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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 2h

Like are you hearing what I’m saying?

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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 1d

Tom Nichols on the situation in Chicago: “This story really isn’t about immigration… It’s about getting the American people used to idea that Donald Trump is an absolute ruler who can put the military in streets at will, and intimidate everyone, including citizens.”

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 1d

I refuse to act like this is business as usual.

A million Georgians will see health care payments double if DC Republicans get their way.

Georgians sent me here to fight for them and that’s exactly what I intend to do.

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

Another chapter in the book of:

if and when we get out of this, the cleanup will take a generation

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

"AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed" so succinct! so good!

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 2d

soap bubbles are floating in the air in front of a sunset

ALT: soap bubbles are floating in the air in front of a sunset

media.tenor.com

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Maryland Matters @marylandmatters.org · 2d

A federal district judge said Kilmar Abrego Garcia can proceed with his claim that human smuggling charges filed against him in Tennessee were done in retaliation for successfully challenging his deportation in another court and should be dismissed.
marylandmatters.org/2025/10/06/c...

Court allows Abrego Garcia's claim of vindictive prosecution to proceed - Maryland Matters

A federal district judge said Kilmar Abrego Garcia can proceed with his claim that human smuggling charges filed against him in Tennessee were done in retaliation for successfully challenging his depo...

marylandmatters.org

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 2d

The government should not reopen until Trump agrees to stop trying to deploy troops to American cities

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

Every crisis is an opportunity. This is the moment for Dems on Capitol Hill to call a news conference and make clear: Not one dime to fund the federal government until Trump withdraws his unlawful orders and agrees not to send troops to occupy Democratic-run cities

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 2d

MAGA’s main talking point on FBI crime data is that their chosen culprits under-report

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder -- anyone who was paying attention could see all of this coming, from miles away

Re-posting what I wrote in MAY 2024, or 17 months ago

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

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

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

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 2d

Thunderous!

Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 2d

And here… we… go

Stephen Miller tweet excerpt: “A district court judge has no conceivable authority, whatsoever, to restrict the President and Commander-in-Chief from dispatching members of the US military to defend federal lives and property.

Today’s judicial ruling is one of the most egregious and thunderous violations of constitutional order we have ever seen — and is yet the latest example of unceasing efforts to nullify the 2024 election by fiat.”

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 2d

The Stephen Miller tweets are about to be unhinged squared

Judge deals Trump new legal setback in plans to deploy troops to Portland U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut temporarily blocked the administration from sending any state’s National Guard troops under federal control to Portland.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d

Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 3d

That’s all the minority party sits around waiting to do

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 3d

Can’t spell “law and Econ” without it

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

The opinions of Judge Young (a Reagan appointee) and Judge Immergut (a George W. Bush U.S. attorney) are a reminder of a Republican Party that believed in the rule of law.

But the fact that so far as I know no current elected Republican has praised those opinions suggests that old GOP is long gone.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller is screaming on
X that his feeling of their being an insurrection in Oregon is more important than the obvious truth, asserted by judge, that there's nothing of the sort. He can keep trying to force reality to bend to his moods (& SCOTUS will help) but at some point people will balk.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

Among other things, it remains extremely weird that the [checks notes] director of the FBI uses phrases like “ass clown factory” in public statements posted on his official account

FBI Director Kash Patel * ®
@FBIDirectorKash
X.com
BREAKING: MSNBC still an ass clown factory of disinformation. Same circus animals that slobbered all over perp walks of Stone, Navarro, Bannon...
MSNBC has no facts and no audience
In this @fbi, follow the chain of command or get relieved.
& Barb McQuade @ @BarbMcQuade • 15h
DOJ policy prohibits "perp walks," in which arrestees are paraded before the cameras.

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 4d

Totally impossible to know why JD Vance’s psychological hang-up with his opponents is that they won’t say thank you — no way we could possibly draw a direct line in Sharpie from childhood trauma to this very bizarre pattern

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5d

Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.

U.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family says

Mario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.

www.washingtonpost.com

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