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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

It’s happening…

Thousands more federal workers are getting pink slips. This is 100% Trump’s pressure play to make Democrats cave and give up the fight for our healthcare.

Reminder: Military members got their last paycheck today, and many federal workers only got a partial paycheck.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 10h

📌The S&P 500 sank 2.7% in its worst day since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 878 points, or 1.9%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 3.6%, on this devastating news.

📌He is wrecking the U.S. economy.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10h

President Trump said that he’s placing an additional 100% tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to levels that in April fanned fears of a steep recession and financial market chaos.

Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner

President Donald Trump says “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea after China restricted exports of rare earths needed for American industry.

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 10h

January 6th thugs = ICE thugs…

Political cartoon by: Clay Jones

ICE agents standing in front of small children saying to each other: It’s easier putting children in zip ties than it was storming the Capitol…

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 10h

ICE agents in Chicago kidnapped WGN-TV camera operator Debbie Brockman, loaded her into a van with a New Jersey license plate. @booker.senate.gov Can you help explain? @jbpritzker.bsky.social did anyone give permission for ICE agents from NJ to invade Illinois?

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 11h

“If you gift me a sick jet, I’ll let you build an Air Force base base in Idaho. Tradesies!!!” ~ Donald Trump to government of Qatar, probably.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

US says Qatar to build air force facility in Idaho

The facility in Idaho will be used to train Qatari pilots to fly F-15 fighter jets, the US defence secretary says.

www.bbc.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

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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Jenn 🇺🇸 @jennsutt.bsky.social · 8h

This is pathetic Republican propaganda. Directed at Trumps base, who live trapped in a self reinforcing information bubble, will believe every word. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 13h

Speaker Johnson just called every American who plans to attend a #NoKings event on October 18 a hater of the United States.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 16h

The frog is ours now.

WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social · 20h

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 9h

These fights over Trump's troop deployments will inevitably make their way to the Supreme Court.

And when they do, Trump's conservative justices will have to face Perry's observation that placing soldiers on American only worsens a situation the White House started.

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 10h

Summary: it's hard to trust ICE at this point!

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

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 10h

New: Judge Perry's ruling against Texas troops in Chicago is a banger.

1. Invokes Hamilton
2. Rips into ICE for lying
3. Says "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.

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 9h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

You’ll never guess who is in charge of the Homeland Security Council….

(Miller. It’s Stephen Miller.)

Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.

DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case

A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.

www.wusa9.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

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 · 10h

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

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

No one is above the law.

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Jenn 🇺🇸 @jennsutt.bsky.social · 8h

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Jenn 🇺🇸 @jennsutt.bsky.social · 1d

www.motherjones.com/politics/202... A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire

A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

www.motherjones.com

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Jenn 🇺🇸 @jennsutt.bsky.social · 1d

Like Father, like son is my best guess 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Jenn 🇺🇸 @jennsutt.bsky.social · 1d

Since you mentioned Speer. This article is a bit off topic, but interesting. It’s from 2022. www.timesofisrael.com/how-the-son-...

How the son of ‘Hitler’s architect’ helped bring the World Cup to Qatar

Albert Speer Jr. tried to get out from under his father’s legacy, but despite his ostensibly humanitarian and eco-friendly style, he often worked for authoritarian regimes

www.timesofisrael.com

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Dread Pirate Sex Badger @badgercult.bsky.social · 1d

Strong Germania vibes. It doesn't surprise me from this fascist Speer carrier.

Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 1d

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Jenn 🇺🇸 @jennsutt.bsky.social · 1d

Please share with your networks. The children are developing toxic stress, and anxiety. Learn how to soothe their fears. Children absorb more than we realize. 🫶🏻

L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

By Erick Galindo

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Raf Blutaxt @rafblutaxt.bsky.social · 1d

Gilded Rage by @jacobsilverman.com starts with a Thomas Pynchon quote. I know there will be more important things later but this already makes me very happy.

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