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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 4d

This is NOT making Chicago safer. And this must NOT be what America is.👇

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 3d

Just to be absolutely clear:

The President of the United States has absolutely no power to “take away” any right enumerated in the Constitution from any person.

And that is how every single article, blog post, and social media commentary should start when discussing this ludicrous statement.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 5d

🔥 As you may have seen, in recent days, I've been going to the Broadview ICE facility near where I live. For @vanityfair.com I wrote about those protests & the hell that the Chicago area is being put through thanks to ICE/DHS. I hope you'll read this & share it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Postcard From Chicago: There’s an ICE Facility in My Backyard

Chicago was not a war zone when Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz began. DHS and ICE have made it one.

www.vanityfair.com

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Axis💙💚🐚 @axismundiimpala.bsky.social · 5d

I would love to see the resources used and how to introduce!

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GGG, PhD @gggphd.bsky.social · Jun 23

Borat explains MAGA better than any cable news pundit.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 22

Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 6d

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.

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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Carrying Wayward @carryingwayward.bsky.social · 9d

🌈NEW EP🌈

 Drew & Marie talk BELONGING in the Oz-is-real, witches-dropping-houses, Men of Letters lore-fest that is Slumber Party. Dean is nesting, Sam is “meh”, Charlie is QUEER MAGIC, and Dorothy said DEI. Thank you Robbie Thompson!!!

player.captivate.fm/episode/27a0...

Slumber Party - 9x04

Quickly and easily listen to Carrying Wayward: A Supernatural Podcast for free!

player.captivate.fm

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 9d

ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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Axis💙💚🐚 @axismundiimpala.bsky.social · 12d

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 12d

The Trump administration is escalating its surveillance of tens of millions of *legal* immigrants, forcing them to refrain from expressing opinions that someone might deem “anti-American.” It’s a clear attack on free speech and the First Amendment. bit.ly/4823Brc

“Continuous Vetting” of All Visa Holders Is Impossible, but the Threat Alone Chills Free Speech

Government claims of AI-powered surveillance create an illusion of total oversight that encourages self-censorship without actually improving security.

www.brennancenter.org

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 12d

Sweet, the SS has arrived. /s

Fuck Nazis!

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Aug 25

Trump signs an executive order tasking Hegseth to establish "specialised units" within the National Guard to "deal with public order issues" across the US.

Using the US Military against the American public.

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 12d

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 12d

Trump just called us "the enemy within"

Those are LITERALLY the words Adolf Hitler used to describe Jews in Nazi Germany. Literally the same words.

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 12d

Hegseth's words seem especially chilling in light of his whitewashing of the Wounded Knee Massacre as a heroic "battle" only a few days ago. The message would seem to be that the Trump Administration is willing to forgive any atrocity US troops may commit as an "earnest mistake."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 12d

I remind you that this man has been accused of domestic violence by the women in his life.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Hegseth: "Basic training is being restored to what it should be -- scary, tough, and disciplined. We're empowering drill sergeants to instill healthy fear in new recruits, ensuring that future warfighters are forged ... they can put hands on recruits."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12d

"War is Peace" is one of the three core slogans of the fascist government in 1984, and it's pretty damn chilling to see the Secretary of Defense demanding that the U.S. Armed Forces adopt it as truth.

George Orwell wrote that book as a cautionary tale drawing on, yes, history!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."

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Axis💙💚🐚 @axismundiimpala.bsky.social · 12d

good news brigade

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 13d

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

reactormag.com/reading-rain...

Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor

The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.

reactormag.com

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Axis💙💚🐚 @axismundiimpala.bsky.social · 16d

yeah wouldn’t put it past them

Daniel Skelly @saffroncomic.com · 16d

Oh my god their actual plan is to strand all the generals in the whole military as a way of fucking with Democrats

Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 16d

Mother of God. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16d

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 24d

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

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Dan Samorodnitsky @dsamorod.bsky.social · 24d

At one point Vicky Pebsworth asked what ramifications their votes had because she did not know what ACIP actually does.

Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 24d

These ACIP members literally don't even know what the current ACIP recommendations for the vaccines they are voting on are

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 24d

NEW: Senate Dems ask FCC chairman to turn over any communications w/ ABC re: Jimmy Kimmel

“..unacceptable for the FCC Chairman to threaten a media organization because he does not like the content of its programming—it violates the 1st Amendment that you claim to champion”

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 24d

Using regulatory pressure and threats to silence critics is straight out of the authoritarian playbook

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AltTaxPro @alttaxpro.altgov.info · 24d

... and then they came for free speech.

Also, follow the money.

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 24d

After Trump’s FCC chair, demanded ABC take action against against Kimmel for his comments on Kirk, Nexstar, the largest operator of ABC affiliates announced it would pull Kimmel from its stations

Then ABC said it was taking Kimmel off the air

Nexstar is seeking FCC approval for a $6.2B merger

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Enters into Definitive Agreement To Acquire TEGNA Inc. for $6.2 Billion in Accretive Transaction | Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

Enhances Nexstar’s Position as a Leading Local Media Company Preserves High-Quality Local Journalism and Diversity of Opinion Strengthens Ability to

www.nexstar.tv

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 24d

Here's a phone number to call to express your displeasure with ABC over the canceling of Jimmy Kimmel's show.

Ginger @gingerale131.bsky.social · 24d

I stand corrected, it is off, Audience Relations at (818) 460-7477 ...that's the number to voice complaints to ABC ..let's let them know how we feel.

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Axis💙💚🐚 @axismundiimpala.bsky.social · 24d

welp

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 23

a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason

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