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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 53m

Well.

Illinois filed a supplemental brief in support of the TRO that cites directly that "plenary power" gag that Miller threw out there, and the threat to jail the Governor and the Mayor.

It is of record.

The Court cannot look away now.

cc @juliedicaro.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social

From supplemental brief filed in Illinois v Trump in support of a temporary restraining order (9 October 2025) --

Trump issued an after-the-fact memorandum invoking 10 U.S.C. § 12406 to federalize National Guard troops that Secretary Hegseth had already deployed into Illinois. That same day, Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller asserted the authoritarian view that the President has “plenary authority”—sweeping and unlimited power—to federalize National Guard troops and dispatch them to American cities like Chicago. The next day, Trump told press in the Oval Office that he might just invoke the Insurrection Act to “get around” judicial orders blocking his unlawful troop deployments, like the one last weekend in Oregon. Then just yesterday, Trump himself posted on social media that the Governor of Illinois and Mayor of Chicago should be jailed.

These were not empty threats. They were made even as defendants dispatched a third state’s National Guard to Illinois in federalized status, this time from California, and without any new deployment order specific to Illinois. This lawless targeting by the President and his administration of people and places he does not favor will not stop without court intervention.

The Court can and should stop this authoritarian march. We remain a nation of laws, we have no king, and the President has no such “plenary authority” to federalize National Guard troops and deploy them into the streets of Illinois. The Court should enter a preliminary injunction against defendants’ federalization and deployment of any state’s National Guard, or deployment of U.S. military, into Illinois over the objection of its Governor.

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 1h

Pope Leo XIV: "I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor."

"Dilexi te"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 10h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Winona Ryder, covered in ash and dragging on a cigarette at the end of “Heathers”

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 4h

Huge support to the inflatable frog costume person in Portland for both embarrassing the regime and reclaiming frog imagery from the internet right.

pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 6h

The Portland protest frog has done more to protect American democracy and fight fascism than all but the tiniest handful of elected officials

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 10h

Uh oh.

Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 10h

On the other site.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 10h

Please remember that we are now on Earth Two. The Civil Rights Act might be a Jello mold by now for all I know.

And.... scene.

two men standing in an office with a no smoking sign on the wall

Alt: Office Jello-mold Stapler gag (US version)

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 10h

Well, sure. Granted. Throw BYU and perhaps Notre Dame and most of the Big East Conference too -- the Catholic schools are not in the league you described but there are some no-nos. But that's shielded by Free Exercise at least, and maybe Establishment too.

Brown doesn't have that out.

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 10h

Here's a bender for ya: UVa is a governmental entity, by definition. Clearly subject to First Amendment. They can't tell ya what to say or not say, the end.

Would the private universities on the hit list be subject to the same rule?

Very likely.

But in *this* hellscape? Where's the line?

Ooof.

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 19h

Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 21h

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 11h

Holy shit, y'all.

Read this.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 21h

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 12h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 11h

#CHICAGO LIVES THROUGH IT ALL

WE FIGHT AGAIN TOMORROW

#analyis #subtext #cubs

a group of baseball players are dancing on a field .

Alt: Chicago Cubs bullpen dance

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Jordan Bastian @bastianmlb.bsky.social · 13h

Seiya Suzuki's 117.3-mph double in 3rd inning is the 3rd-hardest-hit ball (regular season or playoffs) in Statcast Era (since 2015) for the Cubs. Only Kyle Schwarber has hit any harder (117.6 and 117.4 mph, both in 2019).

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14h

Question: Have you given any more thought to suspending habeas corpus?

Trump: Suspending who?

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 14h

OUTTA MY HEAD, YOU! (shakes fist)

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 14h

"Des Plaines" -- with a French pronounciation (as in "Des Moines").

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 14h

If you really loved Chicago you wouldn't unleash righteous and totally justified hate on Pam Bondi and her band of unmerry people this hard.

a man with a mustache is smiling and looking at the camera .

ALT: a man with a mustache is smiling and looking at the camera .

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 14h

This is a *very useful* intervention.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 14h

Former military generals and secretaries ask to file an amicus brief in IL v Trump in support of neither side, but to explain the ramifications of violations of the Posse Comitatus Act.

4. Given their experience, amici believe they have unique knowledge and

perspective that will aid the Court in considering plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining

order and preliminary injunction against the federal defendants that seeks to enjoin federal

defendants’ federalization and deployment of members of the National Guard of the United

States, including the Illinois and Texas National Guards.

5. Amici offer this brief in support of neither party, but to explain based on amici’s

experience as military leaders the risks – both to the military and to the public – of violations of

the Posse Comitatus Act and framework of laws addressing military entanglement with law

enforcement, the federalization of the National Guard, and the politicization of the military.

6. To fully address the complex issues and risks involved, particularly as the Court

considers “what the scope of the troops' activities will be once here,” amici respectfully request

leave to file an oversized brief not longer than 25 pages.

7. Because of the urgent nature of this action and the expedited schedule, there was

no opportunity to seek and await a ruling from the court on the page limitation extension before

filing the brief, which is being filed contemporaneously with this motion.

WHEREFORE, amici respectfully request that this Court enter an order granting

Plaintiffs leave to file instanter a Brief of Amici Curiae that is up to 25 pages long.

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 14h

Helpful blank-space for added text later on.

Second-level.

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 14h

(he did not do so)

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 14h

#stopthecount #cubs

flubby @flubby.bsky.social · 6d

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 14h

Matt Shaw Postseason Batting Average Update:

Still 0.000.

HATE WOKE GO CHOKE

#Cubs

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 14h

The 79-year-old former host of Celebrity Apprentice, whose brain can now be best described as a sourdough starter, is strongly considering invoking the Insurrection Act

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