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JustThePrincess

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Proud, snarky, cat mom, wife/homemaker who loves art, music, manga, anime, comics, cosplay, movies and gaming. Also interested in environmental issues, technology, science, politics, human and animal rights. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸 🚫NO DMs!!!🚫

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JustThePrincess @justtheprincess.bsky.social · 4d

Happy #Caturday! Here’s an older photo of Mimi and Natsu back when they were kittens. #cats #kittens

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 20h

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

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Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 12h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

Remember this as Trump goes on about being "tough on crime."

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JustThePrincess @justtheprincess.bsky.social · 15h

The states should be using these assaults to their advantage. It’s a state charge and can’t be pardoned by POTUS. If the agency is complicit in covering for the assailants they could also be charged as an accessory after the fact.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17h

The ACLU of Illinois, joined by other Chicago immigration advocates, filed a lawsuit against DHS and ICE in March, alleging that the January arrests of 26 individuals across the Midwest violated a 2022 consent decree that bars ICE from detaining people without a warrant or probable cause.

22 People Arrested in ICE Raids Announce Federal Court Action Challenging Unlawful Warrantless ICE Arrests Under New Trump Administration

Twenty-two people, including a U.S. citizen from Chicago, subjected to unlawful arrests and detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the early weeks of the second Trump

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

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JustThePrincess @justtheprincess.bsky.social · 15h

More of this please. 🙏🏻

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 17h

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

JustThePrincess @justtheprincess.bsky.social · 15h

Deflection and interruption is a sure sign of guilt. It was in her interest to distract from the seriousness of the allegations. The combativeness just proves he’s right about everything, or she’d be chill and let the facts speak for themselves, but she’s guilty so that’s not an option.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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Freddie Fan 🌊 @freddiefan2.bsky.social · 22h

When the President of the United States essentially declares war on the state of Illinois and threatens to jail the Governor of the state and the mayor of Chicago- he is not a president but a tyrant.

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Jen🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jen.sheshed.rocks · 20h

This right here 🔥🔥

Facts ✅

Fuck ICE
#SheShed

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

The indictment of James Comey is just the latest example of Trump weaponizing the Justice Department to go after his political enemies.

At the same time, he’s doling out favors to his supporters and allies – including white collar criminals. Watch: https://youtu.be/NflcWXdV-B0?si=QTTJev6Fml50pYgP

Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme

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JustThePrincess @justtheprincess.bsky.social · 19h

It needs to affect them personally. Then they’ll finally have their moment if ever. Many are happy with keeping their heads buried in the sand. People are breaking my heart right and left right lately. Never knew there were so many weak minded people within my own circles.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 22h

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

The Justice Department had 36 attorneys assigned full-time to investigate corrupt politicians when Trump took office in January.

Today it has two.

See how this works?

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 22h

1. On Monday, Trump delivered a $70 million windfall to his billionaire buddy, John Paulson.

Paulson hosted the biggest fundraiser of Trump's 2024 campaign, raising over $50 million.

This week, Trump returned the favor.

Follow along for details.

Trump approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire

On April 6, 2024, a procession of Range Rovers, Aston Martins, and Bentleys rolled up to the Palm Beach mansion of billionaire John Paulson. The occasion was a glitzy fundraiser for Donald Trump’s…

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

Pam Bondi is so transparent, you can see right through her

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JustThePrincess @justtheprincess.bsky.social · 21h

The millions losing life saving medication from USAID also hit me particularly hard in addition to the food aid. I truly hope people and other nations will be able to step up to fill that funding void. The horror of the alternatives I saw in my youth is not an option.

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JustThePrincess @justtheprincess.bsky.social · 21h

Yep it was a few weeks back. They’ve been ordered out. I was just comparing the vibe in Chicago. Simply noting they probably didn’t get any pizza unless they ordered it anonymously.

JustThePrincess @justtheprincess.bsky.social · 21h

POTUS pardons only apply to federal offenses. Just wanted to put that out there in case someone may want to pursue state charges against these criminals for assault or murder. They are violating the law by violating the Constitution. Their argument is circular and won’t hold up in court of law.

JustThePrincess @justtheprincess.bsky.social · 21h

I noticed they hit VooDoo Donuts the morning they arrived in Portland. Though they weren’t refusing service to ICE like everyone in Chicago is doing right now so they may just get told to get lost. They’re not having any of that and can’t blame them. ICE is absolutely toxic for business right now.

JustThePrincess @justtheprincess.bsky.social · 21h

This is all about bringing back poor farms. Robber barons are truly the worst. Poor farms were considered akin to slavery and people who lived there typically died due to the conditions. This is MAGA at its core. There’s no room for who they view as weak in their vision of the future. It’s eugenics.

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JustThePrincess @justtheprincess.bsky.social · 22h

When you slash the agricultural workforce, there’s going to be food shortages. They legit thought they could get everyone on disability or unemployment benefits to farm. We had a name for these places back in the day, they were called “poor farms” and living on one was akin to being a slave.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 23h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

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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