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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 6h

I’ve met billionaires who are not idiots. I just didn’t realize how rare they are.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

“.. Since the pandemic, he has mostly lived on the Big Island of Hawaii, where he has bought up numerous parcels of land. He said that he wasn’t sure how many days he spends each year in San Francisco ..”

@nytimes.com $CRM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 11h

Republican elected officials will tell you this is a case of law-abiding federal agents in pursuit of murderers, rapists and other violent criminals.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 11h

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)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 14h

Lie-based political party.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 16h

Death cult update:

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 17h

Tommy Bags O'Cash might not be on the level. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | I Investigated Corruption. The Homan Affair Is Full of Red Flags.

www.nytimes.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Whether it’s Donald Trump saying J.B. Pritzker should be in jail or Donald Trump being convicted of 36 felonies but not going to jail because the American people re-elected him as president, both sides have been linked to jail time.

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 18h

Compare/contrast: “I alone can fix it.”

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 18h

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 21h

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 18h

I wonder if there are any lessons or inspiration to be drawn from a woman who “keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.”

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday.

(Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)”

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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 1d

simple, beautiful bystander intervention and genius way to make community values legible

Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 1d

Context for the whistles (though the above is about Rogers Park/Edgewater, not Little Village): blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/17/i...

In Little Village, Residents Are Blowing Actual Whistles To Warn Neighbors About ICE

Residents have equipped themselves with bright orange whistles amid ramped-up ICE arrests. "People could hear that noise, and if they don’t have legal status, go the other way," one immigrant advocate...

blockclubchicago.org

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 1d

From The New Yorker

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

This is A) damned good and B) going to drive Trump and his lackeys into conniptions.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING

New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued her first statement in the aftermath of being indicted by President Trump’s DOJ.

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

I frequently call the GOP a “lie-based” political party. The lie changes minute to minute. But the lying is utterly, dreadfully consistent.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Alyssa Katz @alykatzz.bsky.social · 1d

Your timely reminder that Donald Trump tried to claim NYC residence to take a $49,000 tax break on his Manhattan condo while he and Melania lived in the White House, only to get it yanked after my colleague and I caught the misrepresentation.

EXCLUSIVE: City nixes property tax break for Trump’s NYC apartment

New York City has nixed a $48,000 tax break President Trump was set to receive on his Trump Tower condo following inquiries from the Daily News about whether he is still eligible for the savings. O…

www.nydailynews.com

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

They held off on the “she’s black” charge so they would still be able to indict her for that.

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 1d

Your Honor the prosecution asks that the “what’s taking so long on that malicious prosecution” DM be excluded

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 1d

I believe that should be REEKING

Politico @politico.com · 1d

REAKING: New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump foe, is indicted by Trump’s DOJ.

She has been charged with one count of bank fraud by the same U.S. attorney who brought charges against James Comey.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump foe, is indicted by Trump’s DOJ

She has been charged with one count of bank fraud by the same U.S. attorney who brought charges against James Comey.

www.politico.com

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 1d

The America we used to live in—the America we want to think we live in—is gone.

We’ll have to build again.

We want to think that the repeated, widespread abuse of basic rights by DHS; the DOJ actions against former officials like James Comey and John Bolton; the presence of 2020 election deniers across congressional and executive branch leaders; the unconstitutional dismantling of federal agencies; the consolidation of old and new media under leadership favorable to Trump; the use of lawsuits and executive branch power to intimidate and silence critics; and the clear attempts to subvert the 2026 and 2028 elections; and Trump's constant insinuation that he might seek a third term do not all in fact mean
that we have crossed the threshold into a competitive authoritarian environment.
But we have. We have passed through the veil. Whatever becomes of American liberal democracy in the near or distant future, it will be a resurrection and not a continuation.

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

At this point in the GOP’s fascist devolution you can still leave the party if you want.

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

Just 'cause it has to be said every now and then.

GOP Senators and Representatives are obviously okay with...everything...that's happening.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

A five-byline alarm on First Brands:

“.. the stakes were raised on Wednesday night when one of First Brands’ financial partners made an emergency court filing calling for an independent investigation into $2.3 billion .. it said had ‘simply vanished.’”

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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