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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 2h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Matt Separa @mattsepara.bsky.social · 3h

And it is even more important when it comes to paying soldiers. If the executive can just decide to pay the troops, irrespective of Congress, the executive both controls deployment of the military and the power to fund it. That makes the military wholly accountable to one person.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4h

Men would rather collapse a government than go to therapy

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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 15h

Not the first time a tyrant has been plagued by frogs.

Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 6h

Hey, what was happening in Germany in the 1930s? I forget.

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For those who actually respect history, the origin story of Antifa is well documented. Antifa is an organization that emerged with the “German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion” movement in the 1930’s.
German Communists smeared anyone to their right as "fascists,” a common ploy used by the ignorant hysterical activists of the Democrat Party today. Like today’s leftist loonies, the German Antifa of the Weimar years even labeled the leftwing SDP as "social fascists." Today’s Antifa are a paramilitary mob used by the usual suspects to foment fake “mass protests” and burn down cities. The same puppet masters of the Democrat activist judges ruining America today also fund these “useful idiots” of Antifa to impede the mandate given to the current President in his landslide last election victory.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 7h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

Cartoon by John Deering.

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collin cornell @collincornell.bsky.social · 2d

“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.”

RNS @rns.org · 3d

The pastors’ efforts are part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration as the president seeks to implement plans for mass deportation of immigrants.
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who…

religionnews.com

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 10h

If ICE was doing to unlicensed pets—dogs and cats—what they’re doing to human beings, the outrage would be exponentially more ferocious

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 10h

Just today, here's a story from the @chicago.suntimes.com -- not only are ICE/feds masking themselves constantly (and some local cops too, I've seen it), now they're driving around without license plates. More "laws for thee, whatever I wanna do for me" in action chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 12h

The ease with which officials lie in 2025 is honestly terrifying

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BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15h

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

To Be or Not to Be (Lubitsch, 1942)

TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social
LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
October 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM © Replies disabled

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gophergrad צדק צדק תרדף @gophergrad.bsky.social · 13h

Sound on. Watch the whole thing.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

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Michael Little @tomcatjock.bsky.social · 13h

And the location is the library.

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 15h

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 13h

Members of Congress should be on the streets of DC—where many of them live! —putting their bodies between these law-abiding citizens and ICE. Congress should be demanding names, and promising ICE will be prosecuted when US democracy is re-established.

But they are not—b/c they think it polls badly.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 13h

Protesters getting cuffed should insist on calling the arresting officers “Daddy” just to make them feel weird as hell about the whole thing.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14h

When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.

Pedal to the floor.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 13h

Oh

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Imagine that

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14h

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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gophergrad צדק צדק תרדף @gophergrad.bsky.social · 14h

Classic abuser.

"I'm going to keep hitting the kids until you do what I want."

#ThisIsASubSkeet

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Nov 13

if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything

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