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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1h

Jack collaborated with neo-Nazi twins to make a documentary. He was a fan of white supremacist Richard Spencer. He has tweeted 1488, the alphanumeric code for Heil Hitler. He wrote an unreadable anti-antifa book. Last year he wrote a book abt the left called “Unhumans.” That he’s now speaking here…

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 2h

notorious chicago gang leader

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 2h

See how he always calls Black Dems "low IQ"?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "They've had hundreds of people shot and then a guy like Pritzker or this low IQ mayor gets up -- the people are all against him. Beautiful Black women are wearing a MAGA hat last night on TV. And they said, 'We don't care who comes, just stop the crime.' They don't care if it's military."

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2h

The judge finds that because "defendants' conduct likely violates the First Amendnent," factors weigh in favor of entering a restraining order against them.

She will not limit the order to the Broadview facility, but will limit it to the northern (court) district of Illinois.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 2h

Anyway, if you want to know why this works—why this works viscerally, *for you*—listen to Episode Two of the aborted series I attempted to make back in 2020 about Trump and wrestling. Episode Two is about the art of the "promo," which Pritzker just cut effectively. dansinker.com/posts/2024-1...

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 9h

When I go into detail moving through these things day-by-day week-by-week rather than just skipping from one Big Event to the next, I'm hoping the listeners take away that even a revolution is a slow moving process with lots of downtime and accumulation of small events

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 10h

All brought to you by the same group that in a previous episode staged a riot inside the national capital to disrupt and prevent the legal transfer of power to their political rivals after losing an election

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 21h

I know it’s easy to get inured to this stuff but imagine a podcast ep where @mikeduncan.bsky.social is telling you about this happening in some other country at the same time that a crisis in parliament has shut down the national budget.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22h

Presidents have federalized a state's own Guard to use over its objection, most famously desegregation. And sometimes regular military has been used. But taking one state's soldiers and putting them in another state? This is a completely unprecedented breakdown of what the Union fundamentally is.

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john-byrne.bsky.social @john-byrne.bsky.social · 5h

Gov. JB Pritzker yesterday when asked if he thought he could be jailed as President Trump goes after his political enemies: "I’m asking any of you to come visit me in the gulag." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/p...

President Donald Trump calls for Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker to be jailed

“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!” President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 2h

“The ever-expanding mission of California’s federalized Guard bears no resemblance to what this Court provisionally upheld in June,” the state wrote in the filing. “And it is causing irreparable harm to California, our Nation’s democratic traditions, and the rule of law.”

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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 2h

Deployment is of 14 soldiers.

“Trump is going on a cross-country crusade to sow chaos and division,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. “His actions — and those of his Cabinet — are against our deeply held American values. He needs to stop this illegal charade now.”

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 2h

Trump sends California National Guard to Illinois as White House seeks to extend control

The Trump administration deployed 14 soldiers from California's National Guard to Illinois to train troops from other states.

www.latimes.com

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 2h

Trump sends California National Guard to Illinois as White House seeks to extend control

The Trump administration deployed 14 soldiers from California's National Guard to Illinois to train troops from other states.

www.latimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2h

Ellis finds the plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of success on allegations that feds' "expression of force... is unreasonable and excessive" in response to peaceful protests.

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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 2h

"We have arrested dozens of individuals who were antifa members or were affiliated with them."

Name one.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Noem: "These leaders in these local cities along with Pritzker and Johnson ignore what's going on or they're helping antifa cover it up."

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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 4h

The Red Line extension was set to begin construction early next spring, but after a pause in federal funding, it's unclear where the timeline stands. Local organizers say it's essential for those who live in “transportation deserts” on the Far South Side.

https://to.wttw.com/48r5HkB

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

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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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 3h

He's come a long way since the pandemic, that's for sure.

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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul @ilattygeneral.bsky.social · 3h

#ICYMI: I joined @lauracoates.com on @cnn.com last night to discuss my lawsuit against the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois: vimeo.com/1125646629?s...

Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Laura Coates Live

AG Raoul discusses his office's lawsuit against the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois and more with CNN's Laura Coates.

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404 Media @404media.co · 3h

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

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Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 3h

"Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues...
I wish they were stronger in their own voice,' Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration."

In Vatican meeting with El Pasoans, Pope Leo XIV offers support to migrants facing deportation - El Paso Matters

During a Vatican meeting, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with migrants after hearing firsthand accounts gathered by El Paso’s Hope Border Institute and La Mujer Obrera about the human toll of U.S. ...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

Obviously there is minority support for Trump here...but this is also shockingly low opposition for the idea that the President can turn the military on American cities on a whim.

70% of Republicans think the President should be able to send troops into a city even if the Governor objects!

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 4h

58% of Americans - including half of Republicans - think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as President Donald Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities, a @reuters.com poll found.

www.reuters.com/world/us/mos...

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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 3h

The handcuff gesture at the end is really something

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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 3h

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 3h

I gotta say: the papacy of a Chicagoan with the cultural competency to comment firmly, yet carefully, on U.S. events has been a hell of a plot twist.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

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ohheyLK @laurenkarch.bsky.social · 3h

Rarely do I get a chance to cry discrimination, but I do think it's a problem that these people consider Presbyterianism – which came to the US in 1706 and whose leaders undergo more education than any major American denomination save Catholicism – to be a "religion" religion.

Rob Schmitt being an asshole like always

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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