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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/06/2026

JUST IN: Iran has suspended talks and message exchanges with the United States in protest of Israel’s military actions in Lebanon, according to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency.

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Leena St. Michael @thehappyactivist.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Watch the first of 250 video’s celebrating USA 🇺🇸 250 by Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social THANK YOU! Let’s all make 250 actions commemorating our country!

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Great to see former FBI employees band together for support and reform. “Law enforcement and national security work should be resolutely apolitical.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...

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Ex-F.B.I. Officials Form New Group for Embattled Employees

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 01/06/2026

The people of the Twin Cities win the JFK Profile in Courage award. Thanks to Amb. Caroline Kennedy for the amazing evening and Yusuf, Carolina, Zena & Natalie who accepted the award and represented our State so well at the ceremony! ❤️

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/06/2026

🚨 BREAKING: A federal appeals court has ruled, in a 2-1 decision, that the Trump-Hegseth transgender military ban is likely unconstitutional, finding that the policy appears to be driven by a “bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group” and is “both arbitrary and based upon animus.” 1/3

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 02/06/2026

Amazon was sued on Monday by a Virginia resident over what he said were privacy violations after the company's Ring doorbell cameras at friends and family members' homes collected and stored images of his face using facial recognition software.

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Amazon's Ring sued over facial recognition feature, latest privacy concern for doorbell maker

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

It is as if undermining the national security of the US were the president’s primary goal. This is more than reckless. It is profoundly dangerous.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/06/2026

it's almost like it's a bad idea to trot quack Dr Oz out there to take questions about Bill Pulte and the director of national intelligence job. this whole press briefing has been a disaster

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/06/2026

Minnesota House Speaker and Republican gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth refuses to rule out a pardon for Derek Chauvin: "There's a lot that goes into any type of pardon decision"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/06/2026

Chris Murphy to Markwayne Mullin: "Every single day this agency is violating the Constitution and the law. This cannot continue. For Congress to approve of this budget, you must assure us that this Sherman's March of illegality ends. The worry is the opposite is about to happen."

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Linda Martz @watisgoin-on.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Calling this “profiles in courage” is doing some very heavy lifting

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Profiles in courage once again from senate Republicans. Very brave and principled. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Figured the whole "it's over" spiel yesterday was a sham That's why we immediately sued 👉https://www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/06.02.26-pr And we ain't gonna stop until ALL of this abomination is eradicated

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Maybe a bad sign that the acting Attorney General of the United States declares that he doesn't want to create any evidence of what he is up to . . .

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Linda Martz @watisgoin-on.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Worth paying attention to this claim and verifying it. If true, it touches on important issues around accountability and how decisions are documented

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"Mr. Pelley also wrote that senior managers at CBS News had pressured him to insert bias into stories for “60 Minutes” this past season, though he did not provide details about specific segments." Pretty important part of the story re his firing. Maybe *the* most important part. CBS = new Fox.

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CBS News Fires Scott Pelley of ‘60 Minutes’

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Trump’s pick for acting DNI has zero intelligence experience. What he has: a track record of using government power to target Trump’s enemies. By making him acting, no Senate confirmation required. This one matters. joycevance.substack.com/p/if-you-tho...

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If You Thought Tulsi Gabbard Was A Problem…

Today, Donald Trump appointed Tulsi Gabbard’s replacement as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in a social media post.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/06/2026

DEVINE: What do you say to people who claim Netanyahu tricked you into going into Iran? TRUMP: They're the enemy. They're dumocrats. They want transgender mutilization of our children. He tricked me? I'm the one that started it. I'll tell you what- if there wasn't me, there'd be no Israel right now

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/06/2026

NEW: A group of lawmakers demanded answers from the White House this week following a ProPublica investigation revealing that a top aide to the president initiated a $620 million loan from the Pentagon to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social

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Lawmakers Demand Answers After the White House Initiated a $620M Loan to a Firm Tied to Donald Trump Jr.

In a letter, a group of Democratic Congress members wrote that ProPublica’s reporting on the deal “reveals a staggering level of corruption and influence.”

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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 03/06/2026

For more than 30 years, a federal court order has required the prompt release of children in immigration detention. Courts have interpreted that to mean no more than 20 days. The Trump Administration is not only violating that court order, but they are fighting in court to end it entirely.

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Linda Martz @watisgoin-on.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This is about basic legal accountability. A long standing federal court order exists to prevent prolonged detention of children, yet it’s being challenged instead of upheld. That should concern anyone who cares about the rule of law and human rights

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Joe Morelle @morelle.house.gov · 03/06/2026

We are witnessing a level of self-enrichment by a president that has never been seen before. Our number one focus right now needs to be on getting relief to American families who continue to face rising costs. They deserve better.

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Trump’s financial ties face scrutiny after moves benefiting allies and family

President Donald Trump has found multiple ways to harness the presidency to benefit himself. His Justice Department agreed to a $1.776 billion fund that could benefit his allies and guard against futu...

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 03/06/2026

Trump’s illegal, reckless and expensive war in Iran is driving up costs for families and small businesses everywhere—and there’s no end in sight. Trump himself said yesterday “I don’t care” if negotiations to end the war are over. Ridiculous. End the war. End the pain on Main Street.

OECD says protracted war could drag on global growth, push up inflation
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 03/06/2026

With gas prices skyrocketing, Americans deserve choices in how they travel. That’s why I’m leading Democrats to fight for a historic investment in world class transit, passenger rail, EV charging, and safe roads for walking and biking.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 04/06/2026

Trump and Stephen Miller built up a paramilitary force at DHS that they essentially promised immunity, and set it loose on American communities. I'm not going to write a blank check for a federal agency that refuses to distinguish between American citizens and violent criminals.

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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

And Americans have suffered the price at the gas pump, grocery store, and their pocketbooks. I was proud to vote with all of the @housedemocrats.bsky.social to exert our war powers authority under the Constitution to end this war. The Senate must act swiftly to bring our troops home.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/06/2026

started / going

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Scott Pelley calls Bari Weiss on a further string of lies.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/06/2026

look at how swollen and disfigured Trump's right hand looks during his new podcast appearance with Miranda Devine

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Kyle Pfannenstiel @pfannyyy.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Idaho health officials are investigating how nearly 60 people got sick after drinking raw milk in the past two weeks. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says they didn't name two dairies potentially linked to the outbreak “because this is a potential risk for any raw milk producer.”

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Nearly 60 Idahoans sick after drinking raw milk in past two weeks, officials say • Idaho Capital Sun

The Department of Health and Welfare didn't disclose the names of dairies in North Idaho and southern Idaho that are linked to the outbreaks.

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The German far-right party, AfD, is not hiding its full alignment with Russia. This is a good thing, because everyone in Germany should know that by voting for them, they are supporting not only fascists, but also pathetic traitors

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 03/06/2026

All you have to say is “all kids deserve free and fair access to school sports and sporting bodies make the rule for who’s eligible. My opponent would like to have the government inspect your kids bodies personally in a way to help defund your public schools.”

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Linda Martz @watisgoin-on.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

He’s repeatedly said he believes the war could be ended quickly through direct negotiation. I’m interested in hearing what that approach would look like in practice.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Trump during the campaign on Feb 2, 2023 to Fox: “I will end that war in 24 hours. It won’t even be hard. You have to get them both in a room. And there are things you can say to them, which I won’t reveal now, which will guarantee that this war will end immediately.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/06/2026

Ossoff: "If we want to stop these spectacularly incompetent, loyalist nominees from getting confirmed in the Senate, we're going to have to stop relying on a few Republican senators to suddenly discover their courage and integrity. We're going to have to win the majority."

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Linda Martz @watisgoin-on.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Stop expecting courage from a handful of senators. Change requires winning power, not wishing for it

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 04/06/2026

This is your daily reminder that Trump and Republicans are spending billions of your tax dollars on an unauthorized war in Iran and Stephen Miller’s ICE agenda while gutting Medicaid, slashing SNAP, and driving up your health care costs.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This is a remarkable. You OFTEN get administration insiders leaking to the press, "we warned Trump XYZ," as when someone in Dan Caine's vicinity leaked that Caine warned Trump that Iran could go badly b4 he started war. Here, oil execs are doing that. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Oil industry warns Trump administration of price spikes within weeks
Industry executives said the loss of oil through the Strait of Hormuz is draining petroleum inventories to dangerously low levels.

A bulk cargo ship sits at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026.
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By Ben Lefebvre and James Bikales
06/04/2026 07:28 AM EDT

The oil industry is warning the Trump administration that a Hormuz-sized hole in the world’s petroleum market is steadily draining inventories to levels that are likely to send global energy prices surging in the next several weeks, according to four executives.

Industry executives have flagged the issue to senior White House officials and Cabinet members in recent weeks as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing dialogue with the U.S. energy industry, the people said. The warnings came as recently as late last month as data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration and other sources began showing that fuel makers were increasingly relying on oil and fuel from their storage tanks to replace products no longer arriving from the Middle East.

“We’re at dangerously low levels already,” said one industry executive who was granted anonymity to discuss private conversations with the administration. “We have shared those concerns at the highest levels of government about what’s coming in mid-to-late June. … I hope they are paying attention to inventories right now. You’re hitting tank bottom.”

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

New for @talkingpointsmemo.com: My look at how a recently-retired top immigration official getting celebrity treatment at a conference of outright fascists, and admitting to a friendship with a Nazi like Martin Sellner, should be a giant giant giant scandal talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/greg-bo...

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Greg Bovino’s Retirement Plan? Go Full Fascist

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The Pujo Committee: the most important congressional investigation you've never heard of. It was the basis for Louis Brandeis's best-selling book Other People's Money.

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Brooke Rollins in November: We have screwworm under control. Beef prices will come down by spring 2026. Beef prices continue to rise. Screwworm is now found in the US. (We were declared free of indigenous screwworms in 1966) Biden had a war on cattle? How did I miss that? But beef was cheaper then!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/06/2026

Trump is struggling to stay conscious in the Oval Office yet again

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 04/06/2026

ICE and CBP already have enough money for the next three years. They don't need another $62 billion. So Democrats are forcing a vote on a legislation to reinvest that money in building over 2 million units of affordable housing.

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Linda Martz @watisgoin-on.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Imagine what $62 billion could do if it went into housing instead of more enforcement funding over 2 million affordable homes and real relief for families struggling to stay housed

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Trump just said his new Director of National Intelligence "may find out some things about the rigged elections." What??? How did no one ask what Trump wants his DNI to "find out" about the elections, what he wants his DNI to do to them, and why he thinks that's the DNI's job?

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