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Jeb Boyt 🌮 @jeboyt.bsky.social · 1m

Good grief.

That isn’t law enforcement.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

Jeb Boyt 🌮 @jeboyt.bsky.social · 2m

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 5h

A federal grand jury has refused to indict a Chicago couple arrested during a violent protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview last month, a rare move that prompted prosecutors to abruptly drop the case.

Charges dropped against couple in Broadview immigration protest after federal grand jury refuses to indict

A federal grand jury has refused to indict a Chicago couple arrested during a violent protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview last month, a rare move that…

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Jeb Boyt 🌮 @jeboyt.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, this is a rare instance of me using the N-word as this is a rare instance where it is on point. /2

Jeb Boyt 🌮 @jeboyt.bsky.social · 2h

Neoliberal capture thinking that we can only ever work on the expense side of the ledger.

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 2h

I have listened and learned. I will NEVER AGAIN call for increased taxes (carceral, eugencicist). Instead, income transfers should be decided through tax credits (humane, progressive)

Jack 대한 @jdaehan1.bsky.social · 2h

When people say we have a literacy crisis they need to include their fellow progressives and libs. Insane replies on a post that is just explaining the Child Tax Credit

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 3h

Imagine if a steel mill said “but if we had to pay for the coal and iron ore we use to make steel, we couldn’t survive”. That’s basically AI companies today.

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 3h

Look at his eyes - pure panic.

These "federal agents" are like clumsy mall cops with guns. No training, no control, no clue.

It’s a miracle they haven’t shot each other yet.

They're a danger to the public.

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Jeb Boyt 🌮 @jeboyt.bsky.social · 2h

On the Austin City Council and coffee shops, it’s a sign of progress that this recommendation for greater “by right” uses came from the ZAP. Unimaginable 15 years ago.

Unfortunately, the proposal has been cut back to only look at coffee shops to appease the NIMBYs. And, they’re still not happy.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 21h

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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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 7h

One day you're living in a constitutional republic, the next day the president is calling for the arrest of governors and mayors

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?