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Ilhan Omar@ilhanmn.bsky.social

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comHomeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower allegesThe searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.

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Tarrant County Tx does not want you to vote. They want to close 90 voting locations. Go to the hearing tomorrow and tell them phuck you no. Vote. They want to cheat, don't let them vote to remove your polling location. One thing we all know. The GOP knows they're going to lose, so they cheat..

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Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?

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Hanging? We need to call this what it is: LYNCHING. Ten Black Americans in less than two years. Every one of these deaths deserves answers, transparency, and scrutiny. No one should look at these images and expect Black Americans to shrug this off, especially in light of our history.

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NEW: Almost a year after Trump’s domestic policy bill passed, at least 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits. In Arizona, the number of children receiving SNAP has dropped by more than 200,000 since July 2025 — a 55% decline.

propublica.orgMore Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food ProgramRepublican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...

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If my math is right, the crime rate for pardoned insurrectionists is roughly three times higher than that of immigrants.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social

NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

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The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

open.substack.comSelma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.

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Former President Barack Obama met with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for the first time Saturday, joining preschoolers at a child care center for a book reading and singalong. Source: Emma G. Fitzsimmons / NYT

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In his first 100 days, Zohran Mamdani has: -Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by gig companies -Cracked down on predatory landlords -Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program -Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets This is what leadership looks like.

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“Section 14 of the Press Law ordered editors ‘to keep out of the newspapers anything which…tends to weaken the strength of the German Reich, outwardly or inwardly.’” - William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 405

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

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i think the word is “crusade”

Jonathan Larsen@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

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While France's Marie Le Pen is banned from office and serving a prison term, the even bigger criminal and threat to civilization, Donald Trump, is serving a dangerous second term in office. Why can't the United States hold him accountable?

Stephanie Kennedy@wordswithsteph.bsky.social

••••••UPDATE•••••• Marie Le Pen has been banned from public office and sentenced to prison. Le Pen has been banned from running for political office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European Union funds. A Paris court delivered Le Pen a four-year prison sentence,…

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We thought it was Covfefe. #Trumped

KSlatteryResist@kslatteryresist.bsky.social

FOTUS’s KGB name is “Krasnov” says a senior ex-KGB officer who also says FOTUS was recruited in 1987 when Russia was recruiting influential businessmen. Would explain A LOT #Voices4Victory

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