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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
An undercover agent attended an anti-ICE meeting at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in suburban Minneapolis, recorded the license plates of attendees and then matched the plates to their owners, creating dossiers that included photos, addresses, and info about their families and employment.
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This federal case against Minnesota protesters is worth watching if you care about your civil liberties
A discovery motion could reveal how far DHS went in surveilling Minnesota activists and other administration critics.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/09/2026
NEW: Over the “strongest possible” objections of a federal prosecutor handling the case, Trump DOJ officials quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an ICE agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.
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Trump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” Objections
A prosecutor planned to file civil rights charges — similar to those brought against the officers who killed George Floyd — against an ICE agent. In an email we exclusively obtained, he reveals that T...
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Brendon Boo-zard 🎃 @brendonbouzard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This exchange is so good.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 02/09/2026
MapQuest is now the No. 1 U.S. app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renaming
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MapQuest is now the No. 1 U.S. app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renaming
The once-dominant mapping app has surged to the top of Apple’s U.S. App Store after refusing to adopt Trump’s “Lake America” name, drawing more than half of its 2026 U.S. downloads in just six days.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
No words to describe how horrifying this is www.springfieldnewssun.com/tncms/asset/...
A 20-year-old Wright State student took his own life on Interstate 70 out of anguish over a required
ICE ankle monitor, according to local community advocates.
Pierre Damas Bel was a new student at Wright State University. He was fitted with an ankle monitor in July.
Pastor Carl Ruby of Central Christian Church wrote on social media that Bel threw himself in front of a semi "after being teased by fellow students at Wright State about his ankle monitor."
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Beverly Tweetmaker @bvrlytweetmaker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Dude's really telling on himself with this one
"So far, I've just been like 'I'm not going to do that.' My fear is that it just gets captured by some ideology and I lose control over it," he said. "If you look at the Ford Foundation, I think Henry Ford would be turning over in his grave if he knew what they were up to."
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Twin @twinswords.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Gift article: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted (Gift Article)
As immigration arrests hit record highs, ICE appears closer than ever to meeting its goal of 2,000 daily arrests.
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Twin @twinswords.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is in Open Revolt Against the Constitution (Gift Article)
The mail-in voting fiasco is the latest proof that we have another reconstruction ahead of us.
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Jesse O'Lantern, LGPC @jesseberney.com · 29/08/2026
JD Vance in particular deserves to burn for this.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 28/08/2026
“Land of the free” is looking a little less free. The U.S. declined on 8 out of 9 civil and political rights measured in 2025. A look at the data:
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The United States’ human rights practices are taking a nosedive
New data from a global rights-tracking project shows the country had large declines in 2025 on 8 of the 9 civil and political rights it measures.
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Twin @twinswords.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to discusses the growing hostility among some Democratic voters toward American Jews. youtu.be/crtJe0n1b5s?...
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What Are Jewish Voters Supposed to Do? | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Jon Husted voted against the release of the Epstein files just weeks after accepting a maximum campaign contribution from an Epstein co-conspirator. Jon Husted isn’t fighting for Ohioans, he’s looking out for the predators and creeps funding his campaign.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
JD Vance is at 14. Can’t wait for someone to ask JD how he feels about being outsold by The Nerd Reich.
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 26/08/2026
Another "voter fraud" allegation collapses: Trump claimed three states had more than 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote, but months later, the Department of Homeland Security is claiming only 185 such cases exist. It hasn't provided what basis it has for accusing them to Nevada:
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DHS acknowledges the noncitizen numbers it touted on voter rolls were inflated
The Trump administration claimed to have found 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls in four states. But the agency's communications with states since then indicate that data was preliminary.
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bjkeefe @bjkeefe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Nice piece of work. Not just an editorial, but a 12-element tracking index.
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Twin @twinswords.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | Trump’s Election Interference Is Eroding American Democracy (Gift Article)
The president is prioritizing his own interests over the national interest.
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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Listening to median voters is a good reminder to hot take slingers--leftist and moderate alike--who are certain that their perfect message will unlock unprecedented victories.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We need more prominent political figures to talk shit openly about the disgusting, criminal, child-raping president. Have some balls, Y'all. It makes him mad. Hopefully, it causes a heart attack.
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Twin @twinswords.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Maybe we *should* annex Canada, if it means we could elect Prime Minister Carney president. Wouldn’t it be perfect if Carney won the presidency in 2028 and then thee Trump and his thousands of enablers in prison for the rest of their lives? Here’s a gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/w...
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Carney Slams U.S.-Canada Trade Proposal and Vows Retaliation (Gift Article)
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a powerful speech to Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after ordering negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs.
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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Aug. 21, 1926: Scenes from the immigrant receiving center at Ellis Island. A class for English learners; a matron helps girls to make their own clothes; two new arrivals, a Syrian Jew and a Russian.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Ten years ago, David Michael Levin was convicted of hacking into government election websites. Now, he appears to have been hired by the Trump DOJ to...wait for it...monitor elections.
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Exclusive: Trump DOJ appears to have hired lawyer convicted of hacking election sites to check ‘integrity’
Levin’s involvement in election monitoring could offer a hint of the kind of personnel who will staff the operation this fall, when the DOJ has said it will send 1,000 monitors to the polls.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/08/2026
This month, he appears to have joined DOJ's Civil Rights Division — standing beside senior Voting Section counsel at a Minneapolis polling site until an election judge stopped to check his credentials.
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TechFreedom @techfreedom.org · 21/08/2026
What if “harmful content” just means political beliefs someone disagrees with? On the latest Tech Policy Podcast, new host @aricohn.com sits down with @taylorlorenz.bsky.social to unpack the free speech and privacy implications of laws like the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). tinyurl.com/2b9yh6k9
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Moderates (who want Dems to move right) say moving right is necessary if the party wants to reassemble lost supermajorities: arguable. Moderates (who want Dems to move right) say democracy can't be restored without supermajorities (which require moving right): Dead wrong, don't fall for it.
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This Is How Democrats Talk Themselves Out Of Wielding Power
Every party wants to win as many elections as possible. But a supermajority can not be a prerequisite for democratic renewal in America.
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 19/08/2026
but that is what the accurate history of communism forces us to sit with: the part where people really do mean what they say, and when given power, put it into practice-- no matter the cost
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Fascists Really Believe It
Millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
ICE and CBP are full of rapists and child predators. A new report details it in horrific detail.
forever-wars.com
The Sex Criminals and Child Abusers of ICE and CBP
Rape. Domestic violence. Epstein friendship. It's all tolerated by our valiant homeland-security apparatus. PLUS: COINTELPRO 2026
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
If she were actually his mistress, I think the White House would be bragging that he can still get it up. Because that's how they roll. The defensive reaction, I think, points to my interpretation. www.salon.com/2026/08/19/t...
salon.com
Trump aide Natalie Harp nurses his decline
The president's defensive reaction to rampant speculation reveals his fear of aging
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 17/08/2026
Use this Bookshop link to support independent booksellers and my newsletter. If you keep reading, I’ll keep fighting. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
“This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires linked to the second Trump administration...It’s an ominous look at an insular el...
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 17/08/2026
This is IT! “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy” drops tomorrow (8/18) 1st week sales are crucial to success. So: Give the tech fascists hell, make “The Nerd Reich” sell! Big things coming! Be a part of this moment—please buy it wherever you get your books.
Cover of the nerd Reich book coming August 18
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I’m in
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Rosie O’Donnell is guest hosting the Jimmy Kimmel show all week. From her monologue tonight: “….And if you thought the President hated Jimmy Kimmel Live when it was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, buckle up, people. Buckle up!”
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
First, this whole story is completely crazy. Trump wants to redesign already in production new class of aircraft carriers so they look more like the ones from WW2. Let's put a pin that absolute insanity. But there's an aspect of this that if anything this .. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
washingtonpost.com
Navy weighs major warship redesign to match Trump’s preferences
The president wants the new fleet of aircraft carriers to more resemble those from World War II. Such a change could cost billions.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 15/08/2026
Corporations raking in cash, but not a penny goes to the citizens who actually paid for these stupid, destructive tariffs. And prices will not come down now, either.
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Twin @twinswords.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/m...
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He Was Deported to a Country He’d Never Heard Of. He May Never Go Free. (Gift Article)
As the Trump administration sends a growing number of immigrants to countries they have no connection to, some find themselves imprisoned with no way out.
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Twin @twinswords.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Absolutely shameful. The act is horrifying. The fact that it passes with virtually no notice or complaint is even worse.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Back in January Elon Musk retweeted a Nazi who was in the habit of using the term “goyslop.” This Jerr guy’s worldview is not hard to discern.
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Lot of young White men just want White representation in movies, TV and video games.
They want to see White men who are not faggots in their goyslop. All they want is better slave slop and they will go back to sleep. But it's too late to go back. We don't want better goyslop, we are far beyond that now. Don't join the neutered Whites begging for their slave slop back. The slop got soured and now we are liberated. Thank feminists and jews for ruining the slop.
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If White men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while White men hold a collective majority, then they will be 1000x times more hostile and cruel when they are a majority ov... Show more
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All I want is to live in a White country. Nothing else matters. Don't care about browns, blacks, jews or yellows. Just want to live among my own kin. Just want social trust and White solidarity.
Young White men will accept nothing but mass deportations and remigration. From the US to Europe. We are tired of the crime, rape and hate for our ancestors. The non-Whites can do that in their shithole homelands.
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Listen, Im a sex philosopher. Men need to be just as sexist as they are racist. Make sure to read my first book, The Wall Speaks. White men are worthless if they are simping to White women. Add skill points to sexism and racism.
Get ahead of the curve.
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Jerr @ @jerr_rej. 12/31/25
White men killing their own White kin in WW2 was the true holocaust.
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driftglass @driftglass.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
To misquote the West Wing, total tonnage of what Joe Rogan doesn't know could stun a team of oxen in its tracks.
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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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Sam Ulmschneider @samulmschneider.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.
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The pundits have completely lost the plot
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026
Prediction markets are not predictive and should not be covered as news

Kalshi Politics

@KalshiPolitics
TODAY: WISCONSIN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR NOMINEE ODDS:

🟦 Francesca Hong: 95%
🟦 David Crowley: 5%
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Funny how no one asked russia to halt strikes on Ukrainian civilians.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Relatedly, this useful @emptywheel.bsky.social timeline shows that Pirro moved to drop the case right after David Hearn made request for grand jury testimony. It sure looks like Pirro's office doesn't want more scrutiny of how they got grand jury to indict. emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/w...
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/08/2026
If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future. The @theguardian.com just published an amazing piece about my book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy." Coming August 18! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 07/08/2026
Confronted with an obvious need for renewable energy, Trump admin officials used taxpayer money to scuttle an offshore wind project. Then they did it again. And again. And again. And this week, again. Total price tag in wasted taxpayer money: ~$4 billion and counting www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Team Trump uses taxpayer money to scuttle yet another renewable energy project
As one key Democratic member of Congress summarized, “It is hard to imagine a more backwards use of taxpayer money.”
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Twin @twinswords.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
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Incident at Texas School Underscores Concerns About Police Officers on Campuses
The incident, one of thousands of times that school officers in Texas have used physical force in recent years, underscores long-held concerns about policing in schools.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
noted this in morning piece. like any winning candidate in a rough primary, AES needs to coalesce Ds behind him. Involves outreach, etc. But one of the best ways to consolidate Democrats is to land punches against Republicans. Not just going on the attack but showing that your punches are landing.
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