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Politico @politico.com · 10/06/2026
Bernie Sanders and his progressive allies are on a hot streak. The senator’s support has been instrumental in powering unknown candidates to major wins this cycle, a demonstration of how much political influence the 84-year-old progressive leader still commands.
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Bernie Sanders’ candidates just keep winning
The Vermont senator's primary endorsement hot streak continued on Tuesday.
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
“Brad Paisley, a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer and songwriter, urged his followers to sign a petition to stop the construction of a 69,000-square-foot data center that would be 50 yards from the Nashville Zoo, which he called “an absolute nightmare scenario”
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Brad Paisley criticizes data center planned next to Nashville Zoo
The petition, created by the zoo’s communications team, has 331,824 signatures and 126,599 shares.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Your daily reminder this should be the biggest scandal in American politics right now but nobody seems to care. Ken Paxton freed a man who raped a boy for 3 years. He also doesnt have to register as a sex offender. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/19/k...
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Inside Ken Paxton’s plea deal for a child sex abuse case
Critics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/06/2026
Video shows family’s car slowing before Israeli troops shot dead Palestinian baby
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Video shows family’s car slowing before Israeli troops shot dead Palestinian baby
Footage appears to contradict Israeli military’s account of killing of seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal in West Bank New footage appears to contradict the Israeli military’s account of the shooting that killed seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal in his mother’s arms, showing the family’s car slowing near a military post before soldiers opened fire. On Friday, the killing of the infant by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank sparked outrage after soldiers opened fire on the family’s vehicle despite it having complied with an order to stop. Sam was killed and his mother, Daniyah Abu Haikal, and father, Fahed Abu Haikal, were both injured. Continue reading...
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Tracyene @tracyene.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
I'm attending Fight the Trump Takeover's event, “Fight The Trump Takeover Rally” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fightthetrum...
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Fight The Trump Takeover Rally · Fight the Trump Takeover
The Texas House Democrats are denying quorum to stop the Trump takeover of Texas and block his attempt to rig the 2026 midterm elections. But Trump isn’t stopping in Texas. He’s targeting Missouri, Oh...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/06/2025
Kristi Noem is seen as a "delicate, beautiful, tiny woman" while leading DHS, yet Rep. McIver was arrested for protesting it, and Sen. Padilla was tackled for even questioning it. It's clear who gets to be “delicate, beautiful, and tiny,” and who is seen as a violent threat to law enforcement.
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The "delicate, beautiful, tiny" fascism of Kristi Noem
The right thinks Noem is the victim of Sen. Padilla's assault. But what about Rep. McIver?
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Tracyene @tracyene.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Lynchburg” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS Lynchburg · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I can’t speak for anyone else, but this analogy of “Lady Liberty’ held captive, is exactly how I feel about this presidency & administration and what their attempting to do with our rights and freedoms… The New Yorker captured the feelings perfectly… One word, UNACCEPTABLE!
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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 03/06/2025
Harvey Milk served his country honorably — first in uniform, then in public office. Taking his name off this Navy ship sends a clear message, and it’s one of disrespect and cruelty.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/06/2025
The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
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Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre
It took decades of research by historians and journalists — and reports by state and federal commissions — to uncover the violence that claimed more than 300 Black lives.
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Jooli-AHH! Boolia 👻🍂🎃 @jooliaghoulia.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Ms.Rachel is showing more humanity than our politicians
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Boyle: We just verified with the congressional budget office and of 13.7 million Americans who will lose their health care because of their bill, exactly zero are undocumented immigrants
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while: t.co/lg46ijHLDF
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/04/2025
there really is no alternative to tearing up CBP and ICE root and branch
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 23/04/2025
@chrisdjackson.bsky.social
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/04/2025
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
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Alt Library of Congress @altlofc.altgov.info · 20/04/2025
Is it too much to ask for lindt’s gold bunny to have a white chocolate bunny skeleton inside it, its already hollow. Maybe even various organs in truffle form?
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
“You can’t say people are our most important product and then treat them like shit.” - Jim Sinegal, co-founder of Costco
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 20/04/2025
Sign of the day…
I’m also 6’3” and 239 lbs
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/04/2025
BREAKING NYT: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.
nytimes.com
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/04/2025
As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and historians said. nyti.ms/3E9ZtIT
A woman stands over the Declaration of Independence, which in a protective glass case, while a security guard stands off to the side. A headline reads: "The White House Is Erasing Parts of the Public Record — And Reframing History." Photo by Jared Soares for The New York Times.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/04/2025
Mommy, a Galápagos tortoise and a longtime resident of the Philadelphia Zoo, recently became a first-time mother at the estimated age of 100.
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An Endangered Galápagos Tortoise Is a First-Time Mother at 100
Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since 1932.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/04/2025
The UN says at least 100 children have been killed or injured every day in Gaza since Israeli attacks resumed on March 18, even as the US underscores continued support for Israel.
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UN says 100 children killed or injured in Gaza every day since war resumed
Palestinian and UN bodies mark Palestine Children’s Day with ‘harrowing’ accounts of toll of Israel’s war on children.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Liar Greg Abbott says he has refused to set a special election to fill the seat of recently diseased Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner because he says Harris County doesn’t do their elections properly.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
> @wutangforchildren.bsky.social
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 06/04/2025
#HandsOff Buffalo, NY
Proud American.  Ashamed of the President.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/04/2025
Breaking News: A senior Justice Department lawyer was put on leave after questioning the administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador.
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Justice Dept. Lawyer Who Criticized Administration in Court Is Put on Leave
Erez Reuveni is the latest in a series of career officials who have faced punitive action after refusing to comply with a directive they deemed illegal or unethical.
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Alt Library of Congress @altlofc.altgov.info · 05/04/2025
Libraries are holy temples. Our national parks are souring cathedrals of natural majestic beauty. Seek the temples, and read exhilarate in the cathedrals, and be.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/04/2025
Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery theonion.com/pete-he...
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Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
WASHINGTON—Lambasting the current program as wasteful, bloated, and entirely unnecessary, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for steep cuts Monday to the number of steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous recovery model. “We must cut through the red tape bogging down what could be a far more efficient AA,” said Hegseth, who slammed the 12-step program as […]
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Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 06/04/2025
@brontyman.bsky.social apnews.com/article/navy...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/04/2025
A judge awarded a total of $6.6 million to four former high-level aides to Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, who claimed that they were unduly fired after reporting him to federal investigators and accusing him of corruption in 2020.
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Former Aides to Ken Paxton Win $6.6 Million in Whistle-Blower Case
A judge found that four whistle-blowers who accused Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, of corruption and reported him to the F.B.I. were unjustly fired.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
BOSTON
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This!
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 06/04/2025
Boston
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.
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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · 05/04/2025
#HANDSOFF #NYC
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Neil Stone (@DrNeilStone
). The tweet reads: "RFK Jr has cut Alzheimers research. ALZHEIMERS. One of the most devastating, urgent and increasing health problems we face today. He’s not interested. He’s a nasty piece of work."
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Alt Library of Congress @altlofc.altgov.info · 05/04/2025
“We the People” isn’t just a poetic preamble; it’s the foundational claim of our sovereignty. The Constitution doesn’t start “We the Government” or “We the Elite.” It starts by asserting that all authority flows from the people, and that government exists by their consent —it’s a radical principle.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/04/2025
“We signed up to go fight for our country,” said a military veteran who’s urging Congress not to reverse a ban on TCE. She says now the attitude seems to be, “‘We don’t care about your health, you’ve already signed on the dotted line.”
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TCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.
The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took…
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Axios @axios.com · 04/04/2025
NEW: A federal judge in Rhode Island froze a Trump administration plan to cut more than $11 billion in public health grants to state and local health departments that Congress allocated during the pandemic.
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Judge halts HHS plan to kill $11B in public health grants
It's the latest move by a court to block recent actions by the Trump administration to abruptly cut off grant funding for public health.
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Harry Shannon @harryshannon.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
www.newsweek.com/hands-off-pr...
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Map and list of nationwide 'Hands Off' protest locations on April 5
Over 1,000 protests are planned for the 'Hands Off' protests hosted by Third Act on April 5. Here's what to know.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Marriage really is just 50% deciding what to have for dinner and 50% being told you’re walking the wrong speed
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Yes, this cosplaying is sad & ridiculous, especially from someone whose job in the military was to write PR copy. (JD never saw a day of combat.) But bragging that when shooting bullets ("freedom seeds" is so cringe), it "Doesn't get more American than that" is telling on our deeply sick culture.
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