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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

Third Amendment reference!

Moreover, two of the Constitution's first ten Amendments articulate safeguards against the military: the Second Amendment-with its assurance that well-regulated militias would be prepared and armed to fight for the security of the states and the Third Amendment, with its prohibition on quartering of soldiers in times of peace.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13h

“[T]he factual conditions necessary for President Trump to have properly invoked Section 12406(3) [to send the National Guard to Chicago] simply do not exist.”

T any event, while decisions of the Ninth Circuit are "not binding" on this Court, Hays v.
United States, 397 F.3d 564, 567 (7th Cir. 2005), and the Court frankly does not agree that
"significantly impeded" is the same thing as "unable," the Court would still find that Plaintiffs
are likely to succeed on the merits even were the Ninth Circuit standard applied. As discussed,
there is evidence of protests, some of which have included acts of violence. There is also
evidence of property destruction, and discrete groups who have attempted to impede DHS
agents. At the same time, there is significant evidence that DHS has not been unable to carry out
its mission. All federal facilities have remained open. To the extent there have been disruptions,
they have been of limited duration and swiftly controlled by authorities. Pairing all this with
evidence that federal immigration officials have seen huge increases in arrests and deportations, see Doc. 13 at 34-35; id. at 34 n. 124, the Court concludes that even under the Ninth Circuit standard, the factual conditions necessary for President Trump to have properly invoked Section
12406(3) simply do not exist.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 14h

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

Download PDF | View Full Case

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Jen McInnis @jmccoffeee.bsky.social · 12h

Of course they are #nhpolitics

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 13h

Check if your senator is on this list and let them know how you feel. This is the “yes” vote roll call.

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAS ---77
Alsobrooks (D-MD)
Kaine (D-VA)
Banks (R-IN)
Kelly (D-AZ)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Bennet (D-CO)
King (I-ME)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Lankford (R-OK)
Blunt Rochester (D-
Lee (R-UT)
DE)
Lujan (D-NM)
Boozman (R-AR)
Lummis (R-WY)
Britt (R-AL)
Marshall (R-KS)
Budd (R-NC)
McConnell (R-KY)
Capito (R-WV)
McCormick (R-PA)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Moody (R-FL)
Collins (R-ME)
Moran (R-KS)
Coons (D-DE)
Moreno (R-OH)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Mullin (R-OK)
Cotton (R-AR)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Cramer (R-ND)
Ossoff (D-GA)
Crapo (R-ID)
Peters (D-MI)
Curtis (R-UT)
Reed (D-RI)
Daines (R-MT)
Ricketts (R-NE)
Ernst (R-IA)
Risch (R-ID)
Fetterman (D-PA)
Rosen (D-NV)
Fischer (R-NE)
Rounds (R-SD)
Gallego (D-AZ)
Schmitt (R-MO)

Gallego (U-A<
schmilt (R-Mv)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Schumer (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Scott (R-FL)
Grassley (R-IA)
Scott (R-SC)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Hassan (D-NH)
Sheehy (R-MT)
Hawley (R-MO)
Slotkin (D-MI)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Thune (R-SD)
Hirono (D-HI)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Warner (D-VA)
Husted (R-OH)
Warnock (D-GA)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Johnson (R-WI)
Wicker (R-MS)
Justice (R-WV)
Young (R-IN)

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TheDesk.net @thedesk.net · 12h

Update: WGN-TV, without naming the employee, said she has been released from Border Patrol custody without charges. WGN-TV says it can't release her identity because of an internal newsroom policy.

TheDesk.net @thedesk.net · 16h

#BREAKING: A video producer for WGN-TV in Chicago was detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents during an enforcement operation early Friday morning.

Debbie Brockman was arrested on suspicion of obstruction, something she denies.

WGN-TV producer detained by Border Patrol during operation in Chicago

A video producer for WGN-TV was detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents during an enforcement operation in Chicago on Friday.

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 12h

We need to make the Hippocratic underground a robust reality—and we need to do so immediately. People are suffering and dying because of state-imposed obstacles to essential care.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

It’s Time for Health Workers to Defy the Law—Again

When the government obstructs care, caregivers must go underground.

www.thenation.com

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 12h

We didn’t meet any of our daily goals so this is the remainder to meet the week’s goal. Urgently need food, tents, warm items. The bombing decreasing doesn’t change that yall.

Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 12h

Every hope is lifesaving—still. So although support has massively slowed down for these six families—despite ongoing famine, all their homes destroyed, impending cold, a baby due soon (‼️)—we’ll still be here every hour or two.

23 hours left ⚠️ 7/879: chuffed.org/project/hope...

A square white graphic. On the left is a stylized ink illustration of a kestrel falcon in black on white, without outline just the black marks on its wings and face, drawn from behind. His wings are partly open and his head is turned to the right. In his beak is an anemone poppy in red ink with a green stem. On the right is the title "Keep hope alive: a gaza giving circle" in ink-effect font. The text says "We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support." In the bottom right corner in green text is the link https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 19h

For real!!!

Carl @listeningtofilm.net · 19h

Makes me think of how the House Dems passed over AOC for ranking member of oversight in favor of a guy who died 6 months later

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h

Surely this will trickle down to workers, right?

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 22h

Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.

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Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 17h

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UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17h

“However, for many, the joy brought by the ceasefire news was tempered by doubt, as many waited to see whether the promised aid and reconstruction would ever reach their tents.”

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Palestinians in Gaza wait for ceasefire’s promises to become a reality

Ceasefire sparks cautious optimism in Gaza, but uncertainty lingers over promised reconstruction and aid distribution.

www.aljazeera.com

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 16h

The courts won’t save us. Use them, sure, but to think that they will be enough is a reassuring illusion unhinged from the reality of what’s coming and what’s needed to stop it.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 17h

WHAT THE HELL

Just one day after a federal court judge ordered ICE to stop using force against Chicago journalists, here is ICE using force against a Chicago journalist.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 18h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

Doubt.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 16h

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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TheDesk.net @thedesk.net · 16h

#BREAKING: A video producer for WGN-TV in Chicago was detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents during an enforcement operation early Friday morning.

Debbie Brockman was arrested on suspicion of obstruction, something she denies.

WGN-TV producer detained by Border Patrol during operation in Chicago

A video producer for WGN-TV was detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents during an enforcement operation in Chicago on Friday.

thedesk.net

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 16h

Same excuse Border Patrol uses when they kill kids in Mexico. They were lying too, but they had their illegal coverup teams known as CITs to contaminate the evidence.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 16h

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16h

This is MAGA right now after learning that Trump sold out the America First agenda to Qatar and Israel.

If you know the reference, please know that we can become fast friends.

a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames

ALT: a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames

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davidmeuse.bsky.social @davidmeuse.bsky.social · 5d

1/This is a great summary of what elected NH Republicans have planned for us in 2026. But it’s only the tip of an iceberg that includes the possible return of the death penalty and a scheme to convert public schools to charter schools. #NHPolitics democracynh.com/2025/republi...

A glimpse into what the Republicans have in mind for New Hampshire | DemocracyNH

The New Hampshire House will begin the 2026 Session on Jan. 7th. Proposed legislation will make their way onto the floor for debate and a vote. Depending on the nature of these proposed bills and the ...

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com.web.brid.gy · 1d

Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump’s Admin Disappeared Them Anyway

When Customs and Border Protection apprehended Jackie Merlos and her children, a lawmaker and a friend mobilized to find them

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Also, a total lie that American students have been crowded out by international students. International students effectively subsidize the tuition of American students!

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Quite a feat to go from this to "and therefore universities must ban faculty and students from belittling conservative ideas"

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Fed Governor Christopher Waller: "Job growth has probably been negative the last few months. it doesn't look like it's doing much better. I don't hear anybody with big hiring plans."

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 1d

People will need money to pay for

- transportation
- rebuilding
- tents & warm items
- every other pre-existing need like food & medicine

please yall give to the funds

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

The Israeli military has begun withdrawing its forces behind the line agreed upon in the Gaza deal, leaving behind “unbelievable, massive destruction.”

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Israeli Forces Begin Withdrawal From Parts of Gaza, Leaving Behind 'Unbelievable, Massive Destruction' - Quds News Network

The Israeli military has begun withdrawing its forces behind the line agreed upon in the Gaza deal, leaving behind “unbelievable, massive destruction.”

qudsnen.co

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