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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s video of the incident

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 15h

After law school, only one thing is gonna keep me from prosecuting murders in my home town, and that is prosecuting the shameful federal ‘law enforcement’ officers who are so proudly violating the law. Save your signing bonuses for defense lawyers. You’ll need them.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 17h

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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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h

NEW: 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 public schools as we know them.

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 public schools as we know them.

www.propublica.org

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 15h

I was going to say that public spectacles of tarring & feathering need to make a comeback, but even that’s too gentle a punishment for these jackbooted thugs.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

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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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 15h

This is ground zero for ICE. Nothing burned. No broken windows. No damaged cars. A few dozen protestors hanging out. This is war ravaged? This is terrorists in control?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

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

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 15h

For a real president, "our people" means "Americans."

Every day, in every way, he's telling millions of Americans that they don't count.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

“.. we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 15h

Sending the Texas National Guard to Illinois is a loyalty test.

They went.
They passed.

Legality doesn't matter.
Need doesn't matter.
Crime doesn't matter.
Humanity doesn't matter.
Logic doesn't matter.

Loyalty to DJT matters.
That is all.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 14h

In the quaint 1990s, various NG units did a CPX, or command post exercise - a precursor to “Warfighter” 🤢 - where the scenario included a breakdown of NCA. Not once was any state’s NG treated as less-than or othered, simply because they represented a blue or red state. This is madness defined.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 15h

It's one thing to be politically divided into red states and blue states. We are now being militarily divided into red states and blue states. It's crossing the Rubicon, a bright-red flashing warning that the constitutional order is coming unglued, in a way that will have monumental consequences. /x

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

Pete Hegseth is furiously screaming "I SAID NO FATTIES!"

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 18h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 17h

Entire country's about to learn that height and weight standards in the Guard is a secondary concern to "do we actually have any people assigned to this unit"

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 18h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1d

Dude continues to demonstrate his willful ignorance of American history and the Constitution he swore an oath to. Americans have birthright. THAT is what makes one different from a subject or a serf. FFS

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Shannon, Mistress of Shenanigans @shay3322.bsky.social · 19h

Trump caused this with his tariffs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hassett: "China has stopped buying US soybeans. The silos are full and there are soybeans sitting on the ground w/tarps over them. That's unacceptable to POTUS. We're calling up our soybean customers around the world as part of our trade negotiations & we'll strong policies to support our farmers"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

"Dear Sweet Blessed Little Baby Jesus, please watch over our armed thugs as they turn away the stranger, persecute the foreigner and harm the least of our brothers and sisters."

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 18h

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is in Portland meeting with ICE, Border Patrol and DHS officials; Nick Sortor posted video of Noem saying a prayer for the safety of their officers at the start of the meeting.

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Dr. Jacqueline E. Whitt @notabattlechick.bsky.social · 20h

Furloughed Feds, please don’t hesitate to use available assistance such as unemployment insurance, deferred bill payment, etc. This situation is NOT our fault.

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Dr. Jacqueline E. Whitt @notabattlechick.bsky.social · 20h

I filed for PA unemployment insurance this morning. If I am lucky enough to get this help and to later get back pay, as I’m entitled to according to law, I will GLADLY pay it back.

The intent of the 2019 law is clear. This interpretation isn’t it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

“.. leadership asked for ‘large, beefy’ agents to conduct an arrest of Comey ‘in full kit,’ including Kevlar vests and exterior wear emblazoned with the FBI logo.”

@macfarlanenews.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-arr...

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 1d

This should be seen as authoritarian: A refusal to allow the work of oversight to be done, masquerading as a debating club when she ought to be answering questions.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Chris Bolan @chrisbolan.bsky.social · 1d

But I was assured this administration was all about 'lethality'?

Government shutdown forces Army to cancel ‘Best Squad’ competition www.armytimes.com/news/pentago...

Government shutdown forces Army to cancel ‘Best Squad’ competition

The service said the 2025 "Best Squad" competition would not take place “due to a lapse in appropriations."

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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 2d

It is absolute brutal and gutting to hear this, but it does not make it less true.

Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 2d

I have been talking about US autocracy but @dhnexon.bsky.social lays it out more clearly-- the American system has failed. The checks and balances didn't work, so we will need a new constitution and new institutions once the regime is eventually toppled www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...

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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 2d

Great and important piece by Megan MacKenzie mythbusing Hegseth's warrior ethos bs www.stripes.com/opinion/2025...

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 2d

Diversity is absolutely our strength.

throughout our history, we have successfully integrated people of different races, national origins, faiths, and eventually sexes into our military, drawing on their talents, knowledge, and bravery to create the world’s strongest fighting forces.

Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine using the words ‘teleological’ and ‘hegseth’ in the same sentence and thinking that makes you look smart

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

If Dems win in 2026, we need hearings to publicize the abuses by federal law enforcement. Then pass a bill creating a path to sue for those abuses. Trump will veto it. Let him. Let the public see these videos & hear from victims, & then learn there's no way to hold the abusive officers accountable.

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