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🏃‍♂️The Runner🏃‍♂️ @therunnner.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Priorities dontcha know
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/05/2026
People return to work for many reasons, but the biggest is financial need. As costs remain high, more retirees could be looking to re-enter the job market. nyti.ms/48Wnhwd
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The News & Observer @newsobserver.com · 11/05/2026
The government keeps details sparse about ICE detention centers: Here’s what we know about where most people arrested in NC land.
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Most people ICE arrested in NC go to detention sites where force was used 50 times
The government keeps details sparse about ICE detention centers: Here’s what we know about where most people arrested in NC land.
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tvance.bsky.social @tvance.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
newrepublic.com/article/2102...
newrepublic.com
Obamacare Subsidies: Are Republicans More Stupid Than They Are Cruel?
Many predicted last fall that if the Obamacare subsidies ended, millions would forgo health coverage. Gee, guess what’s happened?
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tvance.bsky.social @tvance.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Welp, Facebook’s AI bot suspended my account so I guess I’ll go on a social media diet until or if they decide to let me back on. My posts are no worse than the MAGATs’ and in most cases better. Most of what I post is news stories and columns and an occasional update on my family. Screw Facebook.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28/01/2026
A viral video has reignited concerns about overcrowding in federal immigration holding cells in Baltimore, where lawyers and Democratic lawmakers alleged detainees are being kept for as long as 10 days at a time in a site designed for much shorter stays.
washingtonpost.com
Viral video shows overcrowded conditions inside ICE facility in Maryland
Immigration advocates are suing over “inhumane conditions” at Baltimore’s holding cells, for alleged overcrowding and keeping detainees beyond ICE’s own 72-hour limit.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control. All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
nbcnews.com
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment. They are openly saying this. Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 24/05/2025
The move affects four clinics in Minnesota including two in the Twin Cities: Alexandria, Bemidji, Richfield and Apple Valley. They will layoff 66 staff members, reassign 37 others and cut 35 more positions in other ways.
mprnews.org
Planned Parenthood announces it will close 4 clinics in Minnesota
Planned Parenthood North Central States is closing eight of its 23 clinics due to budget problems including funding cuts. The four in Minnesota include Alexandria, Bemidji, Richfield and Apple Valley.
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Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Random reminder that banning members of Congress from trading stock is a total no brainer. They can use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake — it’s legalized corruption.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat. In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
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tvance.bsky.social @tvance.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia alive? Because the amount of resistance to addressing his being trafficked gives the distinct impression that either he is dead or what they have done to him is so unspeakable that they cannot afford for him to be freed, seen, or spoken with.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
What if you’re so outrageously incompetent you get it done in a matter of minutes?
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22/03/2025
Journalists are trying to understand Trump’s irrational behavior, and are generally unwilling to consider the possibility that it's not some grand strategy, but a madman with increasingly diminished mental faculties.
newrepublic.com
There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane.
His defenders try to apply reason to his erratic, nonsensical decisions. That’s a fool’s errand—but fools abound in this administration.
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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Trump announced that he won his club's golf championship yesterday. Somethings are important, and some are not. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
washingtonpost.com
Survivors pick through ruins after monster storm kills 40 across U.S.
Survivors are reckoning with the fatal storm system that spawned tornadoes, dust storms and fires across a handful of states this weekend.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I really like her
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
How many signs of democratic collapse do we need? A push to impeach judges not for misconduct but defying Trump? Refusal to honor a court order to turn around planes? Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act outside wartime? A budget clearing him to ignore Congress? Jailing students? The list goes on.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
For over 80 years, Voice of America delivered news to countries—many under authoritarian rule—where reliable information was scarce. Now, those broadcasts, once a vital tool for promoting democracy and transparency, are fading away.
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Plant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 25/02/2025
Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives. Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
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Lex Alexander @lexalexander.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
When you get rid of all your military lawyers, it's because you're going to order your military to commit criminal acts.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees. Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law Time to do things that make him react to you. apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Since Trump has claimed Elon doesn’t run DOGE, we wanted to make sure you know who is running our government. This list has been updated with 15 names.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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This is the most dangerous move yet
The canary is gasping for air
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
He nails it.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
DOGE Claims It Has Saved Billions. See Where.
A WSJ analysis of government data found that many claims of savings were overstated and “woke” cuts were only a tiny fraction of the total.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Donald Trump has reportedly spent an estimated $10.7 million worth of taxpayer money to play golf since his inauguration. This is happening as Head Start programs have struggled to access previously approved federal funding due to the Trump admin's illegal impoundment. Hello?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
At the behest of Wall Street donors, Congressional Republicans are trying to overturn the CFPB's new rule against predatory overdraft fees. The rule would have capped overdraft charges at $5, saving consumers $5B annually. The GOP is the party of junk fees.
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Banks Approve of Republicans Increasing Bank Fees
A Biden-era CFPB rule limiting overdraft fees is under challenge, and lawmakers used bank lobbyists for their testimonials.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Correct. This is a President of the United States declaring himself a dictator. And instead of Americans understanding that we’re now under imminent threat of martial law and tyranny, we’ll get a month of think pieces about what the President of the United States meant by his UNAMBIGUOUS statement.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Doing great 👍
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
from today's post — please read the whole thing, thanks! link is here: bit.ly/41irHtM
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
JFC indeed.
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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
It’s sad on the eve of Presidents Day it’s appropriate to have to post this.
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Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
A major new lawsuit asks a federal court to halt the Trump/Musk shutdown of USAID, reopen the building, reactivate the website, restore all grants and funding, and recall furlough notices to workers: fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, plaintiffs pray that this Court:
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Declare unlawful and set aside the decision to shut down USAID as
arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in
accordance with law under 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), contrary to constitutional right, power, privilege, or immunity under 5 U.S.C. $ 706(2)(B), and in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limitations, or short of statutory right under 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(C);
Issue a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction directing defendants to immediately cease actions to shut down USAID's operations in a manner not authorized by Congress and directing to them to take the following actions:
i. Appoint an independent Acting Director of USAID; ii. Reopen USAID buildings;
il. Restore all USAID computer systems and webpages;d.
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iv. Restore funding pursuant to the terms of all grants,
cooperative agreements, and contracts, consistent with the
terms of the agreements and any relevant statutes and
regulations;
v. Refrain from placing any additional workers on
administrative leave, or continuing the leave of those previously placed on administrative leave, unless such leave
is authorized by this Court after giving legitimate, non-
arbitrary, and particularized reasons;
vi. Recall furlough notices to affected workers unless specifically
authorized to do so by this Court after giving legitimate, non-
arbitrary, and particularized reasons;
vii. Recall mandatory evacuation orders.
Order Defendants to file a status report with the Court within 24 hours of entry of a temporary restraining order, and at regular intervals thereafter, confirming compliance with these orders.
Issue a permanent injunction barring executive agencies and agency
heads from taking any action to dissolve USAID absent the authorization of Congress;
Award Plaintiffs their costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and other disbursements as appropriate; and
Grant such other relief as the Court deems necessary, just, and proper.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.
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God @thegodshow.com · 05/02/2025
Thou shalt impeach the motherfucker.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/02/2025
Senate Democrats stayed on the chamber floor all night Wednesday to protest the nomination of Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025, to chair the Office of Management and Budget.
newrepublic.com
Democrats Work All Night to Block Key Trump Nominee
Senate Democrats are finally taking a stand against Donald Trump’s government rampage.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/02/2025
i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist
nytimes.com
Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing
Many Democrats and activists are rallying to defend diversity programs, but others say they distract from deeper efforts to address inequality.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections. Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 03/02/2025
Don't let Trump spin you, he backed down on the Mexican tariffs when the market dropped out, GOP electeds finding a backbone to complain, and the WSJ calling it the "dumbest trade war in history". Trump blinked and embarrassed himself plain and simple.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out. This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
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