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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 5h

Word

Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 20h

Gotta say--dressing up in costumes is the kind of creatively brilliant resistance we all need. It brings joy and humor to things while vividly painting the authoritarian as foolish and absurd. Hats off Portlanders! @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org I think this counts as the sprite of mischief.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

Nationwide protests against Trump and the rise of fascism are taking place on Saturday, Oct. 18.

You can find a local protest here:

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 6h

One would think that after seeing something like this it would be an appropriate time to invoke the 25th Amendment. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 9h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Anita zx @omi684.bsky.social · 13h

🚨HOLY SHIT: Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego just confronted Mike Johnson as he walked by - and grilled him for “covering up” for predators by pushing Adelitta Grijalva’s swearing in.

This is how you confront COWARDS - with the truth and cameras rolling.

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 13h

More this 💯

Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 15h

Ran into Speaker Johnson and told him exactly how I feel about Republicans shutting down the government to protect pedophiles and jack up health care costs for 24 million Americans.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 1d

Who is going to do something about it?

Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 1d

@nytimes.com survey of 50 legal experts: “Every single one of the 50 respondents believe that Trump and his attorney general, Pam Bondi, have used the Justice Department to go after the president’s political and personal enemies and provide favors to his allies.”

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 1d

The overreach of the Jim Crow regime in response to peaceful lawful protest brought it down

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

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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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip. Despite the firing of several top officers—and his threat to fire more—the U.S. armed forces are still led by generals and admirals whose oath is to the Constitution, not the president. But for how long?

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 1d

🙏 💪💪 #StrongerTogether

Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · Dec 30

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

Things like "constitutions" or "principles" or "the rule of law" only have the power to constrain what politicians do if those politicians (& the people who vote for them) actually believe in them and are willing to adhere to them. If all you believe in is your own righteousness, then anything goes.

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 1d

Bullying is the weakest.

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 2d

wtf is wrong with these people

NYT: A Campaign to 'Bring Back Bullying'

On social media, some are arguing that bullying deserves a second look. Trolling or not, the push seems to reflect a general turn away from sensitivity.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 3d

🐸 RESIST 🐸

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 3d

This could be true, do you agree?

Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 3d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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Auntie Megz ♿😼💙 @auntiemegz.bsky.social · 3d

The cruelty is the point. It's always been the point with this regime.

What's worse is that this cruelty is being perpetrated by those who have far more in common with those they victimized and have more to lose from the regime they worship.

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3d

The thing that makes me the sickest is that these folks don’t even have a shred of compassion. It’s one thing to enforce laws and rules. It’s another to do it gleefully and celebrate the suffering of someone born into poverty and desperation

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 3d

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 4d

Front page, headline news, lead story, continuous wall to wall coverage. That’s what this story in chicago deserves from the national press.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Heard an officer say "let's do it" and then, in the dark, they tackle Rabbi Ben to the ground. He's being loaded into a CCSO wagon now. Broadview police also here screaming at people.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 4d

The regime’s playbook:

Launch militarized raids in America’s cities to provoke a reaction.

Then claim the reaction is insurrection to justify even more authoritarian action.

The regime is using state-sanctioned violence to create a crisis.

There is no justification for violence by anyone.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 4d

When you demonize and mistreat the immigrant, the poor, the starving, and the marginalized, I'm not interested in hearing about your religious beliefs.

You've already shown me what they are by how you're demonizing and mistreating the immigrant, the poor, the starving, and the marginalized.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 7d

We must keep encouraging Democrats to protect our healthcare: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 6d

“narrative is a very important thing here…”

@symonedsanders.bsky.social nails it 💯

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6d

Data is well and good - or bad, as the case may be - but stories move the needle. Tell the stories of the construction workers put out of work by Trump's infrastructure cuts, or the soybean farmers losing sales to Trump's tariffs.

@symonedsanders.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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