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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 50m

Who is reading Freddie deBoer’s new book so the rest of us don’t have to but we all want to laugh

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 1h

ICE/DHS making the 3rd Amendment relevant again!

Video: ICE agents clash with Forest Park cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines Rive

YouTube video by WGN News

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 1h

Who will investigate these apparent crimes. 🦉

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1h

Video: ICE agents clash with Forest Park cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines Rive

YouTube video by WGN News

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 3h

"He charged Trump for official acts he took as president" is completely false, Roberts lying about that notwithstanding. He was not prosecuted for an executive order, or vetoing a bill, or issuing a pardon, etc. He was prosecuted for crimes he committed while president, but in no way *as* president.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2h

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Apr 5

People can - & do - intentionally consume fentanyl and cannabis products together, which is a possibility, but it is far more likely that the preliminary drug testing is inaccurate, as has happened in nearly every one of these cases before. There has *never* been a case of “fentanyl-laced” cannabis

Story from Montgomery, PA:

Three days after the Montgomery County District Attorney stood behind a podium and held up packages of THC gummies that he warned contained heroin and fentanyl, his office said subsequent lab tests did not confirm the presence of illicit drugs in the unregulated THC products.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Federal authorities now say that marijuana seized from a home in Brattleboro last week was not laced with fentanyl.
Brattleboro Police and DEA officials responded last Wednesday to a home on Brattle Street and arrested three people on drug charges. According to police, field tests identified fentanyl mixed in with marijuana.
But the DEA Thursday confirmed the marijuana did not contain the powerful opioid.

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Dozens of CT overdoses were falsely linked to fentanyl-laced marijuana, official says
By Ginny Monk, Reporter
Updated April 20, 2022 1:18 p.m.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 1h

I heard she's a big slut too. Always demanding ppl produce bodies

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1h

habeas corpus is the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 1h

Could also be in the financial records

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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 9h

the dork in question is Jed Rubenfeld, husband of Amy Chua of Tiger Mom fame, who also mentored Vance. The fix was in, and it was most likely a very gentle 'debate'

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 10h

At Yale Political Union, 72% of students voted against Curtis Yarvin’s resolution to “end the democratic experiment.”

He debated a Yale Law professor on the question.

New rule: Anyone who “debates” Yarvin is an even bigger and more desperate dork.

yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10...

Yarvin argues for American monarchy at closed-door debate

Curtis Yarvin, who is known for his anti-democratic views, argued to “end the democratic experiment” against Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld in front of the Yale Political Union Tuesday evenin...

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 1h

We aren't getting our democracy back without first crushing billionaires' ability to monopolize public discourse. The simplest solution would be to tax billionaires out of existence, but however it's done it simply has to happen.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 12h

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 2h

And the weirdest confederate flag on a house as you cross into Wisconsin

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 2h

When you're getting 2 different stories from sources that historically have credibility issues - in this case, Chicago Park District and an Argentine futbol executive - it's hard to know who to believe and who's blowing smoke chicago.suntimes.com/soccer/2025/...

Immigration arrests prompt relocation of Argentina-Puerto Rico soccer match from Chicago to Florida

The friendly match was supposed to be played on Oct. 13 at Soldier Field but will be moved to Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, the home stadium of Argentina and Inter Miami star Lionel Messi.

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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 2h

Man the committee meetings he’s going to have to attend after all of this

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

This is Rev David Black, minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Chicago. He was shot seven times in the head with chemical pellets by ICE agents as he was kneeling to pray at a protest. He's one of three clergymen that ICE shot in the head.

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Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 3h

This is him as well.

Not all Christians are right wing MAGA - some of them actually live out Christ’s teachings.

Image of a pastor getting pepper sprayed

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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 2h

She’s just JD Vance as a woman.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 1d

The one time I met Paul Vallas was at a conference and after a very brief conversation he showed me a plan for a "reform school" project he was pitching.

The man was carrying plans for a jail for children on his person and just...showing it to people.

That guy came really close to being mayor.

Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 1d

Actually, it really matters whether your electeds are progressive. We are often frustrated on the left at what electeds can deliver, but we have to remember moments like this. Paul Vallas would NOT have created ICE free zones.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 5h

He's doing this a lot these days. A word that sounds like the right word but has a totally different meaning.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a far left extremist who inscribed the words, 'hey fascist, catch' -- meaning catch the bullet -- onto the bullet shelf itself."

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6h

The relentless @djbyrnes1.bsky.social has spent day after day in court this week tracking what's happening with suits against DHS filed (disclaimer: we're plaintiffs in one of them), as well as protesters facing charges.

Get up to speed now:

Trump’s ‘Midway Blitz’ hits the courts in Chicago • The TRiiBE

The legal impacts of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts landed hard in Chicago’s federal courthouse this week, with more developments expected in the coming days.

thetriibe.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 6h

In some ways this is the government now

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2h

You can tell it’s October when ppl start spreading drug sadism myths about expensive drugs given for free to school-age children, since children usually have the means to purchase more drugs…

Anyways, we actually know pretty definitively that “fentanyl-laced marijuana” isn’t a thing & never will be

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Franklin County deputies seized 8 lbs of fentanyl-laced marijuana targeting kids

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Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 4h

The Illinois Press Association board of directors has made a huge mistake. What a mess localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/1...

Illinois Press Association CEO Resigns After Dispute Over ICE Lawsuit

The CEO of the Illinois Press Association, who had joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration for actions toward journalists outside a Chicago-area ICE facility, resigned this week following a ...

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Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 2h

RIP actor & Chicago native Ron Dean.

He interrogated Dr. Richard Kimble in THE FUGITIVE, he dropped Andy off at detention in THE BREAKFAST CLUB, he was shot by Harvey Dent in THE DARK KNIGHT, he was Marty Crane's poker buddy on FRASIER, and so much more.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d

this is what happens when you get a law degree solely for the purpose of trying to sue strip clubs out of existence

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 3h

To understand the Trump administration’s vision for American education, @megomatz.bsky.social and I studied dozens of hours of political appointees’ speeches and podcasts and essays. What emerged is a desire to dismantle the nation’s system of public schools.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 3h

Lindsey Halligan keep-your-law-license challenge

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 6h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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