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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 10h

So what do you say, J.D. Vance? You once feared Trump could be the American Adolf Hitler. But that seems to be the hope of the new generation of Republicans you’ve raised. Will you denounce this outbreak of antisemitism, racism and fascism in your party?

Politico @politico.com · 19h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 16h

The entire first two months of the Biden administration were taken up by obsessive complaining about how he wouldn't do press conferences & wasn't taking policy questions (bsky.app/profile/mcop...).

This? Gone tomorrow. Totally different set of standards applied to two totally different parties.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20h

I'm not afraid. Come and get me, Donald.

I will stand up for the law and the Constitution. That’s what we do in the State of Illinois.

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diannea.bsky.social @diannea.bsky.social · 22h

The first No Kings Day April 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord. Americans stood for their rights. Continue the tradition; but peacefully protest. A First Amendment right to "petition the Government for a redress of grievances".
📍 Where: Find an event near you at www.nokings.org#map

A public domain image of The Battle of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775. Overlayed with the text "NO KINGS DAY"

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Big roar for AG Letitia James at the ZOHRAN rally👇🏽

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 1d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Dan @dstapl.bsky.social · 1d

We Say NO KINGS.

This country does not belong to kings or to dictators. It belongs to us.

On October 18, we rise. Not for broken systems, but to protect each other, our families, our future.

👉 Will you stand with us? Join a protest near you.
#NoKings #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/mEA7wMGx

Find a Protest here

social.fieldteam6.org

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

“I was afraid to go over there,” he said. “I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back. ... These are Americans who know what freedom is — we’re being invaded by strangers.”

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses say they didn't get any warning Sunday afterno...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 1d

The abuses of federal power are far worse here in Chicago. Don't look away.

Read the latest from @newsjennifer.bsky.social for Lincoln Square

www.lincolnsquare.media/p/fearless-j...

Fearless Journalists and Vigilant Residents Tell Chicago's Story under Trump's Assault

The abuses of federal power are far worse here in Chicago. Don't look away.

www.lincolnsquare.media

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

Among the reasons Americans risked it all to get rid of a tyrannical king:
“He has obstructed the Admin of Justice…made Judges dependent on his Will…sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people…kept among us Standing Armies w/o legislatures’ Consent” www.americaamerica.news/p/what-we-sh...

What We Should Demand, What We Should Oppose

Reflecting on a president's obligations and what history tells us about rejecting tyranny and injustice

www.americaamerica.news

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Congress could, at any time, stop this shitshow by telling Vought to end the RIFs and impoundments. It has very clear institutional reasons to do so. But obeying to Trump rules all, and instead the Speaker of the House will pretend he does not know what is happening while opining on Bad Bunny.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

"To bring a democracy under authoritarian control, you need more than a strongman. You need politicians who will assure the public, as we slide toward one-man rule, that nothing odd is happening. That’s the role Johnson is playing in Trump’s takeover of America." www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism

Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

www.thebulwark.com

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 2d

Celebrate with me. #IndigenousPeoplesDay 🪶✊🏾

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Saturday, October 18. Everywhere. Find your local event at nokings.org.

#NoKings

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2d

WSJ: “Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an ‘iron fist’, according to people who have heard the comments.

Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d

Find a rally. Show up.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 3d

Next Saturday's anti-Trump 'No Kings' protest is expected to be the largest single demonstration in U.S. history.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

NEW: Trump meant to send a Truth Social DM to Pam Bondi about indicting his rivals. That sounds like official business, so I'm filing a FOIA for her DMs, plus those of five other cabinet members. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/my-latest-...

My Latest FOIA: Trump's Truth Social DMs

Recently, Trump posted a message to Pam Bondi that was meant to be a direct message. I want to know what other official messages he's sending to cabinet members.

www.muellershewrote.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Gov. Pritzker on Adelita Grijalva: "Mike Johnson won't swear her in. Why is that? … She'll be the 218th signature forcing a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files."

"Trump and Mike Johnson are working awfully damn hard to keep a sexual predator's files from being released. Makes you wonder why."

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