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Cyndi @savannahpeace.bsky.social · 18h

#Chicago’sHellhole

Gov. Pritzker is “killing it”. 👏👏💙

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 19h

JB Pritzker put on his bulletproof vest to give Jimmy Kimmel a report from the war torn streets of Chicago

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 10d

Governor Abbott faces a growing "pay to pay" scandal, in which he has apparently channeled almost $1 billion in no-bid state contracts to companies whose executives have made large contributions to his campaign fund. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x ⁠www.newsbreak.com/ra...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 9d

JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

His masked agents already are grabbing people off the street.

Separating children from their parents.

Creating fear.

Taking people for “how they look.”

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎✩ @allmylovesteph.bsky.social · 2d

X is a propaganda machine.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

As @propublica.org reported, "at least three of Trump’s Cabinet members call multiple homes their primary residences on mortgages."

No indictments for them, because this is how a fascist regime works. "For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law."

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 1d

BREAKING: NY State AG Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia

State Attorney General Letitia James has reportedly been indicted for alleged mortgage fraud.

www.cityandstateny.com

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𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎✩ @allmylovesteph.bsky.social · 1d

This breaks me 💔

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

www.npr.org

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𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎✩ @allmylovesteph.bsky.social · 1d

He said in “two weeks” — 159 weeks ago.

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🌸Norma Jeen🌸 @normajeen.bsky.social · 8h

More of this!

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 9h

We took the freedom of speech away

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spence16.bsky.social @spence16.bsky.social · 7h

Good night drummer

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 10h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Large Marge (she/her) @margdoosamm.bsky.social · 13h

“The Senate voted to give the Pentagon a trillion-dollar spending package while the Trump administration and MAGA Republicans play politics with troop pay and nuclear security and refuse to reopen the federal government.”

While Ripping Trump Authoritarianism, Over Half of Senate Dems Help GOP Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill | Common Dreams

Senate Democrats are blasting Trump's increasingly authoritarian behavior and congressional Republicans for shutting down the US government to preserve devastating healthcare cuts, but over half of ...

www.commondreams.org

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 13h

Reporter: Do you think Trump is sincere when he says he will work with Democrats to fight violent crime?

Sen. DURBIN: No—he’s cutting police programs.

Sen. DUCKWORTH: No—not at all.

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Sybil Schwartzbach, LMT @greathands4you.bsky.social · 11h

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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Do NOT make any deals or concessions with Thune...he's not sincere.
We the people need our Healthcare & the 1% do not need any extra money credit...
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