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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/02/2026
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/02/2026
Anyone with a heart and soul should agree that children and babies do not belong behind bars. Thousands of kids will carry a lifetime of trauma and PTSD, done in our name, funded by our tax dollars.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.” #EpsteinFiles
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/02/2026
Rep. Morrison on conditions at Whipple: "She said, 'they are treating us like animals in here. The women that are in this cell with me, we slept on a cold concrete floor last night. We were begging for a blanket, & guards were cruel'... we have to resolve that every single person deserves dignity"
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This is not ok‼️ The administration is trying to silence us, make us afraid to stand up to injustice‼️
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/01/2026
"It's hard to think of a good reason for her to be there. I guess maybe the good reason is that she has nothing else to do." "It really is just astonishing." @timmiller.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social talk Tulsi Gabbard and the nutty, dangerous FBI raid in Georgia:
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Noniche @noniche.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Everyday I discover something disturbingly new about the alleged, "Peaceful nation known as the United States ". They are the true Fire Naton.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 28/01/2026
The Trump administration talking about illegal immigrants but make the footage federal agents
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“To you this is murder?” “Yes. I know it is. — People are feeling like there’s nobody here to help us. What can we do? The constitution doesn’t seem to matter.” She witnessed the killing of Alex Pretti, now she is bravely coming forward. Stella is the best of us. 🇺🇸
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Leaked video from one of the regime’s black sites, shows victims being crammed into small detention rooms designed for short stays indefinitely. More than 50 people at a time, including US residents and citizens. They report beatings, torture, and food deprivation. #3E #GoodvsEvil
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off
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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
no idea why I can't sleep I say as I watch civilisation crumble in real time on the glowing rectangle in my hand
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It's striking the extent to which there's never any justification given for any of this beyond "it's too many people" or "it's actually fake" and no apparent planning behind any of it. It's the aesthetics of "move fast and break things" without any discernible direction or purpose. It's cosplay.
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Alan Rosenblatt @drdigipol.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It is clear that Musk’s motivations are all about his own self-interest. Trump is allowing Musk to operate with zero accountability.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I won’t stop posting this.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 12/02/2025
“So let me get this straight, he wants contracts for cancer research cancelled but says let[’s] keep contracts for his company SpaceX to do research. Greedy billionaire trying to ripoff [sic] the American people pretending to be altruistic is all I see,” said Rep. @ilhanmn.bsky.social
truthout.org
Omar Slams Musk for Slashing Cancer Funding While Keeping SpaceX Contracts
“Greedy billionaire trying to ripoff the American people pretending to be altruistic is all I see,” the lawmaker said.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/02/2025
‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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Lee Morgenbesser @lmorgenbesser.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
PUBLISHED! Forget talk of a coup or self-coup, Musk's siege of America's vast federal bureaucracy is a form of state capture. It fits seamlessly with Trump's authoritarianism. I suspect this will be the most important thing I ever say about American politics. theconversation.com/is-elon-musk...
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Is Elon Musk taking over the US government? Here’s how ‘state capture’ works – and why we should be concerned
Elon Musk has been accused of attempting a coup or hostile takeover of the US government. His actions could better be described as a form of ‘state capture’. Here’s what that means.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Newly signed Executive Order is pretty wild. Officially puts Elon in charge of radically downsizing all non-military departments, and all hiring—at a mandated (arbitrary) rate of just 1 for every four workers who quit—must now go through him. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Implementing The President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Workforce Optimization Initiative
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:     Section 1.
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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 08/02/2025
Having facilitated a Navigating Grief in BIPOC Solidarity series, which delved into Collective & Ancestral Grief, Disenfranchised & Suffocated Grief, Movement Grief, Anticipatory Grief, Carceral Grief, Disability Grief, Climate Grief, etc, so sharing those resources: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Navigating Grief in BIPOC Solidarity - Google Drive
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
CFPB - closed USAID - closed Medicaid - under attack NIH cancer funding - frozen Department of Education - under attack But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today? SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 12/02/2025
Musk killed these people.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
USAID was investigating Starlink CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
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bart @bartsmith.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
always a good sign when the police say they’re trying to find a crime they can charge a person with
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emily68.bsky.social @emily68.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
A gift-- www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...
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Court Blocks U.S. From Sending Venezuelan Migrants to Guantánamo (Gift Article)
The men, who are detained in New Mexico, say they “fit the profile” of the type of migrants the Trump administration has started sending to the Navy base in Cuba.
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
BREAKING -- Trump says he's kicking undocumented immigrants out of Social Security. One small problem, though -- undocumented immigrants are ALREADY ineligible for Social Security benefits. You know, because they don't have Social Security numbers. Because they're undocumented.
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
“As a nation, we still have not recovered from the physical, mental and social toll of COVID. What will happen if bird flu starts coursing through us?”
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The US Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans
Bird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins
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steveusdin.bsky.social @steveusdin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Draft Exec Order wld halve FDA staffing, slash NIH, eliminate CDC. WH being warned of impact on public health, biopharma industry, science. OPM back to work starts at FDA March 17. www.biocentury.com/article/655011
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White House plans to slash FDA, NIH would decimate agencies
White House plans to slash FDA and NIH and eliminate CDC could create lasting damage to public health, sink share prices of biotech and pharmaceutical comp...
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Thomas Zeitzoff @zeitzoff.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
One irony of Trump's erratic policy on tariffs—where he makes wild threats, and then backs down— is that the targeted leaders end up looking like amazing negotiators and that they stood up to the bully. Mexican President Sheinbaum is at 81%. mexiconewsdaily.com/news/81-of-m...
Headline and picture of Mexican President Sheinbaum. "81% of Mexicans back Sheinbaum, making her the world’s second most-loved leader"
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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
NEW: Mayor Adams' admin last month quietly told all city agencies, including schools & shelters, they can let ICE agents looking for immigrants onto city property without warrants if city personnel "reasonably feel threatened" by their presence. www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/06/a...
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Adams revises rules limiting ICE searches at schools and shelters if NYC workers feel “threatened”
All New York City agencies, including public schools and the shelter system, can allow federal authorities searching for undocumented immigrants come onto their property without warrants if city pe…
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
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CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People (Gift Article)
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This seems to also be effecting the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), national database that identifies missing, unidentified, and unclaimed persons, which has taken several webpages offline — including those with information related to transgender and LGBGTIQ hate crimes.
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The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs is currently reviewing its websites and materials in accordance with recent Executive Orders and related guidance. During this review, some pages and publications will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
NEW: President Trump's hiring freeze has stopped the onboarding of seasonal federal firefighters, including those who work for agencies called on to help battle the devastating L.A. fires, creating a potential shortfall ahead of the next fire season. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Trump's freeze stalls federal firefighter hiring
Crews helped battle the deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires, and now some worry a shortfall will weaken response capabilities as fire season approaches.
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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
And it's not just goods and services sold to USAID, but all goods and services sold via the Development-Industrial Complex. A thing I learned via various consultancies over the years is how much "foreign aid" is actually spent in the US and/or on American workers and goods.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts. NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms. This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
OF COURSE
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/02/2025
Letitia James of New York and 11 other state attorneys general said that they would sue over a cost-cutting initiative that had given young aides to Elon Musk broad access to the federal government’s most fundamental computer systems.
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State Attorneys General to Sue Elon Musk’s DOGE Over Access to Government Systems
Letitia James of New York and 11 others said that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency had revealed private information and was “unlawful, unprecedented and unacceptable.”
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 06/02/2025
Take away our kids and grandparent’s Medicaid to give tax breaks to billionaires? NO F*#&ING WAY! LISTEN UP, CONGRESS: Families of every race and every place should have the freedom to get the healthcare we need. Call 866-426-2631. Tell Congress #HandsOffMedicaid
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 06/02/2025
The House Republicans listed below are vulnerable in 2026. They will only vote to cut our benefits if they think no one is watching. If you live in these districts, or know anyone who does, CALL NOW and tell them to keep their hands off Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid!
https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/house-overview/2026-house-race-ratings-another-knife-fight-majority
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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 05/02/2025
Dear god
A screenshot from Luke Farritor's private twitter account. It reads 'Are there LLMs made specifically for parsing things like documents/forms/PDFs/json/html/excel/etc and converting them from one format to another?
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems! Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!
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Politics In The Wild @politicsinthewild.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
NEW RESEARCH: The amount of tiny, shard-like particles of plastic, especially polyethylene, is rising in human brain tissue in tandem with their rising concentration in the environment and is higher in the brains of people with dementia. Maybe…let’s fund science? 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains - Nature Medicine
Pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry reveals the presence of microplastics and nanoplastics in human kidney, liver and brain tissue samples from 2016 and 2024, with higher proportions found ...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
MORE BARGING
politico.com
Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker's office in backlash against Musk
Reps. Judy Chu and Gwen Moore denounced DOGE's access to a vast government payments system.
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Posts Alone @serckus.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Sanitation workers do more good for society than all the tech bros combined.
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