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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 13h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Abu5217 @abu5217.bsky.social · 10h

I did another thing.

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Don't Call Them Nazis

No, really... don't.

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 2d

Greta showing the world what humanity and courage looks like‼️

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Abu5217 @abu5217.bsky.social · 3d

Personally, I went the other direction.

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Come And Get Me, Mr. President

The administration is trying to criminalize First Amendment Rights. Stand up to them.

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Abu5217 @abu5217.bsky.social · 5d

So fight back. We can't submit in advance. Is it scary? Fuck yes it is. But it's also illegal as hell.

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Abu5217 @abu5217.bsky.social · 5d

Right?

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Abu5217 @abu5217.bsky.social · 5d

Pretty low bar, tbh.

Abu5217 @abu5217.bsky.social · 5d

This seems like an opportunity. Spin up a working group to create multiple profiles on all social media then flood the zone with shit that would trigger their algorithms.

I'm not that guy, but I have to imagine there are some bot programmers out there that would appreciate the challenge.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

You can see how their cameramen document their violence. This is about content creation. For the last one, I had to search my files for a photo of this moment that didn't include the face of a pained or screaming protester, but for clarity: those are tackled human beings on the ground.

DHS cameramen film their assault on tackled protesters.

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Abu5217 @abu5217.bsky.social · 5d

Genius

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Abu5217 @abu5217.bsky.social · 5d

I have one to burn and will likely do so tomorrow. I'll film and post it.

Because fuck this guy.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Trump continues to order the summary execution of people on boats in the Caribbean while asking everyone to accept his word that they deserved to die because they were smuggling drugs. We will never know in most cases if they were innocent or guilty of what he accuses them of.

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Abu5217 @abu5217.bsky.social · 5d

I would love to see a reporter ask her what will be different now. When an undocumented person goes to an ER, what will happen now gay is different than before? Will that person be denied service? Doubtful.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 5d

The President gets no special new powers during a shutdown. He can't eliminate agencies. He can't use federal funds to punish his political opponents.

As Trump's illegality grows during the shutdown, Democrats' spines should stiffen to oppose his corruption.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d

This is absolutely right on every point and everyone who sits on a governing board or serves as president or provost or similar should please make the time to read it.
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Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d

If Texans want to be the cowards who pull higher education over the brink, here’s their big chance.
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New Trump plan offers UT funding benefits with conditions on academics

The Trump administration named the University of Texas as one of nine schools that can access funding benefits in exchange for demands outlined in a compact.

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Abu5217 @abu5217.bsky.social · 5d

They can't push back if they aren't in the room. I would venture to guess the chairs today are full of OANN, Fox, Newsmax, Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, etc.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 5d

At the ICE protest this morning there were:
-3 helicopters
-3 drones
-snipers on the roof
-cement blockades
-fully armed agents
-boarded up ICE facility
-fences blocking access
-streets shut down
-masked ICE fascists
-law enforcement everywhere

And 4X as many peaceful protestors as last week.❤️

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 5d

Protesting ICE fascists in Chicago. I am an immigrant. I am a citizen. I am an American. I am leading with peace and justice. And I will not be silent as my neighbors are terrorized & denied due process to satisfy a wannabe dictator. ✊🏽

Billionaires want us divided. We need solidarity to win.

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Abu5217 @abu5217.bsky.social · 6d

That shit was murdered during T1.0

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Abu5217 @abu5217.bsky.social · 6d

Well, that would imply that we have somehow removed 100% of the idiots in this country and, well...

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Abu5217 @abu5217.bsky.social · 7d

Sigma Grifters don't let a pesky thing like death get in the way of the grift.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 7d

From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 7d

it's so funny that Greenblatt bent over backwards to these people and annihilated his organization's credibility with anyone left of center to get absolutely nothing from the right

Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 7d

FBI Director Kash Patel called the ADL “an extreme group functioning like a terrorist organization,” saying in announcement that the FBI has cut all formal ties with the anti-hate group.

FBI’s Kash Patel attacks ADL as ‘extreme group functioning like a terrorist organization’

The FBI director said the bureau is cutting all formal ties with the Jewish civil rights group

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