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kevinzoidberg.bsky.social @kevinzoidberg.bsky.social · 8h

fishermen. you really don’t get to posthumously declare someone you killed was a drug smuggler when you have no evidence. innocent until proven guilty.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 8h

IN 15 MINUTES: Trump wants to see our cities burn and our citizens abused before his brain finishes eating itself. Catch The Breakdown live at 7 PM EST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLTW-w_O-3Y

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Chicago Military Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 8h

MASSIVE BREAKING: A federal judge has just blocked the deployment of troops into Chicago by Trump.

The judge has ruled that Trump lacks authority and that his “rebellion” claims were NOT credible.

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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 19h

Amid rising airspace provocations, the European Parliament has called on EU countries to shoot down Russian planes violating their airspace.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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kevinzoidberg.bsky.social @kevinzoidberg.bsky.social · 9h

gotta give it to obama again, right? or pope leo? greta thunberg?

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12h

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t usually write about my law firm, but I’m going to make an exception. With fewer than 60 lawyers, we are currently litigating 63 voting and election cases in 30 states — a number that will almost certainly rise in the weeks to come. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

www.democracydocket.com

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kevinzoidberg.bsky.social @kevinzoidberg.bsky.social · 10h

out of business much

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20h

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

bit.ly

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kevinzoidberg.bsky.social @kevinzoidberg.bsky.social · 16h

conservatives are under attack. you mean racism is under attack? bigots are afraid to say patently wrong, dehumanizing inaccurate things about marginalized groups, because they might get held accountable for being hateful and stupid by their peers?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 19h

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

As a reminder, when Jack Posobiec was in the US Navy, they assessed his full capabilities and concluded that he was best suited to collecting samples for urinalysis

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Alex Koma @alexkoma.bsky.social · 1d

Big protest from immigrant organizers in the Wilson Building today demanding an end to MPD cooperation with ICE. A spicy banner, too.

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

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder this is all happening because Republicans refuse to let you have affordable health care.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

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kevinzoidberg.bsky.social @kevinzoidberg.bsky.social · 1d

that’s a hot dog vendor in chicago defending himself against ice agents in their after-hours unis

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 2d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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