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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10h

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 9h

Take it from Hegseth, better to use Signal chats!

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Concepts of ideas on the table

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 12h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 @bc60.bsky.social · 1d

Last funny for today

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 10h

Sam.

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I ran to the pharmacy to get this year’s Covid vaccine…cause you never know

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So terrifying! 🤣

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That…that FROG!!! 🐸 😱

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 12h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 11h

Wait, I thought we disproved the ham sandwich theory with the guy in DC who threw the subway sandwich 🥪

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I stand with you! 💪

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 11h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 17h

a man in a blue shirt says it 's a possibility

ALT: a man in a blue shirt says it 's a possibility

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 18h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 2d

Well written and well done sir. I’m just sorry we live in a time when it rings so true

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: For the last several months, I have written and spoken regularly about the rise of authoritarianism in the United States. This is not something I ever envisioned for myself — and it is certainly not something my ancestors envisioned for their great grandchildren.

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 4d

Once again, where is the CNO? SECNAV? After what just happened in Quantico, when will the military top brass speak up?
I asked this after the disgrace at Ft. Bragg, too.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 4d

PUERTO RICANS ARE U.S. CITIZENS 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

PUERTO RICANS ARE AMERICANS

PUERTO RICANS ARE U.S. CITIZENS 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

PUERTO RICANS ARE AMERICANS

PUERTO RICANS ARE U.S. CITIZENS 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

PUERTO RICANS ARE AMERICANS

PUERTO RICANS ARE U.S. CITIZENS 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 4d

As easy as stopping the Russia-Ukraine war on Day One!

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 5d

Oh look, another White House Signal scandal.

This time it was an aide to Stephen Miller who was using Signal so openly in a public space that a bystander captured images of the chat.

Oh and the messages were about sending the *82nd Airborne* into Portland.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland

Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cellphone while in Minnesota

www.theguardian.com

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 5d

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

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