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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16h

We have reached a level of authoritarianism, let’s use the word FASCISM, where the President, based entirely on lies about violence and disorder, and against the will of the governors of the states, can send hostile state’s National Guard to invade and sit on citizens

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 18h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 11h

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 15h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 13h

I have been a fierce critic of yours this year.

This was well done. Don't give in to him.

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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 15h

It turns out the techie people are pretty bad at communications.

Does anyone know if something like that has ever happened before?

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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 18h

It's appalling the need for this exists but kinda awesome that it does.

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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 18h

This government is the dumbest damn thing I have seen in my entire life.

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 1d

An ICE agent in Portland, OR, targeted a frog-suited protester’s air intake valve with pepper spray — a tactic that medical experts say could have been life-threatening.

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 22h

No shit I'm furious. I spent eleven years learning to write well about complex topics in ethical ways, often for criminally low rates, because I believe that work's important. It's deeply insulting to see a total dipshit get fabulously wealthy for telling the rich what they want to hear!

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 2d

Picture adding in that this was at the request of President Donald Trump and telling someone from 2010 this.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

related, when the president is invading our own country, waging war on our own people, i don't wanna see dems give the GOP shit they ask for, don't wanna hear shit bout 'we hope our friends across the aisle will work with us on bipartisan solutions to the problems they cause' i don't want none of it

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so sick of all of this.

Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 2d

I miss not needing to think about what POTUS is doing.

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Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social · 2d

Guys he’s not trying to provoke a war —he has openly declared war in front of microphones and now he is doing that war.

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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 2d

Found it:
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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 2d

If this is public, can you post the call-in info?

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

they’re illegally sending troops from more and more states to occupy my fucking city because a bunch of shitass ICE chumps can’t tolerate a person in an inflatable frog costume legally gyrating at them in front of a single building they lease from us, keep it fucking shut down, fuck these people

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 2d

Okay. Well, if Trump is going to attempt legal end-arounds like federalizing the NG of GOP states to send them to Dem states over the objections of governors and courts, I think the Democrats should just keep the federal government shut down indefinitely.

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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 2d

You're making a mistake here. Their arguments about why they're doing this are not made in good faith. They're doing what they're doing because they're racists.

If they get rid of all the brown people from this country, they will not care at all there is still crime, drugs, and labor shortages.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is hog tying protesters in Portland and removing them on Dollies.

This is dangerous and could cause serious injury.

The Department of Homeland Security thinks it’s a joke.

They’ve shared this video with the tagline “Refuse to Walk? We’ll give you a ride”.

Stay strong Portland.

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Scary Werewolf Bar Kochba @dickius.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, it must be terrible being told that you can’t use the bathroom.

'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 2d

I would pay good money to see Brett Kavanaugh personally explain to this man why what happened to him was just fine.

Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 2d

"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 11d

What we might refer to as a "Kavanaugh Stop"

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13d

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.

He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

PARTIES3. Plaintiff José Escobar Molina is a 47-year-old man who has lived in D.C. for 25 years. He has maintained valid Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for El Salvador since 2001. On August 21, 2025, Mr. Escobar Molina was walking from his apartment building in Northwest D.C.to his work truck, about to start his workday, when two cars pulled up next to him. As he was about to get into his truck, plain-clothed and unidentified federal agents exited the cars and—without conducting any inquiry—seized Mr. Escobar Molina, grabbing him by the arms and legs and immediately handcuffing him. The agents arrested him without a warrant and without asking for his name, his identification, or anything about his immigration status. The agents also did not ask him where he lives, whom he lives with, how long he has lived here, or anything else about his ties to the community prior to arresting him. After ICE detained Mr. Escobar Molina overnight at its processing center in Chantilly, Virginia, the next day an ICE supervisor finally realized that he had valid TPS, which statutorily prohibits ICE from detaining him, and released him. Due tohis Latino ethnicity, Mr. Escobar Molina fears being arrested and detained again while going about his daily life in D.C.

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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 2d

Kristi Noem spent a day just riding around with Benny Johnson who has been getting bankrolled by the Russians.

And there's not any mention of that in the national media when it happens!

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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 2d

The bare minimum should be elected officials who can RECOGNIZE propaganda, but instead we have elected officials who drink it from a fire hose.

www.businessinsider.com/ted-cruz-us-...

How Ted Cruz ended up sharing Russian far-right propaganda to attack the US military

Insider traced the route of a video comparing US and Russian military recruitment ads from pro-Kremlin networks to Cruz's Twitter feed.

www.businessinsider.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

US conservatives under Obama would sometimes wistfully post training footage of Russian special forces, like "look at what the real manly countries are doing instead of our woke baby military" and then all those VDV guys got annihilated within the first 3 days of the Ukraine invasion

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2d

And the cult of SOF is a real problem given that, if we've seen one thing in Ukraine, it is that in a near-peer conflict, highly-trained, ultra-elite infantry cost a lot to form and field but get shredded by firepower at exactly the same rate, if not faster than, regular infantry.

Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 2d

And this all starts right out of the academies or ROTC, are the top of the class going into arty or armor or logistics, no they’re all going to the 173rd airborne or ranger school, so you can see how the army has become so light infantry/SOF centric

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