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copy editor and stand-up comic. i'm a sports gay. lover, fighter, poet, schemer trans rights, BLM, green future my pronouns are they/them even if my fellow gays are hating on me for it 😙

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 7h
For almost 2 years now, DHS has repeatedly told me they're not detaining U.S. citizens It's simply not true So @propublica.org published the receipts: a searchable database of the 500+ citizens detained by immigration agents during this Trump administration projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h
That’s the plan.
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V as in Very Bad @v-liketheletter.bsky.social · 6h
It took less than a full term to completely eliminate the idea that the President serves the people of the US. The President is the star of a show called White House now I guess
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V as in Very Bad @v-liketheletter.bsky.social · 6h
there is literally no data for this at all, none. I'm sure children have died, but they are just saying this completely made up number to make Americans hate Ukraine ahead of the midterms. In a week no one will care.
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V as in Very Bad @v-liketheletter.bsky.social · 6h
Can't wait for the White House to come out and reveal that this elderly couple that a passed-out-drunk ICE agent assaulted on their own property are actually domestic terrorists.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 08/10/2026
I know everyone’s jaded and exhausted by the continual parade of madness, but this is the president of US openly inciting racist violence against an entire community of immigrants. (w/ alt text)
The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back. You have been robbed, and abandoned by your State Government. Your Governor is an incompetent thief who doesn't want to get involved. He just wants to get out of town with as much as he can steal, and then, lead a quiet life. The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing.
They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back! If you need, the Federal Government will come to your rescue.
Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, must immediately ask for Federal help — and leave the rest to us! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Later, he claimed Mamdani never commented about the recent stabbing of an NYPD detective. Mamdani talked about the stabbing several times, including the below statement where the mayor notes he visited the injured officer:
Earlier today, an off-duty NYPD detective was stabbed several times in the Bronx during what preliminary information indicates was an attempted robbery. 

I visited the detective and his family at Jacobi Hospital with Police Commissioner Tisch. 

He is thankfully in stable condition, and I am hoping for his quick and complete recovery. I am confident that the NYPD will identify and apprehend the suspects and that the people responsible will be held to account.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
Trump: "We will pass a truly great healthcare plan that will stop all payment to big insurance companies"
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Thorpe Langton @mspdawg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just a reminder how much Tom Emmer has debased himself for power:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Trump: "It's interesting -- China makes the windmills, but try finding a wind farm in China. There is no such." (China has the largest wind power capacity in the world!)
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
AOC: “ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency. It does not belong in NYC and should not exist in 🇺🇸. Abolish ICE.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: I think you said he was wanted for trafficking? REPORTER: Traffic infractions MULLIN: Traffic infractions. Okay. I haven't seen the case. Keep in mind, Biden ...
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 23h
Yesterday afternoon, ICE agents — who did not present a warrant, and who appear to have been disguised as construction workers — fired 7 shots into a car with a 5-year-old child, hitting Oscar Belgal in the neck.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
JD Vance blatantly lies: "We've made a lot of progress. Inflation is way lower today than it was when we took office." (Inflation has gone up!)
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
lmao this is such a sick way to conclude that COVID school closures were a mistake www.kuow.org/education/20...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/10/2026
The Trump administration is having its own lawyers face off in court against *other administration lawyers* in cases representing unaccompanied migrant children. Sound like a conflict of interest?
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Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids
Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
one of the ways the media shows which side they prefer, is which politicians they quote uncharitably out-of-context and which they clean up for even when what they actually say and do is offensive (the Biden story ran on the front page less than a week before the 24 election)
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
DOJ hired these prosecutors: -A gambling exec turned conspiracy theorist podcaster -A guy found liable for selling fraudulent insurance leads -A guy who violated attorney-client privilege in a high-profile murder trial -A guy currently facing animal neglect charges www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks
The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh brother.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A much-needed explainer from @citizencohn.bsky.social about those $500 checks (bribes) Trump is sending out as an alleged Obamacare "refund." Looks quite likely to be illegal. www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump Is Buying Votes at $500 a Pop
He’s calling it an Obamacare “refund,” but it’s nothing of the sort.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
convicted felon Peter Navarro, who now works in the White House again after serving a four-month sentence, goes on TV with the White House behind him to promote a new product that he'll personally profit from -- a book called "Why Fauci Must Rot in Prison"
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, Pete Hegseth is so incompetent that our troops go without necessary medical care, but at least they are called "warriors" now while they go untreated. So it all evens out . . .
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
notable -- Fox News hasn't mentioned Trump's transphobic attack on Annie Andrews a single time. Not once. And they cover a lot of his Truth Social posts. Almost like they're trying to protect their audience from learning the true depth of his depravity.
notable -- Fox News hasn't mentioned Trump's transphobic attack on Annie Andrews a single time. Not once. And they cover a lot of his Truth Social posts.

Almost like they're trying to protect their audience from learning the true depth of his depravity.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 04/10/2026
US Supreme Court to kick off term with bid by Big Oil to toss climate suits reut.rs/4zfewIh
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US Supreme Court to kick off term with bid by Big Oil to toss climate suits
The US Supreme Court begins its ​new nine-month term on Monday with arguments in a major case involving a bid by oil companies ‌ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to scuttle a lawsuit by officials in Boulder, Colorado, seeking monetary damages for harms caused by climate change.
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V as in Very Bad @v-liketheletter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm so fucking tired man. Holy shit I'm so goddamn tired.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
Russ Vought: "We fund what we need to fund. I'm not at all shy about we want to spend billions of dollars on a new shipyard. We're up there defending the $1.5t that the Department of War needs. But it's also coming at a ton of reduction on the non-defense side"
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/10/2026
Despite MAGA’s outrage, statistically in Arkansas, between 52 and 54 percent of food stamps, or SNAP, recipients in the state are white, as are 57.8 percent of those on Medicaid. trib.al/Qbto4M7
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MAGA Furious Over Republican Ad Featuring White Man as Face of Welfare
Conservatives are pissed at Sarah Huckabee Sanders for choosing a young white man to portray welfare recipients.
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V as in Very Bad @v-liketheletter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I hope Caitlin Clark and the Fever are owned permanently by the Aces. I hope they never sniff the finals honestly. All the notoriety with none of the juice.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
After inspectors turned the lens back on him, Pulte moved to slash their budget.
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Bill Pulte said he was cracking down on fraud. Now he's firing the investigators.
After inspectors turned the lens back on him, Pulte moved to slash their budget.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/10/2026
This Wednesday, Elon Musk called for the death sentence for transgender youth care providers. It was in reply to a post calling for full criminalization of all gender-affirming surgery. Musk is becoming even more radicalized in targeting trans people. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Elon Musk Calls For “Death Sentence” for GAC Providers
Musk’s posts are not just inflammatory rhetoric. They have real-life consequences.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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V as in Very Bad @v-liketheletter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
this is a terrifying thread that really displays just how complacent the US has become about men abusing their spouses. we really just don't give a shit about anything men do anymore.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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V as in Very Bad @v-liketheletter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
again, he faced zero consequences from her investigation
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
DUN DUN DUN -- Fox Business on the September jobs report: "The numbers do not look good. I'm looking at 29,000 jobs added. That is well below expectations for 90,000, and our unemployment rate jumps up to 4.2%. A significant slowdown."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
CNBC on the September jobs report: "A bit of a disappointment. Expecting 90,000, comes in at 29,000. And we see two month revisions down 60,000 ... average hourly earnings -- this is a big miss. Big, big miss. We were expecting up three tenth. This comes in at one tenth."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 01/10/2026
it’s amazing that there’s no crime anymore. if you do crime you’re actually just the victim for getting caught. the people who catch you are the criminals
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
“What a crock of sh*t!” Katie Phang torches Todd Blanche after he declares, “There’s not a prosecutor in this country that should ever, ever violate a court order,” pointing to the Trump DOJ’s documented noncompliance with court orders in her OWN Epstein files lawsuit.
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 01/10/2026
As part of a crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community, Turkish authorities have detained at least 116 people, raided the offices of LGBTQ+ organizations and gathering places, and blocked or restricted 180+ LGBTQ+ social pages and websites. NO ONE deserves to be persecuted simply for being who they are.
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Turkey’s LGBT crackdown draws international condemnation, protests
Turkish authorities have raided the offices of LGBT organizations and places frequented by the community.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 01/10/2026
if you think about it, winning via a direct connection to the divine father of all creation through His appointed emissary on Earth is a much more egregious cheating scandal than banging on trash cans
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Three million highly sensitive records, out in the open for nine months.
Pete Hegseth drunk and drenchedKash Patel drunk
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V as in Very Bad @v-liketheletter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
it's a dismaying miscarriage of justice that Good and Pretty have been subjected to. The narrative spun by the government is false and disgusting. I can only hope the courts dispense at least a measure of what these people deserve.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026
NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died. Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan. Later, a fourth sibling died. Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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