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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 1h

Also I realize it's completely fucking ridiculous to even suggest, but a reporter *could* write it up into a *story* that the president keeps making totally insane false accusations of paid protesters, and these are at least in part informing his illegal military deployments to US cities

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 4h

this has got to be the stupidest and most blatantly "unamerican" group of rulers this country has ever had. if you can't win against "goons in the streets, rotting food in the fields, orang is 90 dollars now" then i dont know what to say

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2h

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

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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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 7h

I quibble on which parts of project 2025 I think this is about but the general thrust is correct and I hope Penn admin pay attention to their [checks notes] 2025 pulitzer prize winning faculty member

(I don't care about the awards people have but I know they do)

www.thedp.com/article/2025...

Benjamin Nathans | Autonomy or obedience

Guest Columnist Benjamin Nathans urges Penn’s leadership to resist the White House’s demands in its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

www.thedp.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "This president is unstable, unhinged, a double-minded individual that quite frankly is a threat to our democracy. It's certainly not the first time that Donald Trump has called for the arresting of a Black man unjustly."

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 6h

somehow congressional republicans are keenly aware of every drag queen story hour in america but are totally unaware of trump's corruption and dictator threats. weird!

and of course, the mainstream media never calls them on this.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 7h

The fact that they can't get a random sampling of citizens from any city to indict people for interfering with ICE seems more informative than any political poll, tbh

Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 18h

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 6h

you'd think Democrats would realize that effective messaging can shift public opinion and electoral outcomes after watching Republicans wage relentless and super-effective propaganda warfare on the nation's dim electorate for going on five fucking decades

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 7h

Weird. It’s almost like making accusations generates friction which generates news which rallies your supporters.

2 Key Democrats Come Out And Say It: Trump Has 'Some Kind Of Dementia'

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 7h

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Micah @rincewind.run · 6h

that donald trump was allowed to become president again after J6 is something we may never recover from as a nation

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

We must all stand up and speak out.

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koos167.bsky.social @koos167.bsky.social · 6h

Of course I'm going to vote. Of course everyone should vote. I'm not saying not to vote.

Just... I don't think voting _alone_ is going to do anything to move the needle here. And focusing _only_ on voting is a great way to ensure that this [waves hands] keeps accelerating.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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

It's clear by now that the Democrats won't press this case as aggressively as it needs to be pressed, and the media won't do that unless they have Democrats' quotes to use as a springboard either.

They won't do this work, so it's even more important that we circulate these stories ourselves.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 9h

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

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

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 8h

open.substack.com/pub/migranti...

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

open.substack.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 17h

It's so ridiculous that MAGAs believe the GOP line that "Democrats want to give free healthcare to immigrants."

My dudes immigrants aren't getting free healthcare in the United States. American citizens aren't even getting free healthcare. You know who is?

The people lying to you about immigrants.

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Ed Ortiz @ortizei.bsky.social · 19h

Dictators leave unwillingly. Loyal Americans WILL have to physically remove MAGA Nazis from power. There is NO other way. DOJ, CIA, FBI, MILITARY, GOD, COURTS, POLICE, LAWS, PROTESTING & CONGRESS WON'T DO IT! Impeachment & Amendment 25 will NEVER happen! Voting MAY NOT do it! Removal by ANY means!

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Crow @crow70.bsky.social · 22h

Someday, there will be a museum that will have artifacts on how the United States failed, and this will be in it.

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Wmjkmom! @wmjkmom.bsky.social · 21h

What an amazing set of pictures.
Can those be entered into evidence during her impeachment hearing for perjury
A planned response during questioning reveals a degree of subversion and disrespect that needs to addressed.
No oath to God, to the law, to the constitution means anything to these ghouls.

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 22h

@whitehouse.senate.gov has her number.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1d

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

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robertstadler.bsky.social @robertstadler.bsky.social · 21h

If we ever get to the point as a country where we're seriously trying to recover from the damage Trump is doing, one of the reforms we'll need is an independent agency which can bring corruption cases against members of the executive branch.

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DC3 in the 'sky ✈️ @dc3inthesky.bsky.social · 22h

Presumably she has a folder like that for each Democratic Senator. Might be wise (necessary?) for one of those Senators to remind the Attorney General of her obligations under the Federal Records Act of 1950 in case she's unfamiliar. Those folders might need to be subpoenaed or requested under FOIA.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17h

I wish I could cancel my subscription again.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 19h

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

www.status.news

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17h

Today in life under competitive authoritarianism

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 19h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 20h

Here’s video of the incident

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