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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/08/2026
“You’re just keeping a pedophile in your church,” an investigator tells preacher Daryl Bruckelmyer in this police recording. Yet when asked why he never reported an alleged child abuser to the authorities, this is how Bruckelmyer responded: propub.li/3TYPk9E
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15/08/2026
The journalists traveling with the president had no idea he had secretly switched planes due to a perceived threat from Iran. Now, some say the operation has left them feeling deceived and questioning whether the White House considered their safety.
washingtonpost.com
Trump secretly switched planes. The journalists left aboard say they deserved a warning.
The journalists traveling with the president had no idea he had secretly switched planes due to a perceived threat from Iran. Now, some say the operation has left them feeling deceived and questioning...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This piece is incredible. If you prefer audio, here’s an interview I did with the reporter walking through her reporting. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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NPR @npr.org · 19/07/2026
The brothers were taken into custody on a sealed warrant, the Marshals Service told the AP. British prosecutors said they were seeking the extradition of the brothers on rape and trafficking charges. n.pr/4yqyjEY
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The Tate brothers are arrested in Miami, U.S. Marshals Service tells AP
The brothers were taken into custody on a sealed warrant, the Marshals Service told the AP. British prosecutors said they were seeking the extradition of the brothers on rape and trafficking charges.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
“The mounting level of US government debt, on track for $40 trillion courtesy of this summer’s “big beautiful bill,” risks a tectonic crash for the US economy” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Social Security Will Start Running Out Earlier Than Expected
The date when the Social Security trust fund will be unable to pay 100% of benefits just got moved up.
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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump's big document release tonight, supposedly meant to prove China stole the 2020 election, includes this classified intel graphic making clear that Russia was the only country trying to meddle in American voting systems.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Maine ICE shooter has history of severe mental illness, multiple psych hospitalizations, mil PTSD, chronic violence agst at least two wives, and threats against mutiple family members and more. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-mus...
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A Must Read and Truly Horrifying Story
The AP has just posted a detailed investigation into the background of...
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
President Trump used a primetime address to make false claims, threaten news outlets, and release documents that misleadingly suggest Colorado's public voter rolls were "compromised" by China.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Casually threatening mass rapes
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I’ve lived in Beijing too. They don’t have elections.
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 14/07/2026
$81 billion in tariffs you paid given to companies.
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US refunds $81bn in Trump tariffs after supreme court ruled them illegal
Government had been forced to pay back duties to companies that imported goods into the US that were hit by Trump’s tariffs
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We’ve opened the strait that was never closed, ceasing a ceasefire for a war that was never a war, stopping Iran from charging tolls because tolls are illegal, all so Trump can charge his *own* tolls because *his* tolls are legal. This will hurt affordability which is a hoax anyway
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
victory lapping on this one
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 19/06/2026
KNOCKOUTS UP NEXT 🦅 The USMNT has secured a spot in the Round of 32 with its win against Australia, and can clinch Group D if Paraguay wins or draws against Turkey on Friday night. nyti.ms/4vSjvwS
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“.. The first rule is to have muddled objectives. .. The second rule is, do not know thine enemy. .. Finally, be sure to alienate your friends.” @edwardluce.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/0ba6...
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/06/2026
Here's a fun fact about Elon Musk: in 2020, his (nominal) net worth was $20b, and today it's $1t (nominally). But *that's* not the fun fact; *this* is: everything he's done since 2020 was a flop. 1/

The Federal Reserve building, tilted at an eldrirtch angle, wreathed in mist. In the foreground looms an abandoned cemetery. Overhead flies a blood-red moon in a cloudy, ominous sky.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 17/06/2026
In the announcement issued immediately after Trump launched the war in Iran, he declared, “We’re going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally, again, obliterated.” It was the first of five objectives. 109 days later:
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Iran gets: $300 billion economic fund U.S. releasing all frozen assets “Maintain status quo of nuclear program” All sanctions lifted, unimpeded exports & related transactions No new sanctions Control of Hormuz w/Oman U.S. pulling military & ensuring peace in Lebanon www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...
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A Look at the Text of the Agreement Between the United States and Iran
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2026
NEW: Across Africa, the State Department has demanded access to health data for millions of people as a condition of giving countries billions of dollars in aid needed to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other illnesses.
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“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns
The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the info...
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 17/06/2026
🇨🇴 67 leading international economists, scholars, & public policy figures have signed an open letter backing Colombia’s econ. transformation under President Gustavo Petro, saying the country is demonstrating that “another economic path is possible” by breaking from decades of neoliberal orthodoxy...

🇨🇴 67 leading international economists, scholars, and public policy figures have signed an open letter backing Colombia’s economic transformation under President Gustavo Petro, saying the country is demonstrating that “another economic path is possible” by breaking from decades of neoliberal orthodoxy.

The signatories include Thomas Piketty, Yanis Varoufakis, Jayati Ghosh, Ha-Joon Chang, James K. Galbraith, Isabella Weber, Jason Hickel, Ann Pettifor, and former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa.

Published ahead of Colombia’s June 21 presidential runoff, the letter cites falling poverty, record-low unemployment, a rising share of national income going to workers, advances in land reform, growth in non-extractive exports, and a major expansion of renewable energy. 

The vote will decide whether Petro’s project continues under his leftist ally Iván Cepeda or is reversed by far-right outsider Abelardo de la Espriella, who narrowly led the first round and has pledged a sharp turn back toward market orthodoxy.

The authors acknowledge ongoing challenges including debt, inflation, fiscal pressures, and weak private investment, but reject calls for austerity, wage suppression, indiscriminate liberalization, and deeper dependence on extractive industries.

They said Colombia’s experience carries significance beyond its borders for countries seeking development strategies rooted in redistribution, productive transformation, economic democracy, and climate justice.

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ECONOMISTAS POR LA VIDA 🫰🇨🇴 Renowned economists — including 
@PikettyWIL
 
@Jayati1609
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@yanisvaroufakis
 
@J_K_Galbraith
 
@IsabellaMWeber
 
@jasonhickel

@ann_pettifor
 
@FadhelKaboub
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Have you ever seen anything like this? Trump is agreeing to a truce with Iran, and the people claiming 'serious reservations' about the deal include his: -- CIA director -- Secretary of State/National Security Advisor -- Secretary of Defense -- Vice president -- Two chief negotiators on Iran
Over the past two weeks, President Donald Trump's national security team met nearly every day to discuss an evolving agreement to end the Iran war, with many concerned that Tehran would not hold up its end of the bargain, administration officials directly involved in the negotiations said. CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were among the "most pessimistic" about whether the Iranians would honor their commitments to make substantive concessions on their nuclear program, even if they agreed to negotiate on that issue, one of the officials said. But at various points, nearly ever senior official - including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance and Trumps envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner - raised serious reservations, the officials said.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
From a reporter who helped exposed Bernie Madoff
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Who knows if there will be a final agreement. But if there is, two things will be true at the same time: a) It's essentially surrender to Iran. b) We should be glad about it, because every day this insane, illegal war continues, we get weaker. 1/ Let me explain.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
NEW: Pope Leo XIV’s new archbishop of New York, Ronald Hicks, celebrates the Knicks’ title with Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the city’s Puerto Rican festival.
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Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Looks like they made their money off the trades.
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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Step 1: Tear up Obama’s Iran Deal Step 2: ???? Step 3: Give Iran 20x more cash than Obama amidst greatest strategic failure in American history.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
“.. appearing to bend to demands from President Trump — and ignoring pleas of other Colorado elected officials and the prosecutor behind the election data-breach scheme conviction.” @denverpost.com www.denverpost.com/2026/05/15/t...
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Now It Makes Sense: Carine Hajjar used to be a fellow at conservative thinktank Hudson Institute, wrote for extremely rightwing National Review, received a grant from The Fund for American Studies, and now is repeating all that propaganda through this “show.” Seems like an aspiring Bari Weiss.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 15/05/2026
There needs to be a slush fund to pay out victims of “Biden weaponizing government” because, let’s see here, Trump’s tax returns were leaked the first time Trump was president.
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Trump poised to drop IRS suit, launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies: Sources
President Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion IRS suit in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund for victims of governmental "weaponization," sources say.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
“With few exceptions, snorkeling and diving are off-limits around the USS Arizona.”
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Emails show FBI Director Kash Patel's Hawaii trip included 'VIP snorkel' at a Pearl Harbor memorial
Government emails obtained by The Associated Press show that FBI Director Kash Patel went on a “VIP snorkel” session last summer at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/05/2026
Trump is posting absolutely deranged shit on social media this morning ahead of departing for China today. Get a load of this stuff.
"Dumacrats love sewage" with an AI image of Obama, Biden, and Pelosi in sewagemock up of Trump on US currencymeme mocking Pritzker for being overweight
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Trump campaigned on bringing down the cost of living "starting on day one," and then: started a trade war; deported much of the farm workforce, bombed Iran, allowed healthcare subsidies to expire, cut food assistance, ran an interest-rate boosting deficit, and attacked fed independence.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Just to point out, he is not talking about the United States blowing up dozens of Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean Sea. I know it can be confusing.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
JPMORGAN: “.. While the Trump 2.0 DoJ increased prosecution of immigration cases, it also terminated pending investigations involving organized crime, white collar crime, corruption, labor racketeering, violent crime, healthcare fraud and national security at a record pace.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/05/2026
NEW: On April 28, GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused environmental law scholars of bias, conspiracy and colluding to influence the U.S. judiciary. The next day, free-market conservatives kicked off a multiday climate skepticism event for more than 150 judges.
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Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges "Healthy Skepticism" of Climate Science
As congressional Republicans accuse climate scholars and lawyers of colluding to influence the judiciary, a symposium hosted by a center funded by the fossil fuel industry educates judges about free-market views of climate science.
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 02/05/2026
I am guessing that “FOUR” did not sound as ominous as “MULTIPLE.” Four from across New Jersey.
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
NEW: Trump aides declared an emergency to bypass Congress to sell arms valued at $8.6 billion to Israel and Arab nations. That means less weapons for the US since munitions take years to make. Pentagon officials are alarmed at low supplies and war risks. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/w...
nytimes.com
U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion to Mideast Partners
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
"Children as young as 4 are being forced to repeatedly appear in court and provide updates on their case, at times without legal help, within a matter of weeks. "Children are feeling 'enormous pressure' and some wet their pants when they have to go to court..." www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/p...
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Exclusive: Trump moves to accelerate deportations of migrant children in US custody | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is taking steps to accelerate the deportations of migrant children in US custody amid White House pressure to quickly move kids through the system, according to administration...
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Jesse O'Lantern, LGPC @jesseberney.com · 29/04/2026
Jesus Christ, DO NOT USE TALKSPACE FOR THERAPY EVER.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
hey do you guys think I need a lawyer
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This remains the dumbest thing the Trump administration has yet tried. to "86" something: throw it out/send it back, is 100+ year old restaurant term meaning either: throw someone out/send back food. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)
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86 (term) - Wikipedia
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/04/2026
Comey: Well, they're back. This time about a picture of seashells on a North Carolina beach a year ago. And this won't be the end of it. But nothing has changed with me. I'm still innocent. I'm still not afraid. And I still believe in the independent federal judiciary. So let's go.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/04/2026
After shots were fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night, Karoline Leavitt amplified calls for a crackdown on the political left. But Leavitt conveniently ignored Trump’s history of regularly using violent rhetoric against his political opponents. bit.ly/3QxAAwN
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
In this clip, Kash Patel says the grand jury heard evidence that Comey deleted the '8647' post and apologized. Neither fact appears in the indictment. Hmm. Did the FBI director just disclose evidence presented before a grand jury?
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Here’s a brief explainer (from last year, when the incident happened) of why even if Comey really did suggest the President should be killed, it wouldn’t be a crime even under the specific statute criminalizing threats against the President.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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A Travis-T @tr0rna.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Seriously, the courts' history on this is clear. There is a VERY high bar to prove wilful intent to do harm to POTUS. There are even cases of people saying "I am going to k*** the President" and courts ruling that's *still* protected by 1A. web.archive.org/web/20090223...
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Threatening the President - TIME
[OPEN_P]Despite the federal statute providing tough sanctions for those who threaten the President's person, more and more people seem to do it. From 2,400 reported threats in 1965, the number...
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
A guy once posted that then-President Obama "will have a 50 cal in the head soon," and "shoot the nig." 9th Cir.: " It is difficult to see how a rational trier of fact could reasonably have found that either statement, on its face or taken in context, expresses a threat." 652 F. 3d 1113 (2011)
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