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Robbie Newell
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Gay energy nerd. You figure out where the commas go.
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propublica.org
1/ Ciji Graham was the mother of 2-year-old SJ, a sister to 9 younger siblings, a beloved friend.

She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.

This is her story.
Ciji Graham, a Black woman wearing glasses, holds an infant boy wearing a black hoodie.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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dell.bsky.social
BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.
Trump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different Story
Hundreds of records obtained by WIRED show thin intelligence on the Venezuelan gang in the United States, describing fragmented, low-level crime rather than a coordinated terrorist threat.
www.wired.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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damonberes.com
We are not letting this go

If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.

by @cwarzel.bsky.social and @matteowong.bsky.social
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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chadstanton.blacksky.app
This is why no chase policies are important and it is important to point out the police regulalry violate them.

www.washingtoninformer.com/dc-photograp...
Washington Informer Photographer Fatally Struck in Police Chase Near the White House
Remembering Aaron Marckell Williams, a talented photographer known for his work with The Washington Informer, tragically killed in a car accident.
www.washingtoninformer.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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federalreserve.gov
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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esqueer.net
I know it's hard to shock these days but Elon Musk going full Rhodesia defender and calling for the ethnic cleansing of the US should still shock you.

These are neo nazi views that were only previously shared on explicitly neo nazi sites.
A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Elon Musk. Musk replies "Yes" to a post by "The American Tribune." The American Tribune post reads: "Further, what they've managed to accomplish in South Africa is what they want to inflict on all of us. The anarchotyranny, expropriation, and race communism that destroyed Rhodesia and South Afric..." The text cuts off at the "Show more" link. A screenshot of a post by "The American Tribune" quoting a post by "Humble Flow." The American Tribune text reads: "Further, what they've managed to accomplish in South Africa is what they want to inflict on all of us. The anarchotyranny, expropriation, and race communism that destroyed Rhodesia and South Africa are the same things they are bringing to America and the rest of the Occident to turn us into the Global Favela." The quoted post by Humble Flow includes a vintage photograph of three white soldiers in short shorts and military fatigues holding rifles in a brush environment (evoking the Rhodesian Bush War). The caption reads: "What they once did to Rhodesia, they now attempt to the whole world. Resist." A screenshot of a thread on X involving Elon Musk. At the top, a reposted tweet by "Hugh Anthony" reads: "I will never stop. REMIGRATION TILL I DIE!" Below this, Elon Musk replies "Yes" to a post by user "RAMZPAUL." RAMZPAUL’s post quotes the Hugh Anthony tweet and states: "Demographic replacement is genocide." A screenshot of a post by Elon Musk quoting a post by "Will Tanner." Musk writes: "Unfortunately, this is where America is headed." Will Tanner's post reads: "High civilization existed for a brief flicker of a moment in Rhodesia, a few decades where the primordial darkness of the Stone Age was vanquished. But then it returned, in the name of equality, and Zimbabwe is once again a ruin..." Below the text is a six-panel comparison image titled "THEN" and "NOW." ​Rhodesia: "Then" shows a clean, orderly city street; "Now" shows people behind a locked gate. ​South Africa: "Then" shows a bustling city skyline with traffic; "Now" shows a crowd holding a sign that reads "kill WHITE." ​America: "Then" shows a historic city street scene; "Now" shows a white square with the text "COMING SOON." A watermark at the bottom right reads "NOWHITEGUILT.ORG."
January 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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katelynburns.com
I would bet my life savings this isn't going to happen. This guy is the world's biggest bullshitter.
everyfilmnow.bsky.social Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · Oct 6
Elon Musk announces xAI game studio will release a great AI-generated game before end of 2026.

Powered by Grok, the studio aims to revolutionize gaming with dynamic, photo-realistic experiences.

#xAI #Grok #AIGaming
January 11, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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benlorber8.bsky.social
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org

religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that: If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
religiondispatches.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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billmckibben.bsky.social
"I'm not mad at you" as your last words on earth are really not all that far from "forgive them father for they know not what they do."
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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pbump.com
What the fuck are we actually doing here?
January 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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timkarr.bsky.social
At Status_ @oliverdarcy.bsky.social has learned that Bari Weiss, CBS News' Trump-approved minder, has held up another “60 Minutes” report:

An Anderson Cooper investigation of Trump’s acceptance of white S. African refugees, which is “guaranteed to provoke Trump and inflame his MAGA base.”
The Shadow Over ‘60’
As Sharyn Alfonsi's “60 Minutes” report remains shelved, Status has learned that an Anderson Cooper piece is also caught in a prolonged editorial review process, frustrating the veteran producer attac...
www.status.news
January 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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jsweetli.bsky.social
NEW: The ICE agent who killed Renee Good yesterday in Minneapolis appears to be an Iraq war veteran named Jonathan Ross who lives in Minnesota.

Me, @noahhurowitz.bsky.social and @jesswash.bsky.social

theintercept.com/2026/01/08/i...
ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Nicole Good Identified as Jonathan Ross
Identifying the shooter in Minneapolis, The Intercept found a photo captioned “Jon Ross in Iraq” posted by a man noted in public records as his father.
theintercept.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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jesswash.bsky.social
Breaking: The Intercept has identified the ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good as Jonathan Ross.

w/ @jsweetli.bsky.social and @noahhurowitz.bsky.social

theintercept.com/2026/01/08/i...
ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Nicole Good Identified as Jonathan Ross
Identifying the shooter in Minneapolis, The Intercept found a photo captioned “Jon Ross in Iraq” posted by a man noted in public records as his father.
theintercept.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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costasamaras.com
Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power

- file impeachment articles every day in the House

- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee

- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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kenjennings.bsky.social
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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ndrew.bsky.social
im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7d
"Was the officer struck by the vehicle, as President Trump insists, or did the car pass by or around him?"
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
The basic sequence of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday is not in dispute: A Honda Pilot reversed, then moved forward; an ICE agent was close to the vehicle; the agent fired shots. A 37-year-old woman was killed. But that sequence has been interpreted in radically different ways. Was the officer struck by the vehicle, as President Trump insists, or did the car pass by or around him? Was he positioned in front of the vehicle or to the side? Did he have a genuine, reasonable fear for his life in that moment, or did he create the very danger he then used lethal force to escape?
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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hjarmstrong.bsky.social
I think withdrawal from the UN's Peacebuilding Commission and Peacebuilding Fund should automatically disqualify a world leader from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
January 8, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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allinwithchris.bsky.social
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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jamellebouie.net
it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Dr Oz threatens to pull Medicaid support for Minnesota: "Sticking to the narrative that's cold in Minnesota -- this is the tip of the iceberg"
January 7, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
1. ICE will kill you.

2. Trumpists will lie to justify it.

3. Because they are all thug trash.
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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pbump.com
The image of the blood-soaked airbag next to the glove compartment overflowing with stuffed animals is going to stick with me for a very long time.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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bgodar.bsky.social
Wrote a piece for @slate.com explaining that states have a long history of prosecuting federal officers when they allegedly use excessive force. Federal officers are only immune from such prosecutions when they act reasonably in carrying out lawful duties.
Minnesota Could Prosecute the ICE Shooter. Trump Can’t Pardon Him.
Shortly after an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, city leaders began looking into whether the officer had violated state criminal law.
slate.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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jamellebouie.net
masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
skyspider.bsky.social Kelly Stuart @skyspider.bsky.social · 7d
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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mattmfm.bsky.social
It is now undeniable that the Trump administration’s official position on federal law enforcement is to see its role as provoking and antagonizing rather than de-escalating and protecting the public. It’s dangerous, corrosive to trust, and fundamentally un-American.
January 8, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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jamellebouie.net
love to be a libertarian whose response to the summary execution of an american citizen is “you shouldn’t say bad words”
russellcohn.bsky.social Russell Cohn @russellcohn.bsky.social · 7d
A constituent was just murdered you dingus
January 7, 2026 at 11:34 PM