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Jeanne Brennan @jeanneenabottle.bsky.social · Jan 21

I'm so far behind in following back new followers. I've received a lot(well for me anyway)in a short period of time. I vet and to make matters worse I've been rather ill so I ask for your patience. Thank you so much.🗽 #KeeperOfTheFlame

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18h

If you are wearing a mask and disrupting a funeral you are not on the side of the right and the good. How about we just let people live (and grieve) in peace.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

If you watch closely, you'll see they're doing this opposite an actual funeral procession.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 5d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10h

And, as he will never say, Poland in 1939 declined to invade the USSR as a German ally. And then the USSR agreed to invade Poland as a German ally. Details in my book "Black Earth"

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8d

❗️Putin's logic:Poland has provoked Hitler who wanted to find a peaceful solution:

Poland made many mistakes.Germany offered to resolve the issue of Danzig&the Danzig Corridor peacefully.The Polish leadership at the time categorically refused&,in the end, became the first victim of Nazi aggression

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10h

When Putin talks to a Russians he consistently says that they invade Ukraine to destroy the state and nation and correct the path of history. NATO and similar framings are just for the useful foreigners.

Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 10d

Pu spells out Ru's imperialist motivations for the war. He calls the conquest a long-held dream and historical destiny.

He beclowns those who insist NATO expansion caused the war. Let's see if anyone from the Mearsheimer fan club admits the claim has been falsified.
www.kremlin.ru/events/presi...

Обращение по случаю Дня воссоединения ДНР, ЛНР, Запорожской и Херсонской областей с Россией

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 7h

The house just extended their vacation!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

Reading this now. It’s the opinion explaining the reason for granting a TRO (the order came out yesterday) against the National Guard deployment in Illinois. It begins with a quote from Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers against the idea.

Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 8h

New filing: "Illinois v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #70: memorandum opinion and order

Download PDF | View Full Case

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 13h

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 9h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8h

Oh noooooo!

After a jury found Greg Bovino to be full of shit in LA, a judge found him to be full of shitshow in Chicago.

[This is Judge April Perry's opinion on her TRO.]

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This indicates to the Court both bias and lack of objectivity. The lens through which we view the
world changes our perception of the events around us. Law enforcement officers who go into an
event expecting “a shitshow” are much more likely to experience one than those who go into the
event prepared to de-escalate it. Ultimately, this Court must conclude that Defendants’
declarants’ perceptions are not reliable.6

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 3d

Because you called Brad Raffensperger at Trump’s request to talk about the vote count in GA because Trump couldn’t accept losing a free & fair election. Enough of Graham’s constantly playing the victim card & his amoral service in the Senate. SC can do better by electing @drannieandrews.com.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Graham: Can you tell me why my phone records were sought by the jack Smith agents. Why did they ask to know who I called and what I was doing from January 4th to the seventh? Can you tell me that?

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Jeanne Brennan @jeanneenabottle.bsky.social · 7h

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Annie Andrews, MD @drannieandrews.com · 1d

“Annie, are you tough enough?”

Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness.

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Jeanne Brennan @jeanneenabottle.bsky.social · 9h

Fridays were meant to go OFF LEASH. Happy #TGIF!
🎨- Richard Cox

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Reuters @reuters.com · 11h

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Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence

Apple was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence model.

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Jeanne Brennan @jeanneenabottle.bsky.social · 10h

Indeed. Enjoy!🍁🦃🍁

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14h

This is a big deal.

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 14h

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

techcrunch.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 12h

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)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Jeanne Brennan @jeanneenabottle.bsky.social · 11h

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Lots of got in Three here today. Considering the week we've had that's outstanding. #TGIF

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11h

Outrageous -- and apparently in blatant violation of yesterday's ruling protecting protesters and journalists from this kind of shit. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...