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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 5h

Trump turned the DOJ into the Dept of Revenge while Peter Thiel is building phase 2, a Christo-Fascist-Oligarchy.

Gee wiz, I just thought they would stop illegals from eating my pet.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 5h

"We are not approaching a constitutional crisis; we are in one. We are not risking authoritarianism; we are experiencing it. We are not crossing the Rubicon; that famous river is so far behind us that our shoes and clothes have completely dried during the journey."

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 1d

Seattle Indivisible: Welcome Back, Governor Ferguson: Make a Plan for ICE & Military Deployments seattleindivisible.com/daily-action...

Welcome Back, Governor Ferguson: Make a Plan for ICE & Military Deployments - Seattle Indivisible

Official Daily Action for Thursday, October 9, 2025 The Situation: Governor Ferguson has been out of the state for a couple of weeks, but is returning October 9. In that timeframe, the Trump regime ha...

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 1d

Epstein who? Funny how MAGA has actual stacks of evidence but is suddenly no longer concerned about pedophiles.

I wonder what has changed?

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 2d

How did we get on the timeline where Trump, the grifting rapist gameshow host, is America’s first dictator?

Maybe it was when SCOTUS gave the election to Bush that things started going off the rails?

Either way we need to stand up against this and support those on the front lines.

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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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?

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 3d

Well sure Wells Fargo is a corrupt scum sucking leech but how about a regime who is now using military force against civilians— in service of corporations.

Yet another corner turned on the road to fascism.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 3d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 3d

Totally fake. I’ve never seen him wear sunglasses like that.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 3d

"The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo."

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 3d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 3d

Lindsey Graham: I am outraged about how fabulous the Trump regime is.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Lindsey Graham is working extremely hard to craft a perfect clip of performative outrage for Sean Hannity

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 3d

This guy. We need more of this…

If you feel like you’ve been conned, you have a place in this campaign.

YouTube video by James Talarico

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 4d

Bari Weiss seems like a good fit for CBS. I can’t wait to continue to NOT support them in every way possible.

List of Independent Media – Trustworthy Media

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 4d

NEW: Judge Immergut issues her written second TRO, blocking the Trump admin from deploying ANY federalized National Guard troops from ANY state in Oregon. (Full hearing thread below) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Based on this Court's prior Opinion and Order Granting Plaintiffs' First Motion for
Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 56; the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; and the newly submitted declarations, ECF 60, 63, 65, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 59, and ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendants are temporarily enjoined from deploying federalized members of the
National Guard in Oregon.

2. This Second Temporary Restraining Order expires by its own terms in fourteen
days on October 19, 2025.
3. Plaintiffs are ORDERED to post a nominal bond of $100 within 48 hours. 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 this Second Temporary
Restraining Order, which was raised in the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary
Restraining Order, is DENIED.
The Court Clerk will contact the parties to schedule a telephone hearing on
October 17, 2025, to address whether this Second Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for another 14 days.
6. Any motion for a Preliminary Injunction shall be filed no later than October 17,
2025; Defendants' opposition shall be due no later than October 23, 2025, and Plaintiffs' reply shall be due on October 27, 2025.
A combined hearing on the preliminary injunction motion and a trial on the merits
under Rule 65(a)(2) is set for October 29, 2025, before the Honorable Judge Karin J. Immergut, in Courtroom 13A, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED this 5th day of October.
/s/ Karin J. Immergut
Karin J. Immergut
United States District Judge

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 4d

It takes a skilled deal maker to keep the government open.

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 5d

Reminder:

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 5d

Sounds like his meds are kicking in.

Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 5d

What kind of country puts a cruel, lying, insider trading, pedophile, rapist, felon, racist, sexist, fascist, gameshow host on their currency? 🇺🇸

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 5d

And here we are……

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Bob Dobalina @bobdabalina.bsky.social · 5d

Coming soon to a city near you. History is repeating before our eyes.
I really wonder if the American will allow fascism to succeed?

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8d

An arrest of a person due entirely to the person having dark skin color is now known across the country as a "Kavanaugh stop," based on Justice Kavanaugh's justification of the practice. slate.com/news-and-pol...

There’s a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.” It’s Absolutely Devastating.

These detentions, far from the “brief” inconvenience the justice described, are often lengthy, violent, and dangerous.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: In Texas redistricting case, a leading political scientist testified that he saw “evidence of intentional discrimination” in the map, which “aggressively seeks to roll back minority power.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Texas Gerrymander ‘Aggressively Seeks to Roll Back Minority Power,’ Expert Testifies