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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3h

Reverend David Black, the senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying at the armed agents above him before being shot in the head with a pepper ball at least twice and falling to his knees.

Black said he could hear ICE laughing. trib.al/9Nstfnp

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Thinking this is wrong and untenable isn’t radical.

Thinking it isn’t, is.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

tell me more about republicans being the pro-business party.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

The Supreme Court’s 2025 term will decide critical election and voting rights cases that could reshape American democracy. I explain what is on their docket and what cases deserve your attention.

Please watch and share.
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Supreme Court's SHOCKING New Agenda Revealed!

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

Rep. Jim Himes on Trump blowing up boats in the Caribbean: "The White House has not shared what they believe their legal justification is. They did put out a memo. I will tell you based on what I know now and the reading of that memo, these are illegal killings."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

True bravery!

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 8h

A Republican member of the House passionately called on his Speaker to change course in a CNN interview on Sunday.

GOP congressman 'breaks with the speaker' on shutdown strategy: 'No justification'

A Republican member of the House passionately called on his Speaker to change course in a CNN interview on Sunday.Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) gave an interview with CNN's Manu Raju, who asked the lawmaker, "What do you say to Speaker Johnson, who says there is no reason for the House to come back into s...

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Lou Huesmann @louhuesmann.bsky.social · 23h

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

"When subsidies disappear, and a lot of these people find that their health insurance is suddenly unaffordable, you’re not going to have very many of them saying, 'It’s OK, because at least we’ve kept those illegal aliens from going to the emergency room.' They’re going to scream bloody murder."

Transcript: Marjorie Taylor Greene Tirade Wrecks Trump Shutdown Stance

As Greene admits the GOP is screwing the country on health care, a leading congressional scholar explains how Greene accidentally revealed the surprising weakness of Trump’s position in the shutdown standoff.

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Lou Huesmann @louhuesmann.bsky.social · 1d

October 18. Let’s do this!!!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

1,000 TROOPS: TN National Guard vet, who is protesting the Trump-@GovBillLee military/police takeover in Memphis, says deployment order is for a year. Takes us to the November election…

Commercial Appeal reported the same troop number. www.tiktok.com/@itsrachelda...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

California is going to “stick it to Trump” this November— Vote YES on Prop 50.

This ad 🔥😂

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

As Trump Moves Toward Autocracy, Top Aide Stephen Miller Is Way Ahead Of Him

Trump’s chief propagandist accuses opponents of “insurrection” and attempting a “coup” — while declaring Trump has “plenary authority.”

As Trump Moves Toward Autocracy, Top Aide Stephen Miller Is Way Ahead Of Him

The president’s chief propagandist accuses opponents of “insurrection” and attempting a “coup” — while declaring Trump has “plenary authority.”

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 1d

OUR tax dollars are being used to bail out Argentina, OUR troops are being put on the ground in Israel & OUR soil is being used by Qatar for a military base of their own.
While OUR government is shutdown.
Anyone who believes OUR so-called “president” when he says he is “America first”, is an idiot.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

The House speaker is blaming the Republican-led government shutdown on Americans protesting Donald Trump. trib.al/4WAiNbs

Make that make sense.

Mike Johnson Blames Shutdown on “No Kings” Protest in Absurd Rant

The House speaker is blaming the Republican-led government shutdown on Americans protesting Donald Trump. Make that make sense.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d

“We’ll tell our grandkids that we defeated fascism with six-dollar clickers”: how a group of community activists is tracking ICE’s movements in Los Angeles.

The Volunteers Tracking ICE in Los Angeles

How a small group of activists dubbed the “Peace Patrol” stymie the deployment of federal agents in California.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

Trump didn’t just instruct his cronies to look into Letitia James to see what they could rustle up. Instead, he twisted the entire federal government into a shape designed to produce the criminal indictment he demanded. www.thebulwark.com/p/insidious-...

The Insidious Effort To Rationalize Trump’s Lawfare

This is not a president justified in going after those who went after him. It’s a person making a mockery of our justice system.

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Lou Huesmann @louhuesmann.bsky.social · 2d

Possibly the foundational question to ask.

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How Can We Share a Country If We Don’t Share a Reality?

Note from the author: An earlier version of this piece appeared under a different title.

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Lou Huesmann @louhuesmann.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps this has been the devil’s greatest trick. Christians have exchanged virtue for a vote.

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Reflections on Faith and Politics

Part 2, We've Lost Track of Virtue

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Lou Huesmann @louhuesmann.bsky.social · 2d

So good!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

One thing we've learned from the American judicial system: The first 34 felonies are on the house*.

*Terms and conditions may apply. See prosecutors for details if you're not white. Or rich.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

Like a subpar college that's a football with a few classes on the side, ICE is becoming a right-wing content creation outfit that does some shoddy law enforcement on the side www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-propag...

The ICE Propaganda Campaign Goes Into Overdrive

MAGA commentators are stepping up as soldiers in Trump’s culture war to provoke confrontations against “Antifa” with the backing of DHS.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 3d

Not long ago, Marjorie Taylor Greene was a hard-line MAGA acolyte. Lately she’s been breaking with her party, Will Gottsegen writes in The Atlantic Daily.

What’s Going On With Marjorie Taylor Greene?

The Georgia representative is finding a new voice.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

"I have two Truth Social accounts, one is titled 'Cuck Slayer,' and the other one is 'Fred doesn't love you'...anyway, I tested it out and it's not that easy to accidentally send a DM."

@timmiller.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social talk Trump's weird message to Bondi in today's Bulwark Podcast

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