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That highly classified whistleblower report Tulsi Gabbard covering up?
Guardian reports it’s an NSA intercept of a call between a close Trump associate and “an individual associated with foreign intelligence.”
Sounds similar to Trump’s campaign chair meeting Russian intel and sharing data in 2016.
Guardian reports it’s an NSA intercept of a call between a close Trump associate and “an individual associated with foreign intelligence.”
Sounds similar to Trump’s campaign chair meeting Russian intel and sharing data in 2016.
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM
That highly classified whistleblower report Tulsi Gabbard covering up?
Guardian reports it’s an NSA intercept of a call between a close Trump associate and “an individual associated with foreign intelligence.”
Sounds similar to Trump’s campaign chair meeting Russian intel and sharing data in 2016.
Guardian reports it’s an NSA intercept of a call between a close Trump associate and “an individual associated with foreign intelligence.”
Sounds similar to Trump’s campaign chair meeting Russian intel and sharing data in 2016.
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The demise of the CIA World Factbook is “part of a broad war on information being waged by the Trump administration,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
The Trump Administration’s War on Data
A series of recent steps have erased the shared facts that help uphold democracy.
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 12:15 PM
The demise of the CIA World Factbook is “part of a broad war on information being waged by the Trump administration,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
America under the GOP: Comply or die!
January 26, 2026 at 10:33 PM
America under the GOP: Comply or die!
Just when you thought you couldn’t hate the Trump administration more,…
January 24, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Just when you thought you couldn’t hate the Trump administration more,…
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The leader of the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans said shots against polio and measles — and perhaps all diseases — should be optional.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
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Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The leader of the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans said shots against polio and measles — and perhaps all diseases — should be optional.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
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ICE agents are such tough guys. Really macho.
Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 10:32 PM
ICE agents are such tough guys. Really macho.
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Two DOGE members working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls"
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
www.politico.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Two DOGE members working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls"
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
letterfromjail.com A valuable read in times like these. “Injustice anyway is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Letter from Birmingham Jail, by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter to 8 white church leaders, written from a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963.
letterfromjail.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:34 PM
letterfromjail.com A valuable read in times like these. “Injustice anyway is a threat to justice everywhere.”
An excellent article describing the current crisis the American people are in.
I spend a lot of time, thinking about all of the reforms that will be necessary when this regime ends
This from @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social is very smart
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
This from @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social is very smart
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Opinion | An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:40 PM
An excellent article describing the current crisis the American people are in.
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It’s like Donald Trump has declared war on smart people and you don’t even have to be that smart to be qualified as smart people
January 18, 2026 at 2:26 PM
It’s like Donald Trump has declared war on smart people and you don’t even have to be that smart to be qualified as smart people
How would the people of Greenland see the news coming out of MN and think, “Yeah, give us some of that!”
January 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
How would the people of Greenland see the news coming out of MN and think, “Yeah, give us some of that!”
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Even if Renee Good had been disrespectful to law enforcement, "a person cannot be murdered by the state for being disrespectful. You know where that can happen? In places like Venezuela, Iran, Russia, and China—countries ruled by thugs."
ICE Is a Law-Breaking ‘Law Enforcement’ Agency
A Trump-appointed judge took the agency to task for its flagrant contempt.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Even if Renee Good had been disrespectful to law enforcement, "a person cannot be murdered by the state for being disrespectful. You know where that can happen? In places like Venezuela, Iran, Russia, and China—countries ruled by thugs."
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21-year-old activist blinded by ICE:
"It was completely unnecessary. I'm 5'1. I weigh 102 pounds. It's completely unnecessary to shoot me point blank in the face, in my eye, only a few feet away from me. I think he was trying to kill me. I fully believe he was trying to kill me."
"It was completely unnecessary. I'm 5'1. I weigh 102 pounds. It's completely unnecessary to shoot me point blank in the face, in my eye, only a few feet away from me. I think he was trying to kill me. I fully believe he was trying to kill me."
January 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
21-year-old activist blinded by ICE:
"It was completely unnecessary. I'm 5'1. I weigh 102 pounds. It's completely unnecessary to shoot me point blank in the face, in my eye, only a few feet away from me. I think he was trying to kill me. I fully believe he was trying to kill me."
"It was completely unnecessary. I'm 5'1. I weigh 102 pounds. It's completely unnecessary to shoot me point blank in the face, in my eye, only a few feet away from me. I think he was trying to kill me. I fully believe he was trying to kill me."
Amen. Keep speaking the truth and calling out lies.
Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Amen. Keep speaking the truth and calling out lies.
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Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."
January 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."
This treatment is barbaric.
January 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
This treatment is barbaric.
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Underground church says leaders detained as China steps up crackdown
Underground church says leaders detained as China steps up crackdown
Early Rain pastor said to be among those held in sweep that followed arrests of members of other unregistered churches
Leaders of a prominent underground church have been detained in south-west China, according to a church statement, the latest blow in what appears to be a sweeping crackdown on unregistered Christian groups in the country.
On Tuesday, Li Yingqiang, the leader of the Early Rain Covenant Church, was taken by police from his home in Deyang, a small city in Sichuan province, according to the statement. Li’s wife, Zhang Xinyue, has also been detained, along with two other church members: Dai Zhichao, a pastor; and Ye Fenghua, a lay member. At least a further four members were taken and later released, while some others remain out of contact. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Underground church says leaders detained as China steps up crackdown
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Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
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Meanwhile, the Ukrainians are expecting a huge air attack tonight on Kyiv. The Russians may use hypersonic ballistic missiles
January 8, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Meanwhile, the Ukrainians are expecting a huge air attack tonight on Kyiv. The Russians may use hypersonic ballistic missiles
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No one who treated "wear a mask when you enter this store" as horrific tyranny actually believe in deference to state authority.
It's Schmittian friend-enemy politics all the way down. "We" should be able to do whatever we feel like without consequence. "They" should be harassed, repressed, killed.
It's Schmittian friend-enemy politics all the way down. "We" should be able to do whatever we feel like without consequence. "They" should be harassed, repressed, killed.
January 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
No one who treated "wear a mask when you enter this store" as horrific tyranny actually believe in deference to state authority.
It's Schmittian friend-enemy politics all the way down. "We" should be able to do whatever we feel like without consequence. "They" should be harassed, repressed, killed.
It's Schmittian friend-enemy politics all the way down. "We" should be able to do whatever we feel like without consequence. "They" should be harassed, repressed, killed.
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Amazing writing on America’s darkest day. How sad that the J6 ex-cop can’t put it together that Kash, Bongino and Bondi’s silence on the “real story” is bc there was no conspiracy. Reality was that Trump couldn’t admit he had lost.
Two policemen remember January 6. One was defending the Capitol, the other attacking it. Both were transformed by the experience, and by the photos and video taken that day
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump Wants You to Forget This Happened
January 6, five years later
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Amazing writing on America’s darkest day. How sad that the J6 ex-cop can’t put it together that Kash, Bongino and Bondi’s silence on the “real story” is bc there was no conspiracy. Reality was that Trump couldn’t admit he had lost.
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Gift article from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think Anne is the absolutely indispensable writer on American and global democracy issues in this fraught age. I'm glad she is going strong here on BS, over 400,000 followers!
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think Anne is the absolutely indispensable writer on American and global democracy issues in this fraught age. I'm glad she is going strong here on BS, over 400,000 followers!
"American dominance" is our new foreign policy. And it will create a counter-reaction, everywhere.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s ‘American Dominance’ May Leave Us With Nothing
The president’s moves in Venezuela foretell a new global system.
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Gift article from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think Anne is the absolutely indispensable writer on American and global democracy issues in this fraught age. I'm glad she is going strong here on BS, over 400,000 followers!
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think Anne is the absolutely indispensable writer on American and global democracy issues in this fraught age. I'm glad she is going strong here on BS, over 400,000 followers!
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A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:
January 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children: