Jen B
@jenbaty.bsky.social
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NeverTrump before it was fashionable Chicago-ish ex-gop-campaign-gen-xer
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jenbaty.bsky.social
Oh look, more children being terrorized by Trump’s ICE.
ICE in Chicago at Kedzie and Chicago avenues, searching the back of car as a small girl in a pink dress looks on — presumably as they arrest her parents in front of her.
jenbaty.bsky.social
This happened in Hoffman Estates. Not Chicago. That is not CPD. These thugs were wearing masks. We have eyes. There are witnesses. Don’t let them gaslight you!
jenbaty.bsky.social
DHS is lying (easily debunked disinfo) so they don’t have to be held accountable for terrorizing children.
Xeet from Paris Schutz @paschutz an hour ago:

“DHS spokesperson @TriciaOhio claims this widely shared clip isn't video of an
ICE action in Hoffman Estates, but CPD making a burglary arrest from a year ago. But this is clearly not in Chicago, and the one marked police vehicle in the shot is a Hoffman Estates vehicle.”
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whstancil.bsky.social
We cannot fight the far right until we acknowledge that the spread of ideas and beliefs is what drives voter behavior and other political decisions, and that we have created an information environment that is extraordinarily favorable to the far right
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whstancil.bsky.social
The groups that shifted most towards Trump were not the groups hardest hit by inflation. Worldwide, the thing that seems most consistently linked to extremist, anti-institutional politics is not any set of economic conditions but SOCIAL MEDIA AND IMMERSION IN A DIGITAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT
jenbaty.bsky.social
Trump’s insider trading is unchecked and out in the open. An important part of the Trump business model. There are so many instances that I’ve lost count. And it’s all tightly linked to his pay-to-play administration, even with hostile foreign regimes.
Crypto anger as speculators claim insider trading in Trump crash
Timing of investor’s short position raises questions over whether they had inside information
www.telegraph.co.uk
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dmihalopoulos.bsky.social
Forget about “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”

The new standard for convicting is “seems pretty criminal to me.”
atrupar.com
STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said Pritzker should be in jail. Do you think he has committed a crime?

VANCE: I think Pritzker has certainly failed to keep the people of Illinois safe

S: It's a yes or no question

V: I certainly think he has violated his fundamental oath. That seems pretty criminal to me
jenbaty.bsky.social
Sure. It’s my poorly made meme.
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.
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paleofuture.bsky.social
John Fetterman, ladies and gentlemen
jonathancohn.bsky.social
Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.
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prchovanec.bsky.social
The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.
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heathercherone.bsky.social
“This is not the first time Trump has tried to have a Black man unjustly arrested. I’m not going anywhere.”

“I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?” @wttw.bsky.social
Donald Trump Says Brandon Johnson, JB Pritzker ‘Should Be in Jail’
Trump’s comments, posted to his social media platform, came a day after 200 Texas National Guard troops under the command of federal officials arrived at a military facility near Joliet over the vehem...
news.wttw.com
jenbaty.bsky.social
The nerve of that rapist and convicted felon.
jenbaty.bsky.social
"Our Holy Father … is very personally concerned about these matters," El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, who took part in the meeting, told Reuters. "He expressed his desire that the U.S. Bishops' Conference would speak strongly on this issue."

www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...
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mckay4senate.bsky.social
Yeah, this seems like the Katie Porter who responded to losing a primary by calling it rigged.
yasharali.bsky.social
Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train wreck interview with her and said “now imagine what she’s like when there aren’t cameras around.”
jenbaty.bsky.social
She may also be wrong about the math if two Dems end up in the general.
jenbaty.bsky.social
The responses to Yashar’s post highlight a widespread problem — the blind inability to see the flaws in someone from your own team.
jenbaty.bsky.social
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