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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 11m

one thing that’s definitely new over the past decade or so is the number of bumper stickers and signs threatening to kill you

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

This Mariners-Tigers battle is one of the best baseball games I’ve ever seen

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 18h

ICE went after rideshare drivers at O’Hare today, according to statement from Illinois Drivers Alliance

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 11h

Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician.

Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a political wedge that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 11h

May we all be that person. Stop snitching. Jesus commands it.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 14h

Is there any way for regular citizens to support this?

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 16h

The Master pre-credits was a treat

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 1d

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m trying to put this delicately,” Perry said. “There has been evidence submitted that the very presence of federal agents, that the way they’re interacting with the populace, is itself the cause of violence.”

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Judge blocks Trump from deploying troops in Illinois for now

Officials in Oregon and Illinois had challenged the Trump administration’s push to dispatch the National Guard in both states.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 1d

Marky better be kissing them

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Kate Stewart (she, her) @cmkatestewart.bsky.social · 1d

We must better prioritize the safety and well-being of pedestrians and bicyclists, especially our children. We have lost too many on our roads.

This is a time for our community to mourn together and support the families and students impacted by this tragedy.

Child on bicycle struck and killed by school bus driver in Aspen Hill

A school bus struck and killed a child on a bicycle in Aspen Hill, prompting road closures for investigation, police say.

www.wusa9.com

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently doesn’t work for us, or holding Nico

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Heath Ryan @heathryan16.bsky.social · 1d

Gods going to reward me with a whole lot of bicycles 🚲 in heaven.

I hope.

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 1d

A tearful Kim Robinson reports that God showed her that Charlie Kirk was rewarded with a horse ranch in Heaven and she saw "Charlie riding on a horse, with Jesus."