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Blanche K
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 6h
“I haven’t done anything,” Miranda said to the officers in the video.

“Turn around or you’re going to get the dog,” an officer said. “We’re going to put you in cuffs, or you’re going to get the dog.”
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Renee (paix120) @paix120.bsky.social · 6h
Masked ICE agents threatened an American citizen, put him into an unmarked van, held him for several hours, and dropped him back off at his workplace, without ever explaining why they abducted him

VIDEO: ICE detains, threatens Oregon man despite U.S. citizenship
www.koin.com/news/portlan...
www.koin.com
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Renee (paix120) @paix120.bsky.social · 6h
Masked ICE agents threatened an American citizen, put him into an unmarked van, held him for several hours, and dropped him back off at his workplace, without ever explaining why they abducted him

VIDEO: ICE detains, threatens Oregon man despite U.S. citizenship
www.koin.com/news/portlan...
www.koin.com
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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 7h
Literally impeachable on its own.

UTTERLY AND TOTALLY SHOULD BE IMPEACHED AND REMOVED IF ONLY JUST FOR ORDERING THE FBI, PUBLICLY LITERALLY FUCKING PUBLICLY, ORDERING THE FBI TO TARGET HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS.

ONCE AGAIN: publicly. did. impeach & remove thing.

One of many.
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Jake Higdon @jakehigdon.com · 1d
There are real people on the end of these grants. Rust belt autoworkers. Great Plains farmers and roughnecks. Coal communities looking to a new economic future.

It’s genuinely heartbreaking. They don’t have do this — the money is already obligated — but I guess they enjoy destroying lives.
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Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 1d
Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...
Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law
A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.
heatmap.news
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 7h
“Mandatory job changes often include disruptive geographic relocations and give affected workers a one-week deadline to either accept or resign”
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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 10h
New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push
The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...
www.bloomberg.com
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 9h
Michigan Avenue right now.
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mask fairy @maskfairy.bsky.social · 9h
#Chicago - take a second. take a deep breath. forget about all the awful shit. just for a minute.

And look at our pretty city.
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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 10h
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
View of Chicago skyline from the roof of the Field Museum of Natural History. // Image captured at: 2025-10-08 23:18:37 UTC (about 18 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Chicago: 57.23 F | 14.02 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: NNE at 1.990 mph | 3.20 kph // Humidity: 70%
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 10h
Ay me, this tyrant fever burns me up
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10h
Reminder this is all happening because Republicans refuse to let you have affordable health care.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d
Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 11h
Coming around to the theory that they're Truman Showing him
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h
Good lord.

@apnews.com
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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 11h
The president's antifa expert tells Holocaust jokes and uses neo-Nazi codes like 1488. www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 12h
More history from this Nazi adulated by the Trump team. These are explicit, proud Nazis who scream and cry and call every referee they can find when you quote their Nazism back to them.
Multiple tweets from Nazi Jack Posobiec in 2016 making "jokes" involving the Nazi code "1488."
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blanchekolaczek.bsky.social
Blanche K @blanchekolaczek.bsky.social · 11h
Ordained, degrees pastor in a large mainstream Protestant denomination. Presbyterian Church USA. Not a fringe figure.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 11h
Not that it would make any difference on the principle of the matter, but that’s Presbyterian Church USA, the large mainline denomination with thousands of churches. Ordination requires a master’s degree from a seminary. He’s not some self-accredited amateur or in a tiny fringe organization.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 12h
A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.
This footage is from almost a month ago. What this clipped video doesn’t show is that these agitators were blocking an ICE vehicle from leaving the federal facility—impeding operations. Over and over again, law enforcement ordered these agitators to move off of federal property so the vehicle could move. Law enforcement verbally warned these agitators that they would use force if they did not move and stop impeding operations. They did not comply. Shortly after, rioters began throwing rocks, bottles and launching fireworks at the law enforcement officers on the roof. At the time of this incident, this facility held criminal illegal aliens including gang members, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals. Obstructing law enforcement puts officers, detainees and the public at risk. If you are obstructing law enforcement you can expect to be met with force. And, as an aside, this is the same “pastor” who flipped @Sec_Noem and our team the bird when we were there last week.
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 14h
Fear is the foundation of Trumpism. He knows that getting people to fear for their own safety activates their most primal—and manipulable—instincts.

Most Americans have never seen pure fascism before. Pritzker and Newsom are 100% right to describe what Trump is doing and why.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h
JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule
He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.
newrepublic.com
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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 12h
Just to be absolutely clear:

The President of the United States has absolutely no power to “take away” any right enumerated in the Constitution from any person.

And that is how every single article, blog post, and social media commentary should start when discussing this ludicrous statement.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
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Blanche K @blanchekolaczek.bsky.social · 12h
See, the country is so placid and boring and things are going so well that they were short of headline news. Nothing to report! And so they filled in with this.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 12h
A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.
This footage is from almost a month ago. What this clipped video doesn’t show is that these agitators were blocking an ICE vehicle from leaving the federal facility—impeding operations. Over and over again, law enforcement ordered these agitators to move off of federal property so the vehicle could move. Law enforcement verbally warned these agitators that they would use force if they did not move and stop impeding operations. They did not comply. Shortly after, rioters began throwing rocks, bottles and launching fireworks at the law enforcement officers on the roof. At the time of this incident, this facility held criminal illegal aliens including gang members, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals. Obstructing law enforcement puts officers, detainees and the public at risk. If you are obstructing law enforcement you can expect to be met with force. And, as an aside, this is the same “pastor” who flipped @Sec_Noem and our team the bird when we were there last week.
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 13h
So much tear gas that people who aren't even protesting are getting sick when they leave their homes to run errands: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions
Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.
www.motherjones.com
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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 12h
I wonder what was going on then that the antifascist movement was responding to. So weird I can't figure it out
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction
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Christine Galea @chrisgalea.bsky.social · 14h
The fact that Elon musk, Peter Thiel, and Steve Bannon all being in the Epstein files dropped out of the news way too fast www.bbc.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and Prince Andrew named in new Epstein files
The documents by the estate of convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein were released by Congressional Democrats.
www.bbc.com
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coalminephoenix.bsky.social @coalminephoenix.bsky.social · 21h
CNN edited out Miller’s “plenary power” comment from the interview the other day. Seems pretty important to address that he said it, that it is wrong, and what it means. Did they remove it to avoid misleading the public or to help hide it? I think the latter but they should explain.
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 13h
Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.
A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."
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Blanche K @blanchekolaczek.bsky.social · 12h
They are declaring they will just start murdering Americans with impunity. Surely @nytimes.com you will make this a headline?
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h
My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."