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Architect, sculler, voter protection advocate
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PBS News
2 days ago
Last August, the president instructed the Commerce Department to have the Census Bureau start work on a new census that would exclude immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally from the head count.
https://to.pbs.org/4qr2xCH
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Census Bureau plans to use survey with a citizenship question in its test for 2030, alarming experts
This decision follows the Trump administration's failed attempt to add such a question to the 2020 census.
https://to.pbs.org/4qr2xCH
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Sean Casten
3 days ago
Once again: the Trump administration isn't opposed to clean energy. They're opposed to cheap energy. Because it threatens the livelihood of their mediocre friends who can't compete against cheaper sources.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/c...
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A Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects Nationwide
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/climate/wind-solar-projects.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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First two human storage facilities slated for PA (off I-78 and in Schuylkill County) to house / concentrate detainees. Kudos to this TikToker who made the video based on a Philadelphia Inquirer report....and to Michele, the Substack re-poster!
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Michele’s💙🌊 (@democraticwarrior)
These Nazis are using our tax dollars to purchase more CONCENTRATION CAMPS to used AGAINST us‼️ Ain’t that some 💩⁉️ #8647 by any means necessary #ASAP 🖕🏽🤡🖕🏽
https://substack.com/@democraticwarrior/note/c-210192040?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=b7q2n
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"We Know Enough" - Powerful Testimony From Arizona Against ICE's Building Of A Massive "Detention" Center There
Watch and share this incredible video from an Arizona town meeting last night
https://substack.com/@simonwdc/note/p-186893924?r=artxt
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Ron Filipkowski
5 days ago
Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
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Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
6 days ago
concentration camps coming to your neighborhood any day now - looking at you, Berks County, PA.
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
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ICE buys $87M warehouse in Berks County
Deed records show the Trump administration purchased a 520,000-square-foot warehouse in Hamburg, PA, for $87.4 million on Feb. 2.
https://www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/02/ice-warehouse-berks-county-purchase-federal-government/
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Timothy Snyder
6 days ago
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
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Will Bunch
7 days ago
Garrett has to be at or near the top of the list of journalists who’ve stepped up to the plate for democracy The officers who murdered Alex Pretti were nurtured in this toxic culture
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Joaquin Castro
7 days ago
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Adam Keiper
7 days ago
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Build It Better
YouTube video by Aron Wright - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1qO3axcLwk
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Hermitage Hermit
9 days ago
11 people had the right to worship freely, until a Trump supporter shot them at Tree of Life in Pittsburgh.
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Robert Hubbell
8 days ago
The press has bowed before Trump for eight years. He learned from their subservience and took the next logical step. It is time for the media to become part of the resistance. Better late than never. We should welcome them with open arms!
bit.ly/3Z9W0B6
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It is time for the mainstream media to join the resistance. Better late than never.
January 31, 2026
https://bit.ly/3Z9W0B6
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Our history matters!
www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
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Judge chastises Trump administration attorney in hearing over dismantled President’s House exhibits
The city wants the judge to order that no more exhibits be removed and that the already-removed exhibits be protected as the litigation continues.
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/presidents-house-slavery-exhibits-hearing-friday-20260130.html?id=LVueLSvczcxZX&utm_source=social&utm_campaign=gift_link&utm_medium=referral
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Michael Harriot
10 days ago
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Stephen A. Does Not Speak For Me
Omega Psi Phi is grounded in four cardinal principles. Manhood. Scholarship. Perseverance. Uplift. Stephen A. Smith fails each one in attacking Black Women leaders in bad faith.
http://dlvr.it/TQf2xl
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Vittoria Elliott
11 days ago
If humanities were useless AI companies would not be scrambling to ingest all the work of writers/thinkers/artists/journalists/etc. They, in fact, cannot do anything without that kind of work. But devaluing it is a great way to get people to give it to you for free/little $$, or justify stealing it
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The Brian Lehrer Show
11 days ago
The US version of TikTok has new Trump-approved owners.
@telliotter.bsky.social
, senior writer for Wired, talks about the new era of TikTok in America, including a controversial new terms of service and concerns about surveillance and censorship.
www.wnyc.org/story/tiktok...
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TikTok's New Trump-Approved US Owners | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
The United States version of TikTok has new owners, and among them are several corporations and investment firms with ties to President Trump.
http://www.wnyc.org/story/tiktoks-new-trumpapproved-us-owners/
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Christopher Webb
13 days ago
IMMORAL… This drawing was made by one of the 5 year old El Gamal twins. It shows children behind bars with the caption, “I’m 5 years old.” An immigration judge denied them bond, citing “insufficient assets.” These children could remain in detention for years while their case is appealed.
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Adam Bonin
12 days ago
Brendan Carr's FCC is moving to remove the decades-long exemption which network daytime (i.e. THE VIEW) and late-night talk shows have from equal time rules, meaning that if Colbert or Meyers wanted Hakeem Jeffries on this year, they'd have to invite his opponent, too.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny!
12 days ago
Children are being deprived of medical attention! During Trump's 1st term there were 4500+ reports of child
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@buse in detention. Oversight & accountability have been gutted by Trump in his 2nd term & thousands of kids have been detained.
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Kristen Radtke
12 days ago
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being.
@theverge.com
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I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
https://www.theverge.com/policy/868567/alex-pretti-minneapolis-childhood-friend?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IktWYlQ1a1F1ZUUiLCJwIjoiL3BvbGljeS84Njg1NjcvYWxleC1wcmV0dGktbWlubmVhcG9saXMtY2hpbGRob29kLWZyaWVuZCIsImV4cCI6MTc2OTk2NDA1NSwiaWF0IjoxNzY5NTMyMDU1fQ.FrZ0NlULSpVamKAg761dJTzxcH4-LkVYlrvVVZb2ZFc&utm_medium=gift-link
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Santiago Mayer
13 days ago
Trump wants to make Greg Bovino the fall guy. He thinks we won’t remember that Vance, Noem, and Miller all called Pretti a terrorist and still refuse to hold his murderers accountable. We can’t let them get away with it.
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Ron Filipkowski
13 days ago
I say again, this does not even approach a scintilla of the accountability that is required. These are PR moves.
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John Pavlovitz
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Handmade signs show up after Park Service employees removed the formal display describing slaves in the President's House in Philadelphia.
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Ellie Margolis
16 days ago
Oof
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
17 days ago
Look if you keep talking about non-voters and you're not mentioning voter suppression in the same breath, you're not serious about addressing the problem of people not voting
www.brennancenter.org/topics/votin...
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Voter Suppression
Through research, lawsuits, and advocacy, the Brennan Center is fighting voter suppression on every front.
https://www.brennancenter.org/topics/voting-elections/voter-suppression
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We Need To Talk About Kevin
16 days ago
FIGHT
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
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Joanne Freeman
16 days ago
Holy fucking wow.
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Joanne Freeman
16 days ago
Consider: What can you offer as resistance? Be creative! Then offer it. This is a great example.
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Robert Hubbell
18 days ago
It’s not your imagination. The chaos caused by the Mad King has reached new heights—and we are only one year into his prescribed four-year term. It will likely get worse before it gets better. But we can survive and prevail if enough of us continue to resist on behalf of all of us.
bit.ly/4sMdrFv
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“Stop pretending, name reality.”--Canadian PM Mark Carney.
January 21, 2026
https://bit.ly/4sMdrFv
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George Pearkes
19 days ago
*DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES
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Robert Hubbell
19 days ago
If Republicans retain any vestigial memories of principle or patriotism, now would be a good time for them to act on distant memories of duty and honor to save America. Trump is embarrassing a great nation and endangering global security to assuage his fragile yet monstrous ego.
bit.ly/3ZkwYz5
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Republicans must stage an intervention with Trump, now!
January 20, 2026
https://bit.ly/3ZkwYz5
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Zach Everson
21 days ago
Springsteen at an unbilled performance at a Parkinson’s benefit Sat. in NJ— “…send a message to this President. And as the Mayor of that city has said, ‘ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.’ So this one is for you, and the memory of the mother of three and American citizen Renee Good.”
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Promised Land - for Renee Good, Bruce Springsteen, Light of Day, 1/17/26, Count Basie Theater
YouTube video by MarcGlenRock
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kozx1KGI3sg
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Robert Hubbell
22 days ago
There was good news on Friday. Trump backed down—for now—on his threat to invoke the Insurrection Act. Trump’s advisers in the White House are waking up to the fact that the cruel, militaristic tactics used by ICE are angering the American people as never before
bit.ly/3Nq2v03
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Trump retreats on Insurrection Act threat
January 17, 2025
https://bit.ly/3Nq2v03
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only)
22 days ago
A federal judge in Minnesota just last night specifically ruled that DHS cannot arrest, detain or retaliate against peaceful demonstrators
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Prem Thakker ツ
28 days ago
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.
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Shawn Harris
29 days ago
We’re officially 58 days out from the special election on March 10, 2026, to fill the vacancy caused by Marjorie Taylor Greene. If you haven’t requested your absentee ballot yet, you can do so here:
securemyabsenteeballot.sos.ga.gov/s/
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Stephen Wolf
about 1 month ago
This may be quite problematic for mail ballots. Many states count ballots that are postmarked by Election Day if they are received within several days. At Trump's urging, Republicans are currently trying to get the Supreme Court to ban these grace periods nationwide
boltsmag.org/ohio-ends-gr...
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Adam Bonin
about 1 month ago
The "We Didn't Start the Fire" tontine is down to three: Chubby Checker, Bob Dylan, and Bernhard Goetz.
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Jon Cryer
about 1 month ago
Donald Trump is a convicted criminal. He is objectively pro-crime. The Trump administration is a criminal organization. He is turning the U.S. into a mafia state.
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Rep. Brendan Boyle
2 months ago
One day, the cost-of-living crisis is a “con job.” The next day, he’s flying into Pennsylvania to pretend he’s fixing it. The real con was his promise to lower prices. Pennsylvanians know it's all bullshit.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-visits-pennsylvania-e39cd8b6253e521d909370012bf3e7af
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Trump to visit Pennsylvania to highlight efforts to curb inflation as high prices squeeze Americans
President Donald Trump plans to visit Pennsylvania next week to highlight his efforts to reduce inflation.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-visits-pennsylvania-e39cd8b6253e521d909370012bf3e7af
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Kevin M. Kruse
4 months ago
The destruction of the White House is such an ungodly abomination that, of course, the New York Jets are involved.
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Annie Andrews, MD
4 months ago
A quick rundown of who I am and what I’m doing. By the numbers.
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The Defenders of Democracy
4 months ago
7 million people joined together & marched in the USA No Kings Protest making it the largest in American history! While other countries joined in our movement such as 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇦🇹🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇵🇦🇵🇹🇪🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧🇦🇺🇩🇰🇮🇸🇻🇬🇳🇱🇯🇵 & many more It is not about the people in power. It’s about POWER of the PEOPLE!
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Marc Elias
4 months ago
Best I've seen.
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Aerial view of No Kings in Philly...spilled out of the Independence Mall venue.
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Aroostook County Democrats
4 months ago
Ask yourself WHY is the ultra right wing zealot, Leonard Leo, spending so much money trying to kill Absentee Voting in Maine??
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Robert Reich
4 months ago
Still waiting for it to trickle down...
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The Christian Science Monitor
5 months ago
Brazil’s stand for rule by law – and civilians
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Brazil’s stand for rule by law – and civilians
https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0912/Brazil-s-stand-for-rule-by-law-and-civilians?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1757816650
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Christopher Webb
5 months ago
Wow. History made. Clipse just became the first hip-hop act ever to perform at the Vatican, backed by John Legend and the Voices of Free orchestra. They performed “The Birds Don’t Sing.”
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