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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 16h

Oh, so they're going to start bombing domestic boats too. Cool cool cool.

Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 16h

Nobody's burning flags. This is just an excuse to chip away at free speech by starting with unpopular speech so he can move on to punishing any dissent

Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 22h

My guesses, in order of probability:
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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 5d

There's so much stupid crammed into in that post, but I appreciate you pointing that little nugget out.

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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 5d

Is he... directing the military via his shitty social media app?

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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

"Masked, secret police, profiling people and now targeting entire apartment buildings, making everyone prove they're not guilty of something, is the province of tyrants. It is the opposite of America."

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6d

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

www.youtube.com

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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

This is the gulf of America that truly matters

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6d

There is a gulf in America. I submit it is the gulf between good and evil, or at least not-evil and evil.

The gulf is not just between people who oppose this and people who are indifferent to it or reluctantly accept it in support of immigration policy or see it as collateral damage.
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 6d

This raid is disgusting, abominable behavior, traumatizing children and families in their homes.
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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

The Hatch Act has been dead letter for a while, but this is so petulant and unprofessional

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 7d

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 7d

Kavanaugh stops quickly escalating to Kavanaugh raids

Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.

Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.

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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 7d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Q: Hegseth gave an edict about no more beardos in the military. Just wanted your response

JD VANCE: I didn't see that particular comment. I thought Pete gave a hell of a speech

Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 7d

This is the thing about MAGA, whether it's Hegseth, RFK, or Trump. They really seem to look at the world in simplistic terms, and think nobody else has thought of their super overly simplistic answers

Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 8d

Did he say "coop" instead of "coup"?

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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 9d

Are firearm regulations consistent with the 2nd Amendment? Look to "history and tradition."

Does the 14th Amendment mean what it plainly says? Look to a couple of papers published this year.

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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 9d

"All of my regrets fall into not demonstrating...the proper amount of empathy or kindness or respect"

I've never thought about it that way, but that really does describe my biggest regrets

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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 15d

It took him 8 months to get to know and "fully understand" something he said he could solve in 24 hours

Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 15d

It's not about being a good Samaritan, it's about getting accolades. He just wants to be able to say he solved it. And because he's such an ignoramus, he thinks it's a simple problem to solve and he's frustrated that he hasn't been able to declare victory.

Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 15d

"...as we forgive those who trespass against us" as the video shows armed soldiers running towards what I can only assume is supposed to be a target

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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 16d

Yes, getting kicked off a gulag is exactly the same thing as a gulag

Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 16d

The call is coming from inside the (white) house

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump is aggressively ignorant. He does not learn, actively resists it, and has surrounded himself with people who enable his stupidity.

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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 16d

JFC, this man is a moron

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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 16d

"Who the hell knows..."

That sure inspires confidence that he knows what he's talking about

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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 16d

He can feel however he feels, but he's putting his feelings above the rule of law

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Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social · 19d

America is finally being respected again around the world

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