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bluejacket3.bsky.social @bluejacket3.bsky.social · 1d

“When are the senior military officials going to take a stand and uphold the constitution that they swore an oath to? When is that going to fucking happen?”

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Nick Perri (@xplicitpolitix)

When are the senior military officials going to take a stand and uphold the constitution that they swore an oath to? When is that going to fucking happen?

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bluejacket3.bsky.social @bluejacket3.bsky.social · 9h

WHEN???

bluejacket3.bsky.social @bluejacket3.bsky.social · 1d

“When are the senior military officials going to take a stand and uphold the constitution that they swore an oath to? When is that going to fucking happen?”

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Nick Perri (@xplicitpolitix)

When are the senior military officials going to take a stand and uphold the constitution that they swore an oath to? When is that going to fucking happen?

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bluejacket3.bsky.social @bluejacket3.bsky.social · 1d

“As Amazon Prime Day kicks off, please remember the power of voting with your dollar. Bezos is a billionaire oligarch who’s bent a knee to Trump more than once.
Boycotting them during their biggest sale of the year sends a powerful message”

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As Amazon Prime Day kicks off, please remember the power of voting with your dollar. Bezos is a billionaire oligarch who’s bent a knee to Trump more than once. Boycotting them during their biggest...

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bluejacket3.bsky.social @bluejacket3.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss’ Takeover of CBS News Will Be a Disaster

Paramount-Skydance behemoth tech scion David Ellison has acquired Weiss’ Substack. The appointment gives Weiss, who has zero experience in broadcast television, the power to shape coverage in her own image.
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Forget “DEI”—Bari Weiss Is Proof That Merit Doesn’t Matter

She’s made a career railing against “wokeness.” Now she’s in charge of a venerated newsroom.

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bluejacket3.bsky.social @bluejacket3.bsky.social · 9h

TODAY, OCTOBER 8

Indivisible Southeast Wisconsin ❌️👑 @indivisiblesewisc.bsky.social · 1d

🚨IT IS TIME🚨

📣 Hands Off Chicago demonstrations in Madison and Milwaukee have been CALLED. They will happen on WED, OCT 8 @ 5:30 PM. Date/Time change to coincide with CHICAGO protests.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

Trump threatened to invoke an anti-insurrection law to sidestep any court orders blocking him, which was last invoked during the Los Angeles riots of 1992 reut.rs/4q1wBpo 6/6

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Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

President Donald Trump called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest US city reut.rs/4mSYMEc 1/6

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bluejacket3.bsky.social @bluejacket3.bsky.social · 9h

BONDI’S CLIFF NOTES
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 10h

When your grandchildren ask, “Grandpa, what did you do when democracy was breaking?” What will you say?

Read the latest from Evan Fields for Lincoln Square

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The Capitol Caller Part II: Will the Military Brass Answer the Call?

When your grandchildren ask, “Grandpa, what did you do when democracy was breaking?” What will you say?

www.lincolnsquare.media

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bluejacket3.bsky.social @bluejacket3.bsky.social · 10h

TRUMP CONTINUES VIOLENT RHETORIC
“Donald Trump demanded the jailing of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, accusing them without evidence of failing to protect ICE agents, in his latest inflammatory Truth Social post targeting Democratic leaders.”Aaron Parnas

bluejacket3.bsky.social @bluejacket3.bsky.social · 18h

ICE IS LYING TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
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Urgent: ICE is Lying to the American Public

The stories told by ICE officials in Chicago are being debunked in real time. Please share this far and wide.

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bluejacket3.bsky.social @bluejacket3.bsky.social · 18h

bluejacket3.bsky.social @bluejacket3.bsky.social · 19h

“THIS! This is exactly what I was talking about in my post last night. The Adjutant Generals needed to step up! The Oregon National Guard's purpose is to defend America and protect Oregonians. Simple and to the point. Thank you, General Gronewold!”

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Nick Perri (@xplicitpolitix)

THIS! This is exactly what I was talking about in my post last night. The Adjutant Generals needed to step up! The Oregon National Guard's purpose is to defend America and protect Oregonians. Simple a...

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 21h

Republicans used to say they believed in free markets & free trade. Now they believe in Trump.

Republicans used to say they believed in the rule of law. Now they believe in Trump.

Republicans used to say they believed in states’ rights. Now they believe in Trump.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h

Wow 👇

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 1d

BRAVO! BRAVO VETS! It's time for ALL USA Vets to realize the truth: child-raping, fascist lying Beta Trump is UN-AMERICAN, and a MASSIVE threat to ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS and to the entire WORLD; as all of USA's once staunch, centuries old FORMER ALLIES can all attest. Trump belongs to Putin, PERIOD!!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 23h

Here’s video of the incident

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 20h

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 23h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 19h

Translation: if you are a republican who is involved in an insurrection, you cannot be investigated. The FBI director is offering a pass to republican politicians who are involved in potentially criminal activity.

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Kash Patel says FBI agents fired over monitoring GOP senators

FBI fires agents, shuts down CR-15 unit after GOP senators’ calls allegedly tracked under Biden DOJ.

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CNN @cnn.com · 19h

The Trump administration’s strategy to roll out mass layoffs of federal workers during the government shutdown has shifted, officials familiar with the talks told CNN, as an increasing number of Republican lawmakers and Trump administration officials acknowledge the potential political perils.

White House draws out mass federal firings timeline as GOP grows squeamish in funding fight | CNN Politics

The Trump administration’s strategy to swiftly roll out mass layoffs of federal workers during the government shutdown has shifted in recent days, administration officials familiar with the talks told...

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 23h

Old: Embedding with US forces occupying the war zone of Iraq.

New: Embedding with US (DHS) forces occupying the "war zone" of Portland.

Repeating history as farce and as authoritarian theater.

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Kristi Noem tours Portland Ice facility with Maga influencers in tow

Oregon governor, Tina Kotek, accuses Ice of antagonizing protesters with teargas and by inviting influencers to film

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23h

The top tax-avoidance techniques used by billionaires like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Peter Thiel, and more 👇

(Published 2022)

Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale

After a year of reporting on the tax machinations of the ultrawealthy, ProPublica spotlights the top tax-avoidance techniques that provide massive benefits to billionaires.

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bluejacket3.bsky.social @bluejacket3.bsky.social · 23h