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Richard Power @wyrdsofpower.bsky.social · 6h

I’ve seen the pictures of Trump with Epstein’s girls. Here’s what’s in them - @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 2h

He def crippled this country in these past months.

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 3h

"We took the freedom of speech away." - Donald Trump, 10/8/25

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h

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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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 3h

Freedom of speech “never passed the courts…”

Un-American speech, even from a wanna be dictator, is protected.

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 6h

WWJD

a woman stands in a doorway with the words god does n't like it when you do that

ALT: a woman stands in a doorway with the words god does n't like it when you do that

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 6h

Dear Dems, Vought is a huge vulnerability. People who will stick by the MAGA King will not stand up for his Worm-tongued puppet master. Neither will the King if he sees weakness. King doesn’t care about Project 2025, but in his own self-aggrandizement. We saw this with Musk. Russ can be the villain.

gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 7h

Some Dems see “…a ‘trap’ enticing them into a losing debate about crime. But why assume voters will believe Trump’s occupations are actually about combating crime? This throws in the towel, right up front, on communicating what this debate is really about: Trump’s abuses…”

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 8h

The Trump regime's war on Christianity continues, as regime troops attacks Americans across the United States and rounds up majority Christian immigrants, they've also targeted religious leaders.

Here the Trump regime ICE forces shot a pastor in the head in the latest attack on civilians.

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 9h

Not great, sure. Agree. But this is mad toddler king on steroids. We need to treat these insane proclamations like boggarts. Shout “Riddikulus” and laugh. Wands optional.

a woman in a witch costume stands in front of a mirror

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 23h

What you said. It was shocking in its contempt dripping hubris. Administration officials used to take hearings seriously—when there was a functioning Congress. She hasn’t known one.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 23h

“And that’s going to require, changing that, is going to require making moves that somehow send a loud enough signal that people begin to think we have changed at some level.”

I wont crush my values for politics. I’m ashamed that I let the Biden admin get away with abetting genocide for an election

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 1d

The grift that keeps on grifting.

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 2d

PAY ATTENTION: ICE is filing fake 911 calls in Chicago, weaponizing emergency services to provoke local police.

Ordinary citizens would be charged with a felony. ICE calls it strategy.

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, this is what she prepped for. Beyond the pale.

gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. This is what oversight has become? The AG is way outta line. She’s like a Karen in a Target.

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 1d

a woman in a leather jacket says absolutely not we 're done .

ALT: a woman in a leather jacket says absolutely not we 're done .

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 1d

You mean the guy blowing up civilian fishing boats, standing shoulder to shoulder in support of a genocide and trampling the civil rights of people who didn’t vote for him?

This piece from @pbs.org is beyond parody.

Why experts say Trump is unlikely to win the Nobel Peace Prize this year

Longtime Nobel watchers say Trump’s prospects remain remote despite a flurry of high-profile nominations and some notable foreign policy interventions for which he has taken personal credit.

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 1d

But, does she??

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.

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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 1d

Yall knew who I was and how much I made when I was a gov employee.

gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 1d

Restaurants in Washington DC are suffering. People are not vacationing here. People are afraid they’ll be disappeared. People have been fired by the thousands. You are ruining our amazing city.

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 2d

White guy who doesn't know any black people sharing his ignorance with other white people who don't know any black people.

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