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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 1d

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

National Guard units from Texas have arrived on the outskirts of Chicago.

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 2d

Senator Hirono mocks Bondi for acting like Trump's personal lawyer: "It's very clear to me that when the president posts something like that, that he considers the DOJ to be his law firm and you his lawyer."

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 2d

SEN. DURBIN: Why did you publicly claim to have the Epstein client list waiting for your review and then produce nothing relevant to that claim? AG BONDI: There was no client list.

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 2d

Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Senator Whitehouse : "and you're grilling me about some photographs? .. come on"

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 2d

Snipers aim for peaceful protesters in Portland and pointlessly shoot them with rubber bullets

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 2d

Here is the version of this that CNN posted to their YT. The plenary power & Miller stopping suddenly are edited out (or the timestamps suggests its a different take altogether). Very clear cut example of what this admin are up to, and the media covering for them.

youtu.be/wLxq0JGmpjA?...

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 2d

Bob Ross is a national treasure

apnews.com/article/bob-...

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

apnews.com

Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said.

The fact that he knows he's not supposed to be just saying it out loud like that because it's not true and he didn't mean to telegraph their intentions that clearly

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 3d

All this because a judge told Trump multiple times he can't send the national guard to Portland.

thehill.com/homenews/554...

thehill.com

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 3d

Trump says he will take a look at and talk to the DOJ about pardoning convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 4d

ICE posted this on its official government twitter account. How is this legal?

Pure evil.

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 4d

Trump’s ICE are ATTACKING peaceful protesters and deploying tear gas in Portland yesterday.

ICE is the Gestapo

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 4d

There is no rebellion in Oregon. Today's ruling is a healthy check on the President's power. As the President, you must have actual facts (based on reality), not social media, or just your gut feeling, if you want to mobilize the Military here in the United States. - Dan Rayfield, AG of Oregon

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 4d

Generals know that what Trump is doing is wrong. "It is also illegal for Donald Trump to order U.S. Troops against Americans in American Cities. A Federal Judge has said so. We expect the Appellate Courts and even The Supreme Court to uphold that ruling".

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 5d

"Take your head out of Trumps ass. Get Trump out of office. The man is a dictator" - Boomer goes off on his local rep

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 5d

DHS/ICE pepper sprays the breathing hole of a peaceful protester in a blow up frog costume (Portland, OR)

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 5d

"I have nothing to do with Project 2025."

Trump - Sept 10th, 2024

apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals

President Donald Trump is now openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign.

apnews.com

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 8d

Stephen Miller to Memphis law enforcement: "I see the guns and badges in this room. You are unleashed. The handcuffs that you are carrying, they’re not on you anymore. They’re on the criminals. Whatever you need to get it done, we’re going to get it done."

This is exactly what the Nazis did.

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 8d

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

What the hell are they going to drag us into? So much for the no wars admin

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 8d

Lawrence O’Donnell Goes Off on Pete Hegseth For Calling Military Leaders Fat While Ignoring The Morbidly Obese Commander-in-Chief

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Forbes @forbes.com · 9d

Kimmel described his show’s suspension as an “emotional roller coaster” while Colbert discussed how he learned that his show had been canceled.

‘A Fun Way To Drive The President Nuts’: Kimmel And Colbert Appear On Each Other's Shows

Kimmel described his show’s suspension as an “emotional roller coaster” while Colbert discussed how he learned that his show had been canceled.

www.forbes.com

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 8d

MAGA YouTuber/agitator Nick Shirley is forced out of a protest by community members in Portland, OR. ICE snipers on a nearby building then flash the protestors with their laser aiming modules.

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 8d

PRITZKER: "It appears that Donald Trump not only has dementia set in,but he is copying tactics of Vladimir Putin by sending troops into cities; there's something genuinely wrong with this man and the 25th Amendment ought to be invoked."

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Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 8d

Rep. Jason Crow: "Donald Trump and his administration will do anything they want to do. Period It doesn't matter what the law says. It doesn't matter what the Constitution says. It doesn't mattet what Congress says. It's time for us to acknowledge that fact."