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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.com · 8h

Keep the government shut down through the midterm elections. Thousands of federal agents are showing they're loyal to Trump, not the Republic. Same with the NG personnel. The only peaceful way to stop this is to deny them money to pay their bills, buy food, etc. cc: @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 8h

Trump is moving us closer to authoritarianism with each deployment of troops into states.

From Illinois to Oregon to California—

None of our states asked for this, nor need this.

I and every U.S. Senator from these states are demanding Trump to end these deployments ASAP.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has increasing influence over President Trump, sources say

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "CNN is dying like a dog."

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 8h

The president's antifa expert tells Holocaust jokes and uses neo-Nazi codes like 1488. www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 9h

A federal judge in Chicago has found that ICE conducted numerous illegal warrantless arrests in Illinois and nearby states in defiance of a 2022 consent decree. It also prepared post hoc arrest rationales after the fact based on details agents "did not know at the time they made the arrests". /1

ICE Violated Consent Decree With Warrantless Arrests, Federal Judge In Chicago Says

Attorneys argued that the recent arrest of an Albany Park family at Millennium Park violated a consent decree that limits the conditions under which federal agents can make warrantless arrests.

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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 9h

I like the part about how he gave her the finger.

Your people shot him in the head! Of course he did not greet you warmly!

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 9h

A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.

This footage is from almost a month ago. What this clipped video doesn’t show is that these agitators were blocking an ICE vehicle from leaving the federal facility—impeding operations.

Over and over again, law enforcement ordered these agitators to move off of federal property so the vehicle could move. Law enforcement verbally warned these agitators that they would use force if they did not move and stop impeding operations. They did not comply.

Shortly after, rioters began throwing rocks, bottles and launching fireworks at the law enforcement officers on the roof.

At the time of this incident, this facility held criminal illegal aliens including gang members, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals. Obstructing law enforcement puts officers, detainees and the public at risk. If you are obstructing law enforcement you can expect to be met with force.

And, as an aside, this is the same “pastor” who flipped
@Sec_Noem
and our team the bird when we were there last week.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 9h

Proud AF to be a member of this union and this university.

RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 9h

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.com · 9h

A message of religious bigotry from the mouthpiece of the Department of Fatherland Security.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 9h

A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.

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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.com · 9h

@govpritzker.illinois.gov literally daring Trump to arrest him.

thehill.com/homenews/sta...

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 9h

Posobiec isn't a nazi in some generic rhetorical sense of having fascistic impulses or simply being far-right. He is a full-blown Hitler-loving Jew-hating mask-off literal capital-N Nazi, with a longstanding public record to match.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 9h

“Fox News ran archive footage of burning buildings and violent riots from several years ago. Trump has repeatedly referred to these scenes as if they are current, and his White House seems ready to send troops into Portland to contain an imaginary crisis.”
inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

Trump the peacemaker abroad appears a warlord at home – his supporters don't want this

The President's voters put him into office to make their lives better, not to sink them into chaos

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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.com · 9h

@apnews.com @propublica.org @404media.co @wired.com @reuters.com @msnbc.com @cnn.com This is the kind of story that should be getting way more attention. The symbolism of agents of the state shooting a clergyman calling on the agents to repent of their sins = a boot stomping a face forever (Orwell).

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 11h

when you are worried that THIS supreme court will rule against you on invoking the insurrection act, a statute that famously gives enormous deference to the president ... maybe that's a sign that your military deployments are pretty baseless

Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · 11h

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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Zak Woodman @zacharywoodman.bsky.social · 12h

ICE agents are vile, sadistic goons.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 12h

Anyway, read the full story here: 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...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 12h

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 13h

Americans are being far too complacent about masked government agents in unmarked vehicles grabbing people and taking them to unknown destinations.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

(shared with permission) ICE/CBP has been active on Chicago's northwest side this morning—and also met with rapid responders.

Agents reportedly abducted one man from this Dunkin at Belmont and Milwaukee around 9:30am before speeding off.

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Silencio Dogwood @silenciodogwood.bsky.social · 12h

WATERGATE PAM SHINES
In the competition for Most Unethical, Dishonest Cabinet Official Ever, Pam Bondi faces fierce rivalry from her Trump cronies—not to mention Teapot Dome criminals. Nonetheless, in yesterday's Senate Judiciary testimony, Watergate Pam earned a place of honor among Nixon’s best.

Pam Bondi's testimony 10/7/25 is compared against similar statements by John Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman of Watergate fame. 3-panel graphic with Bondi in middle, framed by Ehrlichman and Haldeman.

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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.com · 12h

OMG THIS. 👇

Silencio Dogwood @silenciodogwood.bsky.social · 12h

WATERGATE PAM SHINES
In the competition for Most Unethical, Dishonest Cabinet Official Ever, Pam Bondi faces fierce rivalry from her Trump cronies—not to mention Teapot Dome criminals. Nonetheless, in yesterday's Senate Judiciary testimony, Watergate Pam earned a place of honor among Nixon’s best.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 14h

DEI for me, not for thee.

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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.com · 15h

I'll believe that when I see it. Since 2015, lots of folks have repeatedly underestimated Trump & especially his most fanatical supporters. And his hold on the GOP Senate was clear yesterday during Bondi's argumentative, cheer leading appearance in his defense. Bookmarking this to see how it ages.

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 17h

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 15h

The govt, at time of writing, yet maintains its felony assault complaints against two other men arrested at the 9/27 ICE facility protest:

Dana Briggs, who is 70 years old, and Paul Ivery, who has an intellectual disability and was asked, while in federal custody, to waive his Miranda rights.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 15h

New: the federal government has dropped its case against Ray Collins and Jocelyne Robledo, a couple who had faced felony charges for allegedly assaulting federal agents during a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility on Sept. 27.

The govt moved to drop its complaint against them this morning.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 16h

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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