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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2h

Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10h

Donald Trump: Stop trying to incite Illinoisans into violence. Pack up and go home.

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WTSFan 🥄🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦 @wtsfan.bsky.social · 7h

Brilliant!!

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12h

BREAKING: A judge blocks the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks.

Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for 2 weeks

A judge has blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

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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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17h

Chicagoans won a temporary restraining order today that prevents federal agents from using tear gas, pepper spray and other weapons against journalists and peaceful protesters.
We’re fighting back peacefully in Chicago because — unlike Trump — we believe in the rule of law.

Judge Rules Feds Can't Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue

Block Club and news organizations sued the federal government for its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility. Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray...

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WTSFan 🥄🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦 @wtsfan.bsky.social · 17h

🤣😂 How is anyone keeping a straight face with this utterly laughable slop?

NONE OF THIS IS REMOTELY NORMAL BEHAVIOR BY ADULTS, LET ALONE ADULTS IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY! #Enough

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 23h

26. She did the unforgivable: refused to accept the lies Stephen Miller tells himself, about himself, and she deepened that wound by daring to enjoy herself while doing it. She not only hurt him, emotionally and psychically, but she reminded him of the misery he endures daily.

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WTSFan 🥄🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦 @wtsfan.bsky.social · 19h

It's hard to believe that EVERY sentient adult in this country hasn't figured him out by now. How cowardly/gullible/stupid/mentally ill does someone have to be to still believe this slop?

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WTSFan 🥄🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦 @wtsfan.bsky.social · 19h

Keep flapping those lips; it generates great evidence for the nation's eventual national accountability trials of 47 and everyone doing his bidding.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 19h

“I’m begging you to pass this legislation. My kids could die. We don’t have the credit because of the medical bills that I have to pay," this woman told Johnson.

Before being cut off, she added, "The audacity of someone who makes six figures a year to do this to military families is insane."

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 20h

Hey Republicans in Congress: you can depose Mike Johnson, speak your mind about Trump, vote for the Epstein discharge, get the healthcare thing fixed and open the government, and generally be a different party

That’s a thing you can just do, any time

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21h

For what it's worth, the Nobel Peace Prize was decided weeks ago. Trump and his team know that. They know he's not going to get it. But announcing this deal right before the new laureate will be revealed allows him to play a victim and pretend it's rigged.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1d

Sherrill: Ship, shipmate, self. It's a saying in the Navy. Means the mission comes first, the sailors come second, and as a leader, you come last. That's the kind of governor I'll be. Our mission is to drive down costs for families. I will work every single day to be worthy of that mission.

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WTSFan 🥄🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦 @wtsfan.bsky.social · 1d

Agonizing!

WTSFan 🥄🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦 @wtsfan.bsky.social · 1d

Fort Sumter, 2025

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1d

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

The States of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and 14 additional States
respectfully move for leave to submit the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants
and their opposition to Plaintiffs’ requested temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction. Proposed amici are States with a vested interest in federalism, the relationship between
States and the federal government, and deploying the National Guard. We also each have a vital
interest in supporting the President and Congress in enacting and enforcing valid immigration
laws. Every State has a responsibility to protect our citizens.
The federalization of States’ National Guard units is a matter of profound public
importance, as it directly implicates the delicate balance of power between state and federal
governments—a true cornerstone of Federalism. States generally maintain authority over their
National Guard units, allowing governors to deploy them for state-specific needs, such as disaster
response or public safety. Federalization of state National Guard units without gubernatorial

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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WTSFan 🥄🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦 @wtsfan.bsky.social · 1d

What this regime is doing with the National Guard is the antithesis of federalism, something the former Republican Party used to value.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Last weekend, the Trump administration sent 10 more people to an Eswatini prison, joining five other ICE detainees sent there in July.

None of the 15 men sent to the nation are from Eswatini. But they are now under the authority of its king.

Read Noah Lanard's full story: https://bit.ly/47gNtB1

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

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WTSFan 🥄🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦 @wtsfan.bsky.social · 1d

Zero chance

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

We need to ALWAYS highlight the ways the White House is a crime scene.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rten...

The White House crime scene

YouTube video by emptywheel

www.youtube.com

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