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Denise Dewald, MD @denisedewald.bsky.social · 18h

Horrific. A 50-year old black man had a stroke & was confused from it. Cops didn’t want to “waste time” doing a thorough evaluation for a medical emergency, assumed it was drugs, & simply threw him in jail. He died

A tragic example of the cruelty of structural racism

www.kare11.com/article/news...

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Slate @slate.com · 9h

The Supreme Court’s sweeping immunity decision in Trump v United States is the gift that keeps on giving. In the case of Portland and Chicago, it puts members of the military in an impossible position, and the President above the law. slate.trib.al/2PxBQqZ

Trump Wants to Use American Cities as a “Training Ground.” It’s Becoming Clear Why.

MAGA cries “Insurrection!”, setting up a dangerous standoff between the American people and the military.

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Lizard Of Oz @lizardofoz316.bsky.social · 11h

This is a hair on fire situation.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 14h

If an entire large city was on fire I’d think the president would be expected to go there to tour the damage.

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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 14h

literal Anne Frank stories being told in real time

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 21h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Frank @frankvaladez.bsky.social · 14h

Tim Onion is right!

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: ICE agents just abducted a press camera operator in Chicago.

WGN-TV’s Debbie Brockman was dragged to the ground, cuffed and bundled into a van - which then rammed her vehicle to escape.

What the hell is happening in America?

(🎥 Original footage via Josh Thomas/FB)

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 19h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 19h

On a related note -- can we just imagine what it would have been like if Obama had sent the California National Guard to Lubbock, Texas??

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Frank @frankvaladez.bsky.social · 1d

So…Qatar will be able to make air strikes on Portland?

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

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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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 1d

DOJ is basically arguing in Court that if the President "determines" that literal martians have landed from Mars and are attacking the United States, Trump can invoke any emergency power he wants and the judiciary can't question it.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

“Suspending who?”

WIRED @wired.com · 2d

US president Donald Trump appeared confused by a question over the possible suspension of habeas corpus, during an “antifa roundtable” event at the White House attended by conservative influencers.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d

JB Pritzker's forceful, defiant response to Trump's threat to jail him confirms the points I tried to make in the piece and thread below about the role of conflict and attention in the public battle over Trump's authoritarian takeover:

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 2d

No protest from 6am to 9am in the Broadview free speech zone.

Just here with a handful of press waiting to see if we can catch the Texas National Guard arriving in Broadview tonight.

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 3d

I would drop a cinderblock on my foot and break it if I couldn't leave

just saying

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 3d

The U.S. armed forces may soon face the choice of whether to refuse illegal and unconstitutional orders, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. What will they do?

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

“.. With Democrats having shown no signs of budging .. and a growing number of Republican lawmakers warning about potential blowback, the White House is now planning to hold off at least a little longer on sending out notices of Reductions in Force ..”

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 3d

Trump's face on a coin?

Not only is it illegal for a live person to be on currency, but the founders condemned it as monarchical. When someone proposed putting Geo. Washington's head on a coin in 1792 it was voted down as the "flattery & almost idolatrous practice of Monarchies"

It's what KINGS do

Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 6d

An 1866 act of Congress prohibits living people from appearing on currency. Congress made an exception for Calvin Coolidge, who was alive in 1926 when he appeared with Washington on Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar. Coolidge is the only living president featured on a U.S. coin.

Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar shows bust of George Washington in the foreground with Calvin Coolidge behind him. Text on the coin reads “liberty,” “United States of America” an “In God we trust.”

Back of the Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar depicts the liberty bell. The text on the coin reads “Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar” and “1776 1926.”

Mock-ups of a proposed $1 coin featuring Trump’s bust with the words “liberty” and “in God we trust” “1776 2026” on one side and Trump pumping his fist in front of an American flag with the words “fight fight fight” “United States of America” “E pluribus unum”

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 3d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Tim Fullerton - Host of the Find Out Podcast @timfullerton.bsky.social · 3d

This is very good.

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 3d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Some folks have reported experiencing extended nausea and dizziness since being tear gassed in Brighton Park on Saturday. General reminder to seek medical care even if you think you can tough it out—document it all and start a paper trail. You never know if you may need it.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

The purpose of EMTALA "isn’t simply to stabilize hospital finances, or to not force ER doctors into becoming ICE agents by proxy. It’s also an effort to apply the most basic principle of medicine." www.thebulwark.com/p/government...

Illegal Immigrants Are Already Getting Health Care Under Donald Trump

The program financing ER care for illegal immigrants has been around for four decades, and not even Trump wants to take it away.

www.thebulwark.com

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