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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 5h

Last year, all 50 governors signed a letter opposing Biden's transfer of Air National Guard troops to Space Force, saying it "disregards gubernatorial authorities."

Now, when it matters most, they are ceding authority and leaving Pritzker, Newsom, and Kotek to fend for themselves.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6h

I love that we live in a world where we're all supposed to now praise Trump for his peace-making and ignore the fact that at least 20,000 Palestinians have been killed on his watch, with bombs & bullets - & rhetorical support! - that he supplied to Israel.
That's all erased now.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6h

Greg Abbott is a lackey of Donald Trump.

He’s going against exactly what he said he would do last year.

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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 6h

In response to the White House calling for a public retraction that Colombians were killed in the Venezuelan strikes, President Gustavo Petro said, "let the White House give us information about the people who have died from US missiles, so we can know if my information is unfounded."

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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 7h

A group of veterans protested outside a Chicago ICE facility to give the movement more credibility. “I thought I was the most patriotic guy around, but when I see the things that are happening, it’s just scary," said Aidan Price, a former Marine and high school civics and history teacher.

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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 9h

"it's rough out there"

YOU THINK

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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 15h

Pope Leo met with US bishops at the Vatican, telling them to firmly address inhumane treatment of migrants. He’s received dozens of letters expressing fears, and the pontiff “is very personally concerned about these matters,” said El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

Gov. Pritzker after Trump calls for him to be jailed: “I will not back down… what else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is so desperate for a diversion from the Epstein files that FBI employees in DC and New York have been given one day to turn over all Amelia Earhart records for declassification, "per a priority request from the Executive Office of the President of the United States."

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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem told Portland Mayor Keith Wilson that if the city didn’t boost security at the ICE building or provide police backup, she would “send four times the amount of federal officers here.”

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

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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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 1d

Billionaires are the priority. Get with the program, Marj

Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 1d

Might as well pay for everything out of pocket at this rate

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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi refused to discuss the legality of the Venezuelan strikes. In other words, it's not legal.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

No corruption here, folks! Totally normal stuff the deputy director of the CIA(Michael Ellis) just demoted the acting general counsel and decided to make himself the top lawyer while still being the No. 2 in charge.

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