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Hedy Lamarr @chudonew.bsky.social · 1d

ATT: PAM BONDI

Transportation Sec Sean Duffy has primary-residence mortgages in NJ & D.C.

Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator, has one primary-residence mortgage in Long Island & another in D.C., according to loan records.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

www.propublica.org

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 2d

On October 18 there needs to be a breathtaking number of us in the streets.

Like visible from space numbers.

#NoKings

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

🚨There goes the last of Governor Pritzker’s fucks. 🪦
He took that threat of being arrested to heart… and the people of Chicago are marching in the streets because the Chicago mayor and their governor have their backs. ✊🏼
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 4d

As alarmed as people may be, they aren't alarmed enough. Trump just escalated this crisis from a fight between the federal government and a state, to a situation where one state is deploying armed forces to impose its will on another state. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

"This is where we’ve been headed since Jan. 6.

The man who fomented an actual insurrection will invent a fantasy insurrection to justify overturning the rule of law & deploying the military against civilians.

The thing about Rubicons is they can’t be uncrossed."

www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

Donald Trump is setting not just the federal government against one of the states, but pitting armed soldiers from one state against the citizens of another. This is an emergency.

And so, an emergency Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3d

Chicagoans are furious that a convicted felon has sent his thugs here to commit violence against our community. Join us in fighting fascist Republican assholes.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 3d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa ❌👑 @indivisresistcoco.bsky.social · 4d

Democrats are rejecting a 7-week “band-aid” that delays the fight—because waiting means 20M face higher premiums ＆ 15M could lose Medicaid.

Better to fight now than abandon families later.
#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
#TrumpShutDown

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

CENSORED: “They refused to run my column this week. Too critical of Trump, they said.”

Writer Dan Conway left The Daily Memphian after editors rejected his column for criticizing Trump’s unconstitutional military incursions into US cities.

Read the censored column: www.facebook.com/share/p/16uP...

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 5d

Sally Field wants to see you in the streets on October 18 for the biggest day of political protest in modern American history. Make your plan to join a local event today, and then invite a few folks to join you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #nokings

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6d

Immergut states for the record that she is basing new TRO on all of the reasons that were in my prior opinion granting first motion and the same reasons and apply...The deployment of the federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, she says.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

Stephen Miller said last year this was the plan. They said it out loud. Some of us highlighted his remarks at the time and warned how dangerous they were. Most of the media missed them and/or moved on from them. It’s happening:

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 6d

Red states sending troops to blue states is a really bad idea.

‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
· 32m
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
· 32m
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 6d

Yes. This is why we are calling Congress tomorrow. Congress does not simply move legislation, its members shape the discussion.

Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 6d

MoC can shape the media narrative by drafting articles of impeachment and talking publicly about how POTUS’ speech Tuesday furnished proof of the *intent* behind his military occupation of cities; he’s waging war on the United States in violation of the Treason Clause.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 6d

One of the questions: Will the media step up and report as such? Yes, the conservative media owns the modes of mass comms. But ostensibly, large mainstream outlets who purport to speak truth to power etc have leaders who are watching things unfold and understand the stakes. Will they be as honest?

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 6d

Every Democrat at every level of office must denounce this madness Monday morning. Has to be huge outcry. We need to be incredibly loud.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 7d

Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the
Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: “A standing
military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The
means of defence [against] foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at
home.”

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🔪TrinityKilla🔪 @robmede.bsky.social · 7d

October 18th Protest day. Say NO! To this wannabe be tyrant. Say NO! To troops on our streets. Say NO! To the white supremacist agenda.

@sassysister27.bsky.social making a list of people ready to say NO to it all.

Follow and a repost and join the #BlueCrew
Because we are #StrongerTogther

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

This is a fierce ruling against Trump from a judge he appointed.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 7d

We’re done being treated like disposable pawns. Trump’s threats to fire federal workers during a shutdown are reckless and we’re fighting back in court. Workers keep this country running. We won’t back down.✊
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