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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 7h

Look at how this MAGA propagandist, Benny Johnson, spins this scene: “army of Antifa.”

It’s a small group of people and a guy in chicken suit.

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 7h

We’d also love to know what happened to the $50,000 Tom Homan allegedly took from FBI agents.

Luckily, we’ve sued for the receipts.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7h

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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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 7h

I don't doubt that Trumpism will soon crumble and things will return to a seeming normal. But what worries me is whether we will again make the mistake of offering impunity to these degenerates because if so, we're just waiting around for fascism that sticks.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 7h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

I know we're all used to the president talking like Livia Soprano all the time, but this is a goddamn outrage

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

“.. we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 7h

We could hear them laughing

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 7h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

“We’ll schedule it as soon as she wants”?

She’s been demanding it for weeks but Republicans keep blocking her.

They really really really don’t want the files to come out

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Markwayne Mullin -- an idiot who once challenged a Senate witness to a fistfight, a dishonest broker who repeatedly claimed Democrats wanted to give health insurance to undocumented immigrants, a partisan hack who *today* said Democrats are "supporting violence" -- is their point man here?

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

lol, lmao, sure, okay

The person close to the White House said the administration has informally deputized Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to serve as a conduit to Democrats. Asked about the arrangement, Mullin said, “I don’t have a badge,” and otherwise declined to discuss whether he was briefing the administration on bipartisan Senate talks.

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 14h

Honestly I just can't stand how these people want to burn everything down and then pull the "How dare you?" card when called on it. Crybullies, all of them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

I love the stories about them

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

a close up of a woman 's face with #schitts creek written in the corner

ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with #schitts creek written in the corner

media.tenor.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 8h

I think something we have to do more of is talk about how kickass a lot of American cities are because right now some people think they’re run by Sharia Law nudists and most of us never thought to counter that argument because it’s stupid and doesn’t make any sense

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10h

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Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 8h

I know invoking Latin terms can be a bit esoteric, and "dementia" is fine and accurate, but I think there's real merit in zeroing in on the relevant legal concept: he is non compos mentis. Not just that he's a batty old man, he is debilitated in a concrete legal sense, fit for conservatorship.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13h

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 14h

[Trump announces that ICE agents will now wear white hoods]

New York Times: the president makes a bold fashion statement

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"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" @coyoteangel.com · 8h

It's how everyone should preface every comment:

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so we're going to go get pizza."

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13h

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 14h

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

I have a theory that they just mashed together two characters in the script just to give John Candy enough lines -- the sweet Dewey stuff doesn't match with the angrier vibe of "how's it going" and "black guys help the white guys"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13h

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

Pete Hegseth is furiously screaming "I SAID NO FATTIES!"

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 9h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 10h

this is literally stuff King Charles did, like not only did the American colonists have a revolution to not have this happen, but they did so in the wake of the English revolution, which was about not having stuff like this happen

George Pearkes @peark.es · 11h

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

When a conservative president loses the country stars, that ain't good.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

👂LISTEN — (U.S. Navy veteran) country Singer Zach Bryan’s lyrics about ICE that triggered the White House

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

"Dear Sweet Blessed Little Baby Jesus, please watch over our armed thugs as they turn away the stranger, persecute the foreigner and harm the least of our brothers and sisters."

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 9h

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is in Portland meeting with ICE, Border Patrol and DHS officials; Nick Sortor posted video of Noem saying a prayer for the safety of their officers at the start of the meeting.

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