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brian-goldstone.bsky.social
Worth remembering, as Trump tries to brutalize blue states over alleged TANF fraud: Mississippi's former welfare director ran TANF as a private slush fund, routing tens of millions to churches, wrestlers, and celebrity pet projects (including Brett Favre's)—while rejecting over 90% of poor families.
ashtonpittman.bsky.social Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: Text messages reveal the strange relationship that John Davis, the former Mississippi official who directed millions in welfare dollars to sports celebrities, shared with WWE wrestlers Ted DiBiase Jr. and Brett DiBiase.

"It is me who tried to buy your love," he wrote in one text read in court.
DiBiase Trial Spotlights Wrestlers' Odd Bond With Mississippi Welfare Scandal Mastermind
The odd relationship between the mastermind of the Mississippi welfare scandal and two ex-wrestlers was on display in Ted DiBiase Jr.’s trial.
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January 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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criminalerin.bsky.social
"Despite the drawbacks, police sergeant Rick Keel told Fox 13 that the tool is saving him “six to eight hours weekly now. I’m not the most tech-savvy person, so it’s very user-friendly,” he added."
Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog
"That’s when we learned the importance of correcting these AI-generated reports."
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January 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Renee Nicole Good, 37, was murdered four fifths of a mile from where George Perry Floyd, Jr., 46, was murdered in May of 2020.
auntiefancy.bsky.social Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 4d
I want the media to understand just how close what happened today is to where George Floyd was murdered. 0.8 miles.
Screenshot of google map showing walking directions from where George Floyd was murdered to where an ICE agent murdered an observer today, distance of 18 min, 0.8 miles.
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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cheryllynneaton.bsky.social
There are people who still don't understand that you can do everything right--you can do everything they tell you--and you will still be shot in the face.
January 8, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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markreel.bsky.social
The first two hours this morning
A old advert that has the words What the heck is Electronic Mail? With a man looking very scared by a sparkling trail flying around his desk
January 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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ddayen.bsky.social
Marco Rubio's right-wing exile grifters stand ready to bankrupt Venezuela and steal everything they can
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The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela - The American Prospect
How Juan Guaidó sucked a weary nation dry, and primed it for the current U.S.-led assault
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January 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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joolia.bsky.social
fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...
New York Public Library press release: Schomburg Qur'an Selected for Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani's Swearing-In In a historic first, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will use a Qur'an from NYPL's Schomburg Center at a midnight swearing-in ceremony. December 31, 2025-The New York Public Library announced on Wednesday that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will use a Qur'an from the collections of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to take the oath of office at a midnight swearing-in ceremony on New Year's Eve. This comes as the Schomburg Center is celebrating its centennial. Following the midnight swearing-in ceremony, the Qur'an will be put on public display beginning January 6 in the McGraw Rotunda at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street. "This marks a significant moment in our city's history, and we are deeply honored that Mayor-elect Mamdani has chosen to take the oath of office using one of the Library's Qur'ans," said Anthony W. Marx, President and CEO of The New York Public Library. "This specific Qur'an, which Arturo Schomburg preserved for the knowledge and enjoyment of all New Yorkers, symbolizes a greater story of inclusion, representation, and civic-mindedness."
December 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.

The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.

When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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mattraytalk.bsky.social
Knicks fans tomorrow all day everywhere
a man stands in front of a peacock with its feathers spread
ALT: a man stands in front of a peacock with its feathers spread
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December 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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The Knicks are the 2025 Emirates NBA Cup Champions! 🏆

OG Anunoby: 28 PTS, 9 REB, 5 3PM
Jalen Brunson: 25 PTS, 8 AST
Karl-Anthony Towns: 16 PTS, 11 REB, 2 STL
Jordan Clarkson: 15 PTS, 3 3PM
Tyler Kolek: 14 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST
Mitchell Robinson: 15 REB, 2 BLK
December 17, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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librarycolleen.bsky.social
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
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Important notice: AI-generated archival references
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December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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kissphoria.bsky.social
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
The University of Oklahoma takes seriously concerns involving First Amendment rights, certainly including religious freedoms. Upon receiving notice from the student on the grading of an assignment, the University immediately began a full review of the situation and has acted swiftly to address the matter. First, the college acted immediately to address the academic issue raised by the student. College leaders contacted her on the day her letter was received and have maintained regular communication throughout the process. As previously stated, a formal grade appeals process was conducted. The process resulted in steps to ensure no academic harm to the student from the graded assignments. Second, the student reported filing a claim of illegal discrimination based on religious beliefs to the appropriate university office. OU has a clear process for reviewing such claims and it has been activated. The graduate student instructor has been placed on administrative leave pending the finalization of this process. To ensure fairness in the process, a full-time professor is serving as the course instructor for the remainder of the semester. OU remains firmly committed to fairness, respect and protecting every student's right to express sincerely held religious beliefs. The UNIVERSITY of OKLAHOMA
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t
October 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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gabriellehecht.bsky.social
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
Sara Whitmer • • • 1h • 8 I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town. Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming. Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance. 75 12 comments
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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josesepulveda.bsky.social
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.
October 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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laurajedeed.bsky.social
This year, I've had so many productivity issues. Whole days lost, deadlines completely blown I've been trying to figure out what's wrong with me

Yeah, so for the last 48 hours I decided to tune out the news and concentrate on an article and surprise surprise: it was the fascism this whole time
October 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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proftwolf.bsky.social
Mark Bray and Yesenia Barragan, and the family, have safely embarked on their trip to Spain after being questioned by DHS.
October 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US for Spain on Wednesday night, according to media reports, hours after Donald Trump hosted a White House roundtable highlighting the impact of antifa – or “anti-fascist” – far-left activists. Mark Bray, an historian who published the 2017 book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, and has taught courses on anti-fascism at the New Jersey university, was attempting to board a plane at Newark airport bound for Europe when he was informed at the boarding gate that the reservations for him and his family had been cancelled. Continue reading...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
“These are scenes I was not expecting to see in the US. You have detentions in Germany, but …they’re certainly not carried out by people who are wearing masks. There’s no comparison to that in Germany”

—German journalist reporting from outside an NYC immigration center
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Scenes from immigration court in New York’s Federal Plaza.
Till Eckert spent two weeks reporting from the twelfth-floor hallways, where ICE agents have had charged encounters with immigrants and reporters.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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edburmila.bsky.social
Good morning! You feel like you’re going crazy because their attempts to bludgeon you into submission with weaponized unreality aren’t working on you.

Keep it up. You’re doing great.
October 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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South Carolina lawmakers are about to hear a bill that would classify abortion as homicide and would allow people who have abortions to be charged with murder. The proposal would replace the state’s current six week ban
autonomynews.co Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · Sep 29
The South Carolina bill is really scary stuff. A Senate committee will consider the bill on Wednesday
www.autonomynews.co/abortion-cli...
Personhood watch A very scary total abortion ban, which would classify abortion as homicide, will be heard by a South Carolina Senate committee on Wednesday. If the bill is enacted, people who have abortions could be charged with murder. Alarmingly, the bill contains an explicit exception for contraception—but defines contraception as “the prevention of fertilization of an ovum by a sperm.” A “contraceptive” is specifically defined as “a drug, device, or chemical that prevents conception.” Currently, drugs and devices that prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg are also considered contraceptives under state law, but this bill would remove that part of the definition, seemingly elevating the status of fertilized eggs under law. As we recently explained, contraceptives like IUDs and the morning-after pill don’t generally work by preventing implantation—but conservatives often claim they do. This redefinition suggests that South Carolina Republicans may be itching to target these forms of birth control by claiming they cause abortion, echoing recent rhetoric from the Trump administration.
September 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM