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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 22h
Seeing a little wave of "oh I gotta go to X to see posts from my niche community" and you know what if you're concerned about the CSAM and fascism Nazis and whatnot you could MOVE your niche community over HERE! We've got starter packs and everything that make it easy! It's a thing that you can try!
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Guess who was one of the biggest spreaders of that bogus claim about Talarico supposedly disappearing to Ohio? As @annamerlan.bsky.social reports, "The biggest election disinformation risk in the next few weeks is Elon Musk." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk
The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23h
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 12/10/2026
Biggest takeaway from a decade reporting on the Trump's businesses: Norms ain't laws. And laws ain’t shit unless they’re enforced quickly and proportionately.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump administration cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday at the East Potomac Golf Course after giving less than a full-day notice, with more tree-cutting planned, so plaintiffs challenging the effort went to court seeking a TRO tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
EMERGENCY MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR, ALTERNATIVELY, FOR A 14-DAY STAY UNDER SECTION 705 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
Plaintiffs hereby move the Court to enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, for a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705.
Despite the Court's admonitions not to "get to a point where someone is telling me, from
the government, that it's too late, too many things have happened and now we are, like, moving
Case 1:26-cv-00477-ACR
Document 76
Filed 10/11/26
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forward and we can't, you know, stop the trains," Status Conf. Tr. ("Apr. 13 Tr.") at 18:15-19:10,
Apr. 13, 2026, Defendants have begun irreversible damage to East Potomac Golf Course. At
4:55 p.m. on Friday preceding the holiday weekend, Defendants announced their intent to
begin-barely 12 hours later—a massive operation to clear 529 trees at East Potomac Golf
Course. Decl. of Dr. Kevin Griess, Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks,
National Park Service 920, ECF 74-1. Although they initially represented that their work would proceed in stages, Defendants in fact took down 529 trees on Saturday alone and have confirmed
to Plaintiffs that they intend to take down hundreds more.
Defendants' surprise tree-razing operation constitutes classic National Environmental
Policy Act segmentation: undertaking elements of a larger project piecemeal and insisting that they are independent and therefore need not be evaluated in a single NEPA review of the entire
project. Defendants cannot circumvent their NEPA obligations in this manner. Delaware
Riverkeeper Network v. F.E.R.C., 753 F.3d 1304, 1313 (D.C. Cir. 2014).Therefore, and for the reasons explained in the Memorandum accompanying this Motion
and supporting exhibits, the Court should enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705, enjoining Defendants from any further tree felling at East Potomac Park. In addition, the
Court should order Defendants to provide the Court and Plaintiffs no less than three business days' written advance notice before any irreparable modification to any permanent forms or
features of East Potomac Park.
If the Court believes a hearing would be appropriate, Plaintiffs request a hearing on this
motion at the Court's first availability. At the parties' meet and confer on Sunday afternoon, Defendants represented that the tree-clearing operation would continue this week until
completed. Defendants indicated during the meet and confer that rain foreclosed any work on
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Sunday, and that the possibility of doing work on Monday depended on weather and the course's
condition. Depending on Defendants' plans, then, it is possible that no work will occur on
Monday.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Judge Reyes is pretty close to outright shouting at the DOJ right now. She is clearly *furious.*
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Judge Reyes' opening statement to the DOJ as the hearing begins: "I am thoroughly unamused right now."
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
US maternity wards face wave of closures as Medicaid cuts kick in
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ spending cuts will be fully felt next year, but hospitals are already feeling the squeeze
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Republican Party is chock full of Nazis. The government has Nazis in senior administration positions. The Republican Party’s largest donor is a neo-Nazi. David Brooks might not want to admit it, but that’s why it’s long past time for him to shut up.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers. Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us. Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work. It was a hoax.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/10/2026
One person listed as a top donor to David Flippo's congressional campaign says they never contributed to the Nevada Republican. The Campaign Legal Center's Brendan Fischer says that "suggests very serious campaign finance violations.”
motherjones.com
David Flippo has close ties to accused fraudster whose company spent lavishly on his behalf
Arizona Land Reserve, which the Nevada Republican listed as one of his biggest assets on his financial disclosure, cut $50,000 checks to conservative groups that endorsed him.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
As Putin fails on the battlefield and at home, Russia is now planning to assassinate European civilians, previously considered a step too far.
ft.com
Russia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warn
Companies increase personal security for top executives as Kremlin orders expansion of sabotage and ‘hybrid’ operations
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 11/10/2026
*sigh* It is a partisan thing. The people that do it, admit that it is a partisan thing. The purges are times to be maximally effective at suppressing the vote. Low income Black voters tend to move more frequently. And they tend to have different forms of government ID than wealthy homeowners.
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Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
From the Department of Retribution: The Justice Department is investigating whether TV networks violated federal antitrust laws when they briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump. @dmccabe.bsky.social @benmullin.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...
nytimes.com
Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was examining whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Question reporters should be asking every Republican elected: Your president trusts Putin, praises Putin, is beholden to Putin, and wants to help Putin annex more of Ukraine. What are you going to do about it?
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The most dreaded words Kimberly Guilfoyle can hear: "you were in a Wall Street Journal article today." Key bit: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
This sort of undiplomatic language and lack of judgement is not a one-off. As she tried to get herself invited to a dinner at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Guilfolye reportedly told one businessman: “You know, I can deliver the world to you. Which you deserve…I’m going to make you a lot of fucking money.”
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
All of the more than 100 million Americans who live in states without the death penalty, either by abolition or executive moratorium, *have Democrats to thank* for this fact.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In more serious times, the US government trying to cover up the deaths of service members would be a career-ending scandal.
apple.news
Pentagon raises official toll of troops who died during war with Iran to 21 — The Washington Post
The Post exclusively reported last month that the numbers of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its public database.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Our long national nightmare of minimizing toxic chemicals in our food is finally over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed
Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's so weird, because--and I know I'm a broken record on this--I was told in no uncertain terms this would not be happening, by one of the NYT's brightest stars.
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ukraine President Zelenskyy says the consequences of President Trump and the US "allowing Russia to sell oil products were most clearly felt in Kyiv today, when, following numerous attacks with jet-powered Shahed drones against energy facilities, a ballistic missile attack began as well."
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Zelenskiy / Official
Що означає дозвіл Росії продавати нафтопродукти, зараз найкраще було чутно в Києві, коли після численних застосувань реактивних «шахедів» проти енергетичних обʼєктів почалася ще й атака балістикою. Частину ракет вдалося збити. Це ще раз чітко демонструє, які справжні наміри у Росії. Вони розраховують на продовження війни, терор проти звичайних людей і знищення інфраструктури. Кожен додатковий мільярд доларів, які вони зможуть заробити на експорті, вони витратять саме на це – на пошук і завезення критичних компонентів, обладнання для виробництва зброї, на посилення «шахедів» і виробництво ракет та ще на додаткових найманців на фронт. Російський вибір – це війна. І вони будуть готові її припинити тільки тоді, коли відчують, що потенціал затягування війни скорочується. Вчора, на жаль, були зовсім інші сигнали для Росії – сигнали, що атакувати надалі начебто можна. І це потрібно виправляти. Потрібні сильні сигнали від Сполучених Штатів, від Європи, від інших партнерів. На підтримку України та на ОБМЕЖЕННЯ російської…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
Rachel Campos-Duffy claims Ukraine has killed "a million kids on the Russian side"
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 10/10/2026
Here is your assignment for today: Go to this link and buy a coffee for @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social: buymeacoffee.com/kateinkharkiv She has been keeping us all informed from Kharkiv for years now—in English. Follow and support her please.
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Kate
Hi, my name is Kate. I live in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Trying to keep the world informed about Ukrainian perspective of war, tell the world how war feels for a regular citizen in a city that gets mercilessl
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The EU's Kaja Kallas: “Suspending sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenues to wage war. “This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe won’t.
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“An armed society is a polite society.”
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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What exactly should Zelenskyy be grateful to Trump for? That Trump has ensured that the war drags on for far longer than it needed to at the expense of Ukrainian property and lives?
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Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Shameful.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Six months ago:
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DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Damn. @theonion.com did it again!
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
'The license provides relief under the two specified Russia sanctions regimes.' 'Its text contains no condition requiring Russia to stop attacking Ukraine.' 'The diesel agreement gives Washington a further incentive to seek restraint from Kyiv, without requiring reciprocal Russian restraint'
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What a shocker that the regime keeps playing Democrats in Congress. One would think the Democrats who are trying to sell out on permitting reform bill based on the good “word” would ponder about getting played again during the lame duck.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Should be bigger news, right? A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
nytimes.com
How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel
A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.
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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Good morning. As reported by the WSJ, the US budget deficit climbed to nearly $2 trillion ($1.993 trillion) for the fiscal year ending September 30. What remains historically notable is that the US has continued to run a deficit of around 6% of GDP despite solid growth and a robust labor market.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 09/10/2026
Useful to see an admin that flew to Greece this week to claim the torch of Western civilization place itself, by week’s end, in context with what it _actually_ represents.
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
credit where credit is due, this is straight ahead factual and well written
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The media calls him a “moderate”
Newsweek headline from 2023: “Republicans Choose Emmer, a Moderate, as their Third Speaker Nominee”
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Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes, Medicare for All will increase your taxes...but not as much as you pay in insurance Yes, Medicare for All will likely mean you jettison your private insurance...but your private insurance sucks...and you KNOW IT DOES 👇
Medicare for All will cost LESS than our current system.

A recent study by Yale epidemiologists found that Medicare for All would save around 68,000 lives a year while reducing U.S. health care spending by around 13%, or $450 billion a year.
Medicare for All spending would be approximately $37.8 trillion between 2017 and 2026, according to a study by the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. That amounts to about $5 trillion in savings over that time. These savings would come from reducing administrative costs and allowing the government to negotiate prescription drug prices.
Other studies by think tanks and government agencies have analyzed single-payer proposals at the state and federal levels. Most found Medicare for All would reduce our total health care spending.
Even a study by the Koch-funded Mercatus Center found that Medicare for All would save around $2 trillion over a 10-year period.
With Medicare for All, most families would spend less on health care than they do now on premiums, copays and deductibles.

​​​​​​​Some additional taxes would be needed to pay for Medicare for All, but most Americans would spend less on health care than they do right now.
Overall, working families that make around $60,000 a year would pay up to 14% lessen their annual health care costs.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is Nazi rhetoric, full stop. It's not only a call to instigate a race war in the United States, but it's reminiscent of historic European justifications used to incite pogroms against Jews. People who say things like this are incredibly dangerous, as there is nothing they won't eventually do.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 09/10/2026
Susie Wiles’s daughter also works for Republika Srpska. trib.al/97v0n9z
trib.al
Another Member of Trump’s Inner Circle Works for Russian-Linked Group
Susie Wiles’s daughter also works for Republika Srpska.
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is just a relentlessly horrific story. It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Cost to the US for blockading Iran and trying to escort tankers through Hormuz (ballpark est.): An aircraft carrier takes around $7m/day to operate. The Navy has two operating there, plus about 20 more ships. So we're spending over $100m/week, plus munitions costs, for lower shipping than pre-war.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump family runs the government, and the government pays the Trump family. This is not a coincidence – it's deep corruption that never would have been tolerated before a convicted felon took over the White House. Vote against all Republicans.
abcnews.com
Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.
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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: European Parliament significantly toughens China position, adopted by landslide FOR 454 AGAINST 86 ABSTAIN 110 Report says China is “decisive enabler” of Russia & backs a “continuous [European] naval presence and joint exercises” in and around the Taiwan Strait
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
America's President, talking in an off-hand about manner about the destruction of American cities 'It's a small price to pay'. The closest Old Captain Bone Spurs has come to combat has been when terrified women have tried to escape his clutches.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Matt Gaetz is a 3rd generation Republican politician whose primary accomplishment is life is being born the son of a wealthy 2nd generation GOP politician. His grandfather served in the 14th Traffic Regulation Group during WWII. He was the train master of the White Pass and Yukon Route.
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He clutched a photo in the mud so the country would still be here. Not so a later generation could skip the midterms and let the gavels flip.
YOU MUST VOTE RED.
The border. The ballot. The classroom. Democrats already blocked photo ID. They want the courts packed and the gates open again. A stay-home vote is a blue vote. Show up. Vote the WHOLE ticket.
The foxhole was the hard part. November is the easy one. Do not waste it.
YOU MUST VOTE RED
Calvin
@RealCalvin1
Your great-grandfather did not sleep in a foxhole in some foreign land clutching a photo of your great-grandmother so you could vote communists into office.
Vote red.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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