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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

“President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday.

(Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)”

@gettyimages.com @keithedwards.bsky.social

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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 9h

simple, beautiful bystander intervention and genius way to make community values legible

Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 9h

Context for the whistles (though the above is about Rogers Park/Edgewater, not Little Village): blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/17/i...

In Little Village, Residents Are Blowing Actual Whistles To Warn Neighbors About ICE

Residents have equipped themselves with bright orange whistles amid ramped-up ICE arrests. "People could hear that noise, and if they don’t have legal status, go the other way," one immigrant advocate...

blockclubchicago.org

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 10h

From The New Yorker

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 10h

This is A) damned good and B) going to drive Trump and his lackeys into conniptions.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING

New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued her first statement in the aftermath of being indicted by President Trump’s DOJ.

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 10h

I frequently call the GOP a “lie-based” political party. The lie changes minute to minute. But the lying is utterly, dreadfully consistent.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Alyssa Katz @alykatzz.bsky.social · 10h

Your timely reminder that Donald Trump tried to claim NYC residence to take a $49,000 tax break on his Manhattan condo while he and Melania lived in the White House, only to get it yanked after my colleague and I caught the misrepresentation.

EXCLUSIVE: City nixes property tax break for Trump’s NYC apartment

New York City has nixed a $48,000 tax break President Trump was set to receive on his Trump Tower condo following inquiries from the Daily News about whether he is still eligible for the savings. O…

www.nydailynews.com

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 10h

They held off on the “she’s black” charge so they would still be able to indict her for that.

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 10h

Your Honor the prosecution asks that the “what’s taking so long on that malicious prosecution” DM be excluded

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 10h

I believe that should be REEKING

Politico @politico.com · 10h

REAKING: New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump foe, is indicted by Trump’s DOJ.

She has been charged with one count of bank fraud by the same U.S. attorney who brought charges against James Comey.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump foe, is indicted by Trump’s DOJ

She has been charged with one count of bank fraud by the same U.S. attorney who brought charges against James Comey.

www.politico.com

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 16h

The America we used to live in—the America we want to think we live in—is gone.

We’ll have to build again.

We want to think that the repeated, widespread abuse of basic rights by DHS; the DOJ actions against former officials like James Comey and John Bolton; the presence of 2020 election deniers across congressional and executive branch leaders; the unconstitutional dismantling of federal agencies; the consolidation of old and new media under leadership favorable to Trump; the use of lawsuits and executive branch power to intimidate and silence critics; and the clear attempts to subvert the 2026 and 2028 elections; and Trump's constant insinuation that he might seek a third term do not all in fact mean
that we have crossed the threshold into a competitive authoritarian environment.
But we have. We have passed through the veil. Whatever becomes of American liberal democracy in the near or distant future, it will be a resurrection and not a continuation.

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 10h

At this point in the GOP’s fascist devolution you can still leave the party if you want.

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11h

Just 'cause it has to be said every now and then.

GOP Senators and Representatives are obviously okay with...everything...that's happening.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

A five-byline alarm on First Brands:

“.. the stakes were raised on Wednesday night when one of First Brands’ financial partners made an emergency court filing calling for an independent investigation into $2.3 billion .. it said had ‘simply vanished.’”

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 13h

That consolidation might come pretty soon. www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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AxeDame @axedame.bsky.social · 1d

Kind of a sobering read.
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

Gift Link// Whether the US's ongoing act of political suicide evolves as a murder-suicide is of more than passing interest to the US’s northern domestic partner. Canada is extremely -- uniquely -- vulnerable. I spoke to executives, defense analysts, others. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...

Can Canada Survive Donald Trump?

Under assault from an increasingly aggressive and authoritarian United States, the country’s future looks less secure than at any time in postwar history.

www.bloomberg.com

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 15h

"All...Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning. But we must be ready to identify other kinds of Newspeak, even if they take the apparently innocent form of a popular talk show."

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 15h

"This cult of heroism is strictly linked with the cult of death. It is not by chance that a motto of the Falangists was Viva la Muerte ....The Ur-Fascist hero is impatient to die. In his impatience, he more frequently sends other people to death."

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 15h

"Elitism is a typical aspect of any reactionary ideology, insofar as it is fundamentally aristocratic, and aristocratic and militaristic elitism cruelly implies contempt for the weak. Ur-Fascism can only advocate a popular elitism. Every citizen belongs to the best people of the world.."

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 15h

"The followers must feel humiliated by the ostentatious wealth and force of their enemies. . . Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak."

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 15h

"Thus at the root of the Ur-Fascist psychology there is the obsession with a plot, possibly an international one. The followers must feel besieged. The easiest way to solve the plot is the appeal to xenophobia. But the plot must also come from the inside: Jews are usually the best target. . .."

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 15h

"Ur-Fascism derives from individual or social frustration... one of the most typical features of the historical fascism was the appeal to a frustrated middle class, a class suffering from an economic crisis or feelings of political humiliation, and frightened by the pressure of lower social groups."

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 15h

"Ur-Fascism...seeks for consensus by exploiting and exacerbating the natural fear of difference. The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is an appeal against the intruders."

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 15h

"Irrationalism also depends on the cult of action for action’s sake. Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation. Therefore culture is suspect insofar as it is identified with critical attitudes."

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