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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 1m

Trump is asking for names and bro is like yeah but he was one of ours so I can’t exactly remember

Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 9m

James Klüg- one of the participants- just insinuated that he was assaulted by “antifa” when in actuality he was hit by a right wing extremist named Aaron Simmons- who was prosecuted for his actions in Los Angeles. He knows it and acquiesced to it on Twitter at the time. Unreal.

It appears the man who assaulted me earlier was friends with the right wing organizer of the Wi Spa demonstration.

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 4m

this is not a party that's playing to win apnews.com/article/amy-...

Democrat Amy McGrath launches comeback bid in seeking the seat of retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell

Democrat and retired Marine aviator Amy McGrath has entered the Senate campaign in Kentucky. She vows to be a “bulwark against authoritarianism” in launching her campaign Monday.

apnews.com

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Happy Thanksghouling! @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 18m

Are we sure he’s not talking about Portlandia the show?

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 52m

This is the President not only purporting to arrogate unto himself the ability to “take away free speech rights,” but also to do so for speech because it “aggravates and irritates.”

The bottom line is these people running our country are literally foreigners to the concept of democracy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

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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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 41m

"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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404 Media @404media.co · 1h

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

🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...

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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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 1h

ANOTHER WAPO SCOOP:

Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations

The inquiry, resulting in a smattering of disciplinary action so far, follows an extraordinary directive aimed at silencing criticism of the slain activist and Trump supporter.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 1h

NEW: We sent @stevanzetti.bsky.social to a Turning Point USA event, where Attorney General Ken Paxton was the keynote speaker — just hours after he announced his “undercover operations to infiltrate and uproot leftist terror cells in Texas.” It went how you expect.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/k...

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

thebarbedwire.com

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 1h

No! Country for old men.

Is what they're saying basically

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h

Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.

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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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 1h

it's the first amendment because it's not important

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

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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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h

no they're LITERALLY exaggerating this issue. there is absolutely no data backing up their claims. ffs just say that!!

NBC news: The discussions come as Trump has sought to deploy National Guard troops in several major cities — including Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Oregon — saying they’re needed to reduce crime and protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from protesters. Critics have said that the Trump administration is exaggerating issues in those cities.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1h

just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.

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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 1h

i said don't tread on ME, not don't tread on YOU

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NoHomers @nohomers.bsky.social · 1h

Current state of ICE in Portland as of 20 minutes ago. Police have it roped off for a few block radius.

I asked one of the Portland policemen standing around what he thought of it and his reply was he'd be happy to discuss it out of uniform. Strong impression he's as annoyed at this shit as we are.

Roped off area with police cars in background.

Roped off area with police cars in background from a different block.

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 1h

but that would upset the donor class, so

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 2h

here's some crimes you can be tough on: corruption

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dillo (yakubian mamba) @dillo.media · 2h

also there seems to be no shortage of crimes being committed by ice/dhs with literal impunity!

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 2h

here's some crimes you can be tough on: corruption

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 2h

The point is, don’t say you’re stopping them if you actually can’t! Pretty simple. And certainly don’t let your state troopers HELP them.

Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 2h

Trump has "federalized" 300 Illinois National Guard in addition to Texas arrivals. One of the managers at my local food co-op downstate was just called up this week. For all I know, he's as much of a vegan pacifist as the next guy. Pritzker could order up MORE National Guard and what then?

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 3h

a man with a mustache is smiling in a black and white photo with the words what a guy below him

Alt: "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid": Carlos exclaiming "What a guy!"

media.tenor.com

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 3h

I use only microsoft and google bc they have never been tied to any evil

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 3h

as I've said on here repeatedly:

fascists are the only protected minority in america

Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 4h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Saadia___m @saadia---m.bsky.social · Jul 15

Ryan was fired from his law firm for writing about Plantir and the Trump administration’s ability to track protestors. Big law wants complicity… open.substack.com/pub/ryanwill...

Inside Big Law: The Cost of Silence is Democracy Itself

Big Law, it turns out, doesn’t just train lawyers.

open.substack.com

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5h

With an unusually loud bang of his gavel Wednesday, a federal magistrate judge agreed to dismiss charges without prejudice against a Chicago couple found lawfully carrying guns outside an ICE facility.

"Case dismissed."

UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Federal grand jury refuses to indict couple found with guns outside ICE facility in Broadview

Prosecutors moved to dismiss a criminal complaint against the couple but have not ruled out new charges.

chicago.suntimes.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4h

Which party controls the presidency, House and the Senate? It depends who you ask.

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