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Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 16h

Just amazing! Tbh the first bird blindness joke had me laughing harder than anything else this year at least!

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 2d

Where can we find these data for other districts?

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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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Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 3d

LOL to cow tipping

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Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 3d

This is the way

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

The White House is blatantly violating the Constitution, ignoring Congressionally-allocated spending. Approving any budget would put a stamp of approval on the end of checks and balances.

It'll hurt, yes, but it's time for opposition. The political costs will mostly fall on the people in charge.

Opinion | Democrats shouldn’t bail out Trump as the shutdown drags on

The best time for the opposition to take a stand, rather than settle for untrustworthy promises, is right now.

www.msnbc.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 5d

If you are getting called out by them by name, honestly great work. Keep it up

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

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Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 5d

I feel this so hard

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Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 7d

"The United States lied in order to expel hundred of Guatemalan children and adolescents." - Good Guatemalan coverage of the outrageous middle-of-the-night attempted deportation of hundreds of kids.

www.plazapublica.com.gt/migracion/in...

Efrén Olivares: EE. UU. mintió para expulsar a cientos de niños y adolescentes guatemaltecos | Plaza Pública

«Reunificar es una cosa muy distinta a repatriar, a deportar, a expulsar». Las palabras de Efrén Olivares, vicepresidente del Centro Nacional de Leyes de Inmigración (NILC, del inglés), resumen su pre...

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 9d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 9d

Lollll

Dan Przygoda @dprzygoda.bsky.social · 9d

I did it. I added some Keystone Cops music to this:

Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 10d

Who is actually running the show here?

Mister.Nobody @ytregaws.bsky.social · 10d

LOL

"I spoke to the governor, she was very nice. But I said, 'Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening? My people tell me different.' They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place...

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Trump seems to back off Portland military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?'

President Trump had said he will send troops to Portland to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he said were "under attack."

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 11d

The agent admits he treats immigrants like "they're animals" and that he tells his kids that they are animals "all the time"

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17d

This clear declaration that Trump views the DOJ to be an entity designed to impose his political retribution - alongside the clear evidence that it is already being used in this way - is impeachable.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18d

Trump criticizes Pam Bondi for not charging his adversaries quickly enough, in a Truth Social post that looks a lot like a DM. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

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Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 19d

This is so, so disturbing.

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Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 19d

We hear a lot about declining religiosity and the rise of the Nones in the United States and Europe. But, what about Latin America? Is secularization happening there, and if so, what form does it take? I explore this in my new open access article in @sociusjournal.bsky.social
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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 20d

Venezuela aprueba un “tratado de asociación estratégica” con Rusia en plena crisis con EE UU - elpais.com/america/2025...

Venezuela aprueba un “tratado de asociación estratégica” con Rusia en plena crisis militar con Estados Unidos

El chavismo también ha exhibido cazas equipados con misiles antibuques

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Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks Austin for all of your work on this! It's truly incredible. I have a question- while all of the current MOAs are available via ICE, do you know of any centralized resource where I could find past agreements including start/end date? Like Cobb or Harris county, etc? Thanks!

Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 22d

There is one correct answer: D. Followed (far along) by G.

Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 22d

For the rest of your life, you can only eat food from one of these regions. Which do you choose?

For more maps: brilliantmaps.beehiiv.com/s...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 22d

For the rest of your life, you can only eat food from one of these regions. Which do you choose?

For more maps: brilliantmaps.beehiiv.com/s...

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Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 22d

👀🔥

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Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World @sociusjournal.bsky.social · 22d

⛪ Unaffiliated, but not undevoted

@matthewblanton.bsky.social's new #Socius study challenges common understandings of #secularization, analyzing trends of increased personal religiosity alongside decreased institutional religiosity from 2004-2023 in #LatinAmerica.

Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

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Matthew Blanton @matthewblanton.bsky.social · 22d

Read the open-access article here: 📄
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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