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treeelf.bsky.social @treeelf.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Wilderness burning in Minnesota :( Stay safe out there. Hazardous air quality known to increase hospital admissions, both heart and lung issues. www.mprnews.org/minnesota-wi...
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Live updates: Wildfires in Minnesota
The U.S. Forest Service has closed the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness as concerns grow over multiple wildfires burning in northeastern Minnesota and an extremely hot, dry weather forecast into ...
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Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor @chadtopaz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Did you hear about the DC July 4 fireworks show? It promises 850,000 fireworks in 40 minutes. That's 354 per second. You'll miss up to 142 of them every time you blink. For your edutainment, I proudly present the nerdiest thing you will read about this dangerously absurd / absurdly dangerous event.
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Three Hundred Fifty-Four Fireworks per Second — Chad M. Topaz
Organizers promise 850,000 fireworks in roughly 40 minutes over the National Mall this Saturday. I did what a mathematician does with a big number: I divided. It did not make the show look better.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 01/07/2026
Wisconsin ICE surge brings trauma and broken trust to Milwaukee and elsewhere. @isiahholmes.bsky.social has the story. buff.ly/LuraA6K
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Wisconsin ICE surge brings trauma and broken trust to Milwaukee and elsewhere • Wisconsin Examiner
ICE agents have arrested dozens of people in and around Milwaukee, leaving behind shattered glass, broken trust and trauma.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Well this should scare the shit out of everyone, 6 weeks ago the justice department adopted a new policy to allow the attorney general the power to send any federal prisoner to any federal prison in the country. Listen to Liz Oyer former pardon attorney for the DOJ explain.👇👇
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treeelf.bsky.social @treeelf.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The USA just keeps winning… www.npr.org/2026/05/27/n...
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More people are going hungry now than at the height of the pandemic
Food insecurity affects more families now than during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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Black and Missing Foundation @blackandmissingfdn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
#Columbus, #GA: 17y/o Deaisha was last seen on May 24 around 8am in the 4000 block of 15th Avenue. Have you seen her? Please SHARE to #HelpUsFindDeaishaBrown #DeaishaBrown #HelpUsFindUs
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 27/05/2026
Today in What the Actual Fuck news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/corporat...
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Corporations Can Vote in Some Delaware Elections, Judge Says (1)
Corporations, partnerships, trusts, limited liability companies, and other “artificial entities” have the right to vote in Delaware elections under some circumstances, a judge said in a novel ruling T...
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treeelf.bsky.social @treeelf.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Cascading effects worldwide from US and Israel’s war of choice: www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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The economic shock of the Iran war will hit the world in four waves
The impact of the conflict will not stop at energy price hikes. It will spread to various sectors and last years.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 18/04/2026
An article I wrote for men about "Rape Academy." Women already know this & I say this with full awareness of how uncomfortable it makes men: Most men are not safe to be around alone. This is not sustainable & men must lead the change. Men, we need to talk: qasimrashid.substack.com/p/men-we-nee...
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Men, We Need to Talk About "Rape Academy"
This isn’t about women. This is about us. And it’s long past time we had this conversation
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/04/2026
ICE DETENTION FOR PROFIT 🚨Respect and thanks to Representatives Yassamin Ansari, Greg Stanton, and Adelita Grijalva for their unannounced visit to an ICE detention center with disgusting conditions, that tried to pull a fast one. People need to be prosecuted for this. 1/2
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 22/03/2026
In America today, wealth inequality has become so extreme that the top 1% now own as much stock and mutual funds as the bottom 99% combined. No democracy is sustainable when so few have so much while so many have so little. We need an economy that works for all, not the 1%.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025. The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined. Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
What we saw Tuesday night from the Republican Party was the legislative counterpart to what ICE is doing in the streets. Bullying. Menacing. Illiberal. The party is just a fascist gang. www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-state...
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Trump’s State of the Union Reminds Us The Republican Party Is Truly Lost
More evidence that the Republican Party has been entirely transformed into the party of violence and authoritarianism.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
Left: Aug 20 2025 Wapo editorial
The Texas gerrymander freakout
What’s happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy.

Right: Feb. 7 2026 Wapo editorial
Brass-knuckled hypocrisy in Virginia
Voters will get a chance to reject anti-democratic gamesmanship in an April referendum.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
"It's more soccer moms than hardcore activists, they said. But the challenging conditions have brought them closer together. After knowing each other for just weeks, they feel like they’d give their lives to protect one another if necessary..." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Every American needs to watch this:
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[Impeachment⚖️Conviction] Brian Leong @sbkbrian.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“Like, wait, Julie, stop. You need to go back and get more people out. That’s why I'm still here.”
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Ms. Le: I did put in my resignation from the job too, but they couldn't find a replacement. So I gave them a specific time and -- to get it done. If they don't, then by all mean, I'm going to walk out. And before I walk out, I was able to release another individual, a juvenile. That kind of like a step -- like a barrier. Like, Wait, Julie, stop. You need to go back and get more people out. That's why I'm still here. 

I am here just trying to make sure that the agency understand how important it is to comply with all the court orders, which they have not done in the past or currently.pp 30-31:

Ms. Le: I am here as a bridge and a liaison between the one that in jail, because if I walk out -- sometime I wish you would just hold me in contempt, Your Honor, so that I can have a full 24 hours of sleep. I work days and night just because people still in there.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program. This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE. Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
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Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/02/2026
Key Takeaways from NIH Director Bhattacharya's hearing from Miriam and Bethesda Declaration whistleblower Jenna Norton (speaking in personal capacity). Our analysis? "Oof." (1/3 🧵)
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 04/02/2026
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
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Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Tapping the sign again.
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Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 03/02/2026
On this day in 1948, an all-white jury sentenced a Black woman and two of her teenage sons to death for killing an armed white man in self-defense.
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Feb. 3, 1948 | Black Woman and Her Children Sentenced to Die for Defending Themselves
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets. These are their stories:
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What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
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treeelf.bsky.social @treeelf.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Minnesota Republican officials stand firm, supporting the terror directed at Minnesotans, the execution of citizens. sahanjournal.com/democracy-po...
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Here’s where Minnesota Republicans stand on immigration, Good and Pretti killings
Here's where 112 Minnesota Republicans in the Legislature, governor’s race and Congress stand on immigration, Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
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Adam Overland @adamoverland.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I gathered tonight w/ other highly paid violent rioters at the site of the murder of Alex Pretti where we did violent things like sing songs with about love & respect and being there for one another. And we said goodbye to a man who dedicated his life to caring for others #iceout #minneapolis
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process. This is one that stands out: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
New at Can We Still Govern? "I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government." Please read, share, help. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
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Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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Disco Gnostic @mazov.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Jesse Welles doing that thing he's really good at
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treeelf.bsky.social @treeelf.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Way to go Chicago! blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/18/t...
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Chicago's Massive No Kings March Stretches Two Miles Through Loop
The No Kings rally in Downtown Chicago was just one of many planned for around the Chicago area and the country.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown. Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
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Lile @lilelile.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
We could have given them that info for free, at any time. All they’ve had to do is ask. Every salesperson knows the rule about 24 questions. When your business is toys and fantasy, you don’t cater to people canceling school lunches and zip tying 6 years olds.
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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Someone posted this on another site and I had to share. Powerful words to describe our so-called president. It’s almost impossible to believe that this is America in 2025.
Festering Carcass by: Oliver Kornetzke

Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk, and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul-all spray-painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a county fair. Not a president. Not even a man. Just the diseased distillation of everything this country swears it isn't but has always been-arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed exalted as ambition, and corruption worshiped like gospel. It is America's shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn't just lose its soul—it shits out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader.
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Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 05/07/2025
We need to tax the rich! Repost if you agree.
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treeelf.bsky.social @treeelf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
If you're in line to reshore manufacturing to the US and open a trinket factory staffed by brain scientists STAY IN LINE
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The House of Representatives will vote on the SAVE Act today - call your Representative and tell them to vote NO! 202-224-3121
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Opportunity Wisconsin @opportunitywi.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
#MedicaidAwarenessMonth Reminder: Republicans in Congress passed a budget resolution that could force about a trillion from Medicaid- which provides care to seniors, kids, pregnant people, & those w/ disabilities. Rep Bryan Steil & Rep Derrick Van Orden voted for it.
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Read the law for yourself: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/sta...
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Elle @nofearofnight.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
been thinking about this poem by @clintsmithiii.bsky.social constantly lately
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Bus shelter in London, UK‼️ Well done People vs Elon 👏
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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
🚨 Trump and Musk want to fire federal workers, gut public services, and hand our government to billionaires. We’re not letting that happen. 📢 Join us this Thursday at 8PM ET for a mass call to hear how we fight back—together.
Alt Text: A digital flyer with a dark red background promotes the "Save Our Services: LET US WORK Mass Call" event. The main text is in bold white and light blue, with "LET US WORK" in large, uppercase white letters and "MASS CALL" in bold outlined text. Below, the flyer highlights four featured speakers with circular headshots: Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Robert Reich (Former Secretary of Labor & Co-Founder of Inequality Media), Liz Shuler (President, AFL-CIO), and Maurice Mitchell (National Director, Working Families Party). The event is scheduled for Thursday, March 13th at 8PM ET / 5PM PT, with a call to action in bold: "Register: bit.ly/march13RSVP."

On the left side, logos of supporting organizations are stacked vertically, including the Federal Unionists Network (FUN), AFL-CIO, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), Working Families Party (WFP), and MoveOn.

At the bottom, white text reads "+ more!!" indicating additional speakers. The flyer visually emphasizes urgency and collective action against federal worker layoffs.
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Savascha @savascha.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
This is the anthem I hope people yell at ICE when they try to take neighbors or friends The Neighborhood Kids, Kids in Cages
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 20/02/2025
Hey, look, here’s @chriswarcraft.bsky.social out there walking the walk www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...
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Former NFL player Chris Kluwe arrested after attacking ‘corrupt’ Maga movement
Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested in California on Tuesday after protesting against what he said was a tribute to the Maga movement
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