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Tim Richman

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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026
Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m…
MYTH: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor.

FACT: You are the poor.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 11/08/2026
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Now @apnews.com has a deeply reported story confirming the recently-hired ICE officer who shot a man in Maine had serious mental health issues and a long history of violence against women. This comes after ICE slashed hiring standards and rushed some into the field before background checks cleared.
By  JACK BROOK, MICHAEL R. SISAK, AMANDA SWINHART and CLAIRE GALOFARO
Updated 7:59 PM EDT, July 16, 2026
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood and never should have been given a badge and gun to patrol American streets, several of his close relatives told The Associated Press.

David Brouillette has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, according to those relatives. They accuse him of attacking women in his life over the years, and one shared a voicemail with the AP from last winter in which he told her that he thought someone should slit her throat.

Brouillette’s troubling past further challenges how thoroughly the Department of Homeland Security has vetted recruits as it went on a hiring spree to help carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

At least 10 people have died in encounters with immigration agents since Trump launched the crackdown after retaking office, including 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a Colombian national who was shot and killed by Brouillette on Monday while in his car near his home in the coastal Maine city of Biddeford.

DHS, which hasn’t released the name of the officer who killed Durán Guerrero, has said the “vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon.”
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED, HILLARY....
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The Norwegian Football Association donated all proceeds and ticket revenues (totaling over $350,000) from their World Cup qualifying match against Israel to Doctors Without Borders for humanitarian aid in Gaza. Guess which team I’m rooting for . . .
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
100 years ago.
The klan marching in front of the US Capitol in 1926
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This is Therese Patricia Okoumou, who 8 years ago on this day climbed the Statue of Liberty to protest ICE disappearances
Therese Patricia Okoumou holding a t-shirt reading “rise and resist” while sitting on the Statue of Liberty Patricia Therese Okoumou at the moment of her arrest, wearing a t-shirt reading “white supremacy is terrorism”
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It’s a floor wax and a dessert topping! @pipercat.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Here are well known socialists Greg Abbott and Rudy Giuliani asking their constituents to turn their thermostats up to 78 degrees during a heatwave: www.nyc.gov/html/om/html... www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
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Abbott to Texans: Try To Use Less Power | Houston Public Media
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday made this appeal to Texans: Curb your electricity use, if you can — for the grid's sake.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
i just filled all the squares on my don’t threaten me with a good time bingo card
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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Directed by Sean Penn
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Elizabeth Bonawitz @ebonawitz.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Darmok and Jalad at Potomac
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I don't know why Trump's so upset. He's usually so into redacting his name.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Thank you.
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Tom Powell Jr @tompowelljr.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Hey @gene4va.bsky.social what are you doing
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Tim Richman @trichman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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The Chief Justice and His Wife Took $20 Million From Firms He Rules On. I'm Filing for His Disbarment Today.
And you can too.
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 22/04/2026
Climate change is worsening dirty air, and communities of color are most affected, the American Lung Association says in a new report. Nearly half the nation’s children live in places with dangerous levels of air pollution, the group warns.
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Almost Half of America’s Kids Are Breathing Toxic Air - Inside Climate News
The American Lung Association’s annual report finds that climate change is making dirty air worse, especially for communities of color. The Trump administration keeps targeting rules meant to help.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
BBC Investigation: “Some analysts say it bears the hallmarks of illegal insider trading.”
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The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency
The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.
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Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Hey everybody! I am taking the helm of this classic American institution with @theonion.com and want to know what you fine folks would like to see from us.
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Leila Brillson @leilza.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for.
Infowars/Onion combo logo in rainbow saying “I support the onion’s hostile media takeover.”
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This deserves a Yesbel Prize
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404 Media @404media.co · 10/03/2026
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
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Tim Richman @trichman.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Accidental timing? 😡😡 www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...
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Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say | CNN Politics
Just days before the United States launched a major military operation in Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring th...
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Shoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Wow the exact same amount he was suing the IRS for. He just took it. Not only impeachable but [Redacted] as well.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
We are off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸 www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Can’t believe I‘m saying this, but Bill Clinton put out a pretty powerful statement about the killings in Minneapolis.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.”
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Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Remember when information security was *the* most pressing issue for any potential administration, so much so that even having a secure server outside of a controlled environment was a months-long scandal? Second question: what material do you think those curtains are made of?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/01/2026
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 02/01/2026
Stolen valor
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Please watch
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
He's undoubtedly planning the Mother of all Distractions but can't think of anything to top flying over a city in a crown dropping poo on American citizens.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/10/2025
Trump Defends Demolition Of Yggdrasil, Ancient Tree Of Life theonion.com/trump-defends-demoliti…
Trump Defends Demolition Of Yggdrasil, Ancient Tree Of Life
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
"No, we don't want a monarchy, we want a theocracy" is a not the flex they think it is.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Who could have imagined that firing live artillery rounds over the planet's second busiest roadway might be a bad idea
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
So no terrorism then?
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 14/10/2025
"The Post’s motto is ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness,’ but it doesn’t do well in false equivalence either." @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @rparloff.bsky.social respond to a recent Washington Post editorial that equates the prosecution of James Comey to Jack Smith's indictments of Donald Trump.
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The Situation: Democracy Dies in Both Sides-ism
The Washington Post editorial on the Comey indictment was a failure of moral reasoning.
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Tim Richman @trichman.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/fact...
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Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops » Yale Climate Connections
A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer...
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Politico @politico.com · 14/10/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 14/10/2025
these people know how extreme they are
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 26/09/2025
ICE agent suspended after shoving woman and saying ‘adios’ after husband detained
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ICE agent suspended after shoving woman and saying ‘adios’ after husband detained
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Wow, Fox News! Headline: "Trump hounds Bondi to prosecute adversaries in now-deleted post" Also: "About an hour after the Truth Social post was sent and deleted, the president sent a more amiable post, commending Bondi for her 'careful' work over the last 8 months" www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump hounds Bondi to prosecute adversaries in now-deleted social media post: 'They're all guilty as hell'
President Donald Trump deleted a Truth Social post demanding Attorney General Pam Bondi prosecute James Comey, Adam Schiff and Letitia James, calling her 'all talk, no action.'
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
"they made the investigation go away"
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Realities 🌐 @insuret.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 29/08/2025
Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia.
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
You spelled ENDANGERING wrong, @nytimes.com. “Pushing the boundaries” is a *positive* frame implying unconventional innovations. There are no innovations here. Just medieval anti-science populist attacks on some of best methods of truth seeking we have.
How the Trump-Kennedy Alliance Is Pushing the Boundaries of Public Health
The mutually beneficial relationship between President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is based on a striking alignment of some of their views.The two exchanges crystallized the mutually beneficial nature of the relationship between the two men, an alliance driven by political calculation and a striking alignment of some of their views. Their ties have empowered Mr. Kennedy to push the boundaries of public health and science with the support of the president, who in turn benefits from Mr. Kennedy’s coalition of followers opposed to vaccines and health mandates.
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Why are so many Americans interested in celebrating Bastille Day extra hard this year? It's a puzzlement, isn't it? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Crown with red X through it. Below, NO KINGS
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The Department of Defense will begin using Grok, the AI chatbot built by Elon Musk’s start-up xAI, the company announced www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Photo of Grok's logo
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