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starting a fistfight at the family 4th of july bbq by reminding the divorced uncles that trump is a convicted felon

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · Jun 29

the great khan pritzker rallying his vassals as he prepares to wage war against the tyrants in washington

emily north @north0fnorth.tgirl.gay · Jun 29

google maps broke and created some kind of unholy chicago singularity

a bunch of labels in a circle around chicago

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 3h

every ICE agent is an irredeemable thug

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 4h

also, the illegal concealed gun that was grounds for the trooper to arrest mcveigh would now be legal because oklahoma has passed legislation implementing so-called 'constitutional carry'

peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 5h

every ICE agent is an irredeemable thug

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 8h

it really speaks to the gutlessness of the democratic party that a sitting senator can say, "we ran on democracy in 2024 and we lost. And so, let’s not do democracy" and not immediately be forced to resign or even apologize

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 9h

biden got swept into office by the largest protest movement in a lifetime with the highest voter turnout in sixty years then he proceeded to immediately refuse to address the issues that motivated so many millions

and the democratic party still wonders why they did so poorly in 2024

peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 16h

absolutely incredible username to advocate for throwing trans people under the bus

buddhaofnazareth.bsky.social @buddhaofnazareth.bsky.social · 1d

If you prefer Newsom and not Vance (or Trump.3) as President, don’t push him into a corner over an issue that the other side will gladly completly crush if you help them stay in power

peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 16h

a party dominated by elderly politicians and their wealthy donors who convinced themselves that nothing bad could ever happen & that they were therefore absolved of the responsibility of ever needing to do anything

peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 16h

"democrats could have passed reforms but choose not to" is one of the load-bearing elements of modern politics

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

The Democrats could have reformed this law when they had the White House and both houses of Congress.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

There it is. “Trump told reporters on Monday that he would consider utilizing the Insurrection Act…to sidestep any court rulings restricting his orders to send Guard troops into cities over the objections of local and state officials.” 10/7/25 … 1/ www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 1d

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 17h

every ICE agent is an irredeemable thug

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 17h

[2020 voters] "our nationwide protest movement elected joe biden in order to reform the police and to hold the trump administration accountable]

[joe biden, 2021-2024] "i am happy to announce that my presidency will neither reform the police nor hold trump accountable"

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 23h

mf'er is a united states senator who acknowledges that the country is becoming a lawless dystopia but still won't object to giving the GOP majority unanimous consent because he doesn't want to to sacrifice his three-day weekends

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 23h

every ICE agent is an irredeemable thug

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

Another incident of federal agents pointing guns at Chicago area residents.

Tweet from @laura_n_rod

Text: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

Photo: shows a federal agent in a truck pointing a gun

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 1d

1) why would you wait to prosecute trump for J6? does sending a mob to attack the capitol only become a crime if the person who orders the attack subsequently runs for office?

2) it was obvious to everyone paying attention that trump didn't accept his loss and would inevitably run again

JD's future VP @lngnstrt.bsky.social · 1d

There was no need to appoint a special counsel until Trump declared himself a candidate.

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 1d

what *should* have happened:

try trump in the courts immediately after J6

dems argue for impeachment for thomas & alito for taking bribes *and* for supporting J6. then if SCOTUS intervenes on trump's behalf for some bullshit reason use that as justification to add ten or twenty new justices

peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 1d

once again random left wing shitposters had a better understanding of trump & the courts than elected officials or anyone else who actually runs things

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 1d

pup, while what you're saying is accurate i think it overlooks the fact that durbin only seems vaguely aware of anything that's happened in the world of politics in the last decade

peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 1d

jack smith wasn't even appointed as special prosecutor until nov. 2022

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 1d

biden's DOJ should have arrested trump for insurrection no later than the end of jan. 2021

the fact that garland didn't even *start* to move toward criminally prosecuting trump until after the J6 committee shamed him into action in the summer of 2022 is unforgivable

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 1d

it was also obvious that a number of trump judges would do everything in their power to protect their benefactor, therefore the need for haste was even greater than normal

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 1d

it was obvious that trump needed to be convicted by the end of 2023 because once the presidential primaries got underway every conservative pundit would be screaming about how DOJ was only prosecuting trump because he was about to get nominated again

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 1d

biden & garland & the dems at large convinced themselves that "the trump fever would break" & that they could therefore avoid the difficult & controversial task of criminally prosecuting the former president for attempting a coup

that bet turned out to be one of the worst blunders in US history

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 1d

when merrick garland was sworn in he knew the clock was running: trump would need to be prosecuted & convicted *before* the next presidential election

instead, garland didn't even appoint a special prosecutor for more than a year & a half

just silly to blame garland's failures on aileen cannon

JD's future VP @lngnstrt.bsky.social · 1d

This too, is unfair. But for John Roberts, and the corruption of Aileen Cannon, Trump would have been tried, and likely convicted, of Federal charges.

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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 1d

don't print lies in the newspaper

peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 1d

the mf'er in the white house already took all your money

putting lies in your headlines to make him sound good ain't gonna get you your funding back