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Susan @susanoca25.bsky.social · Jan 6
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"We should never forget it is our democracy that makes everything possible — our freedoms, our rights, our liberties, our dreams. And that it falls to every generation of Americans to defend and protect it."
Opinion | Joe Biden: What Americans should remember about Jan. 6
Four years ago, our democracy was put to the test — and prevailed.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3h
Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize
The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.
www.theatlantic.com
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h
{ gift article } www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h
Page One in Chicago.

@chicago.suntimes.com
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h
Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 4h
Incredible, moving, inspiring......
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 4h
“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h
By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 1h
Earlier this morning, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado—NOT Donald Trump.

Good. A petty dictator who is prosecuting his opposition, sending troops into US cities, and committing countless other acts of aggression, should never ever win it.
Trump's Peace Prize Fantasy Dies, His Social Media Propaganda Machine Gets Exposed, Mike Johnson Scolded By Republican On Live TV, and Chicago Resists
No Nobel Prize for Trump. GOOD!
www.dworkinsubstack.com
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2h
A win! A federal judge has granted Chicago and the State of Illinois a restraining order against the Trump administration, blocking the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17h
Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h
🚨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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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14h
Donald Trump: Stop trying to incite Illinoisans into violence. Pack up and go home.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h
All to cover up the Epstein files.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15h
“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 21h
"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...

'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton
Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h
Earlier today, DOJ basically told the judge in the Kilmar Abrego case they were going to blow off the vindictive prosecution claim.

His attorneys responded, fine, then the criminal case must be dismissed.
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Ultimately, as the defense explained in its Status Report, to the extent the government maintains its position that it will not produce the relevant discovery, under a claim of privilege or otherwise, the government cannot rebut Mr. Abrego’s demonstrated, prima facie case of vindictiveness, making dismissal of this case the only proper remedy. (Dkt. 146 at 3-4).
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 18h
Banana republic shit.

If the reported facts are accurately, this is going to be a colossal embarrassment for DOJ.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h
CNN: We have just learned that Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h
Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 18h
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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Corey Brettschneider @democracyprof.bsky.social · 19h
The indictment of Letitia James makes clear that calling it an attempted coup is no exaggeration.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 20h
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22h
My statement on Middle East peace
A white graphic with a blue border includes the following text: My Statement on Middle East Peace October 9, 2025 After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight; that those hostages still being held will be reunited with their families; and that vital aid can start reaching those inside Gaza whose lives have been shattered. More than that, though, it now falls on Israelis and Palestinians, with the support of the U.S. and the entire world community, to begin the hard task of rebuilding Gaza – and to commit to a process that, by recognizing the common humanity and basic rights of both peoples, can achieve a lasting peace.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 20h
Or killing tens of millions of the poorest people in the world - on purpose- through vaporizing USAID.
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 1d
Call me old school, but I don't think a person illegally blowing up boats and unleashing masked goons on his citizens would be a serious candidate for a peace prize.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h
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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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23h
MAGA says everyone in D.C. is smiling since the Trump invasion. Let’s look at some facts:

- Small retailers and restaurants report much lower foot traffic since the National Guard and federal agents began patrolling.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."
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