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Not Really A Cat @youpersuade.bsky.social · 2h

Although the story is obvious horseshit, who cares whether some people want the military to come to Chicago? It's un-American. Just because some people want fascism doesn't mean they should get it.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 11h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 3h

“If we can’t use the citizen-led initiative petition process, we’re done, we’re cooked. We don’t even have the ability to do a petition to get the initiative petition process back,” says the president of the League of Women Voters Missouri.

Under this GOP Measure, All of Missouri’s Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed

Lawmakers just advanced a constitutional amendment to drastically raise the bar for approving citizen ballot measures. Voters get to weigh in on the scheme next year.

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Politico @politico.com · 2h

Pope Leo XIV says he will "stand with" Catholic leaders in protecting immigrants facing mass deportations in the U.S., according to advocates who recently met with the Pope.

Pope Leo will ‘stand with’ Catholic leaders in protecting immigrants’ rights, advocates say

The comments from the pope mark the most recent push from the Vatican against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 2h

🧵 Trump is criminally invading states under false pretenses. His supporters are trying to instigate violence by dressing as antifa and committing crimes.

In this clip from Portland, Joey Gibson of "Patriot Prayer" and his fiancée, Lindsey Nichols, tried to cause trouble before being forced away.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 2h

Steven Carrillo, another boogaloo boi, pleaded guilty to murdering a security guard in Oakland in 2020.

He had posted on Facebook about wanting to start an anti-government revolution. The right loves framing the left for violence.

They are always trying to set Reichstag fires.

41-year sentence for Ex-Air Force sergeant who killed guard

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A former U.S. Air Force staff sergeant and alleged member of the “boogaloo” extremist movement was sentenced to 41 years in prison Friday for the fatal shooting of a federal sec...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 2h

See how he always calls Black Dems "low IQ"?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "They've had hundreds of people shot and then a guy like Pritzker or this low IQ mayor gets up -- the people are all against him. Beautiful Black women are wearing a MAGA hat last night on TV. And they said, 'We don't care who comes, just stop the crime.' They don't care if it's military."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

NEW: Comey is going to challenge the legality of Lindsay Halligan's authority. Here's an explanation from my show this past Sunday. You can watch the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/PkEOK7J...

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 2h

this is fine www.nbcnews.com

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2h

My President

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Dr.AMPhD @drmaz.bsky.social · 2h

Ask trump.

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🦋❄️🍁Baron🍁❄️🦋 @baron333.bsky.social · 2h

They can try to put their own spin on it but at the end of the day nothing changes

America is left holding on

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gspinell @gspinell.bsky.social · 2h

Good afternoon Baron and friends! Hope your day is progressing well. 💙

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 8d

Trump was on the Jeffrey Epstein Plane!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2h

Our government is shut down but nobody is paying attention because our president is an idiotic cunt who is sending troops to invade our cities for fraudulent reasons because he’s a pedophile.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h

New Reuters/Ipsos poll: Around 58% of Americans — including seven in 10 Democrats and half of Republicans — feel that the president should only deploy armed troops to "face external threats."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

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NO MEANS NO @cr0wnd0wn.bsky.social · 4h

YOU
CAN'T
ERASE
US

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 4h

White House: Republican
House: Republican
Senate: Republican
Ann Wagner: Republican

Feels like this is on the Republicans and their clown car of a party that can’t govern. Imagine having full control of it all and blaming the minority party for closing the government? o

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h

Soboroff: “Are you willing to direct the state police to arrest any federal officials for what they're doing here?”

Pritzker: “We don't break the law here in Illinois. I'm not going to direct our state police to break the law the way that Donald Trump directs people to break the law.”

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 4h

Navarro: 'we are just in the most beautiful place we've been I think ever with respect to trade'

*In Q2 2024, China bought over $3 billion in soybeans from U.S. farmers. This year, they’ve bought $0.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

The condescension of two-bit Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi today underscores that the only thing this administration excels at is a complete lack of self-awareness.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

“[M]ilitary lawyers & legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army & Navy's top judge advocates…sets an alarming precedent for a crucial job in the military, all as…Trump has mused about using the military in unorthodox & potentially illegal ways.” 2/25/25…1/

'People Are Very Scared': Trump Administration Purge of JAG Officers Raises Legal, Ethical Fears

Military lawyers and legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army and Navy's top judge advocates general politicizes and sets an alarming precedent for a crucial...

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