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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just so I understand: immigrants (and their children) are bad for America because they don’t “assimiliate.” But loving college football and going nuts when your team wins is…just a bridge too far? Just trying to keep up
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: Today, I'm introducing a bill to BAN corporate takeovers of your doctor's office. Doctors should be able to care for their patients without greedy private equity investors getting in the way. Let's get this done.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 31/08/2026
In recent years, there has been attention and worries about how reading has changed among kids. Those concerns include the nature of what kids are reading and how many fewer books are part of their education diet. to.pbs.org/4yqeHRe
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'Post-literate age': Why fewer Americans are reading for pleasure
In recent years, there has been attention and worries about how reading has changed among kids. Those concerns include the nature of what kids are reading and how many fewer books are part of their education diet. A new cover story in The Atlantic is ca...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Bravo @mapquest.com…. for not bending the knee! #LakeOntario-Now&Forever🇨🇦
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 05/08/2026
President Trump is selling early access to his social media posts. Truth Social launched a subscription service giving a first look at posts from the president. to.pbs.org/4wcAjy9
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Paid early access to Trump's posts raises insider trading questions
President Trump is selling early access to his social media posts. Truth Social launched a subscription service giving a first look at posts from the president. The price tag is reportedly up to $100,...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/07/2026
This is another step towards a one-party state: only give government grants to your political friends www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It's part of a major federal court case over those cancelations. Here's what the government admitted as part of a process meant to avoid discovery (and perhaps spare it from sharing more damaging records):
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If you are asking how to support my work, I have only one ask: Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. Thanks. demdock.com/4w6emld
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/07/2026
We watched Trump's dangerous and deranged speech so you don't have to. Here are the moments you need to know about:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
So the evil masterminds who supposedly rigged the election to defeat Trump in 2020 because he was a threat to the Deep State then let him win in 2024 and allowed his party to also win the senate and house?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
Oyer: "2 days after Blanche was confirmed as deputy AG, he fired me from my position as DOJ's career pardon attorney. I declined to rubber stamp a favor for a friend of the president, and it cost me my job. Mr Blanche's office had asked me to restore the gun rights of a convicted domestic abuser..."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/07/2026
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.” (Published July 2025)
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A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/07/2026
The White House announced on Friday that President Trump had issued pardons to 11 men, most of whom had been convicted of crimes related to the Clean Air Act, a bedrock environmental law.
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Trump Pardons Violators of the Clean Air Act and a Major Donor
The president used his clemency power to further undermine environmental laws and to help a political supporter who pleaded guilty in a fraud involving Jack Abramoff.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/07/2026
President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion dollars from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows, locking in profits while his investors were socked with losses. to.pbs.org/4ygiG35
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Trump took in about $1.2 billion from crypto businesses last year, financial disclosure shows
President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion dollars from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows, locking in profits while his investors were socked with losses...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If Trump could rewrite the 14th Amendment by executive order, then every constitutional guarantee is vulnerable That’s why this case mattered and why our brave client stood up Today, the rule of law won @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social👇 -TN
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Best Twitter riposte of the day.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation. This is a national crisis. Trump thinks the public will stop paying attention. So I went to the Senate floor to call his bluff. I told the ENTIRE STORY of his 500 days of corruption. 1/ Here it is - in one🧵
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Prime Day reminder that Amazon... -Helps fuel ICE's deportations -Gave $1M to Trump's inauguration -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $75M for the Melania doc -Donated to Trump's ballroom -Wants to reboot The Apprentice w/ Don Jr
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The Trump administration is moving to weaken environmental protections for oil, gas, and coal companies operating on public lands. Today the Interior Department has proposed cutting drilling fees and loosening methane pollution requirements,
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Buttons (Ashley) 🏴‍☠️#OFMDForLife🏴‍☠️ 🏳️‍🌈🤡 @sevensugars.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/06/2026
madness
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This is insane. This is ritual economic suicide. It's like doubling down on horses and buggies in 1920.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 17/06/2026
Scientists at Trump’s EPA say they are being told to make chemical risks “disappear on paper.” When a safety test shows danger, supervisors reportedly ask them to keep shrinking the scenario until the poison looks safe. Senior scientists reassigned to paperwork.
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Alex Cuadros @alexcuadros.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
1/ You've probably never heard of Jeffery Hildebrand. But this billionaire Trump donor is one of the oil industry's top polluters — and the poster boy for a huge climate problem that's actually relatively easy to fix... 🧵
A man in a green jersey and helmet and holding a polo stick sits on a horse.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
What White House? 👀 #TrashyTackyTawdry_tRump 🤢
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I talk to a lot of folks in real life about data centers. I have never run into even one who supports them, aside from the folks sent to our towns to sell them to us. Dems should lean into this. The Rs are generally in favor of letting corporations steal our water and power and quality of life.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 12/06/2026
Democracy Defenders is doing vital work.  This is a transparently absurd fishing expedition.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Just a reminder that SpaceX's projections of future profits are based on the idea that the company will make $22.7 trillion, yes I said $22.7 TRILLION, from businesses buying subscriptions to Grok, the Nazi nonconsensual-porn chatbot.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 12/06/2026
🚨NEWS: The Trump administration quietly waived key longstanding investor protection rules ahead of the IPO for Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to government documents reviewed by @levernews.com. The exemption "has never been provided before," according to one financial watchdog.
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Regulators Waived Investor Protections For SpaceX’s Wall Street Moonshot
As Wall Street gears up for SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO, regulators quietly granted brokerages an extraordinary exemption from rules protecting customers if markets turn volatile.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/06/2026
As climate threats grow, the Trump admin is dismantling the tools scientists use to protect our communities. Ignoring the science won’t change the reality - it just leaves us less prepared for it. Article: zurl.co/6jDTk
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Scientists warn Trump plan to axe US ocean monitoring system will leave world ‘flying blind’
Experts say dismantling the ocean observation system will ‘severely degrade’ the accuracy of weather predictions
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“The Trump administration [allegedly] sought to assign bogus death dates to 2.7M people living in the U.S., a flagrantly illegal misuse of Social Security Administration (SSA) data intended to pressure immigrants into leaving the country, a new government insider account reveals.” 6/5/26 … 1/
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Trump administration weaponized Social Security records, attempting to falsely declare 2.7 million people as dead - Katz Banks Kumin LLP
The Trump administration sought to assign bogus death dates to 2.7 million people living in the United States.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 05/06/2026
Today, we gave Republicans a choice: Do they want to support people who assaulted police on Jan 6th or the police officers who defended the Capitol on that day. They made their choice. Another shameful vote from Republicans to send your tax dollars to these criminals.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 05/06/2026
At around 5am, after voting all night, Senate Republicans voted to give ICE $70 BILLION more in your taxpayer dollars. No reforms or changes made.  We can still fight this.
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Sue Stone @knittingknots.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Scientists warn Trump plan to axe US ocean monitoring system will leave world ‘flying blind’ | US news | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Scientists warn Trump plan to axe US ocean monitoring system will leave world ‘flying blind’
Experts say dismantling the ocean observation system will ‘severely degrade’ the accuracy of weather predictions
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Blake Wexler @blakewexler.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Give it up for the American healthcare system!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/06/2026
NEW: Trump repealed Biden’s zero-tolerance policy for gun dealers who willfully violated the law, invited revoked dealers to reapply and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work, while ATF referred fewer gun-trafficking charges to prosecutors.
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“No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking
After Biden clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/05/2026
Sen. Andy Kim: "People are angry, frustrated, feeling like they're seeing and hearing about things happening on our soil with our taxpayer dollars that are not in line with our values as a nation. I feel it too."
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science
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Robert Faturechi @robert-faturechi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
New: A top White House aide intervened to get a $620 million Pentagon loan for a company tied to Donald Trump Jr. “The call came from the White House: We have to get this done,” said one person involved. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
An indelible image from outside Delaney Hall last night. (📸 by Dean Moses) www.amny.com/news/delaney...
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 26/05/2026
I saw chaos inside and outside of the ICE detention center Delaney Hall today. Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. 1/4
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
This photo of Andy Kim in the moments before ICE gassed everyone at Delaney Hall is going into the history books. We need more of this from our electeds.
Senator Andy Kim runs into the street as an ICE armored vehicle behind him prepares to deploy chemical agents against protestors in front of Delaney Hall concentration camp in Newark, NJ. His hands are outstretched and he appears to be shouting.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Here’s what men in high-risk jobs need to get by.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of our voter clients, we just won DOJ voter data case. We are 6-0 and DOJ is 0-7. www.democracydocket.com/cases/maine-...
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🚨 United States of America v. Bellows
Learn more.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
"The best any economist can do right now is get the order of magnitude right, and my math suggests the Iran war will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, and very possibly trillions. "War is hell. And hell comes with a hefty price tag."
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The U.S. Forest Service isn’t managing forests anymore. It’s running a timber operation and poisoning everything else to do it. A yearlong investigation by Mother Jones found that the Forest Service and private logging companies are systematically spraying thousands of
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