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Joanne Hansen @joannehansen.bsky.social · 10h

Didn't he have his annual exam in April?

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11h

Bovino also says he can arrest you if "you're gripping the steering wheel so tightly that I can see the whites of your knuckles."

Trump Watch @trumpwat.ch · 17h

Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino: "We need reasonable suspicion to make an immigration arrest. Notice I did not say probable cause, nor did I say I need a warrant? Perhaps you look panicked when you see a Border Patrol agent. Perhaps you look scared ..."

So they scare people and then can arrest them.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

NOTE: Leavitt says Trump will "stop by for his routine yearly check up."

But…Trump had his annual check up already. 5 months ago. On April 11.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

New — White House says Donald Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday.

"On Friday morning, President Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center for a planned meeting and remarks with the troops. While there, President Trump will stop by for his routine yearly check up. He will then return to the White House. President Trump is considering going to the Middle East shortly thereafter." - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

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Joanne Hansen @joannehansen.bsky.social · 11h

Jim Jordan just wants Democratic Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva to have a "neat experience." That's why he thinks it's fine that Mike Johnson hasn't sworn her in yet.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

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

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Joanne Hansen @joannehansen.bsky.social · 2d

From the looks on their faces, the traveling medicine show must have hit town the same day as a traveling judge road into town in a horse-drawn carriage and ordered them to stop selling their elixirs.

Joanne Hansen @joannehansen.bsky.social · 2d

How did I miss that Walters resigned?!? That's great news-- although his new job sounds like it's ripe for him to cause more problems for teachers and, therefore, students.

Joanne Hansen @joannehansen.bsky.social · 2d

Someone must have given him the Magnetic Poetry: Insurance Edition so he could put together that bit of gobbledegook.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 2d

The President of the United States just opened the door to pardoning one of the most notorious child sex traffickers in history.

This should NOT even be under consideration.

What is he hiding? Release the Epstein files.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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Joanne Hansen @joannehansen.bsky.social · 2d

See also: Closing the barn door after the horse is gone

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Charles Booker @booker4ky.bsky.social · 4d

In spite of it all, Sandy is showing up and speaking out. This shutdown isn’t a partisan discussion point, it is literally about our lives.

May we all find Sandy’s courage, and lift our voices.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 4d

Terrorism.

alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.

"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.

“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 4d

Gov Pritzker reports that Trump is demanding he activate the National Guard in Illinois, or Trump will.

To recap:
•IL violent crime rate is 310/100K
•USA violent crime rate is 374/100K
•Red states have a 40% higher murder rate than do blue states

This isn't national security—it's fascist autocracy

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 4d

i have watched them do this sort of thing night after night to people who pose no threat, then i wake up in the morning to social media posts demanding the officers be MORE aggressive, being echoed by trump officials. absolutely vile

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Joanne Hansen @joannehansen.bsky.social · 4d

Just watched @jonfavs.bsky.social and @owasow.bsky.social discuss the value and challenges of protest movements and the history of what does or doesn't work. Great prep for the 10/18 #NoKingsDay, @indivisible.org and @indivistwincities.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1bg...

How to Protest The Trump Regime Like The Civil Rights Movement

YouTube video by Offline with Jon Favreau

www.youtube.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4d

Would you open the door to men who approached you like this?

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5d

ICE officers stopped a family at gunpoint and smashed the car window on top of the newborn baby. “I was screaming that there was a baby,” cried the mother. “But they didn’t care,” and covered the baby with their bodies, fearing that the glass would hurt him.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

Oracle employees who expressed support for Palestine were "referred to internal mental health resources."

Oracle is about to own TikTok.

Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 5d

Execs at Oracle, the likely new owner of TikTok, are VERY outspoken in Israeli media about the company's "mission to support the State of Israel" & "unequivocal support for Israel."

Insufficiently pro-Israel Oracle staff receive mental health counseling. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...

Oracle execs: Love Israel or maybe this isn't the job for you

Employees who disagreed were reportedly referred to company mental health services

responsiblestatecraft.org

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GIFFORDS @giffords.org · 8d

Police chiefs and sheriffs endorse it: community violence intervention programs save lives and stop shootings before they happen.

Yet, the Trump administration cut $500 million in funding for these programs—making communities less safe and putting police officers at greater risk.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 8d

Showing up to work to avoid a shutdown is apparently a minimum threshold Republicans can’t be bothered to meet.

Photo of the House Chamber where Republicans are absent.

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Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.bsky.social · 9d

Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, led the way to start WIC.

Christian nationalists, like MAGA KKK, want to starve the people, especially non-white people. Easier to control, terrorize into submission.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Mike Johnson: "The WIC program, the nutrition program -- women, infants, and children -- that program won't be funded. FEMA won't be funded."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9d

durbin underrated as one of the worst mcclellan democrats in the senate

🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 9d

good lord, dick durbin wants democrats to give up their only remaining leverage this year for an *informal commitment* from republicans. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

For instance, some Democrats indicated they could be open to funding the government with simply a commitment from Thune to extend health care subsidies in the coming days.
"It would be a real mark of progress. I hope that's considered by him. That's progress, as far as I'm concerned; whether it's enough, I can't say," said Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-II. "If we're not sitting down talking about ending this responsibility and helping people deal with health care, it's going to be a rocky road."

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 9d

I had a judge presiding over one of my cases ask me if I had been a defendant in one of his cases because he recognized me. I was like nope. I'm counsel. I was dressed impeccably in a vintage Calvin Klein suit that I'd paid way too much money for. It happened in 2005ish and I still think about it.

JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 10d

So exhausting..

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