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JoanKay @joankay.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Just_Vicki 🐾🎵💟🕉💙🌈🌻🇺🇲🇺🇦🇨🇦 @justvickimarie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Here we f*cking go... ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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vertigo55.bsky.social @vertigo55.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
They must be trying to start something
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vertigo55.bsky.social @vertigo55.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It (Gift Article)
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/07/2026
Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Authorities say ICE shot and killed a person this morning in Maine. www.wmtw.com/article/signific...
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Person killed in shooting involving ICE in Biddeford, official says
Police closed part of busy Pool Street in Biddeford on Monday morning and there was a significant police presence.
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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Check out our most recently added lit mags here! www.chillsubs.com/blog/june-20... @sterncastle.bsky.social @silvercanyonreview.bsky.social @the-menu-zine.bsky.social @rindandroot.bsky.social @placesjournal.bsky.social #writing
New lit mags for June

Sterncastle Magazine ✦ Themed quarterly of short fiction under 6k words
Commodity Fetish Zine ✦ Neo-analog zine of poems, scene reports, short stories, etc
Sube ✦ Prose and Pop Culture from Latine POVs
Axis Review ✦ Centering female and feminized bodies
BAUXITE ✦ Arkansas-based online lit mag for creatives everywhere
ALMA Magazine ✦ South Asia-based independent literary journal publishing fiction, essays, and poetry that resist categorization
Silver Canyon Review ✦ Long drives, tourist traps and getting lost
The Menu ✦ Writing that feels alive, emotionally alert, slightly dangerous
Rind and Root ✦ Multimedia journal focused on emerging creators
Hayduke Irish Lives! ✦ Sneaky funny, clever satire
WordArt LitMag ✦ Anthology of experimental fiction
Indian Gothic Literary Magazine ✦ Heartfelt tribute to Gothic fiction
The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature ✦ Inspired by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Florida's environment
Stowarzyszenie Żywych Poetów ✦ Niezależny cyfrowy magazyn literacko-artystyczny
Serviette ✦ Indie mag about food and its connections with culture, science, history, and design
Places ✦ Online journal of architecture, landscape, and urbanism
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vertigo55.bsky.social @vertigo55.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The Cliff Is Now Clearly in View. Why Are We Stepping on the Gas? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/o... There plenty of money for ICE tho, to keep us all orderly . Social Security has security in the name. Now our security is being yanked out from under us.
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Cliff Is Now Clearly in View. Why Are We Stepping on the Gas?
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vertigo55.bsky.social @vertigo55.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Omg
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vertigo55.bsky.social @vertigo55.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Thus is so fab:
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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vertigo55.bsky.social @vertigo55.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Trump is the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland, only for real in our upside down world. Yes, i see it’s a reactionary response to some excesses, but the excesses were as nothing bs posturing compared to Trump as president, on the daily.
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vertigo55.bsky.social @vertigo55.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
O lord, who i invoke as a lapsed catholic: is this karma? Are we are being collectively punished for allowing certain stupid evil forces so much power in a powerful government?
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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Roots is a bicentennial jawn so in 50 years we went from groundbreaking miniseries watched by the whole country to banning copies of the book
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Tom Cartwright @tomcartwright.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
👇🏾👇🏾 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
Internal ICE records reveal widespread use of force in detention centers
The reports detail how guards have increasingly used chemical agents and physical tactics on detainees, including groups demanding adequate water, food and medical care.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Stalin fundamentally crippled Soviet #science in the 1930s and almost a century later it still hasn't recovered. That's what Trump, RFK Jr., Vought, and MAGA are doing right now to the United States.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/04/2026
Hasn’t whined about needing a ballroom to feel safe
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I don’t think we’re talking enough about the May Day Strong events and protests scheduled for next Friday. No work, no school, no shopping. Help spread the word! Link below for more info.
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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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vertigo55.bsky.social @vertigo55.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...
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Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo
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SassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
"This is an important thing to think about."
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Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
'To get through her shift, Shelly liked to turn into something in the waiting room, and that night she was a scuffed floor tile under a man’s chair.' Phenomenal story by @kimbundy.bsky.social #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity In Case of Emergency flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...
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In Case of Emergency
To get through her shift, Shelly liked to turn into something in the waiting room, and that night she was a scuffed floor tile under a man’s chair. He was wearing old-fashioned pajamas, green and b…
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/04/2026
Hungarian communism also ended peacefully. So did the Brazilian military regime. And the Chilean dictatorship. That doesn't meant that the autocrats were democrats.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
RFK Jr wants “government-run farms where Black youth would be “reparented” away from their families” I am so fed up of people telling me to “find common cause” with RFK Jr & his MAHA movement. Absolutely nope.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The MAGA GOP just voted to decimate Minnesota's vital tourism and recreation sector by opening up the pristine Boundary Waters to mining by a foreign billionaire. MAGA Minions: Please explain how destroying American wetlands to give away US resources to foreign billionaires is "America First."
environmentamerica.org
STATEMENT: Congress overturns 20-year mining ban near Boundary Waters
U.S. Senate vote puts beloved wilderness area at risk of toxic pollution
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 10/04/2026
Next week, a little-known law that allows the government to sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens is set to expire. Congress should let FISA’s Section 702 die, but we fear some Democrats could join Republicans in reauthorizing this civil liberties disaster.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 07/04/2026
Mamdani is not just filling the potholes with the crew. He's creating a visual and personal reminder of the dignity inherent in all of these anonymous government jobs.
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 31/03/2026
These are children who had their letters taken away by ICE. Can it get any lower than this?
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Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
We Didn’t Ask for This Internet.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
No Kings, No ICE, No War! But there will be monarch butterflies, fields of flowers, witty signs, resistance songs, and thousands of well-folded zines at the #NoKings march on 3/28. (1/2)
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I wrote this essay about the private sector's exploitation of American concentration camps in July 2025. The situation has since advanced much further. snyder.substack.com/p/concentrat...
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Concentration Camp Labor
Cannot Become Normal
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Christine Hallquist @christinehallquist.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Pete Hegseth Complains Reporting On Dead Troops Is Trying To 'Make The President Look Bad'.
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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
meme from The Simpsons.

Top: Moe (labelled "USA") throws Barney (labelled "Ayatollah Khameni) out of Moe's Tavern.

Middle: Moe, labelled USA, wipes his hands after a job well done.

Bottom: Moe (labelled USA) stares out, hands on hips. Behind him, appears Barney (labelled "Ayatollah Khameni").
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
What's shameful is: Speaker Johnson is not loyal to the constitution of the United States. He should be investigated for falsely swearing his oath of office
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations?
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 19/02/2026
Last week Donald Trump registered the trademark "Donald J. Trump International Airport." This week Florida Republicans voted to rename Palm Beach International Airport Donald J. Trump International Airport," putting taxpayers on the hook for licensing fees that go straight to him
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State House votes to rename Florida airport to Donald J. Trump international
The Republican-controlled Florida House voted 81-30 in support of the name change to President Donald J. Trump International Airport
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Dolphin @golf95.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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🐾LynnDaniel’s🐾 @lynndaniels.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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Craig Gilmore @craiggilmore.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The largest union of nurses in the US calls for the abolition of ICE::
nationalnursesunited.org
National Nurses United outraged by murder of VA registered nurse by immigration agents, demand abolition of ICE
NNU issued the following statement in response to the murder of Alex Pretti, RN: “The nation’s nurses, who make it their mission to care for and save human lives, are horrified and outraged that immig...
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti
"We are heartbroken but also very angry.
Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an
ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.
I do not throw around the 'hero' term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.
Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
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vertigo55.bsky.social @vertigo55.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
This is why he wants Greenland, to encircle Canada as the 51st state. Hopeless trying to deal with him rationally.
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Trample @tramplelineup.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura shares his thoughts about dictatorships and martial law.
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alwaysthinking.bsky.social @alwaysthinking.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Put the blame where it belongs--Congress--both political parties have been failing Americans for decades. No business regulations with teeth. No taxes for the 1%. Lost our civil, reproductive, and voting rights. We need an FDR-candidate, not political parties controlled by the oligarchy&corpocracy.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
All this to fill private prison quotas in the contracts signed with those companies.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
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