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Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 9h

To the Texas National Guard currently sent to Chicago -
"Only two things come from Texas. Steers and queers. And we can't tell if you're queer. It don't matter. So that must mean that Trump and Gov. Abbott just cut your nuts off"

Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 10h

I have a new Samsung 25 FE, and I've been disabling Gemini. They don't make it easy to find the settings. Gemini sucks

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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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Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 21h

Can we file an OSHA complaint for the guys on the roof? They are within 6 feet of a leading edge without being tied off

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Mike Rogers @headcrash.bsky.social · 21h

One of these things is not like the other

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

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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Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 1d

Where's the frog guy at?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Wow.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a clip of the Zach Bryan song that has MAGA furious.

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Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 1d

How many of the AI tech bros that are preaching its awesomeness are secretly terrified of sentient AI, but they will not speak ill of it out of their own fear of future reprisals. Are they are kissing the ass of their future AI masters in advance?

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Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 1d

To the Texas National Guard currently sent to Chicago -
"Only two things come from Texas. Steers and queers. And we can't tell if you're queer. It don't matter. So that must mean that Trump and Gov. Abbott just cut your nuts off"

Gunnery sergeant yelling at the Texas National Guardsmen in Chicago, "Only two things come from Texas. Steers and queers. And we can't tell if you're queer. It don't matter. So that must mean that Trump and Gov. Abbott just cut your nuts off"

Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 1d

"Only two things come from Texas. Steers and queers. And we can't tell if you're queer. So that must mean that Trump and Gov. Abbott just cut your nuts off"

Gunnery Sergeant yelling at thd Texas National Guard, "Only two things come from Texas. Steers and queers. And we can't tell if you're queer. So that must mean that Trump and Gov. Abbott just cut your nuts off"

Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 2d

We Esau this coming from 3,500 cubits away

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

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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Oregon Justice Resource Center @ojrcenter.bsky.social · 2d

After the administration attempted to deploy National Guards from California and Texas as a workaround, the judge expanded her ruling to ban National Guard deployments from all 50 states and D.C. to Oregon. [2/4]

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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 3d

The Speaker of the House and every other GOP member who supports this are complicit.

The GOP is a criminal organization, protecting pedophiles…

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Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 2d

Or the Senate can change their own rules to a simple majority in lieu of the current supermajority rule

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Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 2d

Q- Does this woman not have reason to believe that a denial of divorce would leave her open to additional abuse?
A - Why should she be concerned when a man in the house provides physical and financial security

Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed, and RFK Jr. wanting Lysenkoism in lieu of the scientific method is Soviet shit as well

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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 2d

I think this is the month to be handing out candy to ICE agents and asking them what they are supposed to be.

a group of cartoon characters dressed as ghosts are walking down the street

ALT: a group of cartoon characters dressed as ghosts are walking down the street

media.tenor.com

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 3d

Tonight of all nights I’m going to re-up my benediction for Chicago.

We are everything.

dansinker.com/posts/202…

No matter what happens in the coming weeks, we are Chicago. We rose from the ashes. We never quit.&10;&10;We are the lake in the morning, the sun rising over the water, its reflection drawing a line straight to our shores.&10;&10;We are the Haymarket Martyrs, the Pullman strikers, always demanding better than what we've got.&10;&10;We are the words of Sandburg and Algren and Brooks and Wright.&10;&10;We are the 90s Bulls, making the impossible possible.&10;&10;We are the dipped Italian Beef. Messy, sure, but incredible.&10;&10;We are the humidity in the summer, the frostbitten cheeks in the winter.&10;&10;We are smoke-kissed rib tips.&10;&10;We are elotes on the street. We are pierogis in a pot.&10;&10;We are Curtis singing Hush now child.

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Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 3d

If you are a uniformed member of the Texas National Guard in Chicago, I'd avoid restaurants. Your food and drinks are getting messed with for sure. Not oleander tea, but spit and food dropped on the floor for sure. You are not welcome here.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

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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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

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 · 3d

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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Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 3d

Wondering if this is just a long delayed revenge for Union occupation during Reconstruction?

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