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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Trump administration will soon be distributing a dystopian weapon to ICE agents.
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Trump’s ICE Goons Handed New Tool to Inflict ‘Terrible Pain’
The Trump administration will soon be distributing a dystopian weapon to ICE agents.
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#Vermont keeps a list of where large crowds gather. The feds get a copy. - VTDigger
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/07/2026
This post is mainly for white folks to consider. I want to share something that may help you understand the reaction from Black folks who immediately looked at the Nolan Wells story and thought, “Something is foul here.” This isn’t proof that foul play occurred. It’s context. 🧵
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Reuters @reuters.com · 12/07/2026
US Senator Lindsey Graham passes away at 71 reut.rs/4yizar4
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US Senator Lindsey Graham passes away at 71
U.S. Senator Lindsey ‌Graham passed away on Saturday evening ​after a ​brief and sudden illness, ⁠the communications ​director for his ​office said in a post on X ​early on ​Sunday.
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VTDigger @vtdigger.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Vermont argues that Trump administration provided no factual basis for voter data request
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Vermont argues that Trump administration provided no factual basis for voter data request - VTDigger
“We don't want the federal government to have that level of information about individual Vermonters,” Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas said.
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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‘Constantly recording’: Bernie Sanders warns of a looming surveillance state and name-drops the potential architect behind it - NewsBreak
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/03/2026
Breaking News: Israel passed a law that allows for the hanging of Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks. Critics say it likely won't be applied to Jewish extremists convicted of similar crimes.
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Israel Passes Law to Allow Hanging of Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Attacks
The law was written in such a way that it is unlikely to ever apply to Jewish extremists.
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
#FundHealthcareNotWar Trump will kill Americans to fund a war he promised he would never start. Call your Representative and Senators at 202-224-3121 and demand no funding to this illegal war!
Axios headline with image of Trump shaking hands with Speaker Johnson

GOP WEIGHS HEALTH CARE CUTS TO PAY FOR IRAN WAR
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I read the “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Most of the media apparently *hasn’t* read it because, if they had, they would be sounding the alarm about the provision in Point 1, below, which almost none of them have even mentioned. I hope this summary helps raise awareness. 1/
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It was very insightful and damning of Trump. I can only imagine Mueller's headstone might say "I SHOULD HAVE TOLD BARR TO FUCK HIMSELF."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump sanctions Source: The Guardian
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting
The “show your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
To all the “this is not what I voted for” people, this is exactly what you voted for, you just thought you’d be exempt from the consequences. That’s the difference.
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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Man arrested after spraying Ilhan Omar with substance at Minneapolis town hall - NewsBreak
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat born in Somalia and rhetorical target for President Donald Trump , was sprayed with an unknown substance by a ma
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2... The SENATE RETURNS AT 3PM ET today I'm calling right now Senators in NH, NV, & ME My Senators in AZ both voting no So still time to call 202 224-3121 TELL YOUR SENATORS TO VOTE NO ON DHS/ICE FUNDING BLOCK ICE FUNDING
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When is next vote on government shutdown? Senate vote today? Time, updates
Another government shutdown looms this week. Will the Senate vote today on shutdown? What time? Here's the latest, what to know and how to watch live.
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Chief Minnesota judge orders acting head of ICE to appear in court to explain himself - MS NOW
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Ah, the fucking hypocrisy.
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Rob Reiner, 78, found dead alongside his wife, Michele Singer Source: USA TODAY
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
In this pic of Jeffrey Epstein with Steve Bannon, is that a photo on Epstein's desk of a victim or a video monitor of the room she is being held in? #Creepy
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Blackraven @blackraven30.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
If only there was a vaccine 💉 for it instead of having to suffer from it 🙄 Just can't FIX STUPID!! people.com/measles-outb...
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Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina amid 'Accelerating' Measles Outbreak
Nine schools and a church have been identified as sources of measles exposure amid a measles outbreak that officials say is "accelerating."
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
US forces reportedly seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast Source: The Guardian share.newsbreak.com/g9is616j
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US forces reportedly seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast - NewsBreak
If confiirmed, move would be major escalation of US pressure campaign against South American country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of countries not currently required to get a visa to visit the US, including Britain and France
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Winooski School District inundated with racist and violent messages after raising #Somali flag, superintendent says #Vermont vtdigger.org/2025/12/08/w...
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Winooski School District inundated with racist and violent messages after raising Somali flag, superintendent says - VTDigger
The onslaught of messages came as a number of prominent right-wing social media accounts posted videos of the flag-raising on Monday.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/12/2025
Tuesday - ICE agents used pepper spray to push through a crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked IDs in a Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis. The Trump administration is targeting this community and they know it.
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The billionaire-backed techno-utopia at the heart of Trump’s controversial pardon #Honduras #Hernandez open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
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The billionaire-backed techno-utopia at the heart of Trump’s controversial pardon
Former right-wing Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was pardoned by Donald Trump earlier this week, cutting short a 45-year sentence he was serving for conspiring to traffic 500 tons of cocain...
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
If you still have a Twitter account, today is a great day to delete it.
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Immigration agents detain several people at #Vermont gas station, advocates say vtdigger.org/2025/11/06/i...
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Immigration agents detain several people at Vermont gas station, advocates say - VTDigger
Migrant Justice was notified of the raid and is helping families of those who were detained, according to Will Lambek, spokesperson for the nonprofit advocacy group.
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
More Trump pardons of corrupt GOP. Wonder if he knows who these guys are or if somebody in the WH is just forging his name since with Epstein they claimed that was so easy www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
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President Trump pardons former TN House Speaker Glen Casada, chief of staff, after corruption convictions
President Donald Trump has pardoned the disgraced former Speaker of the Tennessee House Glen Casada and his co-conspirators after their corruption convictions and sentencing.
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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🚨 Trump DOJ HUMILIATED as JURY ACQUITS
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
May this be true for all of us.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
There were more that won reelection
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/11/2025
Right on, CA 🔥🔥🔥
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God @thegodshow.com · 04/11/2025
Hi, I’m God. Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Thanks, God
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Oh we're just getting started. www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-26...
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Spotify hit with boycott calls after airing Trump's ICE ads: 'Don’t stream fascism'
Outrage over Spotify running advertisements for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ramped up on Tuesday, with the progressive advocacy group Indivisible urging users to cancel their subscriptions ...
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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Andrew stripped of 'prince' title and will move out of Royal Lodge | BBC News
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The Trump Admin is justifying its strikes in the Caribbean and off the coast of Mexico through a secret memo it won't share with the Congress or the American people because we know it’s a hastily slapped-together defense of blatantly illegal strikes.
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Vermont officials approve state-funded food stamps through Nov. 15 vtdigger.org/2025/10/29/v...
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Vermont officials approve state-funded food stamps through Nov. 15 - VTDigger
“It's our obligation at this point as states to do what we can for the people we serve,” Gov. Phil Scott said after the meeting. “This is a basic benefit that many, many Vermonters rely on.”
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/10/2025
"Elon Musk has substantial business interests before the Navy...Mark Hertling believes that the installation of Rachel Riley atop the Office of Naval Research could be part of a larger effort to reduce the vendor pool for federal contracting." www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
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SCOOP: Trump Swaps Decorated Admiral With 33-Year-Old DOGEr
The highly unorthodox personnel change affects a critical government research role.
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans - NewsBreak
Low number represents a dramatic drop after US previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution
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Uppity Black Woman @uppityblackwoman.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Meanwhile, ppl think that protesting on the weekend is ... 'Moving the Needle'. If you're not feeling a pinch from fighting for what you think is right, are you really fighting? They don't know sacrifice like how we know sacrifice. White privilege has them in their feelings but not in the fight!!!
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
"RFK Jr. to Personally Put Razor Blades in All Nation's Apples For Halloween"
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Uppity Black Woman @uppityblackwoman.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Ohio sheriff’s deputies waited an entire year after pulling over a Black man for minor traffic infractions before they filed felony charges of drug possession against him, claiming they had found drugs in his car during the traffic stop. atlantablackstar.com/2025/10/24/o...
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‘You All Are Two Racist Cops’: Ohio Deputies Claim They ‘Found’ Drugs in Black Driver’s Car, But Only Charged Him After He Sued for Profiling
"Shocking twist: Ohio deputies accused of planting drugs in Black driver's car after lawsuit. What's the truth behind this disturbing case?"
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
BOOM! Only 418 until we hit 3,000! Let's go! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Urge Speaker Johnson to swear in Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva
Contact Congress today!
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
#Vermont positioned to become gender-affirming care haven for New Hampshire families vtdigger.org/2025/10/20/v...
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Vermont positioned to become gender-affirming care haven for New Hampshire families - VTDigger
More trans youth and their families are expected to seek gender-affirming care and community support following two New Hampshire laws that restricted access for minors.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
When idiot Ron Schneider was born in 1963, the infant mortality rate was 29/1,000. It is now close to 5/1,000. So, no, children were NOT healthier when he was a kid. And he was, clearly, dropped on his head.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/10/2025
The trump regime is setting up official agency accounts here on BlueSky, and they’re dragging their MAGA trolls with them. Block liberally.
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VTThunder @vtthunder.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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Pete Seeger - This Land is Your Land
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