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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h

if this isn't civil war i'm not sure what is

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
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Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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mcidinor.bsky.social @mcidinor.bsky.social · 8h

The judge gave until tomorrow for them to prepare rebuttal statements- ridiculous that the Trump appointee handled this same thing so much better in Oregon

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Mr. International @rogerresists.bsky.social · 8h

So ICE are so fragile, they need protected from sub sandwiches, bathroom monitors & hunger? Is the guard going to feed them and change their diapers too?

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Linda Marie @lindam174.bsky.social · 8h

Much difficulty fitting in their kidnap vans.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 7h

Moral leadership!! www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/breaking-p...

BREAKING: Pope Leo Meets with American Migrants, Pledges to Stand Up to Trump's Raids

The American pontiff told them, “The Church cannot stay silent before injustice. You stand with me. And I stand with you.”

www.thelettersfromleo.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

The FBI took personnel action against three special agents who worked in connection with former special counsel Jack Smith's probe of Donald Trump, firing at least two of them.

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The FBI has fired at least three special agents who worked in connection with former special counsel Jack Smith's probe of now-President Donald Trump.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 7h

Plenty of people of affluence do not vote for or represent their personal interest. Plenty of people with not a pot to piss in vote against their interest because they hate some other folks more. The ad hominem is worthless and empty.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 7h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 8h

Just one grifter winking at another.

Remember, Musk is the largest GOP donor in American history.

He donates 1000% more money to the GOP than a man (George Soros) who Republicans preposterously claim is the puppeteer of the Democratic Party rather than just a donor.

So what does that make *Musk*?

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 8h

“He’s incredible at everything he does. We need 200 Elon Musks,” the president’s 41-year-old son said.

Eric Trump Insists U.S. Needs ‘200 Elon Musks’

The president’s son also weighed in on the volatile relationship between his father and the tech billionaire.

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 8h

Susan Kendall Newman, an actress, Emmy-nominated producer, social activist and firstborn daughter of Paul Newman, has died. She was 72.

Susan Kendall Newman, ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’ Actress and Daughter of Paul Newman, Dies at 72

Susan Kendall Newman, an actress, Emmy-nominated producer, social activist and firstborn daughter of Paul Newman, has died. She was 72.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 8h

FFS.

This isn’t about saving lives for Trump, it’s about building a justification for an illegal third term.

He’s such a little gremlin.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 8h

I have the same question for Tomi

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 8h

Well, helps to read the article, but I think after Amy McGrath and Jaime Harrison raised a total of 220 million dollars and then lost by double-digits in no-hoper campaigns, it's a reasonable question to ask whether those kinds of candidates are a good idea.

Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 8h

The party central committee is upset that people dare question their wise leadership?

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 8h

Democrats Are Done With Vanity Candidates
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 8h

I will never lose gratitude that late in my life, I ended up writing at a place where Thoreau once wrote. For a New England boy, that's a dream.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Autumnal Tints

“A great many, who have spent their lives in cities, and have never chanced to come into the country at this season, have never seen this, the flower, or rather the ripe fruit, of the year.”

www.theatlantic.com

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 8h

Know your rights. Guard your tone. Protect your neighbor. Panic is surrender in advance; knowledge is armor.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 16h

On this episode of "Tweets That Aged Like Month-Old Milk Left In The Sun'...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

I’m pretty sure if we designed an assisted living facility to look like the WH and put lots of gold all over it and a ballroom with his late 70s playlist on a loop we could coax him in there and he wouldn’t know the difference. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 10h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8h

Kristi Noem was unaware that the suspension of habeas corpus was under Article I of the Constitution and even if the fate of the most basic liberty right were delegated one would hope that it would be to the President and not the Secretary of Homeland Security

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Remiforce Mils @remiforce.bsky.social · 8h

Trump spends $16 billion of your hard-earned taxpayer dollars to bail out farmers who lost their markets for soybeans & other crops because of his stupid tariffs

a red tractor is driving down a dirt road in a field

ALT: a red tractor is driving down a dirt road in a field

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 9h

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 9h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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