacted Epstein Files? Todd Blanche won’t even cooperate with the New Mexico Attorney General @nmdoj.bsky.social
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E @teamjakeabbey.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
A plucky sunflower showing all of us nothing is impossible.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
One million percent
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/07/2026
NEW: Trump’s decision to push out the last remaining members of the federal Election Assistance Commission — two Democrats and a Republican — allows him to try to nominate members who may be more amenable to his demands. by @jenafifield.bsky.social
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Trump Pushes Out Remaining Members of Bipartisan Election Commission Ahead of Midterms
President Donald Trump has fired Benjamin Hovland and Thomas Hicks, the Democrats on the federal Election Assistance Commission, while Christy McCormick, the Republican, was allowed to resign, sources...
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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Since taking over as DHS Secretary 6 people have died while in ICE detention. In this year alone at least 21 people have died while in ICE custody.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Sophia Nelson: What's so foul about this is: Donald J. Trump is president of the U.S. and is an adjudicated rapist. Not by rumor. NY Times story or victim accusation. But by an actual federal court of law. And YET, we've spent days/weeks calling for Platner to drop out. He has. NOW DO Trump!
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Under Donald Trump, ICE has become a rogue and abusive agency. ICE is killing people in the streets.
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's last words were "me están matando"—they are killing me.
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Trump & Musk’s aid cuts are costing lives, former USAID boss Samantha Power says youtu.be/pkFFOY0eVpE?...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/06/2026
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)
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Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
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