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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20m

Today, Johnson and Marshall are warning Americans not to go to the No Kings rallies because Trump might use the military to break them up. Pritzker is asking all Americans to attend to show their support for the Constitution and democracy and to oppose authoritarian rule by military intimidation.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 54m

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28m

The correct response to Republicans widely depicting the coming protests as terrorism is to go out and protest. Each person should get 10 more people to do so. If Republicans are going to hint at violent state responses to legitimate protest, the only answer is bigger numbers.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 54m

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 50m

And yes, they're trying to intimidate us but Pritzker's right -- everyone needs to be out in numbers at these events.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 54m

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 54m

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

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Mr. Chimpanzy @cyanescens.bsky.social · 1h

As always, imagine for one second the GOP reaction if Obama had sent federal troops into “crime-ridden Dallas where KKK terrorists are acting with impunity from local government ” and wouldn’t even pick up the phone if Texas called…

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

JB Pritzker also talks about his inability to get any top Trump officials on the phone, probably because they *want* this to be experienced as an invasion. He explains why this could make law enforcement officials on both sides *less* safe. Total dereliction. 3/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h

where was that?

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Jennifer Harris @jwharris.bsky.social · 3h

Pritzker: "If this was Pinochet’s Chile, if this was Argentina under authoritarian rule, maybe you’d call it successful.”

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

Stephen Miller just said that Chicago ICE raid was one of the most successful law enforcement operations ever. I asked Pritzker to respond.

"If this was Pinochet’s Chile, if this was Argentina under authoritarian rule, maybe you’d call it successful," he said. 2/

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Chris Edelson @chrisedelson.bsky.social · 2h

I am not an expert on the military, but I had thought that even adversarial countries establish lines of communication in order to avoid inadvertent conflict. trump sees Illinois and other states governed by Democrats as hostile countries and acts as if he is at war with them

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

JB Pritzker also talks about his inability to get any top Trump officials on the phone, probably because they *want* this to be experienced as an invasion. He explains why this could make law enforcement officials on both sides *less* safe. Total dereliction. 3/

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2h

“… the President of the United States says a lot of crazy things,” said Gov. Pritzker. “I genuinely think there is something wrong with him. I wish that his family would intervene, because I do think he needs mental health help.”

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 2h

If only we had news media relentlessly devoted to aggressive nonstop coverage of supposed Presidential cognitive decline.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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Doktor Zoom @doktorzoom.bsky.social · 2h

Excellent thread!

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

HA! How much is Stephen Miller a propagandist? He’s saying the building in Chicago raided by DHS, where children were zip-tied and citizens dragged out, was “full of Tren de Aragua terrorists.”

Even DHS’s own account claims just TWO gang members total — and even that is a highly suspect claim!

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

Stephen Miller just said that Chicago ICE raid was one of the most successful law enforcement operations ever. I asked Pritzker to respond.

"If this was Pinochet’s Chile, if this was Argentina under authoritarian rule, maybe you’d call it successful," he said. 2/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2h

Great point here. This is why Stephen Miller goes on Fox News to propagandize. He knows his host won't bother him with niggling facts like these.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

HA! How much is Stephen Miller a propagandist? He’s saying the building in Chicago raided by DHS, where children were zip-tied and citizens dragged out, was “full of Tren de Aragua terrorists.”

Even DHS’s own account claims just TWO gang members total — and even that is a highly suspect claim!

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

Stephen Miller just said that Chicago ICE raid was one of the most successful law enforcement operations ever. I asked Pritzker to respond.

"If this was Pinochet’s Chile, if this was Argentina under authoritarian rule, maybe you’d call it successful," he said. 2/

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Federico Finchelstein @finchelsteinf.bsky.social · 3h

Yes. This connects to strategies of repression as experienced during Argentine Dictatorship's "dirty war" on its citizens...

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

Stephen Miller just said that Chicago ICE raid was one of the most successful law enforcement operations ever. I asked Pritzker to respond.

"If this was Pinochet’s Chile, if this was Argentina under authoritarian rule, maybe you’d call it successful," he said. 2/

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

PRITZKER: "I genuinely think there is something wrong with him. I wish that his family would intervene, because I do think he needs mental health help."

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2h

Finally, Pritzker says more Dems must sound the alarm, though he notes some exceptions (like Chris Murphy).

"I am surprised that more leaders have not stood up," he says.

He urges people to join No Kings protests to let the country know something's wrong. 5/5

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

Pritzker also says ICE's treatment of peaceful protesters has gotten so bad that Illinois law enforcement has to protect them *from* ICE.

"We’ve got Illinois State Police standing in between ICE and the protesters," he says.

This is the America Miller wants. 4/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

JB Pritzker also talks about his inability to get any top Trump officials on the phone, probably because they *want* this to be experienced as an invasion. He explains why this could make law enforcement officials on both sides *less* safe. Total dereliction. 3/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

Stephen Miller just said that Chicago ICE raid was one of the most successful law enforcement operations ever. I asked Pritzker to respond.

"If this was Pinochet’s Chile, if this was Argentina under authoritarian rule, maybe you’d call it successful," he said. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

Appalling: JB Pritzker tells me he hasn't been able to get a single conversation with Kristi Noem or any other top Trump officials to even discuss their Chicago operations. Pritzker just wants a heads up for logistical purposes. Nada.

Pritzker opens up on the pod:
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Trump ICE Raids Take Unnerving Turn as Dem Gov Drops Bombshell Warning

With Trump’s occupation of Chicago worsening, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker shares new details about what’s happening—and tells us the time is now for Americans to rise up against authoritarianism bef...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13h

It's even worse than this. The subhed will leave the casual reader with the vague impression that he actually has a legitimate claim to it.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 13h

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 13h

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 16h

this is table stakes for anyone who enjoys seeing themselves as a leader of a political party or movement

you do not want to be running in a Democratic primary as the guy who was like "sure Trump has his flaws but let's not go overboard with our criticism." Not next year, not in 2028, not ever.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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