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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 2h

The clearly untrained thugs manhandled her culminating in one of them wrapping his hands around her neck and face.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

A producer and editor for WGN-TV was violently forced to the ground this morning by two Border Patrol agents, before having her hands cuffed behind her back, during an ICE action in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Debbie Brockman has worked for the local television station since 2011.

WGN-TV producer violently detained during Chicago ICE enforcement action

A DHS spokesperson said that Debbie Brockman was placed under arrest for ‘assault on a federal law enforcement officer,’ claiming the WGN employee threw objects at the agent.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 2h

Mike Johnson, Master of the Dysfunctional House

Johnson says House will remain closed until shutdown ends

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Friday that he won’t call House lawmakers back to Washington until the government shutdown ends. “We will come back, and get back to legislative …

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 7h

Illegal? Check. Nihilstic?Check. Politically idiotic? Check. Definitely something Trumpers would do.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Federal Layoffs ‘Have Begun,’ White House Says

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 7h

And who has voted slavishly for virtually everything she's complaining about? This antisemitic conspiracy theorist.

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene: This should not be happening, the shutdown is just going to drive everybody's approval rating that much lower.

Pamela Brown: You're putting the blame on the leadership of your party?

Greene: Absolutely. We control the House. We control the Senate. We have the White House.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 7h

These thugs are creating an advertisement for democracy.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 7h

Wait a second, didn't Trump already "take away" the "freedom of speech"?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

"Maybe you can look into that, Pam" -- Trump directs Pam Bondi to try to stop a planned anti-Trump rally in Austin

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 8h

My theory is that Boebert was sent here by a malign alien civilization.

Lauren Boebert vows to pursue ‘truth about UFOs’ as she bids for re-election

Colorado Republican congresswoman kicks off fourth term run with email to potential donors: ‘They tell us we’re crazy’

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 8h

The Qatar Regime is a major sponsor of Trump and ... Hamas.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 8h

One incompetent stooge doesn't know what the other buffoon is doing.
The government now fully mirrors Trump's decaying mind.

Pam Bondi, DOJ officials caught off guard by Tish James indictment: Sources

Sources said that Tish James' indictment for alleged fraud came as a surprise.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 9h

This would be a strategy if the word "strategy" meant "aimlessness."

John Thune’s shutdown strategy: Wait for the Democrats to fold

Thune hopes Democrats will soon, under pressure, vote to reopen the government: “It’s up to them.”

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 9h

Republicans are desperate for democracy to end before they lose.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 9h

Well, Democrats had the majority and did none of those things, unfortunately.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 10h

And I didn't by any means intend to say nobody was listening.....

The Stooges - 1969 (Official Audio)

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 10h

By 1969, The Velvet Underground was the linchpin band in America, because, not despite, the fact few paid attention to them, as this rendition of Lou Reed's-appropriately irony infused-"protest" song Sweet Jane before a disinterested audience evinces. The performance only has more resonance today.

The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (Version 1 / Live At The Matrix, San Francisco / Audio)

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 11h

Republicans are desperate to manufacture violence in America, to justify an onslaught of violent repression against Americans.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 11h

When Republicans are worried their demented dictator will behave too reasonably you know they are off the rails.

GOP senators worry Trump is undercutting their shutdown strategy

Senate Republicans are grumbling that President Trump undercut their strategy for ending the government shutdown when he said that he’s willing to cut “the right deal” with Democrats on health care…

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 12h

Only riches beyond consequence and enough yes people lets you form crackpot theories and take them seriously, instead of being correctly used as the reason to get you checked in to a mental health facility.

davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 12h

Thiel warns the Antichrist is coming to Silicon Valley..... But it is already there.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 12h

Thiel warns the Antichrist is coming to Silicon Valley..... But it is already there.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 1d

After Zach Bryan freaked out Noem, I fear she might not recover once she hears this Tyler Childers song.

Tyler Childers - Long Violent History (Official Audio)

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has reportedly ordered Bondi to indict Bob Dylan out of spite because he received the Nobel Prize.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 1d

Trump many receive the Nobel Prize for Dictator with Dementia.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 1d

Trump may receive the Nobel Prize for Tyranny.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 1d

The indictment alleges that NYAG James lives in "Brooklyn NJ."

Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Letitia James held Trump accountable & now he’s hijacking the DOJ to indict her in retaliation

This isn’t justice, it’s abuse of power

We will be amending our existing ethics complaint against Halligan & pursuing other legal measures

www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/10.09.25...

Press Release | Democracy Defenders Fund

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 1d

Trump wants a socialist prize.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Letitia James held Trump accountable & now he’s hijacking the DOJ to indict her in retaliation

This isn’t justice, it’s abuse of power

We will be amending our existing ethics complaint against Halligan & pursuing other legal measures

www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/10.09.25...

Press Release | Democracy Defenders Fund

www.democracydefendersfund.org

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