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pjr1105.bsky.social @pjr1105.bsky.social · 12h

This is interesting because I think Bowie and Springsteen were friendly, but also I think Bowie reinvented himself and his music much more than Springsteen. Springsteen did talk a lot about what moves him as he’s gotten older and I think is more willing to slow down now, at least a little

pjr1105.bsky.social @pjr1105.bsky.social · 12h

I think his Tom Joad era was interesting, but I also think he was so flustered by the massive amount of success from Born in the USA that he took steps to turn away from that level of fame

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17h

Just 'cause it has to be said every now and then.

GOP Senators and Representatives are obviously okay with...everything...that's happening.

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pjr1105.bsky.social @pjr1105.bsky.social · 1d

They should demand the immediate return of the Expos.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

A certain legacy-media editorial board recommended capitulation in the face of Trump’s invasion, but on the South Side, we believe Chicagoans should keep standing up for one another.

South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 1d

Let us be clear: The President of the United States is levying war against American cities and American citizens—and we cannot rely on the other branches of government to save us.

It’s up to us.

It’s Up to Us to Protect One Another

As Trump sends troops to Chicago, we will continue to investigate and report. Readers have a role to play, too.

southsideweekly.com

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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pjr1105.bsky.social @pjr1105.bsky.social · 1d

Well the First Amendment had a good run.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"I'd love to do something about that" -- Trump floats the idea of stopping a planned protest in Austin

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

Fail

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 1d

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

Supreme Court on banning gender-affirming care for trans youth: Sure, that's fine, no constitutional violation.

Supreme Court on banning so-called conversion therapy for gay youth: No, can't have that, grave constitutional violation.

Here, Ketanji Brown Jackson gets to the bottom of it:

Excerpt of Supreme Court transcript in Chiles v. Salazar:

JUSTICE JACKSON: No, but here's what
I mean, right? In Skrmetti, we had a state
that wanted to prohibit certain medical
treatment, gender-affirming care, being given
to minors in the form of medication.
And we said that was okay. And I
understand there are particulars with respect
to how the -- the arguments, the constitutional
arguments, worked, but the state can prohibit
that.

Here, we have a state that wants to
prohibit gender-related medical treatment in
the form of talk therapy, but we now have the
First Amendment that is inhibiting the state's
ability to do that.

And I'm just, from a very, very broad
perspective, concerned about making sure that
we have equivalence with respect to these
things.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d

John Roberts’ Constitution: The federal government protecting people’s right to vote or giving them health care violates the sacred principle of state sovereignty but if the deranged POTUS and his bloodthirsty advisers want to use the military to invade other states for being too liberal that’s fine

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pjr1105.bsky.social @pjr1105.bsky.social · 4d

Do you think it’s accurate to say the U.S. federal government is on its way (or some sort of equivalent) to becoming a fascist state (or whatever you would describe Hungary and Turkey?)? At what point would you say it is safe to say the federal government is a fascist regime?

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4d

People going "America was always fascist" or "it's been like this since the 1980s" or making related claims don't seem to realize it, but they're telling everyone that nothing different is happening, nothing worse than usual, so if you weren't up in arms about eg 2013, you shouldn't be now either.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 5d

Amen

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 5d

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well.

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

In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141
F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws
of the United States." 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to
ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the
President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law
PAGE 22 - OPINION AND ORDER
Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56
Filed 10/04/25
Page 23 of 31
within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this
Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke § 12406(3) to
federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal
law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination
was simply untethered to the facts.
c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion
Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6d

"I think in a free country we should be able to post onto the internet, 'hey, there are masked agents on Broadway and Vine and not have the government or the tech oligarchs prevent us from doing that.' Shame on you, Tim Cook."

@radiofreetom.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7d

Complaining about cancel culture in Riyadh is one of the best examples I've seen of how "free speech culture" rots the brain.

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 7d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10d

I feel naive just writing this, but a president threatening to withhold funding to a city unless it elects his preferred candidate for mayor seems like the sort of thing that shouldn't be legal.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump on Mamdani: "He is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City. Remember, he needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises. He won’t be getting any of it, so what’s the point of voting for him?"

Self proclaimed New York City Communist, Zohran Mamdani, who is running for Mayor, will prove to be one of the best things to ever happen to our great Republican Party. He is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City. Remember, he needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises. He won’t be getting any of it, so what’s the point of voting for him? This ideology has failed, always, for thousands of years. It will fail again, and that’s guaranteed! President DJT

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11d

Kristi Noem: How DARE you accuse our glorious ICE agents of racial profiling.

Head of the Chicago raids: We are stopping people based on “how they look, how do they look compared to, say,” a tall, middle aged white guy.

Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 11d

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'

The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 13d

What we might refer to as a "Kavanaugh Stop"

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

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.

He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

PARTIES3. Plaintiff José Escobar Molina is a 47-year-old man who has lived in D.C. for 25 years. He has maintained valid Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for El Salvador since 2001. On August 21, 2025, Mr. Escobar Molina was walking from his apartment building in Northwest D.C.to his work truck, about to start his workday, when two cars pulled up next to him. As he was about to get into his truck, plain-clothed and unidentified federal agents exited the cars and—without conducting any inquiry—seized Mr. Escobar Molina, grabbing him by the arms and legs and immediately handcuffing him. The agents arrested him without a warrant and without asking for his name, his identification, or anything about his immigration status. The agents also did not ask him where he lives, whom he lives with, how long he has lived here, or anything else about his ties to the community prior to arresting him. After ICE detained Mr. Escobar Molina overnight at its processing center in Chantilly, Virginia, the next day an ICE supervisor finally realized that he had valid TPS, which statutorily prohibits ICE from detaining him, and released him. Due tohis Latino ethnicity, Mr. Escobar Molina fears being arrested and detained again while going about his daily life in D.C.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 13d

So many of us came so very unwillingly to this place of viewing the Supreme Court as unworthy of being viewed as a judicial body. Unworthy of veneration, unworthy of respect.

So profoundly reluctantly.

But, good lord have they earned it.

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pjr1105.bsky.social @pjr1105.bsky.social · 13d

Perhaps these teams will never stop playing, for all eternity they shall be locked in a back and forth struggle of establishing leads and then blowing them, like something out of Greek mythology

pjr1105.bsky.social @pjr1105.bsky.social · 13d

Maybe they are trying to drag out the game for as long as possible because we don’t know how long or how much baseball we have left

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pjr1105.bsky.social @pjr1105.bsky.social · 13d

Now, I do think the Court pissing away even the veneer of impartiality may make it easier for a Democratic controlled Congress to pass sweeping reforms to the Court.

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pjr1105.bsky.social @pjr1105.bsky.social · 13d

Come on, we both know that if a Democratic president tried to use this kind of power, the Court would immediately rule against them. These rulings only apply to Republican presidents.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 13d

The Court is leaving a lot of power swinging in the wind. The next president is going to use it. They must use it. You don't leave power hanging on the vine. It's just a question of what for. Anyone who argues for less is disqualified as a non-professional.

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pjr1105.bsky.social @pjr1105.bsky.social · 13d

Just strict originalists saying that Congress doesn’t really have the power of the purse if it annoys a Republican president.

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