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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 14h

... and the environment

Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 14h

Is this because so many of us canceled the Disney Channel?

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 14h

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Maybe ppl will finally stop saying, "If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about"

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 14h

Really great piece. Thank you for posting. I've been making little TLDR memes to encourage ppl to click thru to articles. Does this work? (article linked in alt text)

Photo of ICE agents shooting Rev. David Black at close range with pepper balls. (photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun Times)
Text below the photo says, “Reverend David Black, pastor of the Chicago Presbyterian Church invited ICE agents to pray with him. Instead, they laughed and shot him repeatedly at close range with pepper balls. They shot him in the head and he collapsed to the ground, but they continued to laugh & shoot him. THIS IS TRUMP'S AMERICA”
Article by Jack Jenkins about this: https://religionnews.com/2025/10/07/in-chicago-clergy-and-religious-protesters-say-ice-is-threatening-their-religious-freedom/

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 15h

Et tu Will Smith? Et tu??

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 15h

You mean independent farmers?
Big corporate farms always seem to be fine with our taxpayer funded subsidies and bailouts.

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 1d

Pam's thought bubble frantically thinking "WTF, Tom got a $50k bribe?? I only got a $25k bribe!!" www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 1d

Is it just me, or does this feel like every sci-fi book ever written where police-states track the moves of citizens, ostensibly for their own protection?
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Europe’s new biometric border checks: what do non-EU travellers need to know?

Visitors arriving in any of the Schengen area’s 29 countries will have their faces and fingerprints scanned under the new entry/exit system

www.theguardian.com

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 1d

Trucks over 10k lbs: delivery trucks, garbage trucks, public utility trucks, transit and shuttle buses, school buses, tractor-trailer trucks, semi-trucks, and heavy-duty vocational vehicles. The tariff applies regardless of the country of origin.

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Ehren Ohkneel @ehrenohkneel.bsky.social · 1d

More reporting about how that ICE raid in South Shore might have been as much about evicting all the residents of the building for Wells Fargo as it was to kidnap migrants without due process.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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.

southsideweekly.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 5d

Once again, we bury the lede even after Karolyin confirms the essence of it:

The camera-obsessed narcissist president is... where?

How long has Trump BEEN missing?

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 2d

Trump hasn't been seen in public since his unhinged speech to military leaders on Sept 30. Since then Vance has done a couple pressers, which means something serious is going on.

Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 2d

Let him have the swamp spot where Alligator Alcatraz was. It's not like there were going to be any actual books.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

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.

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 2d

Over the years, I've noticed that good musicians appreciate a broad range of music. I'll trust a musician before I'll trust a critic (who never wrote or performed a damn thing)

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

If and when America finds a way out of authoritarianism, not only will ICE have to be abolished: All these people will need to be held accountable in a court of law for the monstrosities they are committing - those who are ordering them as well as those who are carrying them out.

Every single one.

CNN @cnn.com · 5d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 2d

Musk ruined his own reputation. Let's all help ruin the reputations of those who aided & abetted him.
Let the trolling begin

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ryanpatterson.bsky.social @ryanpatterson.bsky.social · 2d

I live in Indiana's 2nd congressional district, represented by Marlin Stutzman. He and his team sent an email survey regarding the government shutdown and what voters in Indiana want. The screenshot below shows the options given in the survey.

@weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 2d

lol

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 7d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 4d

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Also, ffswtf is the best bsky handle EVER

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