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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 1m

For one, the federal government cannot constitutionally commandeer state officials to do its bidding.

But more importantly, the president does not see his political opposition as legitimate but rather as a target for a carceral and militaristic state. It is deeply undemocratic and authoritarian.

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

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1m

Nah, just the usual, randos in replies demand a refund. Just more frequently than on average.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 4m

It's a "block liberally" kind of day.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 8m

Eating the rich is not sustainable, we should compost them.

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Rich Burroughs @richburroughs.dev · 11m

Let alone Bezos’s non-Amazon moves, like what he’s done to the Washington Post.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 3h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1h

I claim 'bullshit' in the New York Times.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 2h

“Clashed with”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2h

Over the past week, ICE and border patrol agents have clashed with Chicago residents, and federal guard troops arriving in the city might inflame tensions further. Our reporters describe the situation on the ground.

Listen to "The Daily."

Trump Claims ‘Rebellion’ in American Cities

President Trump said he would consider using the Insurrection Act to deploy the National Guard in Chicago and other places.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2h

lmao

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2h

U.K GOVT: THREE NEW BOLLYWOOD FILMS WILL BE MADE IN THE UK FROM NEXT YEAR, PM STARMER HAS ANNOUNCED IN MUMBAI

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Trish K @tkaz99.bsky.social · 1d

"Adulthood is like looking both ways before crossing the street and then getting hit by an airplane."
-Nitya Prakash

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 10h

Didn't it used to be Donald?

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 10h

endlessly embarrassing that the powers that be here banned Link. just disqualifying.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack