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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 22h

The picture of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago pastor being pepper sprayed by a masked ICE agent reminded me of civil rights protestors in Birmingham being sprayed with high-pressure water hoses in the 60s.

It was wrong then, it's wrong now. How are we letting this happen?

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 2d

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 1d

you're welcome!

Bluesky @bsky.app · 1d

we hit 2 billion posts today! 🥳

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Free Agent Fly On The Wall @flyonsomewall.bsky.social · 1d

This whole apparent backlash against Jay & Bluesky for some vague reason has cemented this platform's value for me. On other sites, the algorithm would've fed me a scroll of whatevers-been-going-on but here I feel like the neighbors have been arguing about something I really don't need to know about

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

There’s an essay to be written about how maga patriotism is just shitty fandom. Anyone who follows sports knows fans like this, it’s always the ref’s fault, the other team doesn’t exist, there’s some plot/player/coach holding the team back otherwise they’d always win easy bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 2d

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

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MAKE MY DAY MAGAts @toebit.bsky.social · 3d

We need a national strike no work anywhere everyone stays home
NO sports anywhere
nothing till the criminals retreat

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 3d

"In 2019, 10 air traffic controllers called in sick. Their absence shut down travel at New York’s LaGuardia airport causing delays at other major hubs, including in New Jersey, Philadelphia and Atlanta, driving President Trump to agree to a temporary government funding measure."
GET TO IT GUYS!

What the federal government shutdown might mean for travelers | CNN

The US federal government has shut down. The travel impact could be felt in longer airport lines, muddled itineraries and US National Park closures.

www.cnn.com

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 3d

Judging by looking through the window when I see them?
1000% total.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 3d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 3d

Plus he's also mocking my hairline. Petty AF, Bravo!
@vanpartible.bsky.social

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 3d

help us @markhamillofficial.bsky.social ! You're our only hope!

Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 3d

Stormtroopers in Chicago

#AbolishICE

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 5d

Next up, he’s going to give Alaska back to Russia.
Am I joking?
Am I a psychic?
Only time will tell.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

US archivist ousted after refusing to let Trump give Eisenhower’s sword to King Charles – reports

The Trump administration ultimately gave the King a replica sword on the president’s recent state visit The Eisenhower Presidential Library’s director has exited his position after advocating against giving a sword from the collection to King Charles as a gift during Donald Trump’s recent state visit, according to US media reports on Thursday. Todd Arrington left his post on Monday after being told to “resign or be fired”, he told CBS News, which did not specify who had relayed the message to the historian. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 5d

It is SO good.
Also, I am appreciative of the once a week roll out.
Thursday is sort of like new comic book Wednesday thanks to Peacemaker.

✌️ 🦅

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 6d

Mike Johnson created a shut down to stop from seating a democrat that would release the Epstein files.

The Squeaker of the House has a ton of skeletons in his closet, and that closet door is made of glass.

I can’t wait to see this Milksop hit the FO phase.
www.joemygod.com/2025/10/john...

Johnson: Training The Military For War By Using Them Against US Citizens Is A "Win-Win Scenario" [VIDEO] - Joe.My.God.

DANA BASH: “Are you okay with the US military using American cities as ‘training grounds’?” MIKE JOHNSON: “For what? I don’t know what’s being implied by that.” BASH: “It suggests troops are going to ...

www.joemygod.com

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 6d

It’s not like it’s doing anything good right now anyway.

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 6d

Why is the government shut down?
Is it to protect GOP’s #Pedophublicans?
How many of them on this list of senators protecting pedophiles are on Epstein’s list?

Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 8d

Is your senator one of the #PedophilePeople?
I wonder if they're voting to hide the #Epstein files because they're in it?

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 6d

This.
The only two things Democrats should be talking about is Trump’s lawlessness and fighting back at authoritarianism…

…and that nearly every senator and GOP house member in the GOP is protecting pedophiles in their ranks.

Run THOSE ads and maybe I’ll pull those money requests out of the trash.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 7d

it's Wednesday somewhere.

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 7d

nails it.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

Started/Going

It’s still not right, @apnews.com, but it’s closer. The headline is “Republican Congress fails to fund government. Shutdown imminent.”

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