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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h

Pritzker: “This is a convicted felon…who is threatening to jail me. 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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 14h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 3h

What an inspiration!! Thank you people of Chicago!!

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 14h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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salbr29891.bsky.social @salbr29891.bsky.social · 16h

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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 16h

LIVE from STOP TRUMP'S ICE INVASION Emergency Protest in Chicago

LIVE NOW: youtube.com/live/Yp_w3_F...

LIVE from STOP TRUMP'S ICE INVASION Emergency Protest in Chicago | Trump Calls to JAIL IL Governor

YouTube video by Status Coup News

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Leslie Phelps @laphelps.bsky.social · 21h

gofund.me/b018f5571

Donate to Support Robby Roadsteamer's Eye Surgery Recovery, organized by Robby Roadsteamer

My name is Robby Roadsteamer. I'm a political activist Comedian th… Robby Roadsteamer needs your support for Support Robby Roadsteamer's Eye Surgery Recovery

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 2d

MAGA World! Visited Broadview, Illinois and their Ice Facility 💙🐊

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Leslie Phelps @laphelps.bsky.social · 22h

Soooo glad to see you!

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 22h

Giving out subs and hugs at the ICE Facility in Broadview Illinois!

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 22h

2/2
The musical tells the story of Ukraine's fight for independence from the 1960s and Moscow's repression.

At the showing in Odesa, this was NOT scripted💙💛
Spontaneously the whole audience sang the national anthem.
Note the actor stayed in character as a KGB agent and sat down.

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Franken-Pattern @franken-pattern.bsky.social · 22h

Art by @jesseduquette.bsky.social
Edit by me.

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Engraved with IDEOLOGY!!!!!!!! @plazmaburn.bsky.social · 1d

I envy this furry cow's life. He doesn't know. Look how happy he is.

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.

A highland cow having a little nap on a boulder on Dartmoor (ok, it was actually scratching its head)

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 1d

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Jason Antifa Paul @jasonpaul.bsky.social · 1d

Gestapo

Armed investigators visit man who sent postcard critical of Florida CFO Ingoglia

The politically active couple expected a knock on their door because of their criticism of Trump and DeSantis, but not over a seemingly innocuous postcard.

www.sun-sentinel.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 1d

Kinsley gaffe

Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said.

The fact that he knows he's not supposed to be just saying it out loud like that because it's not true and he didn't mean to telegraph their intentions that clearly

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 1d

Thus far, ICE and CBP in the Chicago region killed an immigrant

Shot a woman 5 times-after allegedly taunting her, saying “Do something, b****”

And shot a priest-who wasn’t remotely a threat-in the head

So when does Governor Pritzker deploy the National Guard to protect citizens from these thugs

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Shannon (she/her) @ravenlenore.bsky.social · 1d

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Sometimes I love the British

Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Beautiful Trouble

A new methodology of civil disobedience, merging the ancient art of clowning with contemporary tactics of nonviolent direct action, which became an international protest phenomenon in the early 2000s.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2d

I just emailed my "Silence" essay to the Presidents/Chancellors and Provosts of the 9 Compact universities as well as those from the 4 orgs with which I have been formally affiliated.

The essay can be found here:

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

and here:

www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremy...

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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 1d

www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/

The Blurring

What I live with isn't forgetting, it's the blurring. A meditation on grief, memory, and continuing without answers three years after loss.

www.dataandpolitics.net

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 1d

This is for the cameras. All play.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem praying before sending her secret, masked goons out to harass the people of Portland

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

This photo of red troops from Texas invading Illinois over a fake emergency is raising some significant questions for those who watched the televised address Pete Kegstand gave to hundreds of generals, admirals and commanders recently, a speech that already lives in infamy as the "No Fatties Speech"

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

This is not going to end well. Sooner or later an American citizen is going to get killed.

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