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Shoe + @shoe.bsky.social · 3h

I think Republicans think that if you stop Green Energy you stop the Left and Antifa or something.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 4h

it wasn't enough that our cities and states already paid far more than they receive from the federal government. the people who elected trump want to steal more from us, to give to Argentina, to give to ICE, to give to billionaires. Intolerable

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 5h

Trump admin has frozen or cancelled $28 b for projects, almost all in Dem districts. Small amount of frozen funds in GOP districts are in predominately Dem states (CA, OR, WA, CO, MN, IL, NY, MD), or in predominately Dem cities (St Louis, Atlanta, Greenville) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump admin is freezing or cancelling billions of dollars in funding for projects in Democratic areas.

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 5h

grateful portland has risen to the challenge so far in peacefully protesting the ICE facility and that nationally we're all cheering on the frogs but I think it's important to make sure everyone is aware that the ICE goons aren't exactly being peaceful in return

www.koin.com/news/portlan...

www.koin.com

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 5h

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Walking away with $20 billion of US taxpayer money so Scott Bessent’s Wall Street cronies don’t lose their investments in Argentina.

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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 5h

How pathetic do you have to be to see naked people as “threatening?”

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 5h

It's difficult to overstate the degree to which the GOP and the mainstream American right have been taken over by socially and emotionally stunted and malformed losers.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Shelley English @shelleyenglish.bsky.social · 7h

“Officers beat at least one other man; pushed over a woman w/a prosthetic leg; kept a woman’s hands tied until her skin swelled around the plastic; and took the ailing 82yo to the hospital, where, she later told me, an officer hit her in her side, took her pain meds, and told her, “Welcome to hell.”

Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 7h

"In Hebrew they commented on our appearances, called us Hamas, gestapo, and whores, and joked about our obvious discomfort as people shifted and vocalized in pain. A speaker blasted Israeli pop music."

Read Emily Wilder's dispatch from Israeli custody:

jewishcurrents.org/forty-eight-...

Forty-Eight Hours in Israeli Captivity

A journalist captured on a flotilla mission recounts treatment at the hands of the Israeli navy, border police, and prison guards.

jewishcurrents.org

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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.com · 5h

If Trump is willing to conduct due process-free airstrike murders at sea, does anybody think he won’t conduct due process-free airstrike murders against alleged “domestic terrorists” on U.S. soil?

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · May 29

SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda."

My report:

State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’

The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 7h

There are “Young Republicans” who voted for Bush over Kerry.

Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 10h

Calling Young Republicans the “youth wing“ of the party doesn’t capture how bad this is.

No excuse at any age but some might be tempted to chalk it up to age. Membership age for this org. is 18 to *40*. Some have jobs in government. We’re not talking abt high schoolers.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11h

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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jmaamieas.bsky.social @jmaamieas.bsky.social · 4h

Perhaps it's time to bring back the Baltimore Chop. But seriously, I pray for his success, this team could really use his energy

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 5h

So, 2 things:

1. Glad a reporter asked about this.

2. The reporter ultimately didn't ask Johnson a moral/religious question, but a technical policy one. Given Johnson's background, worth asking him *specifically* if he supports shooting clergy w/pepper balls and if it's a religious liberty concern

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 11h

“If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” -Brett Kavanaugh bsky.app/profile/emil...

Emily Bregel @emilybregel.bsky.social · 2d

Despite having no criminal record and a valid work permit, Cielo was arrested during a February immigration operation at his home and spent seven months in detention. He's one of the thousands of non-criminals swept up in Trump's expanding mass-detention net. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/s...

'Hell on earth': DHS mass-detention net ensnares more non-criminals

Seventy-one percent of those held in ICE detention have no criminal convictions. Trump's mass-detention net is ensnaring long-time residents with deep community ties, as well as those with valid work

tucson.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10h

US to take over bombing of Gaza

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 10h

TRUMP: DISARMING HAMAS WOULD HAPPEN QUICKLY AND PERHAPS VIOLENTLY

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10h

You sure about that PBS

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JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 10h

Fuck these fascists

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 10h

ICE agents chasing folks in a Walgreens on the East Side. www.facebook.com/share/r/17Gh...

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 11h

LIVE: Israel shoots dead at least 9 Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli soldiers kill at least nine Palestinians trying to return to their homes in northern Gaza City and southern Khan Younis

‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 10h

It’s a res publica, not a democracy, say people who support the wealthy demagogue ruling without the senate or popular assembly and suggesting paying the army from private funds.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9h

Republicans are obsessed with throwing stones despite living in houses almost exclusively made of glass.

The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own

As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.

www.motherjones.com

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 1d

Just so we’re clear…

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