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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 17h

Thou sayest the King grows mad, I’ll tell thee, friend,
I am almost mad myself.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 13h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

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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Lyndsey Rodriguez @lynmarie31.bsky.social · 12h

no one is above or below the law. 🇺🇸

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Lyndsey Rodriguez @lynmarie31.bsky.social · 12h

hey @cnn.com you forgot Dallas, Texas on your map www.dallasnews.com/business/air...

Why DFW Airport, Love Field refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government shutdown video

DFW International Airport and Dallas Love Field are not displaying a viral video in which Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames...

www.dallasnews.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Important

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Lyndsey Rodriguez @lynmarie31.bsky.social · 4d

this should not have been a tough decision... @utaustin.bsky.social

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4d

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Lyndsey Rodriguez @lynmarie31.bsky.social · 5d

wow what a Thursday huh 🙏🏼 ☮️

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 5d

Big news in the Robert Roberson case, which we covered here:

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Lyndsey Rodriguez @lynmarie31.bsky.social · 5d

Live to fight for his freedom and his life another day #txlege 🙏🏼

NPR @npr.org · 5d

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of Robert Roberson a week before it was scheduled to occur.

Robert Roberson granted stay of execution

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of Robert Roberson a week before it was scheduled to occur.

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Lyndsey Rodriguez @lynmarie31.bsky.social · 6d

honestly what is this guy's problem

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 6d

It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean.

Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks

Republicans in the Senate voted down an war powers bill to block Trump's deadly attacks on alleged Venezuelan drug boats in the Caribbean.

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Lyndsey Rodriguez @lynmarie31.bsky.social · 7d

it’s giving Agg Assault with a Deadly Weapon (unless you’re a cop 😉) 🇺🇸🤳🏽

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 7d

This strikes me as pretty bad

Lyndsey Rodriguez @lynmarie31.bsky.social · 7d

reminds me of charles barkley making fun of San Antonio women for being chunky but — can we please criticize their trigger discipline (or the Governor’s actions) instead ?! 🫶🏼 🎃 #txlege

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 7d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Lyndsey Rodriguez @lynmarie31.bsky.social · 7d

*does that look like an Attorney General or does that look like a spokesperson?* fmr Federal Prosecutor says rn on @cnn.com

Lyndsey Rodriguez @lynmarie31.bsky.social · 7d

“clearly you’re a failed lawyer…” says US AG Pam Bondi to a US Senator in today’s Senate hearing. (pot kettle) 🫖🤡

Lyndsey Rodriguez @lynmarie31.bsky.social · 8d

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 9d

With the Texas National Guard being deployed to Oregon, Texas is hoping to finally win a war.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 9d

This represents a major escalation.

President Trump effort to mobilize TEXAS National Guard for deployment in Portland and Chicago.

Court filing just entered in Oregon v. Trump⬇️

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 9d

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 9d

The new SCOTUS term starts Monday, but nowadays with all the shadow docket action, it feels like the court never left.

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 10d

“Sir, this is a brothel.”

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 10d

You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.

It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.

That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.

Rightly confident in his impunity.

“[t]he freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.”

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11d

It’s only a matter of time before there is a Kent State or far worse episode.

We have a bunch of barely trained hop-heads encourage to unleash violence.

What happens after is anyone’s guess. But none of this should deter us from fighting for democracy and rule of law.

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Lyndsey Rodriguez @lynmarie31.bsky.social · 10d

and pointing guns at civilians’ faces

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 11d

They love to smash car windows. It’s a dominance display.

“There’s a baby!” ICE agents stop Alamosa family at gunpoint, smash car window

Immigration arrest last week in southern Colorado follows national trend of escalating force from ICE agents

coloradosun.com

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 11d

Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, is set to become Japan’s first woman prime minister after winning leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/w...

Japan Is Set for Its First Female Prime Minister

www.nytimes.com

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