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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 4h

Those kinds of people barely have first thoughts

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 9h

Vice signaling is still usable though, right? I’ve rarely seen it abused.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 10h

His grandfather Magna Carta is on life support in the ICU.

John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: Antifa leader Habeas Corpus has been arrested in Portland.

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 1d

I did not know that, thank you! Also, it's not really a proverb, right? Isn't it more something that you say to a friend on parting, like "take care"?

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 1d

19th Century Spanish proverb: may no new thing occur.

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 1d

Does anyone know if the cost of capital for American soybean farmers has been rising?

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Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. @annepmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

YES!!! MEANWHILE IN ANOTHER COURTROOM IN ILLINOIS, ICE ORDERED TO WEAR IDENTIFICATION, AND MORE!

Hey ICE, with apologies to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, it turns out that you *do* need stinkin’ badges,...

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 very insightful and important point not often made

MT @madiha.bsky.social · 1d

This reminds me of the cancellation of a domestic flight ticket of an antiwar leader inside Pakistan some years ago. It's not the only time; it happens there bc of the inordinate power of the military & intel agencies (thanks to the US). It got me thinking abt the current US moment 1/

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Federal judge issues TRO following a second day of hearings, blocking the Trump administration from “ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois” from now through Oct. 23. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
STATE OF ILLINOIS, a sovereign state; and the CITY OF CHICAGO, an Illinois municipal corporation,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 25-cv-12174
Judge April M. Perry
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; KRISTI NOEM, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security;
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; PETER B.
HEGSETH, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Defense; UNITED STATES ARMY; DANIEL P. DRISCOLL, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Army,
Defendants.
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
This Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Doc. 3, and
ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns entered, and all persons acting in concert with them, are temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the
National Guard of the United States within Illinois.
2. This Temporary Restraining Order is at 5:55 P.M. central time on this 9th day of October
2025 and expires on October 23, 2025 at 11:59 P.M.
'President Trump, one of the name Defendants, is not enjoined by this Order.

3. Within two (2) calendar days of entry of this Temporary Restraining Order, Plaintiffs
shall post a nominal bond of $100. The bond shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be
deposited into the registry of the Court.
4. Defendants' Request to Stay or Administratively Stay the Temporary Restraining Order,
Doc. 62 at 58, is DENIED.
5. A telephone hearing will be held on October 22, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. to address whether
this Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for an additional fourteen (14)
calendar days.
Dated: October 9, 2025
Coul MPeray.
APRIL M. PERRY
United States District Judge
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T. J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 2d

I called a plumber. They can always figure out what’s wrong.

“Here’s your problem right here. President Trump presents a complete misrepresentation of basic economic facts in anticipation of the power of hyper partisanship to convince his core supporters to ignore objective reality.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We have the best economy we've ever had."

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 2d

Brufus!

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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 2d

I'm kinda sorry to admit that he's probably correct. 😕

Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 3d

Turns out that when Americans said "If it weren't for us you'd be speaking German now..." their objection was to learning a second language, not fascism.

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 2d

These are the same chuds who used to play paintball every weekend to shoot each other. Now they're being paid with our money to shoot us with their paintball guns while secretly imagining they're assault rifles. Nice government we've got here.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 2d

Without provocation, masked federal agents indiscriminately shoot peaceful protesters with rubber bullets from the rooftop of the Portland ICE facility.

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobel committee could help us so much by awarding it to Greta - all of his bodily systems would seize up the moment he heard the news.

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 2d

If you're going out to do some liberating, tuck your phone into your dog's collar so it "proves" you were walking around your house all day.

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 2d

When the Tea Party brought muskets, tricorn hats, and Gadsden flags to DC they never used that word. Wonder why.

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 2d

The Mob always could have used a communications management consultant

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 2d

The Portland protest frog has done more to protect American democracy and fight fascism than all but the tiniest handful of elected officials

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 2d

This meme won't be needed anymore now that we have this picture

a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder

ALT: a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 2d

This makes my eye twitch

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 3d

You misspelled barterables

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 3d

Any such President would fly there, meet with the governor, take a helicopter ride over the battle zone. He knows it’s not happening or he’d be there throwing rolls of paper towels

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 3d

Bruce ap Wayne

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Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 3d

We’re willing to be governed. We’re not willing to be ruled.

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