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Loosely in BlueSky @gregdiamondesq.bsky.social · 10h

That’s where we disagree. But I won’t rehash why unless you want to.

Loosely in BlueSky @gregdiamondesq.bsky.social · 14h

Kat, did you call 911 at the time of the underlying incident? Everyone should remember to do that to get a time stamp of when and where it happened and to document that you called for help.

(Unfortunately, the 911 line to the federal judiciary for these sorts of Constitutional abuses is defunct.)

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Loosely in BlueSky @gregdiamondesq.bsky.social · 15h

As well as the cost of your eventual malicious prosecution suit against them!

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15h

You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ.

We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.

Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal

Defend Kat Against Unjust Charges

Show your support with a contribution.

katforillinois.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

This indictment of @katmabu.bsky.social and five other protesters is the most ridiculous thing I’ve read (this week), and I imagine it will be laughed out of (lower) court. They’re being charged with the conspiracy of slowing down an ICE vehicle. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

indictment – #1 in United States v. Rabbitt (N.D. Ill., 1:25-cr-00693) – CourtListener.com

INDICTMENT as to Michael Rabbitt (1) count(s) 1, 2, Katherine Marie Abughazaleh (2) count(s) 1, 3, Andre Martin (3) count(s) 1, 4, Catherine Sharp (4) count(s) 1, 5, Brian Straw (5) count(s) 1, 6, Jos...

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 21h

Trump's big ballroom is going to cost taxpayers over $100 million-- his friends and business partners' contributions are tax deductible cepr.net/publications...

The Taxpayers’ Tab for Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful New Ballroom

Trump’s $350 million ballroom funded by corporate donors raises concerns over taxpayer costs and political influence.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21h

The case has been assigned to April Perry, the judge in the IL challenge to CBP deployment.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21h

The alleged "victim" in the Kat Abughezaleh indictment was wearing civilian dress. The car is described as govt vehicle, but no description of it being marked.

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2. On or about September 26, 2025, at approximately 7:45 a.m., Agent A
was wearing civilian clothes driving a government-owned vehicle (the “Government
Vehicle”) to the BSSA to report for his official duties. Agent A’s official duties at the
BSSA included supervising logistics such as intake, processing, bedspace and
transportation coordination for those temporarily detained in Broadview,
communicating with upper management and federal partners to manage operations
and ensure necessary supplies and proper staffing levels, and responding to requests
for information, both internally and from the public.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17h

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

Q: "What's your reaction to Jesus telling you that you must *give* to the poor, not take away from the poor?"

MIKE JOHNSON: "I don't know any of the details of that yet. I'm just hearing that for the first time so can't really comment."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: What's your reaction to yesterday's purge of senior ICE officials? When is it time for Congress to do some oversight?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know any of the details of that yet. I just heard about that, literally I was walking in.

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Loosely in BlueSky @gregdiamondesq.bsky.social · 19h

He really does have the face he deserves.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

No comparison. When Biden so much as tripped, it was a week-long story. When Trump has no idea where he is and drifts off mid-event— media silence.

This isn’t the first time. What’s up?!

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 21h

COUNT I

Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.

COUNT II

The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???

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Loosely in BlueSky @gregdiamondesq.bsky.social · 19h

Read and write in good health.

Loosely in BlueSky @gregdiamondesq.bsky.social · 19h

There is so a bottom: Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 1d

The left needs to recognize the market is infinitely malleable, we can change the rules to produce much less inequality cepr.net/publications...

The Left Needs to Learn to Love the Market; The Market is a Tool, not the Enemy

Progressives shouldn’t fight the market but fix the rules that let the rich rig it—patents, bankruptcy, and bailouts are policy choices, not the free market.

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Loosely in BlueSky @gregdiamondesq.bsky.social · 21h

Collins is getting a pass until she is re-elected, then it stops.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23h

WTF 🤬

A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland, attempted to run over and kill a civilian who refused to answer their questions.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h

Modern authoritarians seldom cancel elections, because they prefer the veneer of democratic choice that voting provides, and because they can tilt the playing field toward themselves. “No one likes an election better than Vladimir Putin,” the Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias told me.

North Carolina Is the Canary in the Election Coal Mine

Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like, because it’s already happening in one state.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 1d

America right now is an airplane that the crew is actively trying to dismantle mid-flight while at least half the passengers are sitting bare-knuckled just hoping we somehow eke out a survivable landing. (The other half are, inexplicably, rooting for the dismantling.)

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22h

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

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Loosely in BlueSky @gregdiamondesq.bsky.social · 1d

You be you!

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 1d

Lost many paid and free subscribers with my article calling out the anti-Muslim hate directed against Zohran Mamdani. Glad to lose the anti-Muslim bigots who liked my articles until they realized that I was Muslim. Bye bye bigots! :). deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/the-anti-m...

The anti-Muslim hate directed at Zohran Mamdani is not about defeating him-it’s about inciting violence against him

This is the hard truth.

deanobeidallah.substack.com

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Loosely in BlueSky @gregdiamondesq.bsky.social · 1d

Comedy gold! (I guess.)

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: several days ago Zohran Mamdani was overheard saying he "needs" to eat dinner. An inside source confirmed he had eaten breakfast and lunch that day, giving him an estimated 2+ weeks without additional calories before he might have died from starvation

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