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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

It's somehow even dumber than this because they'll instead build natural gas infrastructure, so we're paying them to stop something that doesn't rely on peace with Iran to be cheap for something that does

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Interesting. Kent resigns from NCTC

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The pro-Israel, crypto, and AI lobbies have spent $21M+ to influence tomorrow's Illinois primary via innocuously-named Super PACs like "Elect Chicago Women". Not a single one of their ads mentions Israel, crypto, or AI. Citizens United is corrupting our system every day.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/02/2026

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.

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European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"

The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 02/02/2026

📌 Released Palestinian prisoner Khaled Al-Sayfi has died a week after his release from Israeli prisons in critical condition, from the Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Shehab News reports. Israeli human rights group B’Tselem says Israeli prisons have been turned into a coordinated network of torture camps...

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📌 Released Palestinian prisoner Khaled Al-Sayfi has died a week after his release from Israeli prisons in critical condition, from the Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Shehab News reports.

Israeli human rights group B’Tselem says Israeli prisons have been turned into a coordinated network of torture camps for Palestinian detainees, documenting widespread, systematic abuse including deliberate starvation, denial of medical care, extreme overcrowding, prolonged shackling, physical and psychological violence, and in many cases sexual violence including rape, based on testimonies and monitoring by the group.

The report lists 84 Palestinians who died in custody since October 2023, including one minor, with prisoners from Gaza, the West Bank, and Israeli citizenship, and notes that Israeli authorities are still withholding most of their bodies.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, was abducted in Minneapolis. He died in ICE’s El Paso detention camp 8 days later on Jan 14. ICE calls it suicide. They didn’t send his body to the El Paso County ME who just classified another “suicide” at that camp a homicide. They sent him to an army medical center.

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Family questions federal investigation of Nicaraguan migrant’s death at Camp East Montana

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The lawyer representing the family of the third detainee to die at Camp East Montana said the family is skeptical that he may have committed suicide. As we previ…

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

A man was choked so hard that his blood vessels burst in his eyelids and his death was ruled a homicide. This is a rogue agency. It needs to be torn down and replaced with a new federal agency that respects human and constitutional rights and has civil rights oversight.

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brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“

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Shahana Hanif @shahanafrombk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

ICE snatched a NYC Council staffer following the law—going to a routine immigration appointment. This is an attack on due process, on our city, and on every immigrant here. Release them now.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

The Supreme Court sets aside lower court decisions upholding convictions for bribery related to the FIFA scandal because the Trump administration decided to dismiss those criminal cases "in the interests of justice." The FIFA prosecution ends in a whimper. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

CERTIORARI -- SUMMARY DISPOSITIONS
25-390 ) FULL PLAY GROUP, S.A. V. UNITED STATES, ET AL.
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25-396 ) LOPEZ, HERNAN V. UNITED STATES, ET AL.
The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. The
judgment is vacated, and the cases are remanded to the United
States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for further
consideration in light of the pending motion to dismiss the
indictment.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Kristi Noem claimed a few months ago that they arrested the girlfriend of the leader of Antifa and that was going to lead to the prosecution of the entire “organization.” What happened with that? Any updates?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

This entire article is positive about Trump Gold Cards. It contains positive quotes about it from Trump, Lutnick and a CEO. It contains no quotes from the many critics of the program. This is sandwiched between 6 posts about Erika Kirk. CBS is lost.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Kristi Noem is mad that protesters are blowing whistles at ICE agents.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 10/11/2025

Tonight was a very bad night.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate. Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.” So I don’t know man.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/11/2025

ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

X is a fascist propaganda website. If you’re on X, you’re helping keep people on a fascist propaganda website.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/11/2025

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

mamdani is the model for future dem candidates and it can work in all 50 states. not the boring milquetoast candidates who refuse to take a position on hot button issues. they inspire nobody but dnc ad makers.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103. 12 days of work in 103 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 03/11/2025

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 03/11/2025

even when far rightwingers are having an extremely positive experience on all fronts they’re still able to hallucinate a situation where they’re the victim

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

for some, it's more appealing to get off the couch for a group that can move 1000 people to do anything (march, chant, make art projects) than 10 people who'd be doing something more effective in the alternate universe where 990 others joined. the solution to this isn't a critique of art protests

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March. The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org. Details:

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I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...

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Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, At Least 17 County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody

To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernment...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 79th day out of the last 91. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20/10/2025

Lisa Porter, who lives a couple of blocks away from Fisher, had to take deep breaths before describing her interactions with agents. She yelled at Border Patrol agents parked near her house to leave for several minutes in the early afternoon, she said, inspired by videos she had seen of Chicago residents who had chased ICE agents out of their neighborhoods.

“Just based on how I feel after this, I cannot imagine — or, I see what people are going through, and it is unspeakable,” Porter said. “And I’m a white lady who’s sitting in a nice suburb in Chicago.”

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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Kamala May Have Won. Indications Of Elections Fraud The missing votes uncovered in Smart Elections’ legal case in Rockland County, New York, are just the tip of the iceberg—an iceberg that extends across the swing states and into Texas.

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She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.

How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2025

the chris caldwell of 1948 would have been arguing against desegregation of the armed forces www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

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Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good

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the book of james 5:4 skretta @unionjames.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

embarrassing journalism. this photo is not from present day Portland.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

This is an image from 1992, in case you were curious

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2025

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Trump only really knows how to talk to his base. Problem is the mainstream media covers up for him so people not following politics have no sense for how dire the emergency is. And the Dem leadership doesn’t say much about it either.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Folks need to understand that when Trump says blue cities are burning down his supporters believe it cause that’s what Fox has been telling them for years, and no objective reality can penetrate that bubble. Otoh most normal people think that kind of talk is bonkers.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

As you read this puff piece about how brave and steadfast Amy Coney Barrett is, keep in mind that the house of South Carolina circuit court judge Diane Goodstein exploded over the weekend and some of her family members barely escaped with their lives. She had recently ruled against the admin.

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As justices confront harassment, death threats and an assassination attempt, Barrett declares "I'm not afraid"

In an interview with CBS News, Justice Amy Coney Barrett said of the Supreme Court's emergency orders in the Trump cases, "This isn't the final decision."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 03/10/2025

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.

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South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/10/2025

The university compact being offered to universities requires colleges to eliminate the recognition of trans people and ban them from bathrooms, locker rooms, and gender segregated dorms. www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

Alt text: Screenshot of text describing the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." It says the compact asks universities to adopt the government’s definition of gender for bathrooms, locker rooms, and women’s sports teams. It also asks colleges to stop considering race, gender, and other demographics in admissions and to require undergraduates to take the SAT or ACT.

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