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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 1d

Reporting from war-torn Portland

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deuce22.bsky.social @deuce22.bsky.social · 1d

#FrogsofDemocracy

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

I love this image.

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 15h

Senator Bernie Sanders has a message for Speaker Johnson.

The No Kings Rally on October 18 is not a "hate America" rally.
It's a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom.

Go to nokings.org and find a location near you to join the movement, 10/18.

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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 21h

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president.

Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

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💙💙🤔CJ🤨🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 @cnice59.bsky.social · 20h

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 18h

ICE tactics in Chicago are escalating.

Crashing into a woman’s car so they can grab her is unconscionable!

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 14h

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 17h

Listen to what real presidents sound like versus Donald Trump.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 2d

Racist dog murderer Kristi Noem knows how to expertly humiliate herself daily. It’s pretty clear why the hateful ridiculous piece of shit was banned from all 9 Native American tribes in South Dakota from entering their lands. She should be in jail, not playing cosplay at DHS.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 16h

How it's going in Chicago

After ICE arrested US citizen and WGN Producer Debbie Brockman

Agents driving the white van cut off and hit another car, swarmed the vehicle at gunpoint, dragged out the driver-who is ALSO a citizen-and arrested her, too

Straight up fascism

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8APPaBL/

Agentes de ICE chocan contra el vehículo de una mujer y después la sacan a la fuerza para arrestarla. N Paulina St & W Schubert Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

TikTok video by ¿ Qué Pasa ?

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 1d

You can bet your ass I voted YES on California’s PROP 50 because fascist republicans will stop at nothing to cheat/rig elections and destroy democracy and that must be countered every time if we are to have any democratic freedoms left. Vote YES on PROP 50. 💙👊

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frankenpaper @frankenpaper.bsky.social · 3h

If Trump doesn't know that he was president while he was president, living in the White House, then he's not mentally fit to be president.

REMOVE TRUMP TODAY!!!

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 3h

Good morning and Happy Sunday to everyone who correctly remembers that contrary to trump's post, Joe Biden was NOT the President on January 6, 2021 -- trump was.

His delusional episodes are increasing, it's time for the 25th Amendment.

HE IS UNFIT TO SERVE.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 5d

The image they shared showed riot police and a crowd with flares and red smoke, designed to support Trump's claim that Portland's protests were out of control, but was actually a digital composite of two unrelated photographs from different South American countries.

www.rawstory.com/trump-oregon...

GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers'

The Oregon Republican Party is facing backlash after it shared a social media post about a planned military deployment in Portland using a fabricated image composed of photographs from South America.T...

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YourFriendGinny❌👑 @howboutnow.bsky.social · 17h

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ICE: the WORST of the WORST

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 23h

On this day in 1991 Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. Few believed her claims then, not enough people believed Hillary Clinton in 2016 and too few listened to Kamala Harris in 2024. See a pattern? Believe women, burn the patriarchy.

#BelieveWomen

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14h

These layoffs are illegal and will be challenged in court. Keep resisting, Democrats.

Tweet from The Washington Post reads: “Breaking news: The Trump administration began laying off federal workers while the government is shuttered, fulfilling threats from President Trump to take advantage of the closure to shave off more parts of the federal workforce he dislikes.”
Below is an image of Donald Trump speaking. Caption: “Trump administration begins laying off federal workers…”

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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 20h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
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