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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know when or how it will come, but there will be a moment when Trump's presidency is behind us and we're picking up the pieces of our democracy.

That can't be the first time we think about how we rebuild; that planning has to start now. Deep, structural court reform must be a part of it.

People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 2d

1/2 📢PPP’s new report “No Kings: the Urgent Need for Court Reform” shows that court reform would strengthen democracy & help right-size the role of the courts by handing power back to our elected representatives. @jennyhunter.bsky.social

👉READ MORE: tinyurl.com/PPPNoKings

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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 2d

When the start of a new Supreme Court term fills you with dread 😱, it's time to fix the federal courts. Check out the report I wrote for @peoplesparity.bsky.social showing how the 100s of federal cases challenging Trump's illegal actions this year show the urgent need for court reform.

People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 2d

1/2 📢PPP’s new report “No Kings: the Urgent Need for Court Reform” shows that court reform would strengthen democracy & help right-size the role of the courts by handing power back to our elected representatives. @jennyhunter.bsky.social

👉READ MORE: tinyurl.com/PPPNoKings

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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 2d

2/2 “Progressive court reform is inherently anti-authoritarianism. It is about future-proofing the judiciary and safeguarding democracy.” - Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social @jennyhunter.bsky.social

👉READ our new report, "No Kings: the Urgent Need for Court Reform”: tinyurl.com/PPPNoKings

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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 2d

1/2 📢PPP’s new report “No Kings: the Urgent Need for Court Reform” shows that court reform would strengthen democracy & help right-size the role of the courts by handing power back to our elected representatives. @jennyhunter.bsky.social

👉READ MORE: tinyurl.com/PPPNoKings

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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 3d

“ChatGPT, make me a bus poster with schlocky AI art that normalizes the National Guard patrolling DC”

Poster on bus with text “We guard the peace. DC National Guard” showing national guard members in camouflage and helmets and some with bulletproof vests that say “military police.” The background shows the US Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, and other DC landmarks

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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 4d

It’s so good. If you’re looking for something else to watch, I thought Say Nothing was a good pairing for Andor bc they’re both about people deciding to join violent revolutionary movements and what it does to them

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

I have finished Andor 🥲🥲🥲

Easily the best series of Star Wars, and some of the best just tv in general

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

Jesus Christ. DHS has held this guy in the hospital handcuffed to a bed and under constant guard for over a MONTH without ANY warrant or even ANY steps taken towards putting him into the removal system!

Petitioner’s counsel has requested documentation of a judicial warrant for his arrest, any charging documents, or other authority supporting his detention. See Santiago Decl. ¶¶ 18–20. ICE has provided no response. Id. To date, ICE has not placed Petitioner in removal proceedings, charged him with violating immigration law, set bond, issued a Notice to Appear, or otherwise processed him. See Pet. ¶¶ 16, 49. In Respondent’s Opposition brief, the government states “ICE intends to take further action consistent with the laws prescribed under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) once Petitioner is released from medical care and it can conduct the examination as [prescribed] in 8 C.F.R § 287.3.” Opp. at 4. Neither Petitioner nor Respondents have provided the Court with information about Petitioner’s citizenship, whether he has violated any law or regulation, or any information that would suggest that Petitioner is a flight risk.

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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 5d

In a coffee shop in the DC area and it’s like 80% laid off or furloughed feds having “looking for work” conversations 😢

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Abigail Higgins @abigailhiggins.bsky.social · 6d

‘They are hunting us:’ Child care workers in D.C. go underground amid ICE crackdown @19thnews.org
"This is what she lives with every day now: “The fear of leaving your family and letting them know, ‘If I don’t return, it’s not because I am abandoning you.’”
19thnews.org/2025/09/chil...

‘They are hunting us:’ Child care workers in D.C. go underground amid ICE crackdown

In Washington, D.C., where close to 40 percent of child care workers are immigrants, fear has taken hold amid a crime crackdown that has raised ICE presence. Many are missing work, deepening a staffin...

19thnews.org

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Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 6d

Terrorizing and wrecking an entire 150-unit apartment building--hundreds of people, mostly legal or citizens--to detain 37 people. This should be a much more massive story.

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 6d

“It was heartbreaking to watch,” said Watson. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”…

“Stuff was everywhere…people’s birth certificates, and papers thrown all over. Water was leaking into the hallway. It was wicked crazy.”

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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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 7d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 7d

It makes fascists feel bad about themselves, which is violence

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Terri Gerstein @terrigerstein.bsky.social · Sep 5

Right-wing culture warriors want to ban books & battle over schools? Let's fight on our terms: States & school districts should mandate workers' rights education, so kids know wage, safety & unionizing rights before starting work. My latest in
@newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1997...

A Labor Day Lesson Plan: Teach High-Schoolers About Workplace Rights

Some states teach high-schoolers financial literacy. Why not teach them about their rights as workers?

newrepublic.com

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Terri Gerstein @terrigerstein.bsky.social · Sep 1

Trump stinks for workers. Here's how blue states can fight back together. By @gabygoldstein.bsky.social and me in @talkingpointsmemo.com for #LaborDay2025. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-labor...

A Labor Day Call for Action From the States

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 8d

Someone is tickling your toes in an alternate universe?

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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 9d

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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 9d

I suspect the unstated context here is that EK must get a lot of shit from the left on social media, which makes it seem obvious to him that everybody else also experiences lefties as annoying & condescending.

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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 9d

I am not a historian, but this sounded to me like a nonsensical way for EK to blow off TNC’s very powerful point that sometimes people fighting for justice lose through no fault of their own, like the generations of people who fought against slavery and died without succeeding

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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 9d

OK but I now work from home and quite miss slop bowls! (I don't miss how much $ I spent on them.) It takes a lot of effort to re-create them at home b/c they involve so many different elements

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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 10d

EK explained his "Charlie Kirk was practicing politics the right way" take by saying when someone dies you say kind things. Yes, in a sympathy card! You don't praise their life's work in the NYT just to be nice. But also he seems to be embracing "Ds are losing so we need to move to the right" 😱

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10d

The $170 billion in funding going to Miller’s agenda could build more than 7,000 new elementary schools, pay for more than 1.5 million young Americans to attend an in-state public college for four years, or fund the Head Start program for nearly 14 years: open.substack.com/pub/americas...

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 11d

ICE just chased everyone off the public road by the Broadview facility. They yelled for people to move and immediately began firing gas into the crowd, which included legal observers, press, and medics.

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