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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

It's clear most Trump supporters have no idea the videos are fake.

Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World

Trump supporters are doubling down on AI sadism.

gizmodo.com

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KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social · 1h

Is that before or after the briefings on Unicorns?

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KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social · 1h

It is good to see leaders standing up.

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ElizabethC @econklin44.bsky.social · 15h

The die is cast. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday creating "ICE-free zones" across Chicago. Zones like schools, parks, and libraries are off-limits, and private businesses can opt in to the protection network. He has the full backing of Gov. Pritzker.
#ProudBlue

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21h

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just signed an order making city property off-limits to ICE. As federal troops deploy to Chicago, this is a bold stand for accountability and human rights. No city should ever be turned into a battleground for political power.

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KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social · 1h

Very crafty, very dangerous.

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KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social · 1h

Ann T. Pho and Jack A. Lopez.

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 1h

This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 2h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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KARE 11 @kare11.bsky.social · 1h

The FDA expanded the 2024 health alert again Wednesday, which now impacts over a dozen brands across multiple states.

FDA expands health alert about ground cinnamon brands contaminated with lead

The FDA expanded the 2024 health alert again Wednesday, which now impacts over a dozen brands across multiple states.

www.kare11.com

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 1h

JUST IN: Overstock founder Patrick Byrne formally defaulted by court in libel suit Hunter Biden brought against him. Biden lawyers to propose size of default judgment in coming weeks. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Hunter Biden seeks arrest of former Overstock.com CEO in defamation case

Attorneys for the ex-president’s son ask a federal judge to issue a bench warrant against defendant Patrick Byrne for failing to respond to court orders.

www.politico.com

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 3h

Is there any more information known about this incident?

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KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social · 1h

The media isn't the media anymore.

a black and white drawing of a stick figure with the words `` c mon , do something ... '' .

ALT: a black and white drawing of a stick figure with the words `` c mon , do something ... '' .

media.tenor.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 15d

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1h

58% of Americans - including half of Republicans - think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as President Donald Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities, a @reuters.com poll found.

www.reuters.com/world/us/mos...

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KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you for speaking up. Have you submitted an amicus curie brief in the IL v Trump case? Or any of the other cases of pretextual uses of the NG for political purposes? @governorwalz.mn.gov @tinakotek.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov @govwesmoore.bsky.social @govandybeshear.bsky.social

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KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you for speaking up. Have you submitted an amicus curie brief in the IL v Trump case? Or any of the other cases of pretextual uses of the NG for political purposes? @governorwalz.mn.gov @tinakotek.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov @govwesmoore.bsky.social @govandybeshear.bsky.social

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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 2h

Attorney General Bondi recently threatened to put me in jail. Now, the President has threatened to put the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor in jail.

This is about as authoritarian as it gets.

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Master Elrond [he/him] @inuyasha1953.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Doctor here.

A pregnant mother in Tennessee was denied care for being unmarried.

This is legal under Tennessee's Medical Ethics Defense Act.

We are entering a dark time in public health.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 2h

ICE has bought access to an “all-in-one” surveillance tool that gives it updated location data from hundreds of millions of phones, putting us all at risk of being tracked.

The government can’t be allowed to surveil us simply for having a cell phone.

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 2h

Come and get me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h

Miller has a real theory of the case: A latent majority out there can be sleepwalked into authoritarianism with enough numbing agitprop. Polls show majorities reject the autocratic abuses but Miller plainly thinks voters in the middle lack conviction about any of it.

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 2h

Some right-wing figures have urged stronger responses against protesters, suggesting the use of “lethal force” or “actual ammo”

As Trump sends the National Guard into US cities, right-wing media celebrate and call protests “an insurrection”

Right-wing media and right-leaning online show hosts have rallied behind President Donald Trump’s attempts to deploy the National Guard to Chicago and Portland, suggesting the Democrat-run cities are ...

www.mediamatters.org

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2h

In my early interviews, it came up organically, initially without my even asking.

It quickly became clear that this was a common experience.

E.g., here's what the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a Methodist minister who has been protesting at the site, told me.

The Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist pastor who leads United Church of Rogers Park in Chicago, has also protested at the Broadview facility on several occasions. She, like Black, said she has been shot multiple times with pepper bullets, including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole. She said she often prays for the ICE agents, but especially for the immigrants detained inside.
"I am praying for all of the people inside to be returned to their communities," she said. "These are our friends, our family, our cousins, our uncles. These are our community members, and they are being stolen."
At least once, Kardon said, agents fired a pepper ball at her without warning, leaving her with a bruise on her abdomen that has lasted for weeks.

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KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social · 2h

Let's work together, people.

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 2h

Hate attacks against all faith communities have reached historic highs, and Minnesota is not an exception.

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KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social · 2h

Since he has so much free time, he should swear in the newest representative.