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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2h

Telling the federal court that IL police can handle Broadview was part of the state's legal strategy against national guard being deployed here.

But it's hard to square that as for the good of protestors or Illinoisans as a whole, when IL police are perfectly willing to drag and beat them anyway.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

state police continue to push protesters down 25th street. at one point, cops swarmed a group of people and pushed them to the ground.

multiple people arrested.

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 11h

The Holy Father should emulate Pope John Paul II and make an early pilgrimage to his home country to speak some plain truths to the regime in power.

NPR @npr.org · 13h

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 22h

baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 20h

Mariners have had a guy on second base with no outs three times in extra innings, and have yet to score.

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 21h

I’m not a fan of small ball, but these are the situations where you do it, and good lord both teams have been awful.

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 21h

Alberta NDP doing the same. Opposed to coal mining in eastern slopes, but ok with pipeline through critical ecosystems. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 1d

This guy is gobbling up public trust in record time.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 1d

Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/10/c...

Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

nationalnewswatch.com

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 1d

I really want to know what the OG Wizard Frog thinks of people copying them. Are they ok with it? Was it their idea? Or are they upset others are stealing their thunder? Is this aura jacking? Is their beef between the frogs? Where’s the journalism!!!!???

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 1d

Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 1d

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Loyola University Chicago @loyolachicago.bsky.social · 1d

Loyola University Chicago is greatly saddened to confirm the death of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM. This is a tremendous loss of someone who touched the lives of so many people. We appreciate everyone’s thoughts & prayers during this difficult time. For more information: https://bit.ly/4o7eIUk

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

With receipts!

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 1d

He was showing this to Carney and delegation yesterday. Canadian reporter should ask them what Trump said he was going to do.

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 1d

I’m going to clean the bathrooms as punishment for being an Eagles fan.

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 1d

I’d bet everything I own that Trump will create a peace prize and give it to himself. That or his sycophants create one and give it to him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Larry Kudlow to Sen. Eric Schmitt: "You and I should get on a plane, go to Davos or go to the UN or go to the Democratic Socialists who make these Nobel Prize decisions -- I think they'd rather shoot themselves than give him the Peace Prize. He deserves the Peace Prize."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

i feel like everything bari weiss does is treated like she's a network exec in 1973 when she's really just a LARPer at the helm of a particularly irrelevant brand while TV news is dying.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 2d

I’m confident many of those artists can still write great songs. Maybe not hit songs, but that’s not the same thing.

Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 2d

Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Smoky Robinson, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are all still alive, so…

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 5d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 2d

Danielle Smith keeps saying she wants a new pipeline. But her actions suggest what she's really after is a renewed fight with Canada -- even if it ends up costing her the pipeline she claims to care so much about.

#cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/o...

Danielle Smith wants a fight with Canada, not a new pipeline

Alberta's premier has opened the door in her party and province to separatists. Now, she's claiming that other people are the ones threatening Canada's future.

www.nationalobserver.com

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 2d

Few things in life are as enjoyable as watching the New York Yankees lose at home.

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Gourmet Spud @gourmetspud.bsky.social · 2d

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 2d

When the Yankees get eliminated

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

if this isn't civil war i'm not sure what is

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
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Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!!!

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 2d

A simple message to the U of A: your alumni notice. We notice when you send in police to attack peaceful protesters. We notice when you limit stories that criticize this government. And we notice when you punish an academic for expressing their opinions.

Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 3d

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: U of A's response to Charlie Kirk comments erodes academic freedom

This case cannot be separated from the broader landscape of academic freedom currently under strain in Canada and beyond.

edmontonjournal.com

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 2d

Is there a good place to see that data?

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