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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10h

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 4h

hey, white friends, in case you thought being white and normie lookin' was gonna keep you safe from our fascist secret police, it will not.

it matters that they are coming for ANYBODY

we must fight their stealing ANYONE

AND: all our liberations are, as always, intertwined.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 7h

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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robin @poconoduc.bsky.social · 8h

In today’s “Don’t threaten me with a good time, Mister” sentiments……. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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robin @poconoduc.bsky.social · 8h

🧵👇

Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 9h

Again, these people want violence. They want their supporters radicalized and ready to commit it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 1d

A new mural inside the grand entrance of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown is gaining attention for its sweeping size, artistry and pro-immigrant statement: gothamist.visitlink.me/IzVlaf

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 2d

The Dude has spoken:

"ICE? Let's get ICE off our streets and into our beverages. This aggression will not stand. Let's just abide together"

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 14d

If you voted for him, you've done this.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

71.5% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to government data.

Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”

As Trump's regime terrorizes communities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of his biggest donors are private prison corporations.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d

i could write a tome about how fucking embarrassing it is for journalism that someone as morally bankrupt as bari weiss has ascended to the highest levels of money and power by tickling trump's balls but instead i'm going to keep covering the people hurt most by his terror and giving them a voice.

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robin @poconoduc.bsky.social · 4d

Get your lawyers on this and do what Oregon just did. Words are great, actions are better!

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 5d

Hey mainstream news media. Maybe do your job and let people know just how fucking crazy this guy is. He’s trying to start a civil war.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 6d

Short thread...

This week ICE fascists:
•Attacked & detained Black U.S. Citizen children in Chicago.
•In a Chicago hospital ER, arrested Alderman Jessie Fuentes for demanding they show a judicial warrant before arresting someone.
•In Broadview, IL, arrested US Veterans peacefully protesting.

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robin @poconoduc.bsky.social · 6d

I don't even want to see what my premiums will be next year!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

This is it #trumpshutdown

🎥: @warnock.senate.gov

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 7d

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

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robin @poconoduc.bsky.social · 7d

“both sides” 🙄

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7d

Republicans believe free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/bern...

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 7d

Criticizing Charlie Kirk is a fireable offense that incites domestic terrorism. But calling political opponents "the party of hate, evil, and Satan" is proper and good. Got it.

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robin @poconoduc.bsky.social · 7d

I am so disgusted with just how evil this all is. These weak, insecure men cosplaying as ‘strong’ and showing this to ‘prove’ their strength. It’s just so…. you‘re right. It’s mid.

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robin @poconoduc.bsky.social · 8d

Lying liar who lies

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8d

i assure you, the joker takes no pleasure in flooding gotham with joker gas, he has to ensure the gang places all of these tanks in the right places to poison all of gotham

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Johnson: "Russ does this reluctantly. He takes no pleasure in this. Russ has to sit down and decide which policies, personnel, & programs are essential & which are not. That's not a fun task and he's not enjoying that responsibility...if they keep the govt closed, it's gonna get more & more painful"

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 9d

Please remember this in the days going forward:

Everything going forward could have been avoided if Republican Congress members simply did their job and obeyed their oath to the Constitution.

It’s that simple. They abandoned the country. They can say what they want, but that’s what happened.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 9d

AAAAND we are officially shut down!

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 9d

Donald Trump and the GOP own this shutdown.

Simply put, they want to dismantle our public goods and commit state violence against marginalized people—and that’s what they’re fighting for.

That’s the agenda they’re prioritizing over the people’s business.

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robin @poconoduc.bsky.social · 9d

We will need folks like this in the coming days/weeks.

Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 10d

Today was my last day as a federal employee, but tomorrow I and my new partner, Ginger Quintero-McCall, open a new law practice, the Free Information Group. We are both FOIA lawyers, and we are very good at suing the government. 1/

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