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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 11h

We need sone Democratic politicians with half the guts of Jimmy Kimmel.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 11h

Herbivorous dinosaurs in your MS, dude?

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Wes Marshall @wesmars.bsky.social · 12h

Terrible story but great reporting by Laura Penington of the Denver Post:
- "A man died... after being hit by the driver of a van while riding his bike"
- "the driver struck him from behind"

And some extra context that you rarely ever see:
- "There are no bike lanes along that stretch of road"

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Barbara Buswell @babsyb.bsky.social · 1d

Read this book! The history and variety of the National Parks makes for marvelous reading.

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · Mar 5

National parks were the main places I wanted my kids to see, and I wrote about them in THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP. Breaks my heart that the book is coming out as Trump tries to make good on his plans to destroy them. I hope my book helps the effort to fight back. www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

joycevance.substack.com

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 1d

Really, it is only because they announced on the loudspeaker, “Paul Rauber, this is your last call. . .” that I snapped out of it. Thanks for the good read!

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Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 3d

The land of the brave

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 3d

need every left of center doomer on this website to read this stat

SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 3d

curtis yarvin seems somewhat unhappy

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 3d

Will miss you!

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 3d

I can think of another reason.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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chrisrauber.bsky.social @chrisrauber.bsky.social · 3d

A failure rate of at least 50% that puts U.S. citizens and immigrants at extreme risk. This is not the America we want, or the one our Founders envisioned.

Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 4d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 3d

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3d

As a retired journalism professor, I believe every newsroom in America must now develop Civil War Protocols: how it will conduct the profession of journalism when Donald Trump declares martial law and systematically ends our democracy. If your newsroom isn't prepared for this, it's rank malpractice.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141
F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws
of the United States." 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to
ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the
President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law
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Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56
Filed 10/04/25
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within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this
Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke § 12406(3) to
federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal
law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination
was simply untethered to the facts.
c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion
Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 4d

Reading in airport and so good I almost missed my flight!

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Benjamin Alva Polley @be-jammin-polley.bsky.social · 7d

One of my favorite pieces I wrote this year.

www.theguardian.com/travel/ng-in...

They were lost in the wild and on the verge of death. This is how they survived

Thousands of search and rescue missions are conducted in the US each year. Who perishes, who gets found, and why?

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 4d

I call ‘em like I don’t see ‘em.

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 4d

No.

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 4d

Framing them for Hatch Act violations!

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 4d

You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.

It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.

That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.

Rightly confident in his impunity.

“[t]he freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

Weeks before his death, you say?

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 5d

Julius Caesar was the first Roman to put his own living face on coins, weeks before his death. It is one of the deepest cultural signifiers of something autocracies do and republics do not.

“Render unto Caesar.” A practice so notoriously arrogant Jesus himself dunked on it with snarky wordplay.

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 5d

Hero.

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seearekay.bsky.social @seearekay.bsky.social · 5d

If Hegseth is asking for clean-shaven personnel, why is this national-police force allowed to look like disheveled randos who just paused their video game?

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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 5d

Energy Secretary Wright and Interior Secretary Burgum have both cited "pollution" from offshore wind turbines as one of the reasons they need to be scrutinized or shut down.

Joe Lyou @jklyou.bsky.social · 5d

Chevron refinery in El Segundo exploded and burned last night. Here's the view from my house. Some things to know. 🧵

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 5d

People ask me all the time what they can do and broadly:

1) Organize and join protests
2) Support media that isn't backing down
3) Give to ACLU and others taking on the illegal actions in court
4) Give to food banks :(

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