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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 11h

We’re outside of the Broadview ICE facility.

It’s clearer than ever before.

What’s happening in Illinois is an unprecedented, unlawful abuse of power.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h

Oh noooooo!

After a jury found Greg Bovino to be full of shit in LA, a judge found him to be full of shitshow in Chicago.

[This is Judge April Perry's opinion on her TRO.]

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

This indicates to the Court both bias and lack of objectivity. The lens through which we view the
world changes our perception of the events around us. Law enforcement officers who go into an
event expecting “a shitshow” are much more likely to experience one than those who go into the
event prepared to de-escalate it. Ultimately, this Court must conclude that Defendants’
declarants’ perceptions are not reliable.6

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 10h

My god why won’t anyone ask how that’s possible

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18h

Chanting, "we are the body of Christ! The body of Christ will be free!"

This crowd has swelled considerably. Few hundred here now.

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ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 12h

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 11h

One fed employee told me the internal conversations feel very different from previous shutdowns.

www.gravityisgone.com/federal-empl...

"Every other fed I've talked to agrees how much it sucks to be furloughed, but also that this shutdown needs to continue until the administration starts respecting the rule of law," said a NOAA employee. "Even the conservative Republicans."

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svateboje.bsky.social @svateboje.bsky.social · 11h

some of Judge Perry’s recent comments blew me away.

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 11h

There’s a reason that District Court judges are now repeatedly finding DHS’s factual representations not credible.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughling is now claiming that Debbie Brockman was arrested for "assault on a federal law enforcement officer" because she was throwing objects at a Border Patrol agent.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 13h

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · Nov 11

I'm on team Theda Skocpol/Hahrie Han on this. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself.

The party should jettison its consultant class and move toward a local-membership model that would help to rejuvenate civic life across the country.

www.thenation.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12h

Greg Abbott trumpets his major accomplishment this week: ripping up rainbow crosswalks. Under his governorship, Texas has continued its position as the epicenter of violent crime in the United States and the state with the largest number of persons without access to healthcare.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

real Fox News chyron

GALVESTON, TX REMOVING RAINBOW CROSSWALKS

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 12h

i just got back from Antifa headquarters.

they're making an INSANE new set of demands.

first, the radical left is saying, "no money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law."

David Noll @david.noll.org · 13h

interesting that if you say the constitution creates a separation of powers systems in which there are no kings, they think you hate america

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

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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svateboje.bsky.social @svateboje.bsky.social · 13h

they don’t call him the father of lies for nothing

false witness: maybe the most centrally human experience of all.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 13h

Worlds of Wonder, edited by Daniel Hahn, is a beautifully illustrated journey through the most beloved classics of children’s literature, spanning more than twenty countries and one hundred and fifty years.

Available 28 Oct. Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#Literature #Fiction

Worlds of Wonder: Celebrating the Great Classics of Children's Literature, edited by Daniel Hahn. A beautifully illustrated journey through the most beloved classics of children’s literature, spanning more than twenty countries and one hundred and fifty years.

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svateboje.bsky.social @svateboje.bsky.social · 13h

two pts.

when the last turtle down is revealed, chaos or not, this is reflective identity, so just like Hegel formally, if not materially.

and what was Voegelin’s counter symbol?

not identity, but rather reflectIve distance!

svateboje.bsky.social @svateboje.bsky.social · 13h

what is this guy’s denomination and what sort of vocation does he pursue i wonder.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 14h

As a reverend, this guy is both really articulate and politically compelling, and the Robert Redford rugged good looks don't hurt.

A multi-denominational vigil of religious leaders at every ICE facility being protested would also be a powerful political device.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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svateboje.bsky.social @svateboje.bsky.social · 13h

nb: probably accurate on the practical situation, what would i know re off-shore accounts or whatever? the tell is about the apocalyptic deformation of personal insecurity. doesn’t anyone read Job or Quoholeth anymore?

svateboje.bsky.social @svateboje.bsky.social · 13h

this is such an incredible tell. welcome to the human sort of being you delusional child.

Olivier Tesquet @oliviertesquet.bsky.social · 15h

Nouvelle incarnation de l’Antéchrist selon Peter Thiel : @gabrielzucman.bsky.social

wapo.st/4q5wR6S

"It's become quite difficult to hide one's money,
" Thiel said, according to the
recordings. "An incredible machinery of tax treaties, financial surveillance and sanctions architecture has been
constructed." Wealth gives the "illusion of power and autonomy," Thiel added, according to the recordings, "but you have this sense it could be taken away at any moment."

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Olivier Tesquet @oliviertesquet.bsky.social · 15h

Nouvelle incarnation de l’Antéchrist selon Peter Thiel : @gabrielzucman.bsky.social

wapo.st/4q5wR6S

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h

Great point from @mjtoma.bsky.social: Millions of us absolutely do see what's happening to the USA.

"We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends."

newrepublic.com/post/201625/...

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 14h

I think it is wild that the Republican leaders of Congress are publicly delegating their branch of government's constitutional spending powers to the president. Why not just let him vote on Supreme Court cases, too?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 20h

Marc Rowan says the "compact" will "protect free speech," but First Amendment scholars across the political spectrum are of one mind that the compact is flagrantly unconstitutional, and every major free speech org--from the ACLU to FIRE to PEN--agrees. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

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WyoFile @wyofile.com · 14h

Terri Lesley wants the costly settlement of her lawsuit against Campbell County and conservatives on the library board to “shut down all these censorship efforts in Wyoming and beyond.” But advocates of new rules on library materials say they aren’t backing down. wyofile.com/fired-wyomin...

Fired Wyoming librarian hopes $700,000 settlement deters conservative lawmakers. They say it won’t. - WyoFile

Former Gillette librarian announced the settlement of her lawsuit against Campbell County and conservatives on the library board days before a key legislative meeting.

wyofile.com

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