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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 1d

I am so fucking tired of hearing the tired, lazy lies about how “now you can walk to the subway safely in DC, now you can go to restaurants…”

DC was just fine.

And Trump & the GOP are parroting these lies in the stupidest ways, for MAGA snowflakes in rural America.

Fuck you, you fucking liars.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "You can go and eat at the restaurants. The restaurants are booming. They were closing one after another and now they're booming, they're opening. Nobody has ever seen a transformation like they have in Washington DC. It's as hot as it can get."

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

So they weren’t peaceful tourists? I’m losing the plot.

(Also, that means he pardoned Antifa, in case anyone cares)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

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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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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 1d

Your post resonates with me, Neil. Although I am retired now, for many years, I relied on Twitter to both learn and educate the public about election security, election technology, and election administration. Twitter had a very robust community of responsible election professionals. Now it’s gone.😪

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 1d

the freedom of speech president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 1d

My New One at MSNBC Opinion on How the Supreme Court Seems Poised to Kill Off What Remains of the Voting Rights Act While Few Pay Attention–With Implications for 2026 Redistricting www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... @msnbc.com

How the Supreme Court could aid the GOP's redistricting games

If the court rules quickly enough in a key voting rights case, it could allow yet another round of partisan redistricting before the 2026 midterms.

www.msnbc.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 4d

The President of United States exhorting cadets from one of the branches of the Armed Forces to eliminate one of our two national parties.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump hates America, and he hates the people who live here.

He likes money and power.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Happening right now. To us. In America.

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump hates America, and he hates the people who live here.

He likes money and power.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Happening right now. To us. In America.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2d

When US citizen Leo Garcia Venegas tried to prove his identity by showing federal agents his REAL ID, they dismissed it as a fake and kept him detained, releasing him only after they bothered to run his Social Security number.

Just a few weeks later, they detained him again:

Mass Deportation Is A Threat To Us All

Aided by the Supreme Court and the insidious "Kavanaugh stop," the administration's chaotic mass deportation operations are sweeping up Americans – including children and U.S. military veterans.

americasvoicecnn.substack.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

This image was posted on X today by a Chicago Tribune reporter. Trump’s government has declared war on the American people — or some of them, based on race.

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 2d

👏👏👏

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 2d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 2d

I applied for just such a job at Bluesky all the way back in 2023. 😉

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 4d

“There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.”

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 4d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

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.
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.
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.
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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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 4d

Letterhead:
“Secretary of War”

Directing National Guard from one state to invade another.

Whether they asked for it or not. (Indeed, they’ve resisted.)

Fascism yet? Still wondering?

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 4d

“There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.”

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 4d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4d

Sending troops from Texas to forcefully occupy and suppress cities in Illinois and Oregon IN OPPOSITION TO THOSE STATES' GOVERNORS is literally a civil war and it's cooking my brain that Democrats are simply pretending it isn't happening

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 4d

More messaging like this please

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 4d

Late tonight, a federal judge issued a sweeping new order prohibiting the president from deploying any National Guard forces—from any state or DC—to Oregon.

The president cannot keep playing whack-a-mole with different states’ Guard units to get around court orders and the rule of law.

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Mike "looking for research fellowship" Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 4d

I can't stress enough that this really is what's happening and yet the impacts are still quite real.

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 4d

its truly remarkable, you have to really take the measure of it and it's almost hard to comprehend it, but the president of the united states is having texas invade illinois and oregon just to make twitter content

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 4d

far, far too many sycophantic buffoons in the background, applauding reflexively

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump tries to goad the Navy into booing "Barack Hussein Obama" but is met mostly with silence

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