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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 5h

Stephen Miller is a corrupt loser with a microphone and a Napoleon complex. He’s also basically running the government.

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 5h

You have got to be kidding me.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

Good lord.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 5h

They created a fairy tale land for one grandpa and he's having the time of his life. His entire reality is like that thing where the brain releases a bunch of euphoric chemicals when it's dying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 4h

Coming around to the theory that they're Truman Showing him

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 6h

No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, “One day, I’ll invade Oregon.”

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normalleigh53.bsky.social @normalleigh53.bsky.social · 3h

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 6h

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 4h

So the truth is it’s my former political party - the Republican Party - that is the “defund the police” party.👇

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

One of the reasons the Jack Smith investigations seemed to take forever is because Biden's DoJ *did* have their hands around the evidence before they indicted. And they'd have convicted, too, if it weren't for those pesky SCOTUS fellas. 1/

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4h

Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if the prosecution is just getting its hands around the evidence *after* it criminally charged the former FBI director?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 12h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

Trump wants to invoke the Insurrection Act to punish anyone who opposes him, and he’s following a four point plan to do it.

Here’s what you need to know about it — and some thoughts on how to respond. www.youtube.com/shorts/31X8v...

The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

YouTube video by Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

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normalleigh53.bsky.social @normalleigh53.bsky.social · 3h

He'll have another checkup so his doctor can put in writing how tall and thin Trump is, how he's the sharpest person he's ever tested, that he has fascinatingly low cholesterol, his blood pressure is that of a teenager, and he couldn't possibly be more fit. No one on earth will believe it. Again.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

My latest: The fight for democracy is the defining battle of our generation. Within that struggle, protecting free and fair elections must be our top priority. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

www.democracydocket.com

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normalleigh53.bsky.social @normalleigh53.bsky.social · 4h

Does anyone believe him?

normalleigh53.bsky.social @normalleigh53.bsky.social · 4h

Lies, lies, and more lies. Maybe Trump ought to take a mini poll and see if anyone at all believes him.

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normalleigh53.bsky.social @normalleigh53.bsky.social · 4h

"A healthy democracy digests truth and expels corruption. What we witnessed today was the opposite: the body politic stupidly eating its own waste."

What they haven't figured out is that they've swallowed a slow-acting poison from which they will never, ever recover.

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normalleigh53.bsky.social @normalleigh53.bsky.social · 4h

Listening to Eric Trump rant is sickening. Hit mute on the computer. Read it instead. It's slightly more palatable.

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normalleigh53.bsky.social @normalleigh53.bsky.social · 4h

And he's too much of a chicken s**t to say.

normalleigh53.bsky.social @normalleigh53.bsky.social · 4h

"We took the freedom of speech away. And the courts said, 'Yeah, freedom of speech, but we took it away."

Yes, indeed. He said it. And he also said he was defying the courts.

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Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 6h

He just said it. 100% unironically and unmistakably.

“We took the freedom of speech away.”

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normalleigh53.bsky.social @normalleigh53.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, she does do that, too.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 16h

Yup, the only possible solution for this is the 82nd Airborne.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 23h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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normalleigh53.bsky.social @normalleigh53.bsky.social · 10h

There's a war zone for you. Big brave ICE fighting them off with guns.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Someday these ICE thugs will be brought up on criminal charges and receive the justice they deserve.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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