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

🤞 @ericswalwell.bsky.social

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

CHICAGO—People are marching in the streets to protest Donald Trump’s federal invasion and the aggressive harassment of citizens.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 3h

Seems more akin to martial law, as a usurpation of civilian authority by military force - since the idea of an opposing army/ enemy force is entirely imaginary unless they can, by these actions, provoke one into being.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

🚨BREAKING: The Republican Party’s top mapmaker testified in federal court Wednesday that while he’s been instructed in the past to preserve minority congressional districts protected by the Voting Rights Act, he received no such direction when drawing Texas’ new gerrymander this summer.

Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 3h

This was no kid. 29 is not a kid anymore. And by the art he was into creating this man had issues. bsky.app/profile/meid...

LeChatNoir @meidasog.bsky.social · 11h

A Florida man 🤷‍♂️

These are his illustrations

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

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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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 4h

DEVELOPING: Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters march through downtown Chicago, Illinois.

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Fedora @fedora8.bsky.social · 4h

Thousands*

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Maria Langholz @marialangholz.bsky.social · 4h

Chicago native Chance the Rapper in DC: “FUCK ICE.”

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 5h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 5h

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 4h

2 Pennsylvania State troopers shot while responding to call in Franklin County; suspect also shot. - WHTM

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

Didn't Trump already have his annual check up in April?

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Gunman goes on shooting spree from Sugar Land to Houston, Texas, killing multiple people. - local media

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 7h

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a letter to President Donald Trump on the Gaza peace deal:

"Very close…you need to approve a Truth social post soon so you can announce deal first."

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LeChatNoir @meidasog.bsky.social · 8h

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 8h

👀 The note Rubio handed to Trump:

“You need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first.”

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LeChatNoir @meidasog.bsky.social · 8h

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 8h

👀 The note Rubio handed to Trump:

“You need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first.”

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 8h

👀 The note Rubio handed to Trump:

“You need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first.”

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Agustin @agusting.bsky.social · 8h

When my mother got this bad, we had to put her in a care facility.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

WATCH— @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social : “You’re doing this for clout. You’re not gonna talk over me. You voted for the big ugly bill that cut $1 Trillion from Medicaid & gave tax cuts to your billionaire donors.”

@repmikelawler tried to ambush Jeffries, who didn’t back down

(From DC examiner)