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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 11h

Be nice. Pronouns make them cry.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 11h

Who could have EVER seen this coming? 🙄🤦‍♂️

Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 12h

Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 11h

Man, if only someone could’ve seen this coming from a mile away….

It’s a shame that no one would’ve ever suspected this would be a massive failure that would spectacularly blow up in UNC’s face….

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 12h

Out loud, in front of cameras and everything

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 12h

a man in a suit and tie is asking for please

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is asking for please

media.tenor.com

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 12h

Illinois judges have not been up to the task so far.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 13h

Just saying the quiet part out loud now. In front of cameras and journalists and everyone.

“We took the freedom of speech away”

If your blood is not boiling, keep re-reading that sentence until it happens.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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."

Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 15h

Great preview of January 2027 in the former country of the United States of America.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 15h

Wake up, lawyers! New Exhibit One just dropped on the timeline!

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 15h

This video should be Exhibit 1 in every court filing against ICE, even in other states.

This is what they are doing. There’s no questions to check if they are a citizen, there’s no waiting to find out if they have legal status.

It’s just “See Brown Person, Chase Brown Person”.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 15h

Fair enough. I suppose I’m thinking about the times judges have asked him if he’s talked to his clients, and he was trying to not perjure himself.

Complaint withdrawn!

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 15h

“Sort out what’s in the record vs. conversations I’ve had with the client”

Shouldn’t you be telling the judge, on the record, about conversations you’ve had with the client?

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 19h

And if I ask if I can take them for free, it would kill my business that relies on stealing.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 1d

Is she implying that she can’t prosecute a case if she wasn’t confirmed when it happened?

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 1d

It’s almost like Japan’s police aren’t in the business of arresting people for no reason, without proper evidence.

It’s really not hard to have a 99% conviction rate if your police aren’t not corrupt and actually serve the public.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 1d

Oh god, he watched Pearl Harbor last night.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 1d

One of these days, we’re going to hold you accountable. Not today, but sometime in the future.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 1d

I didn’t commit a crime by robbing that bank. I was just bucking legal precedent to support my crackdown on banks hoarding too much cash in their vaults.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 1d

That’s quite the framing for a crime.

“You broke the law by robbing a bank!”
“No, I was bucking legal precedent to support my crackdown on banks hoarding too much cash in their vaults.”

NPR @npr.org · 1d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 2d

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 2d

Invoking the little-known language in the First Amendment:

“Congress shall make no law…unless it happens outside of business hours. Then, you can make many laws.”

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2d

New: Broadview, IL Mayor Katrina Thompson issued an executive order today - her first this year - limiting protest outside the Broadview ICE facility to between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The order cites "recent escalation of violence by ICE" at the facility as reason to restrict protest there.

An executive order restricting protest at the Broadview ICE facility. Full order can be found here:

https://broadview-il.gov/reference/latest-news/village-of-broadview-executive-order-no-2025-01/

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 2d

Embarrassing. By the time they “read” the filing (they aren’t going to read jack shit), the troops will be here. Good luck getting them to leave once they’re here.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 2d

The “you can’t make me wear a mask to save lives” cult has evolved into the “you can’t stop me from wearing a mask while I take lives” cult.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 2d

“Little Red Corvette is simply a song about a beautiful, American-made automobile.” - Marjorie Taylor Greene, probably.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, because the two most lauded Super Bowl halftime performers, Michael Jackson and Prince, would never dream of having sexual content in their music or personal lives.

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