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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

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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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

I’ve lived in rural America long enough to know that the entire point was to bankrupt farmers…

We are all about to find out.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 6h

Since taking office, President Trump has used his cryptocurrency to accept billions of dollars from foreign entities. Here's our bombshell exposé of a land deal that Hunter Biden pursued in Romania in 2017.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Sickening.

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zensoul.bsky.social @zensoul.bsky.social · 6h

#ProudBlue This is not a surprise given as how the administration is trying to criminalized homelessness. The unhoused are easy pickings; it’s much more likely their disappearance will not be immediately noticed.

The total immorality of this administration is mindnumbing.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 6h

in the column this week:

-advocates have confirmed/are investigating the abductions of ~25 unhoused folks by federal agents in chicago (via @katieprout.bsky.social)

-state/local leaders crack down on anti-ice protesters

-civil rights orgs ask chief judge to bar ice arrests at county courthouses

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

chicagoreader.com

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 5h

Look at his eyes - pure panic.

These "federal agents" are like clumsy mall cops with guns. No training, no control, no clue.

It’s a miracle they haven’t shot each other yet.

They're a danger to the public.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

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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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 20h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 22h

Here’s video of the incident

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Aunt Chicago @freshhell2024.bsky.social · 13h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘War is a business’: the Colombian mercenaries at Sudan’s battlefront

A soldier of fortune tells of lucrative contracts, the siege of El Fasher and training child fighters to ‘go and get killed’

www.theguardian.com

Aunt Chicago @freshhell2024.bsky.social · 14h

Interview with J-Street's Ilan Goldenberg - from just before the peace deal was announced www.am950radio.com/events/conne...

Connections Radio – AM 950

www.am950radio.com

Aunt Chicago @freshhell2024.bsky.social · 17h

Henceforth we cannot elect anyone who shows the slightest bit of arrogance to any office. Don't vote for anyone who assumes they can stip the steps - not start at say city council and work their way up. Because we've seen where this kind of arrogance leads. No more. Classy modest people only

Aunt Chicago @freshhell2024.bsky.social · 17h

the rise of the white male failures has been disastrous

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 23h

This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23h

Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 22h

I'll take the over on Michael Shellenberger becoming a "60 Minutes" correspondent at Vichy CBS News.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22h

What happens when prosecutions become political theater? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss reports that Trump’s DOJ planned a “perp walk” for former FBI Director Jim Comey on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider: cafe.visitlink.me/HETzAj

Vindictive Prosecution? Comey & Abrego Garcia

Listen now | Is there ever a legitimate reason to “perp walk” a high-profile criminal defendant like Jim Comey?

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 22h

“A masterclass in guilty body language.” - “Mind you this is the woman who worked hand and glove with Alex Acosta in 2008 to ignore Epstein’s 42 victims and give him a no-jail-time plea deal in Miami when she was AG of Florida… They downgraded all his crimes to state-level minor offenses. ”

Pam Bondi’s Response to a Yes-or-No Question About Trump and Epstein Should Disturb Everyone

We'll ask the question once again -- what is Trump and the Justice Department hiding?

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

MAGA: “why didn’t Biden release the files and why didn’t you guys call for it?!”

America: “Because we assumed the justice dept was doing their job. But you all demanded it and now Trump is panicking…. So uh, ya now we def want to know why he’s panicking.”

See? Easy!

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

If this was a no, it would be really easy to say no.

Bondi’s ad hominem attack on Whitehouse is WAY more of an answer than she realizes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Jeff-Palmer Report Reader @milamjeff.bsky.social · 1d

Do not let her off the hook

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Whitehouse: "The supposed contribution made to me by some Epstein person is actually not true. It's false. So, weird when an AG of the US comes to the Judiciary Committee & makes false allegations about a senator - demonstrably false - rather than answer a simple Q: Is there a picture, or no?"

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