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Rep. Gabe Vasquez @repgabevasquez.bsky.social · 8d

New Mexico cattlegrowers get up everyday to get beef on our tables, and the last thing they need is an administration that favors the cattle industry in Argentina over our own domestic producers. Enough. Let’s support our own ranchers.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8d

Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12d

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

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Ren Madden @renmadden.bsky.social · 13d

No Kings Chicago

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WBEZ @wbez.org · Sep 29

BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker said the Illinois National Guard has received word that the Department of Homeland Security is seeking the deployment of 100 military troops to Illinois.

Trump plans to send 100 National Guard troops to Illinois, Gov. Pritzker says

Pritzker said the Illinois National Guard obtained a memo that DHS sent to the Defense Department which sought to request 100 military personnel for Illinois.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · Sep 21

Street vendors quietly disappear during ICE surge. “People don’t really go out anymore. They’re scared of ICE. We’re scared too, but we have no other choice.”

A culture at risk: Chicago’s street vendors quietly disappear from familiar corners during ICE surge

Their quiet disappearance marks not just a loss of income for them, it’s also the erosion of a cherished culture by many in the city.

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Your Tiny Journalist Friend. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Axios @axios.com · Sep 4

The Justice Department's acting deputy chief was caught on a hidden camera saying that the government will "redact every Republican" from an Epstein client list and "leave all the liberal, Democratic people."

DOJ deputy chief: government will "redact every Republican" from Epstein client list

The deputy chief later said his comments were not based on what he's learned from his role at the DOJ.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Sep 2

NEWS: A federal judge has ruled that Trump’s deployment of military forces to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, a law that prohibits the use of the armed forces as a domestic police force.

Federal Judge Rules Trump's Deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles Illegal

This ruling can set precedent for Trump's deployment to Chicago and elsewhere

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · Sep 1

If you enjoy…

Weekends
Safe working conditions
Retirement benefits
Paid vacations
Breaks at work
Sick leave
Paid holidays

… then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Aug 26

Meiselas: Stop both-sidesing it, media. Stop trying to sow division within the Democratic Party when we literally have military invasions into American cities, aided and abetted by red state governors, who, again, are the takers who wouldn't exist without the blue states

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · Aug 23

Trump threatens to pull funding for all California schools over transgender policies https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/21/trump-california-sport-trans/?utm_content=1755991200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Trump threatens to pull funding for all California schools in trans row escalation

Donald Trump has threatened to pull funding from California school districts that do not adhere to his administration’s trans policies

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Claire McCaskill @clairecmc.bsky.social · Aug 23

Yah right, convicted pedophile who wants a pardon vindicates guy who had sex with a porn star weeks after his wife gave birth, and then paid her off to keep quiet about it. Right.

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · Aug 23

NEWS: Trump Administration will deploy thousands of National Guard members to 19 states, Trump set to deploy military to Chicago and New York next, Abrego Garcia is home with his family, and more.

All the news you missed: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

NEWS: Trump Administration Deploying Thousands of National Guard Members to 19 States

Trump Administration will deploy thousands of National Guard members to 19 states, Trump set to deploy military to Chicago and New York next, Abrego Garcia is home with his family, and more.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Aug 15

This did not age well.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · Aug 12

Despite President Trump’s decision to federalize the Washington D.C. police force and deploy the National Guard to fight violent crime in the capital, he cannot deliver on his threat to do the same in Chicago, state and local officials said Monday.

Trump's warning on replicating DC police takeover in Chicago an empty and illegal threat, local officials say

The president asserted that his takeover of DC police and use of troops to battle crime in Washington could potentially be applied to cities like Chicago. But Gov. JB Pritzker emphatically dismissed…

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Ren Madden @renmadden.bsky.social · Aug 11

Last stop before Chicago: Omaha NE

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Aug 10

CNN - White House official portraits of some former presidents with whom Donald Trump has had a contentious relationship moved out of view.

Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell | CNN Politics

Once a dramatic feature of the White House entryway, the official portrait of former President Barack Obama has been moved to a decidedly less prominent position, underscoring the years-long tensions between the 44th and 47th presidents.

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Ren Madden @renmadden.bsky.social · Aug 8

www.vox.com/politics/418...

Liberalism’s enemies are having second thoughts

Why Trump 2.0 is giving some anti-liberals second thoughts.

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Nash Is Here For It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · Aug 5

Some important facts about Greg Abbott.

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ACLU @aclu.org · Aug 4

NEW: The Trump administration plans to expand the military's role in immigration and law enforcement, intertwining ICE and our troops, and returning us to some of the darkest times in U.S. history.

Deploying the military in our communities puts our democracy, our freedoms, and our lives in peril.

Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows

A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.

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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · Jul 29

Brookfield Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a pair of Amur leopard cubs, whose birth on July 14 represents a significant milestone in the global effort to save what’s often called the “rarest big cat in the world.”

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2 Amur Leopards, the ‘Rarest Big Cat in the World,’ Born at Brookfield Zoo

Amur leopards are critically endangered, with fewer than 100 estimated remaining in the wild.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 28

According to new polling, the Democratic Party's favorability is now the lowest it's been in 35 years.

This is what happens when Democrats start chasing the "center" instead of fighting for working people. https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?feature=shared

The Failures of “Centrism”

By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening ine

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Ren Madden @renmadden.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Ren Madden @renmadden.bsky.social · Jul 16

Jeffries isn’t going to endorse the Democratic nominee? Surely he knows this isn’t that much different than what Hogg was doing. The hypocrite needs to go.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · Jul 16

Hakeem Jeffries again declines to endorse Zohran Mamdani, saying "I don't know him well."

CHRIS HAYES: Why are you not endorsing the guy that won the democratic primary in a contested election in your backyard?

JEFFRIES: I didn't get involved in that primary election, and I don't know him well.

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