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Nancy Boyd @brightwings.com · 7h

Thank all that’s holy she’s not in custody. Let the lawsuits begin! (Assault with intent, kidnapping, and any other crimes that were committed.)

Great LakesQ @qglpolicywonk.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you to all that amplified this nationally.

👇 Debbie Brockman was released Friday afternoon with no charges.

This is an escalation of violence against bystanders.

Please keep recording & sharing as @govpritzker.illinois.gov noted. Keep the light & cameras fixed on their terror & brutality.

Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 14h

WGN journalist Debbie Brockman has been released. Her violent arrest occurred *after* a federal judge barred federal agents from using force or threatening to arrest journalists.

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lilmermaid17.bsky.social @lilmermaid17.bsky.social · 1h

Great grounds for suits

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9h

Trump has explicitly stated that he is terminating federal employees based on political affiliation. Data is currently being collected, but layoff notices have already gone out to employees at the Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy,

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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 1d

Trump laying off workers to pay for the $20 billion he just used to bail out Argentina and the #TrumpShutDown
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AIe1wZRa3QIC...

Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown — The Washington Post

White House budget director Russell Vought said reductions in force were underway.

apple.news

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 10h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3h

At issue are the quick-turn orders SCOTUS has issued dictating whether Trump admin policies should be left in place while they are litigated through the lower courts. The emergency docket has taken on greater importance amid the flood of litigation challenging efforts to expand executive power.

While the orders are technically temporary, they have had broad practical effects, allowing the administration to deport tens of thousands of people, discharge transgender military service members, fire thousands of government workers and slash federal spending.

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lilmermaid17.bsky.social @lilmermaid17.bsky.social · 1h

ICE respects no norms or laws! They are thugs! The more we see them in action, the more I think they are really Proud Boys or Oath Keepers. They delight in being violent or cruel!

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 20h

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 5h

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3h

After Trump's tariff post, trillions vanished in hours. The S&P collapsed. Nasdaq crashed. Tech giants bled red. But a different kind of storm was already brewing — not on Wall Street, but deep inside the blockchain.

While everyone else was watching Trump’s post, someone was already cashing in.

Before that announcement even hit the airwaves, an anonymous crypto wallet suddenly transferred over $1 billion into stablecoins — digital dollars that hold value even when everything else collapses. Then, within seconds of Trump’s post, that same wallet started placing $100 million buy orders across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and multiple altcoins just as the market imploded.

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 1d

#ACA

FIFTEEN YEARS

SINCE DEMOCRATS PASSED
THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT,

AND REPUBLICANS HAVE NEVER,
EVER, EVER, EVER,

*NOT EVEN ONCE*

COME UP WITH
A “BETTER”, OR “CHEAPER”
ALTERNATIVE

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1d

So, the grifter extraordinaire, sexual predator, convicted felon, and liar who supports heroin-addled RFK Jr.’s dangerous, unscientific propaganda just got double vaxxed.
Show this to every MAGA fool who claims vaccines aren’t safe.
@underthedesknews.bsky.social

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🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 10h

A Black child’s meltdown is seen as aggression 😕
A white child’s meltdown is seen as a cry for help 🙂‍↔️
This double standard costs lives, opportunities, and dignity.
Listen to Black autistic voices.
Believe our experiences ♾️

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 21h

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 1h

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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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is putting Argentina first and America last.

In week 2 of the shutdown:
💰 He gave $20 MILLION to Argentina
💸 Announced new tariffs that’ll raise prices even more
🚫 Started firing furloughed workers
💃 Is building a White House ballroom

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lilmermaid17.bsky.social @lilmermaid17.bsky.social · 1h

Putin is so transparent. He is flattering Trump to manipulate him!

lilmermaid17.bsky.social @lilmermaid17.bsky.social · 1h

None of the protestors are paid. There will be so many protestors in all 50 states that Soros couldn't possibly afford to pay them!

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 14h

We are watching Trump and his fascist regime get even more desperate from gerrymandering to investigating grassroots organizations that support Democrats. This is because Trump knows he's losing. His poll #s are awful and GOP is on road to big defeats. They need to cheat. And we need to fight back!

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lilmermaid17.bsky.social @lilmermaid17.bsky.social · 1h

Donnie is a fu*king liar!! No fires! Lots of stores open!

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 7h

You all can’t have healthcare so Trump can have those tax dollars to spend on playing Napoleon while your family members die.
Got it?
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

Press pool: “On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial”

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 5h

We’re in a health care crisis.

Hospitals and clinics will close from Trump’s cuts.

15 million people will lose their health care.

Now Trump’s CDC layoffs are making it even WORSE by gutting our ability to stop emerging health threats.

Democrats are fighting to stop this.

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 8h

It's hilarious that the same people who claim that their families never owned slaves and their family came here as immigrants get upset when someone posts the truth about America's racist & violent past.

Why do they agree to erase history they had nothing to do with? 🤔

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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 5h

No.

Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 16h

are shooters of priests ever the good guys throughout history

Pastor shot by ICE with pepper balls speaks out in first TV interview | CNN

Pastor hit by ICE pepper balls granted restraining order against government.

www.cnn.com

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